Sale of Christmas Seals Planned in Mason County Area
Mason County Tuberculosis Association discusses the 1942 Christmas Seals drive at a meeting in Point Pleasant. The Woman's Club health department sponsors, with Senior High School commercial class mailing seals and maintaining the mailing list records. New county executive committee members named include Dr. E. C. Hedgeman and Mrs. Evelyn Proffitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Walden F. Roush
Roush
Cathryn Eyster Christiansen
Fairmont
Woman's Club
Cary Howard Rayburn
Gail Faires
Hildreth Armstrong
Inez Barnett
Christiansen
Dorothy Watkins
Donald Smith
Hartford
E. C. Hedgeman
Lakin State Hospital
Husband
General Chemical Defense Corp
Harry Layne
New Haven
Evelyn Proffitt
Mason
Return Knott To Face Court
Knott to face court on indictment returned by Mason County grand jury under the Habitual Criminal Act. Clifford Knotts, 38, was arrested in Smithland for theft in Paducah and surrendered to Mason County authorities after being held in Paducah jail. He previously served terms in Marion County for theft and for burglary and stole a Mason County automobile earlier this year, later captured in Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Paducah
Clifford Knotts
Mason County Grand Jury
Knotts
Bardin
Smithland
Mason County
Marion County
Georgia
Ray Greenler Heads to Charlestown for Oil Station Business
Ray Greenler assistant manager of the Standard Oil bulk station at Point Pleasant traveled to Charleston yesterday on official business. He has been off duty for several days due to a crushed right hand suffered at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ray Greenler
Standard Oil Bulk
Charleston
Greenler
Christ Church Guild to Hold Rum Mage Sale
Pt Pleasant reports the Christ Church Service Guild met at the Parish House led by Rev Frank T Cady. The main business was a rum mage sale planned for Thursday Oct 22. Members present included Mrs George H Overholt and Mrs Milton L Miller.
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PT. Pleasant
Christ Church Service Guild
Frank T. Cady
George H. Overholt
Milton L. Miller
Miller
Gail Faires
Cady
W. B. McClain
Overholt
S. C. Moustin
J. J. Lovell
O. W. Lusher
Co. O. Weissenburger
Walter A. Windsor
F.W. Ingraham
C. O. Durfee
Juliet Smith
Grace
Mabel Gibbons
Nettie Stribling
Widely Known Publisher Dies at 45
Henry C. Woodyard received word of his brother Edward D. Woodyard death at age 45 in Wytheville Virginia. Edward died after being found in a hotel bathtub with likely phlebitis. Edward led Woodyard Publications Inc which owned several weeklies and printing plants in Charleston Wilmington and Virginia. Funeral plans to be announced upon Henry's return.
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Point Pleasant
Henry C. Woodyard
Spencer
Edward D. Woodyard
Wytheville
Woodyard
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Harry C
Emma
Douglas) Woodyard
West Virginia
Congress
Woodyards
William
Edward
Henry
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph G. Cannon
Nicholas Longsworth
West Virginia University
Spencer Times-Record
States Gazette
Edward D
Woodyard Publications, Inc
Charleston
Wilmngton
Del
Delaware
Virginia
New York
Long Island
O. O. McIntyre
Time
Saturday Evening Post
Josephine Boynton
Los Angeles
Henry Woodyard
Concord Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Farewells
Concord residents gathered for a chicken dinner honoring Joseph Antle Jr as he prepares for military training. Numerous relatives and friends from Athens Trimble Waterford Jacksonville Columbus and Guysville visited or called. The Rev William Meade returned from services in Sistersville and New Martinsville.
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Concord
Joseph Antle
Joseph Jr
John Nichols
Vashti
Barbara
Elvin
Charles
Nina Lowery
Linda
Leroy Sprague
Waterford
Dortha
Ruth
Nelva Nichols
Eva Antle
Gaynel Sprague
Jack
Paul Nichols
John Spain
Jimmy Antle
Joseph Antle Jr
Lucy Palmer
Carl Phillips
Nellie Lou Phillips
Izetta Nichols
Trimble
Della Edwards
A. F. Antle
Athens
Rodney Phillips
Jacksonville
Mary Lou Kittle
Ruth Welch
William Meade
Sistersville
New Martinsville
Rejected Request Delays Clerk’s Office Additions
In Point Pleasant, officials reportedly denied the county court’s request for priority access to building materials for a second story on the clerk’s office. Also in Point Pleasant, the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy E Boomer arrived from Holzer Hospital and is at Arnett mortuary pending funeral plans. Mr Boomer is in military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Washington
Roy E. Boomer
City
Holzer Hospital
Arnett Mortuary
Boomer
Staats conducts visits to county elementary schools
Assistant Superintendent Delbert C. Staats is making supervisory visits across county elementary schools to review programs, observe classrooms, and discuss improvements with principals and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Delbert C. Staats
Jefferson Area Boys Start Scrap Drive
Jefferson area youths led by Billy Bardin Jack Park Oliver James and Bobby Eschenauer organize a Mason County scrap drive. They use a wheelbarrow and a boy’s wagon to collect scrap with a toolhouse as the collection center and aim to haul away the material to free space for more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jefferson Blvd
Billy Bardin
Jack Park
Oliver
James
Bobby Eschenaur
Mason County
Lillian Noble Died in Club Room From Acute Alcoholism
The death of Lillian Noble occurred in a club room more than two weeks ago from acute alcoholism. Her body was shipped Monday to her mother Mrs. Omah Noble of Route 3 Barnesville Ohio. The Franklin mortuary had kept the body since death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lillian Noble
Omah Noble
Route 3
Barnesville
Franklin Mortuary
City Schools Rally for Scrap Drive in October
City schools launch a war scrap collection canvass led by Superintendent Roush. A two day citywide effort on October 21 and 22 aims to locate residents with scrap and determine amounts available. School principals and grade officials met to plan the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Roush
Board of Education
C. H. Withers
R.H. Ferguson
Vivian Siders
North Point Pleasant
Milton Burdette
Central
West Virginia Schools Rally for Salvage Drive
Canvassers report school leaders aim to impress pupils with the salvage task. Local officials praise prior success in other West Virginia cities and hope to equal the best record yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Rejected in Draft Due to Illness From Gallipolis Ferry
William Lee Henry, 42, of Gallipolis Ferry, appeared for a draft board medical examination. He is feeble from a paralytic stroke years ago, walked part of the way, and was brought in by a passing motorist. He regrets his illness will keep him from military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Lee Henry
Gallipolis Ferry
Henry
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