Adkins Objects to Special Board Meeting in Mason County
In Point Pleasant Mason County Board of Education tensions rose during a heated session. Robert Adkins protested a Friday night special meeting called by President Mrs. C. P. Stout to consider Howard Schultz’s resignation, citing improper notification and voting conflicts. The board approved a 1,398,809 dollar budget for 1958 59 and faced staffing changes and letters from the Mason County Citizens School Steering Committee urging fair policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Robert Adkins
C. P. Stout
Howard Schultz
Adkins
D. M. Harshbarger
Schultz
Mrs. Stout
Stout
Keith Arnold
Harshbarger
Fred Sarders
Charles Jones
Jones
Fred Green
Lewis
James Dabney
Sanders
Green
C. R. Yoho
Point Pleasant High School
Mae Shelor
Wahama High School
Virginia Lanier
Central
Jessie Burdette
Roosevelt
Cris Bumgarner
Leonard Smith
Ivan Newell
Nelson Devault
Pat McCoy
Elmer Rice
Charlotte Long
C. H. Withers
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Ordnance School
Alva Spurlock
Ty Citizens School
James Sanders
Mason County Board
Mason County Citizen’s School Committee
Board of Education
Thomas Alford
Hannan High School
Cleo Holly
Arnold
Names of Veniremen For Court Are Listed
Point Pleasant jury commissioners John Brown and Harry Layne have drawn the venire for the September term of Circuit Court Layne succeeds Ottis C Roush as a new commissioner The list includes numerous grand jurors and petit jurors from Arbuckle Preston Beech Hill Gallipolis Ferry New Haven and nearby communities with many named individuals in long roster
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Point Pleasant
John Brown
Harry Layne
New Haven
Layne
Ottis C. Roush
Arbuckle
Preston Anderson
Beech Hill. Cooper
Harold Sayre
Letart
Clendenin
Lois Nibert
Grace Getty
Gallipolis Ferry
Cologne
Charles Arthur Bur
Two Mason Countians Receive Scholarships
Mason Countians George Knapp of Point Pleasant and Robert Watterson of Hannan will receive scholarships at the American Institute of Cooperation meeting at Pennsylvania State University August 24 to 27. The event, the nation’s largest farm business gathering, is expected to draw about 3000 attendees including 1200 youth and young farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
American Institute of Cooperation
C. P. Dorsey
Mason
Fisher Home Struck by Lightning in Bellemeade
Lightning struck the Fisher residence of Mr. and Mrs. James Fisher in Bellemeade during a severe storm Wednesday evening. The bolt hit a corner, ran through wiring, and knocked off part of a ceiling. No injuries were reported and damage estimates were not set by the fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James Fisher
Bellemeade
Ammonia Line Breaks Again at Valley Bell Dairy
For the second time this week a ammonia line broke loose from a truck parked beside Valley Bell Dairy Products Inc and filled the area with deadly ammonia gas. Earlier a truck left the dairy with the line connected allowing gas to escape. No injuries are listed in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Valley Bell Dairy Products, Inc
Mahaffey Named Production Manager at Marietta Co
Robert Mahaffey takes the production manager post at Marietta Manufacturing Co after a long career in boilers construction and power plants. He began in 1941 with the B and O Railroad and served as a radioman in the Navy before returning to industry. He and his wife Alice Sams Mahaffey have three children. A separate incident reports a gas or fumes leak in an upstairs apartment near the dairy causing evacuations and hospital visits.
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Mahaffey
Marietta Manufacturing Co
B and O Railroad
Pittsburgh
Institute
W. Va
Navy
South Pacific
Babcock and Wilcox Boiler Co
DuPont Co
Carbide and Carbon, Silicone
Long Beach
B. F. Goodrich
Marietta
Electro Metallurgical
Riverview
Ohio
Ravenswood
Alice Sams Mahaffey
Robert, Jr
James
Ruth Ann
Point Pleasant Clinic Notes Report Admissions and Discharges
Admitted Edward Cromley of Point Pleasant and Mrs Charles Long of Apple Grove. Discharged include Mrs John Cheap of Point Pleasant, Mrs Charles Blessing of Letart, Mrs Miles Melton and daughter of Apple Grove, and Mrs John Morris of Winfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Cromley
Point Pleasant
Charles Long
Apple Grove
John Cheap
Charles Blessing
Letart
Miles Melton
John Morris
Winfield
Windsor named president of Marietta Manufacturing Co
Walter M Windsor was elected president at the MMC mid year meeting to succeed Elmer Easter. A 1952 Marietta College graduate, Windsor becomes the youngest major shipyard president in the United States at 29, with prior roles in personnel, sales, and as assistant to the former MMC president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Walter M. Windsor
Elmer Easter
Kyle F. Brooks
Cincinnati
Union Central Bldg
Jackson N. Huddleston
Huntington
Milton L. Miller
Walter A. Windsor
Robert W. Nelson
First National Bank
Jason T. Weissenburger
Erie
Walter Mills Windsor
United States
Walter A. A. Windsor
MMC
Windsor
H. R. Cole
Marietta College
Caroline Vanzandt
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Tucker
Stewart
Viding
National Industrial Conference Board
Central Press
Barney Jones
Katie Briggs
Fea
Ture
Amily Weekly
Sunday Messenger
Woolworth ’S
Denier
Fisher
Robert
Jerry Pickens
Point Clinic
Point Pleasant Clinic
W.M. Windsor
EDSEL
Edsel Division
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler
DeSoto
Plymouth
Brazil
Belk
Cimpson
Boys & Girls
Bilt Fine Shoes
Belks
Ladies Fashion Lane
Miracle Tread
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