Point Pleasant High Presents Yale Festival Christmas Program
A large crowd attended Point Pleasant High School’s first Christmas festival held in the auditorium. Seniors Walter Sturgeon and Lorea Lee Stanley narrated Raphael the Herald Angel as the Great Voice herald gift announcements. The chorus and band performed traditional carols with solos by Miss Stanley and Judy Hurley, directed by Mrs. Edward Jackson and Miss Johnson with Mr. Coffman.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Walter Sturgeon
Lorea Lee Stanley
Raphael
Great Voice
Christine Johnson
F. W. Quillen
Stanley
Judy Hurley
Edward Jackson
Johnson
Coffman
Basement Fire Damages Home of Mrs. C. G. Billups
A basement blaze at 108 English Court in Point Pleasant damaged the lower level of Mrs. C. G. Billups home early Thursday. Firefighters reported the fire under control with only smoke damage to the upstairs. Thirteen firefighters responded and calls from Gallipolis and Mason City were traced to an unauthorized report.
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Point Pleasant
C. G. Billups
English Ct
Gallipolis
Mason City
Partments
Youths Shine At Deputies Christmas Party Here
More than 150 junior deputies their companions and adults attended a Christmas party at the Junior Deputies Clubhouse. Rev Fr A Matchinski told the Christmas Story as local talent and Tri-County Canteen members performed. Susie Call and Leo Savage announced acts by Ronnie Lenley Janice Vansickle Rich ard Earl Queen Jane Crump and Sharon Williams. Santa Claus distributed treats as gifts were exchanged and a large decorated tree lit the hall. Chaperons included Mrs Richard Humphrey Deputy Sheriff D M Harshbarger and Mrs Aaron Bright.
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Point Pleasant
Junior Deputies
A. Matchinski
Tri-County
Susie Call
Leo Savage
Ronnie Lenley
Cheshire
Janice Vansickle
Gallipolis
Richard Earl Queen
Queen
Savage
Jane Crump
Sharon Williams
Santa Claus
Richard Humphrey
D. M. Harshbarger
Aaron Bright
Junior High Coach Hospitalized After Surgery
Mr and Mrs Paul Pack of Bramville West Virginia visited their son coach William Pack at Holzer Hospital where he underwent surgery last Saturday. He is recovering satisfactorily and expected to be released next week.
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Point Pleasant
Paul Pack
Bramville
W. Va
William Pack
Holzer Hospital
Lincoln Ave
Coach Pack
Trinity Choir Presents Night of the Star Cantata
Sunday at 7 30 p m the Trinity Methodist Church choir will present a Christmas cantata titled Night of the Star directed by C L Head with organ accompaniment by Miss Vicki Stevens. The public is invited to attend.
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Point Pleasant
Trinity Methodist Church
C. L. Head
Vicki Stevens
Kiwanis Club View Safety Film At Dinner Meeting
Kiwanis Club held a dinner meeting at the Moose Home Thursday evening with Sherwood Kosten presiding. The club plans its Christmas gathering and dance for the ladies on December 26 and will not meet January 1, resuming January 8 when new officers Garrett Green president Fritz Frey first vice Art Gilkick second vice and John C Hutchinson secretary treasurer will be installed. Twenty five members attended.
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Point Pleasant
Kiwanis Club
Moose
Sherwood Costen
Garrett Green
Fritz Frey
Art Gilwick
John C. Hutchinson
Second Child Born to Mr and Mrs Sayre of Mt Vernon
Mrs Glen Sayre of Mt Vernon Ave announces the birth of their second child and first son at a Charleston hospital on Wednesday. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Everett Sayre Ohio River Rd and Mrs Howard Daughtery and the late Howard Daughtery. Mrs Sayre is formerly Genevieve Daughtery.
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Point Pleasant
Glen Sayre
Mt. Vernon Ave
Charleston
Everett Sayre
Ohio River Rd
Howard
Sayres
Genevieve
Students Perform at Henderson School PTA Christmas Program
The second grade under Lena Bowles presented readings songs and dances Tuesday at the December PTA meeting. The second grade won the attendance banner for most parents. Thornton Woods led the business session and a playground equipment report was given. Margaret Wamsley led the pledge.
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Point Pleasant
Lena Bowles
Henderson School
PTA
Thornton Woods
Margaret Wamsley
Ottomer Leiving Tops Mason County Dairy Honor Roll
Mason County Dairy Herd Improvement Association announces the November honor roll. Ottmer Leiving of West Columbia leads with 20 cows on test averaging 852 pounds of milk, 4.33 butterfat, and 37.0 fat per cow. Other honorees include Marcus Weaver Letart Ray Crank C. C. Lewis Russell Jones G.C. Sommer and Otis Randolph from Point Pleasant Leon Southside and Henderson.
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Point Pleasant
William Gregory
Mason County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Ottmer Leiving
West Columbia
Marcus Weaver
Letart
Ray Crank
Henderson
C. C. Lewis
Russell Jones
G.C. Sommer
Southside
Otis Randolph
Leon
Legion Yule Party Draws 75 Members and Families
About 75 members of the American Legion and Auxiliary and their families attended the annual Christmas party at the Legion home. The event featured decorated trees, Christmas carols, a Santa gift distribution, a movie, a Christmas Story reading, string music, and refreshments served by the hostess committee.
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Point Pleasant
American Legion
Auxiliary
Legion Home
Santa Claus
Earl Mohr
Vernon Deweese
Littleth Angel
Ray Price
Elson Leport
Paul Thomas
D. G. Wilfong
Evelyn Bauer
Wilfong
Bauer
Ted Stevens
Local Pastor Resigns for Post in Ohio
Rev. Frederick A. Matehinski resigns from St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church effective Jan 31 1959 to join the United Lutheran Church in America mission effort in West Milton and Englewood Ohio. A special congregational meeting is set for Dec 28 to act on the resignation.
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Point Pleasant
Frederick A. Matehinski
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Board of American Missions
United Lutheran Church In America
West Milton
Englewood
Ohio
Dayton
Church Council of
St. Peter’s
Matchinski
Hamma Divinity School
Springfield
Wittenberg College
University of Cincinnati
Marjorie Waldie
St. Peter's
Point Pleasant Churches List and Service Schedules
A roundup of Point Pleasant area churches with pastors, service times, Sunday school hours, youth programs, and special events. Includes Sacred Heart St Josephs Mason Christ Church Episcopal Harmony Baptist Heights EUB Main Street Baptist Seventh Day Adventist First Church of God Bellemead EUB Presbyterian St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Methodist Christ the Star and related festivities.
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John O'Reilly
Sacred Heart Church of
Point Pleasant
St Joseph's of Mason
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Main St
J. P Keefer
Christ Church Episcopal
Jerome D. Rodgers
Young People's Fellowship
Harmony Baptist
Larry Miller
Church of the Nazarene
J . Bramon
Heights
EUB
Roy McCoy
Main Street Baptist
Kenneth Chandler
Seventh-Day Adventist — Bible Chapel
Howard Avenue
Belle Meade
Henderson Tabernacle
Orville Walker
Spencer
Church of Christ
Henderson
Clifford Shaver
Church of God
George Over
Bellemead Eub
Jack Higgins
Youth Fellowship
Pam
Adult Christian Endeavor
Robert Kessinger
Leon
Donald Pringle
Rock Castle
Yanger
Shiloh
Mr. Zion
Promise Land
Warren
Former Resident Announces Birth in Oklahoma
Mrs. Lee Pierce of Tulsa Oklahoma announces the birth of their first child a son named Paul Winston born Wednesday night in a local hospital The mother is the former Mary Jo Corrick a Point Pleasant High School graduate Dr and Mrs U S Corrick of Jefferson Blvd are the grandparents
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Point Pleasant
Lee Pierce
Tulsa
Okla
Paul Winston
Mary Jo Corrick
Point Pleasant High School
U. S. Corrick
Jefferson Blvd
Britain to Pay 187 Million on Foreign Loans This Year
The British government will pay the full 187 million dollars in capital and interest due this year on its outstanding American and Canadian loans.
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London
Providence Named for Roger Williams
Providence Rhode Island owes its name to Roger Williams who described the city as founded in commemoration of God's merciful providence.
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Providence, R. I
Roger Williams
God
Providence
West Virginia Player Blaine Staats Dies In Auto Crash
Blaine Staats, WVU football tackle and promising athlete, was killed Sunday night when his car struck a bridge between Wheeling and Morgantown. He was returning from visiting with his fiancée Dorothy Johnson and had planned to marry Sunday. Staats played at Wahama High School and attended Greenbrier Military College. He was active in 4 H and Future Farmers of America.
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Gridder
West Virginia University
Blaine Staats
Mason City
W. Va
Graysville
Staats
Wheeling
Morgantown
Harry Staats
Letart
Dorothy Johnson
Wahama
Greenbrier Military College
Work
Future Farmers of America
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Otivier Leiving
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J. Potter
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J. T. Richardson
Marshall College
Huntington
Pioneers
New Haven Lutheran Church
Trinity Methodist
Carden Hillman
Hillman
Jesus
Athens
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America
Carling
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Cleveland
Atlanta, Georgia
Belleville, Illinois
Frankenmuth, Mich
Natick, Mass
Oklahoma
Athens Messenger
Art Lewis
New Haven Eub Church
New Haven
Tray
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