Seating Vote Ends in Deadlock at Mason County Board
Mason County Board of Education debated seating Earl Keefer for the unexpired Schultz term with Keefer to take office January 1. A split vote kept the vacancy open while law action on Schultz's resignation looms. The board also approved a piano purchase for Point Pleasant High and set a future meeting date.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Board of Education
Charles Jones
Earl Keefer
Howard Schultz
Keefer
Schultz
Jones
Adkins
Arnold
Stout
Phyllis Hervey
North Point Pleasant
Withers
Point Pleasant High School
C. R. Yoho
James Andrews
Hurricane
W. Va
Odd Fellows Picnic Sunday at County 4-H Camp
Point Pleasant Odd Fellows and Orphah Rebekah Lodges with guests from valley lodges gather at Beech Hill from 11 a.m. for a Sunday picnic at the County 4-H Camp. A basket dinner at noon precedes reports by delegates to the United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth and events of 1958 highlights by Nancy Rogers and Howard McDaniel.
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Point Pleasant
Odd Fellows Lodge
Orphah Rebekah
Odd Fellows
Beech Hill
Pomeroy
Buffalo
Cottageville
Poca
W. Va
United Nations
Nancy Rogers
Howard McDaniel
Mason
Marriage Applications Made by Two Couples
Two couples applied for marriage licenses in the county clerk’s office on Tuesday. Frank Charles Gintear, 57, from Minersville Ohio, son of Charles P. Gintear and Anna Schlagel Gintear, and Gladys Cadle Cooper, 42, of Mason West Virginia, daughter of Charles Q Cadle and Ethel Cadle. Kenneth Glen Riggs, 22, son of Francis Franklin Riggs and Montveal Hinzman Riggs, and Gladys Almyra Turley, 16, daughter of John Turley and Freda Shames Turley.
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Point Pleasant
Frank Charles Gintear
Minersville
Ohio
Charles P. Gintear
Anna Schlagel Gintear
Gladys Cadle Cooper
Mason
W. Va
Charles Q
Ethel Cadle
Kenneth Glen Riggs
Francis Franklin Riggs
Monteval Hinzman Riggs
Letart
Gladys Almyra Turley
John Turley
Freda Shames Turley
Hartford
Six Ministers Resume Duty in Mason County Churches
Six ministers in the Mason County churches of the Evangelical United Brethren were reassigned or kept to their charges after the annual conference stationing committee report released at Buckhannon. The group includes Roy McCoy, Jack Higgins, Guy Harmon, R. L. Mahoney, K. J. Scott, and Forrest Murray. Pringle moves to Midway Circuit. Duren Harmon to Rockcastle. Apple Grove Charge to be supplied. Other local clergy named include Carder, Sayre, Eckels, Polen, Scott, Gainer, Hicks, and Miller.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Buckhannon
Roy McCoy
Heights Church
Jack Higgins
Bellemeade
Guy Harmon
R. L. Mahoney
Mason
K. J. Scott
New Haven
Forrest Murray
Union
Donald Pringle
Rockcastle
Ripley
Jackson
Midway
Charleston
Duren Harmon
Apple Grove
South Kanawha River
C. H. Carder
D. L. Sayre
Harry Eckels
Kenneth Polen
Boyd Scott
Mendell Gainer
Homer Hicks
Harry Miller
Hooper Ridge Church of Christ Homecoming
The Hooper Ridge Church of Christ held its annual homecoming on August 17 with 65 in Sunday School attendance. A basket dinner followed the morning service and in the afternoon Israel Linscott led the program with choir members Jimmy Teater Spicer Keirns Jeff Keirns Cereal Wooley and the Rev Daniel Teater plus Rev and Mrs Grubbs. The sermon was delivered by the Rev Mr Grubbs.
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Millfield
Hooper Ridge
River Traffic and Dam Conditions On Ohio Kanawha Rivers
Reports show gauges at Gallipolis rising and falling with rollers and crests. Movable dams on the Ohio River vary up to Dam 29 and down to Dam 34 with about one and a half feet of water. Numerous towboats and keelboats listed with up and down readings at various locks and towns from Montgomery to Marmet and Winfield to Gallipolis, including Pioneer, Robert P. Bonnie, I. F. Frieberger, Gulf Inlander, and more. conditions detailed by time.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Ohio Hiver
City of
Gulf Inlander
Lock
C. F. Hood
Robert W. Lea
Jefferson
Arthur Dyer
Lehigh
Jerry Bosworth
A. V. Criss
Jilia C. Shearer
Sycamore
LaSalle
Salvay
White Gold
Phillip Sporn
Fire Damages At Point Pleasant Home
Point Pleasant firefighters answered a 7 20 p m call to Ruben Sturgeon on Jackson Avenue near Point Pleasant High School where a skillet flame set wallpaper behind the stove. The blaze was quickly put out causing about 40 dollars in damage.
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Point Pleasant
Ruben Sturgeon
Jackson Ave
Point Pleasant High School
Man Injured Charged In One Car Accident
A one vehicle wreck on Letart Hill near Point Pleasant left Fred Stewart 31 West Columbia with minor facial injuries after his car hit a rock in a construction zone and overturned. Stewart was charged by Trooper A A Galford with failure to have the vehicle under control. a passenger was uninjured.
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Point Pleasant
Fred Stewart
West Columbia
Letart Hill
Stewart
A. A. Galford
St Peter Lutheran Church Picnic Scheduled for Sept 7
POINT PLEASANT The St Peter's Lutheran Church and Sunday School picnic will be held Sept 7 at the 4 H picnic grounds on South Side. A basket dinner will be served at noon with Mrs Joan Wood leading the United Lutheran Church Women in charge. All members families and friends invited.
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Point Pleasant
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
South Side
F. A. Matchinski
Joan Wood
United Lutheran Church Women
ULCW
Kiwanis Corn Roast Planned at Shrine Grounds
Point Pleasant Kiwanis Club hosts a Thursday 6 p m corn roast at the Shrine grounds with members arriving from Chapmansville West Huntington Charleston St Albans East Huntington Huntington Gallipelis and Athens.
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Point Pleasant
Kiwanis Club
Shrine Grounds
Chapmansville
West Huntington
Charleston
St. Albans
East Huntington
Huntington
Gallipelis
Athens
Point Pleasant Social Notes: Upcoming Wedding in Ohio
Past resident Miss Vivian Goulder of Point Pleasant will wed Donald Schuller Saturday at 2 30 PM at Rockport Methodist Church. A reception follows at Lake Shore Hotel Lakewood. The Goulders formerly lived in Point Pleasant where she graduated high school and attended Ohio University.
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Vivian Goulder
Edmund J. Goulder
Hilliard Rd
Rocky River
Ohio
Donald Schuller
Rockport Methodist Church
Goulders
Point Pleasant
Miss Goulder
Ohio University
Lake Shore
Lakewood
Roller Rousers Club Plans Camden Park Trip
The Twenty second Street roll ercade club met Monday to organize a trip to Camden Park Huntington on Aug 31 with members providing own transport. Two hours free recreation and three hours at Camden Clark Roller Rink were arranged. A Halloween party was discussed. Next meeting Aug 26 at 7 30 pm for prospective new members.
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Roller Rousers
Camden Park
Huntington
Camden Clark Roller Rink
Blessing and Wallis Families Head to New York City Convention
Mr and Mrs Roy Blessing and Mr and Mrs Darrell Wallis departed early Wednesday for New York City to attend the annual convention of the.
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Roy Blessing
Darrell Wallis
New York City
Four Girls Eligible for Mountain State 4-H Roundup
Four Mason County 4-H Club members and one alternate will attend the State 4-H Roundup at Jackson's Mill August 28 and 29. Winners from county events are Janet Eschenaur Patty Miller Margaret Bowser Priddy and June Spencer. Joyce McCoy is the alternate.
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Mason County
Jackson’s Mill
Janet Eschenaur
Patty Miller
Margaret Bowser Priddy
June Spencer
Joyce McCoy
Murray City Social Notes Visitations Across Region
Murray City residents report a flurry of visits and relatives with guests from Cleveland Detroit Plain City Nelsonville Galion Canton Akron Barberton Barberton New Straitsville Buchtel Somerset and Glouster. Several local families hosted relatives traveling from nearby towns including Murray City Cleveland Detroit Nelsonville and Barberton.
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Murray Cit Y
John C. Penn
Ronnie
Johnnie
John Kruger
Stanley Prokop
Cleveland
Howard Craft
Sam Penn
Alvin Hardy
Andrew Hardy
Near Glouster
Lester Penn
Murray City
Craft
James McCoy
Detroit
Emma Coakley
Plain City
Lawrence Smith
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Pleasant Hill
Jessie Fulton
Parkersburg
Ruby Hummingbird
Los Angeles
Peoples Life Insurance Co
Washington
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J. Stewart Lloyd
Huntington-Cabell Hospital
Leon.Thompson
McCullough Rd
Middleport
the Security Bank
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
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FLOOR
Sweetprint Casuals
Men's & Boys
All Boys
Murray City Social Notes
Richard Duffy
Jackie
Louis Sabo
Mark
Grace Duffy
Orval Midkiff
Nelsonville
Betty Sabo
Thomas Foster
Roy Suttner
Ethel Albert
Ethel Mae Foster
Columbus
Elizabeth Bradbury
Galion
Charles Haskins
Canton
Harry Foster
Akron
Sadie Foster
Clyde Bryan
Somerset
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Bertha Bryan
Victoria Hale
Bessie Weeks
Long St
Harry Schrader
Wilburt Sanborn
Pearl Lantz
Roseville
Sylvia Sweazy
Jay Huston
Raymond Huston
Lidwina and
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Janet Person
Son-Inlaw
George Powers
Barberton
Roland Sweazy
Kathy
Richard
Anna Mitchell
Eileen Sanborn
Robert Mitchell
John Mitchell
Wayne
Walter Mitchell
Richard Wright
Johnnie Newman
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Robert
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Glouster
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