Mason Men Arraigned on Break and Enter Charges
Theodore R. Smith and Tommy Cundiff of Mason City were arraigned before a local magistrate on charges of breaking and entering and theft of beer, a shotgun, cigarettes, and other items from a beer place near the east end of the bridge to Pomeroy-Middleport. Smith confessed. Cundiff pleaded innocent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Theodore R. Smith
Tommy Cundiff
Mason City
H. D. Coyner
Jerry Gilbert van Dan der Evert
Pomeroy-Middleport
Smith
Cundiff
Coyner
William H. Bardin
Himself
Cunningham
GOP Rally Arrangements Completed for Mason County
Final arrangements for a Republican rally to be held in Point Pleasant were made at a court house meeting. J. G. F. Johnson, candidate for the House of Delegates, was named rally chairman to organize a roast ox and lunch for up to 2,000 people with beans bread and coffee. Speeches by Sen Revercomb and Walter Hailaman will follow, with speakers including Tom Sweeney Hubert Ellis Orton Karickhoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Executive Committee
J. G. F. Johnson
House of Delegates
Circuit Court
Sen
Chapman Revercombd
National
Walter S. Hailanan
Revercomb
Tom Sweeney
U. S
Hubert Ellis
Congress
Orton R. Karickhoff
Mason County
Mrs Brown Hosts Presbyterian Auxiliary Circle
Mrs Sid ney Brown hosted Circle No 5 of the Presbyterian Women's Auxiliary at her Pleasant Street home on Tuesday evening. Mrs Joseph Buffington led a discussion titled What Does My Church Teach About Marriage and the Home. Plans for a church bazaar set for Friday November 22 were discussed. Mrs Rogers was aided by Mrs Richard Chambers in serving. Attending were Mrs W A Woolfitt Mrs James Rayburn Mrs John C Hutchinson Mrs Woodrow Kapp Mrs Richard Chambers Mrs R W MacGlothin Mrs Jack Rogers Mrs Donald Douglas Mrs Joe Buffington and Mrs Carter Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Sidney Brown
Presbyterian Women's Auxiliary
Pleasant St
Joseph Buffington
Rogers
Richard Chambers
W. A. Woolfitt
James Rayburn
John C. Hutchinson
Woodrow Kapp
R. W. MacGlothtin
Jack Rogers
Donald Douglas
Joe Buffington
Carter Franklin
Child Hit by Hoe Injures Girl in Point Pleasant
Maury Roberta Mayes nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Maurice Mayes Viand Street was struck on the head by a hoe while playing with children Tuesday evening. She was taken to the Point Clinic where three stitches were required to close a head wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Maury Roberta Mayes
Maurice Mayes
Viand St
Mayes
Point
Wedding Dinner Honors Penrod Pair in Hemlock Area
Hemlock residents hosted a dinner at Mr and Mrs Homer Tharp house in honor of Mr and Mrs Earl Penrod of Crooksville whose marriage took place at Rev Stockmans home in New Lexington Attendants included Mr and Mrs Homer Tharp and Mrs Penrod is Tharps sister Attendees listed were Wallace Tharp Brive Tharp Turner McCuneville James Coy and Dickie Lowinesqu and Martha Belle and Minha Lowinesqu Funeral services were held for Mrs Mary Davis of Shawnee at her sister Ida Martells home with burial in Shawnee Cemetery Others noted visiting relatives in the area and a local resident Gerald McDaniel entered Wayne University Detroit Mich and Ned Smith of North Baltimore visited W C Kalys home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Brive Tharp
Mansfield
Wiliam Turner
McCuneville
Janies+ Coy
Dickie
Martha Belle
Mhena Lowinesqu
Mary Davis
Shawnee
Ida Martell
Charles Osenbaugh
Houston
Texas
Ella Osenbaugh
Oil Vessel Repairs At Point Pleasant Yard
The M V Sohio and several large oil barges were dry docked at Point Pleasant and Marietta marine ways for minor wake repairs hull work and five year inspections. Sohio’s propeller battery box generator were replaced with Captain O A Stacy in command and Jack Rial overseeing the engine room. The MV Henry C Ogram was launched after repairs to tail shafts pump bearings a new rudder bushing and new propellers. Kenneth Nicholson led marine maintenance with Captain Morgan Osher in command and Vincent Davis aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Standard Oil Company
Ohio
Cincinnati
Wheeling
Zanesville
O. A. Stacy
Jack Rial
Marietta Marine Ways
Henry C. Ogram
Ashland Oil & Refining Co
Kanawha
Ashland
Kenneth Nicholson
Morgan Osher
Vincent Davis
Construction Costs Soar in West Virginia Highway Bids
West Virginia bids opened by the state road commission show escalating costs for Route 2 and Route 20 projects. Keeley Construction submitted 3.21 miles of grading and base work for 264,187 dollars, Haynes Construction bid 117,704 dollars for Route 2 in Cabell county, and Bose and Ritchie offered 724,670 dollars for 3.7 miles on Route 20 near the Hinton Mercer line, a bid the group rejected as too high. Bluestone Dam drives the Route 2 project need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Charleston
Keeley Construction Co
Chestnut Ridge Road
Mason
Jackson
Haynes Construction Co
South Charleston
Selective Service Meeting Conducted in Point Pleasant
Chairman B W Krodel Harry L Dyer and Mat Stribling of the selective Service board held a meeting in the office Wednesday called by clerk Mrs Jean Burdette. No more men are expected to be called this year while duties include registering youths reaching 18 who may apply for deferment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
B. W. Krodel
Harry L. Dyer
Mat Stribling
Selective Service Board
Jean Burdette
WVU Sororities Se where pledges named
Miss Barbara Burdette daughter of Mr and Mrs J Wallace Burdette of Vandalia pledges Chi Omega Sorority at West Virginia University Miss Betty Ann McCulloch daughter of Mr and Mrs C E McCulloch south of Kanawha pledges Phi Beta Pi Sorority at the same school
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Barbara Burdette
A J. Wallace Burdette
V ‘and St
West Virginia University
Betty Ann McCulloch
C. E. McCulloch
Kanawha
Pictured in Log features local shipyard workers
Oak Thomas and Charles H. Durst appear in The Marietta Log as longtime shipyard employees since 1918 with O L Bowser starting a year earlier. Sheriff Hesson and Deputy Toral report Morrison left for Louisville to pursue a non support offender under circuit court rules. Carl Smith wins ballot printing contract for 17 000 ballots at seven dollars per thousand for the Mason County November election. A son weighing eight pounds two ounces was born to Mr and Mrs S F Dailey at City Hospital Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Marietta Log
Oak Thomas
Charles H. Durst
O. L. Bowser
Kentucky Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Morrison
Louisville
Circuit Court
Carl Smith
Focal
Mason County
City Hospital
Parkersburg
S. F. Dailey
Libert St
Cpl Howard Foglesong Returns on Terminal Leave
Cpl Howard Foglesong of Point Pleasant arrived home on terminal leave after eleven months overseas. He spent most of his assignment in Munich, Germany, and is a Point Pleasant High School graduate who joined the armed forces in March 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Howard Foglesong
Charles Foglesong
Foglesong
Munich
Germany
Point Pleasant High School
Armed Forces
Dairymen invited to Mason County dinner program
Emmitt Mitchell secretary treasurer of the Mason County Dairy Herd Improvement Association sent invitations to non members for a 7 30 pm dinner at the Vickers Restaurant next Wednesday. Afterward L Campbell assistant extension dairyman will discuss the value of artificial breeding in herd improvement followed by I D Porterfield on the proper use of DHIA herd books and feeding calves. The association formed in 1945 now has 33 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Emmitt Mitchell
Mason County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Vickers
L. Campbell
I. D. Porterfield
D.h.ea
Mason County
Viand Street Emerges as Busy Business Zone
Point Pleasant reports Viand Street rapidly growing as a business street. Two River Motor Co plans a one story 4000 square foot addition to its Viand Street garage extending toward the Transportation building. Other new ventures include a garage by John Oshel and an oil filling station at Fourth and Viand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Two River Motor Co
Viand St
Point Pleasant Transportation
Sixth St
Transportation Company
John Oshel
Two River Company
Oshel
An Oil Company
Fourth and Viand
Additions Underway at Mor rison's Department Store
In Point Pleasant Mor rison's Department Store expands its women's clothing area. Previously one side of the second floor served as a sales space while the other housed a private apartment. The plan adds a display for women's coats and a hat bar, with a partitioning of an alteration department formerly in a rear first floor room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Morrison’s
Senior Women's Club Opens Fall Meeting at Presbyterian Church
The Senior Women's Club of Point Pleasant will meet Friday evening at the Presbyterian Church. A reception and special music are planned. Walter A. Buchannon of the Huntington Chamber of Commerce and Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce members will attend as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Carden Club Members Hostesses at Tea in New Haven
New Haven Garden Club members will host a tea Thursday at 2 p.m. at Trinity Methodist Church in New Haven. Guests include Paint Pleasant Women's Club, Middleport Garden Club and Rio Grande Garden Club. About 40 Point Pleasant club members are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
New Haven
Notable names visit Huntington and Athens business
Pt Pleasant residents Rupert L Kayser and Florence Kayser with Mr and Mrs Neil Wilson spent Tuesday in Huntington on business. Prosecuting Attorney William Hardin attended 19 business in Athens Ohio Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Earl H Arnett were in Marietta on business Tuesday. J E B Couch Earl H Arnett and Howard Stone left Thursday morning for races near Columbus. Louise Sommer principal of Henderson Trade School named to National Education Association Professional Ethics Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert L. Kayser
Florence Kayser
Neil Wilson
Huntington
William Hardin
Athens
Earl H. Arnett
Marietta
J. E B. Couch
Howard Stone
Columbus
Council Point Pleasant
Nmrs
Louise Sommer
Henderson Trade School
National Education Association
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Acmits
GOP
Mrs. Brown
Hoe
Hemlock
Cpl
Dairymen
Carden Club
Altmans
Hollywood
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