Promotion Days Are Discussed By Chamber's Merchants Unit
Point Pleasant merchants division of the Mason County Chamber of Commerce met Wednesday. They reviewed a $131.85 cost for the free taxi link to downtown and agreed to continue it. Plans included a moonlight sale February 13 with Sleepy Jeffers of WCHS at Murphy's, Murphy store anniversary on March 7 with an Appreciation Day, a Mother's Day promotion and a Mother of the Year selection. Revival of the welcome wagon for newcomers was urged. The low rent housing project is ready to start. Mayor D B Morgan will speak on a proposed cultural center at a Friday Women’s Club meeting. Also, the Point Pleasant Area Jaycees will hold a charter banquet Thursday at 7 p.m. at Appalachian Power Auditorium, chaired by Danny Boardman.
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Point Pleasant
Merchants Division
Mason County Chamber of Commerce
Sleepy Jeffers
Wchs Television
Murphy’s
Murphy
D. B. Morgan
Women’s Club
Presbyterian Church
Point Pleasant Area
Jaycees
Appalachian Power Auditorium
Danny Boardman
Christ Church Guild Hears New Rector At Luncheon
Rev. Clifford Schane introduced as new rector of Christ Episcopal Church and spoke of happiness to be in the community. Members voted to buy four memorial books for the church library honoring departed ministers. A committee was formed to secure prices for refinishing parish house tables. Seventeen members attended with guests Tabitha Escue Joe Holt and Lynn Durst.
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Point Pleasant
Clifford Schane
Christ Episcopal Church
Service Guild
Jerome D. Rodgers
Mary Hyre
Freda Vickers
Wadear Thabet
Gail Faires
William Meade
Reba Beale
Vickers
Tabitha Escue
Joe Holt
Lynn Durst
New Officers Are Elected Riverview Saddle Club
Jim Proffitt was elected president of the Riverview Saddle Club at a meeting in New Haven. Edwin Roush as vice president, Linda Foglesong secretary, Karen Luckeydoo treasurer, and Mary Jane Tennant reporter were named. Twenty six members attended and plans for the annual horse show were announced. A membership drive is underway with a March 5 meeting at Valley Haven Stables. Separately sheriff’s reports note 16 year old Lora Neal remains missing from Charleston Road, Point Pleasant, last seen in Pomeroy over two months ago.
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New Haven
Jim Proffitt
Riverview Saddle Club
New Haven City
Edwin Roush
Linda Foglesong
Karen Luckeydoo
Mary Jane Tennant
Carl Tennant
Valley Haven
Point Pleasant
Sheriff's Department
Lora Neal
Otho Neal
Charleston Road
Miss Neal
Pomeroy
Preliminary Drawings Presented For Proposed Gallia Hospital
Architects Hewitt and Royer of Kansas City have filed rough schematic drawings for a proposed Gallia medical center at U.S. 35 and Ohio 160. The plan shows a six story hospital tower with a three story wing housing x ray and operating rooms, a separate three story clinic, and a 500 car lot between the structures with ambulance entry from Ohio 160. Presentations included Holzer Hospital and Gallipolis Clinic entities with further revisions and meetings planned over three to four months before working drawings.
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Gallipolis
Hewitt and Royer
Kansas City
Miss
Medical Center
U.S. 35
Ohio 160
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis Medical Clinic
Holzer
Births at Holzer Hospital Bring Many New Arrivals
Holzer Hospital announces births including a son for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Butt rick of Gallipolis and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wolford of Jackson among numerous other newborns. Names listed include Laurie Ann Anderson and Brian McCain, with families from Gallipolis Wellston Point Pleasant and surrounding areas.
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Thomas Buttrick
Gallipolis
Ted Wolford
Jackson
Larry Lee Stutzman
Wellston
Everett Fields
Opal Rogers
Huntington
Mark Stepp
Vinton
Minnie P. Stover
Bidwell
Randall Keefer
Leon
Mary E. Essman
Paul Morgan
Leslie Jordan
South Point
Henry Hutchinson
Patriot
Lori Ann Anderson
Long Bottom
Admiral Dewey Sallar
Point Pleasant
Brian McCain
Oak Hill
Joseph Loomis
Benjamin Lykins
Stanley Jones
Births and admissions noted in Point Pleasant region
Mr and Mrs Harry Barton announce the birth of a child. Noah Vansickle in Point Pleasant is admitted. Charles Walker also admitted. Mrs Lawrence Roberts and Mrs Thomas Jones listed among local notices. Americans spend about 0.6 percent of incomes yearly on jewelry and watches.
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Noah Vansickle
Point Pleasant
Charles Walker
Lawrence Roberts
Charles Barney
Thomas Jones
Point Native author records book release for Sands of Xapa
Point Pleasant announces Tom Walters of Mason Boulevard as author of Sands of Xapa to be released by Dorrance and Co. The novel, set in the fifth millennia B C, follows a barbarian tribe’s assimilation into a advanced civilization and a rival tribe’s attack. Walters is a Union Carbide designer. advance copies are sent to stores and will be on sale after February 28 at Log Cabin Book Store in Gallipolis. Also, a 15 year old Leon girl who ran away is in juvenile quarters awaiting appearance before Judge James Thompson after sheriff’s apprehension.
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Point Pleasant
Tom Walters
Mason Boulevard
Log Cabin
Gallipolis
Leon
James Thompson
Sheriff's Department
False alarm at 102 Seventh St alarms Point Pleasant fire crew
Point Pleasant Fire Department received a false alarm at 11 45 a m Wednesday after a woman reported a fire at 102 Seventh St There was no fire or occupant at home The department urges the public not to file false alarms as firefighters may be needed for a major fire elsewhere.
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Point Pleasant
Seventh St
Sale Savings on Impala V8s Equipment Packages
Impala V8 packages offer style upgrades with whitewall tires front fender lights and appearance guard group. Package No 1 adds a 275 hp V8 and Powerglide Transmission. Package No 2 includes Power Steering and Power Brakes while Package No 3 features Power Steering and Power Disc Brakes.
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John W. Rafferty
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Holzer Hospital News
Ramon Bomgardner
Jessie Brown
Dewey Browning
John T. Browning
Melissa Denney
Claire Fadley
Naida F. Fry
Lawrence Goheen
Charles King and Son
Paul Loudermilk
H. Clifford Machir
R. Gene McCulty
Alva McGuire
Gertrude Mills
Burleigh Osler
Richard Parsons
Earl Pickens
Billie Jean Rice
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Harry Barton
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Athens
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Nelsonville
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