Officials Questioning Mason Arson Suspects
State fire marshal, state police, sheriff, city police and fire department question several suspects and witnesses over at least 10 arson fires across Mason County. Fires struck barns and abandoned houses, with some looted antique furnishings. The latest blaze was a barn on Ten Mile Creek last Sunday night. First fire occurred June 12 at a Long Hollow Road home owned by Charles Knapp. Two fires in a day and three in one night. some fires showed kerosene or gasoline traces. Call Sgt. J. H. Parsons at 675-1101. reports kept confidential.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
State Fire Marshall Office
State
Sheriff's Office
Fire Department
Ten Mile Creek
Long Hollow Road
Charles Knapp
J. H. Parsons
Methodist Planning Session Set
POINT PLEASANT The Rev C S Thompson pastor of Trinity Methodist Church announced the annual planning session of the church will be held Sunday at 7 30 p m in the chapel at the regular worship service Following a devotional period the commission will meet and groups will be formed to discuss the work of the church for the coming year Rev Mr Thompson also announced that the laymen s institute will be held Sept 15 16 17 at Jackson s Mill The theme will be People Poverty Plenty the Gospel to the Pow Leaders will be Dr G W McCausland Bishop Fred G Holloway and Dr David M Graybeal Rev Mr Thompson said that recent improvements on the church property include a new roof over the church kitchen the painting of the roof over the entire educational unit and the repair of the stained glass windows
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Point Pleasant
C. S. Thompson
Trinity Methodist Church
Thompson
Jackson’s Mill
G. W. McCausland
Fred G. Holloway
David M. Graybeal
Board Fills Teaching Positions in Mason County
The board of education will meet at 7 30 p m today to discuss staffing. Supt I Brooks Smith says most positions are filled though a Sunny Side principal vacancy arose after Charles Withers moved to Point Pleasant High. Two Wahama Junior High and one Point Pleasant High teaching slots remain, with substitutes filling until regular hires. Jeffrey Lee Thomas 11, of 2017 Jefferson, received left knee bruises in a bicycle car crash Wednesday night at 21 Street and Jefferson Boulevard and was treated at Pleasant Valley Hospital.
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Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Supt. I. Brooks Smith
Sunnyside
Charles Withers
Point Pleasant High School
Wahama Junior High
Mason County
Jeffrey Lee Thomas
Jefferson
21 Street
Jefferson Boulevard
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Point Pleasant Bank Promotes Two Employees
Vitus Hartley Jr. announces promotions at Peoples Bank of Point Pleasant. Joe Jordan becomes cashier and loan officer. Jean Barney is promoted to assistant cashier. Both have worked at the bank since 1965. Paul Crabtree is elected to the board of directors, expanding the board.
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Point Pleasant
Peoples Bank of
Vitus Hartley Jr
Mason County Institution
Joe Jordan
Meadowbrook
Jean Barney
Maple
Jordan
Crabtree
31St St
West Virginia
Washington
W. W. Barron
Ken Hechler
Peoples Bank
Hartley
MYF Plans Car Wash For Trinity Church Fund
MYF of Trinity Methodist Church will hold a car wash to raise funds. Cars will be washed for $1 each for 30 minutes in the back lot of Point Pleasant Building Loan Co. Reservations via Ellis Conley, MYF president. Police Plan Picnic At Krodel Park In Point Pleasant. City police hold annual family picnic Sunday with food from merchants and guests Mr and Mrs D B Morgan and firefighters. games and recreation planned.
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Point Pleasant
MYF
Trinity Methodist Church
Point Pleasant Building Loan Co
Ellis Conley
Campgrounds Group Plans Constitution
Members of a constitution committee will meet at Bellemeade EUB Church Sunday at 2 p.m. to begin work on 12 articles to govern the reorganized Union Campground Association. The completed constitution will be submitted to a full meeting on Oct. 15.
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Point Pleasant
Bellemeade Eub
Reorganized
Union Campground Association
Eugene Garlow
Harold Bumgarner
Otho Mattox
Emory Roush
Lawrence Stewart
Joan Kinnard
Achsah Miller
Russell Craw
Campground
Bellemeade
Friend Gibbs
Bachtel Church
Wallie Hart
Good Shepherd Church
New Haven Church
State Police Investigate Burglary at Crookham Home
State Police are investigating a burglary at Blanche Crookham’s home on Leon Route 2. Occurred in recent days while Crookham was at a Putnam County nursing home. Stolen items include an antique spinning wheel wrist watch ring four antique oil lamps a .25 calibre revolver an RCA television a power lawn mower and beds linens. Front door unlocked and key missing.
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Point Pleasant
Blanche Crookham
Leon
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes Summary
Hospital notes list residents and patients by name and town including Clifford Hudson of Gallipolis Ferry Lula Likens Henderson Ethel Pritt Point Pleasant Theodore Casto South Side Charles Stewart Henderson Jimmy Stewart Henderson George Horak Pomeroy Theodore Smith Patricia Swartz Martha Sauer Harley Fetty Jr Janet Nibert Ernest Knopp Orin Thomas.
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Clifford Hudson
Gallipolis Ferry
Lula Likens
Henderson
Ethel Pritt
Point Pleasant
Theodore Casto
South Side
Charles Stewart
Jimmy Stewart
George Horak
Pomeroy
Theodore Smith
Patricia Swartz
Martha Sauer
Harley Fetty Jr
Janet Nibert
Ernest Knopp
Orin Thomas
Joint Rites Scheduled By Women
A St. Peter Lutheran Church women group held a pot luck dinner at Mrs. Jack Wigal’s home. They plan a joint Sunday worship service and picnic at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Upper Flats. Guest Kathryn Daily urged families to make wills. Next meeting Sept. 26 at Mrs. Dale Roush’s home.
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Point Pleasant
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Jack Wigal
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
White Church
Upper Flats
Kathryn Daily
Lutheran Brotherhood
Rev Pitzer To Leave Christ Church Oct 1
The Rev Charles A Pitzer rector of Christ Episcopal Church Point Pleasant has resigned as rector effective Oct 1 He will move to All Saints Episcopal Church in Portsmouth Ohio He has led community projects and served as president of Tu Endie Wei Garden Club He and his wife have a daughter Beth Ann aged 2 He has also resigned as president of the Mason County Community Action group and has been active in the program for mentally retarded children.
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Point Pleasant
Charles A. Pitzer
Christ Episcopal Church
All Saints Episcopal Church
Portsmouth
Nurse
Tu-Endie Wei Garden Club
Beth Ann
Mason County Community Action Group
Pitzer
Perfect Horse Ideals By Arab Belief
Arabs hold that the ideal horse features a neck curved like a crescent and a nose small enough to fit into a tea cup, reflecting traditional standards of equine beauty and elegance.
Point Pleasant Man Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Bill Howard of New Haven, a Holzer Hospital patient for nearly five months, returned home. A Holzer accident left his leg broken in four places. Howard serves on the local board of education.
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Howard
New Haven
Holzer Hospital
Board of Education
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