Teachers Are Assigned In Mason County
Point Pleasant and area schools release a long list of teachers and assignments across multiple high, junior, and elementary schools headed by principals C. H. Withers, Hannan High, Clyde Foley, and Virgil Siders. The roster names dozens of instructors including Eunice Beller, Margaret Francis, and Ruth Rogers, mapping staff to specific school names and locations within Mason County.
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Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Point Pleasant Senior
C. H. Withers
Eunice Beller
Lavenia Jackson
Jenjamin Franklin
Evelyn Green
Leta B. Foglesong
Cary H. Rayburn
Elane Rouse
Manford Blessing
Berfitt Jordan
Jack Rogers
Bertha Filson
Sidney Burgess
Rudolph Rogers
Garnette Stanley
Mary Etta Lowash
Clifford Dunn
Joseph Bailey
Edna Burdette
Beale
Bonnie Yester
Amanda Caudill
Bear Wallow
Geraldine Taylor
Beech Hill
Loretta McComb
Lena Bowles
Big Spruce
Fannie Harlow
Bird
Vausie Hanes
Black Jack
Zella Harbour
Beard
John Taylor
Broad Run
Ethel Grimm
Grace Brown
Buckle
Lucille Sanders
Bug Run
Mary L. Keefer
Central
Milton Burdette
Henderson
Louise Sommer
Helen Austin
Genevieve Butler
Madge Byus
Pearl Hereford
Lula Jiiden
Hattie Jordan
Evelyn Kelly
Ethel Sayre
Alice Rulen
Hill
Myra Schul
Howell
Iva Boston
Langston
Luella Sawyers
Leon
Edward Irvin
Juanita K. Burdette
Lena Jones
Lyda Smith
Letart
Bess McBee
Beatrice Grimm
Lewis
Ella Irvin
Lone Cedar
Bacyle Buckalew
Mason
Leola W. Cubbage
Helen Bletner
Dorothy Fink
Lena Gibbs
Geraldine McCoy
Alfreta Meredith
Alice Roach
Lorena Weiss
Mason Valley
Imogene Barnett
Mission Ridge
Lessie Sleeth
Mt. Flower
Ora C. Weigand
Mt. Olive
Lorena Arrington
George Church Dies at 67 Watchman at Lakin State Hospital
George Church, 67, longtime watchman at Lakin State Hospital, died at St. Marys Hospital Huntington after a two week illness. He was born May 29, 1882 in Virginia, a World War I veteran, and a Morgantown Baptist Church member. Survived by widow Sarah, three stepdaughters, one stepson, and sister. Funeral Thursday at Raynes Funeral Home with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
George Church
Lakin State Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
Huntington
Mr. Church
Virginia
Morgantown Baptist Church
Sarah Church
Margaret Gillian
New York City
Dorothy Gillian
Lakin
Louise Cyrus
Ralph W. Gillian
Detroit
Ella Massie
Warm Springs
Raynes
Viand St
Essex
Lone Oak Cemetery
Band Camp Called Off for Polio Safety at Point Pleasant
Dr L Corrick head of Band Boosters says no band camp this year due to polio risk. Band members will practice three days weekly at the high school band building starting Aug 15 ahead of the Sept 9 night football opener against Poca.
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Point Pleasant
Corrick
John Martin
Tip-Top Club Meets At Yeager Residence
The Tip-Top Pointer 4-H Club met at Patty Yeager’s Park Drive home with Jean Hill, president, in charge. Members shared likes and dislikes about the recent 4-H camp at the Southside Recreation Center. Refreshments were served to Kay Woolfitt, Sandra Jones, Jean Hill, Elizabeth Summers, Patty Yeager, Anna Lou Dunn, and Dixie McNeil.
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Point Pleasant
Patty Yeager
Park Drive
Jean Hill
Southside Recreation Center
Kay Woolfitt
Sandra Jones
Elizabeth Summers
Anna Lou Dunn
Dixie McNeil
Local notes include births and community happenings
Don ald and Mary Pearce announce birth of son David Duane. Area farming reports note a 5.5 foot velvet rattlesnake killed on Burns farm weighing 15 to 16 pounds. ABC threshing crews are active and wheat yields look good. Nearby residents travel and visit relatives in Columbus Logan Wellston Cincinnati Chillicothe. Pilgrim Holiness church nears completion with Rev Knight directing carpentry.
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Radcliff
Donald Pearce
David Duane
Burns
Middlefork Creek
Arnot Jeffers
Woodrow Lowe
ABC
Mary Lou Pierce
Columbus
Paul Zinn
Marguerite Adkins
Ovid Pearce
Jimmy
H. F. Osler
Harley, Jr
Carolyn
Toledo
H. B. Sanford
Wellston
Ernest Pierce
Cincinnati
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Knight
Vinton
Hubert Camp
Clyde Camp
Chillicothe
Stanley Pendleton
Vinton Rural
Carroll
Gladys Pierce
Birthday Party for Betty Jo and Carolyn Burris in Pt Pleasant
The Burris family hosted a birthday party at 107 English Court for Betty Jo age five and Carolyn age eight. Prizes went to June Mayes and Patricia Clench. A long list of attendees and adult guests joined the celebration with family and friends present.
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Point Pleasant
Odis Burris
English Court
Betty Jo
Carolyn
June Mayes
Patricia Cloneh
Margaret Myers
Henderson
Lois Ann Wood
Nancy Dawson
Ruth Ann Duncan
Jason Jackson
Barbara Duncan
Mary Ann Vansickle
Bobby Blessing
Nellie Jean Blessing
Shelva Jean Mayes
Ann Lee Mayes
Patricia Clench
Eddie Mayes
Judy Hanshaw
Sandra Mayes
Carol Pickens
Brenda Pickens
Kemp Littlepage
Jimmie Thieman
Judy Wallace
Tommie Wallace
Joyce Clapper
Sally Wallace
Judy Peoples
Becky Peoples
Judy Klein
Johnny Klein
Patsy Patterson
Florence Dee Davis
Betty Lou Wood
Pamela Jones
Betty Jo Burris
Carolyn Sue Burris
Aduits
Bessie Clench
B. M. Duncan
L. D. Icard
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Somerville in Point Pleasant
Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 2 00 p m at Trinity Methodist Church for Mrs R KE Somerville of Viand Street who died at Holzer Hospital Monday Interment was in Suncrest area Pallbearers were A Johnson Ray Greenler George Somerville Robert H Ferguson George Harper and G G Patterson
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Point Pleasant
Trinity Methodist Church
Holly O. Shambkin
R. KE. Somerville
Viand St
Holzer Hospital
Suncrest
A. Johnson
Ray Greenler
George Somerville
Robert H. Ferguson
George Harper
G. G. Patterson
Designer Accepts St. Louis Post At Forrest City Firm
Mrs J T Weissenburger of 12 Main St will leave for St Louis to begin work at Forrest City Manufacturing Co. Production ends at Jason Company Inc as it shifts away from designing for women wear. Weissenburger previously worked as a designer at Jason Company.
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Point Pleasant
J. T. Weissenburger
Main St
Forrest City Manufacturing Co
St. Louis
Weissenburger
St Louis
Mrs. Welasenburger
Jason Company
Point Pleasant Farm Woman's Council Session Set
A called meeting of the Farm Woman's Council is scheduled in the County Agricultural Extension Office Point Pleasant on August 13 at 10 am.
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Point Pleasant
Farm Woman's Council
County Agricultural Extension Office
Storm Damage to Farm Reported at Two Thousand
A hail storm near Gallipolia Ferry damaged Guy Henry's farm with about five acres of sweet corn, two acres of tobacco, and late tomatoes destroyed, totaling roughly 2000 dollars in losses. Elmer Pole’s adjacent farm narrowly avoided damage to his prize tobacco. The report notes widespread airport placements west of many towns.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolla Ferry
Guy Henry
WV Alumni Meeting Postponed In Point Pleasant
The Mason County West Virginia University Alumni Association meeting was postponed to a later date when a WVU speaker will visit Point Pleasant. County Superintendent Robert H. Fison says about 90 eligible Mason County alumni exist and hopes all 50 will join. Enrollment forms are in Ferguson’s Main Street office.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
West Virginia University Alumni Association
WVU
Robert H. Fison
Ferguson
Main St
Specs And I See Eye To Eye
A hunter named Joe, with his friend Specs Allen, recounts a last week co hounding episode. Specs refuses to shoot and stays true to his beliefs, while Joe fires when birds flush. Open minded friendship prevails despite differing views on shooting.
Orpha Rebekah Lodge 210 Initiates New Member
Orpha Rebekah Lodge 210 met at Fourth Street home Tuesday evening with noble grand Mrs. Lorena Shifler presiding. New member Mrs. Sarah Kimbrel was initiated. Members then adjourned to a local fountain for refreshments. Present included Marie Blunt Flora Meyers Lorena Shiflet Estelle Shiflet Hazel Carder Nora Edwards Lettie Jennings Margaret Dashner Marie Chapman Cary Dower Hanlah Wilson Fannie Pratt Jennie Ball Sarah Kimbrel Miss Hazel Siders and M D Shiflet member of the Odd Fellows.
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Orpha Rebekah Lodge 210
Fourth St
Noble Grand
Lorena Shifler
Sarah Kimbrel
Marie Blunt
Flora Meyers
Lorena Shiflet
Estelle Shiflet
Hazel Carder
Nora Edwards
Lettie Jennings
Margaret Dashner
Marie Chapman
Cary Dower
Hanlah Wilson
Fannie Pratt
Jennie Ball
Hazel Siders
M. D. Shiflet
The
Odd Fellows, Brother Lodge
Rebekahs
WSCS to Meet at Henderson Home with Ice Cream Social
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Vaught Memorial Church in Henderson will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs Herbert Hendersons home on Shadle Road An ice cream social will follow at Mrs Jerry Atkison s home in Henderson starting at 6 p.m.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service of Vaught Memorial Church
Henderson
Herbert Henderson
Shadle Road
WSCS
Jerry Atkison
Shrine picnic event links families across towns
A mix of relatives and friends from Bellemeade Dunbar Arbuckle Huntington St Albans Ripley and Jefferson Blvd gathered for a state Shrine picnic at Dunbar fair grounds. Visitors included Sadie Rainey and Miss Jean King plus Erwin Ellis George Ellis and Dana Loftis. Attendance highlighted extended family visits and interactions during the weekend.
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Otis Rainey
Sadie
Linda
Bellemeade
Charles King
Dunbar
Jean King
Arbuckle
Dunbar Fair Grounds
Sadie Rainey
R. G. Ellis
Jefferson Blvd
Erwin Ellis
Huntington
George Ellis
St. Albans
Dana L. Loftis
Dallas Young
Ripley
Retha Shuler
Marietta Street
Shuler
Inlaw
John Shuler
Pliny
William T. Frost
Retha Jane Ellis
Orville Ellis
Lincoln Avenue
Pauline Deal
Ashton
Jackson Ellis Reunion at St Albans Park
The Jackson Ellis reunion will be held at the roadside park in St Albans this Sunday September 4. Chairman Ray G Ellis said the event will feature quartet music sermons and talks with prizes for the oldest person present the youngest attendee and the largest family.
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Point Pleasant
Jackson Ellis
St. Albans
Ray G. Ellis
Sauer family reunion set for Lake Jackson on Aug 21
The Sauer family reunion will be held at Lake Jackson Ohio on Sunday August 21. Sauer relatives from Pittsburgh Steubenville Follansbee Middleport Huntington Wellsburg and Point Pleasant are expected to attend.
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Point Pleasant
Lake Jackson
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Steubenville
Follansbee
Middleport Huntington
Wellsburg
Point Clinic Discharges Mrs Vickers Mrs Reed and Infant
Mrs Harry Vickers of West Columbia, a surgical patient, and Mrs Samuel Reed with infant son Raym Lee of Buffalo were discharged from the Point Clinic on Wednesday.
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Harry Vickers
West Columbia
Point Clinic
Samuel Reed
Raym Lee
Buffalo
No Finer Cigarette Than Lucky Strike
The advertisement touts Lucky Strike as having America’s largest tobacco laboratory in Richmond Virginia. It emphasizes continuous tobacco sampling from growing regions and scientific analysis guiding buyers to secure finer tobacco for its cigarettes, claiming no finer cigarette exists today.
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America
Richmond
Virginia
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Cipal
Ada Allen
Anna Allen
Goldye Hart
Mae Kaylor
Marie C. Trowsh
North Point Pleasant
Frank Poling
Erma Barnett
Freda Jordan
Pauline Foglesong
Margaret Francis
Donzella Park
Ruth Rogers
Ruth
Irene Sayre
Ordnance
Walden F. Roush
Mildred Ball
Mabel Blessing
Ruby Carder
Zola Duncan
Grace MacDermitt
Norma Nelson
Yarl Randolph
Pleasant Ridge
Earl McCoy
Point Pleasant Mission
Marshall Allison
Red Mud
Evelyn Brake
Rising Sun
Rocky Fork
Lillian Perry
Roosevelt
Francis McCulloch
Freda B. Hoffman
Evelyn Gammon
Mary P. Grimm
St. Joe
Carl Dabney
Shady Hill
Dave Dunn
Stevens
Edith Hoffman
Sunnyside
W. L. Sturgeon
Finley Cremeans
Mozell C. Dabney
Genevieve Keister
Garnett Kimberling
Dorothy Ball
Thomas
Crystal G. Stewart
Town Hall
Haze
Meadows
Union
Cooper
Lillian Miller
Valley Ridge
Vernon
Orpha Ohlinger
Verndale
Audrey Dabney
Victory
Angie Conrad
Warner
Ora Jiiden
Watterson
Billy Steele
Horton Eckard
Ora Mae McFarland
Ivy Sl
Point Pleasant Hardware Co
Pt. Pleasant
Yeager
Yolanda Countsoto
Los Angeles
Happy
Brownlie
Buck
Yolanda
144 Park Drive
Clyde Varian
Chillicothe, O
Charles Wilson
River St
Fred Peden
Dade City
Fla
John Lair
Pleasant St
A. D. Sallaz
Lincoln Ave
Mrs. Somerville
Council
Wood County Air
American Airways
Phonan
Parkersburg
United States
Joe Marsh
Specs
Joe
Speca
Specs Allen
Reunion
United States Brewers Foundation
COPR
American Tobacco Company
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