Committees Named for Point Pleasant Independence Day
Point Pleasant plans Independence Day events with Ferguson announcing committee picks. Hospitality leaders include Mayor Krodel. river events chair Heslop. finance chair Brown. bands chair Roush. parade marshal Hite. draft and saddle horse show chair McNeill. baseball chair Rogers. concert chair Burt. Fire Dept to handle parking. future square dance and centennial ball not yet named. Outboard motor racing fans have shown early interest for river events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert H. Ferguson
B. W. Krodel
Bartow Jones
Dewey A. Windsor
F. W. Ingraham
R. J. Heslop
Milton L. Miller
Tim Lewis
William Mallette
Robert Wells
John E. Brown
L. W. Getty
Charles L Bechtle
Walden F. Roush
Grover C. Hite
John McNeill
Jack Rogers
P. E. Burt
New Businesses Open in Point Pleasant
J Smith Roush restaurant and billiard room opens at 301 Main St while Stiffler's Department Store plans to open in the Lowe Hotel Building. New residents include Charles S Koontz Edwin Hudson Erwin W Dement Cuba Shamblin Billy Joe Howard James G Hayes and Delbert Roush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J. Smith Roush
Main St
Stiffler’s Department
Lowe
Charles S. Koontz
Burdette
Edwin Hudson
Liberty St
Erwin W. Dement
Burdette Additon
Cuba Shamblin
Billy Joe Howard
Ohio St
James
State to buy Peace Springs resort for women’s prison
West Virginia plans to purchase the Peace Springs resort hotel in State Will Buy for use as a women’s prison. The 80 prisoner capacity and a $45,000 price are part of a $203,000 appropriation to cover alterations and repairs. Peace Springs lies near Alderson where a federal women’s prison operates.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Peace Springs
Charleston
Alderson
State Liquor Store Closed Until May 29
State liquor store in Point Pleasant is ordered closed by the manager to begin today and continue until Wednesday May 29 when rationing will resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Liquor Store
Point Pleasant
McCoy
Dessert Bridge Honors Miss Virginia Lewis
Miss Virginia Lewis was honored at a dessert bridge hosted by Miss Peg gy Yerges at 105 Park Drive. Guests included Mrs. William H. Burdette and Mrs. Richard Andruk, with prizes awarded for high and low scores.
Mrs Eads Receives Update on Father-in-Law News
Mrs J Orai Eads said her father-in-law Mr Early Eads in Pasadena California reported his wife remains critically ill at her sister’s home Mrs Blanche Anderson. Duplex sold at 217 219 Main St Point Pleasant details follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J. Orai Eads
Early Eads
Pasadena
Calif
Blanche Anderson
Rupert L. Kayser
Main St
Delcie Willet
Cora A. Barker
Gallipolis Ferry
Search Continues for Body of Billy Stanley
The effort to recover Billy Stanley 18 a towboat employee who fell overboard at the mouth of the Kanawha continued Tuesday. A government derrick boat operated hundreds of feet down the Ohio River from the Kanawha mouth to aid the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Billy Stanley
Kanawha
Ohio
Miss Frye and Krodel Hostesses at Dinner in Pt Pleasant
Miss Alice Marie Frye and Miss Florence Elizabeth Krodel hosted a dinner and personal shower for Miss Virginia Lewis in the Moose Club ladies lounge on Sunday evening. Guests included Mrs. Laula Lewis Mrs. Franklin Martin Mrs. Charles Hy Stane Jr Miss Peggy Yerges Mrs Casby Meadows Jr Miss Jean Rice Miss Joan Jewell Mrs. Raymond Spear and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Alice Marie Frye
Florence Elizabeth Krodel
Virginia Lewis
Moose Club
Lewis
Laula Lewis
Franklin Martin
Charles Hy Stane, Jr
William Cruickshanks
Peggy Yerges
Casby Meadows
Jean Rice
Joan Jewell
Raymond Spear
B. Walte: Krodei
William Gygax
Frye
Miss Krodei
Bartow Jones Expands Farming Focus in Pleasant Work
Bartow Jones shifts from transportation to farming gardening and dairying. He owns 10 acres of cantaloupes and 24 acres of sweet corn on leased land in the ordinance works reservation, plus substantial crops on his own farm.
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Bartow Jones
Point Pleasant
Transportation Company
Ordinanice Works
Ambulance Crew Moves Three Patients to and from Hospitals
The Arnett ambulance service reports taking Mrs. E. B Coleman of Bellemeade to Holzer Hospital for treatment on Tuesday and returning her home. They also removed C. R. Matheny of Bellemeade to the hospital for surgery and conveyed Mrs. Marion Fellure of Pliny from the hospital back to her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Arnett Ambulance Service
E. B Coleman
Bellemeade
Holzer Hospital
C. R. Matheny
Marion Fellure
Pliny
Butler Joins Motor Firm in Point Pleasant
POINT PLEASANT C E Butler former manager of the Point Pleasant Transportation Company has sold his interest and joined the Two River Motor Company as office manager. He partners with Bartow Jones and L Easley to expand the enterprise which holds Plymouth and DeSoto cars International trucks Fraulein trailers and Goodyear tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. E. Butler
Point Pleasant Transportation Company
Two River Mootor Company
Bartow Jones
L. Easley
Mr. Butler
Chillicothe
Mr. Jones
Mr. Easley
Ohio
General Defense Corp
Motor’ Company
Plymouth
DeSoto
International
Frauelhaus
Goodyear
Horse Prices On Decline At Point Pleasant Auction
Point Pleasant Live Stock Company auction sold 22 horses with prices sliding downward from 84 dollars. Hog prices hit ceiling at 14.75 per head for slaughter stock and sows at 14 dollars. Beef cattle ranged 16.60 to 17.70 for fat calves 18.40 top, others 16 to 17. Cows, canners and bulls priced accordingly as calves totalled 147 head.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Livestock Company
Miss Peggy Yerges To Attend Buffalo Wedding
Miss Peggy Yerges will travel to Buffalo New York to attend the wedding of Miss Patricia Beaudin a former Miami Florida roommate and WAVES member. Yerges will be maid of honor to the bride and her guest for the event on June 1. Mrs Howard Yerges will accompany her daughter for the visit with relatives in Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Peggy Yerges
Buffalo
N. Y
Patricia Beaudin
Miami, Fla
The
WAVES
Alfred Thobaben
Miss Yerges
Miss Beaudin
Howard Yerges
Defendant Admits Intoxicated Driving
Irvin W. Wintt of Cabell County pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated at arraignment. He paid a $25 fine, his license was revoked, and his car tags were removed from his wife s vehicle. State Trooper C A Hehle made the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Irvin W. Wintt
Cabell County
C. A. Hehle
Wintz
Acid Spoils Fish at Senior High Garden Plan
Principal C. H. Withers of Senior High School who worked in local war plants during vacations plans a gardening year. Mrs. Eustace Wilson substitutes for Mrs. Sydnor as county clerk recording while on vacation. Residents visited relatives in Columbus St Albans and Middleport as fishing and travel notes appear in a compact local column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Withers
L. K Heiskel
Columbus
Walter W. Crooks
New York Central
Mt. Vernon Ave
Emma Burnside
Earl H. Arnett
Andrew Leishman
St. Albans
Rebecca Dee Rothgeb
Jefferson Blvd
Ethel Stearne
Walter R. Crooks
Middleport
Point Pleasant
Dan Burns
Nina Carson
Bill Greenlee
Kana
Gallipolis
Ten Mile Creek
Bess McBee
Williamson
Lester Isner
Texas
John Oshers
Charleston
Road
Earl Arnetts
Seventh St
Eustace Wilson
Charles Sydnor
Sydnor
Burdette Hostess Plans Friday Reception for Virginia Lewis
Mrs William E Burdette of 1913 Jefferson Boulevard hosts a Friday evening 7 30 party. The event is a complimentary affair for Miss Virginia Lewis whose marriage to Mr Francis Anderson is set for June 1.
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Point Pleasant
William E. Burdette
Jefferson Blvd
Virginia Lewis
Francis Anderson
Moose Dance At Moose Club Memorial Day
Moose Club hosts a Memorial Day dance at 9 30 p m Wednesday May 29 in the clubhouse with Bull Tweet and His Men in Blue performing. Girl Scouts entertained as Mrs Joseph Buffington and Mrs Homer S Smith hosted a dinner for troop members and mothers at Christ Episcopal Church parish house. Sheriff sale notices give details of real estate auctions in Athens County with bids starting cash in hand at 1 30 p m on June 11 and June 6 1946.
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Point Pleasant
Bull Tweet
Men In Blue
Moose Club
Joseph Buffington
Homer S. Smith
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
State of Ohio
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
Edward H. Lasch
Treas Athens Co
Clifford Arumewa
Athens
Ohio
Glouster
Thomas C. Wright
Sedalia
Rolf D J. Rose
Pers. Sneritt
Athens ‘County
Ebi Dorothy J. Parmiter
Heardi
Barton Jones
Richard Newell
State of
Treas
J. D. Corbett
Lochtown
Prattsork Creek
Lodi
Ohe Company
Jesse Gilkey
Frank K. Lambert
Elizabeth
Lodi Township
Gordon Gray Barold J. Rose
George Bateman
Garage Enlarged in Point Pleasant Area
O. W. Dye enlarges the first floor of his garage at Third and Main to absorb space once used as a filling station. John Oshiel, Plymouth and Chrysler dealer, has leased the garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
O. W. Dye
Third and Main
Sts
John Oshiel
Plymouth and
Chrysler
French Descendant Is Reported Ill In Gallipolis
Mrs J E Halliday a direct descendant of the French Five Hundred is ill with a heart condition at her Third Ave home Her daughter Mrs Boyd Cherry from Connecticut arrived recently Another daughter Mrs Joe Penfold has been there while Mr Penfold is in China on a civilian assignment
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Gallipolis
J. E. Halliday
Third Ave
Boyd Cherry
Frances Halliday
Connecticut
Joe Penfold
Lady Halliday
Penfold
China
Marriage Planned by Miss Harriet Davis and Joseph Walter
Saturday June 15 was chosen for the wedding at the Davis home near Oak Hill. Miss Harriet Davis, a Gallipolis City schools music and English teacher, will wed Joseph Walter, a Gallia Academy and Cincinnati School of Embalming graduate and Navy Air Corps veteran. The couple will reside in Gallipolis after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harriet Davis
Joseph W. Walter
Dan T. Davis
Oak Hill
College of Education
Ohio University
Sigma Alpha Iota
Walter
Gallia Academy
Cincinnati School of Embalming
Pi Sigma I Eta
Navy Air Corps
South Pacific
Edith Walter
Delbert , Walter
F. J. Entsminger Funeral Home
Rio Grande College Names Summer Session Faculty
Rio Grande College at Gallipolis announced eight weeks of summer classes starting next week. Dr. W A Lewis, assistant to the president, directs the session and lists the faculty including Dr. Lewis in education, Dr. John Bauman in biological science, Dr. C E Vance in physics and mathematics, R Price Ewing in English, with holdovers from the previous term and additions Carlos D Bradley music Miss Clara M Eagle art supervisor Findlay Public Schools John A Miller former Ironton City Schools superintendent history and Mrs Gladys McGoy reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
W. A. Lewis
Lewis
John Bauman
C. E. Vance
R. Price Ewing
Engl ‘Lish
Carlos D. Bradley
Clara M. Eagle
Findlay Public Schools
John A. Miller
Ironton City Schools
Gladys McGoy
Reading
Athens Superintendent Urges Graduates to Choose and Grow
Athens County Superintendent Glen Hanes spoke to Bidwell-Porter High School graduates on choosing a path and seizing opportunities. Marie Bush delivered the salutatory with a vocal solo entitled On Wings Of Memory, Doris Walters gave the valedictory, the Girls Glee Club under Miss Mary Syler provided music, and diplomas were presented by Principal Charles Sprague with a benediction by Rev. Boyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bidwell
Glen Hanes
Athens County Superintendent of Schools
Bidwell-Porter High School
Hanes
Marie Bush
Doris Walters
Tax Examiner Shifted To Home County Area
Charles A Rathburn a Portsmouth district tax examiner has been reassigned to his home county. He resides at 450 Third Avenue and will work in the courthouse conducting audits of local restaurants. Under state policy, examiners are now to be located in their home counties. A marriage license was issued to Girard Marshall Fowler and Nellie Blanche Fellhauer of Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles A. Rathburn
Portsmouth
Third Avenue
Rathburn
Tax Department
Don H. Ebright
Point Pleasant
Girard Marshall Fowler
Nellie Blanche Fellhauer
Pee
Grand Jury Cases Stated In Gallipolis And Roush Improving
Grand jury cases included Max Gilmore arrested in Pomeroy on auto theft charges and bound over on a $500 bond. K E Wheeler of Columbus faced fraudulent check counts with bonds set at $1500 and $500 on related charges. Wheeler also faced a $35 bad check to Jake Moore and a $30 check to John Clendenin. Mrs. Olin Roush of Henderson is improving at Holzer Hospital after Friday surgery and may return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Max Gilmore
Pomeroy
Morton Dickey
James S. Gibbs
Edgar Dale Sisson
Ryger
Grand Jury
Justice of the Peace
H. Heenan Shato
Justice Shato
William H. Jones
K. E. Wheler
Columbus
Ohio National Bank of Columbus
Horace Condee
Shato
Janes
Wheeler
Jake Moore
John Clendenin
Libby Hotel
Roush
Point Pleasant
Olin Roush
Henderson
Holzer Hospital
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio
Ferguson
Brown
Cadmus
Jake Brown
Co. H. Saunders
Ohio Valley
Charles Brown
Fourth Avenue
State
Park Drive
Miss Lewis
William H. Burdette
Richard Andruk
Andruk
Frank Martin
Florence Elizabeth Kro‘del
Charles H.stone
William Cruickisuanks
Mrs. Eads
Miss Frye
Miss Krodel
Zemo
Beaco
F. J. Beasley CO
Butler
Gallipolis Social Notes
Frank Harvey
C. E. Holzer
Foxburg
Daytona Beach
Fla
W. Scott Westerman
Toledo
Scotty Westerman
Chicago
Ann Arbor
Mich
Stella Mohr
Franklin
Mary Louise Mohr
Clark Pritchett
Ted
Lewis ‘Pritchett
Ira Swisher
A. S. Lloyd
Harley Wells
Merrill
Bruce Lloyd
Everett Ecker
la Donna Jean
Mary Kay McMullen
Hillsboro
Ohio Univerisity
John Mor
Lean
Andjs
Leon Bean
Philadelphia
American College of Physicians
Logan Frozen Food Locker
Mulberry St
Tel
Logan, Ohio
Kay
T. D
Ely
Coatior
Marietta
Aluminum
Bardin Bros. CO
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy, Ohio
Illiamson Furnace S
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson Fursece
Fedoe
Thes
Mufbesent
Harry J. Perk
Obie
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Altmans
South Court Street
Gore Pat
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