Laurel Lodge Near Lake Hope To Open For 22nd Season
Laurel Lodge will be finished by May 1 to open Lake Hope's 22nd season. The lodge will operate like a motel for travelers with two and four person rooms and a lounge with a stone fireplace. New picnic tables boat tie up stakes and stoves accompany refinished cabins and fresh dinnerware as park improvements aim to draw summer visitors.
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Laurel Lodge
Lake Hope
ROY Cross Messenger
Zaleski
Dick McDaniel
Vinton County
Lake Hope Lodge
McDaniel
Park Office
Ers
Northwood
Travelers Haven
Floyd Loomis
Columbus
Division of Parks
Messenger Newsphotos
Beauty of Zaleski County Highlighted by Speakers
At a Monday meeting of the Zaleski Tri Town ship Association at Brown Zaleski School Johnny Jones Dispatch columnist and R B Will president of Vinton County National Bank praised Vinton Countys beauty natural resources and recreational facilities. They urged constant promotion and exploitation of the counties rugged scenery including Lake Hope.
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Zaleski
Vinton County
Zaleski-Tri-Township Association
Brown-Zaleski School
Johnny Jones
Columbus Dispatch
R. B. Will
Vinton County National Bank
John Potter
Will
Ohio
The
Dispatch
Lake Hope
Emmert and Gill Married in McArthur Ceremony
Alice Emmert of Wellston and Loyd Gill of McArthur wed in a Saturday afternoon ceremony at the McArthur Methodist Church parsonage. Rev. Hugh Liggitt officiated at 4 30 p m with Mr and Mrs Eldon Wyckoff as attendants. The couple, now residing at 107 West Mill Street, McArthur, plan a short honeymoon. Mrs Gill is a Wellston High School graduate and an accountant at Gill Chevrolet Co in McArthur. Gill, chief of McArthur volunteer fire department and owner of a nearby auto service garage, helped grow the department.
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McArthur Methodist Church
Eldon Wyckoff
Gill
Wellston High School
Gill Chevrolet Co
McArthur
West Mill St
Library Gets New Books For Adults
The Herbert Wescoat Memorial Library announces an American Library Association adult title selection with works by Gunther Heyerdahl Hoover and Roosevelt. National Library Week runs April 12 to 18 to promote reading. The bookmobile schedule lists stops at Eagle Mill Swan Wilkesville Zaleski Hamlet Wilton North Allensville McArthur Dundas Creola.
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Eagle Mill
Swan
Wilkesville
Zaleski
Hamden
Wilton North
Allensville
McArthur
Two Men Pay $25 Fines Thursday in Mason
Eugene Jeffers and Richard Redman were arrested on a drunk and disorderly charge in Mason Wednesday night. Officer Charles Walker made the arrest. They were arraigned before Eugene Thompson on Thursday and paid fines of $25 plus costs each.
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Point Pleasant
Eugene Jeffers
Richard Redman
Mason
Charles Walker
Eugene Thompson
Girl Scout Leaders Attend Athens Meet
Mrs. Donald Humphrey, chairman of the cookie sales, reported that Girl Scout booths will be in Point Pleasant stores each Saturday in April. The sales aim to raise funds for lone troops to join before the deadline.
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Point Pleasant
Donald Humphrey
Girl Scout
Humphrey
Lone Scout
Ohio Veterinarians Include Bear Bird and Beavers
In Columbus readers learn that Ohio veterinarians include professionals named Bear, Bird, and Beavers, highlighting a quirky attendance of distinct surnames among local vets.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bear, Bird and
Beavers
Three Added To Highway Maintenance Crew In McArthur
Three new laborers joined the State Highway Department crew in McArthur on Wednesday raising the roster to 36. Frank Hier of Ewington Carroll S Napper of Hamden and Earl Jones of McArthur were added, while Tom Barleon of McArthur Route 1 was discharged. The additions occurred March 23.
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Mcarthur
State Highway Department
Tom Barleon
Frank Hier
Ewington
Carroll S. Napper
Hamden
Earl Jones
Mason County Land Transfers
Ten real estate transfers were recorded in Mason County during the past week. Stutlers sell Union District property to Hussey. Millers move New Haven property to Clark. Brown trustee transfers Englis Court Addn. lots to Govan Enterprise. Perry to Kegley. Coleman to Hodges.
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Point Pleasant
Robert
Margie M. Stutler
Union District
Boyd
Alice Hussey
Harry
Alice Miller
New Haven
Sally Lou
Melvin Clark
Roscoe Brown
Englis Court Addn
Govan Enterprise
Robert Perry
Lewis
James and
Gwendolyn Kegley
Daisy Coleman
Robinson District
Owen and
Inez Hodges
Junior Deputies Meet at Pleasants Club House
The April meeting of the Junior Deputies will be held today at 7 30 p m at the club house on Route 35. A new program is being arranged.
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Point Pleasant
Route 35
Truck Crowded Off Route 17 Damages Vehicle
A furniture truck loaded with furniture left Route 17 and slid into a ditch causing 500 dollars in damage. Driver Lonnie Royal of Troy says another truck headed toward Charleston crowded him off the road and fled. A second driver, George Willard of Columbia, suspects the other truck carried cattle. Authorities seek the hit driver and vehicle.
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Point Pleasant
Lonnie ‘Royal
Troy
Sheriff's Department
Five Ohio county coroners lack medical training
Five of Ohio's 88 county coroners are not physicians. Among them are Vinton County's Joseph E. Strong, a Wilkesville funeral director coroner since 1932, and Charles N. Gaskill of Jackson County, Wellston funeral director and coroner since 1937. The trio also includes Henry Ewing Meigs, Austin Richards Clark, and Clarence J. Deckman Carroll, all funeral directors.
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McArthur
Ohio
Vinton County
Vinton
Joseph E. Strong
Wilkesville
Charles N. Gaskill
Wellston
Jackson County
Strong
Harley
Gaskill
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio University
Ohio State School of Embalming
Columbus
Zanesville
Ohio Funeral Directors Association
Henry Ewing
Meigs County
Austin Richards
Clark County
Clarence J. Deckman
Carroll County
Rebecca Circle meets at Trinity Church for study program
Mrs J G F Johnson led a study of Pauls Letters on The Local Churches at Trinity Methodist Church Rebecca Circle gathering Tuesday evening at Mrs Robert Millers 2614 Garfield Ave Miss Bessie Johnson gave the devotional program Miss Mary Hellems chaired the business session refreshments were served
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J. G. F. Johnson
Paul
Rebecca Circle
Trinity Methodist Church
Robert Miller
Garfield Ave
Bessie Johnson
Mary Hellems
Local residents return from winter trips and visits
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gerlach of Kanawha Street came back Wednesday from Florida where they spent two months at their winter home. Mr and Mrs Leon Thompson of Proctorville Ohio were business visitors in Point Pleasant Thursday and visited Mrs Tom Walters in Mason Bly. The Thompsons are former Point Pleasant residents. Mr and Mrs Frank Yester and daughter and Mrs I A Blain of Gallipolis Ferry and Mrs Bonnie Hinnent of Point Pleasant spent the Easter weekend with relatives in Apex North Carolina.
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Lawrence Gerlach
Kanawha St
Florida
Leon Thompson
Proctorville
Ohio
Point Pleasant
Tom Walters
Mason
Tripp Wins Vinton Spelling Bee in Hamden
Deanna Tripp of Allensville School captured the Vinton County spelling bee title at Hamden School, earning a medal and a spot in the state contest. Runner-up was Bill Reffett of McArthur. 56 participants from local districts competed.
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Hamden
Deanna Tripp
Allensville
Bill Reffett
McArthur
Vinton County
Miss Tripp
Leonard Tripp
Columbus Citizen
Edwin Reffett
D. M. Bryson
John Finch
Jackson City
Allensville Consolidated
Billy Baker
Eugene Graves
Carol Sowers
Charles Stevens
Mary Sue Blevin
Richard Hill
Janice Seitz
Jane Hinson
Nila Detty
Kiwanis Set Scholarship Loan Plan for Mason County
Point Pleasant Kiwanis Club creates a scholarship loan program for local students who cannot finance college. A Mason County student will receive the loan and repay after finishing college. Committee includes Green Roush Brown Hyer All. Members discuss attending Athens Kiwanis meeting April 13 with guest international president Ken Loheed. Prof Roth of Morris Harvey College to speak at Thursday meeting.
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Point Pleasant
Garrett Green
Don Cone
C. J. Hyer
J. J. All
Athens Kiwanis Club
Ken Loheed
Toronto
Canada
C. E. Roth
Morris Harvey College
County Installs Water Cooler at Courthouse
A new electric water cooler was installed on the first floor of the Vinton County courthouse to provide ice water for the public and staff. The unit, bought from Standard Hardware and Supply Co. in McArthur, cost $200.
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Vinton County Court House
Standard Hardware and Supply Co
McArthur
Cellar House Robbery Reported in McArthur Area
Rev McClain of Kelly Road reported to Sheriff Harold Steele that a cellar house lock was broken and two tubeless tires along with a quantity of potatoes were stolen last week.
Vinton Soil Conservation Banquet Draws 127 Attendees
A 13th annual Vinton Soil Conservation banquet was held at Zaleski School with 127 attendees. A ham dinner was served by the Zaleski Chapter of the Future Homemakers of America and their mothers.
Two Divorce Suits Filed By Women Here
Ora Mabel Legg filed for divorce from Samuel Legg citing cruel treatment and seeking custody of one child with support. Peggy Simpkins filed against Carl Milton Simpkins after a Lenore West Virginia marriage in August 1956.
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Point Pleasant
Divorcce
Ora Mabel Legg
Samuel Legg
Kanawha County
Peggy Simpkins
Carl Milton Simpkins
Lenore
W. Va
Vinton County Land Transfers Report
D B Frampton Co transfers 5.12 acres in Elk Township to W W Jeffers. George and Bertha Wilson transfer land in Richland Township to W E and Leona Hinson in a deed correction.
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D. B. Frampton Co
W. W. Jeffers
Elk
George
Bertha Wilson
W. E
Leona Hinson
Richland
Court notes in Hoy vs Lowery petition filed for damages
Vinton County court records show Robert and Loisene Hoy filed a petition against Burt and Irma Lowery seeking a judgment of 1800 dollars for damages.
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Vinton County Court
Robert
Loisene Hoy
Burt
Irma Lowery
House Burns To Ground In Hocking County
McARTHUR The old Yaw place owned by Kenneth Clark of Columbus and occupied by Ruth Urton burned Sunday at 2 30 p m Sheriff Harold Steele said the house lay across the county line in Washington Township near Plymouth cemetery Mrs Urton was using a hot plate and an electric iron and defective wiring was blamed The eight room frame house and one outbuilding were destroyed neighbors saved all but one bed and inmates from the Honor Camp kept other outbuildings from burning
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Honor Camp
Births and admissions at Point Pleasant clinic notes
Mr and Mrs Richard Raike of Gallipolis Ferry welcome a daughter. Admitted were Mrs William Adkins of Gallipolis Ferry Mrs Norman Moss of Gallipolis. Discharged were Cecil Harper of Gallipolis Ferry Margaret McDermitt of Henderson Mrs Raymond Wray of Apple Grove and Mrs Frelon Swisher of Point Pleasant.
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Richard Raike
Gallipolis Ferry
William Adkins
Norman Moss
Gallipolis
Cecil Harper
Margaret McDermitt
Henderson
Raymond Wray
Apple Grove
Frelon Swisher
Point Pleasant
Marriage Licenses Listed For Four Individuals
Leon R. Littlejohn 18 of Wellston Route 2 laborer and Joan Eldian Fancher 17. Clarence W. Lopez 56 of New Plymouth Route 1 coal operator and Luella M. Dicken 30 of New Plymouth.
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Leon R. Littlejohn
Wellston
Joan Eldian Fancher
Hamden
Clarence W. Lopez
New Plymouth
Luella M. Dicken
Pleasant Point religious notices list Sunday services
A long list of area churches in Point Pleasant details service times for Sacred Heart St Josephs Mason Christ Church Episcopal Harmony Baptist Heights EUB Main Street Baptist Nazarene Henderson Tabernacle Church of Christ and others. It includes Holy Mass mornings worship Sunday school and special events through Palm Sunday Holy Week leading to Good Friday with Dr A E Beckett as guest minister.
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Jon O'Reilly
Sacred Heart Church of
Point Pleasant
St Joseph’s of Mason
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Main St
Christ Church Episcopal
Jerome D. Rodgers
Young People’s Fellowship
Harmony Baptist
Harry Miller
M. Heights
Roy McCoy
Main Street Baptist
Kenneth Chandler
Church of the Nazarene
J S Bramon
Henderson Tabernacle
Orville Walker of
Spencer
Church of Christ
Henderson Clifford Shaver
Church of God
George Orler
Bellemead Eub
Jack Higgins
Youth Fellowship
Ada’ Christian Endeavor
Robert Kessinger
Eub
Leon
Donald Pringle
Rock Castle
Yanger
Shiloh
Mr. Zion
Promise Land
Warren
Seventh Day Adventist
G. C. Mowry
J. S. Lloyd
Jackson Ave
Spillman Methodist
West Columbia
Mack Bennett, Jr
Trinity Methodist
Carden Hillman
Fellowship of the Church
Jerusalem
Jesus
Pioneer Farm Women's Club Plans April Meeting
Mrs. Andrew McCausland president of the Pioneer Farm Women's Club will host the April meeting at her home Monday at 7 30 p m Mrs C E McCulloch will present the lesson study on the subject Your Food and Your Teeth.
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Andrew McCausland
Pioneer Farm Women’s Club
C. E. McCulloch
Anne Bailey Farm Clubmeets at Casto home Tuesday
Members of the Anne Bailey Farm Women's Club meet Tuesday afternoon at Sand Hill Road home of Mrs. Gay Casto with president Mrs. Powell Reynolds presiding. Mrs. Oak Thomas reviews the lesson study on Your Food and Your Teeth.
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Anne Bailey Farm Women’s Club
Gay Casto
Sand Hill Rd
Powell Reynolds
Oak Thomas
Farm Women's Club Meets With Tooth Health Talk
Mrs I A Blain hosted Iahee Farm Women's Club at her Gallipolis Ferry home. Ramona Holliday demonstrated teeth care and committee reports were shared. A spring luncheon is planned for April 29 at the Catholic parish house in Mason City.
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I. A. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Iahee Farm Women’s Club
Ramona Holliday
Garland Mohr
Farm Women's Club
Mason City
William Reebel
Garland Bostic
Reginald Archer
Lettie Jennings
Howard Garland
Charles Wilson
John Gill
Black Chapel Church Guild Quilts At Gallipolis Ferry
The Black Chapel Church Guild spent the day quilting at the home of Mrs. John Gill in Gallipolis Ferry. A noon potluck dinner was served with attendees including Mrs. Lillian Arrington and daughter Ruth, Mrs. Reginald Archer, Mrs. I. A. Blain, and Mrs. W. H. Reebel.
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Black Chapel
Benefit Bridge and Canasta Party by Point Pleasant Club
The Point Pleasant Women's Club sponsors a benefit bridge and canasta party Friday at 7 30 p m at the Moose Home. Tickets are available at the door. Finance committee members in charge include Mrs Forrest Skidmore Mrs Donald Humphrey Mrs I G Wolden Mrs O V Knipp Mrs William Heslop Mrs Jerry Rodgers Mrs Walter Geilker and Mrs Donald King.
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Point Pleasant
Marian Circle Meets at Mrs Darby Home
Mrs James Darby hosted Marian Circle of Trinity Methodist Church on Tuesday evening at her Marquette Avenue home. Mrs Eunice B Beller led devotionals and the study book, with Mrs Charles Johnson presiding over the business meeting as chairman.
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James Darby
Marquette Ave
Marian Circle
Trinity Methodist Church
Eunice B. Beller
Charles Johnson
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Loyd Gill
Athens
Mason County
Ments
Janice Harper
Donald Graves
Brown Zaleski
June Traxler
Jerri Hamilton
Brenda Harkless
Pamela Molihan
Robert Pinney
Michael Reading
Michael Perry
Gary Webb
Dundas
Nancy Climer
Goldie McManus
Shirley Brumfield
Eagle Central
Wisona Hill
Edwin McWhorter
Betty Swackhammer
John Albright
Lynda Cassill
Shirley Depue
Jack Fain
Sandra Little
Linda Maerker
Sher
Ry McIntire
Shelia Ward
Wayne Young
Jane Molhan
Gary Swingle
Ann Daft
Gary Chesser
Cecelia Calvin
Kathy Chesser
Bill Bullock
Paul Hoyd
Sandy Conway
Mike Ballard
Charles Campbell
Evelyn Pendleton
Paula Maynard
Laura Knox
Troy Thacker
Randy Pridemore
Richard Wells
Kathy Scheerschmidt
Nancy Napper
Judy Lambert
Kiwanis
Vinton Soil Conservation Banquet
C. M. Ogle
Roscoe H. Eckelberry
Ohio State University
Eckelberry
Pearl Fogle
Lancaster
Frank Newell
Athens Farm
E. B. Webb
Professor Eckelberry
Zaleski High School
Cumberland
Ohio State
Bureau of Educational Research
Journal of Higher Education
Educational Research Bulletin
United States
Conservation Education Association
Point Pleasant Clinic
Pr. Pleasant Church News
A. E. Beckett
First Methodist Church of
Huntington
Mrs. Casto
Illahee Club
Church Guild
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