Salt industry sites fade in rural Ohio history
The article recalls Meigs and nearby counties' salt works from 19th century beginnings in Rutland Township to the Pomeroy Bend and Chauncey fields. It notes Nye and Herrod interests, early horse-powered pumping, and towns like Dover, Harmony, Armitage, and the Chauncey salt works linked to Sherman. It hints at US Route 33 relocation near Chauncey.
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Ohio
Meigs County
Rutland Township
Rutland
Pomeroy Bend
Ohio River
Bailey Run
Dover Township
Nye
Dover
Harmony
Hocking River
Athens
Armitage
Herrold Interests
Chauncey Field
Thomas Ewing
Ohio University
Lancaster
William T. Sherman
Chauncey Salt Works
Ewing
Sherman
West Point
Chauncey
St. Louis
Hocking Canal
Salt Works
Carmen and Don Jose in a Spain of bandit dreams
A serialized stage adaptation of Prosper Merimee’s Carmen follows Don Jose a young officer drawn to Carmen the gypsy as he joins an outlaw band. Jealousy ambition and a bitter self-image drive his downfall amid a dangerous pursuit.
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Don Jose
Carmen
Garcia
Jose
Lucas
Dancaire
Navarro
Dee
Wolf
Jose el Navarro
Spain
Granada
Seville
Gibraltar
Cordova
Duros
Jose Lizarabengoa
Jose el
Jose Lizarabengon
Pablo
Navy Day Salutes U S Sea Power and Global Role
The article celebrates Navy Day by detailing the U S Navy as the world’s largest force with 761 ships active, 346 100 reserve, 666 882 personnel planned plus 36 000 trainees, and 92 000 Marines. It notes peacetime duties to police seas and outlines future build plans including new cruisers and advanced aircraft, highlighting world records in 1948 and the service’s role as guardian of peace.
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Naval Reserve
America
United States Navy
Marine Corps
Fleet Marine Forces
Navy Air Arm
Navy
U.S.S
Oregon City
Hi Navy
Sign of Normalcy in Men's Wardrobes
The article notes manufacturers producing moth proof suits as a sign of recovery from wartime shortages. It highlights restored abundance and higher prices easing as the American male can again stock multiple suits without worrying about moth damage.
Pleasant personals note travels to Charleston and Clipper Mill
Mrs A H Roseberry and Miss Reba Beale spend the week in Charleston with Mrs Roseberry’s daughter Mrs James K Thomas. Mrs Elmer Plymale Mrs Mary Hyre and Mrs John Carpenter visit Clipper Mill Sunday at the home of Mrs Charles Chevalier due to the death of Lois Sheely.
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A. H. Roseberry
Reba Beale
Charleston
Boy and Girl Scout Drive Urges Financial Support
Vaughn A. Collins urges Logan residents to fund the annual Boy and Girl Scout Drive, framing it as real life education in democracy and citizenship. He argues international scope and warns against war toys in Scout materials, appealing for generous donations.
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the Messenger
America
U. N
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Vaughn A. Collins
Logan
Two Scholarships Won By Mason County Men
Point Pleasant winner Ray B. McConshay receives a three year $100 per year scholarship from Standard Oil Co. John W. Cullen of Letart earns a Sears Roebuck agricultural foundation scholarship as WVU business scholarships go to local men.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia University
Ray B. McConshay
Standard Oil Co
John W. Cullen
Letart
Sears, Roebuck and Co. Agricultural Foundation
Halloween Party Set At Youth Center
A Halloween party at the Youth Center in Point Pleasant will run Friday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Prizes will be given for the most beautiful, most comical, and weirdest costumes. Fortune telling and refreshments are planned with chap erones from the Point Pleasant Woman's Club and the Junior Woman's Club.
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Point Pleasant
Youth Center
C. L. Easley
Goodman Family Visits Viand Street Home
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Goodman and their son Tommy from East St Louis Illinois arrived Monday for a visit with Mr and Mrs Mervin Chapman of Viand Street. Monday evening guests at the Chapman home were Mr and Mrs Eustace Wilson and Mr and Mrs George Byus.
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Point Pleasant
Kenneth Goodman
Tommy
East St. Louis
Ill
Mervin Chapman
Viand St
Chapman Home
Eustace Wilson
George Byus
Harvest Festival Planned By Ordnance PTA At School
Ordnance PTA members finalize plans for a harvest festival and spaghetti dinner to be held Friday night at the school. Home room mothers assist with arrangements. Wilbur Plants chairs the group and supervises safety and a school refrigerator purchase. A travel film titled This Is North Carolina was shown.
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Point Pleasant
The
Ordnance Pta
Joe Barr
Grace McDermitt
Paul Wedge
Zola Duncan
Edward Cole
Mabel Blessing
Otis Rainey
Yarl Randolph
Thomas
PTA
Wilbur Plants
Jackson Ave
North Carolina
Three Births Reported From Local Residents
Mrs. Richard Tatterson of 190 Park Drive reports a son born October 23 at Holzer Hospital, their second child and first son. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bass of Point Pleasant Route 1 report a son born October 24 at home, their eleventh child. Mr. and Mrs. Edison Putney of Beech Hill report a daughter born October 26.
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Point Pleasant
Richard Tatterson
Park Drive
Holzer Hospital
Veterans’ Agricultural
Harry Bass
Basses
Edison Putney
Beech Hill
Margaret Kirk Celebrates 89th Birthday at Hogsett Home
Friends and relatives gathered at the Hogsett home of Mrs. Margaret Kirk to mark her eighty ninth birthday. A lifelong resident, she has lived largely at home due to blindness but remains in comparatively good health. Widow of W. S. Kirk, she is mother to Marie and William Kirk and one of five survivors from a family of 13, with most members now living near Huntington.
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Point Pleasant
Margaret Kirk
Hogsett
Legal Cases Dropped After Plant Skirmish
In Point Pleasant Mary McDaniel and Gladys Parsons had cases dismissed in a magistrate court after a skirmish outside Quality Manufacturing Co during the early days of a strike.
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Point Pleasant
Mary McDaniel
Gladys Parsons
Quality Manufacturing Co
Daughter Is Born to Mr and Mrs Shadle of Charleston
Mrs Jack Shadle of Charleston announces the birth of a daughter named Sarah Louise on October 24 at Ka nawha Valley Hospital. This is the couple’s third child. Paternal grandparents are Harold Shadle of Mr Vernon Farms and maternal grandparents Walter Sommer of Beech Hil.
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Point Pleasant
Jack Shadle
Charleston
Sarah Louise
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Harold Shadle
Leon Route families see discharges and new birth
Mrs John Peck of Leon Route 2 was discharged Saturday. Mrs James Morrison of Arbuckle was admitted as a surgical patient Saturday. Mr and Mrs Omen Sayre of Leon Route 3 are the parents of a son born Oct 22. He is their third child.
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John Peck
Leon Route 2
James Morrison
Arbuckle
Omen Sayre
Leon Route 3
Young GOP Set to Meet in Point Pleasant at Courthouse
The Young Republican Club will gather Saturday at 1 30 p m at the courthouse in Point Pleasant. Attorney Carroll Casto, the club president, announced the meeting and a session of the committeemen and committeewomen will follow.
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Point Pleasant
Young Republican Club
Carroll Casto
Evening Radio Schedule for Wednesday October 27
An itemized listing of radio and TV programs across networks abe mbs cbs abc covos including news, talk, dramas, variety shows and musical programs from 6:00 pm to 12:00 am with hosts such as Lowell Thomas Fulton Lewis Jr Jack Smith Meredith Willson and guests featuring Blondie The Great Gildersleeve The Duffy Tavern Groucho Marx Quiz and Bing Crosby Show.
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Abe
Abe-West
Mbs-East
Mbs-West
Nbe
Cbs
Abe Lowell Thomas
Beulah
Cbs News
Abe Fulton Lewis, Jr
Abe Jack Smith
Cos
Cbs Sports
Abe Mr. Chameleon
Covos
Gildersleeve
Cbs High Adventure
Hy Gardner
Milton Berle
Abe Gabriel Heatter
Abe James Mellon
Abc Opinionaire
Abe Capitol
Meredith Willson
Abc Dance Orchestra
Cba
Abc News
Abc
Nabc-West
Radio Schedule for Thursday October 28
A weekday lineup lists morning to evening programs on Abe and MBS CBS networks. Highlights include The Clevelandaires Fred Waring Show Kay Kyser Show and Queen for a Day with various serials, musicals, and game shows.
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Nbe
Abe
Cbs
The
Clevelandaires
Abe Bob Poole
Mbs
Fred Waring
Godfrey
Kay Kyser
Dewey policy on farming traced by Bartow Jones
Bartow Jones, candidate for state senator from the Fourth District, spoke on WSAZ Huntington about Gov. Dewey farm policies. He cited support for the Hope Aiken price program, soil conservation, rural electricity, and broader farm benefits. He argued farmers run their farms better than public office outsiders.
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Point Pleasant
National Farm Committee
Dewey
Warren
Bartow Jones
Fourth
WSAZ
Huntington
Mr. Jones
West Virginia Livestock Auctioning Market Association
West Virginia
Dairyman’s Association
Dairy Cooperative Sales Association
Spencer
Charleston
Jones
Miers Crooks Rites Planned
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Crooks 85 who died Monday at a Bucyrus Ohio hospital will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m at the Heights EUB Church with Rev F H Capehart officiating. She is survived by two daughters Mrs Foreman and Mrs Homer H Smith two sons John H Crooks and Walter W Crooks a granddaughter Mrs D W Rothgeb a grandson H W Smith and a son in law and other relatives. Interment will be in Lone Oak Cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
Bertha Crooks
Bucyrus
Ohio
the Heights Eub Church
F. H. Capehart
Franklin
John H. Crooks
Simpson
Charleston
Foreman
Homer H. Smith
Main St
Wincon Ave
Walter W. Crooks
Mt. Vernon Ave
D. W. Rothgeb
Jefferson Blvd
H. W. Smith
Parks Drive
Earl Carson
Robert Stephenson
Greer
Muncie
Ind
Lone Oak Cemetery
Pt Pleasant Livestock Cattle and Hogs Market Report
The market was active with all classes selling on a strong to higher basis. Good heifers fed grain on grass sold 22.50 to 26.95, feeder steers 23.50 to 25.10, baby beeves 22.50 to 28.70, calves tops 32.80 to 33.10, hogs top 200 to 240 Ibs 25.25 to 25.65, sows 20.50 to 22.50, and mids 24.75 to 25.25. Cattle conditions ranged from thin cutter to good feeder grades with various mid to high prices.
Jones Clinches Unopposed No opposition for West Virginia senator
Jones of Point Pleasant secures unopposed nomination and general election for the 4th District Senate seat. The long history of the district shows strong GOP presence yet farmers and businessmen trust Jones for dairy, road, and chamber leadership, with ties from Mason to Putnam counties and a record of industrial and civic work including the Shackle Bridge victory.
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Westria
Tow Jones
Point Pleasant
Democratic Party
Jones
Dairyman’s Cooperative Sales Association
Mason, Jackson
Putnam
Spencer
Point Pleasant Livestock Co
Young Jones
West Virginia
West Virginia Dairyman’s Association
Dairy Sales Association
Raymond Wharton
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Charleston
Columbus
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce
Kanawha River
Henderson
Kanawha
Clay County
Mason County
Teays Valley
Putnam County
West Fork River
Roane County
Children enjoy Halloween party at Gallipolis church
Children from the Episcopal church school were entertained at the Episcopal Church in Gallipolis on Tuesday evening with a festive Halloween party full of games and activities.
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Point Pleasant
Episcopal Church
Gallipolis
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