Point Pleasant School Board Adopts 1950 51 Budget
The Mason County Board of Education approved a 1950 51 budget of 934 178 32 an increase of 61 662 92 over 1949 50, with a lifted capital outlay including 24 966 70 for five buses and 10 800 for library books. It also outlines levy totals 217 766 and a personnel reshuffle with several staff moves and bus route adjustments.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
State Board of Education
State Board
John P. Sayre
Otis S. Young
Donald Smith
Charles G Jones
Howard Schultz
Robert H. Ferguson
Jack Johnson
Young
Jones
Clyde McDermitt
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Visit of Mrs Collins
Mrs. David Collins of Morgantown is visiting her mother Mrs. Homer Martin at 2298 Jefferson Blvd.
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David Collins
Morgantown
Homer Martin
Jefferson Blvd
Sam McNeill Follows Circus Theme at Fifth Birthday Party
A circus motif added charm to a party honoring Sam McNeill on his fifth birthday hosted by Mr. and Mrs. John McNeill at 2007 Marquette Ave. Guests included Trudy Hanes Janet Eschenaur Patty Sue Brown Barbara Yunker Kay Ellen Gygax Nora Ann and Dickie McNeill Lyn Stevens Joe Rhoades Bob and Joe Hutchinson Roger Steve and Ramnie Blain Kenny and Dickie Stevens Louis Mueller Winki Brown and Scotty Icard. Nearby relatives and friends joined Doris McMillin Miss Doris McMillin and Miss Daisy Hickel hosted by Mrs. Sayre and Mrs. Hickel in Hartford and Morgantown guests visited Mrs. Elmer C. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Stalnaker returned home after a visit with J. D. Stalnaker family in Weston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam McNeill
John McNeill
Marquette Ave
L. C. Dashner
B. A. Blain
W. K. Stevens
Trudy Hanes
Janet Eschenaur
Patty Sue Brown
Barbara Yunker
Kay Ellen Gygax
Nora Ann
Dickie McNeill
Lyn Stevens
Joe Rhoades
Bob and
Joe Hutchinson
Roger
Steve
Ramnie Blain
Kenny
Dickie Stevens
Louis Mueller
Winki Brown
Scotty Icard
John Sayre
Herbie
Daisy Hickel
Hartford
J. D. Stalnaker
Weston
Hunting Stamps Required for Waterfowl Season
Post Office bulletin notes migratory waterfowl stamps go on sale soon at the city post office. The $1 stamps cover July 1 to June 30 and fund duck and geese habitat work for waterfowl restoration. Last season ran Oct 1 to Nov 29. 1950 dates pending posting.
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Point Pleasant
Post Office Bulletin Board
Congress
Local Births and Admissions List From Point Clinic Notes
Admissions include Miss Maxine Thornton Leon on August 12 for medical care and Mrs. William Huddleston Point Pleasant on August 13 for surgical treatment. The list records multiple births, including Donna Sue Stalnaker and Johnny Randall Bright as first or second children, with locations in Point Pleasant and surrounding areas.
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Maxine Thornton
Leon
William Huddleston
Point Pleasant
Grant Shell
Eugene Herdman
Columbus
Carolyn Bright
Helen Bright
Vinton
Donna Sue
Virgil Stalnaker
Johnny Randall
Harry Bright
Larry Denson
Junior Lewis
Harry Lee
Harold Wogan
Pliny
Robert Wamsley
First St
Robert Edwin
Paul Parsons
Buffalo
Pliny Man Killed in War at Pl Pleasan
James Hobart Jefferson 23 Pliny registered with Local 24 Sept 8 1948 listed among Korean fatalities. He died defending his platoon against North Korean advance preparing for a counterattack. A Distinguished Service Cross is to be awarded posthumously to his parents. He had 1-A status for 1948 registration and enlisted early this year.
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Point Pleasant
James Hobart Jefferson
Pliny
Selective Service Board
Jefferson
4-H Units Set Meetings in Mason County
Mason County 4-H agent Mrs Justine Foglesong announced two late August unit meetings. The Leaders' Association will meet Friday Aug 25 at 8 p.m. in Point Pleasant High School home economics building. An Aiyimita pin-wearers' meeting follows at 8 p.m. Aug 29 at the South Side Recreation Center to discuss initiation of new business and the youth show.
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Langston School
Schultz
13 Mile Creek
Ferguson
Garrett Green
Ashton
Tom Selby
Point Pleasant
Wahama High School
Charleston
Dixie Irvin
Forest Hill
Ambrosia
Frances Gerlach
Arbuckle
Zelda’ Knapp
Betty Lee
Katie Lines
Beale
Rudolph Rogers
Central
Grace Brown
Broad Run
Freda Jordan
Heights
Ordnance
Elizabeth Pullin
Thomas
Pauline Foglesong
Carl Dabney
Champion
Eighteen Valley
Eleanor
Elmwood
Fadley
Graham
Grant
Howell
Mason Valley
Mission Ridge
Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Union
Pleasant Ridge
Red Mud
Rising Sun
Rocky
Rocky Fork
Stevens
St. Joe
Union
Cooper District
Valley Ridge
Vernon
Victory
Warner
Watterson
White Pine
Wyoma
Yeager
Mason County
Justine Foglesong
4-H Leaders’ Association
Point Pleasant High School
South Side
Old Firehouse Is Remodeled
Old Firehouse in Point Pleasant undergoes remodeling with firemen sawing walls and painting interiors. A new 10 by 12 foot office will serve as fire damage room and supply HQ while volunteers advance work and a concrete ramp for a 40 foot air ladder awaits lowering. Chief Vernon Miller plans weekend drills.
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Point Pleasant
Vernon Miller
Miller
Farmer Receives Call To Resume Army Duty
Herschel Harold Shank of Ashton received orders from the U S Air Force to report to Mitchell Field New York on August 24 to resume radar duties. A World War II veteran and inactive reservist, he farms four acres in beans and 1 1/10 acres in tobacco at Ashton and worries over harvesting this fall. In 1948 he worked as a laborer at the U S Naval storehouse.
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Point Pleasant
U. S. Air Force
Herschel Harold Shank
Ashton
Mitchell Field
New York
Shank
Army Air Force
U. S. Naval Store House
Justice Confines Man For Not Paying Fine
In Point Pleasant Justice S A Simmons fined Raymond L Smith ten dollars and costs and jailed him for non payment after he pled guilty to intoxication on Sunday. Cyrus Leport Jr received ten days in jail and a twenty five dollar fine with costs for reckless driving on Saturday. Leo Stearns paid ten dollars and costs for intoxication on Saturday night. Ola Hill was arrested late Monday for intoxication by City Police Chief E F Geiger and Patrolman Franga Darst.
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Point Pleasant
Raymond Leslie Smith
Justice of the Peace
S. A. Simmons
Cyrus Leport Jr
Leo Stearns
Justice Simmons
Ola Hill
E. F. Geiger
iFranga Darst
New Candidate Reports Sought as Petitions Routed
The Athens County board threw out three of seven petitions for Thomas B. Jenkins, calling them insufficient and irregular. Officials said two circulated in Athens while five circulated near Nelsonville and York Township. The matter involved jurisdictional questions between Lawrence and Jackson counties and the secretary of state when petitions were challenged.
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Lawrence County
Jackson County
Athens County
Thomas B. Jenkins
Classified Ad Instructions and Policies Note
Advertisers are told deadlines for classified ads and Sunday editions. The notice covers submission times, corrections, use of full box numbers, blind addresses, payment rules for various ad types, and how multiple insertions are charged and adjusted. It also includes phone and timing details for placing ads and handling errors.
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Messenger
Markets report from Point Pleasant cattle hogs veal lambs
Markets show receipts hogs 125 head with mixed weights and prices. cattle 200 head with good and choice grades dominating, beef cows and bulls priced. veal calves and lambs also traded with varying grades. Cincinnati poultry and butter prices listed. potatoes shown with wholesale and consumer grades.
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Charles DeWees
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Capitol School of Beauty Culture
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Adams
State
Dept
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Soc
Big Line
Assis
Payne
Cleveland
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Hunt St
Newton
Mass
E. J. Munc
Berea
Elmcraft, Dept
S. Western Ave
Riverside Drive
Care the Messenger
Gibbs
Radford
Bustin Beauty School
Marinello
E. Broad St
U.S
Point Pleasant Livestock
U.S. A
U.S. B
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Willys Company
W. Washington St
Earl Hooper
Frank Urbach
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