Mason County Board Approves School Levy and Bond Election
The Mason County Board of Education unanimously approved an election call for a special levy and bond issue to fund school improvements. A May 24 voter date is anticipated with May 1 as the campaign kickoff. The board listed a $561,000 package for various projects across county schools including new buildings, additions, and land purchases.
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Point Pleasant
lIn
Mason County Oard of Education
Robert H. Ferguson
Ferguson
Leon
New Haven
Wahama High School
Hannan High
Mason
Ordnance
Sunnyside
Beech Hill
Play Stirs Memories of Seventeenth Summer at Junior High
About 300 students gathered at the Point Pleasant Junior High Auditorium for Seventeenth Summer a three act sketch sponsored by the Point Pleasant High School Dramatic Club and AAUW The cast led by Joan Chambers included Frank Capehart Lois Rose Don Ward and Marilyn Easley with strong support from Betty Colley Billy Gibbs Sarah Jones and others The program featured corsages for the director and assistants and an interval of entertainment by Beverly Clark Judy Romine Dotty Baker Phyllis and Mary Lou Whittington Eva Hill and Albert Stephens with an extra piano piece by Parky Gardner.
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Bill Rose
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School Dramatic Club
The
AAUW
Joan Chambers
Big Frank Capehart
Jack Duluth
Lois Rose
Don Ward
Miss Rose
Ward
Marilyn Easley
Betty Colley
Billy Gibbs
Sarah Jones
Ann Treadway
Miss Chamber
Pat Dennis
Don Higginbotham
Wolf
Earl Foglesong
Beverly Clark
Judy Romine
Dotty Baker
Phyllis
Mary Lou Whittington
Eva Hill
Albert Stephens
Parky Gardner
Farm Council Spring Meet Sets Friday in Mason County
Mason County Farm Woman's Council holds its annual spring meeting and luncheon Friday at the Southside Recreation Center with registration at 10 30 a m and activities from 11. The theme is Today's Home Builds To morrow's World and Home Demonstration Week will be observed. Mrs John J Hayes will speak on The Christian Home. President is Mrs C P Stout with officers and committee members named for arrangements decorations registration invitations exhibits and presentation of a skit about Farm Woman's Clubs.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Farm Woman’s Council
Southside Recreation Center
John J. Hayes
First Presbyterian Church
Huntington
Mason County
Farm Woman's Council
C. P. Stout
Jay Keister
Milton L. Lewis
W. G. VanGilder
John Bumgardner
Powell Reynolds
Howard Garland
Delegates To Attend Out-of-Town Fraternal Meetings
Delegates from two local fraternal orders plan weekend travel for district and initiation meetings. Junior OUAM members meet Friday in Huntington while a large local delegation attends events at a Ripley jubilee. Saturday night Odd Fellows gather at Poca High School gym for initiation and district talks.
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Point Pleasant
OUAM
Huntington
Odd Fellows
Ripley
Poca
W. Va
Graveside Rites Held For Robinson Infant
Graveside services were held at Lone Oak cemetery for Harry Donald Robinson infant son of Charles and Nora Shamblin Robinson. The infant died Monday at home. Survivors include two sisters Delia and Susan and a brother Charles. Maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ira Shamblin and paternal grandmother Lydia Robinson.
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Point Pleasant
Lone Oak Cemetery
Harry Donald Robinson
Charles
Nora Shamblin Robinson
Charleston Road
Delia
Susan
Ira Shamblin
Sand Hill Road
Lydia Robinson
Mercer’s Bottom
Funerals Cost More Says Morticians Panel
Cleveland report shows National Selected Morticians chief W. M. Krieger says average funeral cost last year reached 421 dollars, up 38 percent from 1940. He led a panel of Ohio and West Virginia members discussing rising expenses.
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Cleveland
W. M. Krieger
Chicago
National Selected Morticians
Krieger
Ohio
West Virginia
How Ohioans Voted on Senate Flood Bill
Ohio members of Congress were recorded on recent roll calls. The Senate passed the flood control and rivers and harbors bill by 53 to 19. Bricker did not vote and Taft voted against. No House roll call votes occurred.
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Washington
Ohio
Congress
Senate
Bricker
Taft
House
Land Transfers In Mason County Districts
George W and Ramona Yunker transfer a lot in Waggener District to William D and Isabelle V Brown. Ira and Minnie Morrow convey 23.25 acres in Clendenin District to Marvin and Edith Morrow. Buren and Bonnie Duncan sell three acres in Hannan District to James and Lucille Richardson. The couple also transfer two tracts in Hannan District to John Mayes. John D and Helen Walker deed 28 acres in Hannan District to Miriam Powell.
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Ramona Yunker
William D
Isabelle V. Brown
Ira
Minnie Morrow
Marvin
Edith Morrow
Clendenin
Buren
Bonnie Duncan
James
Lucille Richardson
Hannan
Bonnie M. Duncan
John Mayes
John D
Helen Walker
Miriam Powell
Wooster Principal's Daughter Dies After Kitchen Fire Accident
Cynthia Walsh four year old daughter of Earl B Walsh Wooster Township School principal died Tuesday from burn injuries sustained when her dress caught fire while reaching over a kitchen range on Monday.
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Wooster
Cynthia Walsh
Wooster Township
Earl B. Walsh
Power Saw Injures Man in Bellemeade
Don Cheesebrew, 65, of Bellemeade, was hospitalized at Holzer after a power saw caused a deep laceration to his right thigh. A relative said he was momentarily shocked by the saw while working on the Landon Smith home, losing a large amount of blood.
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Point Pleasant
Don Cheesebrew
Bellemeade
Holzer Hospital
Cheesebrew
Landon Smith
Driver Fined Four Dollars in Pleasanton Speeding Stop Sign Offense
Roger Morrow was cited by city police for speeding and running a stop sign in Pleasanton and fined four dollars at the city building on Monday.
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Point Pleasant
Roger Morrow
Carpenters Auxiliary 529 Meets at Flat Rock for Birthday Observances
Carpenters Auxiliary No. 529 gathered at Mrs. Lena Minturn's home in Flat Rock with Mrs. Henry Peery presiding. Birthdays for Mrs. Lewis Bumgarner and Mrs. Anne Plants were noted. Hosts served refreshments to a long list of attendees. next meeting set for May 8 at Carpenters' Hall.
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Point Pleasant
Eugin Johnson
Lewis Bumgarner
Pickens
Carpenters’ Hall
Mrs Emil Hoffman Hosts Surprise Birthday Dinner
Mrs Emil Hoffman of Ohio River Road honored her husband with a surprise birthday dinner on Sunday. Among local attendees at the Woman's Club State convention in Wheeling West Virginia are Mrs J Sanford Rhoades and Mrs Clayton.
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Emil Hoffman
Ohio River Road
Woman's Club
Wheeling
W. Va
J. Sanford Rhoades
Clayton
Cattle Sale Reported by Poplar Grove Farm
A Poplar Grove Farm sale at Gallipolis Ferry involved 530 head of cattle. The livestock, recently reported as purchased by E Bartow Jones, were handled by John Dockins of Parkersburg.
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Poplar Grove Farm
Point Pleasant
Poplar Grove
Gallipolis Ferry
E. Bartow Jones
John Dockins
Parkersurg
Miss Mary Foglesong and Mrs Easley House Guests
Pullins Mary Foglesong and Mrs O L Easley will visit Mrs James Wale lace, formerly of Point Pleasant, as house guests. The plan places Easley as a guest of the Wale lace household during the visit.
Pot Luck Dinner Planned by Trinity Church Group
The Laurel Sunday School class of Trinity Methodist Church plans a potluck dinner Thursday evening in the church social room.
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Laurel
Trinity Methodist Church
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