Soldier Body Arrives for Rites at Mt Zion Church
The body of Pfc. Lester L. Kidwell is to arrive at Union Station at 2 32 p m today by New York Central train. The full military funeral is set for 2 p m Saturday at Mt Zion Church near Flat Rock with the National Guard Company and Mason County Post American Legion participating. Kidwell, a Mason County native, enlisted November 9 1942 and was killed in a landing operation in the South Pacific on September 26 1944. He is survived by his father two sisters and five brothers.
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Point Pleasant
Raynes
Lester L. Kidwell
Union Station
New York Central
Mt. Zion Church
Flat Rock
F. H. Capehart
National Guard
Mason County Post American Legion
Pfc
Kidwell
Edgar W. Kidwell
Nancy Evaline van Sickle Kidwell
Mason County
South Pacific
Name Added to List Of Mason War Dead
William Higgins, president of the Mason County War Mothers Club, announced that W. C. Woods is the latest Mason County name added to the World War II dead list. Woods, from south of the Kanawha, brings the county total to 60. the other 59 names appeared in The Messenger on Wednesday.
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Point Pleasant
William Higgins
Mason County War Mothers Club
W. C. Woods
Kanawha
Mr. Higgins
Brother at bedside of ill brother near Leon
Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones closed his office at 2 p.m. Wednesday to visit his brother Wally Jones at a home near Leon. Jones has been ill for several months and his condition grew worse. Homing pigeons have carried messages up to 800 miles.
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Tl Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
Wally Jones
Leon
Jones
Rural Carrier Exams Announced for Ashton WV
Marcus Poffenbarger, local U S Civil Service official, says examinations will fill the rural carrier post at Ashton. Applications close Nov 13, 1947, with the test to follow. Also notes West Virginia reform trends and a state liquor inquiry by federal authorities.
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Point Pleasant
Marcus Poffenbarger
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Ashton
Ambulance Transfers From Holzer Hospital This Week
Two patio homes were moved by ambulance from Holzer Hospital in recent days. Mrs Wyatt Roach and her infant son were taken to Bellemeade while Mrs Lester Henry and her infant son were transported to Henderson. Charles Hutton of First Ward was also taken to the hospital on Wednesday.
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Holzer Hospital
Wyatt Roach
Bellemeade
Lester Henry
Henderson
Charles Hutton
High School May Be Used As Laboratory
Marshall College discusses using Senior High School in POINT PLEASANT as an education laboratory to test classroom work home economics methods and for practice teaching. Officials from the college home economics department and state education leaders plan cooperation with local schools. decision pending.
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Point Pleasant
Marshall College
C. H. Withers
Robert H. Ferguson
Board of Education
Withers
Garnette Tillis
Pauline Stout
Department of Education
Reva Bell Neely
Marshall
Ferguson
Four Dances Planned for Park Theater Play
Four dance routines are being arranged for the play Fun For You at the Park Theater on November 4 and 5. Central Grade School PTA sponsors the event. Betty Struble, the director, says 24 girls show promise for a fine performance. Senior High dancers include Betty Caudill Beverly Clark Betty Colley Ruth Forbes Patricia Glass Wilma Ellen Melrose Delores Nibert Naomi Patterson Peggy Biffle Sonia Roush Patsy Treadway Barbara Wallace. Junior High selections list Janet Wears Sybil Wood Kay Woolfitt Patricia Bennett Agnes Caynor Joan Chambers Patricia Dennis Marilyn Easley Mary Gaskins Ella Mae McKinney Parva Snowden Joan Van Horn.
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Point Pleasant
Park Theater
Central
PTA
Betty Struble
Betty Caudill
Beverly Clark
Betty Colley
Ruth Forbes
Patricia Glass
Wilma Ellen Melrose
Delores Nibert
Naomi Patterson
Peggy Biffle
Sonia Roush
Patsy
Troop 250 Wins Blue Ribbon in Tri County Area
Rotary Troop 250 Boy Scouts earned a blue ribbon after a Presbyterian Church inspection led by Harry E. Katschke of the Tri County Area. Richard P. Newell is Scoutmaster with Bill Burdette as assistant. Members include Bardin Powell Garrison Capehart Kayes Allen Ellis Biffle Morrison Hawks Tennant.
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Point Pleasant
Rotary
Tri-County
Huntington
Gallipolis
Harry E. Katschke
Richard P. Newell
Libert St
Bill Burdette
Bill Bardin
Floyd Powell
Rex Garrison
Frank Capehart
Joe Kayesr
Lowell Allen
Bill Ellis
Frank Biffle
Bill Morrison
Bob Hawks
Danny Tennant
Daughter Born in Henderson to Mr and Mrs Chester Hudson
A daughter weighing seven and one half pounds was born on Wednesday at the Hudson home in Henderson to Mr and Mrs Chester Hudson.
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Point Pleasant
Chester Hudson
Henderson
Child Kerosene Explosion Claims Four Year Old
Four year old Joyce Ann Givens died after a can of kerosene exploded at her Yellow Springs home. In unrelated data the article notes the United States used about 343 times more power in 1944 than in 1850.
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Springfield
Joyce Ann Givens
Yellow Springs
United States
Ingrahams Buy Johnson Home In Capehart
Mr and Mrs A Lee Johnson sold their Capehart Addition home to Mr and Mrs Forest W Ingraham for an undisclosed price. The couple plan to reside there and the 15000 square foot lot includes six maple and oak trees, with a 300 year walnut cut for furniture. The house features six first floor rooms plus a basement game room and future second floor baths. Mr Ingraham heads the sales department of Marietta Manufacturing Co and has long worked in local shipbuilding. Mr Johnson was president of Lee Electric Co.
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Point Pleasant
A. Lee Johnson
Capehart
Forest W. Ingraham
Ingrahams
Johnson
Jericho Road
Ingraham
Ohio St
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Huntington
Lee Electric Co
Junior Woman's Club hosts reception for new members
Pt Pleasn t The Junior Woman's Club held a reception for a class of new members at Christ Episcopal Church parish house Tuesday night. In the receiving line were Mrs. Stanley Neal Johnson and other officers and advisers instrumental in organizing the local club 22 years ago. Delegates named to the district convention include several listed members. Tap dancers, a pianist and majorettes performed while refreshments were served to a large group.
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Point Pleasant
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Stanley Neal Johnson
Josephine Fowler
Carol Jane Krodel
Edna Cox
S. C. Wilhelm
Bartow Jones
Marjorie Waldie
Betty Treadway
Jones
Milton L. Miller
Glenn M. Sayre
George Williamson
Billy Joe Howard
Hanley Sibley
Wanda Waugh
Betty Colley
Delores Nibert
Robert, Eschenaur
Kaylong Postoffice Abandoning Expected
Mrs H H Robey postmistress at Kaylong expects the postoffice will be discontinued though no notice has arrived. The rural route was moved to West Columbia weeks ago leaving too few residents to justify keeping the Kaylong office.
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Point Pleasant
H. H. Robey
Kaylong
West Columbia
Gas Company to bring in well on Route 33 near Point Pleasant
New Haven Gas Co. plans weekend completion of its third test on the Roush farm along Route 33 east of Point Pleasant. The Berea Grit formation has yielded profitable gas and oil in the prior two tests.
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Point Pleasant
New Haven Gas Co
Berea
Marietta Paints Distributed by Regional Firms
Marietta paints are distributed by Bardin Bros. Co. of Athens, Pomeroy Cement Block Co. of Pomeroy, and Plymale Wagner Co. of Gallipolis, reflecting a regional supply network.
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Marietta Paints
Bardin Bros. CO
Athens
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy
Plymale Wagner CO
Gallipolis
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Youngstown
Lizzie Odell
Thomas Kidwell
Toledo
Samuel and
Levi Kidwell
Whitesville
Garland Kidwell
Frank Kidwell
Athens Messenger
Ohio
Mineral County
A. Lee
Grand Jury
Washington
D. C
West Virginia
Wheeling
Kappa Alpha Theta
de Pauw University
William Ek. Baker
Morgantown
Troop
Blue
Lucille Brooks
Home Service
American Red Cross
Alexandria
Gas Company
Marietta
Bill Zipf
WBNS
Columbus ST
Kenton
B.T.U
Wiltrina
Oouste
C&f
Columbia Quality
Columbia
N. Court ST
Pric
Fede
Dutch Ovens
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