Point Pleasant Engineers Inspect Air Academy Site
Two U S Engineers from Louisville inspected Point Pleasant's 9000 acre proposed Air Force Academy site with local leaders and chamber officials. They toured the TNT area and found the site capable of housing academy facilities and discussed backing from Charleston area business groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Academy
Point Pleasant
Air Force Academy
Louisville
U. S
T. L. Edelen
W. H. Rutledge
Warren King
Chamber of Commerce
C of C
John Clay Hutchinson
Ralph Davis
King
Charles E. Hodges
Charleston C of C
Edelen and
Rutledge
Martinsburg
W. Va
Charleston
Motorist Pleads Innocent In Unsafe Vehicle Charge
Nelsonville report says a motorist pleaded innocent at arraignment before Mayor Earl Hilleary after being charged with unsafe operation of a motor vehicle from a Kentner and Short Streets crash. A hearing is set in mayor's court tonight. Also note a UMWA Local 9674 meeting scheduled for Red Men’s hall Thursday at 7:30 p.m. with secretary R. Warren announcing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Clarence M. Dean
William Dean
Earl Hilleary
Kentner and
Short Sts
UMWA
Red Men’s Hall
R. Warren
Soldier AWOL alert leads to pickup in Deanville
Clarence Smith, reported AWOL from the US Army, was picked up Tuesday at Deanville by State Highway Patrolman James Gibbs and City Patrolman Don Bumgardner. Smith will be held at Athens pending arrival of MPs from Ft. Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Clarence Smith
Deanville
James Gibbs
Don Bumgardner
Smith
Athens
Ft. Hayes
Boy Scouts Outing at Ash Cave
Eighteen Millfield Boy Scout Troop members traveled Saturday with Scoutmaster Richard Wilcox Assistant Scoutmaster Bob Sanders and guest Arthur Corwin. They left at 6 a.m. for Ash Cave cooked breakfast hiked the caves and area and returned for a kettle dinner prepared by Wilcox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Millfield
Richard Wilcox
Bob Sanders
Arthur Corwin
Ash Cave
Clarence Willis
Jerry Russell
Dick Simpson
Braddy Howard
John Rankin, Jr
Jimmy Kidd
Jack Kempton
George Kempton
Roger Corwin
Bill Hartley
Freddie McClung
Rodney Sawyer
Paul Sawyer
Frank Exline
Lantz Russell
Howard Russell
Guest
Oge Named Exalted Ruler Of Elks Lodge
Nelsonville lodge 543 BPO Elks names Carlos Ogg exalted ruler for the ensuing year at the annual meeting. He succeeds Earl Worthington. Other officers include William Fraderich, J O Steenrod, Leslie Pritchard, Clarence Shafer, Jerry Priser, Clarence Hall. Dr L E Butts named trustee for three years with H D Warner and J R Matheny as holdover trustees. Installation set for April 4. Grand Lodge sessions to be held in July in Miami Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley Shrine
LLD
K. of P. Hall
Supreme Shrine
Omaha
Elizabeth Murphy
Manola Gruesser
Charles Strubble
Esther Powell
Mary FE. Bartlett
C. Wood Bowen
Malvern Wilson
Columbus Patrol
Edith Sheets
Wilmena Mender
Imogene Kennedy
Myrtle Linscott
Claudia Finegan
St. Louis
Finegan
Florence Whitmore
Hannah Thomas
Fern Hickman
Florence Coakley
Mabel Hawk
Dorothy Webb
Hattie Voigt
Blanche Ogg
Betty Johnson
Harriett Sayers
Eve Salts
Er Powell
Margaret Riley
Carlos Ogg
Nelsonville Lodge
BPO Elks
Earl Worthington
William Fraederich
J. O. Steenrod
Leslie Pritchard
Charles Shafer
Jerry Priser
Clarence Hall
Tyler
L. E. Butts
H. D. Warner
J. R. Matheny
Grand Lodge
Miami
Fla
Rotary Names Ten Nominees For Directors In Nelsonville
NELSONVILLE The Rotary Club announced ten nominees for directors for the new year starting July 1. Five directors will be elected next week at the club meeting. Nominees include Fred Carpenter James Shumaker Glen D Thomas John Koch Harold Koker Dr James Wilson Charles Walker Warren H Badger Dr J L Wheaton and C L Stout. Bill Miller and Dick Anderson joined the club at the Shafer residence. Warren Badger and President Koker arranged next week’s program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Rotary Club
Fred Carpenter
James Shumaker
Glen D. Thomas
John Koch
Harold Koker
James Wilson
Charles Walker
Warren H. Badger
J. L. Wheaton
C. L. Stout
Bill Miller
Dick Anderson
Shafer
E. Franklin St
Warren Badger
Badger
Koker
Honors Slated For Farmers at Ohio Banquet
Four Southeast Ohioans will be among 50 farmers and their wives honored at the second Approved Farm Accountants banquet in Columbus. The Ohio Bankers Association sponsors the dinner with Farm and Home Week at Ohio State University. Charles M. Clark of Vinton County is honored for 20 years of farm account books. F. E. Clark and George Henderson of Vinton County and Harold M. Rowles of Perry County are noted for at least 15 years of keeping farm transaction records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University’s College of Agriculture
Mrs Brown's Birthday Celebrated by Martha Class
A Martha Class meeting at Millfield Church of Christ celebrated Mrs Gertrude Brown's birthday with a board and handkerchief shower. Edith McDaniel baked the birthday cake. The forenoon featured quilting and a noon pot luck dinner. Evening devotionals and a business meeting followed with a secretary's report by Nelle Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Martha
Millfield
Mrs. McDaniel
Elizabeth Robinett
Alice Carr
Gertrude Brown
Jessie Fulton
Ruth Johnson
Viola Howard
Nellie Russell
Edith McDaniel
Frances Wallace
Olive Brookins
Pete McDaniel
James Wallace
Engagement of Hannah Louise Snider and Robert Riley Pierce
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Snider announce the engagement of their daughter Hannah Louise to Robert Riley Pierce, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pierce of Nelsonville. The couple plan a Lancaster wedding on April 1. Hannah Louise attended Lancaster High School and works at S. S. Kresge Co. Pierce works with Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. at Floodwood Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Snider
Wheat St
Lancaster
Hannah Louise
Robert Riley Pierce
John Pierce
Nelsonville
Lancaster High School
S. S. Kresge Co
Pierce
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Floodwood Station
F.N.F. Club Holds Silent Auction at Rachel Hill Home
The F.N.F. Club met at Rachel Hill's home Friday with president Bessie Bland leading a brief meeting and a silent auction. Winners included Vangie McCollum Lois Sterling and Mabel Dewhurst as 11 members and one guest Mrs. Mabel Dewhurst enjoyed refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.N.F
Rachel Hill
Bessie Bland
Vangie McCollum
Lois Sterling
Mabel Dewhurst
New Stove Installed At Nelsonville City Jail
Service Safety Director Homer Adams says a new gas heating stove is being installed at the Nelsonville City Jail. Plans call for the stove to be placed behind lock and key to deter damage or theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Homer Adams
Missing Girl Contacts Mother by Postcard
A postcard mailed from Jefferson City Missouri has reached Mrs Ethel Worthington in Nelsonville informing her daughter Doris Worthington aged 19 is missing since Saturday. Police were notified Tuesday about the communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Jefferson City
Ethel Worthington
Chestnut St
Doris Worthington
Divorce Notice in Athens County Court
Mary Jane Ray files for divorce from James Edward Ray in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio on extreme cruelty and gross neglect. The hearing date begins April 17 1950. Attorney E C Motter represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Mary Jane Ray
James Edward Ray
Dayton
Mary Jane Ray E. C. Motter
Extra Point Pleasant News Wedding Plans For Edna Cox And Robert Wood
Extra Point Pleasant News notes a Monday announcement shower hosted by Mrs. J W Cox for Edna Cox and Robert Wood of Chester Ohio. The wedding is set for Friday March 31 at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev S D Rex to officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant News
Edna Cox
Robert Wood
Chester
Ohio
Miss Cox
J. W. Cox
Lincoln Ave
Trinity Methodist Church
S. D. Rexrode
Marion Wood
Geraldine Wood
J. P Keefer
Patricia
M. E. Cleek
William Gardner
Josephine Thornton
Sandra
Convention Attendees Listed for Eastern Zone Pilgrim Holiness
Chauncey representatives led by Rev. Ray Pidcock attended the Sunday school convention in Nelsonville with family members including Sylvia Adrien Pidcock and Ruth Simpson among others. Rev. Albert Hood of Miamisburg chaired the event with speaker Rev. Paul Elliott of Indianapolis. Music came from Chauncey and other clergy groups from Dayton Columbus and Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Chauncey Pilgrim Holiness Church
Nelsonville
Ray Pidcock
Sylvia
Adrien Pidcock
Louise Walton
Violet Shields
Mickey
Ruth Simpson
Lois Simpson
Ruth Hammond
Phyllis Crabtree
Robert Bullock
Wilma Allen
Lavina Staten
Albert Hood
Miamisburg
Ohio
Paul Elliott
Indianapolis
Ind
Chauncey Man Dies in Birmingham Alabama
Chauncey Cecil Cunningham aged 48 a Chauncey native died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon in Birmingham Alabama He attended Chauncey Dover Schools and worked as a salesman Survivors listed include wife Estelle a married daughter Walverine brother Hollas sister Laura Fennell and father Vint Burial services will be planned by The Blower funeral home in Glouster
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Cecil Cunningham
Birmingham
Ala
Cunningham
Chauncey - Dover
Estelle Cunningham
Glouster
Walverine
Hollas
Laura Fennell
Columbus
Vint
Blower
Poston Services Set for Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Eunice Poston, wife of Frank Poston Jr., will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Stout funeral home. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Logan. Friends may call at the home of her mother, Mrs. Harley Juniper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Eunice Poston
Frank Poston
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Stout
Oak Grove Cemetery
Logan
Harley Juniper
Fire Victims Move Into New Rooms After House Fire
Mr and Mrs De Witt Walker and daughter Shar move from their W Mound Street home destroyed by fire to three rooms at Lewis Shields residence on W Mound Street. The family displaced by the blaze last week seeks stability and aid from neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
de Witt Walker
Sharon
W. Mound St
Lewis Shields
Chauncey Church Changes Service Time This Week
Lenten services at Millfield Church of Christ move to 7 p m Wednesday from 7 30 to accommodate a Chauncey High School play. Choir rehearsal is set for 6 p m at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Millfield Church of Christ
Chauncey High School
Chauncey Weekly Cottage Prayer Meeting Planned
The Chauncey Pilgrim Holiness Church schedules a Friday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m at the Bullock home near Chauncey Mr and Mrs Blaine Bullock host the event in a private residence setting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Chauncey Pilgrim Holiness Church
Blaine Bullock
Prayer Meeting Planned at Morristown Holiness Church
A prayer meeting is planned for Friday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs George Searles Bailey Run Morristown. The Morristown Holiness Church hosts the gathering inviting members and neighbors to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Cottage
Morristown
Holiness Church
George Searles
Bailey Run
Mason County urged to grow year round dairy pastures
County Agent W. C. Roberts argues Mason County can be a dairy utopia with high quality pastures and hay. He proposes a plan including alfalfa and clover mixes, Sudan grass, rye grass with vetch, and small grain to extend grazing, aiming to boost milk production in July to September and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Roberts
Mason County
West Virginia
United States
Sudan
U. S. Depot Is Inspected at Point Pleasant
Coordinated inspection of the U S Property and Disbursal Depot here began Tuesday and likely continues into next week Lt Col O C Damewood heads the effort with Lt Col William H Isbell Jr Capt Harold L Stotz and several civilian inspectors also taking part An inspection of the local 3664th Ordnance Co MM of the National Guard is set for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
U.S
Accor
O. C. Damewood
U. S
William H. Isbell, Jr
Second Army
Gorsuch
Army
Havenschild
Lammers
Philadelphia
Army Audit Agency
3664Th Ordnance Co
National Guard
Driver Fined Fifty Dollars for Drunken Driving
Wesley E Ball of Apple Grove pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge on Route 62. A local magistrate fined him $50 and costs after state police Sgt. D G Wilfong signed the complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Wesley Edgar Ball
Apple Grove
D. G. Wilfong
Flames Mean Nothing To a 1929 Auto
In Point Pleasant a 1929 Model A owned by Henry Ford endured a hood fire when starter operation caused a blaze. C. W. Frishette and passenger Wandell Pancake of the Appalachian Electric Power Co. fanned out the flames with a rag, then moved the car to a garage and continued driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Henry Ford
C. W. Frishette
Viand
Frishette
Wandell Pancake
Applachian Electric Power Co
Court Hears Train Wreck Defendant
Mason County special circuit court handled many juvenile matters. An eight-year-old blocked rails causing an $18,000 derailment at New Haven and was placed with parents under Child Welfare supervision until age 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
New Haven
Lewis H. Miller
Ida C. Stanley
Carl Crump
Leon
Department of Public Assistance
Rena Blessing
Howard F. Blessing
Ray Barringer
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Virginia Blaine Hensley
Dorsel L. Hensley
First Steps For Armory Are Taken
Preliminary steps were taken at a Chamber of Commerce board meeting to secure an armory for Point Pleasant. The group aims to locate land and deed it to the government for potential construction and may appoint a new sponsor for the Fourth of July celebration if the Fire Department declines. Additional items included a farm youth show plan, downtown beautification discussions after the floodwall, and Armed Forces Day planning. Absentees were Barton Jones George Somerville John V. Mann and Walter Selby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
C of C Board of Directors
Warren King
C of C
King
Vernon Miller
Mason County Farm
Fay Wilson
C of C Agricultural Committee
James Hall
C of C Merchants’ Division
Merchants
John Gerwig
E. E. Sleet
Barton Jones
George Somerville
John V. Mann
Walter Selby
Mason County Land Transfers List Major Real Estate Shifts
Mason County records show transfers in multiple districts. F H Capehart Jr and Janett Capehart transfer two lots to Homer S Smith and Virginia K Smith. J O Bush and Nora Bush transfer five sixhs acre to Hayward and Olga Nibert. Wilma Beachout and Ralph Beachout transfer a lot to Dan A Nickell Jr and Edith R Nickell. Virginia and Bliss Wilson transfer real estate in Waggener District to J W and Mabel Martin. John and Laura McDaniel transfer five acres with coal and mining rights to Hobart and Ruse Weaver. Abe Herdman transfers 67 acres to Ephraim G and Garnet Herdman. Virginia and Bliss Wilson transfer real estate to Edgar and Jean Lyons. Edith and Harve McDaniel transfer 40 acres to Charles E and Gertha D Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Capehart, Jr
Janett E. Capehart
Homer S
Virginia K. Smith
Lewis
J. O
Nora Bush
Hayward
Olga Nibert
Clendenin
Georgia
Wilma
Ralph Beachout
Dan A. Nickell, Jr
Edith R. Nickell
Virginia
Bliss Wilson
J. W
Mabel Martin
Waggener
John and
Laura McDaniel
Hobart
Ruse Weaver
Graham
Abe Herdman
Ephriam G
Garnet Herdman
Cologne
Edgar
Jean Lyons
Harve
Edith McDaniel
Charles E
Gertha D. Elliott
Robinson
Extra Effort In Fund Drive Is Urged
In Mason County only 1200 of 4500 was raised for the Red Cross drive. Rev O C Landrum urged workers to redouble efforts. Several schools and Lakin State Hospital showed strong support. Blood bank plans were discussed at Point Pleasant Junior High with Dr Leonard Brown and Marion DeLeon outlining cooperation needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
O. C. Landrum
Red Cross
Landrum
Ordnance
Sunny Side
Henderson
Roosevelt
Mason
Lakin State Hospital
Quality Manufacturing Co
Leola Cubbage
Hermick Amick
Hazel Smith
Clara Roush
Edith Ingles
Russell Capehart
Robert Lee
Ralph Pickens
Lucille Schwartz
Sue Johnson
Dorothy Fink
Leonard Brown
Marion DeLeon
Visitors and Returns From Florida Trip Corners New Details
Mr and Mrs C L Easley of 708 Viand St and several Huntington visitors returned home from Cincinnati and Daytona Beach Fla They were joined by their son Homer who had traveled to Florida last week Mrs Vic Turner of Park Drive was brought home by ambulance from Huntington St Marys Hospital Dana Wright of Ohio River Road and Mrs Ned Long of Gallipolis are patients at Holzer Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Easley
Viand St
Cincinnati
Herbert N. Hill
Roy Dumeyre
Huntington
C. G. Billups
Engish Road
Homer Lowe
Daytona Beach
Fla
Homer
Florida
Vic Turner
Park Drive
Chapman
Huntington St. Mary’s Hospital
Dana Wright
Ohio River Road
Ned Long
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hocking Shrine
By McGregor
McGregor
Public Square
Boy Scouts
Oge
Elks Lodge
Rotary
Hollywood
Mrs. Brown
Nelsonville Social Notes
Homemakers Club
Leon Homemakers Club
Leon Lodge
Milton Burdette
Irene Sayre
Dayton Shinn
A. T. Carney
Edison Prunty
Harvey Morgan
Charles Casto
Allen Thomas
James Morgan
Ray Crookham
Charles Buxton
Homer Graham
Bertha Crump
Granville Smith
Allan Thomas
E. S. Rairden
Helen Cossin
Gaylord Thomas
Charles Hogsett
George Rairden
Charles Burdette
Gus Douglas, Sr
Gus Douglas, Jr
E. H. Bissell
John Rairden
Robert Errett
Warren Stewart
Herman Shinn
June Crookham
Joyce Cossin
Edna Burdette
Natalie Stewart
Linda Stewart
Kathryn
Carrie Beaver
Beverly Morgan
South
Poston
Opportunity Knocks
James H. Wilson
First National Bank Bldg
Nelsonville, Ohio
Woodmasters and Carnations of
John McCausland Henderson
Orpheum Theatre
WED
THURS
Barbara Stanwyck
David Niven
Richard Conte
United Artists
Majestic Theatre
Thunderhead
Bliek
The
Baltic
Member
Federal Reserve System
Athens National Bank
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