Legion Post 23 elects Powell Reynolds as commander
Point Pleasant Mason County Post 23 elected Powell Reynolds commander for the coming year at a Monday night Legion Home meeting. Officers include Carl Fruth as vice commander Doris McMillin adjutant Rev G Billups service officer Margaret Kelly Americanism officer Gene Crow child welfare officer James McComb finance officer Peter Steenbergen Jr historian Rev C G Billups chaplain H A Kuhl sergeant at arms Charles J Hyer Stanley Waldie and Reba Caldwell executive committee. Delegates to the state convention in August at Charleston named Reynolds Fruth and Miss McMillin. alternates Rev Mr Billups Mrs Kelly and Crow. An amendment to hold meetings every Monday evening was approved, state approval required before official status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant—Legionaires
Mason County
Powell Reynolds
Legion
Carl “Buck” Fruth
Doris McMillin
Charles J. Hyer
Stanley Waldie
Reba Caldwell
Carl Fruth
James McComb
Gene Crow
Reynolds
Fruth
Marjorie Waldie Elected Auxiliary President at Pt Pleasant
Miss Marjorie Waldie was elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary at a Monday meeting in the Legion building. Other officers named include Miss Lena Foglesong vice president and Mrs. D. G. Wilfong second vice president. A donation to Clarksburg veterans hospital funded an organ for the chapel. Also noted are invitations, visitors, and various residents visiting relatives across towns.
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Point Pleasant
Marjorie Waldie
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Lena Foglesong
D. G. Wilfong
Chester A. Roush
W. E. Dunn
Mary Hyre
G. C. Hite
Paul Thomas
W. C. Nebbergall
Carroll Kennedy
Clarksburg Veterans Hospital
Girl's State
Annabelle Yarbrough
Wilfong
Point Pleasant Insurance Boost Takes Effect At Board Meeting
Mason County's board of education voted to increase school insurance by about 300000 to cover older buildings and proposed future structures. Supt. Ferguson said the survey showed inadequate coverage. The board ordered work on the Point Pleasant High School trade show and approved preliminary plans for auditorium classroom gym additions.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Board of Education
Robert H. Ferguson
State Worker Expected In Gallia Benefit Program
In Gallia County a plan to distribute total and permanent disability benefits faces county hold ups. Commissioners have vetoed the project multiple times since last November. The stalled plan affects a $500,000 federal appropriation and must have unanimous county approval. Civil service staffing issues and cost concerns hinder progress. Local residents raised road and bridge repair matters at a Monday commission meeting.
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Gallipolis
Court House
State Department of Welfare
John H. Lamneck
Columbus
Lamneck
Gallia County
Guernsey
Harrison
Gallia
Civil Service
Bounty Auditor
Edward Parkins
Perry Township
Vernon Woods
Garland
Job Grows Auditor Finds Job Grows
Gallipolis report shows county auditor Charles W Bodimer facing new duties. He must assess a tax on house trailers and pressure grows to tax strip mining coal removed, a task many call a new headache. State authorities urge a stiff rate while stripped lands show as valueless on duplicates. Bodimer serves as clerk of the board of revisions and county commissioners, county seal er of weights and measures, issues due tags, collects inheritance tax, and remains county auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles W. Bodimer
Board of Revisions
Board of County Commissioners
Complaints To Be Aired On Tax Revaluations
Twenty two complaints before the board of revision on taxing revaluations will be acted upon between June 26 and July 1. Charles W. Bodimer spoke after a Monday meeting, naming Otis Drummond as chairman and outlining the panel includes Tommy Daniels and Bodimer as clerk. The board reviews claims of unfair revaluations since no appraisers were discharged at the end of the original work.
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Gallipolis
Board of Revision
Charles W. Bodimer
Otis Drummond
Tommy
Daniels
Bodimer
Board of Devision
Drummond
Walkaway Inmate Returns After Week Away
Gallipolis Raymond Little of Meigs County walked away from county jail while serving as a trustee. He returned at 2 a.m. Sunday after a week away mowing a lawn on Monday June 18. Sheriff George Ehman said the man left to go to Columbus to sign papers for industrial compensation or wait a year.
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Gallipolis
Raymond Little
Meigs County
Little
Columbus
George Ehman
Earl Arnett to Attend 57th Funeral Directors Convention
Mr Earl Arnett and Mrs Arnett left for Huntington where the 57th Funeral Directors Association convention runs June 26 to 28. Mrs Arnett will perform on the Hammond organ and attend a luncheon for funeral directors wives Wednesday.
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Point Pleasant
Earl Arnett
Funeral Directors Association
Huntington
Queen City chief cites virus grippe at Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis reports Chief Chester Leaper says Robert Queen City is confined with a grippe at Holzer Hospital due to police shortages and vacation season. In Point Pleasant, Samuel Burrow was fined five dollars and costs by a local magistrate after state police arrest for drunkenness and was sent to jail for nonpayment.
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Gallipolis
Robert Queen City
Holzer Hospital
Chester Leaper
Chief Leaper
Point Pleasant
Samuel Burrow
Land Purchase Reported at English Court Area
A tract comprising one full lot and portions of seven others was bought by E. B. Jones and J. G. F. Johnson north of the English Court Addition. The land, listed as lot 84 and parts of 83 86 87 88 89 and 1 on the revised plat, was purchased from Odiy and Josephine Burris. Additional houses are expected after sewage lines are installed.
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Point Pleasant
E. B. Jones
J. G. F. Johnson
English Court
Odiy
Josephine Burris
Correspondent Named At Point Pleasant
Robert Wartel a June graduate from Ohio University has been named the Mason County correspondent for The Messenger He replaces Ed Belsho who will transfer to the Athens office Wartel a Toledo native is unmarried and will assume duties Wednesday of this week
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Point Pleasant
Robert Wartel
School of Journalism
Ohio University
Mason County
the Messenger
Ed Belsho
Athens
Wartel
Toledo
Drunk Driving Charge Brings Jail Sentence
Howard Hunt appeared in Dominion Pleas Court Saturday and pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was sentenced to county jail for five days, fined $50 and his driving rights were suspended for six months.
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Gallipolis
Howard Hunt
Dominion Pleas Court
Four People Fined In Municipal Court
GALLIPOLIS In municipal court Floyd Johnson was fined $10 and costs for reckless operation and Robert Bostwick the same amount for speeding. Paul Ritchey and Lloyd Trowbridge were each fined $5 and costs for intoxication.
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Gallipolis
Floyd Johnson
Robert Bostwick
Paul Ritchey
Lloyd Trowbridge
Son's Birth Announced Point Pleasant
Mr and Mrs Robert Anthony 2406 Monroe Ave announce the birth of their son David Tee born Monday at the Point Pleasant Ohio Driver Arrested Point Pleasant Charlie s Robert Carnes Jr Sidney was arrested here Monday morning by city police for operating a motor vehicle without license.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Anthony
Monroe Ave
David Tee
Point Clinte
Ohio
Charlies
Robert Carnes, Jr
Sidney
Bridge Party Planned at Christ Episcopal Church
Invitations are being received for a bridge club party to be held Thursday evening at Christ Episcopal Church parish house. Hostesses are Mrs Don Smith, Mrs A Keith McClung and Mrs Huge Juhling.
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Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Don Smith
A. Keith McClung
Huge Juhling
Local Social Guests Include Berry Family in Canton Visit
Capt. B N Berry and family from Canton Ohio visited Sunday with Betty Berry of Main Street and Mrs Hamilton Johnson. Mrs Steen bergen of Pittsburgh visited her brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs Charles Steen bergen. Douglas Long and son Freddie from Winfield Road called on Mr and Mrs George Hudson on South Side. Sgt and Mrs D G Wilfong’s guests at 115 English Road included Dr and Mrs O C Campbell and Mrs J D Smith Sr of Ham.
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Clayton Pullins
Rodney Pullins
Donald Parsons
Betty
Princeton
D. L. Carey
Joyce Ann
Donna Gall
Huntington
Bill Matheny
Bellemeade
Early McKinney
Jefferson Ave
Claude Roush
Camp Conley
Karen Roush
Mr. Sheets
B. N
Berry
Larry
Canton
Ohio
Betty Berry
Main
Hamilton Johnson
Main St
Inlaw
Charles Steenbergen
Pittsburgh
Douglas Long
Freddie
Winfield Road
George Hudson
South Side
D. G. Wilfong
English Road
O. C. Campbell
J. D. Smith
Ham
Firemen to Aid Pomeroy Tag Day in Point Pleasant
Fire Chief Roy Jackson says tag day sales will be held in Pomeroy on June 30 with local firemen and Mrs. Margaret Kelly selling tags in Point Pleasant. Proceeds go to the Pomeroy and Point Pleasant fire departments. The Pomeroy firefighters will assist as in past years. Tag Day in Point Pleasant is on July 4.
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Point Pleasant
Pomeroy
Roy Jackson
Margaret Kelly
Bend City
Pallbearers Named For LeMaster Funeral
Pallbearers for the Marion Franklin LeMaster funeral to be held today include Fred Cooper Clarence Cox D C Willet Elmer Jones Art Hartley and Harley Hartley. Interment will be at Harmony Church cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
Marion Franklin LeMaster
Fred Cooper
Clarence Cox
D. C. Willet
Elmer Jones
Art Hartley
Harley Hartley
Harmony Church
Newborn Molly Frances Wamsrey in Henderson Home
A daughter named Molly Frances was born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Wamsrey at their Henderson home. The birth adds a new member to the Wamsrey family with relatives expected to celebrate.
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Point Pleasant
Molly Frances
Lloyd Wamsrey
Henderson
City Clerk Hatton Fines Cook After Arrest
Point Pleasant reports Frances Hatton fined C Cook of New Haven three dollars after police arrested him Sunday night on speeding charges.
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Point Pleasant
Frances Hatton
C. Cook
New Haven
Ring Found on Creek Banks Still Unclaimed
A ring found by a youngster on Crooked Creek bank has been turned in at City Hall and remains unclaimed. Call City Clerk Frances Hatton to identify it. Marriage license issued John Wesley Meadows 28 and Wilma Faye Van Sickle 19.
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Point Pleasant
Crooked Creek
Frances Hatton
John Wesley Meadows
Southside
Wilma Faye van Sickle
Rennel Weight Loss Claim Praised by Paul Robinson
A Canton Ohio man touts Rennel for rapid weight loss and health gains after using grapefruit juice as directed. He claims a 30 pound reduction and urges readers to buy Rennel from their druggist with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Rennel
Paul Robinson
Park Bay
Canton
Ohio
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Duke Williamson
Moose
Harmon Field
Appalachian Power
Somerville Stout
Cox
Cliff Stalnaker
John Spiggle
Abie Haner
Social Security Agency
Loren Thomas
Job
Auditor
Alomar
Mrs. Arnett
Bridge Party
LeMaster
Ady
Studebaker
Sudebaker
Studebeare
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
Rea
Redtop Beer
Red Toye Brewing
Cincinnati
Athens County
Kook Distributing Co
State St
Otto
Red
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