Point Pleasant Toll Call Records Set by Operators
The Point Pleasant Telephone Co. reports a record toll call volume in May with 17 736 calls handled by local operators, more than in any previous month since the first city line was installed in 1805. Operator activity averaged about 15 000 calls daily, per W. Smith.
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Pleasant
Long Man
Point Phone Company
Pleasant Telephone Co
Smith
Ign
Chartered Telephone Company
Mason ‘Telephone Co
Chesapeake “and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Pleasant social notes recount diverse community events
Mrs Vernon Miller hosted a surprise birthday for Carolyn Lee at 2309 Mt Vernon Ave with friends present. Auxiliary Carpenters Union No 529 members discussed July Fourth plans. various clubs held meetings, picnics, and memorial services. Community residents visited, traveled, or recovered from illnesses as Marietta manufacturing workers took vacations and local telephone service expanded significantly since 1940.
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Point Pleasant
Vernon Miller
Mt. Vernon Ave
Carolyn Lee
Carolyn
Jean Horn
Glenda Cossett
Cheryl Mitchell
Nancy Miller
Karen Fruith
Polly Ann Miller
Carol Reynolds
Barbara Bonecutter
Judy Horn
Patty Fruith
Delores Carlisle
Bobby” Duncan
Buddy” Miller
John Miller
Buck Fruith
John Gossett
Netwases
Carpenters Union No. 529
Luther Holly
Harmon Field
Helen Cheesebrew
Ma Dowling
Thelma Lester
Cecil Childs
Lena. Minturn
Wert Robbins
Army Chief Tours Point Pleasant Floodwall
Army Chief Col. Arthur W. Pence inspected the Point Pleasant floodwall as part of a national tour of Ohio River Division projects. He observed the wall at about 60 percent completion and a completion date of November 13 1950 was announced, with a possible four day extension due to a recent construction strike.
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Point Pleasant
Army
Ohio River
Arthur W. Pence
Nashville, Tenn
From where I sit by Joe Marsh trip nearly harms principal
A fragmented account describes Miss Gilbert the school principal nearly crashing when a newspaper blew across her windshield on the highway. The driver reports to Sheriff Harper seeking charges, but the details end without resolution.
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Joe Marsh
Gilbert
Portien
Harper
Joe
Andy's
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Doris McMillen
Reba M. Caldwell
Leland Duncan
E. A. Masters
Servation
Robert Perry
Axcans
Alexander Cruikshanks, III
Preme
Terian Church
Ernest Hesson
Harold Marquis
Thomas Burdette
Richard Tatterson
C. C. Landrum
Ben Isaac
H. T. Call
Walkup
James Hall
Orpan Rebekah Lodge
Mary Wilson
Hallah
Fannie Pratt
Lorena Shifler
Noble Grand
Mervin Chapman
Hazel Siders
Katherine Gor H
Lettie Jennings
Veron “Chapman
Shifler
Arnia Smith
Lucy Hill
Violet
Club le Meet
Maher Farm Woman's Club
Anne Bailey
Rioneer Farm Woman
The
Rome
Gallipolis Perry
T. Measant Personals
Ates
Edward Lozier
Carol
Elizabeth
Mrs Lozier
Lilly Bohn
Brownsville Pa
Mrs . I. Loder
Lor
John Klein
Judy
Johnnie
English ‘Road
A. N. Klein
Marietta
Klein
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Richard Bateman
Gallipolis
Ferry
Point Clint
M.F. Dowling
Luther Holley
Jimmy
Vernon Ave
Parkersburg
J. W. Biffie
Atlanta
Milton
Heh
Charles F
Charles Read
Hobart Stanley
Beech
Pearl Biffle
Sand
Carrie
Kathryn
Beaver
Leon
English
W. E. Gregg
Middlebourne
Sterling Suter
Paden City
E.E. Clapper
Eglish Ra
Lawrenceburg
Ind
HJ. Barr
Jackson Ave
John Russell
Barr Winter
S Poly Pleasant
Japalac
Point Pleasant Hardware CO
Pt. Pleasant
Fia
Atte
Aline
Aire
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