River Falls flood recovery and Red Cross aid update
Point Pleasant reports flood crest under 64 feet with 63.7-foot crest held briefly as streets are dried. Red Cross to provide rehab assistance to families displaced along Kanawha to Putnam line and Oko river areas with registration at headquarters daily. Frank Heck suffers heart attack at Heck Restaurant in Huntington during visit to son.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio
Red Cross
Virginia A. Roth
Henderson
Roth
Eleventh
Viand Sts
Main St
Fifth
Fourth St
Ben Franklin Co
Viand
van Matre
Woodard Plumbing
First Grandchild of Morrisons Arrives
A son was born to Seaman and Mrs. Toral L. Morrison Jr. at their Middleport home on March 6. Paternal grandparents Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Toral Morrison rushed to Middleport Monday afternoon after the road water receded to meet their first grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Seaman
Toral L. Morrison, Jr
Middleport
Toral Morrison
Tourney Begins in Mason With Three Session Format
After a five day delay due to high water Sect opened its Region VII basketball tournament in Mason with three sessions planned. Wahama crushed Ripley 48 to 21 in the first session while Point Pleasant edged Gilmore 46 to 30. Ravenswood beat Gilmore 40 to 31 in the second, and Point Pleasant topped Wahama 46 to 36 in the semi finals. The finals pit Point Pleasant against Ravenswood to determine Section 29’s regional entrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Sect
Ion
Wahama High School
Ripley
Big Blacks
Gilmore High School
Sandyville
Ravenswood
Gilymore
Jackson County
Wahama
Wahame
Culp
Ravenswood Boys
Section 29
Huntington
Hospital Notes GALLIPOLIS discharged and admitted patients
Gallipolis list: discharged include Charles Holter Racine Carl Lynch and Mrs Louis Karshnik Point Pleasant Ray Hughes son of Mr and Mrs Louis Hughes Georges Creek and Albert Campbell Ginko W Va new patients admitted Lea Russell 40 Middleport Milton White 80 Jackson Route 4 Tuesday
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Gallipolis
Holter Hospital
Charles Holter
Racine
Carl Lynch
Louis Karshnik
Point Pleasant
Ray Hughes
Louis Hughes
Georges. Creek
Albert Campbell
Ginco
W. Va
Lea Russell
Middleport
Milton White
Jackson
Route 4
Vinton Youth Injured in Accident Near Gallipolis
In dense fog on Route 160 between Vinton and Gallipolis Ohio, Olan Stewart of Vinton was hurt when a car driven by Hoy Holcomb struck a telephone pole. Holcomb, driving about 10 mph, was transporting Stewart and two others to join selectees for pre induction physicals in Columbus. Mrs. Gerlach provided first aid before Stewart continued to join the rest of the group by bus. Rev. Theodore Valenti delivered the send off with fruit cake and coffee supplied by local supporters.
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Gallipolis
Olan Stewart
Vinton
Hoy Holcomb
Route 160
Here
Holcomb
Stewart
William Osler
Kenneth Willis
Columbus
Cline Gerlach
Gerlach
Theodore Valenti
First Presbyterian Church
Moatz
R. P. McCarley
Tra Neal
Woodmen of America
Four oclock Club to meet at Mrs Steenbergen home
Point Pleasant The Four o clock Club will meet Thursday at 7 30 pm with Mrs Peter H Steenbergen hosting at 903 Main St. The China study continues with a discussion on reforms revolution and nationalism by Mrs Bartow Jones. Carl Lynch moved home from Holzer Hospital after a severe pneumonia attack. John Clay Hutchinson on leave from San Francisco en route home. Dr and Mrs C M McCray returned after two weeks with relatives in Princeton Bluefield and Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Peter H. Steenbergen
Main St
China
Bartow Jones
Carl Lynch
Charleston Road
Holzer Hospital
Earl Arnett
Lynch
John Clay Hutchinson
United States Navy
San Francisco
Western Pacific
C.M. McCray
Princeton
Bluefield
Mullens
Legislature Liberal With State's Funds
State legislators closed a harmonious 60 day session with rare unanimous votes in the Senate and limited dissent in the House. A key bill freed the Kanawha River bridge and a compromise on teacher pay passed by a single lower house vote. Overall spending rose with many state employees receiving raises, yielding a two year budget exceeding 35 million dollars, a record for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam A. Lind
Point Pleasant
Senate
Kanawha River
House of Delegates
Rush D. Holt
Lewis County
Red Cross Drive Delayed by Flood in Point Pleasant
Flood waters halted the Red Cross War Fund campaign as Chairman John Glass and staff surveyed conditions. They anticipated progress toward the county goal within a week. Publicity Director Robert Ferguson noted only one worker, Mrs Gail Faires, reported before leaving town, delivering $70 from five Main Street families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Red Cross War Fund
John Glass
Robert H. Ferguson
Gail Faires
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Announcements
Gallipolis notes report PTA meeting set for March 15 in Chillicothe with Mrs Hollis Wood presiding and program speakers including Mrs Helen Basinger and Dr Ann L Becker. Also Mt Zion Women’s Society all day session with sewing and pot luck dinner led by Mrs Clarabel Bradley. Lafayette American Legion to celebrate 26th birthday with joint auxiliary. guests include ex-state commander Williams. Marriage announced: Robert Thompson chief warrant officer US Army Air Corps to Pauline Nevis of Sidney Australia, married Feb 16 in Sydney. Red Cross enlistment overseas for Betty O'Brien of Decatur Ga. Gallipolis personals note Ruland returns from Lima, local business trips and visits. Kershaw to trial calendar. new receptionist Bernadeyan at Gallipolis Clinic. Columbus visits for C H Wilson and daughter.
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Gallipolis
Hollis Wood
South Central Parent Teachers Association
Chillicothe
M.C.A
Helen Basinger
Ohio Congress of Parent-Teachers
Ann L. Becker
Marie Rodeniser
Mildred Bickel
Legislative Department
A. E. Griver
Ross County
Gallia County
P.T.A
Washington, Lincoln, Kananga
Rio Grande
W. D. Kelton
P. C. Smeltzer
Mt. Zion Women's Society
Lower
Fourth Avenue
Clarabel Bradley
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Williams
Oak Hill
Robert Thompson
United State Army Air Corps
Pauline Nevis
Sidney
Australia
Lester W.}. Thompson
St. John's Church of England
Thompson
Philippines
Gallia Academy High School
Miami University
Oxford
Robert F. Ruland
City Loan Company
Lima
T. A. Thomas
Forrest
Thomas
Richland, Wash
John E. Jones
Cora
Max Tawney
Columbus
George Kershaw
Mary
Lewis C. Warden
Foster
Huntington
Bextfield
Clagg
Montgomery
Time
Mr. Kershaw
Phillips
Owen Monroe
Louisiana
Barry
Quickle
Agee
Signmient
U.S. Engineers
State
Harmon
Miss
Court Cases Set for Trial in Gallia
Gallia court records show cases slated for trial while local resident Mrs. Esther Cobb enters Point Clinic for surgery and Daran Ball from South Side becomes a new medical patient at Enthrs Clinic.
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Gallia
Point
Pleasant
Esther Cobb
Point Clinic
Daran Ball
South Side
Guardsmen Return From Flood Duty at Portsmouth
Forty one members of Company L Ohio State Guard under 2nd Lieut Morris Haskins returned home Monday night after being called for flood duty in Portsmouth last Thursday. A large boulder fell near Pomeroy's roundhouse Tuesday between two and three am, about as large as a house, with a loud striking grinding noise.
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Gallipolis
Ohio State Guard
Morris Haskins
Portsmouth
Pomeroy
Round House
Lady Finds Relief From Gas With ERB-HELP Medicine
A woman described her previous stomach symptoms as a gas factory after meals. She reports freedom from gas bloating headaches and constipation after taking ERB-HELP containing 12 herbs. Athens Pharmacy promotes the medicine as a cure and urges sufferers to obtain it.
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Athens Pharmacy
Gallia Court ruling upheld in school district case
In Gallia County the Court of Appeals upheld the Gallia County Court of Common Pleas decision in James Simms v. W Emmett Slagle et al. The dispute concerned a 1944 territorial reorganization of Morgan, Bidwell Springfield, and Vinton districts. The protest filed by Morgan District electors failed to meet the required 51 percent threshold. Appellate Judges McCurdy and Metcalf concurred with Judge Roy Gillen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Court of Apail
Galfia
County Board of Education
Gallia County
Morgan District
Vinton
Morgan
Bidwell- Springfield
McCurdy
Metcalf
Roy Gillen
Purple Heart Medal Received by Wife Fellure
Mrs. Juanita Fellure of Gallia County received the Purple Heart awarded posthumously to her husband Private Lawrence Fellure. He died November 28, 1944 while serving with the 119th Infantry Division in western Germany. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Clay Fellure live on Portsmouth Avenue. widow employed in Detroit war work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Juanita Fellure
Lawrence Fellure
Fellure
119Th Infantry
Germany
Gallia County
Clay Fellure
Portsmouth Avenue
Detroit
Mercerville Youth Awarded Bronze Star Medal
Pfc. Dolph L. Pinkerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Pinkerman of Mercerville, received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service with the 250th Field Artillery Battalion in Luxembourg. Under heavy fire he repaired vital war lines, showing courage and steadiness in the Army of the United States.
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Gallipolis
Dolph L. Pinkerman
L. B. Pinkerman
Mercerville
250Th Field Artillery
Army of the United States
Luxembourg
Pinkerman
Congregation To Meet March 18 At 11 O Clock Arm
A congregational meeting of the Presbyterian Church at Point Pleasant is called by the Session for Sunday March 18 at 11 o'clock a m to consider a pastor call and review the church budget for the ensuing year. Clerk Peter H Steenbergen asks all members who can attend. Sunday school will be at 10 o'clock with no other services planned.
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Point
The
Presbyterian Church
Peter H. Steenbergen
Cqlerk
Funeral for E. E. Rardin in Columbus Collected family to gather in Ravenswood
William H. Rardin and wife travel to Columbus for the funeral of E. E. Rardin age 85 of Ravenswood and Columbus with a return trip Tuesday. Rardin, active in Jackson County West Virginia, long operated a Ravenswood business before moving to Columbus. Burial occurred in Ravenswood yesterday. a family portrait of his parents seven brothers and sisters shows only two sisters surviving.
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Columbus
Point Pleasant
William H. Rardin
E. E. Rardin
Jackson County
Ravenswood
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F. L. Heck
Heck
Sixth St
Morrisons
Mason
Prik Lee
Vural
Gallipolis Social Notes
A. P. Kerr
Betty Dean O’brien
American Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Miss O'Brien
Raymond O'Brien
Jean Jones
Decatur, Ga
Federal Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Zenners
Akink’in
Howard
Court Street
Chermnaiee
Marth
Mr. Smith
Athens National Bank
Member
Federal Reserve System
Cary Grant
poueiAs Fairbanks
Merrie Melody
NOW & Thur
Powell Loy
Justie Watson
Wetere
Jackie Moran
Wanda McKay
There Goes
Kelly
Daily Sun
Flicka
HS and
Deau
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