Point Pleasant schools resume as roads spark worry
Point Pleasant all schools resumed yesterday with low attendance. Only about 25 percent at Junior High and 33 percent at Senior High reported in. Gravel and dirt roads, damaged by snow and ice, raise concerns about central school practicality and the high cost of road repairs likely to stretch six to seven months before next winter.
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Sam A. Simmons
Point Pleasant
Central
North Point Pleasant
Ordnance Works
Mason County
Jast
Charleston Road
Putnam County
Greenfield First To Fill Red Cross Quota
Greenfield Township led county Red Cross drive with a quota of 190 dollars announced by Howard S. Hardway. Morgan Township followed, surpassing 147 dollars, and Second Ward A reportedly reached 1450 dollars per City Chairman Jack Knight. Poor road conditions and school funding issues compound local troubles.
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Greenfield
Red Cross
Gallipolis
Greenfield Township
Howard S. Hardway
Morgan Township
Hardway
Second Ward
Jack Knight
Athens County Woman Ends Spitting Up After Meals
A county woman in Athens reports relief after using ERB-HELP, a new medicine that stops acid liquid spitting after meals. She says meals no longer trigger gas, bloat, or choking sensations and that she now enjoys eating. Betts Cut Jsonville notes the report.
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Athens County
Jsonville
To Operate Farm at Point Pleasant
Mr and Mrs William J Cook of Cleveland arrived Sunday en route to the Eden farm on Long Hollow Road east of Point Pleasant where they will reside. Mr Cook plans to raise berries and vegetables for market. He has been in the ice business in Cleveland for years. He is a Cleveland native who has lived there all his life. Mrs Cook is a daughter of Mrs Leander Eden of Letart and the late Mr Eden.
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Point Pleasant
William J. Cook
Cleveland
Eden Farm
Long Hollow Road
Cook
Emerson Wilson
Army Air Ground Force
D. L. Wilson
Wilson
Eugene Reynolds
Point Clinic
Jimmy
J. Oral Eads
Jericho Road
Holzer Hospital
Walter Crooks
Middleport
Waller W. Crooks
Mt. Vernon Ave
Cpl
John W.nibert
Army
Air Force
Boca Raton
Fla
Albert L. Sauer
G. D. Nibert
Gallipolis Ferry
M. C. Byers
Baltimore
McCulloch
Main ‘St
Annual DAR Luncheon Held in City
POINT PLEASANT The Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter D.A.R. held its March meeting as an annual luncheon at the Presbyterian Church social rooms. State regent Mrs. Millard T. Sisler spoke on National Society war projects. The program included songs by Miss Jacqueline Windsor and a parade of officers and guests, with many local and visiting members registering.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis
D.A.R
Presbyterian Church
Millard T. Sisler
National Society
Jacqueline Windsor
Walter A. Windsor
Virginia
Pfe
Robert Heslop
Charleston
Brereton Jones
N. L. Swackhammer
Hartford
Harry ©. Shane
New Haven
Ray Proffitt
Mason City
Proffitt
A. Keith McClung
Board of Management
William H. Vaught
Garnet Tillis
Edna Cox
Waldo Allen
James A. Adie
Homer Fisher
Max Koenigsberg
Biddle
William Burdette
Paul. S. Thomas
Vaught
Milton L. Milter
John J. Chase
E. E. McElfresh
Bertha Reed
McClung
Sisler
W. T.stone
F. J. Reed
Patrick Lochary
Jonathan
Meigs
Pomeroy
Frances Klein
Middleport
Chester A
M. E. Tracy
William H. Bardin
L. 2
Putz
C. O. Durfee
Ben Franklin
B. M. Berry
Robert H. Ferguson
Clyde L. Haner
James Porter
Gallipolis
Richard Peck
Louis Bateson
C. G
H. K. Thomas
Ray Delano
Edward Jackson
Sayre
George B. Skene
Delbert C. Staats
Edward Swint
Layne
Swackhammer
Bartow Jones
John Shawkey
Wiliam A. Woolsfilt
Howard Price
M. C. Byers
Baltimore
Wilston Steenbergen
Eunice Bel
Sectional Tourney Opens in Point Pleasant Today
Sectional basketball tournament starts this afternoon after rain delay. Wahama faces Ripley and Point Pleasant meets Sandsville in the early games. Play begins at 4 o clock with the winners advancing to meet Platenewond on Wednesday. Referee Culp from Harrisville officiates all games.
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Point Pleasant
Wahama
Ripley
Sandsville
Platenéwond
AL & A'Clack
Ramies
Culp
Harrisville
Flood Rolund Craft To Move From Harbor
A number of river craft have spent the flood period in the local harbor en route to the Gulf of Mexico from a shipyard in the Pittsburgh district. The Jeson towboat lies near Junior TWigh School while others are tied up along the Ohio and Kanawha. They are expected to move out of the harbor in the next few hours.
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Gulf of Mexico
Pittsburgh
Jeson
Pt Pleasant Social Notes and Local Reach
Pt Pleasant social notes report residents visiting relatives and preparing moves including White who will reside in Washington with Lt White assigned to special flying missions. Other items include church guild meeting with speaker Mrs Tabor and local residents visiting relatives and recovering from illness.
Special Court Term Held in Mason County Circuit Court
Wiliam H. Bardin was elected judge of a special term of the Mason County circuit court held Saturday. An order in the Mary E. Plants guardianship case authorized selling or encumbering infants real estate in Point Pleasant. George G. Somerville, special commissioner, reported a 60 acre land sale in Clendenin District for 1900 dollars in the Hayward Nibert case. A divorce was granted in William H. Blain v Beulah J. Blain.
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Point Pleasant
Wiliam H. Bardin
Mason County
Mary E.plants
Robert L. Plants
George G. Somerville
Clendenin
Hayward Nibert
John Nibert
William H. Blain
Beulah J. Blain
Pt Pleasant Cleans City Streets After Rise
Pt Pleasant begins flood clean up after Main St receded by Monday morning. The water stood about 46.5 feet, mud and debris cleared from Main and cross-town streets. Crews work slowly but expect weeks of cleaning ahead to fully restore the leveled area.
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Point Pleasant
Main St
Train Service To Be Resumed Today
A Baltimore and Ohio representative said one passenger train passed yesterday in each direction and regular freight and passenger service would be restored today. Bus service can be resumed or fall Tolites today, but the bus terminal cannot be used for several days.
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Point Pleasant
Ipral T
Baltimore and Ohio
Seven Are Arrested Here Over Week-End
Seven people were taken into custody over the week-end in Mason County. Jack Cartwright of West Columbia was arrested for intoxication and pled guilty, receiving a 30 day sentence in the Mason County jail. Wade Rollins of Leon, Charles Cheesbrow, Wilbur King, and William Neal, all local, were charged with fighting and posted cash bonds for release. Clyde Cunningham of West Columbia and Gladys Dickens, locals, were arrested on intoxication charges and expected arraignment today.
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Point Pleasant
Jacck Cartwright
West Columbia
B Coyner
Cartwright
Mason County
Hesson
Wade Rollins
Leon
Charles Cheesbrow
Wilbur King
William Neal
Clyde Cunningham
Gladys Dickens
Morrison
Funeral Held Today for Mary Jane Hughes at Beale Chapel
Miss Mary Jane Hughes age 80 died Friday March 2 at Point Clinic. Funeral services were held this afternoon from Beale Chapel Church south of the Kanawha. burial delayed by flood. Also notices Jack Searberry admitted to Holzer Hospital after early morning removal for appendectomy from First Street residence.
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Point Pleasant
Mary Jane Hughes
Point Clinic
Beale Chapel
Kanawha
Arnett Funeral
Hospital
Arnett
Jack Searberry
First St
Holzer Hospital
Masonic Officers To Be Honored at Dinner
A dinner honoring past masters of Minturn Lodge will be held in the Masonic Chile dining room at Minturn Lodge Sixth and Viand Streets on Thursday evening March 15. Several members of the Grand Lodge are expected to attend. After the dinner two candidates will receive the third degree work.
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Point Pleasant
Masonic
Persona! Dece Mc Kinney Visits On Short Leave
POINT PLEASANT. Dece Mc Kinney of the Merchant Marine Service is here on a short leave from New York City. Although he visited only recently, McKinney has made trips to Europe. Carl Lynch of Charleston Road, a Holzer Hospital patient the past month, is reported improving rapidly after a severe pneumonia attack.
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Point Pleasant
McKinney
Stewart
Merchant Marine Service
New York City
Europe
Carl Lynch
Charleston Road
Holzer Hospital
Three Gallia Countians Rescued From Icy Chickamauga Waters
In Gallipolis three people were saved after an outboard struck a submerged stump near the mouth of Chickamauga Creek. Howard Letts of Western Land Southern Insurance, secretary Miss Gertrude Rupe, and cousin Miss Betty Bradbury were pitched into flood waters. They clung to a tree until assistance arrived from Ore Gilmore, Junior Plymare, Junior Letts, and Robert O'Dell who brought them to shore.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga Creek
Howard Letts
Westernland Southern Insurance Company
Gertrude Rupe
Betty Bradbury
Miss Rupe
Letts
Jher
Miss Bradbury
Ore Gilmore
Junior Plymare
Junior Letts
Robert O'Dell
Gallipolis Personal Notices Amid Flood and War News
Gallipolis locals and servicemen face travel woes and family updates as floods strand residents like Casby Meadows and mother Mrs. Joe Meadows delaying returns from Milton New York Central transport. Lieutenant Tom Rue’s leave extends after flood delays, while John Dexter and Joel Catling return on leave from Great Lakes and Sheepshead Bay. Capt Richard Morgan and daughter Galen visit from New Orleans area, plane delays force rail travel. Marine Sgt Earl DuBarry visits. D W Reese and Gladys Mae delayed returning from Columbus due to high water.
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Joe Meadows
Milton
W. Valest
Charleston
New York Central
Tom Rue
East
Valley Forge Hospital
Rue
John Dexter
Great Lakes
H. W. Dexter
Columbus
Joel Catling
J. E. Cating
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Merchant Marines
Richard Morgan
Galen
New Orleans
Gallipolis
W. H. Morgan
E. G. Roger
Earl DuBarry
Detroit
Mich
Gladys Mae
Gallia Cattlemen To Hold Annual Round-Up
GALLIPOLIS The third annual Beef Cattlemen's Round-up and annual beef cattle tour will be held March 21 and 22 with the Round-up banquet at Grace Methodist Church March 22. Radio station WLW reps will attend the banquet Thursday evening to broadcast interviews with Gallia Countians and attendees.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Grace Methodist Church
WLW
Gallia
Kerr Named Manager Of Gallia County Produce Co
Frances E. Kerr becomes manager of the Gallia County Produce Co with Edith Hutsinpiller remaining co manager. Kerr and Houtsinpiller plan to run the business together, continuing the long time leadership since Aaron Davis left in 1942 to start a new venture. Kenneth Watts, a Merchant Marine, arrived on leave from Maryland seeking family in Gallipolis and reached the city by seaplane due to flood transport disruptions.
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Gallipolis
Frances E. Kerr
Glaucer
Gallia County Produce Co
Edith Hutsin- Piller
Aaron Davis
Houtsinpiller
Kerr
Kenneth Watts
Ernest Watts
Cora
Maryland
Charleston
Overturns in Flood at Chickamauga Park Route 35
Floyd Kingerey’s car overturned in flood waters at Chickamauga Park on Route 35 Sunday afternoon. Melvin Green was riding with Kingerey when steering gear malfunctioned, as testified to Deputy Sheriff Morton Dickey who investigated the accident.
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Gallipolis
Floyd Kingerey
Chickamauga Park
Melvin Green
Kingerey
Morton’ Dickey
Milk shipment to Charleston resumes from Mason County
Trucks resumed transporting milk directly to Charleston from Mason County dairies. The Point Pleasant Transportation Co said roads north of the Kanawha are clear and relief is in sight for all dairymen, with south of the Kanawha to be clear early today.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Dairies
Charleston
Point Pleasant Transportation Co
Former Resident of Addison Is Dead
Marion Rife, 84, retired railroad man and former Addison resident, died Sunday in Greenfield Ohio where he had lived about a year. Survived by wife Catherine Lambert. three children Ferry Marion and Margaret Jean. Sisters Cora Thaxton and Fannie Rusk. Funeral at 2 1 o'clock Tuesday at Middleport. burial Gravel Hill Cheshire.
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Gallipolis
Marion Rife
Addison
Greenfield
Ohio
Catherine , Lambert
Ferry Rife
Eee
al Marion
Germany
Margaret Jean
Cora Thaxton
Fannie Rusk
Dennison
Texas
Middleport
Gravel Hill
Cheshire
Gas Line Break Mended After Flood Waters at Vine Street
Gallipolis reports a gas line serving Garfield Portsmouth and Chillicothe Avenues broke Friday evening, likely hit by a propeller on flood waters at Vine Street bridge. Lovett and Steele laid 814 feet of pipe across Chickamauga Creek, restoring Garfield line by Saturday night and Chillicothe and Portsmouth lines by Monday evening. one household dependent on natural gas moved to Lafayette Hotel.
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Gallipolis
Garfield
Portsmouth
Chillicothe Aves
Vine St. Bridge
Garfield Ave
L. [Lovett
Hector Steele
Chickamauga Creek
Chillicothe
Ports
Lafayette Hotel
You're Not Too Old To Feel Young
An aging men’s health ad promotes Tremone, a vitamin and hormone formula, claiming it revitalizes vitality, mood, and enjoyment. It promises renewed youthful spirit and pleasures with directions on label, marketed by Gallacher Drug Company and other druggists.
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Jabel
Gallacher Drug Company
Adt
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