St Albans Family Narrowly Escapes Watered Flood Road
A St Albans family narrowly avoided a 20 foot drop when their convertible slid into floodwaters on Route 17 near Three Mile Dreck. James M Henson, his wife, and daughter Rosemary 11 escaped as bystanders and rescuers including Miles Durst and Donal Shaffer helped. The car was pulled from the water and towed to Henderson for repairs. No injuries were reported, but the family remained frightened after their Sunday drive amid flood conditions.
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Point Pleasant
St. Albans
Three Mile
Henson
John Hudson
Henderson
Miles Durst
Mason County Civil Defense Unit
Five Mile Creek
Owen Likens
Junior Leport
Henson’s
Jack Crank
Gilbert Rogers
Route 17
Jim Craddock
Donal Shaffer
Paul Monroe
The
Civil Defense
Mary Catheryn P
Good
St. Ann
Ilinois
Mary B. Haettinger
Fisher Street
Speedway 4
Indiana
Lucille Ruth Lucas
Locust Avenue
Fontana
California
Mary Ellen Arrosmith
Fast Orchard Street
Rialto
Charles Edward Estep
Lotton Place
Riverside
Grant A. Rhoades
C Battery
Arty
APO
New York
Rudolph J. Stone
Oxnard Blvd
Oxnard
James Pidcock
C-O
William E. Press
Box 600
Dunnellon
Florida
Mildred Stewart
Emma Miller
Cynthia A. Drake
E. M. Conant
Athens
Councilias
Cynthia A Drake
Arnold M. Brundige
Betty L. Brundige
Monant
Highways Reopened In Mason County
The Civil Defense and National Guard ended flood duty at 4 30 p m Sunday as county highways opened. DUKW units logged over 1000 miles each during the emergency with about 12 personnel on duty from both groups. Routes 2 South 35 and 17 are open and Henderson business districts have returned. floodwaters remain in Camden Ave and Kingtown homes.
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Civil Defense and National Guard
Civil Defense Unit
National Guard
Sheriff's Office
Henderson
Camden Ave
Kingtown
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes
Mr and Mrs Clarence Roush Letart welcome a daughter. Admitted are Frank Gardner Point Pleasant Osborne Stewart Point Pleasant Mrs Irene Keefer Point Pleasant Lewis Taylor Point Pleasant Mrs J W Stewart Point Pleasant James Dabney South Side Dismissed are Mrs Glenn Seymour Point Pleasant Mrs Virgil Siders Point Pleasant Charles Keefe Clifton Edward Davis Mason Mrs Bobby Joe Chapman Point Pleasant and daughter Frank Roush Point Pleasant William Freeman Gallipolis Ferry Mrs Walter Donahue Point Pleasant
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Point Pleasant
Osborne Stewart
Irene Keefer
Lewis Taylor
J. W Stewart
James Dabney
South Side
Glenn Seymour
Virgil Siders
Charles Keefer
Clifton
Edward Davis
Mason
Bobby Joe Chapman
Frank Roush
William Freeman
Gallipolis Ferry
Walter Donahue
Television Program Listing Notes on Schedule Errors
Listing notes state that the Messenger is not responsible for errors when stations fail to provide corrected schedules. Boldface type marks color programs.
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Speeding arrest and local birth notices in Point Pleasant
William H. Holcomb, 26, was charged with reckless driving after clocked at 100 mph on Jackson Ave. Virginia Randolph and Carson Brown faced intoxication charges. James Johnson IV born to James III and wife at Cabell Huntington Hospital with listed grandparents and relatives. Mrs Franklin Thomas and infant Franklin of Chester, Va., visiting Leon, W. Va., Crookham family ill.
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William H. Holcomb
Madison Ave
Jackson Ave
Court of Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Virginia Randolph
James Johnson, III
Mason
James Johnson IV
Cabell-Huntington Hospital
Donald Foglesong
James Johnson
Las Vegas
Nev
Henry Johnson
New Haven
Rosie Stewart
W. H. Fogleson
Franklin Thomas
Franklin
Chester, Va
Ray Crookham
Leon
Crystal Cash
Reedsville PTA Postpones Meeting and Dramatics Planned
Reedsville Riverview PTA postpones regular meeting to March 16 at 7 30 p m. Ohio University Dramatics Dept will present Green Blackboard. Bake sale precedes meeting to fund gym drapes. Long Bottom Home Demonstration Club meets March 18 at Mrs Opal Harris home.
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Lyle Balderson
Reedsville
Riverview P.T.A
Ohio University Dramatics Department
Long Bottom
Opal Harris
Chester Buckley
Florida
C. Edd Humphrey
John Ludwick
Columbus
Debbie Morton
Dorsel Riebel
Rosemary Reed
Jeanine Provancha
Tommy, Robin
Vicky Morton
Richard Boring
Mrs. Boring
Len Osborne
Reno
Point Pleasant
Gay Casto
Anne Bailey
Krodel Park
Vinton Clinics Rescheduled After Flood Delays
Chest X ray and diabetes clinics in Vinton County are rescheduled after last week’s high water. The mobile X ray unit will operate Monday at Brown Zaleski from 3 to 6 pm and Thursday at Allensville School from 9 am to noon and 2 to 5 pm.
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McArthur
Vinton County
Brown- Zaleski
Allensville
Candystripers Plan New Member Party at Pleasant Valley Hospital
The Candystripers of Pleasant Valley Hospital announce a new member party Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the hospital dining room. Several films depicting candystriping will be shown and young girls aged 15 and older interested in volunteering are invited to attend.
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Point Pleasant
the Leon Baptist Church
Men’s Fellowship of the Church
Leonard Smith
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Ohio River recedes restoring normal highway travel near Gallipolis
Gallia County reassesses after the Ohio River crest reached 54.4 feet Friday. By 3 am Monday the river fell to 49.1 feet, then rose slightly before dropping 3.1 feet to 51.1 by 4 am Sunday. Routes 325 and 554 remained closed in places while Route 7 near Kyger Creek eased to near clear. Schools reopen as crews manage flood cleanup and lock operations resume at Gallipolis Roller Dam.
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Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Vinton
Kyger
Cheshire
Kyger Creek
Eastern Ave
Blue Fountain
Point Pleasant
GSI
Chickamauga
Vine St
Bill C. Campbell
Lower River Rd
Clay School
Ohio River
Kanawha
Hinton
Gallia County
Man Returns to Face Non-Support Charges in Gallia County
Gallia County Sheriff’s deputies brought Earl Franklin Moody 29 of Columbus back to Gallipolis for a non-support charge. Moody pleaded innocent in Municipal Court and was held for the grand jury after posting a $500 bond. Moody’s wife Delores also faces non-support charges.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
William Davis
Oak Hill
Thomas Mantell
Portsmouth
Bobby Jackson
Beulah Hayes
Middleport
Hannah Lee Calhoun
Bidwell
John Dewitt
William Finn
Fairborn
Edward Fetty
Taylor Ridge church aid donates to remodeling
The Ladies Aid Society of the Taylor Ridge Church of Christ voted to donate $20 for remodeling. Meeting at Mrs. Vernice Smith's home, with assistance from her daughter Carol Ann, included contests and prizes. The April gathering will be at Mrs. Marena Schultz's in Jacksonville.
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Taylor Ridge
Ladies Aid Society
Guard Rail Saves Driver From River
In Gallipolis a car ran off First Ave into two houses and stopped against a guard rail along the Ohio River. Alton G. Hall, 28, of Point Pleasant, was cited for driving left of center after the vehicle allegedly crossed signals and railroad tracks before waking up. He posted a $25 bond for Municipal Court.
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First Ave
Ohio River
Alton G. Hall
Point Pleasant
Elmer Hatfield
Jason Sheppard
Cedar St
First
Spruce St
Hall
Haydenville Church Officers Lead Quarterly Conference
District superintendent Dr. Stanley Jeffreys led Haydenville Webb's Chapel Charge as the Fourth Quarterly Conference met at Webb's Chapel Church. Attendees from Haydenville included Rev. and Mrs. Lewis Skiver and several local families. Ginny Lee Carter celebrated her ninth birthday with a supper at grandparents Homer and Nellie Carter's home.
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Haydenville
Stanley Jeffreys
Chillicothe
Haydenville-Webb's Chapel
Webb's Chapel
Lewis Skiver
C. §. Matheny
Neal Gearhart
Roy Crothers
Luther Skiver
Don Vollmer
Nora Skiver
George Hamer
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Webb’s Chapel
J. J. Moore
Homer Carter
Nellie Bond
Harry Swaim
Rubye Hurley
C. S. Matheny
Ginny Lee Carter
Ned Carter
Carolyn
Keith
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Across Inland Waterways
Gauges show Gallipolis 83.4 and 49.2 with rollers out and falling slowly. Montgomery out and falling. Greenup 30.8 and 59.7 with rollers out. Meldahl upper gauge out at 60.7. Kanawha Falls rising 9.43. Hinton rising 5.05. Pomeroy-Mason out. Point Pleasant 44.92. Dam conditions: Kanawha River London Marmet running 12 feet of rollers. Winfield 42 feet. Ohio River movable dams in Huntington District down. Gallipolis boats suspended at Gallipolis oiler. Marmet Stevenson 0-12 at 1:25 p.m.. Winfield Jefferson 2-0 up at 9 a.m. Ohio River boats Lock 15 Eastern 17-2 down at 12:05 p.m.. Bingo 0-3 up at 1:20 p.m.. Lock 17 Jacob G. 1-0 down at 4:25 a.m.. Lock 20 Robert P. Tibolt 17-2 up at 11:35 a.m.. Lock 21 Rose 6 0-1 up at 10:55 a.m.. Lock 22 Onward 0-3 up at 1:20 p.m.. Lock 23 Jim Hougland 0-5 down at 9:50 a.m.. John J. Rowe 6-0 down at 11:20 a.m.
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Montgomery
Greenup
Meldahl
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Huntington
Stevenson
Winfield, Jefferson
Eastern
Bingo
Jacob G
Robert P. Tibolt
Rose
Lock
Onward
Jim Hougland
John J. Rowe
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