Mason Man Sought for Robbery by Gallia County Officials
Gallia County authorities seek extradition for Charles Messick of Point Pleasant charged with robbing John W. Hunt of Ripley West Virginia of 180 dollars Sunday night. Hunt says Messick proposed the plan and refused to participate, then offered to do it himself. Messick was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant and is to await Governor Meadows action in Columbus. Deputy Sheriff Morton Dickey travels to obtain papers. another Mason County man suspected of pilfering about 5000 dollars from a Gallia County resident is being traced across West Virginia.
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Point Pleasant
Gallia County
Charles Messick
John W. Hunt
Ripley
W. Va
Hunt
Kanauga
Messick
Justice of
Gallipoli
Columbus
Mason County
Henderson
Dickey
West Virginia
Veterans' Service Committee Organized
POINT PLEASANT A veterans service committee has been organized by the Kiwanis Club to aid returning veterans with GI Bill applications and provide guidance for re adjustment to civilian life and occupations.
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Point Pleasant
The
Kiwanis Club
Church Guild Plans for New Year
Christ Episcopal Church Guild resumes monthly meetings after a two month break with luncheon led by president Mrs S C Moustin. A program includes convocation in Charleston on Oct 9 and United Thank Offering on Oct 7. The group plans rummage sale at State Theater Building Oct 8 and to install two memorial pews for Gold Star heroes Faye Thabet and Tom Waldie.
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Point Pleasant
Christ Episcopal Church Guild
S. C. Moustin
William Meade
Milton L. Miller
F. W. Ingraham
Frank T. Cady
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Charleston
Jennie Behan
Mabel Gibbons
Nettie Stribling
John J. Dower
Emma Clark
State Theater
Faye Thabet
Tom Waldie
Band Booster Club Election Notice in Point Pleasant
A special Band Boosters Club meeting led by President Emory Monroe will vote on officers. The session is at 7:15 PM Tuesday Oct 9 in the Junior High School Auditorium.
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Point Pleasant
Band Boosters Club
Emory Monroe
Salvage Committee Officially Disbanded at Pleasants Bay
Mason County Salvage Committee ended its work in a meeting led by Ernest Kincade. Members Elmer Grueser F W Ingraham and Chester A Roush attended. Cash on hand to benefit Band Boosters Club and Kiwanis Club. Grueser noted possible continuation of paper salvage by local Boy Scout troops under C D McGarry.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Salvage Committee
Ernest Kincade
Elmer Grueser
F. W. Ingraham
Chester A. Roush
Band Boosters Club
Kiwanis Club
Grueser
C. D. McGarry
Tenants Hope for Rent Control Release in Point Pleasant
In Point Pleasant residents expect removal of rent controls as wartime housing belts loosen. Many tenants say controls prevented fair rents after prior hikes and froze rates at peak levels, while owners feared future increases once the boom ends.
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Point Pleasant
Property Sale Between Staats and Hartley at Jefferson Boulevard
Rupert L Kayser reports the sale by Del pert C Staats to Wilus Hartley of half of a 40-foot lot on Jefferson Blvd adjoining Staats home. Hartley now has 60 feet frontage, Staats retains 60 feet until he may return to Point Pleasant. Kayser notes ongoing brisk real estate activity with postwar sales jumping past prewar rates.
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Point Pleasant
Rupert
L Kayser
Delpert C. Staats
Wilus Hartley
Jefferson Blvd
Staats
Hartley
Mr Staats
Kayser
Musical program planned for DAR October meeting
The Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR schedules a special musical program for Friday afternoon at The Mansion House. Mrs. Olin Roush chairs the committee directing the event honoring the American Indian.
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D.A.R. Meetin Point
Charles Lewis
Dar
Mansion House
Olin Roush
Pleads Guilty to Non-Support Charge
Harry R Knapp of West Columbia pleaded guilty at arraignment before a local magistrate to non support of his 21 month old son. He was ordered to pay 20 dollars monthly and furnish a 500 dollar bond, which he did, securing his release. Military tests require trucks bound for the US Army to pass stringent service checks including 15 climbs of a 45 degree grade hill.
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Point Pleasant
Harry R Knapp
West Columbia
Knapp
U.S. Army
Hartford Resident Dies at 73
Hartford native Frank A. Chapman died at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg at age 73 born Sept 18 1872 in Hartford He was a railway mail clerk then assistant postmaster for 25 years He is survived by his widow two daughters a son in the Philippines a sister three brothers and many relatives Funeral services were held at his home conducted by Rev H Elden Waltz
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Hartford
Frank A. Chapman
St. Joseph, Hospital
Parkersburg
J. M. andVirginia C. Chapman
Pomeroy Bend
Mary Hanna
Alice Brown Banks
St. Joseph Hospital
Ruby Chapman Dunlap
Plymouth
N. C
Luella C. Jewart
Oklahoma City
Ohio
Chapman
Paul D. Hayden
Philippines
Helen Stewart Vandergrift
Pennsylvania
Oscar
Doane
Loury
Vandergrift
H. Elden Waltz
Boy Fractures Arm In Juvenile Football Game
Raoy Higgins, about 10, of Point Pleasant, is reported the season's first football casualty with a fractured arm from a juvenile game at the stadium. The injury is noted as mending to his satisfaction.
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Point Pleasant
Raoy Higgins
Point Pleasant Social Notes and Personalities
Mrs Sher wood Costen of Ohio River Road hosted a shower for Miss Harriet Noffsinger of Charleston whose marriage to Mr Richard Darmet of Bessemer Pa will occur soon. Noffsinger received gifts as dessert was served to several local ladies. Nearby, C G Jones of Ohio River Bus Co visited Huntington on business. Dr B E Sommer of Leon attended to affairs in Gallipolis and Point Pleasant. Hugh Porter of Washington DC visited his mother in Hogsett. Mrs Carl Bruestle and Mrs J Milton Lewis attends Eastern Star in Clarkburg. L C McDaniel returned home from McMillin Hospital aided by Earl H Arnett. Josephine and Gertrude Howard returned from Weston. Mrs A K McClung returned to Hartford from Holzer Hospital. note adds the first Flying Fortress was built in 1935.
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Point Pleasant
Sherwood Costen
Ohio River Road
Harriet Noftsinger
Charleston
Richard Darmet
Bessemer
Noffsinger
G. R. Noffsinger
Leon
James Morgan
George H. Overholt
Rodney Burns
Juanita King
Mary J Jean Burdette
Carolyn Vaught
Thelma Brown
C. G. Jones
Ohio River Bus Co
Huntington
B. E. Sommer
Gallipolis
Hugh Porter
Washington, D. C
Jis
Lena Porter
Hogsett
Carl Bruestle
J.milton Lewis
Grand Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Clarksburg
L. C. McDaniel
Jefferson Riva
Earl H. Arnett
McMillin Hospital
Josephine
Gertrude Howard
Weston
William Wiliams
A. K. McClung
Hartford
Holzer Hospital
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Band Booster Club
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