Legion Club Thief Steals $600 Cash and $200 in Checks
The American Legion Club in Point Pleasant was robbed Friday night with about $600 in cash and $200 in checks taken. Sheriff Hes son and State Trooper Coyner led the investigation. The intruder used a basement window to enter and found the money in a desk cigar box. The theft was not detected until 9 a.m. Saturday when manager Herbert Stanley opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
American Legion Club
Ernest Hesson
H. D. Coyner
Hesson
Herbert Stanley
Camp Conley Sold to West Virginia Firm for 15600
Rev. L D Icard received official confirmation from the War Assets Administration that Camp Conley, including 31 acres and 36 buildings, was awarded to Point Pleasant Products Co for 15600. Icard plans rapid expansion, with local and out of town manufacturers eyeing leases of the former National Guard facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
L. D. Icard
Clarksburg
The
Methodist Church
Camp Conley
War Assets Administration
Richmond
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Seard
Milford
West Virginia National Guard
Icard
Reese Services Held in Point Pleasant
The body of Robert Ray Reese, superintendent for John F. Casey Co., Pittsburgh contractors, who died here of a heart attack last Thursday evening, was taken to New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, by Chapman funeral home. Services were to be held Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert Ray Reese
John F. Casey Co
Pittsburgh
New Wilmington
Chapman Funeral Home
Riverman Fined $25 for Intoxication in Pleasants
Richard Swain a riverman from Pittsburgh was arrested Friday night for intoxication and fined $25 plus costs. State Trooper H. D. Coyner made the arrest. Saturday City Patrolmen arrested John Davis Carl Crump John Clench and Clarence Clench on intoxication charges. Kayser arrested James Nowlin on a destruction of property warrant. Crump faces arraignment on a non support charge stemming from a prior complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Richard Swain
Pittsburgh
H. D. Coyner
John Davis
Carl Crump
John
Clarence Clench
C. E. Yeager
T. F. Yost
Robert A. Kayser
Kayser
James Nowlin
Apple Grove
Crump
Boy Struck by Auto Suffers Leg Fracture in Town
Chester Roach 14, son of Mr and Mrs Leslie Roach of 215 Main St, was struck by a car at Glenwood Saturday as he tried to board a bus for Huntington. He sustained a leg fracture and bruises and was treated at the Point Clinic. The driver stopped and offered assistance but his name was not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Chester Roach
Leslie Roach
Main St
Glenwood
Huntington
Point Clinic
Mrs Elmer Plymale Seriously Ill At Home
Mrs Elmer Plymale of Gallipolis Ferry is reported seriously ill at home and may be taken to a hospital if she does not improve at once.
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Point Pleasant
Elmer Plymale
Gallipolis Ferry
Shrine Club Banquet Set at Masonic Temple Sept 30
The Point Pleasant Shrine Club schedules a banquet at the Masonic Temple for September 30 at 6 15 p m. After dining attendees will move to the Katydid Club for dancing to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Masonic Temple
Apple Grove Social Notes Highlight Small Town News
In Apple Grove the WSCS met at the church annex for a potluck supper to honor Mrs. Glen Wolfe who will move to Washington D. C. after a summer visit with her brother Alex Wheeler. Residents Mrs. Norris Jeffers and Mrs. Lawrence Baughman visited relatives, and Spencer Hayman and his sister Dorothy Johnson were guests of their parents. The note also mentions travels by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Buck and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ord, as well as visits by Marlene Clark and a live wires class party hosted by Mrs. Charlie Sayre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple Grove
Glen Wolfe
WSCS
Wolfe
Georgia
Washington, D. C
Alex Wheeler
Roy Buck
Jack Ord
Racine
Mammoth Cave
Smoky Mountains
Norris Jeffers
Wildwood
Fla
Lawrence Baughman
Zanesville
M. V. Shank
Barney O'Brien
Junction City
Charlie Sayre
Earl Shank
Kentuckian Arrested on Non-Support Charge
Joe Burns of Ashland Kentucky was arrested in Point Pleasant on a capital charge from the circuit court after being indicted in September for non-support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Joe Burns
Ashland
Visitors Entertained At Point Pleasant
Mr and Mrs Edward Cox of the Panama Canal Zone visited the C O Durfees and the Carl G Gardners in Point Pleasant on Saturday. They had lived here about 150 years ago for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Edward Cox
Panama Canal Zone
C. O. Durfees
Carl G. Gardners
Last Rites for Cousin Attended in Huntington
Mrs C W VanMatre and Miss Jean Haynes attended last rites for John Alexander Van Matre in Huntington on Friday. Van Matre, native of Point Pleasant, was a long time machinist for the C&O railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. W. VanMatre
Jean Haynes
John Alexander van Matre
Huntington
van Matre
D. S. VanMatre
C&o Railway
Carriers Win Prizes At Athens Messenger Party
Four local boys Sonny Somerville Bob Elliott Dale Jones and Donald Waldie attended The Messenger party in Athens Saturday night They earned prizes in a circulation contest Somerville a July Washington group member received a bicycle and a watch Jones and Elliott got bicycles Waldie received a radio Mrs Scotty Hyre local circulation manager and her father Elmer Plymale of Gallipolis Ferry provided transport and returned the bikes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Sonny Somerville
Bob Elliot
Dale Jones
Donald Waldie
Athens
Somerville
Washington
Jones
Elliott
Waldie
Scotty Hyre
Elmer Plymale
Gallipolis Ferry
New Insurance Office Opens in Masonic Building
David O Neil a local insurance man since 1943 opens an office in the Masonic Building and will add a real estate business. He moved to Point Pleasant in 1940 from Petersburg Virginia to work at the shipyard. He married a local girl Luvena Neal and they have a daughter.
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Point Pleasant
David O'Neal
Petersburg
Army
Navy
Gardner sprains leg in football game with Gallipolis
Peter Gardner son of Mr and Mrs Carl A Gardner of 2322 Jefferson Blvd sustained a leg sprain during Friday night’s football game against Gallipolis. He was under a doctor’s care the following day and may be sidelined briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Peter Gardner
Carl A. Gardner
Jefferson Blvd
Gallipolis
Addison family visits and vacation notes in Ohio and West Virginia
Mr and Mrs C E Rothgeb spent a Sunday with Ara Grover and family in Eleanor West Virginia. James Baker and Ed Thompson take a two week railroad vacation. The Thompsons plan to visit relatives in Columbus. Virginia Hern and family stay with Bessie McCarty in Bucyrus while Elmer Hern visits. Marty Gilmore visits grandmother Dora Carman. Kenneth Hern hunts with Elmer Hern. H H Edwards and daughter Susan return to Columbus after visiting here and Oak Hill. They purchase a new car. David Butcher of Houston Texas visits daughter Mrs Paul Baker. Raymond McCarty and daughter Kathy visit Bessie McCarty Roy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Denny Vaughn
Oceola
Ohio
Pt. Pleasant
H. H. Edwards
Susan
Columbus
Oak Hill
David Butcher
Houston
Texas
Paul Baker
Raymond McCarty
Kathy
Gallipolis
Bessie McCarty
Labor survey sought in Nelsonville for local workers
The Nelsonville Chamber of Commerce seeks the number of women in Nelsonville or within ten miles who would take jobs paying 30 to 45 dollars a week. Women should mail name age experience and address to Box 238 Nelsonville before September 24. Information will be confidential and helpful to attract a prospective industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Commerce Officers
Eagles Rally To 14th Win Beats Mingos 20 to 1
Nelsonville Eagles dominate Logan Mingos 20 to 1 in a Sunday game. Bob Fick earned the win. Frank James relieved in the seventh. Champ and Patton led with three hits each as 16 hits supported the big early lead. Logan’s Stewart and Bicknell each had two hits for the Mingos.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Eagles
Logan Mingos
Bob Fick
Frank James
Eagles
Mingos
Champ
Patton
Stewart
Bicknell
Logan
Nelsonville AB Rhoa Bapling
Sietedatn
DARE
Ncaconnee D
Craiid
Wman
Ssu As
GO Jenkins
PREY
Cennencsnes Os
Peingeld
Achauer
Cliniemmane
Karshner
Brooker
Ansel
Newman
RBI
Barstow
Dane
Jenkins
Ray
James
Cope
Nels
Fick
Whyte & Carlin
Nelsonville Social Notes Highlights WSCS Circle Event
Mrs Mabel Barnecut entertained the Susan Nah Wesley Circle of the WSCS at her home. Circle leader Mrs John Herrold presided with devotions by Mrs Walter Lenox and study review by Mrs Julius Fischer on India at the Threshold. Guests included Mrs Herbert Leyshon of Philadelphia and Mrs Davis of Granville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Mabel Barnecut
Susannah Wesley
WSCS
John Herrold
Walter Lenox
Julius Fischer
India
Stanley Dew
Herbert Leyshon
Philadelphia
Davis
Granville
Social notices from Laurelville and Nelsonville social roundups
Mrs Cecil Shafer and several others spent Thursday in Laurelville. Guests of the Shires M Cagg included Vernon Patterson and family from Akron, Howard Thompson, Carl Wiegal, Ray Barnett, Lawrence Cagg and daughter Linda. Mrs Herbert Leyshon left for Columbus for a week and Mrs Leyshon and Mrs Stalter returned from Bay View Michigan. Frank Dowler's guests included Alfred Darby family, Harvey McNutt family, and Francis Young from Zanesville. Camp and Conference group for Christian Church in Nelsonville will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m instead of Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Shafer
Donald Shafer
William Brooks
William Meyer
John Kelso
Julius Fischer
Laurelville
Shires M. Cagg
Vernon C. Patterson
Jimmy
Ronnie
Akron
Howard Thompson
Carl Wiegal
Ray Barnett
Columbus
Lawrence Cagg
Linda
Herbert Leyshon
Philadelphia
Leyshon
R. R. Stalter
Bay View
Mich
Frank Dowler
Alfred Darby
Joy
Alfred Jr
Sherry Lynn
Harvey McNutt
Deloris
Helen
Harry
Zanesville
Francis Young
Nelsonville
Christian Church
George Barrows
Emblem Club to Meet at Elks Club Tuesday Evening
Nelsonville announces Emblem Club will gather at the Elks Club Tuesday at 7 30 p m with a potluck lunch served for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
The
Emblem Club
Elks’ Club
London Fog Fever Rogues Through Winter of 1879 80
London endured a near continuous fog from November 1879 through February 1880. It was the worst fog fever period recorded in the city, with thick city air and persistent haze affecting daily life.
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London
Four Persons Fined In Municipal Court
Four arraignments on intoxication complaints in Mayor Oral Daugherty s court ended the week with all defendants pleading guilty. Each was fined 25 dollars plus costs. Harold Carnsey Trimble Emery Murphy Dorr Run Joe Bryan Nelsonville Reno Sowers Coolville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Oral Daugherty
Harold Carnsey
Trimble
Emery Murphy
Dorr
Joe Bryan
Reno Sowers
Coolville
Band Delivers Class A Show At Grid Tilt
Ville High School Band under James Gilbert performed Friday at the Greyhound Holy Family football game. Half time saw H F formed for Holy Family then a flat football morphing into a pig skin and finally the letter N. Band rehearsed three weeks for the season. Unfavorable weather kept them from appearing at The Plains game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley JO Crane
Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
James Gilbert
Holy Family
Gilbert
New Pastor James Hyde to Lead Alexander Church
The Rev. James L. Hyde will be installed as pastor of the Alexander Church near Hebbardsville by the Presbytery of Athens on Wednesday. The installation will be led by Rev. Homer C. McMillin Rev. Fred E. Luchs and Rev. John Lloyd Evans. Hyde, a Pennsylvania native and Princeton alumnus, will lead the parish previously without a settled pastor since 1941. His sister Anna Hyde and his two married daughters in Los Angeles and near Washington, D.C. accompany him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Hyde
Alexander
Hebbardsville
Athens
Homer C. McMillin
Middleport
Fred E. Luchs
John Lloyd Evans
Nelsonville
Louis Campbell
Zanesville
Bellaire
Carpenter community service and reunions noted in local ledger
Carpenter Columbia School planned a September 21 community service at the schoolhouse. On September 14 about 40 Carpenter Sunday School members spent the day at Lake Hope. Woodyard relatives from Cincinnati attended a reunion including M J Augustin Mike Jr and Jannine, Irene Jordan, Vonne Grady, N S Woodyard, and C C Woodyard hosted a visit that week in Cincinnati celebrating a 51st wedding anniversary with a gladiola corsage for Mrs. Woodyard. Mary E Starkey visited Chillicothe with her sister Dora Mark. W C Nichols of Athens visited his aunt W E Reeves. Ollie B Burke and Tommy Lee Burke of Cincinnati visited Lyle and Dolphus Burkes. Mrs. Howard Trockmorton of Columbus was a guest of W A Dailey and Chester Dailey. Marvin Chase and family moved to the Paul Cross farm formerly owned by Marion Harner. Juanita Vinson of Louisville vacationed with Max Crabtree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Columbia School
Carpenter Sunday School
Lake Hope
Cincinnati
Woodyard
M. J. Augustin
Mike Jr
Jannine
Hugh Jordan
Irene
Vonne Grady
N. S. Woodyard
C. C. Woodyard
Mary E. Starkey
Chillicothe
Everett
Dora Mark
W. C. Nichols
Athens
W. E. Reeves
Ollie B. Burke
Tommy Lee
Lyle Chapman
Dolphus Burke
Howard Trockmorton
Columbus
W. A. Dailey
Chester Dailey
Marvin Chase
Cincinnati Livestock Market Report
Salable hogs 2 500 with weights from 160 to 450 plus. slaughters moderate with most declines in common cattle and heifers. Egg and poultry prices mixed. butter prints up to 79 cents. market tone steady to weak across hogs cattle and sheep as receipts adjust.
Sugar consumption per American exceeds global average
Before World War II the average American used more than 100 pounds of sugar annually, compared with 29 pounds per capita for the world as a whole.
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Reese Services
Mechems
Beaco
F. J
Beasley CO
Mrs
Chester L. Plants
Trinity Methodist Church
Elizabeth Frances Sayre
Relaford Sayre
Arbuckle
Isaac G. Plants
Hickory Chapel
Holly O. Shamblin
Riverman
Boy
Masonic
Addison
Nelsonville News
Dean
Nelsonville Social Notes
Grid
Cincinnati Livestock
Cincinnati Produce
U.S. A
U.S. B
J. L. Gwinn
Luchs
John Jagers
F. Gwinn and Family
Mary A. Copeland
W.N. Hartley
Jacksonville
Baughman’s
Albany
Kerr's Hardware
Canaonville
Athens Ice & Storage
Buick CO
Studebaker
Central Ave
Dial
Michael Swarp
Drakes
Graham
W. Union St
Fair Grounds
Ensepnaen Haere
John Poston
Guysville
FORD
Dick Atkins
W. Union
OLDS
Reid Sewell
Sewell
Cash
Richland Ave
Bridge
L.w.b
Rev. Harris
Chesterhill
Mercury Motor
Morrison Store
Chauncey
ALMA
America
Nelson
Southern Ohio
Pike Street
Marietta
Allen Easterling
Gib Wilson
Athens Willys Company
Washington Street
Drexler
Buck
Chevrolet
Chrysler
Athens Auto Parts
Auto Service
Red Embrey
Mgr
C.A. Daugherty
Dodge
N. Court St
Athens Motor Sales
DeSoto
Plymouth
State St
ALGEO
Algeo Motor Sales
Lancaster St
Brown’s Pure
Chess
White
Superior Electric CO
West State St
Kroger Super Mkt
Housewives
U-Do Laundry
Union Street
Strawn Plumbing CO
C. L. Williams
Logans
National Assn. of Piano Tuners
Wm. P. MacDonald
Modern Appliance Co
Hoover
Richland
Washington St
Marie G. Hoffee
Central
Ours Maytag
W. State
Pope Electric Motor Service
W. O. Rose
F. C. Stone
E. State Street
Weber Heating Eating
D. M. Goddard
Athens County
Berry Hotel
L. J. Moon
Bardin’s
Earl Seel
O. R.D
Orville Dailey
Athens Pharmacy
Mr. Konkeler
Searchiampi Hactern Tandhaeen Italiana Entaaamineataas
Charles Cochran & Sons
the Plains
the Messenger
Care the Messenger
Orville Dailey Farm
Franklin
Saeendhh
Anareinde
Snentapiaia
Johnnie Poston
Athens R
Phone
Guernsey
C. C. Conant
Athens, CO. R.D
Lenna Finsterwald
Canaan Road
J. C Harner
N. Congress St
Higgins Feed Store
New York
United
W. 60Th
Huffman
Huffman Transportation Service
Altman’s
Altman
Empire Card
Elmira
N.Y
Rardin’s
Rosenberg
Pere Son. Blackmore's
Westfall's
Goredon Bush
ACT Now
MERIT
Willam St
Newark
N.J
National Tube Company
Lorain, Ohio
Ohio State Employment Service
Athens, Ohio
Glouster
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