Eight year old killed in Hogsett highway crash at Route 2
Glenn Persinger aged 8 died at Holzer Hospital after a head injury from a collision on Route 2 at Hogsett. His mother Mrs Far Persinger was slightly injured. his father and younger brother Earl Jr escaped unscathed. Oscar Dennison of LeSage and passengers James Perry Ezra Hesson were in the other car. Police investigated. Dennison said Persinger pulled out and stopped.
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Point Pleasant
Glenn Persinger
Hogsett
Holzer Hospital
Far! Persinger
Persinger
Earl, Jr
Ohio River
Oscar Dennison
LeSage
Huntington
James Perry
Ezra Hesson
Dennison
Point Clinic
Sign and Marquee Installed at New State Theater
A sign and marquee costing 3500 dollars are being installed at the new State Theater in Point Pleasant. The word State appears in two foot letters on a perpendicular section. Manager Ross Filson said several days are needed to finish the installation. W H Roberts of Morgantown spoke with County Agent C C Anderson and Home Demonstration Agent Hortense Bell in Point Pleasant yesterday.
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Point Pleasant
State Theater
State
Ross Filson
W. H. Roberts
Morgantown
State Extension Department
C. C. Anderson
Hortense Bell
Athens Opens Shops Late Saturday
Athens retailers will stay open until 9 PM this Saturday expanding shopping hours as citywide late shopping event draws customers. see page five for full news story and participating venues.
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Athens
Bucket Brigade Saves Henderson Family Apartments
A fire in a closet started Thursday morning in the Claude Sheline four-family building in Henderson. A bucket brigade and Point Pleasant firefighters with a new pump delayed destruction, with damage about 25 dollars confined to one room. The building had been remodeled into four apartments by Mr. Sheline.
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Bucket Brigade
S$ Saves
Henderson
Point Pleasant
Claude Sheline
Kanawha
Monroe
Jack Bonecutter
A. G. Arnett
Sheline
Board of Education Delays Hiring Janitors
POINT PLEASANT The board of education has delayed hiring janitors for the 1942 43 term. Blaine Hill will be caretaker at Junior High and James School at Senior High during the remainder of the summer vacation.
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Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Blaine Hill
James
Residents and Visitors in Charleston Scene
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fisher spent Thursday in Charleston. Mrs. W. K. Wasson and son Don ald of Huntington are guests of her sister Mrs. C. G. Billups. R. L. Kayser and son Rupert L. Jr. were business visitors in Charleston yesterday. Capt and Mrs Gilman Grimm of Grimms Landing were visitors here yesterday.
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Homer Fisher
Charleston
W. K. Wasson
Donald
Huntington
C. G. Billups
R. L. Kayser
Rupert L., Jr
Gilman Grimm
Grimm's Landing
B. P. Stanley
Manuel Meadows
Point Pleasant
Brooks Cheveront
Neville Island
W. C. Jordan
O. S. Kelly
Oakley Faudree
Jean
Howard Daugherty
Gallipolis
Gilbert Rogers
Walter Sommers
Letty Joe McAuliffe
Pittsburgh
Welby Casey
Chester Social And Personal
The article notes the Advisory Council No 3 Farm Bureau picnic in Chester on July 5 at the Kautz lawn. It also mentions weekend visits by Harry Lee Bailey and relatives attending W A Will’s funeral, and the July 8 wedding of Ila Fay Swartz to Pvt Harold Kimes at Alfred Church with details about attire and relatives in Chester.
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Mt. Herman
Lettie Meredith
Letha Koblentz
David
Ila Fay Swartz
Harold Kimes
Alfred Church
Miss Swartz
Mrs. Meredith
Kimes
Chester
Meredith
Koblentz
Ada Morris
Carol
Dick Fick
John Hoffman
Franklin Hoffman
Swartz-Kimes
Alfred
Hartford Baptist sock social nets over $85 for work
Hartford news notes a sock social hosted by the Hartford Baptist Church women raising more than 85 dollars. The item lists social guests and local residents visiting for the Fourth of July and weekend activities, with numerous family and friend visits across towns including Huntington Parkersburg and West Columbia. Calvin Bumgardner marks his fifth birthday with a family party hosted by his grandmother Ella Gilliland.
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Hartford
Hartford Baptist Church
A. B. Ginden
Charleston
C. W. Petty
Jennie Stone
Helen Stone Cook
Charles
Huntington
Dorothy Stone
Halloway
L. N. Stone
Parkersburg
Lula Howell
Irma
Pomeroy
Howell
Arthur Fick
J. N. Graham
Florence
Newell
W. Va
J. H. Rea
A. L. Rossiter
Detroit
Hugo Jubling
Cecil Knight
Barbara Knight
Charles Lehen
Steubenville
Hugo Juhling
Charles Johnson
West Columbia
Ray Biffle
Holzer Hospital
Donald Baumer
Point Pleasant
Walter Baumer
Addie
Nellie McKnight
William McKnight
Fred Labeyten
Akron
James McKnight
Samuel Aumiller
John
Newark
Lesta Gibbs
Monroesville
Will Roush
Daisy Hickle
Virgil Manley
Gallipolis
Gerald Arnold
Middleport
Calvin Bumgardner
Clyde Bumgardner
Ella Gilliland
Mary Carolyn Newton
Patricia Lerner
Maxine Juhling
Kathleen Juhling
Kathaleen Gabel
June Huffman
Donald Erwyn Smith
Keith McClung
Joe Embleton
Junior Gabel
Harold Clark
Donald Gabel
Glen Board
Billy Gabel
Eugene Clark
Ralph Hudson
Ferris Board
Mason County Sends 18 to Induction Center Saturday
Mason County will send 18 men from Class 1A to the Huntington induction center Saturday. A total of 38 were expected. 75 men depart July 16. The group includes Harold Fisher, James Young, Owens Rayburn, Howard Pullin, William Gygax, and others from Point Pleasant, Sandy Pyle, Gallipolis Ferry, Mason, Hartford, and nearby communities.
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Point Pleasant
Huntington
Harold Merle Fisher
James Franklin Young
Owens Franklin Rayburn
Howard Franklin Pullin
William Howard Gygax
Henderson Ladies Aid sets sale for July eighteenth
Mrs Mervin Chapman hosted Concord Church Ladies Aid with president Mrs Harry Childers leading. The group planned an auction sale July 18 at Mrs George Byers home after which refreshments were served. Guests included Mr and Mrs Harry Childers and several local families.
Correction in Police Appointments Names
City council announced two new policemen but miscited a name. The report should list Jerry A. Rogers instead of Gilbert Rogers, clarifying Mr. Gilbert Rodgers is president of the county school board.
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Point Pleasant
Gilbert Rogers
Jerry A. Rogers
Gilbert Rodgers
Point Pleasant Admissions and Discharge at Point Clinic
Frank Sterrett of Beech Hill was discharged from Point Clinic yesterday. Mrs. Percy McIntosh, also of Beech Hill, was admitted for observation and treatment.
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Point Pleasant
Frank Sterrett
Beech Hill
Point Clinic
Percy MccIntosh
Health Officials Hold Typhoid Conferences
Mason and New Haven residents can attend typhoid fever immunization conferences hosted by the county health department. Officers will be at Mason School Mondays 3:30 to 5:30 p m and at New Haven School Fridays 3:30 to 5:30 p m. The department cites crowded worker housing as a risk and urges immunization to prevent typhoid fever.
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Point Pleasant
Mason
New Haven
Funeral Services Held For Mrs Sarah Watson
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Virginia Watson were held at 2 PM from the home of her son George Watson near Lock II with Rev Eugene Dick of Henderson officiating. Burial followed in Lone Oak cemetery. Mrs Watson died Wednesday.
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Point Pleasant
Sarah Virginia Watson
George Watson
Lock II
Eugene Dick
Henderson
Lone Oak Cemetery
Candidates Listed for Mason County Primaries
Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones received a certified list of candidates for the Mason County primary ballots dated August 4. For U S senator Republicans Raymond J. Funkhouser John L. Gillespie Chapman Revercomb and John T. Simms of Charleston plus Democrats Washington Lee Custis Campion Charles Town H G Kump Elkins and Matthew M Neely Fairmont. For fourth district congress Republicans Donald Van Camp Middlebourne William D. Curry Point Pleasant and Hubert Ellis Huntington Democrats Geo W Johnson incumbent Parkersburg. For state senate Republicans Lloyd M. Chapman Nitro and R F Musgrave Winfield Democrats W R Vineyard Spencer.
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Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
Mason County
United States
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Shepherdstown
John L. Gillespie
Chapman Revercomb
John T. Simms
Charleston
Washington Lee Custis Campion
Charles Town
H. G. Kump
Elkins
Matthew M
Neely
Fairmont
Donald van Camp
Middlebourne
William D. Curry
Hubert Ellis
Huntington
Geo. W. Johnson
Parkersburg
Senate
Lloyd M. Chapman
R. F. Musgrave
Winfield
W. R. Vineyard
Spencer
Point Pleasant Police Arrest Three Men
Point Pleasant Lee Wilson Arbuckle was arrested for fighting and Robert Smith for drunkenness. Both were brought before Magistrate Sam Taylor and fined five dollars plus costs. Failure to pay resulted in remand to jail. Woodrow Biffitt of Huntington was arrested for loitering on railway property and held for investigation. two others with him fled.
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Point Pleasant
Lee Wilson
Arbuckle
Robert Smith
City
Sam Taylor
Woodrow Biffitt
Huntington
New York Central
Lieving
Riffitt
First Visit in 42 Years Shocks Point Pleasant
Robert Klass of Sebring Ohio, native of Hartford Connecticut, visited Point Pleasant yesterday for the first time in 42 years, returning to his old hometown and recalling past years.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Klass
Sebring, C
Hartford
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Ms Coyoe
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