Point Pleasant Seniors Stage The Perfect Idiot Play
Seniors at Point Pleasant High School presented The Perfect Idiot last night in the high school auditorium. The cast included Larry Joe Barr as Daniel Tennyson and Karen Roseberry as Margaret Tennyson with John Miller and Suzanna Lynch in supporting roles. Directors were Mrs. Lavenia Jackson and Mrs. Eunice Beller, with student director Dave Dickens and stage managers listed among the crew.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Larry Joe Barr
Daniel Tennyson
Karen Rose
Home Demonstration Week Observed In May
National Home Demonstration Week will be observed May 17 with the theme to build tomorrow's world. About 7 percent million homemakers will participate in the 15th national observance, focusing on quality of family living and better homemaking, time and money management, and household efficiency across rural and urban areas.
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Point Pleasant
Gertrude Hum
Phreys
West Virginia University
Miss Humphreys
Agricultural Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Week in Washington contest deadline set April 17
The Week in Washington program invites 22 high school juniors from the Fourth Congressional District to spend a week in Washington. Entrants must be submitted by midnight Sunday April 17. Winners receive round trip rail fare, housing, a $20 allowance, and are chosen for scholarship and leadership.
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Washington
Ken Hechler
D-Wva
Army Distaff Hall planned for army widows
General Heads Group announces that Lt General Leonard D. Heaton and Mrs Heaton accept invitation to join the National Sponsor's Committee of the Army Distaff Foundation. The project aims to build a residence hall for widows of army officers on a fourteen acre site facing Rock Creek Park in Washington DC.
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Point Pleasant
Leonard D. Heaton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army Distaff Foundation
John E. Dahlquist
United States
Dwight Eisenhower
Gen Heaton
Parkersburg
Emma Dudley Heaton
West 12Th Street
Washington, D. C
Gen. Heaton
Army Distaff Hall
District of Columbia
Rock Creek Park
Motherless Children After Woman's Death in Ohio
Mrs Vallie Toney Jr of Columbus Ohio died at Grant Hospital after four months illness she was mother of three Wallie Tony II age 8 Victor age 5 and April age 1 Surviving husband and three children Funeral services to be announced by Raynes Funeral Home Buffalo West Virginia
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Point Pleasant
Vallie Toney, Jr
Columbus
Ohio
Grant Hospital
Vallie Toney
Charleston Road
Wallie Toney
Victor
Raynes Funeral Home
Buffalo
W. Va
Funeral service held for Mrs Vallie Toney Jr 31 Columbus
Funeral services were conducted today at Raynes Funeral Home for Mrs Vallie Toney Jr 31 of Columbus with Rev Gaston Boyle pastor of First Presbyterian Church officiating. She was buried in a Buffalo cemetery. She was the daughter in law of Wallie Toney of Point Pleasant and died Monday morning at Columbus Hospital.
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Point Pleasant
Vallie Toney, Jr
Columbus
Raynes
Gaston Boyle
First Presbyterian Church
Buffalo
Two Couples Seek Marriage Licenses in Point Pleasant
Two couples have applied for wedding licenses in Point Pleasant. Charles William Pearson 18 son of Wesley and Frances Whitt Pearson and Pauline Joyce Duff 19 daughter of Joe and Alma Duff. Harry Clifford Machir 43 son of Harry and Cyrena Machir and Nina Sayre Chase Horn 36 daughter of the late Jonathan and Jennie Chase.
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Point Pleasant
Charles William Pearson
Wesley
Frances Loraine Whitt Pearson
Pauline Joyce Duff
Joe and
Alma Shields Duff
Harry Clifford Machir
Harry and
Cyrena Edwards Machir
Nina Sayre Chase Horn
Jonathan
Jennie Sayre Chase
Point Pleasant Clinic Notes Brief Births and Discharges
Mr and Mrs Harry Lucas Point Pleasant welcome a son. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Carlyle Point Pleasant welcome a son. Admitted Blanche Punty Pliny Mrs Lulu Jacks Langsville Roy Daugherty Point Pleasant Route 2 Discharged Eli Riser Point Pleasant Ruby Fridley Letart.
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Point Pleasant
Lloyd Carlyle
Blanche Punty
Pliny
Lulu Jacks
Langsville
Roy Daugherty
Eli Riser
Ruby Fridley
Letart
Mason County Land Transfers Report
John and Mona Rutherford transfer real estate in the city to Charles and Ethel Simmons. Anna and George Mees move Waggener District property to Donald and Ellen Foglesong. Lewis and Mary Schwarz transfer Waggener District land to Richard Spurlock and Everett Huffman. Wendell and Janice Shiflett transfer city property to Harry and Lettie Jean Goodnute. Herbert Tucker transfers Union District real estate to Theodore and Bertha Bowers. Erma S Diehl transfers real estate to Alice Presnell. Marian R Henry Elinor Ewing Jane Darrow Barret Alan and Ramon Diehl Gordon and Lucille Meadows transfer Hannan District real estate to Elsie Holley.
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John and
Mona Rutherford
City
Charles and
Ethel Simmons
Anna and
George Mees
Donald and
Ellen Foglesong
Lewis and Mary Schwarz
Waggener
Richard Spurlock
Everett Huffman
Wendell
Janice Shiflett
Harry and
Lettie Jean Goodnute
Herbert Tucker
Union District
Theodore and
Bertha Bowers
Erma S. Diehl
Alice Presnell
Marian R. Henry
Elinor, Ewing
Jane Darrow
Barret
Alan and
Ramon Diehl
Gordon and
Lucille Meadows
Hannan District
Elsie Holley
Gerlach couple return from Florida winter home
Point Pleasant notices report Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gerlach Sr. of Kanawha Street have come back after several weeks at their winter residence in St. Petersburg Florida.
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Lawrence Gerlach, Sr
Kanawha Street
St. Petersburg
Fla
Pleasant Valley Hospital Birth Notices
Pleasant Valley Hospital reports multiple birth announcements including a son for Mr. and Mrs Perry Livingston of Point Pleasant and sons for Mr. and Mrs Clarence Barnette Grimms Landing. Other entries list Barbara Jones Pliny and Kathy Weaver New Haven among several residents noted.
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Perry Livingston
Point Pleasant
Clarence Barnette
Grimms Landing
Barbara Jones
Pliny
Rena Sharp
Ashton
Josephine Young
Kathy Weaver
New Haven
Paul Randolph
Letart
Freeman Pettus
Gallipolis
Glenn Roush
James P. Keefer
Widow-to-be Nina Horn Honored at Miscellaneous Shower
Mrs. Nina Horn, bride-elect of Clifford Machir, was feted at a shower hosted by her daughter Mrs. Carl Siders and Mrs. Hiram Daugherty on Main Street. The Main Street Baptist Church wedding is set for Friday at 6 30 p m with spring flowers decorating the home and a large guest list including Mrs. Joanna Horn and Miss Georgia Martin.
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Nina Horn
Carl Siders
Main Street
Siders
Hiram Daugherty
Joanna Horn
Georgia Martin
Ima McDaniel
Jessie Gilbert
Faye Machir
Mary Hyre
Filene Kelly
Louise Keister
Judy Horn
Ann Stone
Doddee Foran
Charles Machir
Nellie Krames
Isabelle Greer
Pauley Ann Ruttencutter
Wanda Jones
Jenny Cobb
Dorothy Messick
Lillian Robbins
Miss Pauley
Betty Robbins
Frances Dudding
Florence Love
Harry Machir
Lola Dotson
West Virginia Coach Fred Schaus To Speak At Rotary Banquet
West Virginia University basketball coach Fred Schaus will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club’s annual basketball banquet on May 11. The Rotary honors the Big Black basketball squad and coach each year.
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Point Pleasant
Fred Schaus
West Virginia University
Rotary Club
Rotary
Big Black
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Jackie
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Jean Hall
Karen Roseberry
Joan Miller
Suzanne Lynch
Hechler
Congress
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C. P. Stout
Ben Lomond
Point Plasant Clinic
Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Lucas
Mason County
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Pomeroy
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Linda Gardner
Arthur Newsome
John Grimes
New Ha
Ella C. White
Panier
J Yun
Belle-Sharmeer
Wembley
Ariel
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