Gallia Commissioners Allocate Funds for Roads and Relief
Gallia County commissioners approved a 7500 dollar appropriation to the county engineer for road and bridge maintenance and advanced stipends for Soldiers' Relief Commission members from three to five dollars per meeting with five cents per mile. They authorized gravel and limestone placements across Green, Harrison, Ohio, Raccoon, Springfield, Perry, Walnut, Point Pleasant and Addison townships and outlined related costs and responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Perry Township
Walnut Township
Point Pleasant
Fork Road
Baltimore and
Fing Springs
Ohio Railroad Company
Saunders Road
Plac
Elimpsico
Kanawha
Crooked Creek
Rupert L. Kayser
Point Pleasant Man Files $25,000 Injury Suit
W. E. McIntosh and Liberty Mutual sue General Chemical Defense Corp for $25,000 in circuit court alleging a car of acids shipped from West Virginia Ordnance Works caused chemical exposure to McIntosh when he opened the dome lid. The suit claims improper loading and seeks damages for temporary and permanent disability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W. EB. McIntosh
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
General Chemical Defense Corporation
West Virginia
McIintosh
Liberty Matural Insurance Company
Marriage of Pauline McCulloch and Daniel J. Sullivan
Miss Pauline McCulloch wed Sergeant Daniel J. Sullivan in a November ceremony at Sacred Heart Church Charleston with few relatives present. They plan a brief wedding trip to Cincinnati and will base future assignments with the Air Transport Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Pauline McCulloch
Daniel J. Sullivan
Sacred Fleart Church
Charleston
Charles E. McCulloch
Henderson
Sgt Sullivan
J. Sullivan
Chicago
Ill
Sullivan
Boniface Weckman
Charles
Leaders Earn Scoutmaster Certificates
Gallia County and Mason County area leaders completed a scoutmasters training course that began Oct. 11 and concluded last Thursday. Participants included Paul JaQuay, John Casey, Alfred Burton, and several Troop 200 and 203 members with staff from G.A.H.S. and Point Pleasant sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Paul JaQuay
John Casey
Alfred Burton
Gallia County
Mason County
G.A.H.S
Point Pleasant
Gallia
James Weiherholt
Robert Mackenzie
Earl Saunders
F. F. Simmons, Jr
Miles Epling
Jackie JaQuay
Seeks Virginia Coal Option Around Mason County
Leighton Herry of Clifton seeks a Virginia state option on coal deposits under the Ohio River in Mason County West Virginia and Meigs County Ohio Hartford area. He has about 25 000 acres under option but river coal must be made available before investors back the plan. Local businessmen back his effort to secure the state option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Leighton Herry
Clifton
Virginia
Ohio River
Mason County
W. Va
Meigs County
City
Hartford
Mason 2
Henry
Discharged Pacific Theater Veteran Reunites Home
Game Warden Hoffmans son MMc2 Harry Hoffman arrives home after 25 months in the Pacific, mostly New Caledonia and Okinawa, ending a long overseas tour. Other notes include William Mills at Indiantown Gap awaiting discharge and residents visiting family in Decatur and Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Hoffman
Letart
Harry Hoffman
New Caledonia
A. P. Kerr
Hebrides
Okinawa
Charleston
Harvey Ward
Kate Noble
Ashland
C. W. Cherrington
Esther Mary Priester
Columbus
Ohio State
Clair Rodgers
Charles Reynolds
Ray Fraley
Lula Fraley
J. A. Johnson
William Cook
Macedonia
Mr. Johnson
Cincinnati
Acme
Robert Lewis Returns to Beech Hill Set
Robert I. Lewis of Beech Hill has been discharged and returned home after four years in the service. Much of his time was spent at an air base near Charleston. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Lewis and his wife is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otho Lanier, all of Beech Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
B. B. Sommer
Leon
Charles H. Prye
H. E. Somerville
Carl Bruestle
Shriners
Charleston
Emerson Wilson
Dayton
Army Air Force
P. H. Parsons
George B. Corrie
Parsons
Sagt
Robert I. Lewis
Beech Hill
M. C
Lewis
Otho Lanier
Lynch Family Sells Charleston Road Home and Land
Mrs. Carl Lynch and her children sold their eight room Charleston Road house and one acre of land to Everett and Genevieve Butler of Mercers Bottom. Everett Butler works as circulation manager for a Huntington newspaper and is employed at the shipyard. Rupert L. Kayser handled the transaction for Mrs. Lynch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Carl Lynch
Charleston Road
Ci Everett
Genevieve Butler
Mercers Bottom
Butler
Mason County
Huntington
Lynch
Rupert L. Kayser
Army Nurse Assigned To Wakeman Hospital
Lieut Beard, Army Nurse with over two years overseas service, is assigned to Wakeman General Hospital. The nurse from POINT PLEASANT is an alumna of James H. Holzer Hospital Nursing act. Two sisters, Penny and Roy Sanders, daughters of D. A., from south of the Kanawha, served in the Army Nurse Corps and were arrested Monday night by sheriff Ernest Hesson after complaints of intoxication. Arraignment was expected Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lieut
Beard
Wakeman General Hostitul
Point Pleasant
James H. Holzer Hospital
Penny
Roy GG. Sanders
D. A
Kanawha
Daugh
Sherieters
Ernest Hesson
I Corps
Henderson
Youth Struck by Car in Point Pleasant
David Smith the young son of Mr and Mrs Walter Smith of Hartford was struck by a car on Main Street and knocked down. He suffered minor bruises and cuts. The vehicle was driven by Donald Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
David Smith
Walter Smith
Hartford
Donald Cook
Mary K. Smith Speaks Before B P W Meeting
Mary Katherine Smith of the Bureau of Juvenile Research addressed the Gaillipolis Business and Professional Women at the regular monthly meeting held at the Presbyterian Church. She spoke informally about work for the underprivileged handicapped and problem youth during a chicken dinner hosted by Mrs Joan C Butz and committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary K. Smith
B.P.W
Gaillipolis
Anne Hill
Presbyterian Church
Mary Katherine Smith
Bureau of Juvenile Research
If Joan C. Butz
Farm Lands Sold on Route 17 in Point Pleasant
J. W. Newman sold 102 acres known as the Tallman farm to Olhy Lanier, a ravine hill tract on Route 17 adjoining Lanier's home farm. Homer A. Holt, former Governor of West Virginia, 1937 41, was elected president of the state chamber of commerce after retiring from office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J. W. Newman
Route
C Point Pleasant
Homer A. Holt
West Virinia
State Chamber of Commerce
Holt
Sawmill Operated On Hallwood Farm Route 62
Clyde and Clarence McDermitt operate a sawmill on the Parsons farm at Hallwood along Route 62. Both men have experience in this line of work. Clyde McDermitt previously worked for the school board while his brother served in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Clyde
Clarence McDermitt
Hallwood
Clyde McDermitt
School Board
Mason County farmer Wilson rushed to hospital
Pat M. Wilson of Charleston Road, a prominent Mason County farmer and selective services chairman, was removed to a Charleston hospital Monday after earlier reports said he had improved. He was expected to undergo a surgical operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Pat M. Wilson
Charleston Road
Mason County
Selective Service Board
Charleston
Point Pleasant civic notices and club meetings
Post House Inc hires Miss Lambert of Chicago to manage the City Terminal Building and bus station business as Mason County holds its Agricultural Adjustment Association committee meeting Friday. Lambda Chi Omega notes Christmas party plans with hostesses named and several members listed. Junior Woman’s Club to meet Monday at Mason County Public Library to raise funds for the library and hold a blanket club, drawings, bedspreads, and pressure cookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Miss Lambert
Chicago
Post House, Inc
Mason County Agricultural Adjustment Association
Lambda Chi Omega
Virginia Lewis
Seventh St
Hostassee
Hansel Poling
Richard H. Melrose
Grover Childress
P. 4
Parsons
Bliss Lewis
Mays
Ronald White
Sid Brown
Glenn Sayre
L. W. Getty
Leon 5. Thompson
Edith Quillin
George O. Fisher
Clayton Putlins
James J. Hall
P. H. Parsons
Lewis
Mason County Public Library
P. H.parsons
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Addison
B&o
Robert Lewis
Wakeman Hospital
Pretty Ann
Galz Kibbos
Cussins & Fearn
Make IT Toys
Yellow Jock
Biliyer
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Nyhoa
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