POINT PLEASANT Peoples Party Candidate Wins in Hartford
In Hartford municipal elections Bill Fields defeated Mayor John Dillon by six votes. Fields, from the Central Coal Co. mine, ran for the Peoples Party while Dillon carried Citizens and Progressive nominations. Council seats swung to Citizens-Peoples bloc. Progressives lost three seats. Crump won recorder position for a sixth term with 133 votes. Total voters 175. terms to begin later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Bill Fields
John Dillon
Fields
Central Coal Co
Peoples Party
Citizens
Progressive
Citizens-Peoples Bloc
Progressives
Harry Grimm
Citizens and Peoples
Isaiah Gibs
Emil Knight
Citizens Party
Buddy Gibbs
R. C. Rockwell
Dillon
James M. Crump
Poultry Output Hike Discussed in Gallia County
In Gallia County a meeting at the courthouse drew at least 175 people to discuss large scale broiler production. Speakers included Lester Roach and H W Walker plus Emil Matinevsky and William P. Smith who stressed quality, ventilation, costs, and the economic potential of a local poultry industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Lester Roach
Oak Hill
Ing
H. W. Walker
Paul Benbow
Walter
Emil Matinevsky
Ohio State University
William P. Smith
Smith
Family Life Discussions Scheduled at Rio Grande College
Ralph Borsodi, Melbourne Homestead, Fla., cofounder of schools for living and author of Education in Living, This Ugly Civilization, Flight from City, Inflation is Coming, will lead a rural family life discussion at Rio Grande College Sunday at 3 pm in the college library and again Monday at the college assembly with class visits and interviews. meetings open to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ralph Borsodi
Melbourne Homestead
Fla
Rio Grande College
Borsodi
Schools For Living
Operator's License Suspended Six Weeks
GALLIPOLIS The operator's license of Gary Thomas Bane 16 Lower River Wes on Thursday in juvenile court for six weeks. He was arrested by the State Highway Patrol following an accident. The report includes other court actions and estate accounting items from Athens County notices and guardianships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gary Thomas Bane
Lower River
Wes
State Highway ‘Patrol
Brothers to Arrive at Crookham Home
POINT PLEASANT Phil Crookham of Columbus and Harold Crookham of Cincinnati were due to reach the home of Mr and Mrs eo Leon to comfort relatives after word of the death of their brother, Set. William C Crookham on the Korean battlefront. Otis Crookham writes of returning home on leave about April 15 from Briggs Air Force Base Texas. Notice is given that inventories and appraisements have been filed in numerous estates with hearings set for April 26 1951 at 9 oclock am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Phil Crookham
Columbus
Harold Crookham
Cincinnati
Eo Leon
Set
William C. Crookham
Otis Crookham
Briggs Air Force Base
Texas
Ing Spas
Ami
Katale
Ite Blackstone
Altert W. Boetticher
Acka
Alpert Bavetticher
Vilia Conant
Fata
K. Dupler
John H. Gillette
George Hartley
Phos
Dotn P. Kelso
Ight
Clyde D. Metcalf
Edward Newton
Katherinne Fizabeth Niggemeyi
Eatete
John Owens
Anna Peters
Jasper J. Shepard
W. & Southerton
Births at Holzer Hospital and local adoptions noted
Holzer Hospital notes record births and admissions including Jeff D. Kennedy from Vinton and several mothers from Hamden Wellston Pomeroy and surrounding areas. The entry lists names such as Ann Halley Cleland Hines Jerry Lee Nellie Johnson Carla Jane Miller and Robert Lewis among others. A probate notice mentions a hearing date and sunrise longitude references by Judge John F Newcomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Carter
Donna Cole
Jerry Lee
Nellie Johnson
Ditford McGuffin
Clyde ‘King
Carla Jane Miller
Robert Lewis
Robert Roberts
Cecil Sayre
Edward Phillips
Roy Radcliffe
Gordon Mapes
Lyle Pittenger
John F. Newcomb
Gallipolis Church News Highlights Local Services
Grace Methodist and Saint Peter's Episcopal host weekly schedules with sermons, prayers, and classes. First Baptist, First Presbyterian and Pilgrim Holiness churches list worship times, youth programs, choir activities, and midweek meetings across Gallipolis area.
60-Voice School Chorus Presents Spring Concert
Point Pleasant High School showcased a 60 plus member chorus at the Junior High School Auditorium under Mrs Rexrote. The program included solos by Delores Jean Bowen with violin support, Tu Endie-Wet mixed chorus and all girl chorus, plus many named performers and accompanists in a single evening of choral offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
5. D. Rexrote
Delores Jean Bowen
C. R. Schurman
John Sauer
Judy Shinn
Janet Blessing
Barbara Cheesebrew
Brucellosis To Be Topic Of Meeting In Point Pleasant
A public educational meeting of the Mason County unit West Virginia Dairy Men's Association will be tonight at 8. Dr A K Kulter chief of the tuberculosis brucellosis division Bureau of Animal Industry Washington will speak. Dr T C Green state veterinarian and C C Blessing will preside and a new film on brucellosis will be shown. The livestock industry loses about 100 million dollars annually to brucellosis, including 22 percent milk production loss, 32 million in cow values, 5 million in calf losses and 13 million in other stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
West Virginia
Dairymen's Association
A. K. Kulter
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington
T. C. Green
C. C. Blessing
Divorce Cases To Be Heard At May Term
Divorce cases slated for hearing before divorce commissioner William Bardin during the May term include Elizabeth J. Grinstead versus Willie J. Grinstead, Dorothy McCallister versus Jeff McCallister, Harold Edward Cunningham versus Maxine Lane Cunningham, Earlie Venton Thornton versus Lottie Lucille Thornton, George W. Knapp versus Lydia M. Knapp, John A. Bonecutter versus Helen O. Bonecutter, Denver Rollins versus Emma Rollins, Eunice Rollins versus Mildred L. Rollins, Gloria Siemon versus Adolph Siemon, Sarah Arietta Erwin versus Howard Francis Erwin, Myla Chloe Freeman versus Ralph B. Freeman, Dewilda Rutherford versus Carl B. Rutherford, Emogene Williamson versus Chester Freemont Williamson, Howard B. Mayes versus Fioretta A. Mayes, Leota B. Roush versus Fred H. Roush, Estalina Turner Kent versus Harold Arthur Kent, Ora Margaret Keener versus Kenneth Keener, Clyde A. Long versus Myrtle Mey Long, Philip Neville versus Dorothy Neville, Darsel H. Myers versus Margaret Louise Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Siemon
Adolph Siemon
Sarah Arietta Erwin
Howard Francis Erwin
Myla Chloe Freeman
Ralph B. Freeman
Dewilda Rutherford
Carl B. Rutherford
Emogene Williamson
Chester Freemont Williamson
Howard B. Mayes
Fioretta A. Mayes
Leota B. Roush
Fred H. Roush
Estalina ‘Turner Kent
Harold Arthur Kent
Ora Margaret Keener
Kenneth Keener
Clyde A. Long
Myrtle Mey Long
Philip Neville
Dorothy Neville
Darsel H. Myers
Margaret Louise Myers
Pt Pleasant Church Meetings Across Denominations
The list details services for Trinity Methodist Evangelical United Brethren Christ Episcopal Main Street Baptist Christian Science Presbyterian Osedier School and several circuits in Pt Pleasant with times for Sunday worship Sunday school youth fellowships and midweek prayers. It notes sermon topics and weekly activities across the local churches and parishes in a period style church page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist
S. D. Rexrode
Sons of Zebedee
Evangelical United Brethren
F. H Capehart
Minister Heights
Youth Fellowship
Bellerhead
Christian Endeavor
Christ Episcopal
W. C. Bowie
Episcopal Youth Fellowship
Bruce Chapel
KREBS
Donald Lockhart
Main Street Baptist
Daniel M. Dorsey
Christian Science
Main St
Presbyterian
OS Edier
Pioneer Fellowship
C. E. Haney
Vaught Memorial
C. G. Billups
Mason County Lutheran
George C. Werrick
St. Paul's New Haven
Worshiliam
Zion
Broad Run
St. Mark's
U Flats
Worieee
Five Students Enter District Forensics Contest
Five Point Pleasant high school students will compete in the district forensics contest at Huntington Saturday, facing Huntington Central Marshall Vinson and Hurricane High Schools. Mrs. Edward Jackson leads the group. Participants include Marianne Peoples and Annabelle Yarbrough in debating on the welfare state, Marilyn Eastey in dramatic reading A Very Busy Woman, Sandra Sue Jones in the oration Let’s Keep America Free, and Robert Sumner in an extemporaneous speech drawn the hour before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Five Point Pleasant High School
West Virginia Interscholastic Forensic League
Huntington
Huntington Central
Marshall
Vinson
Hurricane
Edward Jackson
Marianne Peoples
Annabelle Yarbrough
Marilyn Eastey
Sandra Sue Jones
Robert Sumner
Defy Friday the 13th at Moose Home Meeting
Thirteen members will gather tonight at the Moose Home to defy the superstition of Friday the 13th by holding their regular meeting with a chicken dinner. Absence costs a member his seat per the by laws, and organizers include Leon Putz and John Glass among others. The group last met in October and plans another meeting in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecrasez Vinfame
Voltaire
Moose Home
A. E. Thomas
Leon Putz
John McNeil
Edward Swint
Benjamin Franklin IV
Jack Rogers
John Glass
L. W. Getty
Okey Burdette
Bill van Horn
Robert Mann
Emory Hawkes
Clifford Stainaker
Mason County Land Transfers Show Multiple Property Shifts
Transactions record in Mason County list several land transfers including Casby Meadows Jr and Betty to Richard and Anne Peek for lot 48 in Country Club Addition Point Pleasant. Cortland Rockwell gains 1 and 25 acres from G Fry, in Hartford. Ciara King sells 50 acres in Union District to Willie King. Isabelle and Arthur Morgan transfer two tracts to Odessa Greenlee in Union District. Raymond and Katie Sines sell 28 acres in Cologne District to Maxine Fowler. Troy Sayre sells three tracts in Cologne. A.S. Allen and Luanna Allen sell Lot 19 Block T to J P Keefer and Irene Keefer in Mt. Vernon Heights Addition Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casby Meadows, Jr
Betty T. Meadows
Richard M. Peek
Anne Windsor Peek
Country Club
Point Pleasant
Richard D. Fry
G. Fry
Cortland
A. Rockwell
Hartford
Ciara M. King
Willie L. King
Charter J. King
Minnie M. Stewart
Union
Isabelle G. Morgan
Arthur C. Morgan
Odessa M. Greenlee
Raymond Sines
Katie Sin
River hull traffic report from Kanawha and Ohio river locks
River traffic data from Sallipolis and Marmet locks lists boats moving up and down the Kanawha and Ohio rivers with times and downstream or upstream directions. The Ohio River shows a rising level with gauge readings and a trollers line of 74 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallipolis
Gallipolis
Louisiana
Solvay
Keystone
Semet
S. Hoagland
Craig
Ayres
Dolle
Pete
Kanawha
D. Zubie
Merrill
Chris Up
Winfield
Hoats
Jefferson
Susie Up
Lewis Up
Dorothy Up
Kennan
Sohio State
Rowe
Rand
Virginia
Cherokee
Leila
Penn-Talbot
Advance
Ohio
Hinton
Kanawha Falls
Wohelo Farm Women’s Club Meets at New Man Home
Pt Pleasant social notes record Wohelo Farm Women’s Club gathering at the home of Mrs Thomas New man Hogsett with co hostess Mrs Harry Bright. Devotionals led by Mrs Charles Withers and lesson on Short Cure in Housekeeping by Mrs John Hanley. Present were numerous members led by Mrs Leonard Watterson with guests Mrs Warren T King and Mrs Homer Lowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wohelo
Casby Ball
W. E. Fletcher
Orlando Wallis
Mozella Dabney
James Gray
John Lambert
Presbyterian Circle Two Hostess Social Review
Mrs Wallace Burdette hosted Circle Number Two of the Presbyterian Church at her 706 Viand Street home. In charge were Mrs John Osher and Mrs Okey Burdette with Bible Study reviewed by Mrs Mae Rhoades. Attendees included Mrs George Sprenger, Mrs A L Rossiter, Mrs Clara Goodman and Mrs Hamilton Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Burdette
Viand St
Presbyterian Church
John Osher
Okey Burdette
Mae Rhoades
George Sprenger
A. L. Rossiter
Clara Goodman
Hamilton Johnson
Religious Education Session at Seaaketetan Church
Mrs Warren T King led Bible study on Higher Education at Seaaketetan Church Wednesday at 2 30 p m Holy devotional was led by Miss Mary McCulloch Co chairs were Mrs Eugene Sterrett and Mrs I G Wolden Attendees included Mrs Paul Raiden Mrs Sanford Rhoades Mrs W R Rice Mrs Earl Gibbs Mr William Steenbergen Mrs Warren King and Mrs Ross Filson The Hickory Chapel First Friends Class will be hosted at Ripley Road by Mr and Mrs Marshal Fowler Monday at 7 30 p m The Women of the Moose plan a Tuesday 8 p m meeting at the Moose Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren T. King
Seaaketetan
Mary McCulloch
Eugene Sterrett
I. G Wolden
Paul Raiden
Sanford Rhoades
W. R. Rice
Earl Gibbs
William Steenbergen
Warren King
Ross Filson
Hickory Chapel Methodist Church
Marshal Fowler
Ripley Road
Point Women’s Club Meeting and Bridge Claimed Prizes
The Point Women’s Club meets today at 7:30 p.m. in the junior high school with program chairs Mrs Dana Durst Mrs Hale Blessing and Mrs T Stribling. Main Street hosted the Married Ladies Bridge Club Thursday afternoon where Mrs S C Wilhelm won the high score prize and other players included Mrs Walter A Windsor and Mrs Mil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Women's Club
Dana Durst
Hale Blessing
Mrs T L Morrison Hosts Heights EUB Circle Meeting
Mrs T L Morrison of Lincoln Avenue will host the Friendship Circle at Heights EUB Church tonight at 7 36 p.m. The gathering is expected to include local members and a brief program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Morrison
Lincoln Ave
Friendship Circle of the Heights
Eub
Local Notices of Visitors and Illness in Town
Cpl Paul Somerville Jr of Diantown Gap Pa visits his parents at 1218 Hogg Street. Mrs John Kay Sr of South Side returns home after days with her son in law Dr Bruce Pollock and wife in Huntington. Mr and Mrs Eugene Sterrett of South Side host weekend guest Robert Kay from Charleston. Rev C G Billup of 108 English Road is ill with influenza at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Paul Somerville, Jr
Bediantown Gap
Paul Somerville
Hogg St
John Kay
South Side
Bruce Pollock
Huntington
Eugene Sterrett
Robert Kay
Charleston
C. G. Billup
English Road
Embezzlement Suspect Returned To Point Pleasant
Adolph Vincent Siemon former patrolman organizer of the Point Pleasant division of the National Maritime Union was returned Thursday by Trooper Robert C. Dilley and Deputy Sheriff T. L. Morrison from New Orleans. He is charged with embezzling 714 dollars from union funds per a complaint by local patrolman Lewis Coleman and faces extradition papers after refusing to waive custody. He is also being sued for divorce by his wife of five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Adolph Vincent Siemon
National Maritime Union
Robert C. Dilley
T. L. Morrison
New Orleans
Siemon
Dilley
Morrison
Maritime Union
Lewis Coleman
Parsons to Return Home After Princeton Accident
Mrs. D. W. Parsons of 2117 Mt Vernon Ave plans to return home this week from Princeton West Virginia where she recuperated after an accident last weekend. Also injured in the crash were her parents Mr and Mrs Hooper who have been released from the hospital. Dr C M McCraty has been released from Point Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
D. W. Parsons
Mt. Vernon Ave
Princeton
W. Va
Clinic
Dr. C. M. McCraty
Point Clinic
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O'Neil Quillen
John Kearns
Dave Fields
Marty Gibbs
Russell Holt
Oticee
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Blanche Cunningham
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Athens County
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Samuel B. Erskine
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Acier
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Servier
BOGE
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Raymond Blanton
Ashland
Blanton
Christman
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Minnie Basom
Joseph S. Basom
Lete Wowstell, Jr
Blanche Metr
Little the Seace Blair
Foster
Cornwell
Lillie M. Bolen
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Guy W. Hayes
Sinacade Ame
Hari Oberk
Susie Hornsby
Jefferson B. Keltns
Keirna
Linstott
Lewik
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Dewey Foot
Bidnrhetteet Mills
Pearl W. Helwig
Elza Sapp
AIT
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Haings
Aaronom Aren
Eeliie
Hare
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Strang
Francs D. White
Oprah G. Tignor
Clarence E. Badtell
M. D. Hughes
Guy Bolen
Bur Wilson Perry
Thomas Wiliams, Sr
Clyne Willie
Joe v Wood Ax
Harve & Sayre
Jobn F. Newcomer
Crookham Home
Holzer Hospital
Hugh Barnhill
Hamden, A
Jeff D. Kennedy
Vinton
Hugh R. Hill
Hamden
J. Wyatt Gilbert
Pomeroy
Owen A Wellston
Robert Mellor
Augusta
Saint Peter's Episcopal Church
Mike Sommer
Dickie Mackenzie
Robert Betz
John Langhorne
Bill Tom Hamilton
Acolytes
James Betz
K. C. Wilson
Grace Methodist
L. A Donnaly
Grace
Saint Peter’s Episcopal
William Crittenden
Episcopal Church
First Baptist
W. H. Green
First Presbyterian
iRev
Linson H. Stebbins
Hugh Evans
Presbyterian Church In America
Vinton Pilgrim Holiness Charge
W. V. Gilkerson
Radcliff School
Clark’s Chapel
Wanda Brown
Ruth Ann Robinson
Agnés Fletcher
Naomi Cochran
Jean Hayman
Marian Cox
Jean Kinnard
Glenna Jean Blain
Carolyn Wallace
Betty Lou Hesson
Chuck Romine
Kyle Perry
Florence Halstead
Lucille Halstead
Charlotte Nibert
Gloria Wallis
Vanda Davis
Sylvia Clark
Elsie Mae Anthony
Ee Wilma Smith
Barbara Nean
Ann Williams
Betty McDaniel
Phyllis Henry
Darlene Cloneh
Joan van Horn
Pt. Pleasant Churches
Circle Two
of the
Moose
Bridge Club
Rs. Morrison
Ben Franklin Co
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