Dignitaries Salute Silver Memorial Bridge Dedication
Dignitaries including Maj. Gen. Willard Roper and Senators Randolph and Saxbe attended dedication events for the Silver Memorial Bridge in Point Pleasant and Henderson. Gov. Arch Moore urged continued highway investment as Rev. Banders and Fr. Golubiewski led invocations and school bands performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul S. Banders
A. J. Golubiewski
Willard Roper
U. S. Army Engineer Division
Col
Maurice Roush
Huntington
Nathaniel Fox
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Paul E. Trimble
U.S. Coast Guard
Washington
W. W. Waesche
U. S. Coast Guard
Adam
Relatives Visit Pomeroy and Nearby Towns
Mrs W E Williams Jr returned to Augusta Maine Monday after a 10 day visit with relatives Edna and Thomas Edwards and Mr and Mrs Howard Ebersbach of Portland. The group visited their aunt Mrs A R Johnson in Charleston Friday. Chuckie Louis Walker 18 Gallagher Ferry and Beulah Pearl Connally 17 Point Pleasant. David Gregory Graham 19 Parkersburg and Judy Darlene Greenlee 21 Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
W. E. Williams Jr
Augusta
Maine
Edna
Thomas Edwards
Howard Ebersbach
Portland
Williams
the Edwards
D. J. Morgan
A. R. Johnson
Charleston
Chuckie Louis Walker
Gallipolis Ferry
Beulah Pearl Connally
Point Pleasant
David Gregory Graham
Parkersburg
Judy Darlene Greenlee
Silver Memorial Bridge dedication bridges Ohio and West Virginia
In Henderson and Kanauga the Silver Memorial Bridge dedication brings together Ohio and West Virginia leaders. The event honors victims of the December 15 1967 Point Pleasant disaster and stresses national bridge safety while highlighting local progress and cooperation.
Rhodes Leads Impromptu Song At Silver Bridge Dedication
Gov. James A. Rhodes of Ohio led an unscheduled singalong with the Gallia Academy High School Band during the Silver Memorial Bridge dedication in West Virginia. The chilly crowd, including officials from Henderson to Kanauga, heard singalongs as pedestrians crossed the new span for the first time without tolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
West Virginia
New
Silver Memorial
Ohio Valley
Arch Moore
James Rhodes
Point Pleasant
Jennings Randolph
Rhodes
Gallia Academy
Silver Bridge
Andy Wilson
D. C. Raynes
Hocking County
Logan
W. B. Haney
Howard Earnhart
Athens
Fred R. Beasley
Robert Mathews
Two Injured In Accident Involving Two Cars
In Pomeroy on Union Avenue at 2 25 p m a two car crash injured Freda Mossman 52 and Violet Deskins 27. Mossman head and leg injuries plus Denise Mossman 9 head lacerations. All three were transported to Veterans Memorial Hospital. no citations issued. A second item notes Wildwood Garden Club Christmas party Thursday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Milton Houdashelt with a gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Union Avenue
Freda Mossman
Violet Deskins
Langsville
Mossman
Deskins
Denise Mossman
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Minersville
Wildwood Garden Club
Milton Houdashelt
Meigs County Youth Rally elects new officers
Beverly Thompson remains president with Sherrie Turner as first vice president and Terry Hendricks as second vice president. Leta Floyd becomes secretary and Sharon Wilson treasurer. Outgoing officers include Bob Snowden and Becky Swindell. An inaugural banquet is planned for January and a Christmas drama “No Pillow For His Head” will be staged at Meigs High School auditorium with no admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
The
Churches of Christ
Beverly Thompson
Sherrie Turner
Terry Hendricks
Leta Floyd
Sharon Wilson
Bob Snowden
Becky Swindell
Lynn Snowden
Janelle Cummings
Judy Snowden
Thelma Osborne
Phyllis Gilkey
Meigs High School
Pomeroy Council Votes to Keep Bridge Lights Operational
POMEROY council agrees to maintain traffic lights at the Pomeroy Mason Bridge approach to prevent traffic problems. The lights would become village property after maintenance. Mayor Legar discusses parking concerns on Lower Monkey Run and requests a traffic study. An FCC delay on a local TV cable project is investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Cross Meigs
Pomeroy
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
City Hall
Kanagua
State Department Ofways
Leslie Fultz
Fultz
Charles Legar
Lower
Monkey Run
Jed Webster
Council
Pro
Franklin Rizer
Union Avenue
Legar
U. S
Clarence Miller
Ohio Video Service Inc
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Columbia Gas of Ohio Co
Markets' Employes Have Yule Party
Middleport employees of M and A Foodliner and Bar gainland and their families held their annual Christmas party Sunday evening at Flower Town on Main Street. A buffet dinner preceded games and a gift exchange. Gifts were presented to Jim Rickman the owner and manager and other store managers Wilbur Young Calvin Hatfield Leo Taylor and Ancil Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Jim Rickman
Wilbur Young
Calvin Hatfield
Leo Taylor
Ancil Cross
Drew Webster Post Hosts Life Membership Ceremony
Drew Webster Post No. 39 of the American Legion in Pomeroy presented a life membership card to Ben Neutzling at a Monday meeting. Post Commander Don Hunnel officiated with Raymond Jewell reporting 308 members and a push to reach quota by January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ben Neutzling
Drew Webster
American Legion
Post
Don Hunnel
Raymond Jewel
Jewell
Meigs
Walter Vaughan
Grover Erb
Frank Johnston
Wilbur Hood
Hannell
Amanda
Department
Columbus
Hannel
Guy Guinther
Paul Casci
North Vietnam
Joe Struble
Hunnel
Feeney-Bennett
Raymond Jewell
Bob Vaughan
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New Bridge
Vitus Hartley Jr
Point Pleasant-Mason County
Gallipolis
Wahama High School
William B. Saxbe
Stephen Young
Ken Hechler
James Kee
Lloyd Jackson
West Virginia Senate
Ivor Boiarski
House of Delegates
Brad Sayre
Oakley Collins
Eugene Ball
Ralph Welker
Tom Price
Silver Memorial Bridge
Henderson
Pleasant Point Resort
Arch A. Moore Jr
Richard Nixon
U.S
Nixon
Moore
Randolph
Here
Senate Public Works Committee
Congress
U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Transportation
Senate
Subcommittee On
Ken Steinhof
Buckeye
Mary Hyre
United States
Sixth Street
Ohio River
Kanauga
Senator
Kananga
Point’ Pleasant
Scotty
Church Youth Rally
Rutland
Beverly Wilcox
Keith Wood
Duane Will
Patty Well
John Lohse
Joe Welker
Jane Wise
Trudy Little
Jerry Davis
Patty Durst
Danny Evans
Jane Hazelton
Patty Glaze
Mary Lou Ash
Judy
Pomeroy Council
Mayor Legar
Jane Walton
Don Collins
Bob Hysell
Roy Reuter
Henry Werry
Tom Cassell
Columbia Gas Co
Middleport
M & A Foodliner and Bar
Gainland
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