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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1943
Page
7
Point Pleasant prepares for a May 15 election with no declared candidates. Mayor B Walter Krodel is expected to seek another term unless his friends nominate him, while several council seats show long service and incumbents. war-time growth drives expanded city services and federal cooperation.
Point Pleasant officials plan repairs to the Mansion House, damaged by recent flood, including interior painting and exterior coating. Local and Charleston park commissioners aim to restore furnishings from the Presbyterian Church and rebuild Battle Monument steps with durable stone.
A picket stood before O. J. Morrison department store in Point Pleasant all day, bearing banners that accuse the chain of unfair labor practices. A union representative allegedly warned of nationwide action after trouble with the Huntington store, with negotiations to be led by company president O. J. Morrison and headquarters officials.
Mrs. Gardner widow of a former Point Pleasant postmaster and business leader is ill at her Sixth and Main Street home. Her condition worsened yesterday according to a brief update from family.
Reports revive talk of a 3 million dollar war plant near New Haven with possible ties to Graham Station and Racine. Locals note brine and coal abundance and prior farm options, while no definite site or official confirmation has emerged.
Mrs. Milton L. Miller hosted the Five Hundred Club at her home for the last weekly session until after Easter with guests Mrs. Harold Sayre and Mrs. Marvin McElfresh. High score went to Mrs. Nelson A. Park who received defense stamps. Concord Ladies Aid postponed to March 17 with Mrs. O J Byus hosting at Henderson amid revival activities at Henderson Methodist Church led by Rev. James Fisher. Deputy Sheriff Ernest Hesson and Captain Moten Stanley were among visitors while Marion King plans a trip to Mt. Nebo W Va and Arlington Va for work at the War Department.
Meigs County Photographic Society to be reorganized in the near future after members met at the Ohio Fuel Gas Company offices. Several defense workers in town or planning to join have dark rooms, and a Sunday picture-taking excursion has been planned.
The Rev and Mrs A F Tulloh and Miss Marian King attended a regional conference of Methodist leaders at Johnson Memorial Church Huntington Tuesday evening. The meeting aimed to establish summer vacation church schools in the area.
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