Affair Now Completed at Point Pleasant 4th of July event
The Point Pleasant celebration of the freeing of Silver Bridge proceeds with roast oxen and planned food service from 11 to noon. Homer Smith and H D Wartenburg lead merchants’ efforts, police plan traffic zones and extra officers, and tolls are waived on July 4 from 12 noon to 6 pm for tri county visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Bridge
Homer Smith
Chamber of Commerce
H. D. Wartenburg
Merchants Division
Commerce
Ernest Hesson
Toral Morrison
M. B. Streagle
Ordnance Works Protective Force
G. G. Hite
Shipyard Protective Force
Paul ¥. Thomas
H. D. Coyner
Focal State Police Detachment
Tri-County
Walden Roush
Spend Many Hours Seeking New Positions
Tens of thousands of man hours have been spent in Mason County by job seekers They must have birth certificates and must apply through the U S employment agency before approaching employers The general committee is led by Mayor B W Krodel Homer S Smith Bartow Jones George G Somerville and Warden F Roush Other committees cover barbecue cups water fountains serving stands coffee and entertainment with several local names listed as organizers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
U. S
Lester Ohlinger
C. E. Dunn
G. B. Woodard
Charley Bechtle
F Mances
Chester Roush
Earl Gibba
G. C. Hite
Melvin Schmidt
Sgt
Paul F. Thomas
L. W. Getty
P. E. Burtoe
Beer Dealer Settles Overcharge Case In 1942 Pricing
Miss Colston, restaurant owner, faced overcharge findings by the local price panel for beer pricing during wartime ceilings. She reduced prices from 14 to 12 cents per pint plus tax, aligning with a 12 cent rate while peers charged 15 cents. The overcharge funds go to the U.S. treasury. Heck's Grocery also settled for 28 dollars and 72 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sama. Seimons Efetate
Point
Mesiss Mithue Colston
Sald
Inter
Misa Colston
OPA
Colston
John Brown
Miss Colston
United States Treasury
Brown
Heck’s Grocery
Pleasant Social Notes Highlight Summer Club Fun
Mrs Homted hosts a large gift collection and a birthday evening for the Five Hundred Club on Seventh Street. Guests, including Bess Liter and Mrs R J Heslop, played door games with high scorer Mrs Rayburn winning. Sgt Eugene Halstead and S-Sgt James W Mitchell visit. Brereton Mitchell to spend sixth birthday with parents. Dudley Hollen freed from a German POW camp visits Charleston and Detroit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Cary Howard Rayburn
Milton J. Miller
Gertrude Halliday
Harry D. Roush
Ernest Hesson
Carl Parsons
Charleston
Eugene Halstead
Curt Yeager
Athens
Halstead
Patton
Europe
James W. Mitchell
Kaylong
Jamestown
Bartow
Jones
Brereton
J. T. Mitchell
Guy Morrison
Billy
Ileston
Paul
Paul Holleng
Dudley Hollen
Hollens
Mr. Hollen
Alma J. Diddle
Detroit
W. Diddle
Henderson
Alexander Cruickshanks
Point Pleasant Dons Long Pants Highlighted in National Magazine
Marietta Log notes a Washington based national periodical features Point Pleasant in an article titled Point Pleasant Dons Long Pants. The piece includes a photo of the mayor and council in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
National Magazine
Marietta Log
Pathfinder
Washington, D. C
Many Railroad Men Live in Mason County
Lemuel Shifler of New York Central at Union Station estimates about 200 railway employees reside in Mason County. He puts average income at $180 a month, over $2,000 yearly per person, totaling more than $400,000 annually for the county. He notes New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio systems pay about one third of Mason County property tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lemuel] Shifler
New York Central
Union Station
Mason County
Baltimore and Ohio
Body of Gallia Soldier Is Awaited
The body of Col. Paul Williams, who died in a Pratt Field Kansas hospital accident, is awaited. His wife Lois Curry Williams and infant son are in Gallipolis with relatives waiting for word. Williams, born August 22, 1916, enlisted May 2, 1942, served as military police and is survived by his parents, wife, a 18 month old son, three sisters, two brothers, and a half brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Paul. Williams
Pratt “Air Field
Kansas
William
Lois Curry
W. W- Curry
Cpl. Williams
Lincoln
Neb
Pratt Field
Wade
Williams
Lower River ‘Road
O.hle
Gunton George
Porter
Mitford Kingery
Kerr
Ralph
Germany
Carroll
New Beer Regulations Take Effect Sunday
New beer rules from the legislature last winter go into effect Sunday July 4 in POINT PLEASANT. The key questions for drinkers concern whether 3.2 beer has a kick. Provisions include no sales from Saturday midnight to 1 PM on Sundays and juke boxes silenced on Sunday and at 14 PM on weekday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Nephew Receives Master of Civil Engineering Degree
Lt. James V. Bartlett, son of Mrs. Blanche M. Bartlett of Walton Apartments Charlestown, earned a master of civil engineering degree at Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York. A graduate of the U S Naval Academy Annapolis he is a native of Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
A Simmons
James V. Bartlett
Blanche M. Bartlett
Walton Apartments
Charlesten
Rennaselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N.Y
Bartlett
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
New Pastor Begins Preaching Sunday at Presbyterian Church
In Point Pleasant the Presbyterian Church will hold Sunday School at 9 a.m. followed by a preaching service. The new pastor, Mr. Monrot Bush, arrived Thursday and will reside in the manse after furnishing a bachelor apartment. Choir rehearsal is set for next Wednesday at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Church
Monrot Bush
Mason Schools Receive $5 130 for Teachers
Mason County School system received 5130 dollars from the state for payment of the teacher bonus for the past term. The legislature abandoned the bonus in favor of higher salaries for teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Schools
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Auto license plate extension announced for Pleasant area
The state road commission extends 1944 45 auto license tags to July 7 due to weekend year end and delivery delays. The Automible bureau said the extension avoids disruption at the county court and tag offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point. Pleasant
Convicted guard dies after hospital surgical
Roy Batten, a Spencer State Hospital guard convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Roane County, died in the Moundville penitentiary after a surgical operation. He had been sentenced in May, entered prison June 7, and was accused of beating patient James V. Cox from Jackson County, who died within hours. Batten is survived by his wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Roy
Batten
Spencer State Hospital
Roane County
Moundaville
James V. Cox
Jackson County
Cox
Returning Vets Have Rough Atlantic Trip
A stormbattered Liberty ship the Jonathan Elmer with 390 troops aboard arrived in New York after enduring a 70 mph hurricane en route from France. The rolling vessel carried veterans from the 65th, 6th, 11th and 106th Infantry divisions, the Eighth Air Force, the 1st Airborne Division and the Fourth Armored Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jonathan Elmer
France
65Th
Eighth Air Force
1St Airborne
Fourth Armored
Hitler Baby Factories Are Closing in Hunland
BAD WIESSE Germany l The baby factories Hitler built for the SS are closing down but not for lack of business. Thousands of babies conceived before the German surrender will be born in the next seven months many of them to unwed mothers but instead of coming into world in such idyllic Surroundings as this Bavarian garden spot they will be born at home or in city hospitals. Under the Nazi regime dozens of maternity homes were maintained in hotels about Bavaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bad Wiesse
Germany
Hitler
Bavaria
Chiang Kai-shek Hopeful War Will Endure Longer
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek said Japanese forces are massing for a final blow but that American landings on the Japanese home islands would allow China to strike back on the Asiatic mainland. He indicated China would endure a land battle with American air and limited ground support, and believed Japan would fall in more than 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tig
Chiang Kai-Khék
China
China Taowish AB
Chiang
Japan
South Europe Force To Be Out This Summer
Gen Jos eph T McNarney announced 80 408 American soldiers in the Mediterranean are eligible for discharge and will return home by September. He said by December about 56 000 troops remain, then 2 680 salvage troops by January, with 5 000 air corps troops under European theater command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph T.mcnarney
Mediterranean
McNarney
Su!preme
Air Corps
Euros
Pean
Gallia Man Held to Grand Jury on Two Charges
John Richart, 77, of Bidwell, bound over by Justice Bidwell to the Gallia County Grand Jury on counts of breaking and entering and theft of an automobile. Bond set at 700 dollars after waiving examination. Richart arrested near Court Street after officers fired shots to capture him. confessed to stealing James Pethel's car on June 21. Patrolman Grant Long and Night Watchman Archie Richards assisted. Separately, Richards held to grand jury under 500-dollar bond for related offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Richart
Bidwell
Grand ‘Jury
Jones
Dora Bastiani
Ric
Third Avenue
Court St
Grant ‘Long
Archie Richards
Oscar
J. Z
Halliday
James Pethel
Services in Churches of Gallipolis
Church listings from Gallipolis detail schedules for First Baptist Grace Methodist First Presbyterian St Peters Episcopal Church of God and Paint Creek Baptist with times for Bible school Sunday services junior programs youth fellowship and Holy Communion observances and baptisms noted for the weekend and coming weeks.
County 4-H Adopts Activity Plan At Dinner Meeting
Gallia County 4-H advisers met at Island View Inn to plan the 1945 club year. Twenty nine clubs across livestock crop home economics and health fields unite under leaders listed with multiple named groups and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
C. C. Lang
Valatant State
Island View Inn
Gallia ‘County
Ube
Wide Awake
Earl Brown
ENO
SAW
Allene Roush
Vinton
Tigers
Dewey Walker
White “Oak
Jolly Workers
Maurice Thomas
Northup Victory
Smeltzer Rose
Rodney Rangers
Emiel Thomas
Little
Kyger Victory
Mra
James
Roush
RIO Oaks
Mendell Beatties
Eldon
Will Northup
Cloverettes
Smelter
Meda Mink
Harris Blue Hornets
Mortis
Gooch
RIO
Lucky Clover
Norma McCarley
Swan Creek
Victory
Paul Butler
Mia
A.T. Jones
Blue Ribbon
Albert
Dennison
Garners' Ford
Ernest
Irvin
Centerpoint Cadettes
Paul
Parking
Orville Jones
Chicamauga Mustangs
William Sprague
Harrison
JW. Darat
Mercer Vicle
FFA
Dale Shaler
FA Teld Victory
Glenn Powell
Bidwell. Banner
T. K. Bell
Gallia Soldier In Radium Hunt With German Scientist Party
Gallia County youth Pfe. Marvin Deckard joined a group accompanying a German scientist to a site in Bavaria where two million dollars in radium were hidden. AP dispatch from Bad Told Germany dated June 27 reports Deckard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Deckard of Gallipolis, with relatives in the city and connections to former Vinton residents. Revival meeting in Chestnut Ridge Tabernacle under Rev. P. J. Krefer starts Saturday at Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Pfe
Marvin “Deckard
Bavaria
Associated Press
Bad Told
Germany
Deckard
Ira Deckard
Vinton
Carrie Stewart
Woman Driver Fined By City Judge
In Gallipolis municipal court Judge William H. Jones fined Mrs. Marie Wall forty dollars plus costs after a Thursday hearing. She was suspended from driving for six months and fined again for driving without a license following a crash at 10 45 PM in the 600 block of First Avenue. She was taken to police headquarters after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Marie Wall
First Avenue
Wall
Jones
Shipyard worker loses toe after steel accident
Stewart of the Marietta shipyard reportedly lost a toe when a piece of steel struck his foot. Amputation was performed at Holzer Hospital reports The Marietta Log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jured
Ant — Albert
Stewart
Titter
Marietta
Holzer Hospital
Incomplete Farm Committee Meeting Report
A fragmentary notice from Point Pleasant lists committee members for a Lewis Farm event planned around July 13. The text is garbled, naming Arran, Dicnis Tem, GG Hite, Chasiea Vivat Matre, Torai Jorriaon, Wait, Rice, Lightburn Hyatt, Claud Cheesebrew, and George Bair, with reference to a farm site used last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Farm
Point Pleasant
Arran
Dicnis
Hite
Chasiea Vivat Matre
Wait
Rice
Lightburn Hyatt
Claud Cheesebrew
George Bair
Also Mentioned on This Page
AMF
Ross Hunter
Lynn Merrick
Ted Donaldson
Brea
Wallice McDild
Oscar Dettiche
Mystery Island
Hugh Herbert
Fiangey
Tuken Belles
Wterhatonal, McTures, Inc
Randolph Scott
Gypsy Rose Lee
Dinah Shore
Bob Burns
Oui
Wreatces
William A. Serer
Charles Winminger
Mlam
Waersell
Gytun
Ray Paelet
Daes
Florence Bates
Sar Randy Sordets
Melsonville
Buchtel Road
Beaco
THE
F. J. Beasley CO
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Tees
Gallia
Nephew
Polytechnic Institute
Spencer Hospital
Holland
Pub
Nels, Ohio
Hitler Baby
Hunland
South Europe
Justice Bidwell
Edward Hakes
Bible School
Hakes
Nave
King’s
GRACE
W. Scott
First Presbyterian
Theodore Valenti
ST. Peter’s Episcopal
Charles G. Baird
Church OF God
Garfield Ave
Olelock
Paint Creek
Foster L. Covington
Odlock
John - Gee -A.mie
Mary- Lou Henderson
John Casey
J. D. Adamson
Nelsonville
Guy Leonard
Hillside Ramblers
Logan
Sven
C.E
Whitmore
Neisenville
Martin
Fort St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!