Point Pleasant Chamber debate guard property move and candidacy
The Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce board discussed moving West Virginia National Guard property to Buckhannon and planned a delegation to Gov Cecil Underwood to keep the property in Point Pleasant. The board also considered road surfacing on Sand Hill Road and harmony park issues while seeking stricter traffic penalties.
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Chamber of Commerce
C of C
West Virginia National
Buckhannon
Cecil Underwood
Point Pleasant
Sand Hill Road
George Hervey
Harmon Park
Red Cross Chapter Holds Mason County Annual Meeting
John Walsh of Parkersburg spoke at the Mason County Red Cross annual meeting in the Main St. Baptist Church. New directors were elected for three years: Joe Buffington, Russell Priddy, Mrs. S. O. Johnson, John Sayre, and Mrs. Paul Fitzgerald. one-year post went to Mrs. Lyle Austin. The unit reported 146 home service cases and 435 pints of blood collected, with 386 pints used by Mason residents. Civic groups attended and refreshments were served.
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Point Pleasant
John Walsh
Parkersburg
American Red Cross
Mason County
Red Cross
Main St. Baptist Church
Russell Priddy
Shawnee Pool
Kiwanis Club
Robert McGlothlin
Arthur Skidmore
Orville Hamil
Nelson A. Park
Kenneth Chandler
Virgil Siders
Phyllis Barnes
Wallace Burdette
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
AAUW
Junior Women's Club
Demolay
American Legion
Kiwanis
S. O. Johnson
Shortage of Cowboys Reported by Want Ad
A Denver Post note cites a mysterious cowboy shortage in the West sourced from a want ad. The ad asks for sober cowboys who know their business and provides Paradise Guest Ranch in Woodland Park, Colorado, as the contact.
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Denver
West
Denver Post
Paradise Guest Ranch
Woodland Park
Colo
Tungsten First Isolated In 1771 By Scheele
Swedish chemist K W Scheele isolated tungsten in its pure form in 1771, marking a milestone in early metallurgy and chemical science. This discovery established tungsten as a distinct element with notable properties later used in industry.
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K. W. Scheele
T-4 L Foot Treatment Ad
For athletes foot use T-4 L because it sloughs off infected skin and exposes more germs to its killing action. In one hour if not pleased you get 40 cents back at any drug store. Use strong instant-dry T-4 L day or night. Now at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store.
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Quick's
Cut Rate Drug Store
Marrakesh Ground Turned Parking Lot Hosts Local Visitors
A regional social column records a gathering in Wooster Ohio with multiple families visiting relatives and friends in the area. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Grover Salser Mrs. Lottie Wilcox Mrs. Francis Morris and several Johnsons, with a picnic at Black Lick Woods Park and Ronnie Salser’s hospital news after surgery.
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Connie Hendricks
Newport
Ohio
Marilyn Rice
Elsie Roush
Pomeroy
Francis Morris
Curtis Johnson
Esta Eaton
Dale Johnson
Columbus
Glenn Cartwright
Mason
J. P. Sauer
Point Pleasant
Roy Johnson
Carroll
Harry
Point Pleasant Area Women’s News Notes
The WSCS of Hickory Chapel Methodist Church hosted a church picnic with guests including Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stewart and others. Street entertained Women of the Moose with a picnic at her home Tuesday evening.
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Point Pleasant Area
WSCS
Hickory Chapel Methodist Church
A. L. Stewart
Charles Oshel
Charles Hoschar
Alice Hoschar
William Humphrey
Early McKinney
Clay Watkins
Brenda
Owen Eads
William Biffle
Street
the Women of the Moose
Hickory Chapel Church Hosts Mixed Shower For Hendersons
Members of Hickory Chapel Church with the WSCS will host a miscellaneous shower Friday evening at the church honoring Mr and Mrs Donald Henderson and Mr and Mrs Richard Henderson.
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Hickory Chapel
WSCS
Donald Henderson
Richard Henderson
Trinity WSCS Plans Aug 14 Picnic At Gallipolis Ferry
The Trinity Methodist Church WSCS met at the church with Mrs. J A Blankenship leading a business session. They scheduled the annual family picnic for August 14 at Mrs. Howard Garland’s Gallipolis Ferry home at 6 PM, guests to supply their own table service and a covered dish.
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WSCS
Trinity Methodist Church
J. A. Blankenship
Howard Garland
Gallipolis Ferry
W. B. Buffington
Gene Crow
Gary Conley
L.C. Bias
Janet Willer
C. L. Head
Paul Stout
Alvin C. Young
Dorcas
Stout
Elinor Cole
St Paul Methodist Church Picnic at 4-H Club Center
The annual church picnic will be held Sunday at the county 4-H Club Recreation Center on South Side. Church services end at 11 45 a m. Soft drinks are provided by the church. Each family should bring a basket of food.
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St. Paul Methodist Church
County 4-H Club
South Side
Mrs Melrose Hosts Community Notices in Letart Falls
The Golden Rule Sunday School class of the Methodist Church met at Louise Chapman’s Syracuse home and voted to hold an annual picnic at Syracuse Park on Aug 22. Refreshments were served as local families visited, hosted and traveled between Bladen Gallipolis Columbus Mansfield and Portsmouth areas. The Rev Robert Learned will move his family to the EUB Charge in Junction City, and neighbors Brady Craig Roy Pooler together with Sherry and Eddie Wildermuth were guests at Floyd Norris and Floyd Workman households.
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Letart Falls
Golden Rule
Methodist Church
Louise Chapman
Syracuse
Syracuse Park
Wallace Henry
Bladen
Ralph Workman
Gallipolis
Floyd Workman
Ralph Webb
James Webb
Columbus
Jeffry Webb
L. D. Webb
Burton Webb
Mansfield
Clarence McDade
Middleport
J. D. Roush
Parkersburg
Norma Wilson
Pomeroy
Bessie Slaughter
Ripley
Fairview
Pat
Pam Henry
Arthur Ohlinger
Broad Run
Roy Pooler
Chester
Floyd Norris
Missionary Society to Meet at Main St Baptist Church
The Missionary Society of the Main St Baptist Church will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the church social room.
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The
Missionary Society of the Main
Mrs Julia Pearl Spencer Visits Her Mother in Jefferson
Mrs Julia Pearl Thomas Spen cer and her children of Arthurdale West Virginia are visiting her mother Mrs Esther Thomas on Jefferson Boulevard.
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Julia Pearl Thomas Spencer
Arthurdale
W. Va
Esther Thomas
Jefferson Blvd
Mason County 4-H Club Plans Farm Youth Show
The Tip Top Toppers 4-H club met at Rita Sue Green’s home with Patty Miller presiding. A planning committee was formed for the Mason County Farm Youth Show. Rita Sue Green and Carl Adler gave project talks while Susie Call led recreation and Mrs Garrett Green provided refreshments.
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Tip Top Toppers Club
Rita Sue Green
Mt. Vernon Ave
Patty Miller
Mason County Farm
Rita Sue
Carl Adler
Recreation
Susie Call
Garrett Green
Amateur Photographer Wins Huntington Picture Contest
Point Pleasant resident Leon Putz of 225 Park Drive won first prize in a Huntington newspaper picture contest. His winning photo showed a scene overlooking the Kanawha River from Leon Hill. Putz is an amateur photographer and teaches at Point Pleasant High School.
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Point Pleasant
Leon Putz
Park Drive
Huntington
Kanawha River
Leon Hill
Putz
Point Pleasant High School
Point Clinic Notes Admitted and Discharged Names
Miss Judith Lambert of Columbus admitted. Mrs Noah Callicoat of Apple Grove discharged with infant. Mrs Charles Jeffers noted. Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Conrad Plumley of Ashton.
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Judith Lambert
Columbus
Noah Callicoat
Apple Grove
William Bonecutter
Charles Jeffers
Conrad Plumley
Ashton
Burdette Family Visit Returns Home
Mr and Mrs Thomas Burdette and daughter Pamela of Emporium Pennsylvania and Miss Linda Lyons of Middleport have returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs Stuart Burdette on Main Street. They also visited Mrs Burdette's parents Mr and Mrs A E Thomas of Park Drive. Mrs Burdette is the former Margaret Thomas.
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Thomas Burdette
Pamela
Emporium
Linda Lyons
Middleport
Stuart Burdette
Main Street
Mr. Burdette
House fly wings beat at twenty thousand times a minute
A house fly in flight moves its wings about 20 000 times per minute. Researchers used vibrating tuning forks to verify the wingbeat speeds and study insect flight dynamics.
Pride and Shine Inspection Slated During Weekend
A Point Pleasant Pride and Shine committee met at the Chamber of Commerce offices. Mayor B W Krodel and two others plan a city tour this week to name the cleanest streets and sidewalks, with the winning community earning a gold broom to be erected during the weekend.
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Point Pleasant
Pride and Shine
Chamber of Commerce
B. W. Krodel
Ice Cream Social At St Paul Methodist Friday
The WSCS of St Paul Methodist Church hosts an ice cream social on Friday at 5 p.m. on the church lawn. Homemade desserts and foods will be sold including ice cream to take home if containers are provided. A white elephant sale and fish pond are featured.
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Point Pleasant
WSCS
St. Paul Methodist Church
Clara Barton’s Long Life and Red Cross Founder Dies at 91
Clara Barton who organized the Red Cross lived to age 91. Her humanitarian work and foundation shaped emergency relief and nursing care worldwide.
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Clara Barton
Red Cross
Polio Patient Survey Planned in Mason County
A Mason County survey by the Mason Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will assess rehabilitation needs of polio patients of all ages. Richard R. Austin chairs the chapter as the study aims to compile a nationwide roster of polio cases by September 1.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Mason
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Richard R. Austin
The
National Foundation
Bumgarner Reunion Held at New Haven Garden Club Park
The third annual Bumgarner reunion takes place in New Haven Garden Club Park on Sunday with a basket dinner served at noon. Relatives are invited to attend.
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New Haven
New Haven Garden Club
Ivan the Terrible annexed Siberia to Russia in the 16th Century
Readable text notes that Ivan the Terrible expanded Russian territory by annexing Siberia during the 16th century, highlighting a major territorial milestone in Russian history.
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Ivan the Terrible
Siberia
Russia
Desensitize Itch in Minutes Ad for Quick's Drug Store
An advertisement promotes a fast acting itch desensitizer labeled as instant drying and germ killing. It targets eczema insect bites foot itch and surface rashes with day or night use and claims quick relief available at Quick's Drug Store.
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Red Cross Chapter
Marrakesh
Morocco
Racine
Kenneth Wirt
Kennie
Lynn
Ann Pinkley
Wooster
Grover Salser
Athens
Fabric Oxfords
Diahg BO
Melrose
Wilma Melrose
Bumgarner
Quick's Drug Store
Lion
Lin
Billford
Pepperell
Streven
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