Veterans Information Center opens in Point Pleasant
Pat M. Wilson announced Designation of Selective Service Local Board No 1 as an official Veterans Information Center in Point Pleasant Haines Building corner 4th and Main. The center aids ex servicemen to access rights and reinstatement and is part of retraining and reemployment programs guiding veterans to benefits and reemployment rights.
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Point Pleasant
Selective Service Local Board No. 1
Veterans Information Center
United States
Pat M. Wilson
Haynes Bldg
Cor. 4Th and
Main Sts
Wilson
Congress
Sulfa Septic products promise relief for skin sinus and scalp
Sulfa products Sexta-Sine Septa-Zema and Septa-Rub offer relief for sinus infections eczema psoriasis athletes foot acne impetigo and scalp infections. Each contains sulfathiazole deemed harmless by authorities and carries a money back guarantee. Price 250 per product postpaid to Sulfa Septic Products 3103 Holmes Dept NJ 22 Kansas City MO.
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Holmes
Dept
Kansas City
Juniors To Give Play In November At Point Pleasant
The Junior Class Speech Club will stage a play titled Professor, How Could You? late in November. Principal C H Withers announced the event and urged veterans to seek reemployment rights information at the Local Board.
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Point Pleasant
C. H. Withers
Funeral Held For J. H. Doss In Point Pleasant
Funeral services for John Henry Doss, 78, were conducted Monday at Jordan Baptist Church south of the Kanawha. He died Saturday at Point Clinic after months of poor health. Burial followed at Beale Chapel Cemetery. Doss, long a Gallipolis Ferry Apple Grove blacksmith and noted hunter and fisherman, was born in Sheridan County Missouri and lived in Mason after marrying Barbara Ann Henry. Survived by son Philip Doss of Gallipolis Ferry. daughters Florence Pyle of Parkersburg, Rebecca Roach of Huntington, Frances Oldaker of Point Pleasant, Nora Harper of Gallipolis Ferry. 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. half-brother Gideon Long of Akron, Ohio. sister Minnie Long of Apple Grove. He was a Baptist Church member.
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Point Pleasant
Jordan Baptist Church
Kanawha
John Henry Doss
Point Clinic
Odus Burris
Chapman
Henderson
Beale Chapel
Doss
Gallipolis Ferry
Apple Grove
Nora Harper
Gideon Long
Akron, C
Minnie Long
The
Baptist Church
Farm Security Office Names New Manager at Point Pleasant
Aves C. Holpp of Calhoun County arrived Monday to take over as manager of the Point Pleasant Farm Security Office. He succeeds Norton Plymale who was transferred to Clay County. Holpp previously was stationed at Peterstown Grant County.
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Point Pleasant
Aves
C.holpp
Calhoun County
Farm Security Office
Norton Plymale
Clay County
Mr. Holpp
Peterstown
Grant County
Deal Is Called Off In Mason County News Buyout
Charles H. Frye, part of a local group, said the proposed fee to buy the Mason County News has been definitively called off.
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Point Pleasant
Charles H. Frye
Mason County
Tour Group Helps Plan For Homes in Pleasants County
Miss Virginia Parsons reports a busy week as home demonstration work proceeds with a county tour led by Gladys Wasmuth T D Gray and Wilbur Nelson. The group reviewed home improvements at multiple residences including built in cabinets bathrooms driveways and terraced lawns. Attendees include Mrs Jess Brown Clarence Blessing Carl Parsons Oak Thomas Roy Ball Ercel Adkins Opal Webb John Kay and several Roush families plus Leaders Training participants at the Recreation Center. The Wholeo Farm Women’s Club meets with Mrs Casby Ball at 10 30 am Wednesday and the Upland club hosts Mrs B C Ball at 2 pm Thursday.
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Point Pleasant
Virginia Parsons
Gladys Wasmuth
T. D. Gray
Wilbur Nelson
Jess Brown
Clarence Blessing
Carl Parsons
Oak Thomas
Roy Ball
Ercel Adkins
Opal Webb
John Kay
Walter Sommer
Robert Hoffman
Terry Roush
A.P. Roush
A. R. Roush
Rodric Ball
David ‘Kay
Eldredge Sauer
A. E. Sommer
George
Ripley Game Is Called Off at Point Pleasant
Disappointment ran high at Senior High School after Ripley High football team canceled the Friday night game citing inability to hire a professional coach. The loss ends Point Pleasant’s bid to win the Old Oaken Bucket, which Ripley has held the past two years. Principal Withers said chances were slim to replace the game with another team.
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Point Pleasant
Ripley High
Ripley
Big Blacks
Withers
Choice Cattle Steady On Local Market
Choice fat cattle were about steady on the local livestock market last Saturday with 441 head sold. Medium and half-fat grass cattle eased. stock cattle remained in strong demand at higher prices. Hogs held at ceiling prices. Top buyers and prices listed include feeders at 15.15, heifers 14.20, cows 13, canners 8.40, bulls 12.35, dealers 17.75, fat sheep 6, lambs seconds 12.70.
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Point Pleasant
Mt. Alto Man Pleads Guilty to DUI Charge
John R. Wheeler was arrested weekend in Point Pleasant on driving while intoxicated. He appeared before a local magistrate Monday, pled guilty, and paid a total fine and costs of $25.
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Point Pleasant
John R. Wheeler
Mt. Alto
Paul F. Thomas
Wheeler
Enrollment at Senior High rises to 312 in Point Pleasant
Enrollment at Senior High School in Point Pleasant climbs to 312 with two new students, Darrell and Donald Shamblin, sons of Rev. and Mrs. H. Shamblin. Darrell, a senior, was elected president of Hurricane High School's student council, while Donald is a sophomore.
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Point Pleasant
Darrell
Donald Shamblin
Rites Held for John Thomas Mitchell at Hallwood
Obituary notes the 86 year old John Thomas Mitchell of Hallwood who died after a long illness. Services will be at 2:30 pm conducted by Rev. Monroe Bush Jr. Burial is Lone Oak Cemetery. Survived by Daisy Purdum wife four daughters two sons brother cousin and three grandchildren. The Mitchell family long prominent in Mason County.
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Point Pleasant
John Thomas Mitchel
Hallwood
Monroe Bush, Jr
Lone Oak
Mitchell
J. R. Schirmer
Lakin State Hospital
Jacob Miller
Thomas
Barbara Somer
Wille Mitchell
Daisy, Purdum
New Haven
L. C. Roush
Mitchells
Engagement Announced In Point Pleasant
Charleston announced the engagement of Nancy Cornell to John Sommer Blagg. Blagg, son of Dr and Mrs Benjamin Vance Blagg, is a senior at the Medical College of Virginia and a Point Pleasant descendant. Also notes a bridge party hosted by Mrs H H Guthrie with several Point Pleasant guests and updates on local residents including Emma Clark and Miss John William Steenbergen planning a vacation.
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Point Pleasant
Charleston
Nancy Cornell
Ellison Shelton Cornell
Edgewood Drive
John Sommer Blagg
Benjamin Vance Blagg
South Charleston
Blagg
B. H. Blagg
Mason County Tat Association
The
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
H. H. Guthrie
Ohio
S.C. Wilhelm
W. H. Morgan
E. E. Heiner
George H. Overholt
Dewey A. Windsor
Fred Plymale
L. C. Cowden
Gallipolis
Flymale
F. B. Lieving
Detroit
Emma Clark
Holzery Hospital
John William Steenbergen
Unnamed Point Pleasant Man Claims Unions Took Millions
A Point Pleasant man associated with West Virginia Ordnance Works alleges unions collected over a million dollars from E. B. Badger and Sons Co. workers who built the Plant in 1942 43. He estimates up to 20,000 men were employed during construction with initiation fees averaging 50 to 150 dollars for different skill levels, and says many did not recover their fees due to short job tenures.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
E. B. Badger and Sons Co
Kerr Named Interim Gallipolis City Manager
Homer W. Kerr was elected city manager by the Gallipolis City Commission in a surprise move to serve temporarily until Roy Bartlett completes his contract with the French City Development Company around December 1. Kerr will be sworn in Tuesday noon and assumes duties after Stewart Ciendinen’s resignation, guiding city operations until Bartlett can take permanent control.
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Gallipolis
Homer W. Kerr
City Commission
Kerr
Roy Bartlett
French City Development Company
Raymond T. Allisson
Commission
Stewart A. Ciendinen
Bartlett
Gallipolis Personal News in Columbus and Huntington
T Sgt and Mrs John Houck and Miss Helen McNealey spend a few days in Columbus joining Mrs Houcks sister Miss Bette Leaper of Ravenna for the weekend. Misses Betty Jean Saunders Jean Lawrence and Mary Frances Coffee visited Huntington Saturday.
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John Houck
Helen McNealey
Columbus
Houck
Bette Leaper
Ravenna
Betty Jean Saunders
Jean Lawrence
Mary Frances Coffee
Huntington
Joan Burnette
Business College
James Jordan
F. F. Darling
Margaret D. Carter
H. B. Thomas
Thomas
Iowa University
Gladys Burnette
Johnsons Grocery
Alaska
Irwin Folden
Lejeune
N.C
Dale Coder To Head Veterans of Gallia
GALLIPOLIS The newly organized post of Veterans of Foreign Wars installed officers Sunday. Dale Coder, just back from World War II service, became the first commander. Also named were John McKean senior vice commander Edward WN Leonard junior vice commander DeWitt L Roberts chaplain John E Mayes quartermaster Lonnie W Burger advocate W L Ingetick trustee 18 months Stanley Haskins trustee 12 months and Ernest Levisey for one year. The ceremony began at one o clock but was delayed for Clyde Kraus funeral rites at George J Wetherholf Funeral Home. Over one hundred members enrolled in the new chapter.
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Gallipolis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dale Coder
John McKean
Edward WN. Leonard
DeWitt L. Roberts
John E. Mayes
Lonnie W. Burger
W. L. Ingetick
Stanley Haskins
Ernest Levisey
Clyde Kraus
George J. Wetherholf
American Legion
V.F.W
Dale + Coder
Antique Drug Objects Held by Local Store
Middleport residents learn three collectors items of early Meigs County drug trade are safeguarded at Martin & Roller Drug Store. Two large bottles and brass apothecary scales once owned by Darius Reed of the Reed Drug Store in Pomeroy have passed through Mrs. Edward Turnbull and Miss Caddie Whaley to Mrs. E. W. Kingsland. James Martin of the local firm now oversees their care until a Meigs County Museum is built.
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Middleport
Martin & Roller
Meigs County
Darius Reed
Reed
Pomeroy
Edward Turnbull
Caddie Whaley
Miss Whaley
E. W. Kingsland
Martin & Roller Drug Store
James Martin
Martin and Roller Firm
Reed Drug Store
Son Denver Hill Killed in Action on Leyte Island
Mr and Mrs Ward Hill of Leon learn their son Denver Hill, previously listed as missing in action, was killed in action on Leyte Island on November 3 1944. Meanwhile Mrs Clara Woodyard remains in unchanged condition after a fall at home reported days earlier, a family member said Monday.
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Leyte
Point Pleasant
Ward Hill
Leon
Denver Hill
Leyte Island
Clara Woodyard
Business Women Meet in Gallia District Conference
Gallia hosts Fair Conference of District 3 clubs next Sunday October 14 at Lafayette Hotel with eleven clubs from Athens Chillicothe Ironton Jackson Logan McArthur Marietta Malta McConnelsville Nelsonville and Portsmouth. Mrs Chloe Maloney district director organizes the program and presides. Theme Our World Too Build. Mrs Anna Gates White Gallipolis club president presides and introduces speakers. Hostess committee chaired by Lola Mae Sutter includes Mary Smith Edith Bischoff Clyde Robinson Nellie Gills Florence Ecker and Mary Syler.
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Gallipolis
District 3
Athens
Chillicothe
Ironton
Jackson
Logan
McArthur
Marietta
Malta-McConnelsville
Nelsonville
Portsmouth
Lafayette Hotel
Chloe Maloney
Mary Smith
Edith Bischoff
Clyde Robinson
Nellie Gills
Florence Ecker
Mary Syler
Bingmans Hold Annual Reunion in Frost Ohio
The Bingman family of the late S. M. Bingman gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs We Frost in Frost Ohio on Sunday October 7 for their annual reunion. Guests included C A Bingman Glouster Paul Bingman Marion Ernest Bingman and Gilbert Glouster Kenneth Bingman Glouster Orville Bingman and daughter Glenna Nelsonville Evert Bingman Leo Bingman Rot Horn Roy Adams Carolyn and Diana Whatford John Gibbs E Bingman Floyd Shafer Ellis Marie Shafer Ruth Rowland all of Athens.
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Orville Bingman
Glenna
Glouster
P. Bingman
Nelsonville
Evert Bingman
Leo Bingman
Rot Horn
Roy Adams
Robert Whatford
Carolyn
Diana
John Gibbs
E. '. Bingman
Floyd Shafer
Ellis Marie’ | Shafer
Ruth Rowland
Athens
Judge to appoint Soldiers' and Sailors' Relief Commission picks
Common Pleas Judge Lewis C. Warden stated on Monday he would appoint the commission members this week. Each veterans group was asked to submit two nominations, from which one would be chosen. The VFW nominated George Mrye Morrow and A. Rocchi.
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Gallipolis
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