Sunnyside School Work Contract Is Awarded
Mason County Board of Education awards a $22 675 contract to Virgil Love for an addition to Sunnyside School at Apple Grove. The project adds a classroom, office, kitchen, toilets, and a steam heating system. The board also approves paving Lincoln Ave past North Point Pleasant Elementary, buys a ¾ ton truck, and seeks bids.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Board of Education
Sunnyside
Apple Grove
Virgil Love
Lincoln Ave
Mason County CEA Elects New Officers
Mrs. Marion Foglesong was elected president of the Classroom Teachers Association of Mason County at the final meeting of the year at New Haven Grade School. Manford Blessing was chosen as vice-president with Mrs. Bonnie Yester as secretary and Mrs. Jesse Ruth Hunter as treasurer. About 50 people attended the event, with drawings of April Showers and Down By The Old Mill Stream performed by the group.
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Point Pleasant
Marion Foglesong
Mason County
New Haven
Manford Blessing
Bonnie Yester
Jesse Ruth Hunter
Chester Haddox
New Haven Pta
Donald Roush
Phillip Wolpert
Paul Henderson
Robert McGlothlin
Paul Powell
Sarah Roush
Ada Clark
Marie Roush
Goldve Hart
Madelyn Vance
Dorothy Pyatt
Population growth driven by falling deaths not higher births
The world’s population surge stems from a declining death rate rather than an uptick in births, with longevity gains and improved health extending lifespans across many regions. This shift alters demographic trends and future population projections.
Public Auction Notice of Emma Noyes Estate Notes
Public sale set for May 7 1952 at 10:00 AM in Athena Ohio of promissory notes from the Emma Noyes estate with assorted appraised values ranging from 1 to 297 dollars. Ten per cent of sale price due at delivery, sale conducted by Peoples Drawing and Trust for the estate of Rachel Noyes deceased.
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Athena
Athens County
Ohte
Nning
Ma Rachel Noyes
Blanche Rai
Mord
Ball
Emma Noyes
Jewell
Mildred L. Bail
Pearl Jewell
E. W. Baker
Laura Baker
Allen E. Ball
W. B. Noyes
Velma Cassady
Orpha Bennett
Bernard Bennett
Mre. W. PN
Cletus Chenman
Princinal
Balence
Tosmerh
Chase
Maree Weincine
P Mercer Mo Credite
Prem
Clarence Koehler
Audrey A. Koehler
Seovo B. Noyes
Charles McGrath
Baker
Ernest A. McGrath
W. Ritchie
Mary E Ritchie
W. FE. Ritchie
Mary E. Ritchie
Mary E Ritehle
Paul Watkins
Gerald N. Watkins
Thelma Watkins
Harold V. Watson
Fimme
Noyes
F. I. Coale
WR Noyes
Emme Noves
FB. LL
Emma Noves
Admerex
WRL Noves
Carale
W BR Noves
Prome Nowee Adore
Petate
Ph JR
Freme Neves
Ordnance PTA Elects Four New Officers
Ordnance PTA elected Elmer Grueser president William Gilmore vice president Mrs D R Browning secretary and Mrs Manford Blessing treasurer at a Monday meeting in the school The group approved sending a county delegate to the national PTA convention in Indianapolis May 19 20 21 donating five dollars toward the effort The Junior American Citizens Club led the program with readings prayers and songs and Mary Sue Plants announced the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ordnance Pta
Howard Price
Elmer Grueser
William Gilmore
D. R. Browning
Manford Blessing
PTA
Indianapolis
Ind
Eunice Beller
Susan Hyatt
Judy Viers
Richard Johnson
Jeanne Jordan
Kemp Littlepage
Retta Sue Green
Fiji scientists save coconut industry with introduced fly
In the Fiji islands researchers introduced a natural predator fly to curb moths attacking lerops, aiming to protect the coconut crop. The program targets the pest species and offers a biological control method to reduce damage without chemicals.
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Fiji Islands
Mason Town Names New Fire Chief and Street Grading Planned
Mason officials announced a state road grader would work this weekend to grade Mason streets with dust control after. Frank Harriss was chosen as fire chief by unanimous vote at a council meeting attended by Mayor John Young and council members.
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Mason
Mason Town Council
John Young
Ross
Edwards
Williamson
Capehart
Columbus Belcher
The
Recorder
Mason Clinic
Fire Department
Radford Ingles
Frank Harriss
Bob Lee
Mason County
Mason Streets
Walter Weery
Karl Schwartz
Robert Ingles
Rome Williamson
Women Society of Christian Service elects officers
The WLCS members at the Methodist Church elected officers for the coming year led by chair of nominating Mrs. Herbert Amick. New officers include president Mrs. Ray Proffitt and vice president Mrs. John Chattin with other posts filled. A district meeting at Henderson will discuss WLCS work and a conference report on Brotherhood in a World of Work was shared.
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Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist
Herbert Amick
Ray Proffitt
John Chattin
Russell Capehart
Lester Zerkle
Cliff Cook
Donald Foglesong
Vaught Memorial
Henderson
WLCS
Huntington
Evelyn Proffitt
Stella Chattin
Mary E. Capehart
WSCS
Emily Burgess
J. E. Carson
George Carson
W. H. Foglesong
Clyde Foley
Ralph Pickens
W. R. Proffitt
Elizabeth Rice
Jack Roush
H. T. VanMeter
Lydia Perkins
Rosa Fink
Gladys Artis
Build Better Community By Clean Up Campaign
Mason County sanitarian urges a community clean up to improve health and reduce disease. Emphasizes sanitation in yards, fly and cockroach control, garbage disposal, screens, and central disposal areas with guidance from health officials. Encourages civic drives and individual action for lasting cleanliness.
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Paris
Oour
Record Within Her Reach
Phyllis Holland of Flat Rock nears a rare long attendance record after 12 years of schooling with perfect attendance. She walked two miles to school in early years and later two and a half miles daily to catch a bus eleven miles from town while remaining on the honor roll and participating in Girl Reserves and the Future Homemaker’s Association. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Tennant Holland with two brothers.
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Aere
Phyllis Holland
Point Pleasant
Phyllis
Future Homemaker's Association
Tennant Holland
Flatrock
Armed Services
Guard Unit Seeks Tract For Shop In West Virginia
POINT PLEASANT The local National Guard unit seeks 5 to 25 acres to build a maintenance shop valued at 300000 dollars. Col. O V Knipp notes the present shop sits at the old West Virginia Ordnance Works and serves as a state facility for the WV National Guard. The unit faces relocation if the Atomic Energy Commission or a proposed gun barrel plant uses the land.
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Point Pleasant
National Guard
Col
O. V. Knipp
Old
West Virginia Ordnance Works
West Virginia National Guard
Atomic Energy Commission
Vi Mintel 6 Vitamins 3 Minerals Promoted at Athens Pharmacy
An Athens advertisement touts Vi Mintel as containing six essential vitamins and three minerals. It claims two tablets daily prevent deficiencies and urges purchases at Athens Pharmacy 6 Court St with a month’s supply priced $3.00 and a money back guarantee.
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Athens Pharmacy
Court St
Collision on Viand Street Injures Three
Three people are injured after a collision on Viand Street on Wednesday evening. Arlie Bernard Cross and Robert Lee Mercer drove east and west along 12th Street respectively, colliding while crossing Viand Street. Injured: Macie Cross, Arlie Cross, and Ruby Mercer.
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Point Pleasant
Viand St
Arlie Bernard Cross
Kanawha St
Robert Lee Mercer
First Ave
Gallipolis
Cross
12Th St
Mercer
Macie Cross
Arlie Cross
Ruby Mercer
Point Clinic
D. M. Harshbarger
Ex-Resident Helen Davis Dresser Dies in Arlington
Irene Bowyer of Eighth Street reports the death of her cousin Helen Davis Dresser of Arlington Virginia. Dresser died at home Tuesday after a brief illness. A former Point Pleasant and Middleport resident, she was daughter of the late Elmer and Emma Stagg Dresser who once ran a local store. She also served as a substitute hostess on the Green Line boats.
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Point Pleasant
Irene Bowyer
Eighth St
Helen Davis Dresser
Arlington
Dresser
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CEA
Vicki Stevens
Mary Sue Plants
Ashland
William Joseph Chapman
Theodore Franklin Miller
Albert Eugene Coleman
Lawrence Mack Stewart
John William Price, Jr
Ralph Edward Spencer
Mason News
Harry Goodnight
Goodnite
Georgiana Goodnite
Phil
Nathan McDaniel
Christina Stewart
George Johnson
Lorna Johnson
West Columbia
Don Johnson
Earl Johnson
Robert Barton
Pauline Cunningham
Betty
Charles Edwards
Pickens Paint and Hardware
Sanitarian
Quick’'S
Hower
Flora
Ecru
Dan River
East
Episcopal Church
Ealse
Tomorowus
Theresa Williamson
Richland Ave
Martin & Son
Athens, Ohio
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