Kiwanis Dinner Celebrates 30th Anniversary and 1952 Officers
More than 150 Kiwanians and guests gathered at the Moose Home for the Kiwanis club dinner dance marking the 30th anniversary. Capt. John W. Gerwig signed a scroll, 30-year certificates were presented by E. B. Smith, and Elmer D. Lake installed 1952 officers. The program featured remarks on rebuilding the wall, integrity and citizenship, and a 25 and 30 year certificate presentation. Thirteen charter members remain on the roster, listing founders from Feb. 9, 1922.
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Point Pleasant
Kiwanis Club
Moose Home
John W. Gerwig
Korea
W. C. Bowie
E. B. Smith
Fairmont
Chet Haddox
Elmer D. Lake
Parkersburg
Smith
Citizenship Foundation
C. G. Bauerle
J. E. Brown
D. L. Cottrill
Robert J. Heslop
F. W. Ingraham
M. L Miller
G. H. Overholt
W. W. Riley, Jr
R. B. Rothgeb
C. A. Roush
George G. Somerville
E. J. Somerville
T. Stribling
J. L. Twitty
M. ©. Clark
James T. Fisher
Ed J. Goulder
William W. Woolfitt
Carl Frey
Athens
Ohio
W.va
Huntington
Farm Women Club Posts and Social Notes in Point Pleasant
The Pioneers and Anne Bailey Farm Women's Clubs announce meetings with hosts and topics. Christmas visits are listed. Highlights include a Civil Defense lesson led by Oma Smith, a pot-luck at Milton Lewis Sr.'s home, and guests from Huntington, Cincinnati, Mt. Hope, Apple Grove, and New York. Congratulatory letters note 30 years of service. past presidents are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Bailey Farm Women's Club
Milton Lewis
Civil Defense
Oma Smith
Huntington
Vena Finley
Point Pleasant
John Gray
Fort Belvoir
James Gray
Hogsett
John Hanly
Apple Grove
William W. Wray
Cincinnati
William Wray
John Fisher
E. Kisar
Mt. Hope
Main St
Keith Thomas
Emara, Pa
Ray Crookhan
Robert Hill
Glenn Ferris
Births in Newark and Huntington Reported
Mrs. John Reynolds of Newark Ohio, a son. Mrs. Vallie Toney of Huntington, a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reynolds
Newark
Ohio
Vallie Toney
Huntington
Pathways To Progress Theme For Point Pleasant Banquet
Clem D. Johnston, a U S Chamber of Commerce director and policy committee chair, will address the Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce annual meeting and banquet on January 14. A World War II warehousing chief and East China theater ordnance officer, he also served in the Pentagon in 1948 under James V. Forrestal. Johnston is a Centre College graduate with a 1916 BS and 1951 LLD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Clem D. Johnston
James V. Forrestal
Johnston
Centre College
Danville
Induction Call Includes 13 Mason County Men and 3 Transfers
Thirteen Mason County men and three transfers are named in the January 28 induction call announced by Alma F. Bailey, Selective Service Board clerk. Inductees must report at 7 am to the draft board, board a bus for Huntington, then proceed to Ashland, Kentucky. Names include Paul Curtis Durst and Richard D. Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Alma F. Bailey
Selective Service Board
Huntington
Ashland
Paul Curtis Durst
Leon
Bobby Gene Yost
Arbuckle
Aaron Alford Siders
William Henry Durst
Herbert Paul Sanders
Apple Grove
Richard D. Thomas
Harold Harley Brumfield
Glenwood
Edward Patterson
Henderson
Clarence Cecil Roush
Letart
Cencil Ray Hudson
Hartford
Melvin Lee Hill
Ashton
John C. Donahue
Robert Laysette Neville
Hogsett
William Junior Freeman
Lorain
Ohio
Charles Robert Jones
Rockford
John Elbert Gerlach
Oregon
Ill
Bonus Explanation To Be Given Tonight
A Mason County veterans meeting at the American Legion tonight at 7 30 will explain the state bonus for World War I and II veterans. Veterans survivors and interested organizations are invited to attend and ask questions or help with bonus forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
American Legion
Mason County
C of C Endorsement of Director Requested
Don Baker of the Huntington Chamber asks the Point Pleasant Chamber to endorse A. L. Lynn for director of the U S Department of Natural Resources. Warren T. King of the local chamber will sign the petition to the national chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Don Baker
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce
A. L. Lynn
Department of Natural Resources
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Warren T. King
C of C
National Chamber For Lynn
Christmas church schedules across Point Pleasant area
A roundup of Sunday schools and worship services in Point Pleasant churches. Listings include Trinity Methodist institutes, Methodist Hartford and Henderson charges, St Paul and other denominations with service times, Sunday schools, youth fellowships, Bible studies, and midweek meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist
Ss. D Rexrode
J. B. Couch
Roberts
Methodist Hartford
C. E. Haney
Hartford
New Haven
Graham
Letart
Mt. Zion
Trinity (Greer
Church OF Christ OF Christian Union
Main St
J. P. Keefer
Ernest Knopp
Christ Episcopal
WC Bowie
Episcopal Youth Fellowship
Lakin
Bruce Chapel
Presbyterian
Pioneer Fellowship
Mason City Pilgrim Holiness
Verna Lieving
Point Pleasant Mission
Isabelle Kiefer
Young Peoples’ Service
Public ceremony to free Silver Bridge features loudspeaker plan
Plans call for John D. Spiggle to lead a Point Pleasant caravan with a car fitted with public address equipment for the ceremonial freeing of the Silver Bridge on December 31. Spectators may gather on the bridge sidewalk while merchants caravans use the span from 1 57 to 2 03 pm. Dr. Charles E. Holzer Sr. to cut the ribbon if weather allows, with a six minute ceremony to minimize traffic delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Silver Bridge
John D. Spiggle
Warren T. King
Weekend Visitors Meet Leon Families Across Counties
Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Grant Beaver of Leon included Mrs Pearl Stalnaker and Mr and Mrs Jack Moody and their sons Jack and John of Nitro. Arnett Cossin from Hollywood California visited his Leon parents with sisters Violet and Velva May Cos sin planning to reside there.
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Grant Beaver
Leon
Pearl Stalnaker
Jack Moody and
Jack and
John
Nitro
Arnett Cossin
Hollywood
Calif
L. T. Cossin
Violet
Velva May Cossin
William Longstall
Corning
Ohio
Sherman Beaver
Helen Cossin
Janice Cossin
Columbus
Lewis Harris
Dunbar
Robert Errette
Armoco Steel Company
Huntington
Billy King
Karen Diane
Warren Stewart
Charles Casto
Clarence Casto
Chester Casto
Charleston
Bertha Crump
Hugh
Paul Crump
Buffalo
Disa Haymon
Carolyn
Herbert Burdette
Edna Burdette
Richard Sommer
Frank
Cincinnati, Ohio
B. F. Sommer
Engagement Announcement for Dorothy Sheppard in Point Pleasant
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Spellman of Jeriho Road announce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy Marie Sheppard to Lowell Reese Nott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nott of 2118 Shore Street. Dorothy is a Point High School senior active in Dramatic Club and Oh Kan staff. Lowell, a 1950 Point High School graduate, earned letters in football basketball and baseball and belonged to the Varsity Club. The wedding date is set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
E. A. Spellman
Jeriho Road
Dorothy Marie Sheppard
Lowell Reese Nott
Russell Nott
Shore St
Sheppard
Point High School
Dramatic Club
Oh Kan
Nott
Mason County Land Transfers
Walter S Selby and Ruth B Selby transfer to William and Nellie Bowen lot 7 block 11 Mount Vernon Heights. G G Patterson to John W Cook lot 7 Jordan Addition. C W Sommer and Louise Sommer to Dale and Lula Jividen lot 46 Country Clan Addition. Dale and Lula Jividen to C W Sommer lot 46 Country Club. Laddie H Virgil W and Vivian Siders to Edwin F and Lorene Hudson lot 11 Robinson District. Samuel E and Helen L Halstead to Robert V Perry lot 37 Country Club Addition. Russell and Elma Roush to Leslie and Eva Elizabeth Roush tract New Haven. Arlin and Leon Hall to John W and Mamie E Cook lot 1 Bure Dette Addition. Ferris E and Lula G Smith to Simon O and Marion F Johnson lot 321 Point Pleasant. N Casto to Casto Lumber Co Inc two tracts Bellmeade Addition. C W Sommer and Sophia Louise Sommer to Edith Sommer Lena Bowles Jabez Beard C W Sommer Leonard Byus and Lawrence Kelley trustees Concord-Harmony Baptist Parish Arbuckle District tract Arbuckle District. Pauline A Goode to Robert A and Georgia B Armstead part of lot 7 block B Ohio St. Edith Rayburn to F H and Leona Crump lot 12 Point Pleasant. Charlies A Irwin to Nellie Hokley. Roact on Eighteen Mile Creek Hannan District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S
Ruth B. Selby
William
Nellie Bowen
Mount Vernon Heights
G. G. Patterson
John W. Cook
Jordan Addition
C. W
Louise Sommer
Dale
Lula Jividen
C. W. Sommer
Country Club
Laddie H
Virgil W
Vivian Siders
Edwin F
Lorene Hudson
Ohio St
Edith Rayburn
F. H
Leona Crump
Point Pleasant
Charlies A. Irwin
Nellie Hokley
Eighteen Mile Creek
Hannan
Markets Cincinnati Livestock Report Dec 28
Market results from Cincinnati show mixed cattle and calf values with steady demand for cutters and canners. Slaughter cattle mostly steady with prime demand. bulls light. feeder activity muted. sheep offerings limited with little early action.
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Lncinnath
Market Report: Eggs and Poultry Prices Across Grades
Cincinnati AP market notes list egg grading and wholesale prices for various grades and sizes. Poultry figures cover croilers fryers roasters and heavy hens with listed price ranges. Butterfat premiums and regulars are noted with percentages.
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Cincinnati
U.S
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Baptist
M. C. Clark
W. A. Woolfitt
Eugene Ball
W. C. Gilmour
Charlies J. Hyer
L. G. Koontz
J. E. McComb
R. T. Startzman
Walter Windsor
Pioneer Farm Women's Club
H. J. Barr
Jackson Ave
Rose Sterrett
Georgia Martin
Fifth St
Ina Wentz
Vernon Varnun
J. M. Withers
Jay Keister
William Williamson
H. Hutchinson
John C. Hutchinson
Paul Watson
Russell Sarrett
Watson
Sarrett
Gallipolis
Frey
West Virginia
Merrill Atkinson
Logan
W. Va
Walter A. Windsor
W. Taylor Willis
Milton L. Miller
A. T. Stanford
F. L. Evans
C. O. Weissenburger
Frank T. Cady
George W. McAlpin
O. D. White
Chester A. Roush
S. C. Moustin
Charles J. Hyre
Logan, Ohio and
Parkersburg, W.va
Allstate
Allstate Batteries
Parkersburg, W. VA
Exch
Logan, Ohio
MR. Johnston
Pt. Pleasant, W. Va
Tens
Lancaster
Jody Lawrence Ee
Thurs
Richard Derr
Barbara Rush
Pt. Pleasant Churches
Rufus Casto
Vaught Memorial
Mt. Union
Beech Hill
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Pine Grove
Methodist
ST. Paul
A. L. Harmon
Hickory Chapel
Main ST. Baptist
Daniel M. Dorsey
Mason County Lutheran Parish
George C. Weirick
St. Paul's
Zion
Harmony - Concord
M. M. Malcolm
Harmony
Concord
Jordan Baptist
C._ R. Crow
Gallipolis Ferry
Evangelical United Brethren
Harry Eckels
Heights
Bellemead
Donald Lockhart
Mt. Olive
Athens County Farm Bureau Co-Op Association
KURTZ
Berlou
McKee Drug CO
Dorothy Sheppard
Cencinnati Livestock
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