C. H. Varian Dies After Long Illness
Charles Homer Varian age 88 died here Tuesday at 6 pm after 11 years of invalidism. Funeral services will be held at Arnett Funeral Home Friday at 10 am led by Rev. A. E. Tulloch. Burial is in Letart Falls cemetery. Varian, born Letart West Virginia January 12 1854, was son of Plera and Rebecca Varian and moved to Point Pleasant over 40 years ago to run a coal business until illness ended work.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Homer Varian
Arnett Funeral Home
A. E. Tulloch
Letart Falls
Mr. Varian
Letart
W. Va
Plera
Rebecca (Sayre) Varian
Cooperation Key in Scrap Rubber Drive Proclamation
Mayor B. Walter Krodel urged full citizen cooperation in collecting scrap rubber for the war. He said this effort could save a life on the fighting front. No rubber collection report has been issued for the city.
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Point Pleasant
B. Walter Krodel
Obituary Notice of Mr Varian with Nancy Hayman
Mr Varian, formerly married to Miss Nancy Hayman, died in 1931. No children survive. Several nieces and nephews are the only near relatives. He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church.
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Nancy Hayman
Varian
Trinity Methodist Church
Becomes Telegraph Editor at Marietta Daily Times
Ruth Carpenter of Huntington is named telegraph editor for The Marietta Daily Times. She lived in Point Pleasant until 1938, graduated from Senior High School, and recently earned a degree from Marshall College.
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Point Pleasant
Ruth Carpenter
Huntington
Marietta Daily Times
Statistics Authority Visits County Clerk
Dr. Frank H. Reeder head of the state vital statistics department met with County Clerk John G. Aten and assistants in Point Pleasant to discuss official business and propose new ideas for records and filekeeping.
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Point Pleasant
Franklin H. Reeder
Charleston
State Department of Vital Statistics
John G. Aten
Union Chiefs Seek To Force Agency Vote
A two hour conference on the Marietta Manufacturing Co. strike in POINT PLEASANT drew no results. Attendees included state labor commissioner Charles Sattler and War Department representative Major Edward Rehmann. Union leaders aimed to trigger a bargaining election, while the company and CIO charges hindered action. Workers would not return without an election, and no further talks were arranged.
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Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Jason T. Weissenburger
Charles Sattler
Mr. Sattler
Edward Rehmann
War Department
Charles Bennett
Stanley Warren
S. R. Joyner
Maywood Boggs
A. F. of
Martin Bowles
A. F
L. Attorney
Weissenburger
Comany
CIO
Gallipolis
Bowles
Labor Board
Wil son family plans reunion at Boggess farm
The Wilson family will hold its annual reunion at the Boggess farm on Long Hollow near Flat Rock this Sunday July 5. An entertainment committee has prepared games and contests for attendees.
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Alman R. Pepper
New York
Arthur H. Fenton
St. Albans
Frank T. Cady
Christ Church, Episcopal
Wilson
Boggess
Long Hollow
Flat Rock
E. Bartow Jones
Sandra Sue
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Cincinnati
Rosanna Fry
Kaylong
Sheriff
F. B. Lieving
Mrs. Sarah Jane Brown Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Jane Brown were held at 2:30 this afternoon from Arnett Funeral Home. The Rev. C G Billups of Main Street Baptist Church officiated. Burial followed in Lone Oak Cemetery. Brown, formerly of Leon, died Saturday morning at her St. Petersburg Florida home. remains arrived yesterday.
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Point Pleasant
Sarah Jane Brown
Arnett Funeral
C. G. Billups
Main Street Baptist Church
Lone Oak Cemetery
Three Charged With Intoxication in County Jail
Three men were charged with drunkenness and held in the county jail after Tuesday arrests by Officers Morrison and Redman. William Harry Haught of Parkersburg was arrested by state police at noon Wednesday and will be arraigned on drunken driving charges.
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Point Pleasant
Jim Reynolds
Wetzel Elias
Morrison
Redman
William Harry Haught
Parkersburg
Two Births Reported at Point Clinic
Point Clinic notes two births in the city. A six pound daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Rainey Randolph. A five and three quarter pound son Charles Douglas to Mr. and Mrs. William Leroy Chattin of Leon. Both were born Wednesday.
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Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
Rainey Randolph
City
William Leroy Chattin
Leon
Charles Douglas
Kump to Speak in town this evening
Former Governor H G Kump, a Democratic U S Senate candidate, arrives at noon and plans to address townspeople at 8 PM in the courthouse. Local supporters will gather at Robert P Bell's office, Bell having been state industrial school superintendent from 1933 to 1941, before Kump meets attendees.
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Point Pleasant
H. G. Kump
U. S
Robert P. Bell
State Industrial School For Boys
Kump
Bell
Dem Leaders Hear Promised Revelations at City Meeting
The rally drew a large crowd as Mr Kump prepared to expose alleged actions by Gov. M. M. Neely while Neely was anticipated to enter the same primary race for the office.
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Kump
M. M. Neely
Legion Engages Big Carnival for Week at Harmon Field
Adjutant Bob McGuffin of Mason County Post No. 23 American Legion returned from Fairmont where he engaged Marks Shows Inc for a week long stand at Harmon Field July 6 to 11. The Legion post sponsors the show and has secured a city council permit.
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Point Pleasant
Bob McGuffin
Mason County
American Legion
Fairmont
Marks Shows, Inc
Harmon Field
McGuffin
American Legion Post
Vacations Cut To 10 Days At Ordnance Works
West Virginia Ordnance Works employees in Point Pleasant were informed their annual vacation is reduced from about 25 days to 10 days. The War Department cites the need to avoid overtime payments while supporting a faster war effort during wartime.
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Point Pleasant
War Department
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Cactus Pearls Form on Side Cactus Plants
Curious growths nicknamed cactus pearls form along the side of cactus plants. They resemble oyster pearls and develop to repair injuries caused by external sources.
Undertaker Mervin Chapman Attends State Convention
Henderson funeral director Mervin Chapman attends the three day state funeral directors association convention in Parkersburg this week. Mrs Chapman will join her husband there today for the closing banquet.
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Point Pleasant
Mervin Chapman
Henderson
State Funeral Directors Association
Parkersburg
Train Schedule Fragments From the Diplomat Daily
Time card lists multiple trains with arrival and departure times including East Bound Diplomat Daily and National Limited services. It shows daily and Sunday exceptions, South and North bound movements, and New York Central South services with various times.
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Diplomat
National Limited
NEW York Central South
Pao
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Ohio
Mason County War Plant
C. H. Varian
Telegraph
Statistics Authority
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Jeris
Dr. Miles
Bromo Seltzer
B.C
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Petrolagar
Carter
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Rotenone Spray
Gerber's Cereal
Clapps — Heinz — Beechnut Baby Foods
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Mellins Food
W. T. Springston
Ravenswood
Oakley Faudree
Pittsburgh
Faudree
Virginia Bailey
Newport News
Dick Crandol
Hull
Marietta. Co
F. Wise
W. B. McClain
New Orleans
Knox
Legion
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Bird Baths
Whitehouse Gas Ranges
White House
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