Former Pitt coach Wilbur Hockensmith dies at 73
Irwin, Pa. Wilbur D. Hockensmith, 73, former football coach and trustee of the University of Pittsburgh, died last night. In other notes, Mrs. Ed Holtgrove recalls 27 years of packed lunches for Sand Hill country grammar school students, and local events include a Blue Lake 4-H Club meeting and a Bible class gathering at Elizabeth Chapel. James Swain sustains broken ribs in a Wednesday wreck. Dewey D. Gay suffers a fractured leg at home.
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Carbondale, Ih
Ed Holtgrove
Sand Hill Country Grammar School
Irwin
Wilbur D. Hockensmith
University of Pittsburgh
Blue Lake
Elizabeth Chapel
Rhoda Haffelt
James Swain
Herbert Swain
Dewey D. Gay
Blue Lake Drive
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Woman found dead by hanging in corn crib
Mrs. Mary Delitha Roush age 63 was found dead by hanging in a corn crib behind her home in Point Pleasant. Deputy Morrison reports she had mourned her husband Okey Roush who died while hoeing corn on June 1. $169 was found in her purse. Dr. Smith ruled death by strangulation. body sent to Foglesong funeral home. Survivors include six sisters Ina Pratt Lela Hesson Jose Loftis Delpha Spur rer Meldren Spuler Selven Bell and two brothers Martin Hart William Hart.
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Point Pleasant
Mary Delitha Roush
H. L. Sayre
D. W. Smith
Letart
Roush
Eight-Year-Old Hogsett Boy Fatally Struck by Timber
In Hogsett, eight year old Donald Eugene Vansickle died when timber fell while his father was erecting a barn. Another pole falling worsened the injuries. Survived by parents Foster and Vansickle, three brothers, two sisters, and grandparents. Funeral set for Pleasant Ridge Church. Coroner cites concussion.
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Point Pleasant
Hogsett
Donald Eugene Vansickle
Foster
Vansickle
F. A. Morrison
Edna Gettles
Arnett Funeral Home
Pleasant Ridge
Garland
Dale
Carl Michael
Janice
Norma Jean
Charles Nibert
Ronnie Keef
Lions Club District Chief Guest Speaker at Moose Home
William T. A. Nicely of South Parkersburg, district governor of 29-A, spoke on the Lions Club history and growth since 1913 at a Lions Club dinner in the Moose Home. He noted 8767 clubs in 31 countries, 16,000 activities last year, and the international convention planned for Mexico City. Other guests praised membership efforts and perfect attendance awards were given to Jack Bunion and George Kenny.
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Point Pleasant
William T. A. Nicely
South
Parkersburg
Lions Club
Moose Home
Nicely
Mexico City
Thomas Nash
South Parkersburg Club
Jack Bunion
George Kenny
Nash
Oliver D. Kessel
Wilkesville Native Joins Luke Air Force Wing
Floyd C. Sayre of Wilkesville has arrived at Luke Air Force Base Phoenix Arizona to join the 127 Pilot Training Wing. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred E Sayre and a Wilkesville High School graduate who also attended Ohio University.
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Wilkesville
Pfe
Floyd C. Sayre
Luke Air Force Base
Phoenix
Ariz
127 Pilot Training Wing
Fred E. Sayre
Wilkesville High
Ohio Univerty
Dromus tanker blast kills twenty two in Singapore
Dispatch reports two explosions aboard the Shell Oil Company tanker Dromus killing 22 sailors and wounding 30 in Singapore. The incident, details scarce, prompts international concern and ongoing investigations by maritime authorities and Shell officials.
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Singapore
Shell Oil Company
Dromus
Sommer family reunion held at 4-H Center South Side
Pt. Pleasant social notes report the Sommer family reunion on Sunday at the 4-H Recreation Center South Side with a noon picnic. Attendees include S J Sommer Tampa Fla Dr and Mrs B F Sommer Leon and numerous relatives from Gallipolis Huntington Charleston Greenfield Norwalk Parkersburg and Washington DC. Only attendees were Paul Bumgarner and his sister-in-law.
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Sommer
South Side
S. J. Sommer
Tampa
Fla
B. F. Sommer
Leon
Walter Caufman
George
Richard
John Caufman
Gallipolis
B. B. Tallman
B. V. Blagg
Ben Blagg
Charleston
J. W. Sommer
Ed Sommer
Annabel Sommer
Charles Sommer
Morris Sebrell
Gordon
Zada Ann
Talmadge Glenn
Sidney Glenn
Huntington
Walter Sommer
Louise
Beech Hill
Lloyd Pinell
Cottageville
Marlene Shields
Racine
Sherwood Costen
Carolyn
Point Pleasant
Jack Shadle
John
Ellen
Sarah
John Robinson
Tommy Robinson
Kenna Robinson
Lawrence Bing
Middleport
Linden Wilson
Greenfield
Ohio
Reed Taylor
Lynn
Mike
Norwalk
Glenn Wolf
Georgia Wolf
Washington, D. C
Alex Wheeler
Apple Grove
Harold Brownell
Millwood
Don Drumm
Cecil Wright
Judy
Nancy
Robbie
Parkersburg
Co. E. Haney
Hartford Methodist Parsonage
Paul Bumgarner
Mr. Bumgarner
Bumgarner
Letart
Lambda Chi Omega group votes to fix meeting dates
The regular meeting of the Lambda Chi Omega sorority at Moose Home last night approved changing the schedule from every other Monday to the second and fourth Monday of each month. President Mrs. J W Burdette led the session with a long attendance list including Mrs Wadear Thabet Mrs J M Schlosser Mrs C L Head Mrs Woodrow Kapp Mrs John Clay Hutchinson and several others.
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Lambda Chi Omega
Moose Home
J. W. Burdette
Wadear Thabet
J. M. Schlosser
C. L. Head
Woodrow Kapp
John Clay Hutchinson
Dan Nichell
Casby Meadows, Jr
Rodney Pullins
C. Leonard Brown
James Hall
Franklin Martin
George Harper
Hanly Sibley
Wedding of Erma Clark to Thomas Bumgarner August 14
Miss Erma Juanita Clark daughter of Carl and Mrs Clark Letart Route 1 married Thomas Jacob Bumgarner son of Ottie Bumgarner Route 1 on a Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock. The single ring ceremony was led by the Reverend.
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Erma Juanita Clark
Carl Clark
Letart
Thomas Jacob Bumgarner
Mr. Bumgarner
Ottie Bumgarner
Good Neighbor Farm Women’s Club Hosts Park Picnic
The Good Neighbor Farm Women’s Club invites families to a Sunday picnic at noon in New Haven Park. Members encourage participation from all neighbors and plan activities and refreshments.
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Good Neighbor Farm Women’s Club
New Haven Park
Athens Fair weekend attendees list many local residents
A long roster of locals visited the Athens Fair Sunday including Mr and Mrs Parsons Mr and Mrs Ruben Stewart Mr and Mrs Bus Stewart Clarence Rainey with son Donald Owen Plants and son Gene and more. Other entries note visitors to Caldwell reunion in Columbus last weekend and a few relatives arriving from Lorain Ohio.
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Athens
Parsons
Ruben Stewart
Bus Stewart
Clarence Rainey
Donald Owen Plants
Gene
Bartow Jones
Elinor Sheil
Virgil Plants
Levi
John McNeill
Jimmy
Walter Mills Windsor
Kenneth Roush
Harry Love
Birdie Balian
Gilbert Rogers
G. E. Mitchell
Miles Dowling
Robert Plants
Lorain
Ohio
Phillip Allen
W. L. Henry
Danny
South Charleston
Dowling
H. G. Kittle
Elkins
Sgt
D. G. Wilfong
English Road
Olin Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
W. E. Kinniard
Springfield
C. E. Haney
Hartford
Herbert Henderson
C. E. McCulloch
Douglas Long
Henderson
Jerry Atkison
Ohio St
Mason County School Board to Meet Tonight
The second Mason County School Board meeting occurs tonight at 8 o clock in accordance with State Board of Education rules. The third Tuesday in August schedule governs budget approval and levy decisions.
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Board of of Education
Olive-Orange
Meigs County
Top Plains
Board of Education of
Olive- Orange
Meigs
Booey
Ohio
T. F Dye
Olive-Or- Local
Board of Education
Nto
Reserveo le Fae & Seer
Education
Point Pleasant
Mason County
State Board of Education
Policy Review Tonight in Mason County
The farm policy review conducted by the Agriculture Mobilization Committee in Mason County will meet at Fred Kaylor's store at 7 30 p m tonight.
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Point Pleasant
Agriculture Mobilization Committee
Mason County
Fred Kaylor
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