Elementary Principal Named Group President
Mrs. Mildred Chapman Gibbs an elementary principal was elected president of the Mason County Education Association at its spring meeting in Point Pleasant Junior High. Officers named: Dorothy Mitchell vice president Linda Taylor secretary and Lois Shinn treasurer. Dr Bernard Queen spoke on negotiating teacher contracts and militancy and noted state law differences and rising MT trends. Memorial presented for teachers and board members lost in the Silver Bridge disaster. Mastermen quartet performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mildred Chapman Gibbs
Mason County Education Association
Dorothy Mitchell
Linda Taylor
Lois Shinn
Bernard Queen
Pace Educational Demonstration Center of
Huntington
Ohio State University
Queen
Board of Education
West Virginia
Mildred Gibbs
James White
Denzil Taylor
Paul Wedge
Silver Bridge
James Crump
C. P. Stout
Mastermen Quartet
Dallas Kayser
Steve Chapman
Robert Shertzer
Gary Wright
Easter Egg Hunt Attracts 500 In Middleport Park
About 500 children attended the Middleport Pomeroy Rotary Club Easter Egg Hunt at the municipal park after rain. Steve Hawkins won the gold prize egg and Bruce Stewart took the silver egg. Firemen assisted, and Mayor C. C. Fisher opened the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Middleport-Pomeroy
C. C. Fisher
Herbert Gilkey
Two Are Injured In Separate Mishaps
Gallipolis resident Roy L. Sayre, 51, was injured when caught between two cars at James Merry Stone Co. Saturday. left leg crushed, patient at Holzer Hospital. Cheshire resident Robert Copley, 31, fractured his left leg washing his car at home Sunday. he is at Point Pleasant. Personal notice mentions Teddie Melrose completing basic training at Great Lakes and awaiting deployment to Texas with parents Mr. and Mrs. Ted R. Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Roy L. Sayre
James Merry Stone Co
Holzer Hospital
Robert Copley
Cheshire
Point Pleasant
Teddie Melrose
Great Lakes
Ted R. Stevens
Meadowbrook
Texas
Robert Croot
Rio Grande College
Lloyd A. Croot
North East
Hospital Births Parade Highlights Local Families
Holzer Hospital lists numerous new births and family notices from Gallipolis, Wellston, Oak Hill, and surrounding areas. Names include Mr. and Mrs. John Zembry, Mr. and Mrs. John Holle, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fisher, and many others announcing daughters and sons with spouse names and hometowns across Gallia and Jackson counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zembry
Gallipolis
John Holle
Vinton
Robert Fisher
Gallipolis Ferry
Robert Banitz
Eastern High School Latin Club Holds Annual Parents Night
Eastern CHESTER Eastern High School Latin Club held its annual Parents Night with a business meeting framing a new constitution and plans for a Latin trip. A short play The Sick Boy was performed with Bill Gillilan Jerry Barker Steve Cowdery Dru Cline Bill Cole and Raymond Cline in the cast and Patty Googlein as narrator. First year member projects were shown and refreshments followed for parents and members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester — Eastern High School
Latin Club
Bill Gillilan
Jerry Barker
Steve Cowdery
Dru Cline
Bill Cole
Raymond Cline
Patty Googlein
Bon Voyage Party For Pastor Ruppelt
Middleport The Rev Howard Ruppelt longtime pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church will be honored with a bon voyage party in the church social hour on Wednesday at 8 pm Hosts include Mrs Edward Burkett Miss Phyllis Joachim and many other congregants and community friends attended by church members as volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Howard Ruppelt
First United Presbyterian Church
Edward Burkett
Phyllis Joachim
Judson White
Everett Bachner
Paul Haptonstall
Vincent Dabo
Thomas Kelly
Russell Lyons
Joe Bailey
George Anderson
Martha Ohlinger
Thomas Rue
James Sullivan
Robert Tewksbury
Carl Ownes
Richard Karr
Richard Owens
Leo Kennedy Sr
Carl Gilmore
Coin Club Election Set at Oh-Kan Club Meeting
POINT PLEASANT The Oh Kan Coin Club will meet at the Appalachian Power Co auditorium Tuesday evening. The session starts at 6 30 p m and the public is invited. An election of officers will be held and directors appointed for the current year. Final planning for the 5th annual coin show at the Moose Club on April 27 and 28 will be completed. Following the meeting a coin auction will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Oh-Kan Coin Club
Appalachian Power Co
Sion
Moose Club
Ladies Golf Group Opens Season With Meeting and Lunch
The Ladies Golf Association of Hidden Valley Country Club will begin its season with a Wednesday meeting at 1 a.m. and a potluck luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Members should bring a covered dish and their own table service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ladies Golf Association
Hidden Valley Country Club
GOP Women Plan Potluck Dinner in Point Pleasant
Mason County Republican Women's Club meets tonight at 7 30 at Tu Endie Wei Manor under president Mrs Sam Nichols plans for a Meet the Candidates potluck dinner to be served April 26 at 6 30 p m in the junior high school cafeteria on Ohio River Road
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Republican Women’s Club
Tu-Endie-Wei Manor
Sam Nichols
Ohio River Road
Auto Strikes Tree Felled By High Wind
MIDDLEPORT The Middleport Emergency squad answered a Friday night call from a mother whose child had a finger caught in a toy. The finger was released and the call canceled. POINT PLEASANT High winds Sunday night toppled a tree across Route 35 near the city pond, injuring a driver who could not stop in time. Carl F. Swisher, 21, of Niel Road, Point Pleasant, drove a car owned by Joseph F. Taylor of the same road. About 90 dollars in damage to the car. POMEROY Meigs County School students have an Easter vacation from Good Friday to Tuesday morning. All schools except Eastern have missed six days this year due to weather, and Rutland, where high school and grade students will attend Monday. The Rutland schools missed 734 days this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Howie
Point Pleasant
Route 35
Carl F. Swisher
Niel Road
Joseph F. Taylor
Neil Road
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Eastern
Rutland
Credit Bureau Buys First Ticket To Ball
Credit Bureau of Point Pleasant buys the first ticket to the Eighth Annual Charity Ball for 100 dollars. Mrs. Jo seph Antal and Robert Cochran present the check to Mrs. James Gibeaut and Mrs. Aaron Bright, co chairs of the Pleasant Valley Hospital Women's Auxiliary. The Stauffer Chemical Co funds a 40 dollar annual ticket donation, with Peoples Bank at 25 dollars and Point Pleasant Recapping at 10 dollars also purchasing tickets. Tickets cost 5 dollars per couple and are sold by Auxiliary members or local businesses. The ball is May 4 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the National Guard Armory, with Mel Gillispie and Saxophones Unique performing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Antal
Point Pleasant Credit Bureau
Aaron Bright
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Robert Cochran
Bureau
James Gibeaut
National Guard Armory
Point Pleasant
Credit Bureau of
Pleasant Valley Hospital Women's Auxiliary
Stauffer Chemical Co
The
Peoples Bank
Rardin Shoe Center
Fruth’s Pharmacy
Lakes Drive- In
Cohan Drug
Mel Gillispie
Eastern School Board Plans Summer Program
The Eastern Local School District Board of Education outlined a Title I summer program at Chester for grades one through 11 with reading math and fitness at Tuppers Plains and a summer kindergarten. Qualifying Riverview and Tuppers Plains students may attend, while Chester attendees may join a head start at the Salisbury School via Meigs County Community Action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Eastern Local School District Board of Education
Tuppers Plains
Riverview
Salisbury
Meigs County Community Action Program
Downing Insurance Agency
R. H. Rawlings and Son
Middleport
Easter Visits From Area Families Highlight Holiday
Point Personals lists numerous local households spending Easter with relatives across cities. Charleston guests include Glenville Jewell family with Homer Smiths Ohio River Road. Columbus visitors visit F W Ingram and Bateson kin. Morgantown visitors stay with Homer Martin family. Larry Barr joins Morgantown relatives. Lincoln Avenue hosts Sayres with Reiker Carpenter and Hyre families from New Haven and others from Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenville Jewell
Charleston
Homer Smith
Ohio River Road
Harry Bateson
Columbus
F. W. Ingrham
Windsor Court
Louis Bateson
Marie Collins
Lynn
Morgantown
Homer Martin Sr
Homer Martin
Jefferson Blvd
Larry Barr
Joe Barr
Jefferson Blyd
Clinton Sayre
Lincoln Avenue
C. Keith Reiker
Fay Carpenter
Larry
Mary Ann
Stevie
New Haven
Scotty Hyre
Alice Bradshaw
Point Pleasant
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes Admitted and Dismissed Names
Admitted Kenneth Asbury Robertsburg Ernest Hudnall Buffalo Gary Whittington Grimms Landing George Biffle Point Pleasant Mrs Leroy Simp kins West Columbia John Wayne Smith Henderson Lana Sue Brennan Point Pleasant Mrs Eugene Pearson Point Pleasant Mrs Manford Bauer Point Pleasant Dismissed Dennis Roush Hadie Young James B Rollins Mrs Anna Elkins Mrs Ronald McCoy and daughter Mrs Guy Roush
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Asbury
Robertsburg
Ernest Hudnall
Buffalo
Gary Whittington
Grimms Landing
George Biffle
Point Pleasant
Leroy Simpinkins
West Columbia
John Wayne Smith
Henderson
Lana Sue Brennan
Eugene Pearson
Manford Bauer
Dennis Roush
Hadie Young
James B. Rollins
Anna Elkins
Ronald McCoy
Guy Roush
Youngsters Gift Easter Tree to Pleasant Valley Hospital
A gaily decorated Easter egg tree was presented to Pleasant Valley Hospital by Lincoln Junior American Citizens at Ordnance School. Mrs Thelma Rogers fourth grade decorated the tree as a yearly project. Students explained Easter symbols and myths during the program, with poems and readings by local youths. Mothers hosted a party after the event, continuing the club’s Easter observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Lincoln
Ordnance School
Thelma Rogers
Sarah Gregory
Pamela Cooper
Billy Wright
Bret McCormick
Terry Wamsley
Connie Bird
Mark Steele
Pamela Rayburn
Jack Fruth
Eugene Wolfe
Kenneth Filkins
Musician Joins Famed Harry James Orchestra
Gallipolis resident Donald Mohr, a saxophonist with prior Chicago credits, joined the Harry James Orchestra in Atlanta. The group will head to New York for a May 5 Ed Sullivan Show appearance and undertake a six week tour of one night spots before visiting Disney land and returning to Las Vegas. Mohr is the son of Stella V. Mohr and brother of Blaine Mohr. his sister and family recently visited Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Donald Mohr
Chicago
Ill
Monday
Harry James
Atlanta
New York City
Disneyland
Las
Vegas
Donald
Hollywood
Jimmy Featherstone
Stella V. Mohr
Blaine Mohr
Gallipolis Ferry
Lyle M. Young
Normal
Mohr
Community Easter Sunrise Service Held Indoors
More than 200 people attended a community wide Easter Sunrise service conducted by ministers from port churches. The event, moved from the stadium to the high school due to rain, featured Rev. Charles Simons and Rev. Audrey Miller delivering welcomes and readings, Rev. Howard Ruppelt leading the choir and Luke scripture, Rev. Raullin Moyer delivering the resurrection message, and Rev. Max Donahue offering the closing prayer. The service honored retiring pastor Rev. Howard Ruppelt, who will move to North Lewisburg. Alexander's Ragtime Band noted as a period reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Simons
First Baptist Church
Audrey Miller
Church of the Nazarene
Howard Ruppelt
First United Presbyterian Church
Luke
Christ
Lillian Stieff
Raullin Moyer
Church of Christ
Max Donahue
Heath Methodist Church
Lewisburg
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Eyg Hunt
Holzer Hospital News
John Gooldin
Frederick Stephenson
David Fisher
Bidwell
Samuel Glover
Raymond J. Ingalls Sr
Wellston
Wilbur Mercer
Patriot
Helen Mable
Henry Hutchinson
Ray L. Sayre
Leo Hartwell
John Kerr
Ambrose E. Duffy
Calvin Sanders
James Dix
Ulysses Arrowood
Charles Barlow
Ray VanMatre
Josephine Webah
Mickey Williams
Mary Woodie
Hugh Boggs
Clayton Comer
Otie Cox
Ruby Deiley
Herbert Dunfee
Marvin Depue
Jacob Gingrich
James Grant
Julius Greene
Henry Hill
Glen R. Johnson
Ernest Lavender
Dewey Lyons
Eugene McCulloch
Roger Schoolcraft
Archie Meadows
Mary
Credit Bureau
Eastern School Board
Davis and Son of
Langsville
State Department of Education
Community Wide Rite
Irving Berlin
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
the Messenger
Panding Newspaper
the Athens Messenger
Athens
Greater
Southeastern Ohio
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