West Virginia tourist spot features historic grist mill
Barry Wyatt of Athens in Mercer County has opened a restored 100 year old grist mill by the Bluestone River at Spanishburg. The site includes a 14 by 32 foot room housing a hammer mill and mixers for custom grinding and packaging Blue stone Brand corn meal and buckwheat flour. Free recreation areas and stocked mill pond attract visitors.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Barry Wyatt
Athens
Mercer County
Paul W. Skeeter
West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
Wyatt
Spanishburg
Sunday Fire Threatens Downtown in Carrick Drug Store Blaze
A 5:35 a m Sunday fire damaged the rear storage building at Carrick Drug Store in Point Pleasant injuring adjoining structures. Damages totaled 600 to the building owned by Mrs FE E Franklin and 2500 to the contents owned by Dr. Lester Carrick. The Har old Haynes garage Fruth Office Building and Roush TV Appliance Building sustained heat damage as investigators probe the blaze cause.
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Point Pleasant
Carrick Drug Store
FE. E. Franklin
Lester Carrick
Harold Haynes
Fruth
Roush TV
Easter Bunny Prize Won In Mason County
Helen Bletner of Mason won the Easter bunny guessing contest hosted by the Mason County Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Easter bunny was Point Pleasant High School coach Robert Shertzer. The basket contained 170 eggs.
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Point Pleasant
Helen Bletner
Mason
Mason County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Robert Shertzer
Point Pleasant High School
Notice to Contractors State Department of Highways
Sealed proposals will be received in Columbus Ohio until 10 00 A M Eastern Standard Time on April 26 1960 for unit price improvements in Athens Meigs Monroe Morgan Noble and Washington Counties on U S Routes 21 33 50 and various state routes by painting guard rails Proposals 1 to 6 will be awarded as one contract with completion by October 15 1960 Bidders must prequalify at least one day before bidding A certified bid bond of 1000 is required Plans and specs are on file The director reserves right to reject any bids E S Preston Director 4 11 2otw
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State Department OF Highways
Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Director of
Athens
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan, Noble
Washington Counties
U. S
DCA
Highway Credit Examiner
Department of Industrial Relations
Department of Highways
Preston
Mrs. Enalla Capehart Dies In Delaware At 88
Mrs. Enalla Capehart formerly of Point Pleasant and Cocoa Florida died Friday at Jane M. Case Hospital Delaware after an extended illness. She was daughter of the late Judge and Mrs John Vandemean and widow of Hon James Capehart a former U S congressman from this district. Funeral at McKee funeral home Delaware Monday at 2 30 p m with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
Enalla Capehart
N. Sandusky St
Delaware
Ohio
Point Pleasant and
Cocoa, Fla
John Vandemean
James Capehart
United States
Carr Darst
Henderson
James FE
Barbara Perry Darst
Gladys Kelly Darst
Sally Lou Darst
Jackson's Mill
Miles A. Darst
Mason County
Suncrest Cemetery
Crow Funeral Home
Sorority Officers Elected at Lambda Chi Omega
New officers for Lambda Chi Omega Sorority were elected last week in Point Pleasant led by Mrs. Carroll Kennedy as president and Mrs. Vitus Hartley Jr. as vice president. Others include Mrs. Ronnie Roush recording secretary and Mrs. Robert Jackson corresponding secretary. The group will assume duties in June and plan a Cancer drive with a house to house canvass and two downtown tag days.
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Point Pleasant
Lambda Chi Omega _ Sorority
Carroll Kennedy
Vitus Hartley, Jr
Ronnie Roush
Robert Jackson
Rodney Pullins
Donald Getty
W. W. Johnson
Chet Haddox
Eustace Wilson
Clovis
Fred Schroeder
Kehm Family Returns After West Virginia Visit
Mr and Mrs Walter Kehm and children Carl and Lorraine of White Plains New York returned home Saturday after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Wallace Burdette of Vandalia West Virginia. Mr Kehm flew to Cocoa Beach Florida during the week and drove his parents back to West Virginia. Then the group returned to New York State.
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Point Pleasant
Walter Kehm
Carl
Lorraine
White Plains
N. Y
Wallace Burdette
V’and
Kehm
Cocoa Beach
Fla
Carl Kehm
West Virginia
New York State
Death notices and real estate sale in Athens County
Notices include the appointment of Audrey R Kail as Administratrix of Claire Clark deceased estate in Athens Ohio with four months for creditors. A Peoples Bank real estate foreclosure sale in Athens County lists three Troy Township tracts with combined acreage and stated minimum bids.
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Audrey R. Kail
Sunset Drive
Athens
Ohio
Claire Clark
City of Athens
Athens County
Harold
Sudan
Mohr Attends Embalmers Clinic in Morgantown
Lawrence G. Mohr funeral director returned home from a two day educational clinic for embalmers in Morgantown. The event, sponsored by the West Virginia Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, included demonstrations by Ray Slocum of Dodge Chemical Co. and was held at the West Virginia Medical Center amphitheater.
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Rence G. Mohr
Morgantown
West Virginia Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Ray Slocum
Dodge Chemical Co
Boston
Mass
West Virginia Medical Center
Social Notes Highlight Local residents and visitors
Mrs. Culwell returns home after Holzer Hospital surgery and convalesces well. First Lt. Keith Nelson reports arrival at an Italian base for 14 months. his wife and daughter join him in June. Families attend funeral of Mrs. Alice Hess in Dennison. John Rawlings and family back from Orange Park Florida. Various Athens area guests visit friends and relatives. Stanley party hosted by Mrs. Max Haning features numerous attendees. Cheadles visit Emma Jeffers in Crooksville.
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William Culwell
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Earl Nelson
Keith Nelson
U.S. Air Force
Italy
James Gaston
Charles Penrod, Jr
Butch
Alice Hess
Dennison
John Rawlings
Orange Park
Fla
Dru Woodrum
O. S. Reeves
James Ditto
Lancaster
Earl Schneider
Athens
Max Haning
Faye Jordan
Dorsey Jordan
Douglas Mosier
William Cheadle
Rex Cheadle
Chauncey Staneart
Erma Vale
Dale Stansbury
Henry Turner
Alva Rupe
Rob Turner
Glen Cline
Marcella Gwinn
Parkersburg
W. Va
Emma Jeffers
Crooksville
Weekend Quiet in Point Pleasant Easter Weekend
Point Pleasant reports a calm Easter weekend with two arrests. Julia Wamsley of Point Pleasant was arrested on a disorderly conduct warrant and Randall Barnett of Point Pleasant was charged with intoxication.
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Point Pleasant
Julia Wamsley
Randall Barnett
Science shrinks piles without surgery new healing substance
A new healing substance allegedly shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows pain relief with actual shrinkage, offering a promising nonsurgical treatment option for sufferers.
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New York, N. Y
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New Orleans
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