Tires for War Production Workers To Be Granted in Mason County Area
Mason County War Price and Rationing Board announces a July 15 regulation allowing certain war production workers to obtain replacement tires for commuting. No. 2 grade tires will cost about 85 percent of first class tires and are limited by quotas. Eligibility requires tires be unfit for recapping not due to neglect, carpooling of three or more workers, and non use for unnecessary travel. Existing workers at Marietta Manufacturing Co. and Western Chemical Defense Corporation may apply if tires remain. A transportation advisory committee will screen applicants for the ration board’s final decision.
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Point Pleasant
James Johnson
Mason County War Price and Rationing Board
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Western Chemical Defense Corporation
Transportation Advisory
Ration Board
Van Camp Visits Point Pleasant in Campaign Tour
Donald Van Camp of Middlebourne, a 28 year old Tyler County circuit court clerk, spent yesterday in Point Pleasant. He met local leaders and voters and expressed satisfaction with campaign progress for the Republican nomination for Congress.
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Point Pleasant
Donald van Camp
Middlebourne
van Camp
Tyler County
Pleasant Valley Social Notes From Ostrander to Marion
Mrs Bes sie Pugh traveled to Ostrander Ohio for her father Ed Cranmer's illness. Bernice Brooks and Anna Powers visited relatives. Elizabeth Russ stayed in Marion with husband Harry Russ. Will Calvert Clarence and Ollie Flossie Calvert visited Howard Brooks and E A Dixon. Jack Carsey stayed with parents. Clyde Pratt aided James Wood farming. Bobby Bolin visited grandparents Charles and Mrs Wood in Albany.
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Pleasant Valley
Bessie Pugh
Ostrander
Ohio
Ed Cranmer
Bernice Brooks
Parkersburg
Anna Powers
Athens
Howard Brooks
Elizabeth Russ
Marion
Harry Russ
Will Calvert
Clarence
Ollie
Flossie
Columbus
E. A. Dixon
Jack Carsey
John Carsey
Clyde Pratt
James Wood
Bobby Bolin
Albany
Charles Wood
New Plymouth Social Notes Teems with Visits and Camp Gatherings
Miss Helen Fuller of Columbus visits her parents in New Plymouth while Ruth Hawk travels to Lancaster Camp Grounds for the meeting. Families report son births and furloughs, with many relatives visiting each other across Logan Chillicothe Columbus and Indianapolis area.
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New Plymouth
Helen Fuller
Columbus
Charles Fuller
Clara Jarvie
Chillicothe
Rankwright
Benny Weede
Pleasant Valley
Ruth
Annie Hawk
Lancaster
William Gibbons
Logan
J. T. Gibbons
Ind
Warren Cremean
J. C. Creme
Thomas Rannells
Eugene Dysart
Pearl Harbor
J. M. Stewart
W. S. Hardesty
Catherine Cherry
Frances Hardesty
Jean Smith
Boney Weede
Nelsonville
Robert Worthman
Naval
F. O. Stout
Stout
Edwin Warthman
Aberdeen
Lelia Warthman
Lelia Riddlebarger
Mary Rheinscheid
Starr
Myrtle Hoekman
Canal Winchester
Forest Huston
Amsterdam
Cecil Weede
Ben Gabriel
Carbondale
Jolly None
Seventy Three Men Report for Induction at Huntington Center
Seventy three of the 79 men drafted reported to the Selective Service Board in Point Pleasant Thursday and were transported by bus to the Huntington induction center for processing.
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Point Pleasant
Selective Service Board
Huntington
Nursing Class Held By Red Cross In Mason
Point Pleasant report states sanitarian John D. Spiggle will address the Red Cross Home Nursing Class at Mason on Friday at 8 oclock. Miss Catharine Eyster leads the course with Mason County health department backing. Seventy five percent of enrollees have perfect attendance and are gaining nursing care knowledge as professionals are urged to substitute during emergencies due to armed forces calls.
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Point Pleasant
John D. Spiggle
Red Cross
Mason
Catharine Eyster
Mason County Health Department
U. S. Public Health Service
Lewis Rites Held in Mason Today
James C. Lewis 88 died at his Greer home after two months illness. A Mason County pioneer and descendant of General Andrew Lewis, he is survived by a brother Henry Lewis of Fort Thomas KY. Funeral by Rev F H Capehart at Greer United Brethren Church at 2 30 this afternoon with burial in Greer cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
James C. Lewis
Greer
Mason County
Andrew Lewis
Virginia
Cornstalk
Ohio
Ora Greer
Henry Lewis
Fort Thomas
Lewis
Greer United Brethren Church
Greer Cemetery
Engagement announced for Miss Rebecca Orr and John Slack
Engagement and upcoming marriage plans released for Miss Rebecca Ward Orr of Buffalo West Virginia and Mr John Slack of Point Pleasant to be wed Saturday July eighteenth at eight o clock in the Presbyterian Church Buffalo Reverend Harvey H Orr father of the bride will perform the ceremony Miss Orr a Monreat College graduate Mr Slack the son of Mr and Mrs J C Slack of Point Pleasant and an employee of Marietta Manufacturing Company
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Point Pleasant
Rebecca Ward Orr
Buffalo
W. Va
John Slack
Presbyterian Church
Harvey H. Orr
Miss Orr
Orr
Montreat College
Montreat
North Carolina
Slack
J. C. Slack
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Local Families Visit in Lancaster Area
Mr. and Mrs. Fred White and family from Lancaster spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Cardin. The group was noted to be located at Sheppard Field Texas as an aviation cadet station guest or assignment.
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Sheppar Field
Texas
Fred White
Lancaster
Luther Rardin
Shops Stay Open Till 9 P M Saturday In Athens
Athens invites shoppers to visit Saturday with city stores open until 9 p m. The trip via U S Route 33 from Pomeroy covers 26 miles through countryside. Local defense workers and West Virginia Ordnance Work employees reside in Athens and commute from Pt Pleasant daily. Stores promise a metropolitan feel with wide assortments for clothing home goods shoes hardware and food.
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Athens
Pomeroy
West Virginia Ordnance Work
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Pt. Pleasant
Henderson Store Sold in Henderson to M. W. Meadows
M. W. Meadows bought the Bert and Pearl Stanley store in Henderson including the building and equipment. The Stanleys, in business about 20 years, retire. Meadows, a Mason County native, has lived in Dawes and worked in the Cabin Creek oil field for 18 years. he is married with three children.
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Point Pleasant
M. W. Meadows
Bert and Pearl Stanley
Henderson
Point Pleasant Discharges From Clinic
Mrs. Per cy McIntosh of Beech Hill and Mrs. J N Biffle of Route 2 Point Clinic have been discharged after admission for observation and treatment. They have returned home.
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Point Pleasant
Percy MclIntosh
Beech Hill
J. N. Biffle
Point Clinic
Pat M Wilson Improves After Hospital Return
Point Pleasant report says Pat M. Wilson, moved from Holzer Hospital to his home near Brosia days ago, is improving rapidly.
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Point Pleasant
Arlin Hall
Main St
Barber
Viand St
Pat M. Wilson
Brosia
Holzer Hospital
Birth of Alma Ruth Bates in Point Pleasant
Alma Ruth Bates, eighth pounds four ounces, was born Thursday to Mr and Mrs Charles Bates of Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Alma Ruth
Charles Bates
City
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