Mason Countians Approve 3-Year School Levy in Monday Vote
A three year 85 percent special school levy passed in Mason County with 2040 in favor and 880 against from 2920 votes. It will raise 965 778 over three years for teacher salary supplements text books transportation and building improvements including a Wahama Junior High School and Point Pleasant Junior High. precinct results show opposition in nine rural precincts and large support in others.
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Mason
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Western Auto
Heights
Wahama
States and Financial Woes From 1959 Recession
The Associated Press surveys state finances after the 1957 58 downturn. Michigan faces a 110 million deficit by June 30 amid a tax stalemate. Delaware plans to cut a 10 million gap, aided by hoped tax revenue. 145 million per capita debt stands high. Pennsylvania faces a 178 million deficit, while Ohio contemplates a 360 million revenue plan to cover 1 billion in debt.
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Michigan
G. Men
Delaware
J. Caleb Boggs
Pennsylvania
David L. Lawrence
Ohio
Washington
Heights church attends district meeting in St Albans
Members of the Heights Evangelical United Brethren Church attend a state wide district meeting in St Albans as the church moves toward a new four year program. The session, led by West Virginia Conference officers and Bishop J Gordon Howard, opens at 2 p.m. with panels, forums and project reviews.
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Council of Administration
Heights
Evangelical United Brethren Church
St. Albans
EUB
West Virginia
J. Gordon Howard
Pittsburgh
Main Street Baptist Church
Congregation of Heights Church
Cancer Canvass Slated Thursday in Nelsonville 1959
Nelsonville residents will be canvassed Thursday at 7 p m by the Nelsonville Business and Professional Women's Club chaired by Mrs Mabel Haffner with Mrs Alice Kunzman as co chair. Volunteers will call on homes to collect contributions for cancer care services including dressings beds bedpans wheelchairs medicines and transportation. The local unit at 127 W State St Athens will provide services and information. Collection HQ is at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co office.
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Nelsonville
Cancer Information Center
W. State St
Athens
Key Notes Club Plans Tour and Nominates Officers
Nelsonville High School group met in the typing room with 21 members. The secretary and treasurer reported and were approved. A tour of F and R Lazarus Co. is set for May 28. A nominating committee for 1959 1960 was named Sue Patton chair and Kay Martin Margie Whyte Flora Stumbo Barbara Yates. The next meeting is May 20.
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F&r Lazarus Co
Sue Patton
Kay Martin
Margie Whyte
Flora Stumbo
Barbara Yates
Civil Defense Film To Be Seen Thursday
D M Harshbarger coordinator of civil defense announced a meeting in Mason County Court House court room on Thursday at 7 30 p m Films will be shown on civil defense work and organization The public is invited
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Point Pleasant
D. M. Harshbarger
Mason County Court House
VFW Post Joins Nation in 60th Anniversary Observance
VFW Post 3467 in Nelsonville joins 10,000 posts nationwide for National VFW Week celebrating the 60th anniversary. Commander Meade Whyte recalls early 20th century needs and the enduring fight to preserve veterans benefits amid past cuts and evolving care.
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Nelsonville
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Meade Whyte
Whyte
Cosmopolitan Club Meets in Nelsonville for April 1959-60
Mrs O D Duncan hosted the Cosmopolitan Club at her home in Nelsonville Friday at 7 30 p m for the April meeting. Mrs John Green led the devotional on Temperance with scripture reading meditation and prayer. Mrs bessie Ball spoke on Alcohol and 13 members plus a guest attended the dessert course after the business session led by Mrs Rosa Freer.
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Nelsonville
O. D. Duncan
Cosmopolitan Club
John Green
Bessie Ball
Rosa Freer
Green
Wave
Rutland Band Plans Spring Concert and Awards Night
At the Rutland high school gym the band chose two bass horns and two mellophoniums and set April 26 for a band concert at 3 p.m. with 50 cent admission. A banquet to honor band members and awards was planned alongside a discussion of outstanding fund needs.
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Rutland
Leslie Hoffman
R. A. Biddle
Kanauga Social Guests Report Numerous Kentucky Visitors
Dinner guests at Mr. and Mrs. Derry Adams included Wilfred Estes and families from Flatwoods Kentucky plus Ralph Estes and family from Ashland and Charles Estes of Mercerville. New Kanauga residents are Mr. and Mrs. Abner Clouch. Other visitors were Sterling Sneed of Point Pleasant and Ray Allison and family in Cincinnati. The Board family visited Beard relatives and Bud Shuts and his wife started a new home on George's Creek Road.
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Kanauga
Derry Adams
Wilfred Estes
Ray Estes
Flatwoods
Ralph Estes
Ashland
Paul Fletcher
Coal Grove
Charles Estes
Mercerville
Abner Clouch
Northup
New Kananga
Russell Hodkins
Sterling Sneed
Point Pleasant
Ray Allison
Cincinnati
William Board
Beard
Frank Clandemin
George
Bud) Shuts
George’s Creek Rd
Clyde Shamblin
Ironton
WSCS Elects New Officers at Bidwell Meeting
Bidwell WSCS selects Helen Wickline as president and Leredith Thompson as vice president. Lena Blackburn becomes secretary with Nell Kraus as promotion secretary. Hallie Murray is treasurer, Roxie Shoemaker handles flower fund, Janet Myers publicity. Margaret Black led the program and Julia McGhee served refreshments. Next meeting with Mrs. Herbert Black is May 14.
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WSCS
Helen Wickline
Leredith Thompson
Lena Blackburn
Hallie Murray
Nell Kraus
Roxie Shoemaker
Janet Myers
Margaret Black
Julia McGhee
Herbert Black
Point Pleasant Clinic Notes
Mr and Mrs Millard Holcomb Point Pleasant welcomed a son. Mrs Jack Hart Leon admitted. Mrs Shirley Gerlach and son New Haven discharged. Mrs John Harold Gill and daughter Hogsett discharged.
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Point Pleasant
Jack Hart of
Leon
Shirley Gerlach
New Haven
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Hogsett
Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes Names and Destinations
Mount St Mary Hospital lists patients and destinations including John Hartley Nelsonville Henry Hutchison New Marshfield Route 2 Mrs Kathryn Edgington Logan James Whyte The Plains Mrs Bertha Hashman Gloucester Route 3 Mrs Mary Tharp New Lexington Mrs Lucille Burroughs Coolville Mrs Vaughn Gwilym Nelsonville Route 1 and daughter Mrs Ray Irwin Murray City and daughter Raymond Rife Buchtel Mrs Martha Truster Columbus Roy Russell Millfield to University Hospital Columbus Norman Jenkins Gloucester Miss Jessie Call Nelsonville Route 2 Roy Grace Nelsonville Mrs Donna Christian Athens
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Nelsonville
Henry Hutchison
New Marshfield
Kathryn Edgington
Vaughn Gwilym
Ray Irwin
Murray City
Raymond Rife
Buchtel
Martha Truster
Colum
Roy Russell
Millfield
University Hospital
Columbus
Norman Jenkins
Glouster
Jessie Call
Roy Grace
Donna Christian
Athens
Pythian Sisters Practice Session Set for Thursday
All officers and members of the degree staff of the Pythian Sisters are asked to attend Thursday at 7 30 p m in the K of P Hall to rehearse for inspection.
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Nelsonville
The
Pythian Sisters
K of P
Cub Scout Pack Meeting In Nelsonville At Church
A Nelsonville Cub Scout Pack meeting is set for 7 p.m. at the Methodist Church. A pie eating contest will be featured and parents are asked to bring a pie.
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Nelsonville
Milwaukee Twins Find They Are Brothers at Kindergarten
Five year old Patrick and Dennis McBride known as the twins proclaimed they are brothers after a kindergarten discovery. Their mother learned the siblings share a family bond previously hidden from them.
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Milwaukee
Patrick
Dennis McBride
Spring Concert Features Multiple Vocal Groups
Nelsonville expects a Friday 7 30 P M spring vocal concert with several groups performing. The boys glee club will sing Oklahoma Navy Hymn and Jeri cho. Harmonettes include Sharon Cole and others singing Blue Moon. The Twixteens perform To Know Him is to Love Him. The Keen Teens sing Come Softly to Me. All groups are led or accompanied by Jerry Grim Georgia Steele Edna Nelson Martine Green and more. Tickets from members.
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Nelsonville
Boys Glee Club
Diane Bateman
Donna Hammond
Sue Haynes
Margie Whyte
Kiren Evans
Pat Rizer
Sandy Hall
Jane Herrold
Kay Martin
Mary Jane Dalton
Karen Schackert
Jerry Grim
Carole Adkins
Gail Maiden
Judy Joy
Cookie Freer
Jody Bond
Sue Powell
Sharon Cole
Sharon O’neil
Edna Nelson
Linda Goss
Rita Ulichney
Rose Ulichney
Georgia Steele
Martine Green
Auto passenger ride leads to fines in Hocking County
A Logan car with 14 aboard including two on the hood was stopped on Route 56 in Hocking County Monday by the State Highway Patrol. Driver Eva Holdren, 30, Union Furnace, was charged with permitting riders outside the vehicle. James Stevens and Ralph Holdren, both 30, Union Furnace, were also arrested. Each fined 10 dollars plus costs by Mayor Francis Myers.
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Hocking County
State Highway Patrol
Eva Holdren
Union Furnace
James E. Stevens
Wellston
Ralph Holdren
Francis Myers
Nelsonville barber Lawrence Bullock dies at 44
Lawrence Bullock 44 a Chauncey barber died this morning at Mount St Mary Hospital. Born in Hocking County he was a World War I veteran and member of the Jacksonville Eagles. He is survived by his wife Margaret, six sisters and three brothers. Johnson funeral home in charge.
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Edna Stalling
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Pauline Simpson
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Lucille Sisson
Powhattan Point
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Paul
Fort Riley
Kan
Jacksonville Eagles
Johnson Funeral Home
Speeding Driver Fined by Mayor in Logan
Hamilton Logan Route 3, 36, was fined 15 dollars and costs Monday by Mayor Francis Myers after a State Highway Patrol arrest for speeding.
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Russell Hamilton
Francis Myers
Archery Season Opens with 80 at Point Pleasant Shoot
About eighty archers attended the spring archery shoot of the Ohio Valley Archery League at Point Pleasant on Route 62 at McClintic Wildlife Station. Participants included leagues from Athens Marietta Parkersburg Ravenswood South Charleston Elizabeth W Va Grantsville Huntington and Hurricane. Winners span multiple classes with top scores posted by Stanley Taylor Ernest Call Lucky Fansler Gary Brown and others.
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Ohio Valley Archery League
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Ernest Call
Lucky Fansler
J. S. Lloyd
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Gary Brown
Helen Shaver
Norman Kelly
Helen Harris
Barbara Chevront
Mike Love
Mike Kelly
Connie Hanes
Richard Dehart
Estele Farley
Herman Grubbs
Mary Johnson
Ann Steiner
Mrs Stratton Dies At 98 in Youngstown Home
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Stratton age 98 widow of William Stratton died Monday morning at her Youngstown residence where she had lived for years after leaving Nelsonville. Graveside services planned for Wednesday at 1 p m in Green Lawn cemetery. Survived by two daughters Nellie and Mrs Lee Neff a son Pierce and a sister Mrs Albert Hamm a granddaughter omitted in record.
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Youngstown
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Lee Neff
Wilkinsburg
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Columbus
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Mason County Native Dies
The Rev. Andrew McKinney age 70 of Morris town died after a long illness at his home. He was a retired Sunday Creek Coal Co. employee born in Mason County W V. He is survived by his wife Nora four daughters and a son along with siblings and seven grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 10 a.m. at Morristown Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial at Suncrest Cemetery in Point Pleasant. The body will be at the family residence after noon Wednesday for viewing.
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Sunday Creek Coal Co
Mason County
W. Va
Wilson
Martha McKinney
Nora
Dorothy Sovereign
Elaine McKinney
Letart
Esther Adkins
Lancaster
Zelda Strausbaugh
Pomeroy
Paul
Chauncey
William
Samuel
Point Pleasant
James
Homer Mattock
Mary Plants
Leon
Minnie Gibbs
Florence
Canal Fulton
Ohio
Morristown
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Hiram Mingus
Suncrest Cemetery
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