City Ends October with Small Bank Balance in Hand
City Treasurer F G Musgrave reported October’s receipts of 4175 88 and payments of 3982 85 leaving a balance of 193 03. Mayor Krodel and officials attended. council approved selling an Austin-Weston street sweeper to Huntington at 20 percent off. Expected revenue 3872 65 upon payment. Suit authorized against B O Fox for 360. Mayor Krodel to answer West Virginia Water Commission on sewage disposal as Kanawha River pollution reduction campaign begins.
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Point Pleasant
F. G. Musgrave
B. W. Krodel
John E. Brown
Musgrave
Floyd Taylor
Thomas Reynolds
C. H. Quillen
E. McElfresh
Claude Cheesebrew
Virgil Sutton
Densil Durst
Charles Bachtle
Huntington
B. O. Fox
Mt. Vernon Ave
Krodel
West Virginia Water Commission
Akien
Kanawha
Man Burned In Rescuing Fire Victim
Kenneth Roush 22 of Mason City suffered third degree burns while rescuing George Rimel 68 from a burning vessel at Kenova during a flood wall project. Roush helped Rimel overboard, then extinguished flames on deck and ferried Rimel to hospital before returning home. Rimel died Tuesday. Capt. James Neil Wilson Jr. of Point Pleasant commands the Pacific Dredge.
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Point Pleasant
Kenneth Roush
Mason City
Kenova
M. and O. Dredging Co
Pittsburgh
Ceredo
Roush
George Rimel
Bellaire
Ohio
Rimel
Rimes
James Neil Wilson, Jr
Retirement Delayed For Sergeant Thomas
Sgt. Paul F. Thomas’s retirement was postponed after department representatives failed to arrive to check him out as head of the local state police detachment. He was told a representative would arrive today, and upon taking charge at the U S Naval Storehouse he will be known as Captain Thomas.
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Point Pleasant
Paul F. Thomas
State Police
U. S. Naval Storehouse
Captain Thomas
Plans to Shoot Well on Fry Farm Near New Haven
Well No 1 on the H R Fry farm about half a mile east of New Haven has been drilled through the Berea sand and is said to show for a paying producer It will be shot Ottie Roush said he was informed the well was not producing as much oil and gas before being shot as the adjoining Roush farm well drilled last summer
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Point Pleasant
H. R. Fry
New Haven
Berea
Ottie Roush
Roush
Jaycees Plan Dinner and Charter Ceremonies in Point Pleasant
The Jaycees met to finalize plans for charter presentation ceremonies, set to include a dinner and dance. Secretary James E. McComb reported no other business was transacted beyond the discussion of details.
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Point Pleasant
Jayycees
James E. McComb
Pleasant-D Jones Removed To Home From Hospital
Pleasant D W Jones of Leon was removed Wednesday to his home from Holzer Hospital where he had been a patient since Sunday. His brother Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones said he was unimproved.
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Pleasant
D. W. Jones
Leon
Holzer Hospital
Vernon Jones
Marriage License Issued in Gallipolis and Point Pleasant
A marriage license was issued Tuesday to Joseph Carl Taylor of Gallipolis and Ruth Young of Point Pleasant marking a formal union between the two residents.
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Point Pleasant
Joseph Carl Taylor
Gallipolis
Ruth Young
Ravenswood Social Notes Highlight Church Reception and Local News
A reception for Rt. Rev. R. B. L. Strider at Grace Episcopal church rectory drew many Ravenswood residents. Births, weddings, hospital news, and local visits populate a busy social roundup with attendees listed in full.
Notable Social Happenings in Blue Lake Area
Funeral services for Mrs. Rose Day were held at Mercersville Baptist Church led by Rev. Charles Lusher. Kenton residents such as Vern Bunce study at Williamsburg mechanic school in Kentucky. Families gathered for multiple weddings and anniversaries including Miss Maryland Rayman and Mr. Don Chapman in Barberton and C. K. Campbell’s 49th anniversary. Oakley Johnson bought a farm. new homes are under construction by Bob Caldwell and Charley Lambert. several relocations and marriages occurred among local residents including Georgia Shriver and Murry Church in Ashland Ky.
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Blue Lake
Rose Day
Mercersville Baptist Church
Charles Lusher
Vern Bunce
Mechanic School
Williamsburgh
Virginia Halley
Monroe Sheets
Maryland Rayman
Don Chapman
Barberton
Ruby Rose
Lee
Kananga
Bob Wooten
Route 218
Oliver Wells
Hot Springs
Ark
Eusa Halley
Lorain
Alphonso Sheetz
Georgia Shriver
Grace Shriver
Murry Church
Edd Church
Ashland
John Kirk Of Ravenswood Improves After Surgery
John Kirk of Ravenswood is improving after surgery in a Parkersburg hospital last Friday his son Dr John W Kirk of This Place said last night The former newspaper publisher and businessman was 80 years old last Thursday POINT PLEASANT SOCIAL NOTES ON PAGE 22
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C. L. Eyre
R. C. Wright
H. A. Stroup
Denzil Jarrett
Donald Jarrett
Evelyn Keeney
Rand
John W. Kirk
Mary Chambers
Harold E. Stareher
William Arnott
Robert
Sallie Kate Park
Elsie Geren
Jessie Geren
Carolyn Powell
Emmajean Compston
Frederick Valentine
J. A. Wright
Murraysville
Kenneth Wright
Point Pleasant
Bob Wright
Bobby
Cleveland
William Wright
Beaver Falls
NYA Hall
George Lilly
William
Morgantown
J. H. Noll
George Noll
University
John Kirk
Ravenswood
Parkersburg
Kirk
Group From College Tours Pt Pleasant Visit Point Pleasant
Dr Homer H Lambert assistant dean of men at Marshall College led a group of six to sixteen year old students and faculty families on a Point Pleasant excursion Saturday afternoon. G G Patterson Chamber of Commerce secretary invited them but was ill. Mrs Clyde Tallman Mrs Eunice Beller and Miss Martha Vaught hosted the tour visiting Tu Endie Wei Park The Mansion House Fort Randolph site and Corn stalks grave monument.
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Point Pleasant
Homer H. Lambert
Marshall College
G. G. Patterson
Chamber of Commerce
Clyde Tallman
Eunice Beller
Martha Vaught
Tu-Endie-Wei Park
Mansion House
Fort Randolph
Cornstalk
Two Room Home in Point Pleasant Burned
Firefighters responded at 11 20 a m Wednesday to a two room home on Fifteenth Street owned by Mr and Mrs Herman Gardner. The blaze destroyed the home and contents with losses placed at $600 or more by owner Pearl Forideveaux and $300 by the Gardner family. Neighbors saw smoke while Mrs Gardner washed outside. The Gardners and their four children aged two to eight inhabited the residence. Mr Gardner is mentioned in the report.
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Point Pleasant
Fifteenth St
Herman Gardner
Pearl Forideveaux
Vernon Miller
Gardner
Non-Support Charge Leads to Arrest in Mason County
Andy Crist of near Upland was arrested Wednesday on a non-support warrant and jailed awaiting a hearing. The complaint by child welfare agent Ida C. Stanley cites neglect of three children ages 11 to 15. Deputy Toral Morrison noted Crist's remark about not leaving his backwoods home in Hannan District. Stable Robert A. Kayser accompanied deputies to the residence.
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Point Pleasant
Andy Crist
Upland
Ida C. Stanley
Child Welfare Department
Mason County
Crist
Toral Morrison
Hannan
Morrison
Robert A. Kayser
Plane Victim Returns Home From Veterans Hospital
Orville Rimmey of Charleston Road returned Wednesday from Huntington veterans hospital. His father George Rimmey was to enter the hospital today. Orville, a war veteran, was seriously injured weeks ago when struck on the right shoulder by a propeller on an amphibian plane at Fourth Street Wharf. He had surgery last week and is believed to recover arm use.
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Point Pleasant
Orville Rimmey
Charleston Road
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
George Rimmey
Fourth St. Wharf
Point Clinic Notes Admits Local Patient and Discharges
Point Pleasant resident A. Davis was admitted to the Point Clinic for medical treatment. Mrs. Dandall Wamsley and infant daughter were discharged to their Henderson home. Mrs. Magdaleen Sneed of Kaylong, a surgical patient, was discharged to her Kaylong home.
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Point Pleasant
S. A. Davis
Point Clinic
Dandall Wamsley
Henderson
Magdaleen Sneed
Kaylong
Building Completed by Dr Schaekel in Mason City
Dr E A Schaekel of Mason City recently completed a tea room office building for his medical practice after a Wednesday visit to Point Pleasant. He is a World War I veteran and plans to use the new facility in his bronchial infection treatment work.
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Point Pleasant
E. A. Schaekel
Mason City
Messenger
Suspect Held in Athens for Mason County Extradition
Sheriff Ernest Hesson learned Harry Carr was held at Athens County jail for Mason County authorities and had waived extradition. Carr faces a non support charge from Ida C. Stanley the county child welfare director. Deputy Toral Morrison was to go to Athens for Carr whose three children are destitute per Mrs Stan ley.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Harry Carr
Athens County
Mason County
Carr
Ida C. Stanley
Toral Morrison
Athens
Stansley
Mrs J B Couch Admitted For Surgery At Holzer
Mrs J B Couch was admitted to Holzer Hospital Wednesday morning for surgery. Her husband, Mr Couch, said her condition is not serious.
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Point Pleasant
J. B. Couch
Holzer Hospital
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Wilson's Store
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WBNS
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H.P
H&r
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Hoppe
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Merton
Horton
WHITE
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