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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1946
Page
14
Four parking meters were taken from Main Street blocks 500 400 and 300 Tuesday night in Point Pleasant. Patrolman Curtis Yeager reported the meters were pulled from stands with the coin boxes emptied. replacement costs total 252 dollars at 43 dollars each. Suspected thieves may have discarded the meters in the river. no clues were found.
C J M of Abingdon Virginia sells land on Route 17 known as the Vaught place to Mr and Mrs J H Caufman of South Side. They will erect a modern residence to replace the old pioneer era structure still standing.
West Columbia church group met with 52 members present. The program featured Scripture by Lawrence M. Stuart prayer by Lawrence Coleman reading by Winnie Stiears recitation by Margie Johnson poem by Kenneth Stuart songs by Mary Stuart Jane M Hoschar Georgie Johnson and Vivian Ferguson. Marriage license issued to George Oscar Turner and Mary Martha Neal of Point Pleasant.
The Moose Club safe in Point Pleasant was drilled and opened after two days of work. Inside the cavity investigators found about $2,000 in currency still secure, countering initial fears of loot and wedging.
Carl Smith, local reporter, found an unoccupied passenger car with Ohio plates No 7 310 Q abandoned under the Sixth Street stoplight in Point Pleasant. The car, after three men exited when it wouldn’t start, was moved by Sheriff Ernest Hesson to the jail area as patrols traced its owner from Crown City Ohio.
POINT PLEASANT Railway workers in the area were reported to have been laid off with claims of declining business and possible strike preparation. Individuals named include W. H. Scott Cheshire relief for L G Shifler in the freight house Campbell Smith at Union Station and Ezra Ellis assistant to W R Staats car inspector. Larger layoffs were reported at other points on the lines serving the area.
A work train used for the Baltimore and Ohio railway bridge across the Kanawha has been returned to service after slag shortages. The train was idle for several days while material became available at steel mills in Ohio. Construction of the long fill on the north side of the river has resumed.
Mrs Cecil Lucas of Bellemearie reports her father G W Hall died at his Riverside home on Tuesday. A former Mason County resident, Hall moved to California 26 years ago. He was 82. Miss Betty Hall, a local, is his niece.
Reverend W E Coyle conducted Charles M Rowe funeral at the Methodist Church Sunday at 3 30 with many relatives attending. Nearby residents and families shared visits and gatherings in Athens Racine Columbus and Syracuse through the week including a surprise birthday for Norman Roush and furloughed service members returning home for short leaves.
Pt Pleasant reports the Lambda Chi Omega Sorority marked its fifth anniversary with a banquet at the Moose Club ladies lounge. Mrs. C. L. Head was inducted. Miss Edith Quillin became president and presented a sinced sorority pin to Mrs. William Filson. Members, husbands, and guests attended, with blue and gold decor, flower centerpieces, and a program throughout.
Meigs County agricultural agent Pomeroy C E Blakeslee urges farmers to obtain forest fire permits from one of six local fire wardens during March April and May as several fires have caused damage to lands meadows and crops across the county. Walter Maxwell is arrested in Point Pleasant on loitering charges and released after a brief detention. Twenty eight states have iron or steel producing furnaces.
The Senior Woman's Club hosts a pot-luck dinner at First Presbyterian Church in Point Pleasant with a spring style review by O. J. Morrison Department Store led by Mrs. Howard Proffitt. Models include Mrs. Barbee Rothgeb and many members while Mrs. Chester A. Roush sings and GM Equipment provides lighting. A public style show follows a 6:30 dinner. guests from farm women’s clubs are invited. Regular piano, photography, and fashion displays complete the event.
In Marietta, the Marietta Manufacturing Company launched the first of 15 barges for Jones & Laughlin Steel. The second barge was to be launched within a week, with reels laid for the next two. The 175 by 26 by 11 foot inland waterway barges signal Peacetime work shift as tugs progress.
Directors of Southern States Point Pleasant Cooperative met Tuesday night at the office on 11th and Viand Streets and transacted routine business. Present were Ray Roush president Elmer Grueser secretary and manager E C Carson Barstow Jones T C Roush J Milton Lewis and Marcus Weaver. The next regular meeting will be held April 2.
Meigs County Tuberculosis Association distributes a child health booklet Your Baby to parents of all 1946 births in Meigs County. Families with earlier or out-of-county Meigs births may request a booklet by writing the Executive Secretary. no charge.
A fragment describes a large vessel with about 1500 personnel and highly trained specialists aboard a battleship of eight to nine decks. The text hints at a formidable fighting machine and organized crew structure.
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