August Primaries Quietest in Mason County West Virginia
Predicts a calm August primary with US Senate seats unopposed by both parties. Fourth District likely no congressional fights. Mason County races include County Commissioner with three GOP candidates Barnett Lieving Thomas actively campaigning and House of Delegates nominees Johnson and Rairden. Democratic caucus usual but no filings yet. School Commissioner race draws three newcomers with uncertain family ties.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
United States
Miller
Supreme Court
Karickhoff
Spencer
Mason County
John Barnett
F. B. Lieving
John Thomas
Barnett
Thomas
J. G. F. Johnson
George A. Rairden
House of Delegates
Democratic Party
Pt Pleasant People Share Weekend Visits and News
A roundup of weekend visits includes Mr and Mrs William Matthews of Huntington guests of Mrs Marie Purdum in Pt Pleasant Mrs R L Burks from Charleston returns after visiting Capt and Mrs Layla Wright and friends Donna Flerbaugh and George Wherie The article notes Raymond Wharton of Parkersburg visiting the Bartow Jones family and prior ties to the area Also listed are trips by Mrs A L Rossiter to Detroit and visits by Mervin and Mrs Chapman to the Green family of Gallia and John A Brown and Z B Rose in Huntington Austin V Woods of the Ogden chain visited the local paper plant John Aten and family traveled to Charleston for the Sons of the American Revolution meeting and L G Aten of Richmond VA returned from Letart Richmond engineer John J Aten a county clerk Also Dr S W Diddle collected a new Pontiac in Pomeroy the first Pontiac delivery in Mason County since the war.
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William Matthews
Huntington
Marie Purdum
Main St
R. L. Burks
Charleston
Layla Wright
South of the Kanawha
Donna Flerbaugh
George Wherie
Wrights
A. L. Rossiter
Detroit
Raymond Wharton
Parkersburg
Bartow Jones
Jefferson Blvd
Mr. Wharton
Jones
Country Club
Mervin Chapman
Edward Green
Gallia
John A. Brown
Z. B. Rose
Austin V. Woods
Ogden
John J. Aten
John J. Aten, Jr
Sons of the American Revolution
Daniel Boone Hotel
L. G. Aten
Richmond
New Businesses Set for Pt Pleasant Growth
Two new ventures near completion in Pt Pleasant to boost commerce. Lyons Tire Company at 315 Viand St will serve Monarch tires and tire repair, marking the town’s first vulcanizing plant in years. A Stiffler’s branch in the Lowe Hotel space aims to offer women’s wear and men’s haberdashery under the Ohio chain.
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Point Pleasant
Lyons Tire Company
Viand St
Lowe Hotel
Fair
Lare H
W. P. Lyons
Mason County
Akron
Monarch Tires
Pvt. Pleasant
Ventunres
Stiffler’s
Ohio
Robert M
Mr. Lowe
Building J
Mr. Young
Park Drive
Mrs. Young
Funeral Rites for Mrs Ida Allen Held
Last rites for Mrs. Ida Allen were held Tuesday at Franklin Funeral Home on Main St. in charge of Rev. Co G. Billups. Burial was in Lone Oak Cemetery. Pallbearers included John G Aten Jr O K Burdette Homer Fisher Everett Sayre F H Buxton Marcus Poffenbarger. Attending from out of town were Bert Hanson and son Allen Gallipolis Mrs H H Mittendorf and Stanley Mittendorf South Webster Mr and Mrs Gertie Ball and Mr and Mrs Russell Ball Letart Mrs Nellie Johnson Huntington Estelle M Sands San Bernardino Calif Mrs George B Kenny Mrs A W Brown and Miss Katherine Kain Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Ida Allen
Franklin Funeral Home
Main St
Co. G. Billups
Main St Baptist Church
Lone Oak Cemetery
John G Aten, Jr
O. K. Burdette
Homer Fisher
Everett Sayre
F. H. Buxton
Marcus Poffenbarger
Bert
Hanson and Son Allen
Gallipolis
H. H. Mittendorf
Stanley Mittendorf
South Webster
Gertie Ball
Russell Ball
Letart
Nellie Johnson
Huntington
Estelle M. Sands
San Bernadino
Calif
George B. Kenny
A. W. Brown
Katherine Kain
Charleston
Four Families Moving In Housing Shift
Mr and Mrs Earl H Arnett plan to move this week from the Viand Street home to their own Seventh Street property. Homer Martins will occupy the Arnett home, and the Smiths will move into the Martins former home on Jefferson Avenue. Mrs Weissenburger is undecided whether to remain in Pt Pleasant or relocate.
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Poinrubasani
Earl H. Arnett
Viand St
Seventh St
Homer Martins
Arnett
Homer Smith
Jefferson Ave
Smiths
Weissenburger
Jefferson Blvd
Pt. Pleasant
Paul Wedge Joins AFL Conference for Southern Organizing
Paul D. Wedge, a known figure in local labor circles, attends an AFL conference in the south and is expected to receive an assignment to organize workers there. During the war he helped organize workers at a Tennessee shipyard.
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Point Pleasant
Paul D. Wedge
AFL
South
Mr. Wedge
Tennessee
Council and School Board Schedule May Meeting
City council and county school boards plan their regular May meeting next Monday night. The school board is expected to set teachers in labor this period, though Mason County customarily delays this action until July 1.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Intoxication Leads to Fine and Jail Time in Mason County
Roy Mullins, a local man, pleaded guilty to intoxication and was sentenced to 60 days in Mason County jail plus a 325 fine and costs. He had entered a First Ward home without permission Saturday night and resisted arrest when police arrived with a warrant, holding a hatchet before being removed.
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Point Pleasant
Roy Mullins
Mason County
Mullins
First Ward
Jiiden
Yost
Directors Of Ohio Valley Bank Reorganizes Staff
Gallipolis Ohio Valley Bank begins staff re organization to fill vacancies after death of Harry Maddy cashier and director Dr W L Brown appointed to directorate Other directors listed include A K Merriman president Morris Haskins Harry M Miller and John Blain Marshall Fowler a longtime teller will join the bank staff soon and Earl Boyer former Vinton Bank cashier is noted as well readers see local and county ties as changes unfold
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Bank
Harry Mad‘dy
W. Lewis Brown
A. K. Merriman
Morris Haskins
Harry M. Miller
John Blain
Marshall Fowler
Commercial and Savings Bank
Fowler
Third Ave
Earl Boyer
Maddy
Vinton Bank
Ersonals Galipolis
Avrows Fae Oeare Jago
Paul Mossman
Columbus
Binghampton
Chamber of Comments
A. B. Houstle
Martha Merriman
Harry Maddy
Merriman
Muss
Ruth
Houstie
Stella Dages
Lafayette Hotel
A. K. Williams
Edith Niday
Flora
Williams
Kenneth Graves
Janet Bailey
Ironton
Hannah Owens
Lida
Cherrington
Bernard King
Clara Jean
Louisville
Charleston
Mr. King
Ernest King
Kentucky
Lexington
Cpl
Mary Gates
Pattersons Field
Dayton
Army Air Corps
Edwin Gates
Gallipolis Boy Injured by Horse Kick
Eleven year old Robert Barnett of Bidwell Route 2 was kicked in the face by a work horse on his parents farm injuring his nose and teeth. He was brought to Holzer Hospital and was reported improving days later.
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Gallipolis
Robert Barnett
Bidwell
Henry Alvin Barnett
Holzer Hospital
Robert
Fire damages Porter home in Gallia County blaze
Gallipolis fire crews and volunteers responded to a Tuesday morning fire at Joshua A. Brothers home on Porter Street. Firefighters believe a tank gas stove started the blaze in the kitchen and spread to the dining room, with the house saved in under an hour. Brothers, a former Gallipolis jeweler, once operated a shop at Pine and Second streets.
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Gallipolis
Porter
Joshua A. Brothers
Brothers
Attachment and Damage Suit Filed in Court
Jocal J W Cox sues Ronald Kelly for 3650 damages in Mason County circuit court and wins an attachment to restrain Kelly from removing a car. The collision happened on Route 2 near Gallipolis Ferry last week. both drivers were heavily damaged. Velma Mae Miller sues for divorce from Steven L Miller in the same city. married 1935, separated January 1946, cruelty alleged, no children. Mrs Addie Grueser and relatives from Pomeroy visited the Bradshaws on Seventh Street over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J. W. Cox
Jocal
Ronald Kelly
Huntington
Kelly
Mason County
Gallipolis Ferry
Velma Mae Miller
Steven L. Miller
Clyde Ingels Buys Route 141 Farm Near Gallipolis
Clyde C. Ingels, cashier at First National Bank, bought the 123 acre farm of John Blazer on Route 141, six miles from Gallipolis. The purchase includes a new house and was completed via D Hollis Wood Real Estate agency.
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Gallipolis
Clyde C. Ingels
Kashier
First National Bank
Monday
John Blazer
D. Hollis Wood
Mrs. Ella C. Irwin Dies After Long Illness
Gallipolis Mrs. Ella C Tr Win 82 widow of John H Irwin died Tuesday at Holzer Hospital after a lengthy illness She co headed Gallia County Children s Home with her husband and later lived on a Porter area farm Funeral services set for Thursday at Porter Methodist Church with Rev J E Hakes officiating Burial at Clark s Chapel Cemetery Surviving relatives include her nephew Robert Snedegar and longtime companion Eva White The Olmstead family founder of The Gallipolis Tribune is noted among her relatives.
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Gallipolis
Ella C. Tr Win
Holzer Hospital
John H. Irwin
Porter
OES Chapter Has Inspection in Gallipolis
Gallipolis Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star held its annual inspection at the Masonic Hall with Mrs Edith Conger of Dayton praising the chapter for excellent initiatory work. Guests from numerous nearby chapters attended a 100-guest dinner at the Lafayette Hotel before the ceremony.
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Gallipolis
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Edith Conger
Dayton
Ohio
Winston
Thurman
Cheshire
Wellston
Oak Hill
Middleport
McArthur
Guyandotte
Hamden
Pomeroy
Waterloo
Proctorville
Wilkesville
Harrisonville
Racine
Columbus
Huntington
Point Pleasant
Lafayette Hotel
Masonic
Carol Plymale
Charles Weaver
Lola Mae Sutter
Fred Parker
Estella Arthur
Mabel Tawney
Frances Loucks
Ethel Arthur Burdette
Elma Dexter
Virginia C. Bane
Marshall
Anna Margaret Campbell
Rita Frazier
Adah
Leola O’deil
Ruth
Helen G. Brown
Esther
Goldin Ward
Martha
Zella Craft
Electa
Mabel Betz
Charles MM. Leauger
Sentinel
Haydenville Personal Notes Reach Into Easter Week
Haydenville items list visits and gatherings among local families. Jacob and Gertrude Ginther with Sylvia McMaster traveled from Columbus to Waterford. Easter visits shared with Dabritz of Athens and Nelsonville relatives. 4 H Club reorganized with Homer Carter as adviser. Green Band Boosters hosted a Spring Carnival at Community Halls.
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Haydenville
Jacob Ginther
Gertrude Ginther
Sylvia McMaster
Columbus
Waterford
Dan Ginther
Homer Carter
Ned
Colleen
A. L. Dabritz
Athens
John Clousten
Nelsonville
W. J. Seel
Jean
Billy
Sidney
A. E. Campbell
A. J. Skiver
Nora
L. M. Howard
W. E. Bancroft
Westerville
Harve Angle
Harlan Walker
Ernest Lehman
Ray Vollmer
Ned Carter
Haydenville Green Band Boosters Club
Jesse Thompson
William Simpsons
Oak Hill
Robert Brill
Ruth
Reynoldsburg
John Hooper
T. E. Kinnison
Lancaster
Plains News Notes Highlights Local Visits and Obituaries
The Plains community shares a roundup of visitors from Athens Canton Akron and Parkersburg with trips to Waynesboro Virginia and Lancaster Ohio. Local residents include Bertha Lee widow of James Lee and Thelma Talbert with work incidents. Multiple church events and a Wiener roast mark the week alongside military family updates and hospital visits.
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Cele
Mat
Searby Pointe
500 Page Love Letter Annoys Woman in New London Case
Julio Recanato, a 40 year old father of 19, was placed on probation after admitting to breaching peace by sending and continuing a 500 page love letter to an unnamed 22 year old woman she works with. Det Sgt Philopena testified she complained of being pursued and annoyed since their first meeting in a store.
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New London
Conn
Julio Recanato
Richard F. Corkey
Det
Sergt
Frank J. Philopena
Philopena
Recanato
Hubbell Drops Suit Over Picture Misidentification
Charles H. Hubbell, Democratic candidate for the state Supreme Court, moved to dismiss a $100,000 damage suit against Joseph E. Neuzer, editor of Here In Ohio. Hubbell claimed a photo published as his was not him but appeared to show a bank robber. The suit was filed in Common Pleas Court last week.
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Elyria
Charles H. Hubbell
State Supreme Court
Joseph E. Neuzer
Ohio
Hubbell
Common Pleas Court
Markets Noon Stocks and Cincinnati Produce Prices
Markets noon update lists major stocks including American Telephone Anaconda Copper Baldors Lore Balt and G Heth Steel Ches and Ohio Caryster DuPont General Electric General Motors International Harvester Interlake Iron plus Kroger Nat Biscuit and Transamerica. Cincinnati produce prices cover canned standards consumer grades current receipts 32 and 100 percent candy grade A large 24 oz white and brown varieties with 38 cents to 35 cents per unit and poultry prices for fowls roosters sprig chickens rocks leghorns and other breeds with varied weights and roaster rates.
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Tel
TellAnaconda
Lore
Balt
G. Heth Steel
Ches
Ohio
Caryster DuPont
Elec
Gen
Motors Int
Harvester Interlake Iron
Kroger
Nat. Biscuit
Central R. EB
Pailmay . Hepuh
Transamerica
Cincinnati
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Katydid Club
George Charles
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Gallipolis Social Notes
L. W Thompson
Court St
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Robert Thompson
Thompson
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U.S. Navy
Frank E. Wetherholt
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Jane Ann Notter
Gallia Academy High School
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Cherry O’brien
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Marjorie White
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Joan Bachus
Barbara Halley
Patty Fife
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Pach Mt Te
Poin
Clyde Ingels
OES
the Plains News
the Plains
Don Barstow
Eleanor
Catharine Norris
Joe
Plains
Waynesboro
William E. Dickinson
George Shame
G. W. Shamel
A. H. Beller
Canton
Charles Carrier
Maffett
Trimble Methodists Church
Herbert Wilson
Haynes
Daniel Haynes
Ed Wilson
Salem
Cleire Martin
Carroll
Davies
Lucille
Wilson
W- Va
Ann Charney
Pauline Howard
George Mason
Mary
Barbara Shirley Tinkham
Jesse Devore
Bertha Lee
Lancaster Municipal Hospital
Francis Lee
James
Francis
Lee
A. D. Tripp
Herman Jaucitus
Pittsburgh
Thelma Talbert
Tipton
Clover Farm
William G. Thomas
Radcliffsburg
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Otis
Prattsville
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Pfe
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Camp Pendleton
Dave Young
Juanita Carr
Lawrence Carr
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Carr
Clarence Rutter
Beverly
Russell Adams
Berlin
Army of Occupation
Wilma Nelle Adams
the Nazarene Church
Henry Evans
Rock House
Bell Cave
Mary Louise Pierce
David Davis
Gene Charney
Richard McAllister
Lucille Guess
Virginia Canale
Ellen Clark
Donna Thompson
Sarah McDonald
Betty Mace
Betty Bryan
Norma Cook
Elizabeth Black
Mickey Powell
Lois Powell
Jim Nida
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Curtis Clendenine
Dick Shrieves
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Billy Hil
Charles Sharp
Mary Lee Hardy
Robert Perry
Pearl Phillips
Harold Goddard
Reppert
Bartlett
Ein Desoto
New Tire
Snessae
Harold Sycka
Sugar Cresk
Ens
Pigurelle
Baul Russell
Millfield
Whene
Ofmien
John E. Manda
Okinawa
Auto Accessories
Mohawk
Athens Tire Co
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GEO
W. Ford
Union St
Grease Farm Bureau Co-Operative
Osk & Kurta
WOTOR
Unicom
Cor. Carpenter and Lancaster
Maine
Red River
Bliss Triumphs
Green Mountains
Athens County
Coolville
Hocking Mine
Oscar McGee
C. M. Keirns
Amesville
New York
API
Service Dep't
Bachman’s
Steee Sher Dealer
Ken
Earl Radcliff
Star Route
Radcliff
Frodel
Auto Service
Jor
Dan DO
C. A. Daugherty
FORD
Fred R. Beasle
OBIG
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Willys Cotlow
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