Four Are Candidates For July 4th Queen
Coronation Chairman John A. Wilson announces four contenders for Point Pleasant Fourth of July queen. Patty Jo Buffington Lions Club sponsor. Shirley Casey Meat Mart sponsor. Sonja Hartley Rotary Club sponsor. Sue Rhodes Kiwanis Club sponsor. Voting costs a penny per vote with jars around town. Coronation at 10 15 a m at the post office corner.
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Point Pleasant
John A. Wilson
Patty Jo Buffington
Joseph E. Buffington
Windsor Court
The
Lions Club
Shirley Casey
Welby Casey
Mt. Vernon Ave
Meat Mart
Sonja Hartley
Harley Hartley
Mossman Circle
Rotary Club
Sue Rhodes
Ohio River Road
Kiwanis Club
Janet Biffie
Lions
Lakin State Hospital
Firemen
Miss Buffington
Hartley
Miss Casey
Miss Rhodes
Mason County Marriage Licenses
Mason County records list marriages in Point Pleasant including James Edward Carter 22 of Mason and Leona Gladys Estep 22 of Mason. Also William Ernest Tucker 25 Grimms Landing and Janice Lee Grimes 20 Robertsburg. Paul Donald Turner 27 Le Sage and Betty Lee Starkey 22 Glenwood. Gordon Harold Meadows 71 Glenwood and Erma Lucille Wright 21 Frazier's Bottom Route 1.
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Point Pleasant
James Edward Carter
Mason
Leona Gladys Este
Leonore Fulton Carter
William and
Mary Elizabeth Young Estep
William Ernest Tucker
Grimms Landing
Janice Lee Grimes
Robertsburg
A Russell
Florence Hayes Tucker
Wilson Henry
Rhoda Tucker Grimes
Paul Donald Turner
Lesage
Betty Lee Starkey
Glenwood
Okey
Nettie Drake Turner
Forrest
Beulah Spurlock Starkey Boyd Dwight Stover
Williamson
Imogene Elliott
Decatur St
E. O
Minnie Livingston Stover
John Henry
Rose Ann Turner Elliott
Gordon Harold Meadows
Erma Lucille Wright
James and
Melvina Holley Meadows
Willard and
Eva Doss Wright
Boy Impaled on Fence Spike At Central Grade School
In Point Pleasant Rus sell McCoy 16 of Arbuckle slipped while climbing a iron locket fence at Central Grade School yesterday afternoon. He became impaled on a spike piercing upper right arm. The wound was deep about the size of a quarter. He was treated by a local physician and released.
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Point Pleasant
Russell McCoy
Arbuckle
Ray McCoy
Divorce proceedings started in court in Point Pleasant
Lorena Elien Loomis filed for divorce from Harold Edward Loomis in circuit court yesterday. The couple wed April 14, 1943, in Gallipolis and have two children. Loomis seeks no custody. petition cites cruel and inhuman treatment. Attorney representation by Somerville Hyer and Littlepage.
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Point Pleasant
Lorena Elien Loomis
Harold Edward Loomis
Gallipolis
Tractor-Mower Fund For Park Receives Boost From Lions Club
Point Pleasant Lions Club added two donations to the Harmon Park Tractor-Mower Fund bringing the total to 225 dollars. The funds will be used to purchase a mower to keep Harmon Park in top condition during the summer.
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Point Pleasant
Vernon School Hosts Old Fashioned Festival
Vernon Starstory 4-H sponsors a July 2 old fashioned festival at Vernon School. The event invites residents to enjoy games, demonstrations, and community activities.
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Vernon School
Vernon Starstory
Moose Women Install Heads at Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant women of the Moose installed officers at the Moose Home. New officers include Wilma Melrose as junior graduate regent and Ann Whalen as senior regent with Ruth Lewis and Martha Tennant among others. Installing officers were Nellie Henson and Dick Melrose. A Fourth of July dance with the McCoy brothers 16 piece orchestra was planned with the firemen’s celebration.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Women of the Moose
Moose
Wilma Melrose
Ann Whalen
Ruth Lewis
Martha Tennant
Wilma Eben Fisher
Freda Fruth
Margaret Duncan
Marjorie Smffith
Anna Lee Redman
Sentinel
Roma Wartenburg
Argus
Frances Darst
Nellie Henson
Dick Mel
Veterans Training Plan Discussed At Point Pleasant
A conference is set for Monday at 7 p.m. between Mason County School Superintendent C. H. Withers and Lloyd Daugherty field supervisor for the veterans administration. They will review a proposed veterans training program for the school system offering gas and arc welding auto mechanics machine shop theory blue print reading and shop drawing. The high school cafeteria will host the meeting for veterans interested in enrollment and to question Daugherty about the courses.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
C. H. Withers
Lloyd Daugherty
Veterans Administration
Daugherty
June 30 Deadline For Mason County Business Licenses
Mason County officials remind local proprietors that the June 30 deadline for general business licenses approaches. Licenses must be purchased before the deadline to avoid a 10 percent delinquency penalty. The item mentions a separate note on deer populations from the National Geographic Society.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
John A. Wilson
Maine
The
National Geographic Society
Ethel and Albert Return to TV as CBS Summer Replacement
The believable couple Ethel Lynch and Albert Bunce resume their TV program on CBS replacing December Bride for the summer. Peg Lynch writes the scripts with producer Walter Hart, drawing from real life for humor and domestic situations. Lynch, married to O K Banning, is mother to a four year old and began Ethel and Albert on radio before TV.
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New York
Ethel
Albert
CBS
Peg Lynch
Alan Bunce
Miss Lynch
Walter Hart
O. K. Banning
Minnesota
Bunce
Kate Smith
Kanawha and Ohio Boats Date to Early 1800s
In a historical note Harris recalls river trade on the Ohio and Kanawha dating to 1811 1812 era. He cites early steamboat building around 1810 1811 with forty boats active on Kanawha and Ohio by 1820 while thirty three were wrecked and many carried freight and passengers. The Robert Thomas by 1819 navigated Kanawha to Red House but could not pass shoals.
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H. Harris
Ohio
Kanawha
Point Pleasant
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Earest
Ohief
Robert Thomas
Red House
Eliza
Charleston
Wheeling
Pomeroy
William Harrison
Ark
James H. Payne
Kanawha Salines
Blue Ridge
Gallipolis
Kanawha River
Pittsburgh
Ohio Shore
Thomas Lewis
East
Middle West
Kanawha Valley
Civil defense talk and local community updates in Perry County
Sgt. F W Whartenby spoke at New Straitsville on civil defense and ground observers corps duties. Upcoming June 27 film show, Perry County Fair adds a 4 H and FFA wool judging contest. Firefighters plan July 4 celebration. Marine Corps tactical display set for Crooksville High School June 2. Several wedding notices and visits by residents follow.
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New Lexington
New Straitsville
F. Wm. Whartenby
Columbus
Perry County
Max Perry
FFA
Ohio Department of Health
H. F. Minshull
Lewis Williams
Crooksville
Charles Brown
Frank Bell
Charles Steele
Perry County Firefighters Association
Waterworks Park
Wade Kimball
Albert Toll
William Howorth
Crooksville High School
United States Marine Corps of
Zanesville
Earl Simpson
Shawnee
Betty
Clifford Everetts
Bertha Everetts
Samuel Braglin
Shawnee High School
Lancaster
Hardy
Marion
Harry Dardingernd
Chicago
Clarence Arnold Dies at Home in Findlay
Clarence Arnold of Findlay died at his home. His widow is Cressa Cahoon formerly of Vinton. Numerous local residents and families, including Swick, Wade George, the Georges, Quickle, Lambert, Higgins, Amos, Snyder, Deckard, and Welsh, visited relatives in Vinton and nearby communities.
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Vinton
Clarence Arnold
Findlay
Cressa Cahoon
Claude Swick
Wellston High School
Vinton Methodist Church
Don Swick
Charles Wade George
Mina George
Ray George
Anna Mae George
Marion
Debbie
Jackie Quickle
Columbus
Ray Quickle
Clint Lambert
Lackbourne
Anna Higgins
Ginger Quickle
Sherri
Eddie Amos
Eleanor White
James Snyder
Charlotte Hughes
Johnny
Dexter Deckard
Garnet
Doris Hughes
Elsie Murray
Townsend
Quickle
E. H. Welsh
W. D. Short
Dolver Welsh
Rutland
Eastern Star Mona Chapter Zaleski inspection report
Mona Chapter 226 of the Order of Eastern Star was inspected by Deputy Grand Matron Mildred Scott. The visiting group included 36 visitors and 39 local members with attendees from Columbus Logan Oak Hill Gallipolis Wellston McArthur New Marshfield Cheshire Proctorville Macksburg and Evergreen chapters.
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Zaleski
Mona
Order of Eastern Star
Mildred Scott
Cheshire
Bateer
Doro Rafferty
Pictims Schudeatar
Virginia Long
Macksburg
Mable Tawney
Gallipolis
Genevieve Atkinson
Virginia Atkinson
McArthur
Edith Hutsinpiller
Eastern Star Home Committee
Columbus
Logan
Oak Hill
Wellston
Hamden
New Marshfield
Proctorville
Evergreen
Radcliff hosts Logan Women and local visits noted
Mrs John Palm er hosts a Logan Women group while Dr Butler shows travel film strips. Several residents attend meetings and conferences in Ohio University Col umbus and McArthur. Families visit kin, dine with friends, and travel to Cincinnati and Cleveland as military and weather notes appear. Permanent frost reaches 67 feet on Cornwallis Island near the Arctic Circle.
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Radcliff
John Palmer
Logan
Butler
United States
Canada
Parme McLaughlin
Luella Scheerschmidt
Ardell Boring
Nellie Long
Ohio University
James Pendleton
Columbus
Stanley
Janice
Barbara
William Mchaffey
McArthur
Roy Wright
James Hawkins
Ed Dailey
Or Frank Dailey
Chillicothe
Raymond Cooper
Charles Scheerschmidt
Springfield
Harry Wells
Garnet Bowen
Ruth Ann Schwenk
Kansas
Don Collins
Lieutenat Schwenk
Air Force
England
England. Mrs. Schwenk
Mrs. Collins
Donna Kay
Cleveland
Alva Collins
Union Ridge
Lacy Kyger
Lynn
John McDonald
Jackie
John Palmer, Jr
Cincinnati
Gladys Pierce
Cornwalls Island
Arctic Circle
Local residents host relatives and visitors across towns
A flood of weekend and vacation visits flows through Clifton and nearby towns as relatives call on each other. Miss Joan Oliver travels with aunt rs. Lillian Harms to Toledo and returns with Mr. and Mrs. Harms. Numerous families including the Harms, Edwards, Oliver, Varian, Johnson, Mayes, and others are shown visiting or hosting in Middleport Point Pleasant West Columbia Pomeroy and Columbus.
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Linda
Point Pleasant
Mack Stewart
Sylvia Stewart
Mason
Bill Hall
West Columbia
Charles Varian
Dana Johnson
Lois Young
Clara Marie Smith
Martha Mayes
Middleport
Robert Compson
Pomeroy
Blanche Jones
Brean Duncan
Marsh
Gene Duncan
Walter Blake
Columbus
Dawn Stewart
Vienna
Kate Harrison
George Johnson
New Haven
Harry Johnson
Lillian Harris
Toledo
Addie Edwards
Chester Oliver
Bobby Varian
John Curtis Roush
Chester and
Curtis
Pearl Nicholson
Billy Sunday
Barbara Lynn
Wil! Rickard
Pauline Stewart
Polio Experts Urge Summer Salk Shots
A panel of leading polio experts including Jonas Salk and U S Surgeon General Leonard Scheele advised continuing antipolio vaccine injections through the summer despite peak polio season. They said the slight risk of paralysis from vaccination is outweighed by benefits, and suggested screening out fever or GI upset cases to reduce danger.
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New York
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
U. S
Leonard Scheele
Jonas E. Salk
Thomas B. Francis
University of Michigan
National Foundation
FBI arrests Point Pleasant man in stolen car transport case
Alfred Pearson aged 31 of Point Pleasant was arrested yesterday by the FBI on a charge of transporting a stolen car across state lines. He was taken to Huntington last night by a deputy U S marshal.
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Point Pleasant
Alfred Pearson
FBI
Huntington
U. S. Marshall
Shirley Casey Visits Family in Loraine Ohio
Miss Shirley Casey of 2310 Mt. Vernon Ave. is spending a week with her brother in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. William Harper, in Loraine Ohio. They visited his parents, Ervin Harper, and her parents, Wilbey Casey, Mt. Vernon Ave., during the weekend.
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Shirley Casey
Mt. Vernon Ave
William Harper
Loraine
Ohio
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