Additional Surveys For Flood Wall Project In Point Pleasant
Frank Lambert of the U S Army Corps of Engineers Huntington led a small survey team in Point Pleasant to recheck the original 1938 flood wall survey and the 1946 Ohio River depth study. A Senate hearings on flood walls is set for Wednesday with the local Chamber of Commerce committee invited. Attorney J G F Johnson says a wire to Congressman Ellis seeks House funding action. if no appropriation is found, the local group may skip Washington.
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Point Pleasant
Frank Lambert
Corps of Engineers
USA
Huntington
Senate
Chamber of Commerce
J. G. F. Johnson
House
Ellis
Johnson
Washington
Mrs. Whaley Rites Held
Last rites for Rose Adora Fry Whaley 83 died July 4 conducted Monday from Trinity Methodist Church. Rev. Holly O Shamblin led with burial at Lone Oak Cemetery. Pallbearers were descendants including Edwin and Bill Castor Curtis and William Whaley Charles Henry Frye and Eugene Johnson. Out of town attendees listed from Detroit Birmingham Louisville Defiance Fort Scott Huntington and Charleston among others.
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Point Pleasant
Rose Adora Fry Whaley
Trinity Methodist Church
Holly O. Shamblin
Lone Oak Cemetery
Edwin
Bill Castor
Curtis
William Whaley
Charles Henry Frye
Eugene Johnson
Whaley
Clayton Castor
Bill
C. L. Whaley
Betsy
Detroit
Henry Cowgill
Birmingham
Mich
Harry Mehl
Betsy Rose
Louisville
Ohio
Charles Carr
Fort Scott
Kans
Fred Elliott
Hutchinson
D. A. Meadows
George McDowell
Vicki Jo
Nellie Johnson
Huntington
W. C. Whaley
Lester Gibbs
Mollie Nichols
Bill Whaley
Jim Whaley
Curtis Whaley
Charleston
J R Stewart Found Dead in Bellemeade Home
James R. Stewart 71 of Bellemeade found dead at his residence Monday morning. He worked for the state road commission until his death and is survived by his wife Maude, son Harold in Dayton with the Army, daughter Winnie of New London, and Olivia at home. Funeral arrangements incomplete as family awaits word from a soldier son.
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Point Pleasant
James R. Stewart
Bellemeade
Stewart
State Road Commission
Robinson
Maude Stewart
Harold Stewart
Dayton
Winnie Stewart
New London
Ohio
Olivia Stewart
Excavations Begin for Philip Sporn Power Plant at Graham Station
Excavations for the Philip Sporn power plant at Graham Station have started on the west side of the lane to the Graham Station ferry. Three houses and a tile block store are being converted into offices and a telephone exchange is installed. Union reps have opened a hiring hall in New Haven.
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Point Pleasant
Philip Sporn
Graham Station
New Haven
New City Council Organizes In Point Pleasant Meeting
The new Point Pleasant City Council met to organize and shift meeting night to the first Wednesday. Mayor Krodel, starting his ninth term, chaired, with John E. Brown, in his second term, present along with nine of ten councilmen. Two new members from the First Ward were Floyd Taylor and Thomas Reynolds. A petition for annexation by Bellemeade to Point Pleasant was referred to city solicitor Musgrave, who noted both communities must have ten percent voter support before an election. The council authorized collection of unpaid assessments from 1946 totaling about 1,300. Officers sworn in and several city posts reappointed. Health and fire hazards discussed as dismantling of a Sixth Street frame building continued. Bills around 1,400 were approved.
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Point Pleasant
Krodel
John E. Brown
Floyd Taylor
Thomas Reynolds
Robert H. Ferguson
Everett Sutton
L. W. Getty
Claude Cheesebrew
Densil Durst
C. H. Quillin
E. McElfresh
Charles L. Bechtle
Bellemeade
F. G. Musgrave
Musgrave
Mt. Vernon Ave
Brown
City Water Works
W. G. Durst
Frank L. Biffle
Hoyt Jiiden
T. F. Yost
Curt E. Yeager
Robert A. Kayser
Sixth St
Tidelands Decision Doubtful on Inland Waterways Ownership
Leighton Henry of Mason City questions whether the U S supreme court ruling granting tidelands oil to the federal government will affect ownership of coal and oil under inland waterways. Henry seeks coal under the Ohio from West Columbia to New Haven in West Virginia, amid legal uncertainty.
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Point Pleasant
Leighton Henry
Mason City
U.S. Supreme Court
Tidelands
Henry
Ohio
West Columbia
New Haven
West Virginia
Cut Off Completion Expected in October
The State Road Commission says the cut off road between Mercers Bottom on Route 2 and Pliny on Route 17 is due for completion in October this year. Construction began about 18 months ago and grading is over half finished as spring opens.
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Point Pleasant
State Road Commission
Mercers Bottom
Pliny
B&O Shifts Schedules Of Passenger Trains
Passenger train schedules at Point Pleasant have been revised. No 73 to Huntington now arrives 4 05 p m replacing 5 p m No 72 to Parkersburg arrives 12 43 a m replacing 1 23 a m No 81 to Huntington arrives 12 43 p m replacing 1 15 p m
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Point Pleasant
Huntington
Parkersburg
Bank Deposits Drop and Loans Increase at Citizens National Bank
In POINT PLEASANT the quarterly Citizens National Bank report for June 30 shows loans and discounts up by $170,000 in six months while deposits fall by $205,000. Total deposits stand at $3,376,816.42.
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Point Pleasant
Citizens National Bank
Mrs George Gardner Returns Home From Hospital
Mrs George Gardner who had been a patient at Morris Memorial Hospital Milton for several months has been brought home. Mr and Mrs Gardner reside in the former home of his mother Mrs W H Gardner on Sixth Street.
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Point Pleasant
George Gardner
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Gardner
W. H. H. Gardner
Sixth St
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Russell Starkey
Glenwood
Willard Hesson
Ernest Hesson
State of Ohio
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Badger Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Columbus
W. Lee Shield
Ins. of
Sherife
State of
Athens County
Athens County Farm Bureau Co- Operative
Homer H. Folden
Athens
Carthagetown
Range
Ohio Company
Stanford
John Hammond
Brummage Farm
George Bateman
Dorothy J. Parmiter
R. W. Finsterwald
B&o
McBee
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