Five Vehicles In Route 62 Crash In Fog Shocker
State police investigated a highway collision on Route 62 involving five vehicles including an Ohio River Bus Co. bus driven by Willard Dale Harbour of Gallipolis. No injuries were reported as foggy conditions and rear impact damaged Osher’s car and the bus. Other drivers were John Osher, Robert Puig, and Delbert Rice. Traffic was briefly blocked. several fog related accidents have occurred on this highway this year.
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Lard Dale
Osher
Westerman
Taffic
Columbus
Harry J
Weaterman
Point Pleasant
Ohio State
Hero
Chistanes Will
Jividen
Police
Nek
Pares York
Oven Explosion Burns Mrs. Harry Layne
Mrs. Harry Layne of New Haven suffered burns below the waist when 18 quarts of peas processed in the kitchen oven exploded. The incident destroyed the entire batch and steam from the jars reportedly damaged kitchen decorations.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Layne
New Haven
Food shortage deepens at Ingleside during wartime
Mrs. Richard Peek, wife of Lt. Peek serving in the Burma theater, reports two guests yet food remains scarce. Gallipolis markets show tightening supplies as meat and breakfast items dwindle, prompting a second school canvass by Principal Withers. A pound of sausage was the only meat found, reflecting strained store shelves amid wartime demands.
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Point Pleasant
Richard Peek
Walter A. Windsor
Ingleside
Peek
Army Air Force
Withers
Gallipolis
Pt Pleasant Social Notes at Mrs Peek’s Bridge
Mrs Richard M Peek entertained her bridge club with a pot-luck dinner and contract play. High scores went to Mize Alice Marie Frye and Mrs Robert Foater of Gallipolis. Guests included Miss Frye, Mrs Foster, William Gygax, and several others. Also notes on local residents Anne Morgan, Scotty Scladean on furlough, and Patty Buffington’s tonsil operation. Robert P Harper Sr visits with parents before Naval Air Corps training in Maryland.
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PEFA
Richard M. Peek
Bridge Club
Alice Marie
Frye
Robert Foater
Gallipolis
Peek
Point Pleasant
Anne Morgan
Charleston
Sherwood Costen
Ohio
River Road
Cpl
Scotty Scladean
Camp Claiborne
S. E. Soladean
Henderson
L. O. Gaskins
J. Oral Eads
Walter Crooks
Patty
Joe Buffington
Holzer Hospital
Robert P. Harper
R. P. Harper
Viand Si
Penn State College
Naval Air Corps
Maryland
Lewis Sturgeon Sues Wife for Divorce
Lewis L Sturgeon, under the age of 21 years, filed for divorce from Esther Harmon Sturgeon. They married December 1942 and separated last March. He accuses her of adultery and sues through his next friend N L P Sturgeon.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis L.sturgeon
P. Sturgeon
Esther Harmon Sturgeon
Weather Is Ideal for Gardeners in Point Pleasant
Ideal conditions for crops and hay last week contrast with a manpower shortage in Mason County. Women increasingly take on farm duties as husbands and sons are in military service, performing haymaking, wheat harvest, and corn cultivation while some learn to operate machinery.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Annual License Renewal Time Highlighted by County Clerk
POINT PLEASANT county clerk explains renewal time for licenses to sell tobacco and soft drinks, operate junk shops, hawkers and pool tables, and sell farm produce. Hunting and fishing licenses year round. Penalties for late renewals. Some small businesses closed. fewer licenses issued. A Gallipolis junk dealer paid 150 dollars for renewal in Mason County.
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Point Pleasant
Aten
Gallipolis
Mason County
Smith Strikes Gas Drilling Water Wells
POINT PLEASANT H A Smith of Bidwell a former Point Pleasant Hardware service manager is drilling water wells in Mason County. He recently struck gas at 90 feet on his Bidwell land from the Cow Run sand with rock pressure nine pounds. The gas could supply the Smith family for years at their home.
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Point Pleasant
H. A. Smith
Bidwell
Smiths
Point Rock Social and Personal Highlights
Community news notes visits and gatherings around Point Rock. Local residents including L C Bobo, Helen Holcomb, Jarrat Bobo, and Gerald Collins share travels and furloughs. Family trips, Thursday, Sunday and weekend gatherings with neighbors and Grange events featured.
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Great Britain
Hoodlet
Nelsonville
Lowe Brothers
Hata
Standard
Betts
Lewis Sturgeon
Board of Education
Pleasant
Delbert C. Staats
Otis Neal
Oma
Meen
California
Benuzit
SPC
Span & Ie
New Peas
Carpenter's Hatchets
Miltex
Ohlinger
Wolfe
Nekonville, Ohio
Point Rock
L. C. Bobo
Ocoee
Fia
Jarrat Bobo
Helen Holcomb
W. R. Holcomb
Carolyn
Frank Westfail
Wilkesville
Gerald Collins
U.S. Navy
Howard Knapp
Haze Hudnall
Hebbardsville
Marion Dearth
Albany
T. E. McLaughlin
Middleport
J. FE. Mulholand
Raymond West
Chillicathe
Lewis McLaughlin
W. D. Babie
George’ Radekin
Circleville
Blakesley
Earl Starkey
Starkey
U. S Navy
Columbia Grange
Downie Nelson
Ora Nelson
Mittie Nelson
Nina Steele
Vesta Ca Jnode
Walter Holliday
Raymond Holliday
James
Nicholson
Guy
Star Grange
Hickman
National Brands Stores
Sat
Ellenetc
Donald Duck
Jackson
Faeda
Libby Sweet
Relish
Footes
Sox
Keyko
Ann Sweet
Scott
del Haven
Duff
Leadway
Realemon Juice
Berko
Vigortone
National Biscuit CO
N. B. C. Shreddies
Nabisco
Keddies
del Haven Glass Starch
Leadway Lye
Nola
National Brands
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