Ground-Breaking Rites Held For New Point Pleasant Resort
The Ohio Valley sees a $2 million Pleasant Point Resort break ground in Point Pleasant on Route 62. West Virginia officials, led by Secretary of State Joe F. Burdett, tout the project as a regional economic boost with a 132 room suites motel, Summit Hall seating 900, and extensive recreation facilities. Completion slated for 1963 with opening target set for December.
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New Point Pleasant Resort
Point Pleasant
Pleasant Point
Joe F. Burdett
West Virginia
Route 62
Burdett
Ohio Valley
Dick Wood
The
McCor
Virgil Siders
QO. C. Hall
Appalachian Power Co
Zando, Martin and Milstead
Charleston
Ohio River
Mason Bands Rated Tops In Festival
Point Pleasant and Wahama Junior High bands earned superior ratings at the Ripley junior high band festival last Saturday. Wahama performed three selections under Thomas B. Reed. Point Pleasant, a 52 member group, played two numbers directed by Robert McGlothlin with James Andrews assisting.
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Point Pleasant
Wahama
Ripley
Thomas B. Reed
Robert McGlothlin
James Andrews
Point Pleasant High School
Pleasant Valley Hospital Births and Visitors
Mr and Mrs Charles Morris of Middleport welcomed a son. Mr and Mrs Harold Deweese of Leon welcomed a daughter. Mrs James Gilbert of Point Pleasant, Mrs Pasker Akers of Pliney, Susan Wilson of Point Pleasant, Mrs William Henry and their son of Gallipolis Ferry, and Mrs Walter Reitmire and her son of Hartford were listed as visitors.
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Charles Morris
Middleport
Harold Deweese
Leon
James Gilbert
Point Pleasant
Pasker Akers
Pliney
Susan Wilson
William Henry
Gallipolis Ferry
Walter Reitmire
Hartford
John F. Roach
Mason
James L. Miller
Gallipolis
Paul Bartee
Bidwell
Carl E. Morris
Rutland
Fred _ E. Spencer
Sarah E. Teaford
Minersville
Charles Sharp, Jr
Racine
Benjamin F Sommer
Hilda G Smith
Ravenswood
Early F. Jordon
John F. Ankrum
Cottageville
Paul C. Ruggles
Wellston
Donald E. Bailey
Pomeroy
Merrill C. Clark
Millie C. Folden
Scott T. VanVranken
Greg E. Corey
South Point
Lewis W. Moore
Fred Mollett
Hanzel B. Fitzgerald
Ashland
Emma L. Whitt
Pliny
Alta A. Deverick
Oak Hill
Robert E. Halley
Crown City
Walter R. Hart
Ironton
Charles E. Mays
Proctorville
Maurice A. Mayes
Point
Five appear in JP court pay fines for vehicle faults
Five persons faced Justice of Peace A M Goodwin in Point Pleasant. Robert Ray Spencer and Howard Lee McClellan paid $10 and costs for defective muffler. James M Rhodes paid $10 and costs for failure to keep vehicle under control. Glen Edward Brumfield paid $10 and costs for reckless driving. John Davis paid $10 and costs for intoxication.
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Point Pleasant
Justice of Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Robert Ray Spencer
Howard Lee McClellan
Mt. Alto
James M. Rhodes
Staats Mill
Glen Edward Brumfield
Chillicothe
John Davis
Birthday visits and social notes from Chauncey area
Mr and Mrs Harry Love and children visited George Starkey of Guysville for his 80th birthday. Local families from Huntington W Va Nelsonville Athens and Chauncey share visits greeting relatives and attending Grange and church events. A Chauncey Methodist Church rummage sale runs Monday through Saturday at McKee Variety Store with James Carroll Yost 22 and Mary Lee Shinn 18 listed.
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Harry Love
George Starkey
Guysville
Lee Dillon
Otis Arthur
Huntington
W. Va
Dale Scott
Carl Ross
Grange
Albany
Ralph Davis
Brenda Ellen
Nelsonville
Paul Cottrill
Mary Love
Willard Simonton
Chauncey
Leo Blackford
Hewitt
The
Chauncey Methodist Church
McKee
Converse St
James Carroll Yost
Arbuckle
Mary Lee Shinn
Robertsburg
Garden Club Elects Chiefs Chauncey 1962 63 Officers
Chauncey Garden Club elected officers for 1962 1963 led by President Mrs Hollis Stalder and vice presidents Mrs Ralph Brown and Mrs Dow Bridgewater. Also named secretary Mrs Don Olbers treasurer Mrs Russell Staley and committees including Publicity nominating scrapbook librarian tribute membership and program chaired by listed members.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Garden Club
Hollis Stalder
Ralph Brown
Dow Bridgewater
Don Olbers
Russell Staley
Stalder
S. L. Rarst
Roger Boling
Charles Newman
Bridgewater
Andy
Mansion House and Tu-Endie-Wei Park Open Season
Mansion House and Tu-Endie-Wei Park opened their season with a 9 AM to 5 PM daily schedule. A record crowd is expected as West Virginia marks its 100th birthday. Last season drew over 22 000 visitors. hostesses are Mrs D G Wilfong and Mrs Louis Bateson. park manager is Eli Riser.
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Point Pleasant
Tu-Endie- Wei Park
West Virginia
Mansion House
D. G. Wilfong
Louis Bateson
Eli Riser
Arrests Over Alcohol Charges Mark Mason County Area
State Police and sheriff deputies arrested Ivan Young 49 of Clifton at 5 15 p m on a driving while intoxicated charge. Goebel Hammond 36 of Pliny and Charles Sterne 36 of Kananga were also taken on intoxication charges. Hammond and Sterne blocked a secondary road when officers arrived. U S production of paper and paperboard in 1962 rose to about 37 5 million tons, up 2 million from 1961. U S consumption rose 2 million tons to 42 million. Sir Hiram S Maxim pioneered the first practical machine gun in 1888.
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Point Pleasant
Ivan Young
Clifton
State Police
Sheriff’s Department
Goebel Hammond
Pliny
Charles Sterne
Kananga
Hammond
Sterne
U. S
Hospital Births and Listed Residents Noted
Holzer Hospital notes report multiple births to families in Gallia and adjacent towns including Roush Bass Borden Shriver Roach and Bartee. The snippet also lists numerous residents by name and locality with a note that blood usage Monday was one pint.
Rev Pitzer Named Crusade Leader In Mason County
Reverend Charles A. Pitzer, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, is chosen to chair the American Cancer Society's 1963 Cancer Crusade in Mason County. Mrs J G F Johnson, president of the Mason County ACS unit, predicts a successful education and fundraising effort under his leadership.
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Point Pleasant
Charles A. Pitzer
Christ Episcopal Church
American Cancer Society
Mason County
J. G. F. Johnson
ACS
Family visits span multiple towns across Ohio coast to coast
Portland residents Mr and Mrs Eris Price visited his mother Mrs Annie Price. Junior Hauber and Howard Larkins brought families to see Free Larkins in Long Bottom. Roush and Mingus families visited Fred Ross in Chillicothe Burr Oak. Seigfred of Jacksonville and Sorrel ls with the O Kulish family in Columbus.
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Portland
Eris Price
Parkersburg
Annie Price
Junior Hauber
Howard Larkins
Free Larkins
Long Bottom
Harold Roush
Robert Euler
Norman Roush
Chillicothe
William Mingus
Burr Oak
Fred Ross
Mingus
Ross
Butler Seigfred
Jacksonville
Battle Of Point Pleasant history reissued by DAR chapter
The Col. Charles Lewis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution reprints Mrs. Livia Simpson Poffenbarger’s history The Battle of Point Pleasant first issued in 1909. The third printing includes an authorized roster of officers and soldiers from the Oct 10 1774 clash led by Gen Andrew Lewis against Shawnee Chief Cornstalk. Art Perry S Poffenbarger Charleston approved the tribute reprint. A luncheon at Trinity Methodist Church will present the chapter’s resume of the history.
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Point Pleasant
Livia Simpson Poffenbarger
Tu- Endie-Wei Park
Col
Charles Lewis
Daughters of the American Revolution
Poffenbarger
Virginia
Andrew Lewis
Cornstalk
Charleston
George
West Virginia Supreme Court
TV Previews Highlight Classic and Modern Stars
A slate of evening programs features Steve Rhodes uncovering gold riches on a moral edge in Laramie, Zanuck-Darryl Zanuck profile tracing Hollywood’s shifts, Epi Logue with Pat Boone host, Combat battle with Saunders aiding a French girl, Hawaiian Eye in Tokyo pursuit, The Untouchables about Ness’s lead, Red Skelton's dance history with Ginger Rogers, Jack Benny with a wooden dummy salary twist, and Garry Moore hosting Jane Powell Roy Castle and Jack Leonard.
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Wsa2-Tv
NBC
WLWC
Wtvn-Tv
ABC
WCHS
CBS
Wbns-Tv
WHTN
Huntington
Columbus
Charleston
Bronco Sea Hunt Theater
Bat Masterson
NBC News
Enon
ABC News
Loramie Loramie
Combat Bridges
Lloyd Bridges
Darry
Zanuck
Darry Zanuck
Dick Powell
Jack Benny
Dick Powel
Garry Moore
Garry Ancre
Untouchables
Peter Gunn
Huntley
Allen
Laramie
Steve Rhodes
Darryl F. Zanuck
Hollywood
Lee Marvin
Ricardo Montalban
Jack
Jane Powell
Roy Castle
Jack FE. Leonard
TV Guide Tuesday and Wednesday Listings Summary
Channel schedules list Little Giant Part 2 at 5 p.m and Canyon Passage at 5 30 p.m on Tuesday with Armored Car Robbery at 1 10 a.m channel 10 Dallas 11 20 p m Road to Utopia on channel 13 11 20 p.m Wednesday Canyon Passage Part 2 at 5 p m Bed of Roses 1 10 a m Melody in Spring 9 30 a m Pretty Baby 11 20 p m Disbarred 1 p m.
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WLWC
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ABC
Wchs-Tv
CBS
Wbns-Tv
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Huntington
Columbus
Charleston
Maverick
Sea Hunt Theater
Bat Masterson
Maverick Sea Hunt
Maverick Dragnet Juvenile Court News
NBC News
ABC News
Key Hole News News
Doole Gillis
Perry
Perry Come
Higgins
Var Dyke
Dick van Dyke Higgins
Naked City
Emir Corinne
Annes
Steve Allen
Dallas
Utopia
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Jack Nuckols
Charles Libel
Ning and Research Division
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Area Redevelopment Administration
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Norman Diebolt
Chicago
Albert Pick Hotels
Rolfe Lee
L. A. Wright
John McCormick
Summit
Edna Duncan
Miami. la
Ruth Martin
English Court
Horror
John Saxon
United Artists
Robert Redford
Connors
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Stant and
Woleeanse Holden
Lotty Bi Kelly A el A
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Mrs. M. V. Ross
Valle
Athens
Ohio
Saila
Robert Wagner
Dolores Hart
Carolyn Jones
Frankie Avalon
Ernie Kovacs
David Janssen
Polly Bergen
Moyer
Eva Marie Saint
Warren Beatty Y
Karl Malden
Angela Lansbury Brandon Dewilde
Pt. Pleasant
Belva and
Lew
Garden Club
Chiefs
Vansion House
Hiram S. Maxim
Rt. 3
Disney
Arta
Holzer Hospital
Clarence H. Roush
Ray Bass
Thurman S. Borden
Kerr
James D. Shriver
Wallace Ziegler
John Conley
Lula Hubbard
John Blackwood
Irene M. Sayre
Frankie Gibbs
Frank Thompson
Roger Hood
Howard Cornes
Mary Wagner
Ralph Biswaugle
James S. Gerwig
Rev. Pitzer
Wilma Wells
Gerald Sorrells
Greg
Todd
John O’kulish
O’kulish
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WTVN
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Kangaroo Ed Allen
Jack Denton
Pat
Mike
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Hospital
Jane Wyman
Ben Jerrod
Loretta Young
Queen
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DAR Group
Ard Cottrill
West Virginia Conference
Heights Fellowship
Huntington YF
Bellemeade Eub
Cottrill
Jerry Meadows
Alice Kay Jenkins
Builders
Pat Boone
Saunders
Wartorn
Greg MacKenzie
Tokyo
the Untouchables
Ness
Red Skelton
Ginger Rogers
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