Population gains in Mason County and Point Pleasant rise
Mason County population grew by over 1200 in ten years with Point Pleasant gaining more than 1000. 1940 counts show Mason at 22,270 rising to 23,537 in 1950 and Point Pleasant from 3538 to 4596, aided by English Court Addition. New Haven up from 606 to 969. other town figures include Mason 795 to 924 and Henderson 398 to 483.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce
New Haven
Mason
Henderson
Hartford
Arbuckle
Clendenin
Cologne
Cooper
Graham
Hannan
Lewis
Robinson
Union
Waggener
West Virginia Road Commission Seeks 12-Mile Route 15 Work
Bids are invited for gracing draining and laying type B material on the Sand Hill Letart road about 12 miles to straighten secondary Route 15. Sealed bids due Charleston by 10 am June 26. Includes easement acquisitions and resurfacing work across a wider highway project across Ohio counties per notices from the Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia Road Commission
Sand Hill
Letart
Charleston
Naval Reserve Meeting Set
Naval reservists and veterans in Mason Gallia and Meigs Counties are asked to attend a meeting in Mason on Tuesday at 7 30 in the Moose Home to organize a local Naval Reserve unit. John C Hutchinson, a naval reserve officer, says a nearby station officer will explain unit membership and answer questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason
Gallia
Meigs
Moose Home
John C. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Bible School Opens in Leon for Two More Weeks
Bible School continues in Leon at the Leon Baptist Church from 9 a.m. to noon for two weeks under Miss Edna Burdette and Mrs. Sherwood Kosten. Ages four to 14 may enroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Bible School
Leon
Leon Baptist Church
Edna Burdette
Sherwood Costen
Bathing Beauty Contests Set For July 4
Bathing beauty contests for the Fourth of July celebration in Point Pleasant will be open to young ladies from nearby areas. Avie Lake, chair of the Kiwanis Club Contest Committee, urged interested entrants to contact him or the Chamber of Commerce by mail or phone. John McNeil, who organized the Independence Day events, announced a horse pulling contest as a main feature to be staged at the high school football stadium with board approval ensuring good sightlines for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Avie Lake
Kiwanis Chuir
Lake
Chamber of Commerce
John McNeil
Board of Education
McNeil
Van Sickle Rites Tuesday
Van Sickle died Sunday at 5 30 am at the home of her daughter Mrs Shirley Waugh 2210 Jefferson Bird after three months illness She was born June 7 1881 in Mason County and lived in the county most of her life Survivors include her husband Erick Van Sickle three daughters two sons 17 grandchildren and five great grandchildren She was a Pine Grove Methodist Church member with funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Rev C E Maney officiating Burial at Pine Grove Cemetery Crow Funeral Home noted Friends may call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gertie Bartram van Sickle
Shirley Waugh
Jefferson Bird
Beech Hill
Mason County
Leonard van Sickle
Isadora Nibert. van Sickle
Putnam County
Erick van Sickle
Waugh
Pearl Hudson
Southside
Bradley Safreed
South Charleston
Brooks van Sickle
Marion
Ohio
James van Sickle
James Sturgeon
Huntington
Wanda
Johnnie
Louise Waugh
Pine Grove Methodist Church
C. E. Maney
Pine Grove
Crow Funeral Home
Firemen Transport Patient to Huntington Hospital
Point Pleasant volunteers assisted a mentally ill patient moved from Middleport. Police escorted ambulance brought the patient here, then the Point Pleasant Fire Department ambulance took him to Huntington Hospital.
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Huntington Hospital
Point Pleasant
Two Men Arrested in Point Pleasant Intoxication Cases
A local magistrate fined Elwood Smith ten dollars and costs on an intoxication charge after an arrest Saturday morning by state and city police. Friday O. R. Sturgeon was released on bond after a Thursday city police arrest for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants.
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Point Pleasant
Elwood Smith
O. R. Sturgeon
Justice of the Peace
S. A. Simmons
Two Men Fined On Drinking Charges in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant police arrested two men on Saturday for intoxication. Charles Garrison Oldaker and C. W. Herdman were jailed in the county facility and released Sunday on bond to the mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Garrison Oldaker
C. W. Herdman
Pt Pleasant Personals Nightly Bridge Club gathering
Mrs H D Lowe Sr hosted the Fourth Nightly Bridge Club at the Lowe Hotel with attendees Mrs F A Aldred Mrs H P Hatch Mrs B F Tracy Mrs Hayden Lockehaert plus guests Mrs B F Tracy Jr and Mrs Milton Miller. Other items note Country Club plans New York City vacation for several and a returning hospital patient.
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H. D. Lowe, Sr
Lowe Hotel
F. A. Aldred
H. P. Hatch
B. F. Tracy
Hayden Lockehaert
B. F. Tracy Jr
Milton Miller
Linda
Country Club
New York City
Carrie Beaver
Leon
Pearl Stalnaker
D. G. Wilfong
Lowell Jewell
Holzer Hospital
Marriage Licenses Filed In Point Pleasant Area
Records show marriages licensed for Rome Conch 37 and Ruby Wells 33 both of Point Pleasant. Also Louis Hassell 20 and Hazel Tucker 19 of Grimms Landing. John Rainey 37 and Mildred Taylor 31 of Point Pleasant. Robert Barton 21 of Mason and Doris Johnson 17 of West Columbia. Notes mention meat packers recover 78 percent of live weight. 22 percent shrinkage. U S airlines carry over 40 percent of world airmail.
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Rome Conch
Point Pleasant
Ruby Wells
Louis Andrew Hassell
Hazel Evelyn Tucker
Grimms Landing
John Woodrow Rainey
Mildred Taylor
Robert Willard Barton
Mason
Doris Eileen Johnson
West Columbia
State Police Charge Men With Intoxication
Two men arrested early Sunday by state police and charged with intoxication were released on bond by Justice of the Peace Carl Pyatt. Roy Milton Adkins and Pearl Henry Hall were held in the county jail until daylight when they posted bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Justice of the Peace
Carl Pyatt
Roy Milton Adkins
Pearl Henry Hall
Open Mineral church wedding in Lima for Emma Dickerson and Duane Saylor
Emma Jean Dickerson of Carbondale and Duane Saylor of Mineral wed at Mineral Methodist Church with Rev. William Brown officiating at 3:30 pm. A reception for invited guests followed at Norman Saylor Sr. home. The notice also pins down local visits by Zellman Crow family, Mary Lee Chesser, and the Buckleys as relatives and friends travel through the area.
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Mineral
Zellman Crow
Darlene
Lima
Ernest Crow
Jean
Mineral Methodist Church
Emma Jean Dickerson
Harry Dickerson
Carbondale
Duane Saylor
Norman Saylor
William Brown
Blanche Chesser
Mary Lee
Albany
Ohio
J. P. Emish
Ralph Gibson
Springfield
Oris Hall
George Lavender
Mrs. C.M. Buckley
Morrow Dies at 66 at Home in Pt Pleasant
Pearl E. Morrow 66 died Sunday at 2 p.m. at his home 2423 Lincoln Ave after a stroke while on duty as a watchman at the West Virginia Ordnance Works. He leaves a widow, 3 sons, 6 daughters, a brother and 2 sisters, 30 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at Henderson Tabernacle with Wyoma Cemetery interment and junior order pallbearers. Members of local Jod to assist.
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Point Pleasant
Pearl E. Morrow
Lincoln Ave
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Here
Gideon Morrow
Katheryn Sheline Morrow
Mason County
Pentecostal Church of
Henderson
Order of United American Mechanics
Jorie Fetty
Pleasant
Charles Morrow
Ollie Windon
Mary Neal
Pt. Pleasant
Henderson Tabernacle
Byus
Chamber
Wyoma
Order of United American Mechanics Lodge
Former Resident Hilt Bailey Dies in Charleston
Hilt Bailey a former resident and schoolteacher of Leon died Sunday morning in Charleston where he had lived for 30 years He married Lillie Parson of Leon and survived by daughter Gracie Funeral services will be held in Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Hilt Bailey
Leon
Charleston
Lillie Parson
Gracie
Mason County Land Transfers Involving Roush and Wears
Mason County records show multiple property transfers in the Arbuckle and Lewis districts. Clyde A. and Hila Lee Roush receive 51 acres from Clyde E. and Della B. Roush and Verna May Fisher with Salvenis and Theron Lancing Roush involved. Two tracts totaling 70 acres move from Arbuckle District owners Carl Wears and Barthley Wears to Delbert A. and Edwad E. Whittington. In Henderson, Charles P. Perry and Norma Perry sell to Claude Kell and Clara P. Kell real estate in the Lewis District, while Pearl Riffle Jr. and Flo Ann Riffle transfer a parcel in Lewis District to Pearl Riffle and Nellie Riffle.
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Clyde E. Roush
Della B. Roush
Verna May Fisher
Salvenis Fisher
Theron Lancing Roush
Cora Roush
Clyde A. Roush
Hila Lee Roush
Rolfe Lee
Vilet Lee
W. A. Barker
Vivian C. Barker
Arbuckle
Carl Wears
Barthley W. Wears
Delbert A. Whittington
Edwad E. Whittington
Henderson
Charles P. Perry
Norma Perry
Claude ©. Kell
Clara P. Kell
Lewis
Pearl Riffle, Jr
Flo Ann Riffle
Pearl Riffle
Nellie Riffle
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Athens
Athens County
John F. Newcomb
Sakt County
Ohie
Anee
Starr Township
Aimum
Tv Direc
Tors
J. Kauer
Naval Reserve Meeting
Stewart
Piaintitt
Chicago
U. S
P. E. Morrow
Dick Turner
Yerea
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