Recount Continues in Pleasants County Primaries
In Pleasants County ongoing recount of the August 3 Republican primary for the House of Delegates and school board leaves six precincts to tally. George Rairden nears Campbell Stevens in the delegate race while Adkins tops the school board results, with precinct-level changes detailed and petitions to disallow certain ballots discussed.
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Point Pleasant
House of Delegates
School Board
George A. Rairden
Campbell Stevens
Rairden
Robert G. Adkins
Charles G. Jones
Harold Fry, Sr
Gerald Reod
Charles Powers
Jones
Lewis
Adkins
Rood
Fry
Powers
Saunders
W. T. Brotherton
Samuel D. Littlepage
Carroll Casto
William Bardin
Board of Education
Hambrick
Littlepage
Bardin
Yauger
Andy Wilson
Yonger
Road
Adams
Brown
Stevens
Buckle
Reod
New Mason
Adking
Old Mason
Steven
Elmwood
Glenwood
Wyoma
Graham Station
We Browns
Co-op Board Members Unseated in Annual Vote
Rayburn and M Marcus Weaver, both from Letart, win seats on the Point Pleasant Southern States Cooperative board, replacing C C Lewis Jr and Terry Roush. Farm Women elect G K Burdett and Pete Sommer to the women’s committee, replacing Dana Durst and H Marcus Weaver. About 300 attended as A R Ripley reported record financials: $324,516.75 in business and $23,422.48 in net savings.
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Rayburn
M. Marcus Weaver
Letart
Point Pleasant Southern States Cooperative
Weaver
C. C. Lewis, Jr
Point Pleasant
Terry Roush
Lewis
Emory Roush
Roush
Farm Women
G. K. Burdett
Pete
Ripley
Sandy Pyles
Payton Pyles
Jim Clark
Riley Swartz
Sadie Bailes
Southern States Cooperative, Inc
J. E. Sommer
Southside
W. A. Barker
Joseph K. Hailey
Mason
H. O. Blaine
Bill Cullen
Russell Jones
Leslie Rayburn
John Handley
John Watterson
Apple Grove
Board of Directors
Ray Crank
Arnett Roush
Mia
Ray Koush
J. F. Sommer
Frank McDermitt
James H. Lewis
Sand Hill Road
Phyllis Melton
Henderson
W. C. Roberts
Gus Douglas
Virgil Siders
Church listings and minister notes for Point Pleasant area
A catalog of churches with pastors and service times across Point Pleasant and surrounding towns. Entries include First Church of God Jeffer son Ave with Rev. George Osler, Seventh Day Adventist led by Melvin B. Hale in Parkersburg, Leon Baptist with Rev. W. S. Billups, and multiple EUB and Methodist charges detailing Sunday schools, worship times, and midweek services.
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First Church of God
Jefferson Ave
George Osler
Seventh Day Adventist — Ly
Melvin B. Hale
Parkersburg
Presbyterian Church
Leon Baptist
W. S. Billups
New Haven
Bachtel
Hartford
Leon Methodist
Kermit Hypes
Leon
P.m. Smith
Ighton
Outer Branch
Walker
Eddie Chapel
Brighton Methodist
Point Pleasant
Belle Kiefer
Main Street Baptist
Kennet Chandler
Youth Fellowship
Heights Evangelical United Brethren
David Ll. Sayre
Unified Service
Christian Endeavor
Christ Church Episcopal
Jerome Rodgers
Trinity Methodist
Alvin C. Young
J. B. Couch
Bellemeade Far
David L. Sayre
Henderson
Rufus Caste
Mt. Union
Beech Hill
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Pine Grove
Pilgrim Holiness
Herbert Smith
Hartford Methodist
Rufus Casto
Graham
Letart
Farm Youth Show Group Plans Meeting
Mason County Farm Youth group calls all committees to gather at 8 p m on Aug. 24 at Appalachian Electric Power Co. 502 Main St. chairman Clifford Dunn urged full attendance for progress reports and emphasizes importance of chairmen and committee members being present.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Tees
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Main St
Clifford Dunn
Oes
Dunn
Birth Announcement and Discharge Notes
A son was born on August 19 to Mrs. Mary Addison of Cheshire Route 2. Mrs. Dana Cooley of 641 Second Ave Gallipolis was discharged from the Point Clinic Notes after care.
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Dana Cooley
Second Ave
Gallipolis
Mary Addison
Cheshire
DAY Chapter Picnic Set for Bailey's Lake August 22
Disabled American Veterans of Chapter 27 schedule their annual family picnic at Bailey's Lake in Meigs County on August 22 starting at 11 a.m. Members, families, and friends are invited. Twenty members attended a meeting planning the Get-Me-Not Flower Drive and the auxiliary donated $25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Disabled American Veterans of Chapter 27
Bailey's Lake
Meigs County
Point Pleasant Man Sentenced for Intoxication
Harry Varian of Point Pleasant was sentenced to 15 days in jail after pleading guilty to an intoxication charge before Justice of the Peace A. M. Goodwin. Varian was arrested by City Policeman Rance Jividen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Harry Varian
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Varian
Rance Jividen
Educators From Mason County Among WV Education Leaders
About 200 local and state educational leaders will attend the seventh annual school for leaders by the West Virginia Education Association at West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon August 23 24. Attendees include Clyde Foley Esther McKnight Louise Sommer and other county and state officials.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Education Association
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
Corma A. Mowrey
WVEA
Mason County
Clyde Foley
Esther McKnight
Louise Sommer
Nebraska Senator Bowring Helps Calf on Ranch Ride
Mrs Eva Bowring newly appointed Republican senator from Nebraska tends to her 10000 acre Merriman ranch after her husband’s death nine years ago. The 62 year old shows riding skill astride horse Trinket as she surveys cattle before leaving for Washington. She serves as state GOP vice chairman and fills the vacancy caused by Sen Dwight Griswold’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senator Bowring
GOP
Sen
Dwight Griswold
Eva Bowring
Nebraska
Robert Roebuck
Merriman
Equipment Purchased For Auditorium-Gym At Point Pleasant High
The Mason County Board of Education bought 750 folding chairs and balcony seats from West Virginia Seating Company for the new auditorium gym at Point Pleasant Senior High School. Capacity will reach 1500 to 2000, with rollaway bleachers adding about one third later. Completion is expected by October.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Senior High School
Mason County Board of Education
E Board
West Virginia Seating Company
C. L. Head
Wahama
Leroy Jeffrey
Leo King
Dorothy Wallace
Champion Rose
Tina Cremeans
Guyan
Dave Dunn
Shady Hill
Brown Watterson
Mt. Union
Joseph N. Ross
Warner
Edith Hoffman
Pleasant Ridge
Chester Rainey
Ordnan
Brother and Sister Team Wins Co-Op Talent Show
Hubert Deweese and his sisters Donni and Annetta won the Southern States Cooperative Talent Show in Point Pleasant with a hillbilly version of O Baby Mine. Bernard Conley placed second, Lola Jean Roush and partners third, and winners advance to a Charleston district meet on Sept 13-14 to qualify for nationals in Richmond.
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Point Pleasant
Hubert Deweese
Donni
Annetta
Charleston
Sandy Pyles
West Virginia
Kentucky
Richmond
Ted Mack
Deweese
Conley
Floyd Rayburn
June Spencer
Bend
Bobbie McCoy
West Columbia
C. R. Yoho
Point Pleasant High School
Russian Observers Permitted at Air Show
Washington reports that Russian, Czechoslovakian, and Hungarian military attaches may attend the National Air Show in Dayton Ohio September 4 to 6. U S representatives will watch their demonstrations, with Washington attaches invited in reciprocity.
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Washington
Russia
Dayton
Ohio
United States
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
U. S
Vote Fraud Suspect Held To Jury
Following a preliminary hearing on alleged election irregularities, H Roush was held to the grand jury under 500 dollars bond. A. M. Goodwin presided as justice of the peace. Roush, an election official during the Aug. 3 primary, faced three warrants charging marking a ballot without consent, approaching within five feet of a voting booth during voting, and entering a voting booth lawfully occupied for voting.
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Point Pleasant
Roush
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Earl Hartenbach
Hartenbach
Tang the Texas collie is 1954 Dog Hero of America
Tang a 65 pound Texas owned collie saved four children from cars on four occasions. He received 1000 dollars in saving bonds a gold medal a gold plaque a gold plated leash and collar and a year's supply of dog food from Quaker Oats Co. The award was presented in Chicago by Fire Captain Joseph J. McCarthy.
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Chicago
America
Tang
Quaker Oats Co
Air Force
Maurice L. Dyer
Denison
Tex
Chicago Fire
Joseph J. McCarthy
Marine Corps
Murder for Fun gang victim found in East River
A man’s body was recovered from the East River in New York and police said he was a torture victim of Brooklyn’s teenage “Murder for Fun” gang. Authorities reported the boys confessed to beating him, burning his feet, and tossing him into the river last Monday night as part of their sadistic spree. Police had earlier arrested four youths linked to killings and beatings in the Williamsburg area. Two living victims provided further details of the horror.
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New York
East River
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
Hile
Catholic War Veterans Urged To Show Zeal
Cincinnati report says Rev. John J. Wallace national chaplain urged the Catholic War Veterans to defend Christian principles with zeal at the opening mass of the group’s annual convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
United States of America
John J. Wallace
Church of Epiphany
New York
Drake Circumnavigation Chair Made from Golden Hind Timbers
A chair at Oxford University is reported to be crafted from timbers of Sir Francis Drake's ship Golden Hind, the vessel he used to circumnavigate the globe, as noted by the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Oxford University
Francis Drake
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George Thomas
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Pt. Plesé
Aunt Cl Il Ulel i“ S
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FTA
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Preston County Schools
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WYEA
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H. H. Ferrell
Tute
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Fairmont
West Virginia Apss
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Elkins
EPA
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Nan T. Davis
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Moundsville
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Rita Sue Green
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Southern States Cooperative
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Drake's
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