Solemnity Marks Service For Graduates
Point Pleasant High School held a solemn class sermon as five seniors marked for military service sat in chairs during the service. The class, educated since 1942, listened to Rev. Capehart’s sermon titled Arise Let Us Go Forth as Emma Clark led the procession and the Glee Club performed Ave Maria and The Prayer Perfect.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Herman Lewis Morgan
Madison Ave
George Robert Rayburn
First St
Howard Schultz, Jr
Ernest Leroy Taylor
Leon
Lawrence Hughes Withers
Hogsett
F. H. Capehart
Heights United Brethren Church
Jesus
Capehart
Emma Clark
Clark
Swisher Funeral To Be Held Tuesday
Mrs. Mary Swisher dies in Columbus after months of illness. Funeral services will be held at Heights United Brethren Church at 3 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. She was born February 17 1877 in Mason County and lived there before moving to Columbus. Survived by second husband John Swisher and many children grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Point Pleasant
Mary Swisher
Heights United Brethren Church
Lone Oak Cemetery
Columbus
Isaac Plants
Wilbur Baxter
Virgil Adkins
Harold Love
Chicago
Virgil A
Donald L. Leo C
James Owens Plants
R.F.D
Chester L. Plants
John Swisher
Swisher
Mason County
Eckard Chapel United Brethren Church
Ohio Coal Production Rises Two Percent in 1944
Columbus report shows Ohio coal output in 1944 up two percent from 1943. Athens topped two million tons, while Muskingum Perry and Tuscarawas each exceeded one million. Strip mining in 20 counties produced under a third of state supply. War contracts totaling nine to twelve million dollars and affecting twelve plants in the Cleveland area were canceled in the past three days.
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Columbus
Ohio
Athens
Muskingum
Perry
Tuscarawas
Cleveland
Gallipolis Tuberculosis Seal chair to lead drive
Gallia County selects Mrs Guy White as Tuberculosis Seal sale chairman with Mrs Alice L Bradbury noting her as Gallias first woman engineer. Regular 2:30 pm Monday meeting at Gallia County Public Health Office will set constitution and new board actions. Officers include Anne Gates White president Fred Ply Male first vicepresident Major Oliver G Lyle second vice president Ernest Riggs secretary Helen McNealey treasurer Dr Paul Foster Ohio Public Health Association rep.
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Gallipolis
Guy White
Alice L. Bradbury
Gallia County
Oliver G. Lyle
Ernest Riggs
Helen McNealey
Paul Foster
Ohio Public Health Association
Aged Mason County Resident Mrs Hurlow Dies
Mrs May Hurlow aged 73 of Letart Mason County dies after a two year illness. Funeral services from Gill Church led by Rev Wilbur Baxter. Burial in Gill Hurlow Cemetery. Survived by husband James Hurlow two sons Joseph of Point Pleasant and James at home three daughters Aula Marie Van Meter Margaret Garnet Roush and Fannie Belya Hurlow a sister Elizabeth Earlewine and brother Perry Parsons twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Lifelong Mason County resident and Moriah Adventist Church member.
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Point Pleasant
May Harlow
Arnett Mortuary
Letart
Delock
Gill Church
Wilbur Baxter
Gill-Hurlow
Hurlow
Leemon and
Osie Mc‘Dermitt Parsons
James Hurlow
Joseph Hurlow
Paint Pleasant
Aula Marie van Meter
Margaret Garnet Roush
Fannie Belya Hurlow
Elizabeth Earlewine
Perry Parsons
Harlow
Mason County
Moriah
Bring On the Girls at the Athena Theatre
Paramount stars Marjorie Reynolds Veronica Lake with Sonny Tufts Eddie Bracken in a Technicolor musical. Director Sidney Lanfield showcases a parade of female leads, with exploitative romance, comedy, and dance numbers including Johnny Cry taps.
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Paramount
Athena
Marjone
Veronica
Hollywood
Miss Reynolds
Eddie Bracken
Morgan's Creek
Sonny
Navy
Bing Crosby
Flere
Bracken
Sonny Tufts
Pany
Eddie
Tufts
Marjorie
Miss Lake
Two Gods
Spike Jones
Thy City
Johnny Cry
Fred Astaire
Gene Kelly
Veronica Sonny Eddie
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Bring On the Girls
Former Prisoner of Germans Returning Home
Private Alva A. Angel, held as a German prisoner of war since October 1943, is being returned to the United States. War Department message to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Mailly Angel of Chillicothe Road notes the news comes after months with no word since last December. The Angels have three other children, none in military service.
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Gallipolis
Alva A. Angel
United States
War Department
Mailly
Angel
Chilliesthe Road
Angels
Final Spring Meeting of Club Held at Point Pleasant
Final spring meeting of the Senior Woman's Club in Point Pleasant closed the season with a large turnout. Lit department chair Mrs Garl Faires and vice chair Mrs Harold Somerville led a program reviewing the year. Contributions to Red Cross and cancer control were noted, and Miss Jacqueline Windsor sang with musical accompaniment.
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Point Pleasant
Garl Faires
Harold
Somerville
Max Koenigsberg
Red Cross
Charles Lewis
D.A.R
George Sprenger
Jones
Blaup
Victor Park
W. E. Dunn
Charles F. Harper
Sprenger
Elmer Ebersbach
Harry Gotirey
Carl Bruestie
Raymond Musgrave
John Sayre
W. J. Kenny
F. W. Ingraham
M. E. Tracy
P. T. Burdette
Louis F.bateson
Curry
Harry A. Werdelken
Milton L. Milter
S. C. Wilhelm
M. T. Epling
W. E. Allen
Henry Fry
Carl G.gardner
William Meade
J. J
Probation Ordered for Beckett and Leach in Gallia Court
In Gallia County Common Pleas Court Judge Lewis C. Warden placed Carl Beckett and Charles Leach on probation after pleas of not guilty to auto theft. Beckett faces four years probation with residency and monthly reports. Leach gets one year probation and must return to military service with monthly reports. They were linked to robbing Carl Westfall near Gallipolis, who says his money was taken after a ride to the Gallia County Children's Home. Also arraigned were Dean Bowman Marvin Price and Betty Smith on charges of allied theft with trial set for May 28.
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Gallipolis
Carl Beckett
Charles Leach
Gallia County
Carl Westfall
Westfall
Dean Bowman
Marvin Price
Betty Smith
Travels Thousands of Miles To Reach Home
Gallipolis fireman Dean Carter arrives home for ten days leave after twenty months in the Navy with twenty on active duty in the South Pacific. He avoids press interviews, but shows two service bars. His father Earl, longtime Fontana Confectionery worker, meets him at the bus as townsfolk learn of his return from the West Coast.
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Earl Carter
Seaman Carter
South Pacific
A Fontana
Huntington
Cincinnati
Columbus
Fontana
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States
Galda Academy
Navy
Calhoun Funeral Services Held Sunday in Gallipolis
Funeral services for the late Mie Lillie Calhoun were conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Entsminger Funeral Home in Gallipolis with Reverend Westerman officiating. Surviving descendants include two sisters Mrs. Ella Walters and Mrs. Bertha Watts, and several grandchildren and nieces.
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Gallipolis
Mie
Lillie Calhoun
Upper Second Ave
Froay
Entsminger
Scott Westerman
Bhrtal
St. Cemelets
Mig Cathoue
Jaroh
Clark Mae Hoi
Gatlin
Tse
Macnied
Noah
Cy Trioty
Ella Walters
Bertha Watts
Columbus
Charles Smith Rites Held in Charleston
Rites were held in Charleston for Charles S. Smith age 38 of Point Pleasant son of Mr and Mrs B S Smith of Bellomende who died from injuries last Thursday while returning home from Charleston. Burial was at Memorial Park near St Albans. Family members from Point Pleasant attended including the parents and several siblings and spouses.
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Point Pleasant
Charles S. Smith
Nate
B. S. Smith
Bellomende
Owas
Charleston
Bream Memorial Church
Joe B. Overmeyer
Memorial Park
St. Albans
Fom Point Pleasant
Giff Durbin
Clay Smith
Durward Smith
Ad Mpe
Russell Smith
Akron
Landon Smith
Cincinnati
Meetings Schedule for Point Pleasant Farm Women Groups
Schedule of meetings includes Union Farm Women on Wednesday May 16 at 2 PM at the home of Mrs Lawrence Parsons in Poca hontas. Leon Homemakers meet Wednesday May 16 at 7 30 PM at Lodge Hall. Anne Bailey Club gathers Tuesday May 22 at 2 PM at Mrs Girard Fowlers home on Charleston Road.
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Point Pleasant
Union Farm Women
Lawrence Parsons
Pocahontas
Pam
C. B. Thompson
Leon
Lodge Hall
Anne Bailey
Girard Fowler
Charleston Road
Utility Taxes to be Distributed in State Plan
More than ten million dollars of public utility taxes will be distributed to county and municipal governments by the state auditor in the next few days. Mason County share is 6314 dollars and Point Pleasant 32086 dollars.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
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