Three Hurt in Six Sunday Road Crashes Near Athens
A day of rain and slick roads produced six crashes near Athens Sunday, injuring three people. Ohio University student Bill Kissler and driver Charles Sewards escaped with minor injuries after their Route 50 collision. Everett Garrell, 85, of Mansfield, suffered collar bone and possible chest injuries when his Route 18 crash struck a pole near Chauncey. A West Virginia couple, Flo MecCulty and Kenna MecCulty, also received minor injuries when their car hit a culvert near the Athens Livestock Sales barn. Authorities reported the Hocking River rose and then receded as rain kept falling through the day.
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State Highway Patrol
Ohio University
Bill Kissler
Charles T. Sewards
Chillicothe
Vinton County
Ray Zimmerman
Albany Route 1
Seward
Kissler
Mansfield
Route 18
Chauncey
Garrell
West Virginia
Robert H. Campbell
Logan
Alonzo B. Orm
Columbus
Campbell
Orm
Murray City
Athens
Flo MecCulty
Kenna
McCulty
Charles Walker Ferguson, III
Wayne
W. Va
Vernon F. Kalb
Brooksville
Lawrence J. Walker
Ashville
Route 50
Here
Walker
Radio Station Officials Here For OU Clinic
Three radio station officials will visit OU's Station WOUN Tuesday afternoon for a public clinic. Robert Walsh Ruth Lawson and William M. Smith will discuss station operation with scripts copies and logs to aid attendees. The event follows OU's fifth anniversary and previous clinics by industry guests.
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Ohio University
WOUN
Vincent Jukes
Robert Walsh
Clarksburg
W. Va
WPDX
Ruth Lawson
William M. Smith
Miss Lawson
West Virginia
Cleveland
Michigan
Smith
Parkersburg
WCOM
Jukes
Frank Tate
John Metzger
WCOL
Columbus
Far] McGill
Ohio National Guard aviation cadet course opens next March
The first aviation course open to Air Guardsmen will start March 1, announced Adjutant General Chester W. Goble. Ohio National Guard officers and enlisted men may qualify for cadet training, with a 52 week program. Graduates must serve one year in the Air Force before returning to their guard unit. Applicants aged 20 to 26 must have half the credits for a degree or pass an equivalent education test.
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Columbus
Adjt
Chester W. Goble
Ohio National Guard
Goble
Air Force
Air Guardsmen
VA to issue policies on temporary service life insurance
The Veterans Administration will start issuing insurance policies to holders of temporary certificates on most forms of national service life insurance. No action is needed by veterans. Policies will cover renewed term contracts and contracts converted to permanent forms. Certificates on original term insurance stay in effect until renewal or conversion. Pfc Murray Ronald Chapman, son of Mr and Mrs O B Chapman, has reported to Randolph AFB Texas after a 10 day furlough following basic training at Shepherd AFB.
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Veterans Administration
N. K. Blosser
Athens VA
Pfc
Murray Ronald Chapman
O. B. Chapman
Athens
Randolph Air Force Base
Texas
Sheppard Air Force Base
Paramathia Lodge 25 Calls Meeting for Entered Apprentice Degree
A special meeting of Paramathia Lodge 25 is set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m to confer the Entered Apprentice degree. Visiting members are welcome said Worshipful Master Glenn Atkinson.
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Paramathia Lodge 25
Glenn Atkinson
Hospital Notes Sheltering Arms Admits and Births
Hospital notes from Shelter ing Arms list new births in Athens including a daughter for Mr and Mrs Charles R Masten and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Robert Lavely. Admissions include Gaylord Ashford in Columbus and Mrs Floyd Barker in Athens for major surgery. Other patients: William Clench in Athens RD medical and Mrs Charles F Wallace in Gloucester for major surgery.
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Charles R. Masten
Athens
Robert Lavely
Gaylord Ashford
Columbus
Observation
Floyd Barker
William Clench
Charles F. Wallace
Glouster
Everett Garell
Mansfield
Divorce Petition Seeks Alimony and Restraining Order
Mary Barnhart files for divorce from Butler Barnhart in Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect of duty and willful absence for three years. The petition asks for permanent and temporary alimony and a restraining order barring the defendant from converting property. The couple married in Logan in 1926 and have two children.
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Common Pleas Court
Mary Barnhart
Butler Barnhart
Logan
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Dance Honors Havana Classmates
Ticknor and Charlotte Faye Weissenberger hosted about 40 friends at a Parish House dance honoring Havana Cuba classmates. Miss Weissenberger and Miss Carmen Cabazas attend the Grier School in Pennsylvania while Ticknor Weissenberger and Angel Miranda attend Linsley Military Institute in Wheeling West Virginia where Miranda is a junior.
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Point Pleasant
Ticknor
Charlotte Faye Weissenberger
Havana
Cuba
Weissenberger
Carmen Cabazas
Grier School
Pennsylvania
Ticknor Weissberger
Angel Miranda
Linsley Military Institute
Wheeling
W. Va
Miranda
Lambda Chi Omega Meet Set For Monday Evening
Lambda Chi Omega sorority will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in the Ladies Lounge of the Moose Club. The event is a regular chapter gathering with members expected to attend and discuss forthcoming activities.
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Lambda Chi
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
Moose Club
Christ Church Service Guild Luncheon Set at Parish House
The Christ Church Service Guild will hold its luncheon meeting at the Parish House on Wednesday at 1 p.m. The event invites members and seeks participation in the church community activities.
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Christ Church Service Guild
DAR Chapter to Meet Friday at Mansion House
Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will gather Friday at 3 p.m. at the Mansion House for their regular meeting and conduct planned business.
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Charles Lewis
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mansion House
Mason County Lands Transfers Move Several Parcels
A series of land transfers recorded in Mason County lists multiple deeds. John and Laura McDaniel transfer to George and Letha Lyons land in Martin Addition Mason. Edith and Ernest L Redmond to William and Allie Crawford land in Hannan District. R J and Cora Ayers to Worthy and Opal Cremeans land in Hannan District. Stella Windon transfers Wilkinson Farm area at Graham Station to W J Ferguson. H M Love to Carl J and Alice M Loomis land in Lewis District. John M and Eva Stevens to Charlotte Stevens half interest in Clendenin District parcel. Phyllis M and Harry D Coyner to J A Ferrell and Carrie L Ferrell Lots 9 7 and 10 in Block B Heck Addition Lewis District. Minnie B and Gideon Brown to George Kinniard land in Clendenin District. George Burton Crow executor to Richard T Startzman and Clarice E Startzman Lots 165 and 166 Capehart Addition.
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John
Laura McDaniel
George
Letha Lyons
Martin Addition
Mason
Edith
Ernest L. Redmond
William
Allie R. Crawford
Hannan
R. J
Cora Ayers
Worthy
Opal Cremeans
Stella Windon
W. J. Ferguson
Graham
Wilkinson
Graham Station
H. M. Love
Carl J. Loomis
Alice M. Loomis
Lewis
John M
Eva Stevens
Charlotte Stevens
Clendenin
Phyllis M
Harry D. Coyner
J. A. Ferrell
Carrie L. Ferrell
Heck Addition
Minnie B
Gideon Brown
George Kinniard
George Burton Crow
George B. Crow
Ripley
Jackson County
Richard T. Startzman
Clarice E. Startzman
Capehart Addition
Carnival Planned at Hannam High School Dec 4
Plans for a December 4 carnival at Hannam High School sponsored by the Sophomore class. Queens from each class have been chosen to reign over the affair.
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Point Pleasant
Hannan High School
Five Attend Conference of Kiwanis in Huntington
Five Point Pleasant Kiwanis members joined 25 from eight clubs of the West Virginia Kiwanis Third Division at the Divisional Training Conference for 1949 officers held Sunday at the Pritchard Hotel in Huntington. Local participants were R. T. Startzman D. W. Garretson Gene Crow James Rayburn and William W. Woolfitt. Plans were made for 1949 programs and club work with Lt. Governor Elmer Lake expected to attend a future officers and committee chairmen training. The next Kiwanis Club meeting is set for December 9 with a guest speaker, a leading Huntington area minister.
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Point Pleasant
Kiwanis
Pritchard
Huntington
West Virginia
James Rayburn
William W. Woolfitt
Elmer Lake
Kiwanis Club
Deer Hunting Season Opens in West Virginia Mountains
POINT PLEASANT West Virginia opens the deer hunting season in the mountain sections. Mason Countians and nearby hunters have left for various state areas. Harry Bright of Hogsett heads south for a three day hunt. Edward Swint and his father plan a Randolph County trip. Al Logan, Harry Fischer, Jim Spears, Mr. Alto, and O D Tennant also departed for Tucker County.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Harry Bright
Hogsett
Mr. Bright
Edward Swint
Point Pleasant Register
P. M. Swint
Randolph County
al Logan
Harry Fischer
Huntington
Jim Spears
Mr. Alto
O. D. Tennant
Tucker County
Birth Is Announced Natalie Jane Hall at Holzer Hospital
Mr and Mrs James Hall of Charleston Road announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday at Holzer Hospital. This is their second child and first daughter, named Natalie Jane. Mr Hall owns Hall's Drug Store in town.
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Point Pleasant
James Hall
Charleston Road
Holzer Hospital
Hall
Natalie Jane
Point Pleasant Personal Notes Recap of Weekend Visits
Local social column lists numerous weekend visits and travels involving residents of Point Pleasant. Names include Miss Mary Eugenia Mc Culloch and Mr Hector Orlando Ruth, Mrs Olin Roush, Melvin Love, Alvin Love, Oran Love, Michael Beard, Norma Nott, Jacqueline Windsor, Walter Mills Windsor, Betty Ann McCulloch, Charles McCulloch, Sam Glenn, Helen Sommer, Ruth Schools, Catherine Rice, Jane Baldes, Bill Moore, Nancy Vaught, John William Steenbergen, and Mary Patterson. Activities span visits to Huntington, Columbus, Cincinnati, Clarksburg, Lewisburg, Beckley, and Beckley area institutions.
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Charles Steenbergen
Pittsburgh
Mary Eugenia McCulloch
Hector Orlando Ruth
Olin Roush
Marshall College
C. E. Morris
Henderson
Virgil Love
Bellemeade
Melvin
Alvin
Oran Love
Columbus
Ramona Beard
Michael
Norma Nott
Huntington
E. E. Nott
Main St
Jacqueline Windsor
Ohio State
Walter Mills Windsor
Marietta College
Marcus Rice
James Rice
Moore
Bill
Nancy Vaught
John William Steenbergen
Columbia
Tenn
Mary Patterson
Donald Coe
Donny and
Larry
Local Woman's Relative Dies in Columbus
Funeral services were held Saturday in Columbus for Robert FE Richardson 84 a retired interior decorator who died Thursday at his home in Columbus He was the father of the late Charles B Richardson whose widow resides at 70 North High Street He is survived by a sister and a stepson in addition to his daughter in law
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Columbus
Robert FE. Richardson
Richardson
Charles B. Richardson
N. High St
Road Grader Blaze Prompted City Fire Response
Athens firemen were called at 8 10 Monday morning to the city garage at the pumping station 389 W State St to extinguish a blaze in a road grader. The fire started in the motor while warming for street work. Minor damage occurred before a hand extinguisher stopped the flames per Fire Chief C A Parker.
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Athens
State St
C. A. Parker
Improvement Noted in King George’s Health
London doctors report overall health improvement for King George following arterial leg ailment that led to his cancellation of public engagements last week. The monarch’s doctors noted progress and he may begin resuming duties gradually.
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London
King George
Marriage License for Robert Cook and Elsie Walton
Robert Cook, 27, of Murray City, and Elsie Walton, 19, of Chauncey, obtained a marriage license. The notice records their intended marriage and the applicants’ ages and hometowns.
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Robert Cook
Murray City
Elsie Walton
Chauncey
Mrs Frank Haught and infant return home from hospital
Mrs. Frank Haught and her infant daughter have left Holzer Hospital and returned to their home on Ohio River Road, Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Ruth Schools
North Point Pleasant School
Sand Hill Road
Jack Rogers
Schools
Frank Haught
Ohio River Road
Holzer Hospital
Eight arrests over the weekend on intoxication charges
Point Pleasant police reported eight arrests for intoxication during the weekend. officers processed the individuals and filed charges, with typical safety checks conducted at the local station.
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Point Pleasant
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