First River Shipment Of Ore Arrives At Graham Plant
The Graham Plant of Vanadium Company of America at Graham Station received its first all water ore shipment on December 21. Four barges from New Orleans towed by Queen City unloaded 2500 tons of chrome concentrates despite wintry conditions, marking the plant’s first river delivery. The ore traveled from South Africa aboard SS Char Jotte Lykes, transferred at Burnside, Louisiana, and moved upriver by Ohio River Company barges.
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Point Pleasant
Graham
Vanadium Corporation of America
Graham Station
New Orleans
Queen City
Graham Plant
South Africa
Burnside
Ohio River Company
Weittenhiller Farm Sign in Lancaster Wisconsin
A large barn in Lancaster Wisconsin bears a sign reading The Weittenhiller Farm Uncle Sam Operator. The sighting highlights wartime era patriotic imagery on rural property.
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Lancaster
Wis
Weittenhiller Farm
Uncle Sam
Former Point Resident Sings Messiah Solo in Lima
Miss Marlene Bumgardner of Lima Ohio and formerly of Point Pleasant sang the Messiah solo with the Lima Choral Society at Grace Methodist Church. The soprano delivered a confident smooth toned performance praised for diction and arias especially Come Into Him.
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Point Pleasant
Marlene Bumgardner
W. North Street
Lima
Ohio
Lima Choral Society
Grace Methodist Church
Karl A. Reider
Ohio Northern University
Bumgardner
Miss Bumgardner
Gary Bumgardner
Chillicothe
Central Junior High School
Point Pleasant High School
Ohio University
Evangeline Merritt
Antwerp
Trinity Methodist Church
Col Lewis Chapter DAR Postpones Meeting to Jan 8
The Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution postpones its Friday afternoon meeting to January 8. The January gathering will be at 2 p.m. at Mrs. Peter H. Steenbergen’s Maxwell Road home with Mrs. Edward Biddle leading the program.
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Point Pleasant
Colonel Charles Lewis
Daughters of American Revolution
Peter H. Steenbergen
Maxwell Road
Edward Biddle
Television Listings Turbid Airwaves Scroll for WSAZ Channel 3
The notice lists NBC Huntington program schedules with bold entries for color shows and dozens of time slots. It warns schedules may be erroneous when stations fail to provide corrected listings.
TV Key Previews Evening Schedule Highlights
TV listings outline 7:30 p m to 10 p m lineups featuring Black Saddle Ozzie Harriet Hawaiian Eye The Lineup Highway Patrol The Millionaire Ive Got A Secret United States Steel Hour Act Of Terror plus boxing match Dick Tiger vs Holly Mims at Chicago Stadium and forger tale Prince of Penmen in The Lineup segment.
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Ozzie & Harriet
Ozzie Nelson
Harriet
Holly Mims
Washington, D. C
Chicago Stadium
Prince of Penmen
Warner Anderson
Ben Guthrie
San Francisco
Hermione Gingold
Bill Cullen
Carmel Quinn
Henry Morgan
Betsy Palmer
United States Steel Hour
Act of Terror
George Grizzard
Mark Richman
Nancy Berg
Frank Conroy
Schedule Fragment From a Local Broadcast Day
A fragmentary listing shows varied programs including comedy theater, weather updates, a segment with Doug Eaw, Armed Theatre, and a 12:45 Preview Play. Also noted are segments titled The Big Put and Highway Patr with Johnston Guy.
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Steel
Chet Long
Weath
Doug Eaw
Thea
Patr
Johnstinge
Movie Guide Listing For December Showings
Muskogee Oklahoma theater listings outline a slate including Your Powder Dry and City for Conquest with James Cagney and Lew Ayres. The guide notes specific showings and times across Theater and Drive In venues with a note on a local Boy Scout helmet purchase after a cave expedition with minor injuries.
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James Cegmy
Brian Deulevy
Muskogee
Okla
Roomer Held for Bond On Theft Count
Robert Smith of Charleston appeared before Justice of Peace A. M. Goodwin and was bound over to the grand jury on a theft charge. He allegedly stole about $80 from Mrs. Danna Chase’s home where he roomed. bond set at 1500, and he remains in Mason County jail until the next grand jury session in January.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Smith
Charleston
Justice of Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Smith
Danna Chase
Chase
Mason County
Rancel Jiiden
Fearl Henry
McNeill Ray Vows Planned at Main Street Baptist Church
Miss Dixie Lou McNeill and George Douglas Ray have completed plans for their January 30 wedding at 3 PM in the Main Street Baptist Church with Rev. Kenneth W. Chandler officiating. The ceremony includes an open church observation, with Ruth Osher as maid of honor and Eliwell Willig serving as best man. Continued details list bridesmaids, ushers, and a family reception at the bride’s home.
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Point Pleasant
Dixie Lou McNeill
George Douglas Ray
Main Street Baptist Church
Kenneth W. Chandler
Charles Walden
Ruth Osher
Noretta Willig
McKeesport
Nora Ann McNeill
Ter
Ewel Cornett
Louisville
Taper
Samuel McNeil
Miss McNeill
Roger Blain
Gordon King
Lexington
Joseph Ray
Berea
John Pritchard
Huntington
Brad Proecker
John McNeill
Marquette Avenue
Mr. Ray
G. F. Ray
Louisville, Ky
Registration Extended For Technicians School
Mason County plans extend registration for the second quarter of the Industrial Technicians School to January 4. Registration at Point Pleasant High School cafeteria at 7 p m. Courses include chemistry physics math communications skills technical typing mechanical calculations and new basic sketching. Classes begin January 4 and end March 25. Open to residents over 16.
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Mason County Industrial Technicians School
Walden F. Roush
Roush
Point Pleasant High School
Mason County Board of Education
Bride Elect Honored With Kitchen Shower
Miss Dix ie Lou McNeill bride elect of George Douglas Ray was honored at a kitchen shower hosted by Miss Phyllis Miller and Miss Ruth Oshell at the Miller home on Highland Avenue. Pink and white decor graced the dining room and refreshments of punch and cake were served amid a guest list including Mrs. Bill Stevens and several Misses and Mrs. McNeill.
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Point Pleasant
Dixie Lou McNeill
George Douglas Ray
Phyllis Miller
Ruth Oshell
Miss Miller
Highland Avenue
Miller
Point Pleasant Clinic Notes and Damages Filed
Admitted Ronnie Kapp Donnie Kapp Patricia Kapp and Arbydine Rollins of Point Pleasant are listed. Two damage suits have been filed in the circuit clerk’s office. W. Barnitz sues Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for 6000 dollars. Robert W. Barnitz sues for 4000 dollars.
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Ronnie Kapp
Point Pleasant
Donnie Kapp
Patricia Kapp
Arbydine Rollins
Circuit Clerks
W. QO. Barnitz
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Robert W. Barnitz
Railroad
Woman Arrested on Trespass Warrant in Point Pleasant
Julie Wamsley arrested on a trespass warrant issued by Opal McDermitt. Roy A. Cane also arrested on a drunkenness charge.
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Point Pleasant
Julie Wamsley
Opal McDermitt
Roy A. Cane
Point Pleasant Police Capture RunawayBoy from Gallipolis Hospital
State police arrested a 14 year old runaway from a Gallipolis hospital on Tuesday. He fled with a second 16 year old who also escaped Monday morning and remains at large.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Cheesebrew Pleads Guilty on Assault Charge in Point Pleasant
Donald Cheesebrew pleaded guilty to assault and battery before Justice A M Goodwin. He paid a $5 fine plus costs. Melvin H Ruth and Lewis Hallman were each fined $10 and costs on speeding citations before Goodwin.
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Point Pleasant
Donald Cheesebrew
Justice of Peace A. M. Goodwin
Melvin H
Ruth
Lewis Hallman
Goodwin
Vansickle Divorce Filed In Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant resident Ada Lee Vansickle sues for divorce from Noah Ives Vansickle. The couple wed on Oct. 8 1959 in Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Ada Lee Vansickle
Noah Ives Vansickle
Rigney Rites Planned for Mrs. May Rigney
Funeral services were set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Long funeral home in Columbus for Mrs. May Rigney formerly of Point Pleasant. She died suddenly at home in Columbus. Survivors include two daughters, two sons, a sister, and a brother. Burial in Columbus cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
May Rigney
Columbus
Long Funeral
Rigney
Winfield
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Malinda Baldwin Caldwell
Alzona Sisson
Margaret Turner
Howard Rigney
Otis Rigney
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Margaret Craig
U. L. Caldwell
Open House Honors 1956 Point Pleasant Graduates
An open house Saturday evening at the Lanham home on Park Drive honored the 1956 Point Pleasant Senior High School graduates and their spouses. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Calvin McDaniel, Miss Suzanne Lynch, and Mrs. Mollie Stevens, with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Larry Anderson and son Jimmy, plus numerous classmates and guests.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Senior High School
Carl Lanham
Park Drive
Calvin McDaniel
Suzanne Lynch
Mollie Stevens
Larry Anderson
Jimmy
Marvin Dawson
Jack
Jerry Shepherd
Guy Castor
Phyllis Miller
Bessie Jones
Lois Somerville
Dixie Lou McNeill
Sue and
Beulah Rhodes
James Mourning
Denny Wedge
Carol Haskins
Billy Chase
Linda Davis
William Stevens
James W. Eads
Cecil Higginbotham
Lawrence Eschenaur
David Walters
Doris Fraser
Kyle Perry
Robert Stover
Linda Durst Swann
Leon Putz
Pleasant Valley Hospital Births and Discharges
Mr and Mrs Walter Eads of Henderson new daughter. Mr and Mrs Elmer Newberry of Letart welcome a son Sheldon Durst Leon. Mrs Charles Greenlee Leon discharged Frank B Thompson New Haven Donna Woodall Leon Miss Suzanne Lynch Point Mrs Della Tate Bidwell Ohio
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Henderson
Elmer Newberry
Letart
Sheldon Durst
Leon
Charles Greenlee
Frank B. Thompson
New
Donna Woodall
Suzanne Lynch
Point Pleasant
Della Tate
Bidwell
Ohio
Two Couples Apply For Marriage License In Point Pleasant
Two couples have applied for marriage licenses. Wendell Levern Wallace 21 of Hogsett and Lida Mae Thornton 19 of Point Pleasant seek licenses. Ronald Adin Juniper 22 of Point Pleasant and Lynn Kerr Mills 17 of Gallipolis also apply.
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Wendell Levern Wallace
Hogsett
Charles and
Faye Jones Wallace
Lida Mae Thornton
Charles
Ivy Barnette Thornton
Ronald Adin Juniper
Clyde
Grace Brown Juniper
Lynn Kerr Mills
Earl and
Elizabeth Farley Mills
Gallipolis
Point High Alumni Elect Johnson President
POINT PLEASANT An alumni association of Point Pleasant Senior High School classes from the 1920s and 1930s organized at the high school. H A Johnson named president. Har old Somerville treasurer and Juliet Smith secretary. Next year’s meeting date to be announced. Coach Jer ome Vanmeter honored. telegrams from Joe F. Burdett and Jack Burdett.
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Point Pleasant
H. A. Johnson
Harold Somerville
Juliet Smith
Jerome Vanmeter
Beckley
Joe F. Burdett
Charleston
Jack Burdett
Washington
Pete Schnider
Michigan
Schnider
Edith Jordan
Point Pleasant High School
Peggy Cady Somerville
Raymond Musgrave
Robert Shertzer
Jean Steenbergen Johnson
Milton Burdette
Edith Fox
Howard Carder
George Kenny
Hazel Erlewine
Morgan Osher
Charles Stephenson
Landon Smith
Thomas Blake
Jerome D. Vanmeter
Aline Vanmater
Eugene Sterrett
George Harper
Carter Franklin
William Stover
Bernice Reynolds
Ed Curry
Benjamin Franklin IV
McGuffin Resigns as Floodwall Superintendent
Bob McGuffin resigns from the Floodwall Department effective Feb 29 1960 after eight and a half years in the post. At a special Floodwall Commission meeting he recommended Marvin Stewart as successor. no action taken. Attending were board members Krodel Carpenter Filson Brown and the two officials.
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Bob McGuffin
McGuffin
Marvin Stewart
B. W. Krodel
John Carpenter
Ross Filson
John Brown
Stewart
Coleman Returns Home From Columbus Hospital
Charles Coleman of 32 Burdette Addition has returned home from University Hospital in Columbus. He is employed as a deckhand for the Ohio River Company.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Coleman
Burdette Addition
University Hospital
Columbus
Coleman
The
Ohio River Company
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