Point Pleasant Firefighters Plan Low Cost Fourth of July
The Point Pleasant volunteer fire department outlined a frugal Fourth of July celebration with a night fireworks display and the largest parade to date. They aim to involve Gallipolis Middleport Pomeroy Mason City New Haven and other tri county towns and may invite a queen election and patriotic speaker.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Middleport
Pomeroy
Mason City
New Haven
Tri-County
Sloan's Balm Relief Claim For Pain Spot
An advertisement touts Sloan's Balm as relief from rheumatism neuritis neuralgia sciatica and muscle aches. It promises fast soothing blood flow to the pain site and claims the balm is ten times more effective than other drug balms.
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Sloan
Missionary Alice Randall Speaks at Main Street Church
Dr Alice M Randall of Charleston, a 15 year medical missionary in Assam Gauhati hospital, spoke to the Woman Missionary Society of the Main Street Baptist Church last night. She earned a medal from the king of England for her hospital work.
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Point Pleasant
Alice M. Randall
Charleston
Assam
Gauhati
Woman's Missionary Society
Main St. Baptist Church
Randall
King of England
England
Dennison University
Granville
University of Virginia Medical College
Richmond
Point Clinic Admits Miss Harrington. Birth Reported at Clinic
Miss Helen Harrington of Point Pleasant admitted as medical patient at Point Clinic on Tuesday. The clinic reports the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Clemons of Pliny, weighing eight pounds, Tuesday.
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Point Pleasant
Helen Harrington
Point Clinic
Clarence Clemons
Pliny
Shawnee Welcomes Cpl Ralph H McGrew Jr Return
The body of Cpl. Ralph H. McGrew Jr was to arrive aboard the Army transport Lawrence Victory. He was the son of local residents and to be honored in a hometown ceremony.
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Shawnee
Cpl
Ralph H. McGrew, Jr
Army
Lawrence Victory
Engineers Begin Work On Flood Wall Section
Engineers arrive from Parkersburg and Huntington to start the first flood wall section. They will divert Crooked Creek to the Ohio north of 16th Street and build an earthen wall south of the diversion ditch, with gas water and sewer mains to be rearranged.
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Point Pleasant
Parkersburg
Huntington
Crooked Creek
Ohio
16Th St
Kanawha River
ARC Group Head Named
James B. Rayburn was elected chairman of the advisory committee of the Red Cross at a meeting in disaster headquarters Monday evening. Robert Harry outlined disaster relief procedures and policies. Other attendees included William A. Woolfitt A J Moore T C Caudill Harold Shadle Chester A Roush Virgil Siders J G F Johnson and several others. Earl H. Arnett and Lawrence Mohr returned home to Mason County to vote after working at Steele Funeral Home in Huntington.
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Point Pleasant
James B. Rayburn
The
Red Cross
Robert Harry
Ohio Valley
William A. Woolfitt
A. J. Moore
T. C. Caudill
Harold Shadle
Chester A. Roush
Virgil Siders
J. G. F. Johnson
Mable Best
E. S. Matheson
Louise Frye
Hazel Pullins
Richard Asquith
Marion DeLeon
Earl H. Arnett
Lawrence Mohr
Steele Funeral Home
Huntington
AAUW Chapter elects officers and reports at meeting
POINT PLEASANT The local AAUW chapter elected officers for the fall season at a gathering hosted by Mrs. William H. Bardin 1818 Jefferson Blvd. New member Emma Clark joins a slate that also includes President Clifford Dunn Vice President Garrett Green Secretary Emma Clark and Treasurer Edward Ohlinger. The group approved 15 prizes for three county high school girls to be awarded upon college enrollment.
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Point Pleasant
Association of American University Women
William H. Bardin
Jefferson Blvd
Clifford Dunn
Garrett Green
Emma Clark
Edward Ohlinger
Clark
Douglas Rouse
John W. Kirk
Association
Bardin
E. Bartow Jones
Charis Thorniley
Garnette Tillis
Dunn
Ohlinger
J. Marion Foglesong
Kirk
Rouse
Cary Howard Rayburn
Edna Burdette
Nelson A. Park, Jr
NYC Asks Permission To Cancel Two Trains
The New York Central Railroad filed with the state public service commission for permission to discontinue two Columbus Charleston passenger trains. No 2 arrives Charleston at 4 15 p m and No 3 leaves Charleston for Columbus at 6 50 p m daily except Sunday. The change would leave one train each way per day. An official said the public can rely on private autos and bus service.
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Point Pleasant
New York Central Railroad
State Public Service Commission
Columbus
Charleston
Clergy Attend West Virginia Episcopal Convention
The Rev. Robert Findlay Thomas the Rev. William Meade and Dr. John W. Kirk travel to Charles Town for the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia annual convention. Dr. Kirk serves as the lay delegate from Christ Church here.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Findlay Thomas
William Meade
John W. Kirk
Charles Town
Episcopal Diocese of
West Virginia
Dr. Kirk
Christ Church
Candidate ill in Fifth Street home amid JP race
Point Pleasant candidate D. L. Wilson, a filling station operator and Republican hopeful for justice of the peace, has been ill at his Fifth Street home since the weekend. His condition was reported about the same last night.
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Point Pleasant
D. L. Wilson
Justice of the Peace
Fifth St
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