Fire call after Sunday blaze hits Wash ington Street station
POINT PLEASANT The fire department was summoned to Washington Spring Service Station on East Sixth Street at 11 o’clock Sunday morning when fire was discovered in the roof. The damage was small though the neon sign was a casualty. Mayor Krodel won a clean sweep in the municipal election, taking about 70 percent and running unopposed by the Citizens Party.
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Point Pleasant
Washington Spring
East Sixth St
Sam A. Simmons
Mayer B.jered
Pepper
Wi Aeepdel
Sunnie Sorpoelgath
Republican Party
Krode
Citizens
Fred H. Bunton
Citizens Party
Krodel
Second Ward
First Ward
Buxton
John E. Brown
J. B. Couch
Robert Gibbs
Brown
Mason County
Henderson To Graduate Class Tuesday
A program scheduled for Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the eschool auditorium will award diplomas to Henderson Grade School graduates. Principal Ferguson of the Junior High will provide the address, Delbert Staats will present the Golden Horseshoe, and Gilbert Rogers will give out diplomas.
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Point Pleasant
Henderson
Robert H. ‘Ferguson
Delbert Staats
Gilbert Rogers
Board of Education
Norma Harris
Maryland Mayes
Hazel Siders
Janet Casey
Bonnie Pierson
Genevieve Robbins
Janet Rogers
Jessie Siders
Joe Singleton
Reece Dixon
James Edwards
Thomas Harris
Odell Henry
Barton Meagie
Arnold Watson
Robin
Genevieve Butler
Slo
PTA
L. D. Icard
McKinney
June Caudill
Louise Sommer
Cheesebrew Surges in Third Ward Vote Shaping Council Lineup
County party members report ward results with Miller and Brewer retaining First Ward seats while Cheesebrew defeats Couch in Third Ward after relocating there. Five current council members face reelection, with Krodel praised for stabilizing city finances and promising transparent books as streets stay clean amid hiring limits.
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Miller
Brewer
Taylor
Scarberry
Darst
Quillin
Sprenger
Woodard
Third
Cheesebrew
McElfresh
Coach
Fourth
Bechtle
Sutton
McMillin
Durst
Killingsworth
Citizens Party
Krodel
Hamden to Have Troop of Boy Scouts
Plans were made for a meeting Tuesday evening to organize a Hamden Boy Scout troop. The McArthur Boy Scout troop performed two plays with Hamden band music directed by Mrs. Charles Keeney. Scout Executive Joe Benet plans to return soon to organize the troop. charter members include John Baron Eugene Foreman Jack Haynes Donald Sanders Samuel Hill William Young Ralan Sprague Arthur Buell Henry Buehler John Paul Biffle John Haynes Donald Foreman Robert Kibbey and Clarence Jewell Jr. Supt. C. L. Hayhurst named scout master and Philip Ward A G Young Charles O Keeney Orton Chapman and Otheat Foreman to troop committee.
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Hamden
McArthur
Charles Keeney
Joe Benet
Chillisoothe
John Baron
Eugene Foreman
Jack Haynes
Donald Sanders
Samuel Hill
William Young
Ralan Sprague
Arthur Buell
Henry Buehler
John
Sadie
Miller
Columbus
John Leitch
E. R. McCapnin
Dayton
McCoppin
C. W. McCoppin
George Scott
Flint
Mich
Walter Morris
Carl Huhn
Dickie Kibbey
Wilbur i Kibbey
Ata
Wellston
C. A. Parker
Al‘hbany
Kenneth Sisson
BE. L. Tedrow
Point Pleasant Social Notes and Circle Meeting Briefs
Mrs Walter Sommer, principal of Henderson Grade School, hosted a surprise dinner at Island View Inn Gallipolis with corsage gifts. Circle Five Presbyterian Auxiliary met with Bible study and discussion on Why Concern Ourselves, followed by refreshments. Local residents Roy and Dutch Wartenburg visited from Columbus. Louise Stone, a Hamilton teacher, recovering from a foot injury. Joe Bedinger and family visited amid job transfer to Point Pleasant. Leona Treadway admitted to Holzer Hospital. Cpl Quillin returns to Camp Hood. Grover Mitchell from Athens visiting relatives.
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Point Pleasant
Walter Sommer
Henderson Grade School
Island View Inn
Gallipolis
Sommer
Lois Sheline
Evelyn Kelly
Helen Hope
Madge Byus
Genevieve Butter
Circle Five
Presbyterian Auxiliary
Joseph Buffington
Twenty-Second St
Paul Hofhenko
Frank Poling
C. L. Haner
3. D. Fraser
Don Smith
Jack Rodgers
William Woolfitt
Clarence Allen
Poling
Roy
Dutch Wartenburg
Columbus
Miss Stone
Hamilton
Joe Bedinger
Charleston
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Adamses
Pliny
Lawrence Bing
Middleport
Beech Hill
Leona Treadway
Main, St
Holzer Hospital
Samuel Eads
Jericho Road
Pbricho Road
F. W. Quillin
Cpl. Quillin
Camp Hood
Texas
Quil ‘Lin
Grover Mitchell
Athens
Harrisonville Social Notes
Miss Joan Finlan spent the weekend with relatives in Wellsville Wyoming Virginia Don Gibson left for Darton for summer work. Eleanor Updegaft and son with Frances Gibson and son moved into George Clark home recently bought from Howard Clark. Lend-a-Hand Circle met with 15 members and guests at Halliday Atkins home. Emma Dye led devotion and Margaret Douglas organized social hour. Mr. and Mrs. V S Greenler dined with Edgar Kohler in Burhtel Sunday. Frank Halliday and wife visited Columbus Friday with Pearl Andersen.
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Harrisonville
Joan Finlan
Wellsville
WY. Va
Don Gibson
Darton
Eleanor Updegaft
Frances Gibson
George Clark
Howard Clark
Halliday
V. S. Greenler
Edgar Kohler
Burhtel
Frank Halliday
Columbus
Uber Brother
Pearl Andersen
Harry Bell Funeral Is Held Sunday
Funeral services for Harry Bell color ed, who died in Pittsburgh last Wednesday, were held Sunday afternoon at First Baptist Church. Rev. C. G. Billups led the service. The body went to Arnett Funeral Home and then to the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Thomas for calling. Born October 1 1886 in Point Pleasant he was son of Charley and Cora Bell and had lived in Pittsburgh where he worked for Union Barge Line and Crucible Steel. He is survived by nine sisters led by Blanche Bell.
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Hoint Pleasant
First Baptist Church
Harry Bell
Pittsburgh
C. G. Billups
Arnett
Viand St
Fred Thomas
Sixth St
Mr. Bell
Charley
Cora Blackwell Bell
Point Pleasant
Union Barge Line
Crucible Steel Co
Blanche Bell
Coolville Community Notes Quiet May Meetings and Local Updates
In Coolville many locals gathered as WSCS Bethel met at Mrs. George Gilbert’s home with Mrs. Ray Gordon presiding and 11 members plus nine guests present. The Standard Bearer Society closed its season at Evelyn and Joan Griffin’s home. officers named Barbara Chapman president and Josn Griffin vice president. Mrs. John Deeter sent Mother’s Day greetings from her son in law in Germany. Orval Persinger bought the Edward Blake property. Local residents and visitors from Portland, Me., Nelsonville, Athens shared birthdays and visits with area families including the Lintons, Cecil, Cole, and Wines families during the weekend.
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Coolville
Wscs of
Bethel
George Gilbert
Ray Gordon
Standard Bearer Society
Evelyn
Joan Griffin
Barbara Chapman
Josn Griffin
Julia Ann Walden
Doris Jean Brafford
Margaret Washburn
John Deeter
Charles L. Gillian
Germany
Orval Persinger
Edward Blake
R. E. Linton
Billy
Barlow
Leonard Linton
Margaret
Portland
T. F. Cecil
Bert Cole
Ramona
Nelsonville
Cole
James Wines
Athens
Gallia Graduates To Receive Diplomas Wednesday
Gallia Academy High School will hold commencement Wednesday at Washington School auditorium. President Stewart W. McClelland of Lincoln Memorial University will deliver the address. The program includes processional Marche Pontificale, invocation by Rev J E Makes, Star Spangled Banner, honor keys in scholarship music and athletics, Girls Trio performances, and diplomas presented by A I Lloyd.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
F. W. McDermott
Rio Grande College
Grace Methodist Church
Theodore Valenti
First Presbyterian Church
Washington ‘School
Stewart W. McClelland
Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate
Katie Brumfield
Gladys Reese
Carlene Niday
M. Brown Wall
Harold
A. I. Lloyd
City Board of Education
Moore Rites Held From Creston Church
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Creston Church for Els worth Moore 51 who died Thursday night in a Ripley hospital of a heart attack He was a World War I veteran, farmer and state road commission employee living in Baden Ridge Union District Surviving are his wife Minerva Sayre two children and several brothers and sisters
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Point Pleasant
Creston
Elsworth Moore
Ripley
I. J. McCollum
Cottageville Circuit
United Brethren Church
Moore
State Road Commission
Union District
Baden Ridge
Scott Moore
Big Spruce
Tate
Realty Sale Report From Point Pleasant
Rupert J. Kayser announces the sale of a five room house and two lots at the corner of 21st Street and Monroe Avenue. George W. Biffle sold to Elmer and Catherine Graeser for investment. Two men arrested for intoxication over the weekend. Raymond Mattox by Patrolman Yeager and Jefferson Flowers by Patrolman Noble. J W Coleman sells his Main Street soft drink place to Chester Plants.
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Point Pleasant
Rupert J. Kayser
21St St
Monroe Ave
George W. Biffle
Elmer and
Cathrine Graeser
Graesers
Raymond Mattox
Yeager
Jefferson Flowers
Noble
J. W. Coleman
Main St
Chester
Gallipolis Social Notes and Personal News Highlight Local Clubs
Gallipolis social notes cover Braanon Club hosting a white orphan party with guests Gordon Walther Kenneth Welker and Ulbart Batdorf. English Club closes year with potluck at Mrs Reuben Wood and reviews The Story of the Lost Island. Notables include state DAA officer Pribble Wilson returning from Marietta and Cincinnati district meetings, and locals visiting relatives in Marion Columbus Covington and Rutland with updates on military service and employment.
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Gallipolis
Helen Mee Nealey
Braanon Club
Gordon Walther
Kenneth Welker
Uolbart Batdorf
Wood
Reuben Wood
Mary Watts
Anne Hill
Lota Ingels
Virgil Martin
Osa Baird
Lost Island
James Norman Hall
Pribble Wilson
The
Daughters of America
Marietta
Cincinnati
Harold Broyles
Karen
Marion
Maride
Laura Jean Baker
Otis Drummond
Drummond
Columbus
Ellis Halley
Rutland
Ruth Haitman
Local Notices of Family Visits and Residential Moves
Columbus spent days with her children Frances Eileen and Gotha Allena at her parents Kerr home Mr and Mrs George Kerth. Mrs Alice Wail Taylor rests at daughter Mrs Ned Hanotton’s home after spraining an ankle at her own home Saturday. Mr and Mrs Clam Kimball left Gallia Hotel after years there and moved to Coulter Suiting Apartment in 400 block Second Ave Mis HH. Henking moved from C A Bester home on Third Ave to Apartment 250 First Ave with Mrs C 4h Booton.
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Columbus
Frances Eileen
Gotha Allena
George Kerth
Kerr
Alice Wail ‘Taylor
Ned Hanotton
Clam Kimball
Gallia
Coulter
Second Ave
Mis
Henking
C. A Bester
Third Avenue
First Ave
Booton
Two Divorce Suits Filed in Mason County Court
In Mason County circuit court Saturday two divorce cases were entered. Margaret Cothran sues David S Cochran alleging adultery. They were married in 1942 and separated May 17. They have a nine month old son. Johnnie Hosehar sues Inez Hosehar alleging separation and four children ages four to ten. They married in 1934 and separated in 194%.
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Mason Point Pleasant
Mason County
Margaret Cothran
David S Cochran
Johnnie Hosehar
Inez Hosehar
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