Gallipolis Ferry School Reopened by Mason County Board
Ad journed Mason County Board of Education meeting in Point Pleasant approved reopening the Gallipolis Ferry school after a delegation from the area. Bus driver Everett Keefer asked for a $10 monthly wage increase citing higher living costs, but no action was taken. C H Withers, principal of Senior High School, was given per- mission or assignments follow-up.
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Point Pleasant
County Board of Education
le Caldwell
As Young
C. C. Blessing
E H. Burdette
Gallipolis Ferry
Everett Keefer
C. H. Withers
Steenbergen
State Board of School Finance
State Tax Commissioner
Charles F. Wamsley
Henderson
Louise Sommer
C. L. Ingels
Mason Grade School
Leola Wolfe
George C. Musgrave
Fred. Roush
Ordnance School
Black Jack
Zella Harbour
Daisy
Iva Ball
Fadeley
Dorothy Lewis
Forrest Hil
Irene Sayre
Chester Bartram
Mason Valley
Charles Meadows
Pine Grove
Madge Byus
Sunnyside
Pearl
Hereford
New Haven
Harriette
Rockwell
Morning Star
Richard H. Cain
Cloverdale
Minnie McCartney
Point Fieasant High School
Guy Cain
Wahama
Alice Smith Nease
Wahaima High School
Douglas Mnease
Bus to Akron Derby Is Made Available
Arrangements secured for a 32 seat bus to Akron on Sunday to enable Point Pleasant residents to attend the national soap box derby. Ed ward Fogitsen is the contact for interest and can be reached at 613 or at his Viand Street home.
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Point Pleasant
Akron
Edward Fogitsen
Ing
Viand Street
Court Opens Sept 3 as Judge Miller Plans Last Mason County Term
POINT PLEASANT. If elected to the state supreme court next November, Judge Lewis H Miller will conduct his last regular term of Mason County circuit court starting September 3. The notice signals a transition as Miller intends to join the high court after this term.
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Point Pleasant
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Lewis H. Miller
Mason County
Point Pleasant Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Local residents welcome relatives and guests from across states including William Janson and family from West Virginia, Jirkle family from Florida, Capehart family, several Huntington and Baltimore visitors, and a New York musician William Stone returning home due to his father’s illness.
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Point Pleasant
J. Brooks Janson
Mary Ann
Sally Jean
William, Son
W. Va
Inlaw
Howard Yeager
Vernon Ave
J. S. Zirkle
Intercession
Main St
Zirkle
Capehart
Carl Childers
Twenty-sixth Street
Huntington
Blaine Bell
Ruth
J. S. Evan
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Mary McCulloch
Baltimore
M. C. Byers
Elaine Yost
Mae Whiting
Ripley
H. B. Hylton
Columbus, O
L. A. McMillin
Robert Jolly
Washington, D. C
E. B. Needs
Jack
Virginia Bros‘lat
Tommy
Robinson,nl
B- W. McGlothlin
Highland Ave
Hoy Jones, Jr
Hubbard
Austin
Texas
Old Friends Reunion Set at Eckard Chapel on Ripley Road
POINT PLEASANT The Old Friends Reunion to be held Sunday September 1 at Eckard Chapel on Ripley Road. Attendees should bring their own lunch. Program includes business session remarks by Old Friends and visitors singing by Wolf's Valley Choir string music children games and prize presentations.
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Point Pleasant
Old Friends
Eckard Chapel
Ripley Road
Wolf's Valley
Fairgrounds
Country Club Addition
Union
Cologne
Couple's Third Son Receives Discharge
Walter Otho Mattox, USNR, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Mattox of Middleport Ohio, arrived home Monday. He received an honorable discharge from the Navy at Bainbridge Maryland. Mattox, a Point Pleasant native, graduated from Point Pleasant High School in 1945. He enlisted in June 1945 and trained at Sampson. In service he was assigned to the cruiser USS Oregon City. Otho is the third Mattox son to be honorably discharged.
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Point Pleasant
Walter Otho Mattox
USNR
Carl Mattox
Middleport
United States Avy
Bainbridge
Mattos
Point Pleasant High School
Naval Reserve
Sampson Naval Training Center
New York
Navy
LU. S
Oregon City
Otho
Mattox
Jury Names Drawn For September In Point Pleasant
Jury commissioners met and named grand and petit jurors for the September term of the circuit court to convene September 3 in Point Pleasant. Lists include J S He le, EH Jackson, Clendenin T Carney, Cologne el Weigand, Cooper PP, Pickens, T Clark Mistrict, Ma Cloneh, Hangan D Eads, W D Steel, E v Lewis, D e Robinson, Stein ards, Wag e T Edw among others for grand jury. Petit jurors named include Oscar We Jo G M Lainer, Sherman Bless vane Long, Sidney Durst, Earl Hopes, Carl Wears, H David B Sayre, Doug Denver Carney, E Terry C Roush, David George Jewell, Okey C Spencer, J R Hott, Walter Brown, Lewis Char les E Van Metre, R W Ferguson, John Martin, A H Jordan, Robert Gaskins, G A Cumming, C A Roush, Elmer Reach, Elzie Devault, J O Heaton, F A Wallace, Raymond Thomas, Del bert Underwood, Emory Fry, Edgar Johnson, and Harry Coleman.
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Point Pleasant
Grand
Port Jure
Petit Jury
Oscar We Jo
G. M. Lainer
Sherman Bless Vane Long
Sidney Durst
Earl Hopes
Carl Wears
H David B. Sayre
Doug Denver Carney
E. Terry C. Roush
David George Jewell
Okey
C. Spencer
J. R. Hott
Walter & & Brown
En Lewis
Charles E. van Metre
R. W. Ferguson
John Martin
Hospital Admits and Discharges at Holzer Gallipolis
Patients admitted to Holzer Hospital Wednesday include Ralph Davis Northup and Raymond Rife from Gallipolis Route 1. Admitted Tuesday were Woodrow Saunders Gallipolis Route 2 Mrs Bure Hanson Gallipolis John Jackson Oak Hill Route 3 Theodore Ebersbach Pomeroy and Mrs John Kimberling Hogsett W Va. Discharged Tuesday include Richard Davis Theodore Neutzting Mrs James Oliver Mrs Clara Thorniley Charles McCoy Hopie Lanier Clifford Young Mrs Clifford Stumbo and Mrs David Robert Greeniee was
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Ralph Davis
Northup
Raymond Rife
Sirs
Woodrow Saunders
Bure Hanson
John Jackson
Oak Hill
Theodore A. Ebersbach
Pomeroy
John W. Kimberling
Hogsett
W. Va
Richard Davis
Theodore Neutzting
James Oliver
Clara Thorniley
Charles McCoy
Hopie Lanier
Clifford Young
Clifford Stumbo
David Robert Greeniee
Two Men Arrested Admit Intoxication in Point Pleasant
Darron Hysell and Earl Burdette were arrested Tuesday evening by Henderson Chief O A Stewart. They appeared before Mayor Carl B Taylor on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to intoxication, paying $5 fines before release.
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Point Pleasant
Darron Hysell
Earl Burdette
Chemical Corporation Sued for 45000 in West Virginia court
David M. Harshbarger files a damage suit in Circuit Court against General Chemical Defense Corp alleging health impairment from employment during the war. He seeks 45000 and cites hospital treatment at Hinton and later at the University of Virginia Hospital in Richmond Virginia.
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Point Pleasant
David M. Harshbarger
General Chemical Defense Corp
Hinton
University of Virginia
Richmond
Doan's Pills Heal Sleepless Nights From Tired Kidneys
Doctors note kidneys contain many tiny tubes that purify blood and support health. When tired they cause sleepless nights and urinary symptoms. Doan's Pills, a stimulant diuretic used for over 40 years, promise relief by flushing waste from kidney tubes.
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Doan
Millard F. Yeager Dies in Texas City
MILLARD FE YEAGER 94 died Aug 10 at Wichita Falls Texas after long ties to Mason County. Born there he lived in Texas about 65 years and for 36 years served as a Texas court judge. Brother of Mrs Maggie Johnson of Point Pleasant and uncle of Patrolman C E Yeager of the local police department. Rites were held Monday.
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Point Pleasant
Millard FE
Yeager
Wichita Falls
Texas
Mason County
Maggie Johnson
C. E. Yeager
Vernon celebration marks Marvin Hawkes birthday
A birthday party honors Marvin Hawkes with an afternoon event and games. The honoree’s table features a cake with five candles and refreshments for Marvin and guests including Jonnie Sue Waugh Suzanne Lynch Judy Mitchell Cherye Michell and Paula Parsons. Attendees listed include Richard Humphrey Billy Jo Sturgeon Walter Sturgeon Charlie Gla Johnny Glass Nyal Minton Gary Minton Jimmie Berridge Tammy Parsons Tommy Powell and Bobby Hawkes.
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Marvin Hawkes
Jonnie Sue Waugh
Suzanne Lynch
Judy Mitchell
Cherye Michell
Paula Parsons
Richard Humphrey
Billy Jo Sturgeon
Walter Sturgeon
Charlie Gla
Johnny Glass
Nyal Minton
Gary Minton
Jimmie Berridge
Tammy Parsons
Tommy Powell
Bobby Hawkes
Tea Honors Rector's Wife at Christ Church
Women of the parish hosted a tea at the parish house on Wednesday honoring Mrs Robert Thomas wife of the new rector. About sixty guests attended with a white linen table center rose buds and white tapers. Mrs William Meade and Mrs C W Lusher served at the punch bowl and hosts included Mrs Harold Somerville Mrs J J Lovell and Mrs Robert Thomas. Helpers were Mrs C O Weis senburger Miss Reba Beale Miss Gertrude Howard and Mrs Milton L Milter. Guests from New Haven Hartford and Moore's Chapel joined locals.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Thomas
Christ Episcopal Church
Wiliam Meade
C. W. Lusher
Harold Somerville
J. J. Love
Mayor Taylor Injured by Exploding Jar in Canning Night
Henderson Mayor Carl B. Taylor sustained facial neck arm and hand burns and a cut on the arm when a pressure cooker jar exploded Tuesday night. He said injuries are not serious and he and his wife were canning peaches using the new cooker for the first time.
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Point Pleasant
Carl B. Taylor
Henderson
Taylor
Flight From Athens to Mason City Planned for School Plane
Wahama High School principal Donald Fogiesong announced that the school workshop plane will be flown from Athens Ohio to a field on Lakin State Farm Thursday morning. The plan includes removing the wings and taxiing the aircraft to Mason City.
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Point Pleasant
Donald Fogiesong
Wahama High School
Athens
Lakin State Farm
Mason City
Prostate Gland Trouble Helped by Doctor’s Formula
Rail worker with chronic back pains attributes relief to Doctor’s formula now Watt’s Suppositories. Claims long use by railroad men nationwide and guarantees money back if no relief. Eleven Watt’s Suppositories sold for $1.25 or two dozen for $2.50 at Cline’s Pharmacy Athens Ohio.
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Watt
Cline’s
Athens
Ohio
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