Point Pleasant Plans Budget With 94 497 Dollar Expenditures
Point Pleasant proposes a 1955 56 budget totaling 94 497 36 with estimated receipts of 72 725 36 and a levy 22 772. The report lists salaries for mayor clerk treasurer attorney police and fire departments street and sewer upkeep and park expenses, plus taxes fines rents and miscellaneous items. Unpaid bills total 93 036 and miscellaneous revenues including licenses and permits are noted.
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Point Pleasant
B. W. Krodel
Health Department
Money Shortage Delays Mason County 4-H Camp Upgrades
Plans to develop the Mason County 4-H Camp at South Side are on hold as the county court allocates no funds for 1955 56 renovations. Officials cite timing and budgeting rules, but say improvements are needed for next year and discussions continue between the court and camp board led by A E Sommer.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
South Side
Morrison
A. E. Sommer
Wedding to Be Held at Trinity Methodist Church
The Pt Pleasant Society announces an August double ring ceremony at 3 30 p m in Trinity Methodist Church with Rev Alvin C Young officiating An open church wedding Miss Marlene Bumgardner provides organ music and Norman Foss accompanies solos Maid of honor is Miss Carol J Fowler Best man Deuwrer Skidmore Ushers include Wayne Robinson Chuck Robinson Glen Crabtree Kendall Dean Reception in church social room Attendants include Miss Shirley Thomas Miss Peggy Hatton Mrs Norman Foss and Mrs A R Ripley Point Pleasant Joyce Crabtree and Mrs Kendell Dean of Rio Grande register guests A vesper service follows after dinner with Rev Alvin C Young in charge
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Alvin C. Young
Trinity Methodist Church
Marlene Bumgardner
Norman Foss
Carol J. Fowler
Gallipolis
Deuwrer Skidmore
Wayne Robinson
Chuck Robinson
Glen Crabtree
Kendall Dean
Aids
Shirley Thomas
Peggy Hatton
A. R. Ripley
Point Pleasant
Joyce Crabtree
Kendell Dean
Rio Grande
Jackie Durst
Women of Moose Meet Tonight at Moose Home
Women of the Moose will meet Tuesday evening at the Moose home for their regular gathering. Members are urged to bring any notices or project updates to share with the group.
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Women of Moose
The
Moose
Moose Home
Order of Eastern Star Chapter 75 Meets Monday
Chapter No 75 of the Order of Eastern Star will hold a meeting Monday evening at the Masonic Temple.
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Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Church Has Family Reunion Picnic At Local Home
The annual Trinity Methodist Church family picnic will be hosted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. for members to gather in fellowship.
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Trinity Methodist Church
Robinsons and Ruth Ann Visit Ports mouth
Mrs K W Robinson and her daughter Ruth Ann of 117 Pleasant Street spent Tuesday in Portmouth. Harry Austin of Huntington, a former Mason County resident, was a business visitor Tuesday in Point Pleasant.
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K. W. Robinson
Ruth Ann
Pleasant St
Portsmouth
Harry Austin
Huntington
Mason County
Point Pleasant
Alfred Alfred MYF Meeting Highlights and Visits
The MYF met August 7 with 11 members and discussed John Wesley Started Something. Reading and discussion followed. Charles Taylor led the meeting and choir practice was set for every two weeks at the leader’s home. Mrs Thelma Henderson and Linda attended the EUB Church homecoming on Silver Ridge. Gerald Hayes hosted a union at Holliday for Mr and Mrs Charles D Woode Hayes. Local MW of A Junior club members with parents attended Burlingham Club gathering Saturday. The Alfred 4-H club met at Merie Hawk’s home with Helen also present.
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John Wesley
Charles Taylor
Thelma Henderson
Linda
EUB
Silver Ridge
Charles D. Woode Hayes
Gerald Hayes
Holliday
Burlingham Club
Alfred
Merie Hawk
Helen
Chamber Sets Meeting Date For Quarterly
The board discussed two new membership categories of 200 and 500 per year and a possible upgrade of other dues. Additional revenue requires higher dues. letters have been sent with no rejections yet. A decision may be made, with a proposal to directors and a proxy vote this week.
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Ater
Reverends Conduct Last Rites For James Wyant At Local Church
Community notices list dozens of local families visiting relatives in Cincinnati Columbus Cleveland and Marietta. Court records show Dorsell Wilson enlisting in the Air Force and families from Gallipolis Wheelersburg Bladen and Cheshire sharing weekends and church activities.
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Letart
Roger Martin
Chillicothe
James Wyant
Wyant
Syracuse
Glen Tolson
Ann
Canton
Crow
Clifford Hill
Mack
Cincinnati
Mariene Clark
Cecil Hill
Columbus
Hunt
Emp
Cleveland
Bert Hunt
Monroe Sheets
Keith
Gallipolis
Aoe Fant
Pegey
Bladen, Sheets
Edward Shuler
Guy Shuler
Middleport
Harry Miller
Ae Nna Gracuse Visi
J. Chow
D. R. Goodwill Losia Williams
Marietta
Hall
O. R. McClure
Wheelersburg
W. Va
Lena Ff Wand
G. C. Deiley
Emmabelle Sopher
Qlliacee Chapman
Ralph
Lancaster Camp Ground
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Dorsell Wilson
Air Force
Herman Reese
Norma Shamblin
Cheshire
Ray McDade
J. D. Roush
Hospital fund rolls toward goal with dinners planned
The campaign chair W W Smith announced a series of report dinners at the Moose Home on Friday and August 19 with 6:30 p.m. start times. Howard Jenkins is coordinating large donors as $72,000 has been turned in toward the Hill Burton grant to build a 42 bed hospital. About one third of solicitation cards have been returned, mostly small gifts, with a few gifts in the thousands. The hospital will be built under federal Hill Burton terms, with equipment bought by the $200,000 raised locally. The hospital will operate with a mixed staff of medical doctors and osteopaths as approved by trustees.
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W. W. Smith
Smith
Lon
Hill-Burton
Harry Ree
Aoe
Spn Hospital
South Side Man Fined, Then Jailed
South Side resident Joseph S. Denny, 28, was fined by Justice A. M. Goodwin on two counts of violation for driving without a license and for lacking license plates. He paid $10 and costs for the first offense and $10 and costs for the second and was committed to Mason County jail for nonpayment.
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Point Pleasant
Joseph S. Denny
South Side
Justice of the Peace
A. M .Goodwin
Denny
Mason County
Miss Putz to Receive Master’s Degree
Miss Putz will receive a joint Master of Arts degree in English from Vanderbilt University and George Peabody College in Nashville Tennessee at graduation exercises August 15. She has held a Ford Foundation fellowship the past year and will soon start as head of the artment at Fairfax Hall Junior College in Waynesboro Virginia after a vacation at home. She is a Point Pleasant High School graduate and earned an A B from Marshall College in June 1954.
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Point Pleasant
Ee Putz
Vanderbilt University
Gaonge Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Putz
Ford Foundation
Waynes Boro
Fairfax Hall Junior College
Miss Putz
Point Pleasant High School
Marshall College
Buck Run Buck Run visit note follows families in logan area
Mrs. Effie Woltz reports a visit by Mr and Mrs Dave Woiltz to the Rev and Mrs Sullivan and others. The group traveled with Mr and Mrs Hershel Peevost of Logan to Basil to visit sister Mrs Minnifer and Opal Mosure and daughter Marilyn. They also visited Mrs Don Meyers and twins in Bremen.
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Buck Run
Dave Woiltz
Sullivan
Gladys Dupler
Sylvia Bai
Hershel Peevost
Logan
Basil
Mra Minniefer
Opal Mosure
Marilyn
Emma Meyer
Dave W
Don Meyers
Bremen
Effie Woltz
Farm Official Visits County Agent in Point Pleasant
C C Anderson administrative assistant in West Virginia Agricultural Extension Service and former Mason County resident visited the county for a routine check during four years as county agent from 1942 to 1946.
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Point Pleasant
C. C. Anderson
West Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
Mason County
Israel Society Finds Carved Stone Coffins
The Israel Exploration Society reports discovery of burial chambers with stone coffins bearing names in an ancient Jewish cemetery Beth Shearim near Haifa Nazareth. The 1600 year old site lies in a mountain south of the Haifa Nazareth corridor.
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Israel Society
Jerusalem
Haifa-Nazareth
Stone Coffins and Beth Shearim as Jewish Burial Center
Stone coffins bore artistic decorations and bore names and hometowns of the dead. Remains of many prominent Jews were brought from across the Middle East for burial at Beth Shearim, venered as a religious center after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
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Middle East
Beth Shearim
Second Temple
Jerusalem
Some Don’ts for Pimples and Itching Relief Ad
An old advertisement urges readers not to scratch or squeeze pimples to avoid infection and promotes Peterson's Ointment for fast relief. It claims skin benefits and offers a money back guarantee with a promise of soothing results for itchy feet and cracked skin.
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Peterson
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