Santa and Steamboat Bill greet hundreds at Point Pleasant courthouse
Santa Claus and Steamboat Bill of WSAZ TV visited the Point Pleasant courthouse drawing over 3000 children and adults. Steamboat Bill handed out photos while Santa arrived by fire truck and offered handshakes and wants. Local merchants donated treats as stores plan extended hours through Christmas Eve.
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Santa
Point Pleasant
Santa Claus
Steamboat Bill
Wsaz-Tv
Court House
Logan calendar of events Tuesday and Wednesday
Local clubs and organizations in Logan announce Christmas parties, gift exchanges, and programs. Included are Junior Tourist Book Club at Brandt's Mecca Room 6 30 p.m. Ruth Heft Bible Boosters at 360 E Main St. and Pythian Sisters with Forest Rose guests. Community groups hold dinners, potlucks, and charity gifts through Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Junior Tourist Book Club
Brandt
Mecca Room
Ruth Heft
Frank Harden
Probate Court Actions Filed in Hocking County
Log an County Probate Court has filed accounts for approval and settlement. First and final account of Mary Sharb for the estate of Alexander Seres. Fourth and final account of Robert F Gaines guardian of Robert Ralph Gaines. Fifth account of Dwight Spencer guardian for Clifford D Spencer. Second account of Hubert D Lappen guardian for Charles W Gee. Sixth annual account of Neal Dillon guardian for Wayne W Starkey.
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Neal Dillon
Wayne W. Starkey
Helen M Holt Services Held
Funeral services for Helen M Holt 66 of Middleport were held Tuesday at Foglesong Funeral Home Mason with Rev David Freeman officiating She was born June 27 1896 daughter of William Smith in Clifton Survived by husband James Holt son Fred Hud son Wayne two sisters Mrs Josephine Voss and Mrs Maggie Fields one brother Paul Smith and many grandchildren and great grandchildren Burial took place at Graham Station Cemetery
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Point Pleasant
Helen M. Holt
Middleport
Foglesong
Mason
David Freeman
Holt
William Smith
Clifton
James Holt
Fred Hudson
Wayne
Josephine Voss
Pomeroy
Maggie Fields
Hartford
Paul Smith
Graham Station Cemetery
Point Pleasant Clinic Notes
Mrs. and Mrs. Lloyd Fridley Letart welcome a daughter and Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart Henderson report a daughter. Admitted Keith Holley Apple Grove. Discharged Mrs. Randall Neal and daughter Henderson and John D. Boston Letart.
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Lloyd Fridley
Letart
John Stewart
Henderson
Keith Holley
Apple Grove
Randall Neal
John D. Boston
Trinity Methodist Church Christmas Program
POINT PLEASANT The Trinity Methodist Church will present a White Christmas program at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Pupils from kindergarten to the intermediate department will participate and gifts for Christmas baskets will be wrapped in white and presented at the altar during the program.
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Point Pleasant
Trinity Methodist Church
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes
Mrs. Maud Allinder of Point Pleasant William Thomas Ratcliff of Middleport and Sarah Holmes of Syracuse Ohio appear in Pleasant Valley Hospital notes listing patient names and origins.
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Maud Allinder
Point Pleasant
William Thomas Ratcliff
Middleport
Sarah Holmes
Syracuse
Ohio
Rites Set For W M Raynes 73 Mason Resident
Walter M. Raynes 73 of Mason died Saturday night. Funeral set for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Winfield Baptist Church with Rev. Earl Wall officiating. Raynes was born April 2 1886 in Putnam County and served as deputy sheriff and deputy assessor there. He taught in Putnam County for 20 years. Survivors include wife Kathleen two daughters Jean Stewart of Belle and Emma Williamson of Mason a son Dayton Raynes brothers Ross Akron Frank Buffalo sisters Ethel Roberts Archie Davenport and O L Fish Nitro and three grandchildren. Burial in Winfield Cemetery. Friends may call 1 2 p.m. Wednesday at church.
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Point Pleasant
Walter M. Raynes
Mason
Winfield Baptist Church
Earl Wall
Raynes
Putman County
W. A
Emma Henson Raynes
Kathleen
Walter
Jean) Stewart
Belle
Rome
Emma) Williamson
Dayton Raynes
Ross
Akron
Frank
Buffalo
Ethel Roberts
Archie Davenport
Spencer
O. L. Fish
Nitro
Winfield Cemetery
Point Pleasant Man Cited For Gambling Tip Sheets
Point Pleasant resident Carl Red Reiker was charged by state police and sheriff with exhibiting and selling gambling tip sheets. He was arrested Monday afternoon in a Main Street poolroom when officers, arriving to search for another person, found him operating the sheets.
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Point Pleasant
Carl Red Reiker
State Police and Sheriff's Department
Reiker
Clarence Campbell and Norma Sheets At Home
Clarence Everett Campbell a 26 year old construction worker from Lancaster Route 5 and Norma Jean Sheets a 26 year old from Logan Route 2 were reported at home in a brief notice.
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Clarence Everett Campbell
Lancaster
Norma Jean Sheets
Logan
Bertha Zeigler Dies at 58 in Logan
Mrs. Bertha Florence Zeigler 58 of 151 S Walnut Logan died Monday 10 30 am at St Anthony s Hospital Columbus after a short illness. She was a forelady at Logan H C Godman Co and is survived by two sons Joe Columbus and Donald Logan, father Lawrence Jenks Adelphi a sister Mary McCall Columbus and two grandchildren. Friends may call Leonard funeral home Tuesday 7 9 pm Wednesday 2 4 and 7 9 pm. Services Thursday 2 pm at the funeral home officiated by Rev Earl Schottke.
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Logan
Bertha Florence Zeigler
S. Walnut Street
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Columbus
Lawrence
Sarah Stump Jenks
Adelphi
Logan H. C. Godman Company
Joe
Donald
Lawrence Jenks
Mary McCall
Leonard Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Earl Schottke
Abram Rites Held Tuesday
Abram William Logan 83 of New Straitsville died Saturday at Hocking Valley Hospital after admittance Oct. 4. A native of Brazil Ind he moved to the area as a baby and was a retired coal operator. Survivors: widow Anna two daughters Mrs Lowell M Steurer and Mrs John R Moore a son William C four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services Tuesday 2 p.m. at New Straitsville Methodist Church. Burial in New Straitsville Cemetery.
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Logan
William Abram
New Straitsville
Hocking Valley Hospital
Brazil
Ind
James and
Margaret Edwards
Anna
Lowell M Steurer
Columbus
John R. Moore
William C
Pasadena
Tex
New Straitsville Methodist Church
Joe Walburn
New Straitsville Cemetery
Marshall to Seek Status of University
Marshall College president Dr Stewar H Smith plans to ask the state board of education to elevate Marshall College to university status. The board halted its Charleston session to visit Marshall as part of a jurisdiction-wide survey program. A 1957 Anderson Kreger study urged new divisions and expanded offerings reflecting greater educational eminence.
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Point Pleasant
Stewart H. Smith
Marshall College
State Board of Education
Charleston
Marshall
Earl W. Anderson
Ohio State University
CC. W. Kreger
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Christmas programs and PTA meetings dominate Point Pleasant calendar
Trinity Methodist circles meet at homes on Jefferson Boulevard Main Street and English Road with chairs and co hosts. PTA groups at Henderson Ordnance Beech Hill North Point Central hold 7 30 p m sessions at their schools. A Junior High chorus performs at 8 p m Thursday and a Christmas program airs Sunday in the high school and Christ Episcopal Church at 6 30 p m.
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Rebecca
Trinity Methodist Church
Robert E Wolf
Jefferson Blvd
Charles Johnson
Dorcas
W. S. Waldie
Main St
Harry Berkley
A. H. Perkins
J. G. F. Johnson
Mary
Central School
PTA
Christ Episcopal Church
Priscilla Class Meets in Straitsville With Dinner Program
The Priscilla class of the Methodist Church held a December meeting and six o'clock chicken dinner in the church dining room Tuesday evening Rev Walburn led with prayer roll call and a Bible verse A program followed featuring The Littlest Angel read by Nellie Shuttleworth and remarks by several members Glady Lines received a gift for her presidency Also listed as present were Bertha Pierce Minnie Strawn Anna Frasure Myrtle Wallace Amy Lanning Edna Rawlins Margaret Edwards Kate Lines Besse Davis Mabel Devol Ethel Wade and Nellie Dixon The Tuesday night bridge club met at Grace Leake's for a six o'clock pot luck dinner with gifts exchanged and prizes won by Genevieve Hartman and Nell Brown Additional visits noted around town.
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New Straitsville
Priscilla
Methodist Church
Walburn
Littlest Angel
Nellie Shuttleworth
Glady Lines
Bertha Pierce
Minnie Strawn
Anna Frasure
Myrtle Wallace
Amy Lanning
Edna Rawlins
Margaret Edwards
Kate Lines
Besse Davis
Mabel Devol
Ethel Wade
Nellie Dixon
Grace Leake
Anna Lillico
Marlean Devol
Margaret Boyle
Juliette Hatch
Genevieve Hartman
Elizabeth Mills
Nell Brown
Logan
Claudia Potts
Debbie Conn
Florence Blankenship
Columbus
Chillicothe
Erma Pierce
Laura Warner
Jean Williams
Nadine Vernon
Danny O'Riley
Portland Social News Highlights Guests and Visits
Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Hyatt Parsons included Mrs Darrell Perry and children and Mrs Rodney Coffman and sons from Clinton and Mrs Esther Price and Elsie Shahan of Great Bend. Mrs Harold Roush and Nadine visited Letart relatives. Recent guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Harris were Judy Profit of Columbus, Mr and Mrs Jack Turner of Ravenswood and Helen Harris of Parkersburg. Don Ward of New Jersey returned home after spending several days with his parents.
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Portland
Driver Fined and Jailed for Drunken Driving
Robert E. Hansel, 37, of 140 Gallagher Ave pleaded guilty before Mayor Francis Myers on drunken driving charges. He was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to three days in Hocking County jail after city police arrested him on Hunter Street at 3 45 a m Sunday.
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Logan
Robert E. Hansel
Gallagher Ave
Francis Myers
Hansel
Hocking County
Hunter St
Logan man back in jail for gun theft
Logan resident Larry Lee Jackson 22 formerly of Columbus was recommitted to Hocking County jail after admitting to stealing a .22 revolver from Harold H Walkie’s residence. Sheriff Waldren and Deputy Dawley recovered the gun and scheduled a hearing in Judge Collins court.
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Logan
Columbus
Hocking County
Larry Lee Jackson
Harold Welkie Jr
Jackson
H. Vc. Godman Co
Ed Dawley
Waldren
Dawley
Collin’s
Christmas Week Events At Heights Evangelical Church
Heights Evangelical United Brethren Church in Point Pleasant announces a week of events led by Rev. Roy McCoy. A youth fellowship gathering Tuesday includes a film and prayer Wednesday features Bible study and choir practice. Sunday offers a Christmas offering for Quincy Orphanage, a 7:30 p m choir program, and a Wednesday December 23 child program plus a Christmas Eve youth program at 7:30 p m. public invited to attend any services.
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Point Pleasant
Heights
Quincy
United Brethren
West Virginia
Janet Capehart
Party Planned For Children
The Lafayette Post 27 American Legion women's auxiliary will host a Christmas party for children under 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Legion Hall. Donations are welcome and can be arranged by calling Mrs. W. Joe Brown or Mrs. Phil Hecker at the given telephone numbers.
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Gallipolis
Women’s Auxiliary of
Lafayette
Post 27
American Legion
Legion Hall
W. Joe Brown
Phil Hecker
Youth Recreation and Spiritual Recreation discussed by ministers
A Leon PTA meeting at Leon Grade School Tuesday evening will feature a panel of area ministers presenting Youth Recreation and Spiritual Recreation with a potluck at 6 15 p m. in the school dining room. Gleneda A Douglas of The Plains Ohio named executrix of Millard S Douglas estate, Athens County, with four months to creditors to file claims.
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Point Pleasant
Leon Pta
Leon
Gleneda A. Douglas
The
Plains
Ohio
Millard S Douglas
Athens County
Harold J Rose
Three Perry Youths Held for Drinking
Three Perry County youths were arrested by city police at 3 15 a m Monday on North Street during a drinking spree. Richard Smitt 18 of Junction City and two 17 year old youths from New Straitsville Route 1 and Junction City Route 1 were held in the police detention room. Police found a partly consumed beer case with 13 opened bottles and three unopened. The Junction City Route 1 youth reportedly bought the full case in New Straitsville. All were released to the Perry County juvenile officer late Monday.
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Logan
Perry County
North St
Richard Smitt
Junction City
New Straitsville
Junction City Route 1
Local Hospital Notes And County Land Bid Notice
Hospital notes list births transfers and attendees from Hocking Valley area including Logan Rockbridge and Columbus. Athens County issues bids for a tract of land on Farm Lot 27 with payment terms and bid requirements.
Scrooge On Stage For Yale College Christmas Program
Gallipolis Rio Grande College to present its annual Christmas program at Community Hall with the Dramatic Club performing Scrooge based on Charles Dickens. The show features a cast led by Ebenezer Scrooge and the Spirits, plus a 70-voice college choral concert led by Zelma Northcutt and accompanists Miss Jean McCoy and Mrs Evan H Evans.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
The
Dramatic Club
William Lloyd
Narrator
Charles Dickens
George Pickens
Ebenezer Scrooge
Tom Neal
Bob Cratchit
Tom Dickerson
Fred
Bill ‘Chase
Jacob Martey
John Frazer
Sally Salinger
Fezziwig
Jon Smittle
Phil Cahoon
Ebenezer
John Boyer
Linda Davis
Evan H. Evans
Sentencing of Broker Is Scheduled
Charles G. Rhodes, former Huntington real estate broker, faces sentencing in U S District Court Huntington on January 4 at 9 30 a m. Judge Harry E Watkins will oversee a one day session. Rhodes earlier convicted of making a false statement to obtain a $20 000 loan from Huntington Federal Savings and Loan Assn. He was ordered held in county jail pending sentencing after a prior failed bid for a new trial following a hung Mason County jury verdict on uttering a false statement.
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Point Pleasant
Charles G. Rhodes
Huntington
U. S. District Court
Harry E. Watkins
Rhodes
Huntington Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Watkins
The
Realtors Association
Mason County
Driver Held After Wreck in Gallipolis
Two Northup residents collided at Second Ave and Vine St. late Monday. Woodrow Hayner, 48, was arrested for drunk driving after the crash and facing a Municipal Court hearing. Ernestine Spriegel, 38, was the other driver. Damage was moderate to the left fronts of both vehicles. Hayner was remanded to jail in lieu of bond.
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Gallipolis
Northup
Second Ave
Vine St
Woodrow Hayner
Ernestine Spriegel
Hayner
High tobacco prices top Gallia county sales and Scout party set
In Huntington tobacco warehouse sales the average price paid for top burley was 57.21 dollars per cwt. Grace Shafer Crown City sold 1121 pounds for 782.19 dollars at 69.78 average while Marshal Holley and Consolidated Coal Co. Crown City moved 1955 pounds for 1359.64 dollars at 69.55 average. Boy Scout Troop 203 led by Jim Hackworth will hold its annual Christmas party Monday night at Grace Methodist Church.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Huntington
Tobaccs
Grace Shafer
Crown City
Marshal Holley
Jim Hackworth
Grace Methodist Church
Ministers Elect New Officers At December Meeting
The Hocking County Ministerial Association elected officers for the next year at its December gathering in the Methodist Church. Rev Peyton Reed will serve as president with Rev B Hughes as first vice president and Rev Earl Schottke as second vice president, and Rev Carl Plummer as secretary treasurer. A clothing drive report noted Logan Presbyterian as the local collection center and shipment underway to New Windsor Maryland for national processing. The group also approved a $25 contribution to transportation costs and heard Rev Schottke’s paper Faith To Live By.
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Peyton Reed
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
B. Hughes
Enterprise Kline Memorial Eub Church
Earl Schottke
Presbyterian Church
Carl Plummer
First Methodist Church
J. Carl Plummer
Logan Presbyterian
Church World Service
New Windsor
Schottke
Carborundum Men Attend Convention in Cleveland
Logan James M. Irvine maintenance foreman and Jim Johnson industrial engineer of the Carborundum Co. attended sessions of a conference sponsored by the International Education Institute of Boston at the Carter Hotel in Cleveland last week. Mrs Johnson accompanied her husband to Cleveland.
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Logan
James M. Irvine
Jim Johnson
Carborundum Co
International Education Institute of Boston
Carter Hotel
Cleveland
Johnson
Christmas safety reminder from Mason County police
Steve Miller of the Tu-Endie-Wei Chapter Fraternal Order of Police issued a holiday driving safety reminder to Mason County motorists as part of the annual campaign. The message urges careful driving during the Christmas season to reduce accidents and injuries.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Steve Miller
Tu-Endie-Wei
Fraternal Order of Police
Connetion
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