Residents discuss road repairs and Halloween window tampering
Ellsonville merchants group meeting led by Walter Wolf discusses State Rt. 1 repairs past brick plants and plans a September civic meeting. Secretary Rob Kinney to contact State Highway Department. Halloween window parading prohibited. contact City Council for ordinance. Several association bills approved for payment.
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Ielsonville
Busin
Legion
Walter Wolf
State Rt. 1
Rob Kinney
Jason
Seaman James Returns to Great Lakes After Furlough
Clifford C. James seaman second class reports back to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station after a nine day furlough spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Snite James Jr Betty. The Volga river stands 2300 miles long making it the world’s fifteenth longest waterway.
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Nelsonville
Clifford C. James
Great Lakes Naval Bemlaining Station
Snite
Gene James
Betty Jtr
Pleased With Outlook of Gallia Market
John A Blain says Gallia Produce Market outlook remains good with shipments reaching Jacksonville Chicago Pittsburgh and other valley cities. Early products include cabbage sweet corn cucumbers and green apples. A roadside market was built for drive in retail. Mrs O F Jackson and the Point Clinic report local illness and a birth at First Street.
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Point Pleasant
John A. Blain
Gallipolis
Jacksonville
Fla
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Blain
Farm Women Hold Picnic At Letart
The Pioneer Farm Woman's Club met on the lawn at Forest Reed's Letart Falls home for July business and annual picnic. Mrs. Walter Sommer led a discussion on Home Meal Planning. Guests from south of the Kanawha included the Reeds' neighbors and several families, with menu featuring fresh fish.
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Point Pleasant
Pioneer Farm Woman's Club
Forest Reed
Letart Falls
Reeds
Walter Sommer
South Side
Reed
The
Kanawha
Gilbert Rogers
Mervin Chapman
Rudolph Rogers
Wilbur Casey
M. V. Shank
C. E. McCulloch
Raymond Giblson
Milton Lewis
Clarice Knapp
5. E. Saladean
George Wilson
Byus
Bobby Joe Chapman
Miles Darst, Jr
Pt Pleasant Social Notes From Friday Club Meetings
Mrs Cary Howard Rayburn hosted the Five Hundred Club at her home 1106 Vi and St. Three tables played with Mrs Nelson A Park winning defense stamps for high score. Mrs George Sprenger earned top prize among guests. Guests included Mrs Sprenger Miss Bess Liter Miss Helen Libby and others. Regulars listed with Mrs Walter A Windsor Mrs Milton L Miller and more. Miss Helen Zuspan visitor from Kaylong. Several locals travel to Norfolk Parkersburg Harrisonburg and Columbus for visits and work.
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Point Pleasant
Cary Howard Rayburn
Nelson A. Park
George Sprenger
Sprenger
Bess Liter
Helen Libby
Arthur Grubb
Laula Lewis
A. L. Rossiter
Detroit
Park
Walter A. Windsor
Milton L. Miller
Harry D. Roush
Gertrude Halliday
Homer Martin
Helen Zuspan
Kaylong
E. N. Smith
Leon
Norfolk
Edgar Don Smith
Randall Hunter
Parkersburg
Norma Smith
Helen Good
J. G. F. Johnson
Harrisonburg
Marietta Manufacturing Co
C. R. Schneider
Tommy
Bobby
Buckeye Lake
Court to pass on Mason County School Board case at Ripley
In Mason County a quo warranto petition seeks to remove Russell Starkey from the county board of education. Judge Lewis H. Miller set Starkey to appear July 13 in Ripley to answer counts that he lacked valid election and may hold conflicting office. The petition argues Starkey’s ineligibility due to district rules and Republican Committee membership amid disputed 1942 election results.
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Mason County School Board
Ripley
Point Pleasant
Russell Starkey
Glenwood
G. O. P. Stalwart
Mason County
County Board of Education
E. H. Burdette
Leon
L. L. Caldwell
Lewis H. Miller
Starkey
Burdette
Caldwell
Miller
Webster
Caldwell and
William H. Bardin
Board of Education
C. R. Schneider
Russel Starkey
Fred Brown
Lewis
Henry White
Schneider
Hannan
Brown
Clendenin
Republican State Executive Committee
Supreme Court
New Haven News
Caldwell and Burdette
Fayette County
Church Group Met At Couch Home In Point Pleasant
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met on the Couch residence lawn on Church Street Tuesday evening. The group voted to send Vera Finley as a delegate to leadership training at Buckhannon next week and planned a rummage sale beginning Monday. A Rugged Rocks picnic to be held August 1 was announced with Mrs. Stanley Johnson as picnic chair.
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Point Pleasant
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Couch
Church St
Vera Finley
Buckhannon
Rugged Rocks
Stanley Johnson
G. B. Woodard
Albert Sauer
C. C. Spencer
R. D. Oseland
Eleanor Couch
Charles T. Wishart
Vera Fadeley
Society
John J. Dower
C. Blount
H. H. Pullem
Flora Myers
Lou Oliver
P. E. Fleming
W. C. Bird
Lena Carr
R. L. Price
W. H. Stone
Elizabeth Peaker
Ben Franklin
B. S. Smith
Ora Kerwood
Reba Martin
Mae Rhoades
C. W. Reynolds
J. Howard Stone
C. A. Roush
D. L. Wilson
Jerry Rogers
Estelle Epple Shiflet
Inez Barnette
Bessie Johnson
Lula King
Vena Finley
Bertha Condee
Blanche Armstrong
A. E. Tulloh
Two Divorce Suits Filed in Mason
In Mason County circuit court two divorce actions were entered. Mary T. Newton seeks separation from William Hershel Newton and Goldin V A Whitlock seeks separation from William Whitlock. Newton cites extreme cruelty and requests her maiden name Mary Taylor. Whitlock’s wife says he left her while in Veterans Hospital Chillicothe.
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Point Pleasant
Mary T. Newton
William Hershel Newton
Goldin
A. Whitlock
William Whitlock
Ord Funeral to Be Held Friday in Point Pleasant
Funeral services for George E. Ord 71 will be held from Concord Baptist Church at 1 pm Friday with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. James Fisher to officiate. Ord died Wednesday at St. Marys Hospital Huntington after a weeklong illness. He was a Mason County native and longtime farmer. Survived by eight children, four brothers, and multiple siblings.
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Point Pleasant
George E. Ord
Concord Baptist Church
James Fisher
Mr. Ord
St. Mary's Hospital
Huntington
Ord
Mason County
Elson
Ella Ord
Sarah Evans Pritchard
Ella Jerrell
Thelma Wamsley
Orville E. Ord
Rochester
Nellie Smith
Henderson
Ruth Jackson
Raymond R. Ord
Gallipolis Ferry
Clyde ©. Ord
James E. Ord
Aliquippa
Arthur Goodwin Leaves for Navy Hospital Treatment
Arthur Goodwin, after a month at his mother Mrs. Clara Goodwin's home on Chica Street, departs for Washington to enter a Navy hospital for treatment. He sustained a head injury in the line of duty and has been recuperating at home.
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Point Pleasant
Arthur Goodwin
Clara Goodwin
Chica St
Washington
Navy
Bluejacket
Teachers Will Be Announced Soon At Board Meeting
Caldwell new school board member says teacher placements will be released to newspapers in two weeks from Monday July 5. Starkey motioned to delay two weeks, supported by Starkey White and President Rogers, opposed by Caldwell and Burdette.
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Point Pleasant
Morgantown AAA auditor checks wheat record at factory
Point Pleasant fieldman Ray Ghimes of Morgantown AAA visited the Candy Company Building office to audit the wheat record. President Riley Gibbs of Letart attended to assist in the work.
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Point Pleasant
Ray Ghimes
AAA
Morgantown
Agricultural Adjustment Preve Ation
Candy Company
Riley Gibbs
Letart
Wasist
Lee Rites Friday at Henderson Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Lee, who died Tuesday, will be held Friday at 3 o'clock at Henderson Methodist Church. The services are conducted by Rev. James Fisher and were originally set for 2 o'clock.
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Point Pleasant
Edna Lee
Henderson Methodist Church
James Fisher
Trace Fork Flood Causes Heavy Damage in Rainfall
News reports indicate Trace Fork suffered the heaviest rainfall with substantial damage along that creek branch. Ohio Ten Mile Creek experienced lighter impact reaching no more than headwaters, while Somerville farm area showed little damage along the stream.
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Trace Fork
Point Pleasant
Old Town Creek
Ohio Ten Mile Creek
Somerville
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