Balloting on City Charter Initiated by Point Pleasant Council
Point Pleasant council voted to ask voters to draft a new city charter at the May 19 election and to choose seven men for a charter board. Three candidates were nominated, petitions with 200 signatures required for others, while a separate ballot will also address a proposed charter revision and multiple board votes. Council discussed police radio tie in, changing polling site to Central School, Memorial for Odd Fellows, flood wall status, bridge work, park operations, debris disposal, and routine bills totaling 2146.90. The note ends with a Civil War era Trent Affair protest involving a British ship and a US war vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charter
Council
Charter Board
Milton Miller
H. A. Johnson
Charles J. Hyer
Mason
Hartford
New Haven
Bend
Edward Turley
Turley
Central School
Hyer
Circuit Court
Roy Blessing
Odd Fellows Lodge
Lone Oak Cemetery
Lodge
Lions Club
W W. Smith
Harmon Park
Charles Fowler
Lawrence Gerlach
L. W. Getty
Hutchinson
Jackson Ave
14Th St
Morrison
Frances Hatton
Fowler and
Gerlach
Abe Searberry
George Kenny
William Burdette
Emory Hawkes
Ray Greenier
Wadear Thabet
William Darst
Mason County youths assigned to Lackland Air Base
Two Mason County youths were assigned to Lackland Air Base Texas for United States Air Force training. The enlistments were announced Wednesday by local recruiter Sgt W P Hush Leo E Pearson Gallipolis Ferry and Alonzo B Taylor Eleanor who enlisted in the Air Force last week here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Lackland Air Base
Texas
United States Air Force
W. P. Hush
Leo E. Pearson
Gallipolis
Bandsmen At Wahama Honored With Banquet
Wahama High School White Falcon Band members were honored at a March 30 banquet by Band Boosters. Guest speakers included Mr. and Mrs. James Deih and Mr. Clyde Foley. William Duer presented letters and pins to band members while Mr. Brophy of Ohio University spoke about the marching band.
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Nessely
Dyer
Brophy
Ohio University Bands
Ohio University
Seaa
Boosters
Duer
Ray Proffitt
Fred Spencer
Eleanor Ewing
Mark Ward
Rena Grimm
John Lawrence
Wayne Johnston
J. C. Roush
Wilbur Stewart
Legion Post 23 to Hold Regular Meeting Monday
POINT PLEASANT reports members of American Legion Post 23 plan a meeting at the Legion building Monday evening. Also among brief items births list Mrs. Lewis Rayburn of 2106 Mason Bird as new daughter. A local note advises changing oil regularly to avoid engine damage after long operation with un drained crankcase.
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Point Pleasant
American Legion
Legion
Lewis Rayburn
Mason Bird
J. F. Pyles
Parkersburg
Pioneer Farm Women's Club Notes Social Evening
Pt Pleasant social notes list Henderson hosting the Pioneer Farm Women's Club with guests and a program including America sung, devotion led by M M Malcolm on Love, and a lesson on Short Cuts in Housekeeping. Donations were made to cancer and scholarship funds. AAUW to meet Monday at Byus cottage with guest speaker Carroll Casto on Property Rights of Women.
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Harold Supple
Henderson
Pioneer Farm Women’s Club
Singing “America
Robert Darst
Cancer Fund
Scholarship Fund
M. M. Malcolm
John Kay
James Long
Raymond Adams
Darst
Malcolm
Kay
Ray Cr.nk
Eric Nystrom
G. F
AAUW
Byus
C. E. McCulloch
Thei
Garrett Green
Carroll Casto
Peter Steenbergen, Jr
Grant Stanley
James V. Fisher
Ellen Connor
Edna Burdette
Mothers To Meet At Ordnance School Homeroom group
The homeroom mothers of the Ordnance School will gather at the school on Tuesday at 2 p.m. for a meeting to discuss upcoming events and classroom activities.
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Mothers of the Ordnance School
Local residents attend West family homecoming at Tensys
Donald Brantley of Bellemeade, after medical treatment at St. Josephs Hospital in Parkersburg, returned home. Mr and Mrs Joe Barr and children of Ohio River Rd and Mrs Hugh Barr of 2227 Jackson Ave joined the West family homecoming at Tensys on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Clyde Roush and partners attended as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Fellhauver
Fort Bragg
N. C
Marshall Fowler
Ripley Rd
James Lewis
Charleston Rr
Gideon Roush
Letart
Oak Thomas
Don Stebbins
Port Huron
Mich
Howard Milton Selby
Main St
Girard Fowler
Marshall Fellhauer
G. C. Fowler
J. R. Black
Gary
Fellhauer
Lawrence Mattox
Philip
Charleston Rd
Nitro
Mattox
Donald Brantley
Point Pleasant Fire Dept Nominates Candidates
Members of the Point Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department met to nominate candidates for next month’s department election. For chief the slate includes Clayton Parsons Roy Jackson Harry Flowers O M Harshbarger Glenn Goodman Billi Leport Bill Huddleston. Also planned is the annual Fourth of July celebration with a committee of Flowers Parsons and Jackson to meet the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Clayton Parsons
Roy Jackson
Harry Flowers
O. M. Harshbarger
Glenn Goodman
Billi Leport
Bill Huddleston
Fire Department
O. Shobe
Franz Darst
Bill Ellis
Dick Thomas
Sheldon Hill
Rodney Wamsley
E. W. Schwartz
Bill Eliott
Flowers
Parsons
Jackson
Chamber of Commerce
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John Clay Hutchinson
UU. S.engineer Corps
Crooked Creek
Trent
The
Trén
England
Krebiozen
Steven Durovic
Argentina
Chicago
Durovic
Lackland
Wahama
Pomeroy
H. E. Bickert
N. Court St
Athens, C
Nelsonville
Geeta Replanee
Sia
Herbert Henderson
Robert Pace
Madge Byus
Hugh Barr
C. W. Sommer
Raymond Vansellous
Rose Sterrett and Guest
Peggy Stone
Mrs. Supple
Bellmeade
Loig
Paula Brake
Carol Hall
Jo and
Carl Hail
Carolyn Rogers
Connie Sue Brantley
Penny Dickens
Susan Dickens
Retta Sue Green
Robert Jones
John King
W. Ll. Moore
Carl Lynch
Ohio River
Rolland
R. N. Sheets
Charleston
Carrie Gaskins
Syracuse
Pierre
Court St
Athens
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