Ma son County School Board approves levy and budget
The Ma son County School Board approved the coming year’s levy and budget at the August meeting. The levy totals about 1 088 412 with 340 468 from county assessments and 504 368 from federal aid. Six resignations were accepted for Ruth Foley Leo King Howard Cole Elizabeth Lasley Immogene Moor and Jean Taylor. The board awarded insurance contracts to 15 agents and selected Nationwide Insurance Agency for buses trucks and driver training cars. They planned bids for gasoline and oil, heard grievances on instruction quality, and solved Route 87 bus eligibility by hiring a delegate at 150 dollars per month. Transportation and zoning planning were discussed with no date set.
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Ma|son County School Board
C. N. Withers
State Board of Finance
Withers
Waren
Ruth Foley
Leo King
Howard Cole
Elizabeth Lasley
Immogene Moor
Jean Taylor
Wither
Los
J. B. Couel
Nationwide Insurance ‘Agency
Town Hal
Big Spruce
Point Pleasant
Open House Honors Beaver’s 80th Birthday in Point Pleasant
The Beaver family hosts an open house for Grant Beaver at his home in Leon celebrating his 80th birthday with daughters Carrig and Beeva as hostesses. He spent most of his life in Leon working as a carpenter before retirement. his wife died last year.
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Beaver
Grant
Leon
Carrig Beaver
Beeva Beaver
Kittle Family Visits From Baltimore and Beckley
H G Kittle and his son Richard traveled from Baltimore to visit relatives in Point Pleasant and Beckley. They stayed with D G Wilfong at 115 English Road and with Lewis Kittle in Beckley. Mrs Edna Blamberg of Charleston is visiting her mother.
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H. G. Kittle
Canine
Richard
Baltimore
D. G. Wilfong
English Road
Lewis ¢ Kittle
Beckley
Wilfongs
Edna Blamberg
Charleston
Shareh of Christ church adds new block on Route 62
Work on a new meat block addition to the Shareh of Christ on Route 62 is about half finished and should finish in weeks. The addition includes two dressing rooms two bathrooms one classroom an auditorium a baptistry and a vestibule. The roof will be rebuilt steel windows installed and walls stuccoed. The one room church formerly a dwelling will seat twice as many when completed funded by members. Services continue at the Langston school on Eighth Street until then.
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Point Pleasant
Route 62
Paul Pickens
Pickens
Langston School
Eighth St
Premium Catalog Ads Due For Mason County Show
Mason County Farm Youth Show ads are due by Friday August 24 for the premium catalogs. The event runs September 13 and 14 at the National Guard Armory in Point Pleasant. John C. Laney Call enlisted in the Air Force and is now at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas. His son SN3c James Call will visit from San Diego with his wife Sonya Jo Mayes.
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Runyrrleanant — Myrie Yoakley
Mason County Farm
National Guard Armory
Chamber of Commerce
Point Pleasant
John C. Call
H. T
Laney
Call
Park Dr
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Air | Force Chaplains’ School
James Call
Charleston
Sonya Jo! Mayes
San Diego
Alfred Alfred Grange earns second at Meigs County fair
Meigs County fair results show Alfred Grange placing second. Girls LT Club won blue ribbons for cooking baking sewing with participants Sarah Caldwell and Nina Robinson. Boys 4-H Club also won blue ribbons for rope work led by Stanley Meeks and Merle Hawk.
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Alfred
Alfred Grange
Meigs County
Sarah Caldwell
Nina Robinson
Stanley Meeks
Merle Hawk
George Guthrie
Pete Hackett
Columbus
Pearl Williams
Harrisonville
Ora Guthrie
Williams
Linnie Gaul
Burke
Arlington
Washington, D. C
Arthur Atherton
Grant Hospital
Groveport
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Chester Charge
Woode Grove
James Whitlatch
Dorr Whitlatch
Fort Lewis
Wash
Grace Kelly
Ella Weaver
Bentz
Racine
Ohio
Stobart
Edna Hensley
San An
Tex
Zara Hawk
Jewell
Helen’ Woode
Point Clinic Notes Harmssony Surgical Discharges
James 4 Little Cheshire Aug 20 surgical notes. Johnny Shaw Bladen Aug 20 surgical. Discharges Mrs Janet Harmon Point Pleasant and her son. Mrs Violet Fisher Apple Granddaughter.
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Harmssony
James
Little, Cheshire
Surgical
Johnny Shaw
Bladen
Surgie
Janet Harmon
Point Pleasant
Violet Fisher
Apple
Hannahs Welcome Son Stephen Wayne Hannah
A son named Stephen Wayne Hannah was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hannah at Holzer Hospital Tuesday morning. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jones of Point Pleasant and Mrs. Alva Hannah of St Albans. Mrs. Hannah was formerly Sarah Jane Jones.
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Paine Pleasant
Charles Hannah
Viand St
Holzer Hospital
Stephen Wayne
Walter Jones
Point Pleasant
Alva Hannah
St. Albans
Hannah
Sarah Jane Jones
Magisterial Meeting Sites Announced for Fifth Circuit Delegates
Les Oblinger announced magisterial district meeting sites to select delegates and alternates for the Fifth Judicial Circuit convention. Meetings set for Monday August 21 at 8 p.m. In Mason County, 14 delegates and alternates are allotted from seven districts with specific allocations for Graham Wagonner Lewis and others.
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Woint Pleasant
Les Oblinger
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Lewis H. Miller
New
Mason County
Graham
Wagonner
Lewis
State Road
Point Pleasant
Wagener
Peard Roush
Uvon
Coverdale
Robinson
Costen’s
Bellemeade
Clendenin
Beale
Gallipolis
Arbuckle
Beard's
South'ide
Cologne
A.L. Dunham
Leon
Cooper
C.E. J
Letart
Hanan
Wesley Meadows
Cenwood
New Haven
Annual Tax Levy Set For Point Pleasant
Mayor B W Krodel announced the 25th annual tax levy at a special council session. State Tax Commissioner Joe Sato approved the measure with no objections, reflecting higher building activity and an approximate $2000 increase over 1955. The levy totals 24 5 with delinquent taxes affecting the final 24 485 figure laid last night.
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Point Pleasant
B. W. Krodel
Joe Sato
Bargain Days Planned for Battle Anniversary in Point Pleasant
About 35 merchants in Point Pleasant planned a four day bargain event from October 10 to 13 to mark the 182nd anniversary of the Battle of Point Pleasant. Activities include a street dance, beard contests, best dressed old time clothing, a parade of antiques, a possible pageant, and yacht club boat displays. The effort aims to highlight the town’s history and growth with plans discussed at a merchant meeting and a DAR chapter pageant discussion set for the near future.
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Point Pleasant
Moose
Steve Yardick
Bank and Court House
Yardick
DAR
Chamber of Commerce
Mason City News Notes
Mason City notes cover 4H Club activities at the Civic building with openings by Connie Newton readings by June Spencer and Paula Maynard a club outing at Camden Park Aug 29 and a Sunshine meeting hosted by Mrs Yeager with Lilah Zerkle and Mrs Ralph Warner. Births announced include Jason Joe Davis weighing eight pounds eight ounces at Schaekel Clinic and Teressa Lynn VanMeter born at Mason Clinic. Charles Edward Fink visits from Charleroi Pa with Rosa Fink and Charles Meredith in Parkersburg before returning home.
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Mason City
The
Mason
Sane 1
Connie Newton
June Spencer
Paula Maynard
Ann Newland
Claudia Zerkle
Sharon Richardson
Mary Burris
Shirley Smith
Camden Park
Clarice Rae
Davis
Jean,Redman
Schaekel Clinic
Orval Redman
Frank Davis
John VanMeter
Clifton
Teressa Lynn
Mason Clinic
Robberies on Main Street in Dayton Reported
Dayton police investigated two robberies on Main Street. Jonn Schwarx, 24, said two men with a gun forced him to pull over and stole $5 and a cigarette lighter. Ray Whiteaker, 18, reported a similar attack two blocks from Central Police Headquarters, losing $5 and clothing. Schwarx claimed the robbers tried on his clothing before rejecting it. Visitors in Huntington, West Virginia.
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Dayton
Jonn K. Schwarx
Schwarx
Ray Whiteaker
Central Police
July 1956 West Virginia gross sales tax gains over 1955
West Virginia July gross sales tax rose 42 percent from July 1955, totaling 9,452,086 dollars. The state notes the increase does not necessarily reflect broader business activity. Coal, natural resources, manufacturing, and retail sales contributed portions of the receipts.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Howner
State
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Pt. Pleasant Society
OES
Order of East
Ern Star
Masonic Temple
Edith Simpkins
Simpkins
Friends High
Eastern Star
Mill Wood
David O'Neal
Edna Burfitte
Delores Chambers
Marie Chapman
Esther Thomas
Ara Ellis
Ethel Scholz
Gertrude _ Bateson
Lottie Wilfong
Merle Minton
Genevive Norris
Thelma Blain
Leona Wells
Eleanor Ew’ing
Esther’ Russell
Sara« Mae Heaton
Jean Cartwright
Joy Foreman
Verlie Workman
Maxine Aldridge
Joe Barr
Sturford Houck
Park Drive
National Life and Accident Insurance Co
Portsmouth
P. C. Childs
Ollie Workman
Philippi
Gene
Dale Roush
Ronnie Dale
Mt. Vernon Ave
Kenneth Roush
Marquette Ave
Turtle Beach
S. C
Roush- Kauseh Allied Families Association of America
Lackland
Hannahs
Mason City News
Shuld
Charles Jeffers
Okey van- Meter
Charles Edward Fink
Charleroi
Rosa Fink
Charles
Charles Meredith
Parkersburg
W. Va
Main St
Zaleski
Mrs. Ivin Ross
Huntington
Rubin Barcaiyy
Ohio Valley
Lee Riders
Wranglers
Anvil
Fisher
Fisher's
Steeve
Sport Shirts Inc
Orion
Oxford
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