Floodwall Funds Still Being Sought Illustrated Book Prepared for Solons
Point Pleasant officials press for floodwall funding after a Washington visit. A pamphlet with photos from 1936 37 floods and a dozen pages of flood facts is being prepared for 30 lawmakers. Since 1878 there have been 72 floods including six in 14 years causing $1 464 000 in damages plus business losses and wall damage.
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Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
J. G. F. Johnson
Washington
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Pastor Keefer attends denom meeting in Circleville
The Rev. J. P. Keefer pastor of the Church of God in Christian Union traveled to Circleville Ohio on Tuesday to join a board of directors meeting for the denomination He spoke Monday night at the opening of its new Watts Street church in Charleston West Virginia
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Point Pleasant
J. P. Keefer
Church of God In Christian Union
Circleville
Ohio
Mr. Keefer
Watts St
Charleston
R C Hall Dies at Home in Point Pleasant
Robert C. Hall 70 died unexpectedly at his home 2203 Main St Monday at 8 30 pm after work and gardening. He worked at West Virginia Malleable Iron Co. Funeral 2 pm Thursday at Heights EUB Church with Rev F H Capehart. Burial Lone Oak Cemetery. Survivors include widow Annetta Yeager Hall sister May Parsons and brother Ottie Hall.
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Point Pleasant
Robert C. Hall
Main St
West Virginia Malleable Iron Co
Heights Eub Church
F. H. Capehart
Lone Oak
Raynes
Mason County
Oliver and
Sybie Edmonds Hall
Annetta Yeager Hall
May Parsons
Ottie Hall
Montpelier
Ohio
Morrison and Somerville Visit Dayton for Job Lead
Toral Morrison Jr and Paul Somerville traveled to Dayton yesterday to explore a potential employment opportunity.
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Dayton
Point Pleasant
Toral Morrison, Jr
Paul Somerville
J Milton Lewis To Continue Farming
J Milton Lewis will stay in farming after selling his hill farm on Charleston Road. He holds a 200 acre lease on the Plants farm near Point Pleasant with 125 acres tillable bottom land and remaining hill pasture. The Lewises plan to move to N Main Street and will repaint and paper their new home first.
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Point Pleasant
J. Milton Lewis
Charleston Road
Kanawha
Lewises
N. Main St
Last Meeting Conducted By AAUW In Point Pleasant
The American Association of University Women local chapter held the final 1946 47 season meeting at Mrs E Bartow Jones home on Jefferson Bloyd Monday evening. Officers for 1947 48 were elected with Mrs Clifford Dunn as president and awards planned for Wahama Point Pleasant and Hannan high schools based on scholarship.
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Point Pleasant
American Association of University Women
E. Bartow Jones
Jefferson Bloyd
A. Keith McClung
Ray Proffitt
James FE. McComb
Wahama
Hannan
Clifford Dunn
Garrett Green
Nelson A. Park, Jr
Edward Ohlinger
Green
William Cable Filson
John W. Kirk
Eunice Beller
Ohlinger
J. Marion Foglesong
McComb
Jones
McClung
Proffitt
Cancer Drive Report Made for Lambda Chi Omega
Mrs L W Getty led a Lambda Chi Omega meeting at the Moose Club ladies lounge in Point Pleasant to report on the cancer fund drive. Volunteers including Mrs Getty and Mrs Ronald White will assist with an X-ray clinic at the Mason County health department on Wednesday and Thursday. Poling White, Sidney Brown and Getty were elected delegates to the national convention in Cincinnati June 13 15. Attending the meeting were Brown Woodell Burdette White Wadear Thabet Poling Harper Machir Getty Getty Head Pullins Melrose and Edith Quillin.
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Point Pleasant
L. W. Getty
Cancer Fund
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
Moose Club
Getty
Ronald White
R. H. Melrose
Mason County Health Department
Hansel Poling
Sidney Brown
Cincinnati
Brown
Woodell Burdette
White
Wadear Thabet
Poling
George Harper
William F. Machir
Donald Getty
C. L. Head
Clayton Pullins
Melrose
Edith Quillin
Three Reasons Cited For Chest X Rays at Health Center
Miss Dorothy Watkins county health nurse says the chest x ray unit at the Main St health center will test Wednesday and Thursday. She cites three good reasons to take the exam. If it shows a healthy chest that is good news. If it shows prior TB and recovery that is good news. If it shows early TB with no symptoms that is good news because early treatment offers high recovery chances.
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Point Pleasant
Dorothy Watkins
Main St
Wahama High School Graduation Thursday and Friday
Wahama High School will conduct commencement at Wahama High School in Mason City on Thursday evening for the 1947 class, followed by Senior High School graduation Friday evening. The Mason County School band plans a concert next Monday evening. tickets are on sale at downtown stores, with Dr. L. S. Carrick in charge.
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Point Pleasant
Wahama High School
Mason City
Mason County
Births and Discharges From Point Clinic
Mrs John Young and infant Edward Lee were discharged to Cheshire Ohio. A daughter weighing six pounds nine ounces was born at the clinic to Mr and Mrs Carl Sebrell of Kaylong.
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Point Pleasant
John Young
Edward Lee
Point Clinic
Cheshire
Ohio
Carl Sebrell
Kaylong
Woman Arrested on Prostitution Charge in Point Pleasant
Mrs Thelma Carr of Point Pleasant was arrested Tuesday on a prostitution charge. The complaint was filed by Sheriff Ernest Hesson, who made the arrest.
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Point Pleasant
Thelma Carr
Ernest Hesson
Return from Pittsburgh Patrol Visit
Mrs. Peter H. Steenbergen and daughter Mrs. H. A. Johnson returned Tuesday evening from Pittsburgh where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steenbergen over the weekend.
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Pittsburgh
Point Pleasant
Peter H. Steenbergen
H. A. Johnson
Charles Steenbergen
Marriage License Issued in Pleasants County
A marriage license was issued to Cliftord Bleck Marshall of Columbus and Viola Legg of Robertsburg. A survey found 437 million in timber suitable for pole use in southern states.
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Point Pleasant
Clifford Bleck Marshall
Columbus
Viola Legg
Robertsburg
School Building Drive Committee Appointed
At a meeting of school patrons and County Superintendent Robert H. Fergus on in West Columbia Monday night Mrs Olin Knapp Lawrence Stewart Lester Foreman and Mrs Robert Young were appointed members of a committee to cooperate with school officials to secure a new school building for the town. School Commissioner John P Sayre also attended the meeting.
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Point Pleasant
Robert H. Ferguson
West Columbia
Olin Knapp
Lawrence Stewart
Lester Foreman
Robert Young
John P. Sayre
Jericho Road Survey Work Is Begun
State road commission engineers started surveying Jericho Road in Jericho Road area. J Milton Lewis notes district committee recommended improvements from 22nd Street to Ripley Road near Hickory Chapel to three miles and surface for year round use. effort to ease flood era access. Committee members include Morrison Lewis Staats Smith Cromley Dewees.
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Point Pleasant
State Road Commission
Jericho Road
E. G. Loser
J. Milton Lewis
Lewis
22Nd St
Ripley Road
Hickory Chapel
F. A. Morrison
Lucien Staats
Howard Smith
Edward Cromley
Gilbert Dewees
Man Pleads Guilty to Intoxication Charge
Darrel Messick of Gallipolis Ferry pleaded guilty at arraignment before a local magistrate and was fined five dollars plus costs. Fannie Francis, 72, of West Columbia, fell at her home Tuesday and was taken to Holzer Hospital by Foglesong Ambulance. illness was blamed for the fall.
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Point Pleasant
Darrel Messick
Gallipolis Ferry
Fannie Francis
West Columbia
Holzer Hospital
Foglesong Ambulance
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Nature
Carter
Ature
R. C. Hall
Virgie McDade
Marie McDade
Toral Morrison
Paul F. Thomas
H. D. Coyner
State Police
Ida Stanley
Department of Public Assistance
Morrison
McDade
Illiamson Triplife Furnace
Williamson Heater Company
Willenson
S. W. Dodson
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Athens
Rardin Bros. CO
Athens, Ohio
Pomeroy Cement Block Co
Pomeroy, Ohio
AAUW
Cancer Drive
Jericho
Marietta
Marietta's
Devel
Bardin Bros
Plymale
Gallipolis, Ohio
Tee
Huaraches
Boston
Allmans
OHTO
Hanna
Bargain Square
Faille
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