Bus Firms Seek Route Extension From Pt Pleasant to Winfield
The Ohio River Bus Co and Valley Coach Line apply to the public service commission for a franchise to operate between Winfield and Point Pleasant. Valley Line would extend from Charleston to Point Pleasant. Ohio River would run a Henderson to Winfield branch. Completion of Route 17 is awaited, with prison labor sawing surface work and a two year finish forecast.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Pt. Pleasant
Winfield
Point Pleasant
Ohio River Bus Co
Huntington
Valley Coach Line
Charleston
State Public Service Commission
Valley Line
Kanawha
Ohio River Company
Henderson
St Joseph Aspirin Ad Claims Safety and Value
A vintage ad touts St Joseph Aspirin as the safest and fastest option, branding it the world’s largest seller at 10¢ per package and urging consumers to choose genuine aspirin over higher priced rivals.
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St. Joseph
Lands Big Catfish With Bare Hands
POINT PLEASANT The Marietta Log reports Cecil Gibeaut a shipyard worker caught a 30 pound catfish in Kanawha Tea Milk Creek with his bare hands He first hooked the fish while fishing and after the fish broke the line he waded in and reeled it in He sustained minor injuries to his hands.
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Point Pleasant
Marietta
Cecil Gibeaut
Kanawha Tea Milk Creek
Route through thickly settled rich agricultural stretch
A description notes the highway travels 35 miles with no towns along the route, cutting through a dense agricultural region between the terminal points.
Circle Two Women’s Society Studies Americans at English Court
Circle Two of Trinity Methodist Church Women’s Society met at Mrs. R. T. Startzman’s English Court home Tuesday evening. Bible quiz closed a prior study. new study “We Who Are Americans” was begun. Refreshments served to a group including Mrs. Gregg and Mrs. Roush. Next meeting set for June 27 at Miss Hellems’ home. Mrs. Harry D. Roush hosted the Five Hundred Club at 611 Viand St. Guests included Mrs. Walter Dalrymple of Bethesda and Mrs. Helen Zieher of Hollywood Fl, with members playing.
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Point Pleasant
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Trinity Methodist Church
R. T. Startzman
English Court
W. A. Gregg
Startzman
Gregg
C. A. Roush
Forest Bachtel
Mary Jo Blackburn
Raymond Spear
Harry D. Roush
Five Hundred
Viand St
Walter Dalrymple
Bethesda
Helen Zieher
Hollywood
Fla
Milton L. Miller
Nelson A. Park
Gertrude Halliday
Homer Martin
Cary Howard Rayburn
Walter A. Windsor
Visitors From Florida and DeLand in Mason City
Mrs Harry D Roush and guests Mrs Helen Zieher and son William Zieher of Hollywood Florida visited Huntington yesterday. Mrs R P Bell of DeLand Florida, here for an extended visit with relatives, is spending several days in Mason City with her son William Bell and family.
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Harry D. Roush
Helen Zieher
William Zieher
Holiwood
Fla
Huntington
R. P. Bell
DeLand, Fla
Mason City
William Bell
Board Members Meet in Regular Se hos in Point Pleasant
Chairman Pat M. Wilson and Mayor B Wal ter Krodel led the selective service board in a weekly session at Point Pleasant yesterday afternoon. Cashier Harry L. Dyer of Mason County Bank New Haven, a third member, was absent due to residence presence in New Haven.
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Point Pleasant
Pat M. Wilson
B. Walter Krodel
Selective Service Board
Harry L. Dyer
Mason County Bank
New Haven
Taylor Rites To Be Held In Charleston
The body of Juanita Sylvia Taylor who drowned in Crooked Creek Tuesday evening was recovered near the surface and brought to the boat. Funeral services will be held in Charleston. Taylor, born November 10 1929 in Detroit, is survived by her father Andy Taylor and step mother three brothers and three sisters. Her sister Esther Taylor was rescued from the water by Harl McGowan.
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Point Pleasant
Juanita Sylvia Taylor
Crooked Creek
Charleston
Leon S. Thompson
Carolina Lumber and Supply Co
Miss Taylor
Mr. Thompson
W. E. Monroe
W. G. Durst
H. D Coyner
Detroit
Andy Taylor
Point Pleasant Transportation Co
Freddie
Albert Taylor
Esther
Shirley Taylor
Mark Taylor
Columbus
Virginia Paull
Election Returns in 13 Counties Missing
Thirteen of West Virginia's fifty five counties had not officially reported primary election results to the secretary of state by Tuesday. Missing counties include Boone Braxton Cabell Kanawha Logan Lincoln Mingo Monongalia McDowell Ohio Raleigh Upshur and Wayne. Committees and delegates to national conventions will be determined as results arrive.
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Point Pleasant
Boone
Braxton
Cabell
Kanawhi
Logan
Lincoln
Mingo
Monongalia
McDowell
Ohio
Raleigh
Upshur
Wayne
Mother of Local Women Succumbs
Mrs. Sam Bromley aged 83 died Tuesday at a daughter’s home in Huntington after a two month illness. She was well known in Point Pleasant and visited daughters Mrs. George B. Skene and Mrs. George W. McAlpin. Survived by two other daughters Miss Sue Bromley and Mrs. W. H. Boatright and two sons Jim Bromley and C. B. Bromley.
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Point Pleasant
Sam Bromley
Blanche Trevillian
Huntington
George B. Skene
George W. McAlpin
Benham, Ky
Jim Bromley
C. B. Bromley
Louisa, Ky
Prison Farm Labor Camp Unlikely in Mason County
It is unlikely a prison farm labor camp will be built in Mason County. A Morgantown story quoted B. F. Creech suggesting camps of 100 workers between Huntington and Point Pleasant and another of 400 to 500 in the Eastern Panhandle. No expectation the Point Pleasant to Huntington camp will be in Mason County.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Morgantown
B. F. Creech
Huntington
West Virginia
Panhandle
Lincoln woman jailed for 30 days with fine after arraignment
Kenn a Hughes of Lincoln Avenue was sentenced in a magistrate court to 30 days in jail and a $25 fine plus costs after arraignment yesterday.
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Point Pleasant
Kenna Hughes
Lincoln Ave
Attendance at Church Urged By 4-H Clubs
Four H clubs in Point Pleasant promote Go-To-Church Sunday with church programs at Peniel Church planned for June 6 by Hill Billie Club. Clubs raise funds for Recreation Center ahead of camping season with donations from Henderson Victory Workers and U S Workers and All American club. Warner Yankees held May meeting at Warner Schoolhouse with Arline Warner story and Doyle Warner riddles. attendees listed.
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Point Pleasant
Early Birds
Hill Billie
Peniel Church
Henderson Victory
Henderson U. S
All American Club
Warner Yankees
Warner
Eva Bartram
Arline Warner
Doyle Warner
Loretta Wolfe
Laura Wolfe
Jean Wolfe
Ruth Wolfe
Bartram
Clarice Knapp
Births at Point Clinic Highlight Local Family News
At Point Clinic in Point Pleasant a son weighing eight pounds ten ounces was born Wednesday morning to Mr and Mrs Harry Vickers of Kaylong. Mrs J Sanford Rhoades and infant son were discharged and taken home on Jackson Ave.
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Point Clinic
Point Pleasant
Harry Vickers
Kaylong
J. Sanford Rhoades
Jackson Ave
Lewis Land Case Delayed Amid Personal Tragedy
The case United States v C. C. Lewis, over 52 acres seized for water supply wells along the Ohio River, paused when government counsel John R. Dyer learned of a brother-in-law’s death. Proceedings resume Monday as a land valuation is set by a Federal District Court commission. Lewis, banker and cattle raiser, also faces the death of a prized bull and notes Wall Street Journal items on rubber, copper for bull nose rings, and other market chatter.
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Point Pleasant
United States of America
C. C. Lewis
West Virginia Ordnance Works
John R. Dyer
Sutton
Ohio River
Ordnance Works
Lewis
Citizens National Bank
Old Town Farms
Federal District Court
Wall Street Journal
WPB
New Agent Sought for Mason County Farm Bureau
The Mason County agricultural office said no decision had been made on appointing a new home demonstration agent to replace Miss Martha Atkins who left May 1 for Ohio County. The landlady in Italy offers tenants a month's rent per birth and a monetary gift to each newborn.
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Mason County
Martha Atkins
Ohio County
Italy
Lowe Hotel to Repair Fourth Floor Windows
Landlord Homer D. Lowe of the Lowe Hotel announced repairs on the fourth floor to prevent storm damage and to partition the floor for guest accommodations. He added that business was not that good.
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Point Pleasant
Homer D. Lowe
Lowe Hotel
Crab behavior lifts coconuts by climbing trees
The article describes Hawaiian crabs climbing coconut trees to nip at the nuts and then descend to extract the meat through the nuts eyes. This curious feeding method highlights the crabs adaptability and unique foraging tactic observed in coastal environments.
Grave Words and Sabotage at Home Front Morale
From where I sit the poster at Sam Abernathy's store warns that loose talk leaves graves and harms morale. The piece debunks rumors about soldiers drinking at Army Camps, citing a U S Government survey that praised soldiers as sober and well behaved.
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Sam Abernathy
U. S
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