Bowling Center Opening Scheduled for Weekend
Grand Opening in Point Pleasant for the Twenty-Second St. Bowling Center runs Saturday at 8 p.m. through Sunday. The two story concrete building replaces a fire-destroyed structure and includes a skating rink six bowling alleys billiard room and dining facilities.
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Point Pleasant
Twenty-Second St
J. W. Kapp
F. W. Quillin
Jackson High
Ironton American Legion
American Légion Ironton
Logan
Charleston
Huntington Eagles
Brother Held to Grand Jury in Shooting
Clyde Elbert Gerlach 55 Letart Route 1 was held to the grand jury under a $1000 bond after a preliminary hearing. He faced charges of florious shooting with intent to kill following a Baden Ridge shooting that sent his brother Roy Gerlach 35 to a Charleston hospital. Roy said the brothers had year‑long trouble. Clyde allegedly struck him thrice with one blow possibly a gunshot. In a Charleston police interview Roy described the incident. A separate note states 57 percent of U S livestock shipments by stockyards go by truck.
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Point Pleasant
Clyde
Charleston
Farewell note from Point Pleasant staffer to Mason County
A departing writer thanks Mason County and Point Pleasant residents for seven months of welcome. He cites friendly hosts the Willises Hartleys Kennedys and others, a wife’s party, and helps that eased his work. He moves to Marietta Ohio leaving fond memories and best wishes for good news.
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Pointopics
Mason County
Point Pleasant
Willises
Wilsons
Hartleys
Kennedys
Ethel
Pewee
Neil
Bessie
Edith
Alice
Tootie
Marietta
Ohio
Bond Issue and Levy Approved for Mason County Schools
Mason County voters approved a 200000 dollar bond issue and a 75000 dollar levy for school improvements. The board of education canvassed results Monday night with 66 percent approving the bond and 66.2 percent approving the levy. County School Superintendent Robert H. Ferguson said funds may be ready in August and that a six room Leon school is likely first on the plan.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Board of Education
Robert H. Ferguson
Ferguson
Leon
Two Seek County Posts in Mason County Elections
Fred M. Roush, a non partisan Letart Route 2 educator and retiree farmer, filed to seek a Mason County board of education seat. J E Watterson, Republican and county court member and president, filed for a second term. he runs a general store on Pliny Mercers Bottom Road.
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Point Pleasant
Fred M. Roush
J. E. Watterson
Mason County
Roush
Letart
Board of Education
Watterson
Pliny-Mercer’s
Band Concert Slated By Charleston Group
A 60 piece Gold band from Beni Kedem Temple of Charleston will perform Friday at 6 30 p m at the post office square in Point Pleasant. The band, which won first honors at the 1948 Atlantic City Shrine convention, is sponsored by the Pat Wilson Shrine Club of Point Pleasant. A dance for area Masons will follow at the Katydid Club with Ted Wildermuth’s band from Middletown playing.
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Tri-County
Ted Wildermuth
Pat Wilson
Point Pleasant
Beni Kedem
Temple of
Youth's Leg Broken In Fall at Home
Charles Hoschar seventeen son of Mr and Mrs Herman Hoschar of Point Pleasant Route 2 was treated at Point Clinic Wednesday afternoon after a fall at his home. Hospital attendants reported he broke both bones in his left leg at the ankle.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Hoschar
Herman Hoschar
Point Clinic
Lunch burglary at Smoker Lunch nets about $400
Wadear Thabet, owner of the Smoker Lunch in Point Pleasant, said about $400 was missing after Saturday night’s burglary. Thabet was in Cincinnati when the crime occurred. Police Chief E F Geiger said there were no suspects yet.
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Point Pleasant
Wadear Thabet
Thabet
Cincinnati
E. F. Geiger
Tombstone Damage By Children Reported
Police Chief FE Geiger warned that parents would pay for any tombstone damage by youngsters at local cemeteries after complaints about stolen flowers and chipped stones circulated in Point Pleasant.
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Tombstone
Point Pleasant
FE. F. Geiger
Ashton Man Fined On Hunting Charge
William Jennings Bryan Finley of Ashton pleaded guilty in a magistrate court to hunting without a license. He was fined $20 and costs. The complaint was signed by Conservation Officer Miles Darst.
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Point Pleasant
William Jennings Bryan
Finley
Ashton
Miles Darst
Step-Mother Dies in Steubenville at 75
Mrs Frank Harris, 75, step-mother of Otis W. Rainey, died at her Steubenville home Wednesday. The obituary notes the family connection and local residence. Further details not provided in the fragment.
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Point Pleasant
Otis W. Rainey
Frank Harris
Steubenville
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