Delegates and Alternates Named to West Virginia Farm Bureau Meet
Two Mason County delegates and two alternates named to attend the 31st annual West Virginia Farm Bureau meeting at Jackson's Mill August 28 to 30. Delegates include David Durst Point Pleasant Route 1 and Pat Boston Letart Route 2. alternates Jim Farrell Point Pleasant Ohio River Road and L L Austen Hogsett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Moses County
West Virginia Farm Bureau
Jackson's Mill
Mason County
David Durst
Pat Boston
Letart
Jim Farrell
Ohio River Road
L. L. Austen
Hogsett
Dallas
Texas
American Farm Bureau Federation
West Virginia
Betty Hathaway
Barbour Couny
Jackson’s Mill
Point Pleasant Grads Enter Colleges
Point Pleasant High reports at least 20 of 120 spring graduates will enter colleges in West Virginia Ohio Kentucky and nearby states this fall Eleven boys and seven girls have declared immediate continuation of education Marshall College draws seven new entrants including Thomas Knox Fisher Albert Stephens William Henry Woods Jr Betty June Harshbarger Isabelle McDermitt Carolyn Yvonne Qoshel and Mary Ann Withers University of Huntington will gain Beverly Ann Clark and two others Donald Conwell Dorsey Henry Parkenson Gardner plus Rio Grande College adds Frank Howard Capehart Reece Lowell Nott and two more join Kentucky Military Institute gains Ralph Wayne Raike and William Harrison Bardin University of Kentucky Indiana University Huntington School of Business and Pennsylvania College for Women at Pittsburgh each receive one new student Steven Gammon Oscar Franklin Gerlach Betty Sue Caundill Nancy Leandra Vaught. Principal C H Withers notes many other graduates plan college but are not listed yet due to mora to contact them.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
C. H. Withers
Marshall College
Thomas Knox Fisher
Park Drive
Albert Stephens
William Henry Woods, Jr
Hogsett
Betty June Harshbarger
Ninth St
Isabelle McDermitt
Elmwood
Carolyn Yvonne Qoshel
Mary Ann Withers
Ashton
West Virginia University
Donald Conwell Dorsey
Main St
Henry Parkenson Gardner
Beverly Ann Clark
Decatur St
Rio Grande College
Kentucky Military Institute
Rio Grande
Frank Howard Capehart
Reece Lowell Nott
Shore St
KMI
Ralph Wayne Raike
Henderson
William Harrison Bardin
Jefferson Blvd
Steven Charles Gammon
University of Kentucky
Oscar Franklin Gerlach
Kanawha St
Indiana University
Betty
Elevator In Service At Hotel In Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant opens its first commercial passenger elevator at the Lowe Hotel after seven weeks of shaft work. Manager Homer Lowe Jr states the 12 passenger, 7000 pound cab with safety devices serves all four floors. The design includes a mid door safety panel and a manual alarm for stalled riders.
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Point Pleasant
Lowe
Homer Lowe Jr
Five Cases Heard in Point Pleasant Jail and Fines
John Stewart arrested on intoxication warrant and fined ten dollars then jailed for nonpayment. Anita Neville jailed for intoxication and ordered to work out her fine. Price Covert discharged after paying off bad checks. City officials fined two men for speeding, Daniel Viers of Parkersburg and Warren Balch of Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Stewart
Justice of the Peace
S. A. Simmons
Anita Neville
Frances Hatton
J. C Hutchinson
Price Covert
Justice Simmons
Hatton
Daniel Viers
Parkersburg
Warren Balch
Letart Woman Dies at Age 89
Eva Caro Kay Ball a lifetime Letart resident dies at home at 89 just before her 67th wedding anniversary Her husband Elias Ball survives with a son Emil of Pomeroy and she was a member of Oak Grove United Brethren Church Funeral services set at her home with two ministers and burial in Letari Cemetery
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Point Pleasant
Eva Caroline Kay Ball
Letart
James
Jane Kay
Virginia
Draft replacements after Point Pleasant deferments
Eleven men were pulled from the 45 man draft at Point Pleasant for physical exams in Charleston after depen dency and handicap declarations. Eleven replacements were named including Samuel Wallace and Billy Badgley, as Mason and Putnam County men proceed to Charleston for the second examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charleston
Everett Nibert
Apple Grove
William Lee Stone
Leon
Donald Edward Roush
South Side
Willard Ray Bird
Burnside
John Everett Wick
Scott Depot
Clifford Harold Edwards
St. Albans
James Harold Thornton
Liberty
William Carl Johnson
Hurricane
Reuben Whitt
James Lovell Williams
Michigan City
Ind
Robertsburg
William Kendall Bayes
Winfield
Samuel Francis Wallace
Billy Kinniard
Guy Burton Badgley
Harold Joseph Rutledge
Charles Taylor Rice
Roy Smith
Charles Leonard Boswell
Billy Sunday
Rush Allen Krodel
James Lawrence Plants
Donald Harris Ivy
Mason and Putnam County
Selective Service Board
Fifteen Chosen for WVU Junior Farmers Week
Point Pleasant high school vocational teachers Clifford Dunn and Joe Bailey will select about 15 senior boys to attend the junior farmer's week at West Virginia University from August 29 to 31. The program includes judging contests in livestock dairy cattle poultry crops plant diseases and farm shop equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia University
Clifford Dunn
Point Pleasant High School
Joe Bailey
Miss Bradshaw Retains Chief Operator Title
Miss Hilda Bradshaw keeps her chief operator post at the Bell Telephone Co local office. Miss Janet McKinney serves as acting chief operator during Bradshaw’s illness and will resume night chief operator duties when she returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Hilda Bradshaw
Bell Telephone Co
Janet McKinney
Miss Bradshaw
Miss McKinney
Births and admissions listed in Point Clinic notes
A daughter Constance Sue born to Mr and Mrs Walter Wells Wilkesville Aug 19. A daughter Connie Lou born to Mr and Mrs Charles Kinnard Apple Grove Aug 19. Admissions Mrs Homer Graham Leon Aug 21 medical. Mrs Alice Duncan Gallipolis Route 2 Aug 22 surgical. Releases include Mrs Junior Lewis and infant son and three new mothers with infants listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Sue
Walter Wells
Wilkesville
Connie Lou
Charles Kinnard
Apple Grove
Homer Graham
Leon
Alice Duncan
Gallipolis
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Bureau
Pt. Pleasant Grads
Robert Mason Shirley
Letari
Emma Durst
Franklin Edward Gleason
Marcylyn Roseanna Baisey
Richard Hallowell
Mary Hallowell
Athens
Athens County
State of
John F, Newcomb
Junior Lewis
Harry Bright
Howard Brown
Byron Dudding
Elberfelds
Pomeroy
Lanhee
Cheatham
Chatham Electric
Chatham
Fed
Gianing
Colgate Dental Cream
HALO
Age Pia
Rey
Fine
You
Beacon
America
Warners
Chrome Craft
Simmons
Metal
Anni
Versary
Chenille
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