Riser in fair condition after electrical burn near Armory
Point Pleasant man EX Riser of 119 Park Drive remained in fair condition yesterday after burns from contact with live electrical wires. He was employed by the U S Corps of Engineers and injured last week while helping remove a transformer for the War Assets Administration near the local National Guard Armory.
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Point Pleasant
Riser
Park Drive
U. S. Corps of Engineers
War Assets Administration
National Guard
West Virginia
Firemen Complete Work on New Emergency Car
Point Pleasant volunteers finish installing equipment on a 1937 Dodge ambulance painted red. The car will aid quick transport for illnesses or injuries and accompany the department’s fire truck. It carries stretchers first aid gear a portable iron lung and drowning drag gear funded by local Moose club and bought by members with no charge to residents. The department plans four first aid classes and will accept voluntary contributions.
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Point Pleasant
Two River Motor Co
Vernon Miller
Moose Club
Miller
Treasury
Department
Kenneth Keener
Roy Jackson
Harry Flowers
Rodney Wamsley
Wil LePorte
Leo Choquette
Alph Thomas
Ray Hughes
Franz Darst
Dickie Thomas
Earl Hartinbaugh
Max Maxwell
William Elliott
J. L. Parsons
William Huddleson
Glenn Goodman
Otto Shobe
Sidney Huddleson
Truck Driver Fined for Intoxicated Driving
John M. Wells of Long Bottom Ohio was fined 50 dollars and costs after arrest for driving a truck while intoxicated on Route 62. Trooper R C Dilley made the arrest.
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Point Pleasant
John M. Wells
Long Bottom
Ohio
R. C. Dilley
Birth Announcement for Brown Child in Point Pleasant
Mr and Mrs Clyde Brown announce the birth of a son on Thursday. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Harry Brown of Point Pleasant and Mr and Mrs Pearl DeVault of Gallipolis.
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Point Pleasant
Clyde Brown
Kanawha St
Harry Brown
Pearl DeVault
Gallipolis
Hartford Ladies Bible Class Meets Tonight
The Ladies Bible Class of the Hartford Methodist charge will gather at the home of Mrs. J. M. Crump this evening with Mrs. Crump and Mrs. W. T. Stone as hostesses.
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Hartford
Ladies Bible
Hartford Methodist Charge
J. M. Crump
Principal Drives Lunch Fund At Henderson School
Mrs. Louise Sommers leads a rapid fund drive at Henderson School in Point Pleasant to buy hot lunch equipment. In two weeks $325 of the $800 goal is raised as PTA members and parents donate $5 to $20 each and apples, bake sales, and a magician show fund the effort. The goal is to provide hot lunches for all 280 students, with 75 percent currently without hot meals. A fridge is not needed immediately. an electric stove, electric water heater, and cooking utensils are sought.
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Point Pleasant
Louise Sommers
Henderson School
Sommers
Guy McWilliams
PTA
Full Term For Mason County Schools Seen With Economy
Mason County schools can complete a full nine month term next year if economy is practiced. Superintendent Robert H. Ferguson cites $749 183 available for operations and improvements this year, with costs rising in tuition and repairs but expects an uninterrupted term barring emergencies. He outlines two year expenditures and notes growing needs in repairs and chairs.
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Point Pleasant
Robert H. Ferguson
Mason County
Ferguson
Class Absence For Benefits Ruled Out
Point Pleasant principals voted to bar pupils from missing class to attend benefit shows. They will aid fund campaigns as practicable, noting past epidemics of school hours lost to such events. Officials named Milton Burdette Frank Poling Walden Roush Virgil Sider and C H Withers.
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Point Pleasant
Milton Burdette
Central School
Frank Poling
North Point Pleasant
Walden Roush
Ordnance School
Virgil Sider
C. H. Withers
Shirley Belle Meinge to Leach United in Sept Wedding
Mrs. Clarence Meinge of Gallipolis Ferry announces the marriage of her daughter Shirley Belle to Lewis Russell Leach son of Mrs. Nellie Leach of Point Pleasant. The ceremony conducted by Rev. M. D. Shirlet occurred at 4 30 p m September 24 at his Sixth Street home. The bride wore a black crepe dress with gray accessories and a white rosebud corsage. They will reside at 118 Main Street and Leach is employed at Leach and Wamsley Co.
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Point Pleasant
Clarence Meinge
Gallipolis Ferry
Shirley Belle
Lewis Russell Leach
Nellie Leach
M. D. Shirlet
Sixth St
Main St
Leach
Leach and Wamsley Co
Farm Women Council Hears 1950 Program Topics At Hogsett Home
Mrs. Charles Hogsett hosted a Farm Women's Council meeting with Miss Anna M. Boggs in charge. Attendees included county committee chairs club presidents and many local women. Topics for 1950 cover voting rights rural legislation Denmark study family recreation housekeeping simplification furniture refinishing and personal dress.
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Charles Hogsett
Farm Women's Council
Anna M. Boggs
Farm Women’s Planning Conference
Denmark
Kathryn Reynolds
John Bumgarner
A. E. Sommer
T. B. Roush
Ray Roush
O. O. Sayre
E. A. Bissell
A. N. Dickens
C. FE. McCulloch
Arnett Roush
Dana Durst
Harold Lewis
Charles Stephenson
Howard Garland
I. One
Powell Reynolds
D. Keener
Miller
Frances Sterrett
Boggs
Hogsett
Pt Pleasant Personal Notes
Mrs Walter Jones of 218 River Street has returned home after a stay at the Mason Clinic with improved condition. Mr and Mrs L H Heiskell of 151 Park Drive will spend the weekend in Columbus Ohio. Mrs Juanin Amos of California is visiting Mrs Mina Sayre Lewis at 2225 Jackson Avenue.
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Walter Jones
River St
Mason Clinic
L. H. Heiskell
Park Drive
Columbus
Ohio
Juanin Amos
California
Mina Sayre Lewis
Jackson Ave
Pt Pleasant Church News and Lutheran Parish Notices
MASON COUNTY LUTHERAN PARISH led by Rev George C Wei tick lists St Mark s Evangelical Yepes Flats Sunday school 10 am League 7 pm worship 8 pm. St Paul s Evangelical New Haven Sunday school 9 45 am worship 11 am. Zion Evangelical Broad Run worship 9 am Sunday school 10 am Luther League 7 pm World Wide Communion Sunday Oct 2 sacraments at all three churches Sermon The Lord s Ta MAIN ST Baptist Rev Daniel M Dorsey Rally Day Sunday World Wide Communion Day observed members to join Baptism and new members at evening service
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Mason County
Lord's
Ta- Main ST. Baptist
Daniel M. Dorsey
Patient admitted at Point Clinic in Point Pleasant
Mrs. John W. Comb of Gallipolis Ferry was admitted Wednesday to the Point Clinic for treatment.
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Point Pleasant
John W. Comb
Gallipolis Ferry
Point Clinic
Family Night Observed By Main St Baptist Church
Point Pleasant reports a Family Night at Main St Baptist Church with 200 attendees including representatives and families. A. F. Wilson presided, 34 families were recognized, and the event featured group singing, an instrumental duet, devotional service, and a forum on The Church and the Home.
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Point Pleasant
Main St. Baptist Church Wedy
A. F. Wilson
John G. Aten, Sr
Benny Somerville
Daniel M. Dorsey
Joe D. Coyner
Ella Mae McKinley
Bob Eshepaur
Garret Green
Wilson
Holly Simmons
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Ed Stony
Huntington
Mary Hyre
Ohio River
Schenley
Schenley Distributors, Inc
N.Y.C
Ben Franklin Co
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Pt. Pleasant Church News
Altmans
Athens, Ohio
St.Joseph
Athens
Gabardine
Hollywood
Rayon
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