Death of Point Pleasant farmer James Os Kapp found at home
James Os Kapp a Mason County farmer longtime resident of Leon Route 1 died at 5 30 a m Monday discovered by housekeeper Mrs Lou Nichols He survived by two sons five step children two sisters a half sister two brothers and two half brothers Funeral services are set for Wednesday at the home with interment in Creston cemetery
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Point Pleasant
James Oscar Kapp
Leon
Lou Nichols
Mason County
George Kapp
Mary Ellen Baker Kapp
Edward
Elmer
Ann Donahue
Dora
Columbus
Ohio
Mabel Russell
Carroll
Delbert Kapp
Gladys Smith
Letart
Anna Cromley
Emma Bennett
Kansas
Anna Biffie
Fred Kapp
Poca
Will Kapp
Buffalo
Abe Kapp
Julius von
Creston
Point Pleasant Bride Wears Blue Gabardine Suit
Ivalee Wears daughter of Mr and Mrs Marvin Wears of Pliny married William Knapp son of Mr and Mrs Bryce Knapp of Leon in a ceremony by Rev D M Dorsey at Main Street Baptist Church The bride wore a blue gabardine suit with black accessories and a gardenia corsage Virginia Wears sister of the bride wore a grey two piece suit with red rose corsage Richard Lanier of Beech Hill was best man The bride a Point Pleasant High School graduate class of 1948 works in Huntington for Lumbermen's Insurance Co Knapp graduated Point Pleasant High School in 1945 and works for the New York Central Railroad Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ivalee
Marvin Wears
Pliny
William Knapp
Bryce Knapp
Leon
D. M. Dorsey
Main Street Baptist Church
Virginia Wears
Richard Lanier
Beech Hill
Point Pleasant High School
Huntington
Lumbermen’s Insurance Co
Knapp
New York Central Railroad Co
Tag Day Raises 76 Dollars for School Playground Equipment
The Rome-Canaan Local School District in Athens County Ohio reports 76.08 dollars raised in a tag day sponsored by the Ordnance School finance committee. Top collectors were Chester Bartram’s group with 18.25 and Grace Smith Roy Smith duo with 18.25, Patty Wha ten 8.17, Donna Sue Cole 7.00, plus many volunteers listed. A November 2 1948 general election will include a tax levy renewal with a half mill decrease for five years to fund current school expenses.
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Point Pleasant
Finance Committee of
Ordnance School
Chester Bartram
Grace Smith
Roy Smith
Patty Whaten
Donna Sue Cole
Billie Sue Hodkins
Johnny Glass
James Braden
Donald King
Alice Mae Plants
Jean Smith
Judith Ann McGuffin
Lois Meritt
Linda Durst
Denny Wedge
Sue Rhoades
Shade Consolidated Local School District Levy Vote 1948
A resolution of the Shade Consolidated Local School District Board of Education proposes submitting at the November 2, 1948 general election a tax levy exceeding the ten mill limit for five years. The levy, not to exceed 0.30 dollars per 100 dollars of valuation, funds current expenses for the district in Athens County Ohio. The notice is dated September 20, 1948, signed by Chairman Cey and Clerk Barker.
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Board of Education
Rome-Canaan
Athens County
Ohio
Rome- Canaan
Aaid
Board of Elections
Co. BE
Handley
John F. Barker
Shade Consolidation
Shade Consolidated
C. BE. Aon Cley
Nelsonville City
B. Handley
Telephone Manager To Go to Huntington
A. Davis manager of the local Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone office will become installation foreman at the Huntington branch this Wednesday. Woodrow Smith, formerly Gauley Bridge manager, will take the Huntington post. The Davises will relocate once housing is found.
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Point Pleasant
M. A. Davis
Chesapeake and Potomac
Huntington
Woodrow Smith
Gauley Bridge
Davis
Davises
Rites Held for Edward L Duncan in Point Pleasant
Funeral services were held at 2 p m at Beale Chapel Church for Edward L Duncan 80 a Mason County native who farmed at Apple Grove. Interment followed in the church cemetery Survivors include two sons Howard and Russell two daughters Mrs C R Frazier and Mrs Goldie Ford three brothers Thomas Millard George a sister Mrs Mary Christy seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren Pallbearers were W L Kirk Everett Sayre Harvey Duncan Joe Hogsett Vandale Wallace and Ray Jordan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point’ Pleasant
Edward L. Duncan
Beale Chapel
J. P. Keefer
Mason County
Duncan
Apple Grove
Winona Wooten Duncan
Howard Ek. Duncan
Kanawha St
Huntington Hospital
Howard
Russell
Grove City
Ohio
C. R. Frazier
Springfield
Goldie Ford
London
Thomas
Los Angeles
Calif
Millard
Tampa
Fla
George
Poca
Mary Christy
W. L. Kirk
Everett Sayre
Harvey Duncan
Joe Hogsett
Vandale Wallace
Ray Jordan
Notice of Election on Tax Levy in Nelsonville District
Athens County voters will decide on a tax levy exceeding the ten mill limit for Nelsonville City School District. The measure would fund current expenses, replace a 3 mill levy, and run for five years at up to three mills per dollar of valuation. Balloting occurs November 2, 1948, at regular district polling places.
Mason Woman Directs Show At Logan
Dotty Graham Foran directed a four week Logan Theater production of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine for Kiwanis funds with a renovated script by Billy Bryant. Claire Disco leads as Nancy with Josephine Bryant as Levicy. Parkersburg dates set at Burwell Theater with Bryant as emcee and Walden Roush providing mountain music accompaniment.
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Point Pleasant
Dotty Graham Foran
Logan Theater
Logan
W. Va
Kiwanis Club
Billy Bryant
Miss Claire Disco
Omar Junior High School
Miss Disco
Nancy
Parkersburg
Burwell Theater
Josephine Bryant
Levicy
Walden Roush
Garland Hunter Dies in New York at 48
Garland Hunter aged 48 died at his Schenectady New York home Saturday. Funeral arrangements are to be made by Fisher Funeral Home Huntington. He is survived by his father Ervie Hunter of Ashton four sisters Mrs Mary Adams Ashton Mrs Helen George Ravenna Ohio Mrs Lillian Richmond Huntington and Mrs Reid Skinner Proctorville Ohio and three brothers Carl Hunter Los Angeles Alexander Hunter New York City and Randall Hunter Ashton.
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Point Pleasant
Garland Hunter
Schenectady
N. Y
Fisher
Huntington
Hunter
Ervie Hunter
Ashton
Mary Adams
Helen George
Ravenna
Ohio
Lillian Richmond
Reid Skinner
Proctorville
Carl Hunter
Los Angeles
Alexander Hunter
New York City
Randall Hunter
Republican Meeting Slated at Glenwood
A Cloverdale School gathering in Point Pleasant featured Mrs. C. P. Stout noting a motion picture on Republican policies and introductions of candidates. A similar Glenwood meeting is planned for tonight.
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Glenwood
Point Pleasant
Cloverdale
C. P. Stout
Republican Women's Club
Car Truck Collision Near Crab Creek Road
About 11 10 a m Monday a car driven by Donald Austin collided with a state road truck driven by Henry Nease of Mason on Crab Creek road. Passengers Emogene Pearson and Roger Pearson were injured. Mrs Pearson hospitalized. Austin and Mrs Pearson taken to Holzer Hospital. Nease uninjured. Cause blamed on rolling gravel. no arrests. Both vehicles badly damaged.
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Point Pleasant
Crab Creek
Donald Austin
Henry Nease
Mason
Emogene Pearson
Roger Pearson
Austin
Pearson
R. C. Dilley
Local Women's Club Represented at Southwestern Convention
Five representatives of the local Woman's Club attended the Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Southwestern District of the Federation of Woman's Clubs in Wayne at the Meth odist Church. Attendees included Mrs. J Sanford Rhoades and four others with Mrs. John R Davis as principal speaker. A forum was held and a Mexican style luncheon was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Federation of Woman's Clubs
Wayne
Methodist Church
J. Sanford Rhoades
Morris Miller
J. N. Wallace
Mae Rhoades
Mary Foglesong
John R. Davis
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Four Christenings Mark Morning Service at Trinity Methodist
Four children were christened and seven new members admitted during morning services at Trinity Methodist Church led by Rev. H O Shamblin. Names listed include John Anthony Klein, son of Mr and Mrs John Klein, and Marjorie Jean Head daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Head.
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Trinity Methodist Church
H. O. Shamblin
John Anthony Klein
John Klein
Marjorie Jean Head
Miss Irene Fowler Hosts Buffet For Huntington Nurses
Irene Fowler entertained at a buffet supper honoring Miss Betty Browning and Miss Rosalie Morrison of Huntington. Both nurses at St. Marys Hospital and graduates of the class of 1948 joined Miss Fowler and others including Howard Foglesong John Black George C Fowler and the Fowlers family for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Fowler
Betty Browning
Rosalie Morrison
Huntington
St. Mary's Hospital
Miss Fowler
Justine McCue
Howard Foglesong
John Black
George C. Fowler
Girard Fowler
Marshall Fowler
Stevie and
Marsha Jan
McAlpin Couple Visit. Marshall College Student Recovers
Mr and Mrs George McAlpin of Charleston visited town Saturday. Guests of Rev and Mrs H O Shamblin Sunday included Mrs Shamblins mother Mrs Dorcas Gray O B Gray Miss Merle Gray from Clay and Ecker Hughes of Charleston. Charles Osher has recovered from a recent illness and has resumed his studies at Marshall College. He
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George McAlpin
Charleston
H. O. Shamblin
College Band Travels to Dayton for Football Game
Page 3 notes a college band accompanying a football game in Dayton Ohio. Edwin Schul a Marshall College student spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs G N Schult of Ripley Road. Mrs Dewey Windsor and Mrs Walter A Windsor are set to return Tuesday after a vacation in St Louis St Louis and St Comm. E E Sleet has moved to Frye residence on Mt Vernon Ave.
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Page 3
Dayton
Ohio
Edwin Schul
Marshall College
G. N. Schult
Ripley Road
F. W. Ingraham
Patricia
Ralph Odgin
St. Marys
Columbus
Marjorie Bauerle
Youngstown
C. G. Bauerle
Jericho Road
Dewey Windsor
Walter A. Windsor
St. Louis
E. E. Sleet
Frye
Mt. Vernon Ave
Telegraph Operator Dies in Charleston
Telegraph operator at Gallipolis Ferry and well known citizen Gerald Forrest died unexpectedly at his son’s home in Charleston Sunday evening. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending arrival of a relative from Washington. Body lies at Albright Funeral Home in Arlee.
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Point Pleasant
L. S. Forrest
Gallipolis
Gerald Forrest
Charleston
Washington
Albright
Arlee
Boy Fractures Arm in Bellemeade Play
10 year old Clarence Rainey son of Mr and Mrs Rainey of Bellemeade fractured his arm while playing Sunday. Tom Newman of Hogsett who suffered a heart attack Saturday was moved from Point Clinic to the Veteran's Hospital in Huntington Saturday evening.
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Point Pleasant
Nelson
Clarence Rainey
Bellemeade
Tom Newman
Hogsett
Point Clinic
Veteran's Hospital
Huntington
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ER. L. Duncan
New York
Charles R. Henderson
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Forsyth
Janes Rendering
Athens
Tru-Fink
MSE
Griffon
Altima
Southeastern
Ohto
Pomeroy 494-X
Pomeroy
Leo L. Vaughn
Union Avenue
Logan Monument Co
Meigs County
Pomeroy, Ohio
Logan Monument Company
George C. Shaw
W. Main St
Logan, O
H. V. Hospital
America
Titusville
Pennsylvania
Sohio
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