Mason County Mental Health Association Elects Directors
Three new board members were elected at a Monday night meeting at Christ Church Episcopal. New directors are John Sayre Mrs Elon Thompson and Mrs S O Johnson. The group discussed state dues membership cards and distributing mental health materials. The next meeting is September 22 at Alice Quillin Memorial Park New Haven.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Mental Health Association
Christ Church
Episcopal
John Sayre
Elon Thompson
West Virginia
Farm Youth Show Set Aug 30 31 in Mason County
The Eighth Annual Mason County Farm Youth Show will run Friday and Saturday August 30 and 31 at the National Guard armory. Exhibits include cooking sewing crop production handicraft and livestock from 4-H Future Homemakers of America and Future Farmers of America groups. Registration runs 1 to 4 p m Friday with cooking judging at 4 p m and other exhibits at 8 a m Saturday. Highlights include a square dance Friday 5 p m an educational demonstration Saturday 1 p m and a style revue Saturday 8 p m. Sponsored by the county chamber agriculture committee with county agents and local farm groups.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
National Guard Armory
4-H Clubs
Future Homemakers of America
Future Farmers of America
Committee On Agriculture of the
Photographer Safford Receives Merit Certificate
Lonnie Safford of Safford Studio 508 Main St. earned a special merit certificate from Winona School of Photography. Howard Weber, the school's director, praised him as an outstanding student in a summer general portrait photography course conducted by the Photographers Association of America.
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Point Pleasant
Lonnie Safford
Safford
Main St
Winona School of Photography
Howard Weber
Photographer’s Association of America
Birth and admissions at Holzer Hospital in Middleport to Gallipolis
Birth notices list a son for James and Whitlock in Middleport on August 26 and a daughter for John Parsons also in Middleport. Other births include Fox Clifton and Finley Vinton with aug 26 dates. Admitted patients include Gary Waugh Bidwell Daniel Pelfrey Oak Hill Nancy Bentz Racine Ricarda Mullins Point Pleasant and others from Ohio towns. Discharges name numerous patients including Mrs. Dennis Grigsby and Mrs. John Smith among many.
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John M. Parsons
Middleport
Jack Fox
Clifton
Harold W. Finley
Vinton
A. W. Grass
Harrisonville
de Plants
Point Pleasant
Donald Taylor
Gallipolis
Gary Ray Waugh
Bidwell
Daniel Pelfrey
Oak Hill
Nancy Bentz
Racine
Ricarda Jane Mullins
David Shain
Harry Hock
Waverly
Surgical
Ruby Argue
Detriot
Millard L. Thompson
A. B. Campbell
Greenup
Ollie Elliott
Rio Grande
Brook Capper
Ironton
Paul O. Bland
Frank Wiseman
Pedro
Dale Hammer
Ravenswood
Linda Mae Hicks
Charles H. Bass
Finley Shaver
William C. Kershner
Elkhart
Ind
Glenn S. Sheets
Jackson
Clement H. Church
Middle
Raccoons Wash Food Before Eating, Habit Linked to Prey Mud
Raccoons rinse their food prior to consumption, a behavior believed to stem from cleaning mud off frogs and turtles they lift from the mire.
Mason Girl Wins Honors As Speaker
June Spencer 18 of Mason and Steve Allman of Lewis County led the annual state 4 H roundup public speaking contest at Jackson's Mill. Spencer earned first prize and silverware. Allman won a wrist watch for his winning talk.
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Point Pleasant
June Spencer
Mason
Steve Allman
Lewis County
Jackson’s Mill
Miss Spencer
Young Allman
Wahama High School
Ohio University
Joe Johnson
Joe
Mason County
Janice Jordan
Nancy Blain
Hopton
Fire Destroys Gallia Home In Sunday Blaze
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the house owned by Sherman Sparks near Gallia. No one was inside. Pearley Woods and family were away. Fire warden Bill Starcher reported the loss Monday. Neighbors found the blaze first and could not save the home or its contents. A hillside near the house caught fire but volunteers prevented spread to adjacent woods.
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Gallipolis
Sherman Sparks
Gallia
Greenfield
Bill Starcher
Pearley Woods
Fort Randolph Society to Picnic at Harmon Park
The Fort Randolph Society of Children of the American Revolution will hold a picnic Tuesday evening at 6 p m at Harmon Park. Miss Diane Lewis serves as junior president and Mrs Harriet Cruickshanks as president.
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Fort Randolph
Local families share visits and hometime updates
Wendell Smith returns home from a week with grandparents Mr and Mrs Emory Proffitt. Will Lee of Ripley is their guest this week. Mr and Mrs William Smith hosted their son and daughter in law Gene and … Smith on Ripley Road. Mrs Russell Sayre and infant Shirley Jean left Holzer Hospital to return to Ohio River Road. Mrs Kate Simmons of Huntington visits her uncle Rev J S Brannon. 24th Lt Joe Johnson Dick Startzman Bob Williams and John Price returned home after a week at Babcock State Park in Greenbrier County.
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Wendell Smith
Ripley Road
Emory Proffitt
Main St
Will Lee
Ripley
Proffitt
William Smith
Gene Smith
Russell Sayre
Shirley Jean
Ohio River Road
Holzer Hospital
Kate Simmons
Huntington
J. S. Brannon
Joe Johnson
Dick Startzman
Bob Williams
John Price
Babcock State Park
Greenbrier County
Marriage Licenses for Clifton Couples and Nearby Partners
Four couples from Clifton and nearby areas listed with names and ages: Charles Petty Kearns 24 son of Joseph and Mary Bass Kearns Clifton and Eleanor Frances Van Meter 21 daughter of Oliver and Clara Mae Varian Perry Clifton. Chester Darryl Knopp 18 son of Allen Knopp and Josephine Van Meter Knopp Clifton and Alice Kay Glenn daughter of Clarence and Dora Dowell Glenn Henderson. Lawrence Monroe Fowler 39 son of Thomas and Ella Fisher Fowler and Betty Jane Wheeler 33 daughter of Frank and Fay Daugherty Gardner Point Pleasant.
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Charles Petty Kearns
Joseph and
Mary Bass Kearns
Clifton
Eleanor Frances van Meter
Oliver and
Clara Mae Varian Perry
Chester Darryl Knopp
Allen Knopp
Josephine van Meter Knopp
Alice Kay Glenn
Clarence
Dora Dowell Glenn
Henderson
Lawrence Monroe Fowler
Thomas
Ella Fisher Fowler
Betty Jane Wheeler
Frank and
Fay Daugherty Gardner
Point Pleasant
Hard bitten sergeant term origin noted in history
The phrase hard bitten stems from a 19th or 20th century descriptor where dogs were called hard in bit ing, leading to the expression dogged or hard bitten in reference to a tough sergeant. The evolution reflects linguistic shifts in military and colloquial usage over time.
Rites Slated for Grinstead
Last rites for Susan Elizabeth Grinstead Roush Grinstead of New Haven will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p m at the New Haven Lutheran Church with Rev. Raymond Peters officiating. Burial will be in Graham Cemetery. She is survived by four daughters two in New Haven Hartford Letart and Albany Ohio six brothers and one sister. Friends may call at the home until 1 p m Wednesday and at the church one hour before the funeral hour.
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Point Pleasant
Susan Elizabeth Roush Grinstead
New Haven
New Haven Lutheran Church
Raymond Peters
Graham Cemetery
Mary Aumiller
Hartford
Helen Knapp
Ella Roush
Letart
Alice Miller
Thomas Grinstead
Harry Grinstead
Richard Grinstead
Canton
Ohio
Clay Grinstead
Walter Grinstead
Robert Grinstead
Albany
Kenna Roush
Manorsville
Joseph Ohling
Polio Survey Expands to Include Non-Paralytic Victims
POINT PLEASANT The Mason County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis catalogs post polio patients including non paralytic cases. Dr J Stewart Lloyd says some labeled nonparalytic may later show muscular weakness, spine curvature or limb deformities. A census and evaluation will guide current medical needs and rehabilitation options for eligible victims.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
J. Stewart Lloyd
Lloyd
National Foundation
Garrison Finish Defines Rival Burnout Tactic in Race
In horse racing, a Garrison finish describes a strategy where the jockey allows rivals to exhaust themselves before a late stretch burst. The tactic relies on preserving stamina and timing to surge past tired leaders.
R J Davis Dies in Fla
Mrs. Kelley of English Road received word that R J Davis 71 of St Petersburg Florida died in a hospital Sunday night after a heart attack two weeks earlier. He was vice president of Steele Corp in Pittsburgh before retirement and an elder in the Lutheran Church Mason and Knight Templar. He leaves two sisters Mrs Catherine Mahher Chicago and Mrs Lawrence B Gould New York City and two brothers Dr Sam Davis Los Angeles and George Davis Pittsburgh. Funeral services and burial will be in Pittsburgh Wednesday afternoon. A cow needs from three to five gallons of water for each gallon of milk she produces.
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Point Pleasant
Kelley
English Road
R. J. Davis
St. Petersburg
Fla
Steele Corp
Pittsburgh
Lutheran Church
Mason and Knight Templer
Ellis and Moose
Catherine Mahher
Chicago
Lawrence B. Gould
New York City
Sam Davis
Los Angeles
George Davis
Ford Is The Lowest Priced Model In The Market
Across the board the lowest priced car is the Ford among the trio of low priced models. The article asserts Ford holds the cheapest tag in these parts and notes the stance to prove it.
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FORD
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Charles Hector
H. M. Smith
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