Carpenter says Mason County has enough carpenters for flood wall work
W E Dowling, business agent for Mason County carpenters, says the Mes senger report overstates local demand. He notes 28 carpenters work at the Philip Sporn plant in Graham Station and that flood wall construction is unlikely to need many more carpenters in the near term.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
W. E. Dowling
Carpenters
Mason County
Graham Station
G.S.S
Buffalo
Putnam County
Dowling
Philip Sporn
New Secretary Begins July 15
POINT PLEASANT Cte Billups, former pastor of the Main Street Baptist Church, elected executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, will assume duties July 15. He replaces G. G. Patterson, who leaves after two years to enter real estate. Billups is a Kiwanian, Legionnaire, and has worked with the Mason County American Red Cross and was disaster chairman during the 1937 flood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Meade Rites Conducted at Christ Episcopal Church
Last rites for the Rev. William Meade were held Thursday afternoon at Christ Episcopal Church. The service was led by Rev. Robert Findlay Thomas with assistance from Rev. S. Roger Tyler Rev. Harry S. Longley and Rev. William C. Bowie. Burial followed at Lone Oak Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Meade
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert Findlay Thomas
S. Roger Tyler
Trinity Episcopal Church
Huntington
Harry S. Longley
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Charleston
William C. Bowie
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
St. Albans
Mr. Bowie
Tyler
Longley
Lone Oak Cemetery
Restaurant Moves to Jackson Ave in Point Pleasant
William Filson plans to move cafeteria equipment from Marietta Manufacturing Co. to a new site at Jackson Ave and Jericho Road in Point Pleasant. He will restart the restaurant business at the new location, while a separate restaurant across the street has recently closed. The W. E. Selby estate owns the property and a drug store may open there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Filson
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Jackson Ave
Jericho Road
Filson
W. E. Selby
Point Pleasant Families Hold Reunion At Nelson Hope Farm
Two hundred fifteen members of the Austin, Hope and McLeod families gathered for an annual reunion at the Nelson Hope farm in Redmond. Lyle L. Austin Hogsett was elected president. memorial day was set as the reunion date. numerous family members and spouses from Huntington Gallipolis Ferry Point Pleasant LeSage New Richmond Columbus and Columbus area attended.
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Point Pleasant
Austin
Hope
McLeod
Nelson Hope
Redmond
Lyle L. Austin
Hogsett
Harry O. Austin
Huntington
Marjorie Austin Smith
Cash Austin
F. E. Brain
Roy Holland
C. C. Austin
F. H. Crump
Paul
Wayne Rose
Carrolton
Virgil Noffsinger
Eleanor
Oden Pearson
Charles Clark
George Mayes
Ruth Sayre
John Calloway
Henderson
Paul Harrison
John Shelmnes
Jewell Wamsley
Leland Bonecutter
Bill Bonecutter
Mar! Nibert
Audrey Nibert
James Eads
B. O. Blaine
B. A. Blaine
John Spears
Carl Spears
Robert Siders
Immogene MecCatheryn
Gallipolis Ferry
Horton Austin
Dora E. Austin
R. ©. Vaughan
LeSage
Horton R.austin
H. H. Smith
Loys V. Austin
Maude Austin Martin
Kenton W. Austin
New Richmond
Ohio
Gilbert Rogers
June
Maurice Mayes
G. D. Moore
Harry Surface
Harry Calloway
Lawrence Austin
Oden Austin
John Austin
F. H. Austin
Frank Altizer
Roy Windon
London
Wilbur Bechtle
Castle Shannon
Clifford Walker
John Slavin
Geraldine Klugg
Guy Shelmnes
Pittsburgh
Byrd Jackson
Henry Nolle
Two Divorce Suits Filed in Circuit Court
In Point Pleasant two divorce actions were filed in circuit court. Elizabeth E. Roush of Mason City accuses James Carl Roush of cruelty. they have no children. Gladys Dowdy accuses Carl Lacy Dowdy of cruelty. they married March 6, 1948 and separated about four months later on June 28. Dowdy is with the Coast Guard detachment at Lock Eleven base.
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Point Pleasant
Elizabeth E. Roush
Mason City
James Carl Roush
F. G. Musgrave
Gladys Dowdy
Carl Lacy Dowdy
Carroll Casto
Dowdy
Coast Guard
Lock Eleven
Finances Near Balance for Fourth of July Celebration
Point Pleasant A meeting of the volunteer fire department was held to check finances of the Fourth of July celebration it sponsored. Director Carl E. Smith said accounts practically balance with a margin of not more than ten dollars. Fireman Tary Thomas who was injured in a fall weeks ago was voted a sum of money.
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Point Pleasant
Sdid
Carl E. Smith
Tary Thomas
Pioneer Farm Women Meet At Blain Home
Mrs. B C Blain hosted the July Pioneer Farm Women’s Club meeting at her Gallipolis Ferry home. Devotions led by Mrs Hugh J Barr on Faith of Our Fathers. Miss Mabel Best discussed Better Foods. A $5 gift to the church camp fund was approved.
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Point Pleasant
B. C. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Pioneer Farm Women’s Club
Hugh J. Barr
Mabel Best
Otho Blain
Beech Hill
Barr
Miss Best
Goldie Nystrom
Raymond Vanselous
Robert Darst
C. EB. McCulloch
John Kay
Orville Sommer
Eugene Sterrett
A. E. Sommer
Rose
No Producer Gas Well Completes In Mt Alto Flat Rock Field
Columbian Carbon Co reports its No 1 well on the G F Wheeler farm in the Mt Alto Flat Rock gas field as a dry hole after a gas show too small to operate. Drilling continues on Thornton-Durst at 100 feet and Ankrum-Miller at 40 feet with rigs on G W McDermitt and Artie Click leases awaiting materials and rig builders.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Click
Artie Click
Funeral rites set for John C. Cox riverman
Funeral services for John C. Cox a riverman who died of a heart condition at his Henderson West Virginia home will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Chapman Funeral Home Viand Street with Rev L D Icard presiding Burial will follow in Suncrest He was the son of the late John and Mary E Smith Cox of Pittsburgh Pa He is survived by two brothers Walter and William Cox of Pittsburgh and his widow Dolly Gates Cox and one Martin Cox of Henderson The family moved to Henderson eleven years ago.
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Point Pleasant
John C. Cox
Riverman
Henderson
Chapman
Viand St
L. D. Icard
Suncrest Cemetery
John and
Mary E. Smith Cox
Pittsburgh
Walter
William Cox
Dollie Gates Cox
Martin Cox
Tohn Lockhart Dies at Ave Q
John William Lockhart 91 a retired farmer died at his daughter Mrs C E Blain Apple Grove at 5 15 p m Thursday Funeral arrangements were not yet made He had a stroke earlier this week His wife Eliza McGuire Lockhart died in 1944 He is survived by two sons Howard M Lockhart Laramie Wyoming and H W G Lockhart Brooklyn New York and two daughters Mrs Blain and Mrs D A Smithers Ashland Kentucky
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Point Pleasant
John William Lockhart
C. E. Blain
Apple Grove
Chapman Funeral
Lockhart
Eliza McGuire Lockhart
Howard M. Lockhart
Laramie
Wyo
H. W. G. Lockhart
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mrs. Blain
D. A. Smithers
Ashland
Sex Marriage and Divorce Sermon Series Begin at Christ Church
The Rev. Robert Findlay Thomas will preach three sermons on sex marriage and divorce at Christ Church Episcopal Point Pleasant on July 11 18 and 25. The first sermon is The Case for Chastity the second Sex and Christian Marriage and the final The Indissolubility of Holy Matrimony. Services start at 11 o clock each Sunday and the public is invited to attend.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Findlay Thomas
Christ Church
Episcopal
Thomas
Christ Church Rector Announces Services
The Rev. Robert Findlay Thomas, rector of Christ Church Episcopal, announces services for Sunday July 11 at Christ Church and Bruce Chapel including Holy Communion at 9 a.m. Church School at 9 40 a.m. Choral Morning Prayer and sermon at 11 a.m. Church School at Bruce Chapel 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert Findlay Thomas
Christ Church, Episcopal
Christ Church
Bruce Chapel
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Icard Move Into New Apartment
Mr and Mrs Paul Icard relocate to a new apartment on Marquette Avenue in Point Pleasant. The move marks a residential update for the couple in the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mrs
Paul Icard
Marquette Ave
Gallia District police run multi-agency traffic check
Gallia district police, sheriff's deputies and state highway patrol joined a July drive to curb highway accidents. City police checked 175 vehicles issuing 31 warnings. deputies checked 74 vehicles with 11 warnings. State patrol, six miles north of Pomeroy, checked 98 vehicles with 27 warnings. Total 347 cars checked and 69 defect slips issued. Taillights and spotlights were the top deficiencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Chester Leaper
Eastern Ave
Pomeroy
Prohibition Proponent Urges Joint Action On Minors Access
Gallia County residents weigh in on restricting alcohol sales to youths. Prosecutor Robert M. Betz calls for enforcement and proprietor vigilance, arguing a collective effort from business owners, schools, and civic groups can curb juvenile delinquency linked to idle time and leafleting venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Betz
Rotary Club
Death Claims Gallia Woman At Her Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Vance Johnson 41 will be Sunday at her home 169 Neighborhood Rd Gallipolis where she died She was born in Huntington W Va in 1907 daughter of Joseph and Filla Carroll Vance She married Hugh Franklin Johnson in 1928 and lived much of her life in Gallia County Surviving are her husband children Barbara Ellen Logan Robert Michael Campbell and others a sister and brother and two grandchildren Interment Pine St Cemetery by Claude Miller's Home for Funerals.
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Gallipolis
Florence Vance Johnson
Neighborhood Rd
Johnson
Huntington
W. Va
Joseph
Filla Carroll Vance
Hugh Franklin Johnson
Gallia County
Robert Campbell
Popular Bluffs
Howard Logan
Pomeroy
Robert
Columbus
Patricia
Nancy
Jane
Tommy
Johnny
John Taylor
Ironton
William Vance
Third Ave
Barbara Ellen Logan
Robert Michael Campbell
Pine St
Claude Miller
Southeast Ohio SEO Council plans at Athens meeting
A Gallipolis delegation will attend the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council gathering at Athens on July 21 at 6 30 p m in Howard Hall on the university campus. Dr John C Baker president Ohio University invites the group to a dinner. Emerson V Wood secretary Ironton says the council has grown in prestige and will form several committees including legislative finance membership highway travel education and health.
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Gallipolis
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Athens
Howard Hall
John C. Baker
Ohio University
Emerson V. Wood
Ironton
Father Occupying Pulpit for His Son at First Baptist
Dr. Joseph W. Hakes, father of Rev J. Edward Hakes, is filling the pulpit at First Baptist Church in Gallipolis during the son’s vacation. He has four years of evangelistic work from Winona Lake Indiana and recently received a call to Lorimer Memorial Church in Chicago. He previously led at Twentieth St. Baptist Huntington West Virginia and helped with services when his son first preached here. He preaches Sunday and July 18.
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Gallipolis
J. Edward Hakes
Joseph W. Hakes
First Baptist Church
Hakes
Winona Lake
Ind
Lorimer Memorial Church
Chicago
Twentieth St. Baptist Church
Huntington
W. Va
Two Men Arrested Trials Set Friday in Point Pleasant
Shelly Hart of Ripley Road was arrested Thursday by city officers. His trial before a magistrate on intoxication was set for Friday. William Turner, a local resident, was arrested by Chief Hoyt Jiden and Sheriff Ernest Hesson after a Main Street fight. he faces intoxication charges and has a Friday trial.
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Point Pleasant
Shelly Hart
Ripley Road
William Turner
Hoyt Jiden
Ernest Hesson
South Bethel Church Homecoming Planned
Annual homecoming at South Bethel EUB Church Silver Ridge will feature morning and afternoon services with a basket dinner. Events include Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. and a 2 p.m. address by Rev. E. M. Shelton of Belpre. Christy Quartette provides music.
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Pomeroy
South Bethel Eub Church
Silver Ridge
E. M. Shelton
EUB
Belpre
Christy Quartette
River Traffic at Gallipolis Locks and Kanawha Readings
River district traffic shows several boats moving through Gallipolis locks with times noted for Talbot Virginia Atlas Jefferson Heekin Brandt Penn and others. Wisherd Se met Jim Martin-Dawson LaBelle progress at Gallipolis locks while gauges read Upper 18.2 feet Lower 12.3 feet and eight and a half feet at the rollers. Kanawha traffic lists Cook up Winfield at 7 10 a.m. and Kanawha Falls gauge 1.87 falling.
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Gallipolis
Talbot
Virginia
Atlas
Jefferson
Heekin
Brandt
Penn
Wisherd
Semet
Jim Martin-Dawson
LaBelle
Kanawha
Winfield
Kanawha Falls
Grace Methodist Sunday Service and Church Activities
Grace Methodist led by L A Donnally conducts Sunday worship at 10 with the sermon Some Conclusions and solos My God and I by Sergei. Sunday school for all ages starts 10:30 with nursery care 10 to 11 and additional junior and intermediate activities at 11 15.
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Grace Methodist
L. A. Donnally
Barbara Caldwell
Jennie Mae Sutter
Sergei
Church School
L. L. Lovett
Church OF Christ
Garfield Ave
Lewis Mikell
Max Cleveland
Huntington
First Presbyterian
Linson H. Stebbins
First Baptist
Joseph W. Hakes
Edward Hakes
Steel Bridge Planned For Green Township
The Ohio Department of Highways announced plans to replace the wooden Route 775 bridge in Green Township with a new steel structure. Bids for the construction are to be opened Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Green Township
Ohio Department of Highways
New Manager Named At Spring Hill Dairy
GALLIPOLIS a new manager Ted C Chandler has been named for the Spring Hill Dairy here He has been with the organization more than three years He succeeds A R Morgan who will go to Huntington headquarters as an executive.
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Gallipolis
Ted C. Chandler
Spring Hill
A. R. Morgan
Huntington
Holzer Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis and Jackson reports admissions including Shirley Ann Fallon Jackson, Roger Bailes Gallipolis, and Laura M Davis Jackson. Discharges include Roger Bailes, Shirley Fallon, Clara Jaynes, Howard Lloyd, F. S. Grove, Rickie Schoonover, Carl Caldwell and daughter, P. C. Taylor, Bert Harrison, W. E. Stanley, and Laura M Davis.
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Gallipolis
Shirley Ann Fallon
Harry Erlewine
Point Pleasant
Harold Ebersbach
Pomeroy
Roger Bailes
James Tarter
Jackson
W. E. Stanley
Laura M. Davis
Jewell Kimberling
John Jones
Wellston
Shirley Fallon
Clara Jaynes
Howard Lloyd
F. S. Grove
Rick
Director on Vacation From Galliap County Red Cross
Catherine Hayward executive director of the Gallia County Red Cross leaves Friday for a weeklong vacation visiting her sister Mrs Arthur Jones in Cleveland. Mrs John Butz will serve as executive director during her absence.
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Gallipolis
Catherine Hayward
Gallia County
The
American Red Cross
Miss Hayward
Arthur Jones
Cleveland
John Butz
Red Cross
Cincinnati hog and cattle prices move with steady to higher bids
In Cincinnati on July 9 AP reports hogs steady to 25 higher than Thursday with best 180-220 lb barrows and gilts at 30.25 and loads 240-270 lb at 29.50-30.75. Cattle and calves show moderate receipts with demand strong. 700-900 lb steers and heifers at 28.00-34.00, vealers 29.00-32.00, cutters 14.00-18.50, and lambs 29.00-32.00 with ewes up to 11.00.
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Cincinnati
Market Prices for Live Stock and Hogs by Weight Class
Market higher across classes with steers 25.00 to 29.40 for good grass and 20.00 to 24.50 for medium. Heifers 23.90 to 25.90 good and 20.00 to 22.50 medium. Cows 20.90 to 22.80 good and 18.00 to 20.00 medium. Canners 14.60 to 17.60. Bang cows 15.00 to 18.00. Bulls 18.10 to 22.80. Stocker bulls 15.50 to 22.00. Stocker cattle good 21.00 to 26.80 and medium 17.50 to 20.50. Milk cows 95.00 to 163.00 per head. Veal top 28.00 to 28.10, medium 22.60 to 24.00, light 16.00 to 18.00. Baby calves 22.00 down. Hogs 180 to 235 lbs 29.60 to 209.90, 240 to 300 lbs 27.30 to 27.85, 130 to 175 lbs 28.00 to 28.25. Sows 20.90 to 23.00. Stock hogs 25.00 to 31.00. No good lambs on market, medium 17.00 to 25.80. Old sheep 4.00 to 9.75.
Price and grade listings for consumer and wholesale goods
Cincinnati July 8 reports consumer grades U S A large 30-582 medium 47-5314 U S A B large 48-5314 wholesale grades Extras large 49-53 government graded 5643 current receipts 36-42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.S. A. Large
U.S. B. Large
Poultry and Butter Prices Reported in Cincinnati
Cincinnati wholesale market prices list poultry by weight class including heavy fowls over five pounds at 29 to 31 cents per pound and heavy fryers up to four pounds at 39 to 42 cents. Leghorn and light birds 22 to 26 cents. Roosters 16 to 17 cents. Butter prices per pound shown at 42 and 44 cents, butter fat premium 76, regular 73. Potatoes range 1.75 to 5.00 per bag or bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Divorce Suit Entered in Kanawha County Court
Jacqueline Roush has filed for divorce from Okey C. Roush in Kanawha County circuit court. Papers were served by Deputy Sheriff Toral Morrison. The couple wed after World War II when Roush served as an ensign in the Navy Air Corps. A hearing is set for September 16, 1948, before a Kanawha County commissioner in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jacqueline Roush
Circuit Court
Kanawha County
Okey C. Roush
Toral Morrison
Mason Hired to Erect Mausoleum in Suncrest Cemetery
H. D. War tenburg traveled to Cincinnati at the start of the week to hire masons for building a mausoleum in Suncrest Cemetery for the Capt. Billy Bryant family. Georgia marble cut to specifications arrived years ago. Mrs. War tenburg and daughter accompanied him and all returned Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
H. D. Wartenburg
Cincinnati
Suncrest Cemetery
Billy Bryant
Georgia
Pie Theft Charged in Bus Terminal Restaurant Incident
Sam Patterson, 20, of 410 Viand Street, was arrested Wednesday night by City Patrolman Robert A. Kayser on a charge of stealing a pie from the Bus Terminal Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Sam Patterson
Viand St
Robert A. Kayser
Point Clinic Notes Births and Discharges
Point Clinic reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Allen McKeever of Leon Route 1 on Thursday. Maude Blankenship of Lock Eleven was admitted for surgery. Mrs Harry Trout and infant daughter Beverly Ann were discharged and taken home to Gallipolis.
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Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
Allen McKeever
Leon
Maude Blankenship
Lock Eleven
Harry Trout
Beverly Ann
Gallipolis
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