Burnside Protests Point Pleasant Maritime Office Closure
Representative M G Burnside protests the planned March 1 closure of the Point Pleasant maritime office. He notes 300 to 350 local union members would need to travel to Pittsburgh or Jeffersonville and urges national officers to preserve maritime service along the Ohio River amid regional industrial growth plans. The letter was sent to Joseph Curran and several national union officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W. M., Dever
Maritime Union
Rep
M. G. Burnside
National Maritime
Burnside
National Maritime Union
Pittsburgh
Jeffersonville
Ohio Valley
Philip Sporn
Vanadium Steel
Industrial Rayon Corp
Celanese Corp
Maritime Service
Ohio River
The
Joseph Curran
Adrian L. Duffy
Hubert B. Warner
Hedley Stone
John B McDougle
Neal Hanley
Mason County Leader Explains County Unit System
Mason County superintendent Kenneth W. Shaffer told about 65 Future Teachers of America members at Rio Grande College how the West Virginia county unit system works and its benefits. He said larger districts offer better facilities, salaries, staff, and opportunities, with more state aid and coordinated services while stressing nonpartisan governance and professional guidance in planning education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Future Teachers of America At
Rio Grande College
Kenneth W. Shaffer
Mason County
Shaffer
West Virginia
Board of Education
RAF Drops Food to Flooded Village in Johore
A Royal Air Force plane dropped a ton of food to a flooded Johore village isolated by monsoon waters. Several low level runs were needed to complete the relief drop. The bundles contained fish, rice and tinned goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Royal Air Force
Johore
Willing Workers class hosts skating party and church notices
Pt Pleasant social notes report a Thursday skating party at the roller rink for the Willing Workers Sunday School Class of the Church of Christ in Christian Union led by Cretroia Fisher. Attendees include Bessie Turner Eunice Murphy Letha Turner Nancy Huffman Mary Turner Shirley Herb and others with chaperones Mr and Mrs Burton Fisher and Mrs Carl Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willing Workers
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Cretroia Fisher
Bessie Turner
Eunice Murphy
Letha Turner
Nancy Huffman
Mary Turner
Shirley Herb
Patty Stits
Mary Juniper
Lilly Keefer
Mary Spencer
Susie Keefer
Nancy Bass
Nancy Randolph
Alice Allen
Betty Jones
Martha Rice
Patricia Keefer
Nancy Turner
Burton Fisher
Carl Allen
Reading Club Meeting Set for Thursday Evening
The Reading Club will gather Thursday at 8 30 p m at the home of Mrs Mae Rhoadeson on Sixth Street. Hostess will be Miss Vena Finley.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Robert Largent
Reading Club
Mae Rhoadeson
Sixth St
Vena Finley
Pleasant weekend visits fill Point Pleasant personals
Point Pleasant residents and relatives populate a long weekend roster with guests from Clarksburg Columbus and Huntington. Notable mentions include Mr. and Mrs. Donald Tatterson of Clarksburg visiting the Tatterson family, Frank Carpenter Jr. visiting from Springfield Ohio, and Hillis Faudree returning to duties on the Iron City after family time in town. Linda McWilliam heals from surgery at Holzer Hospital and Maury Mayes age nine shows illness at Winfield Road home.
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Donald Tatterson
Clarksburg
Richard Tatterson
Park Drive
Harold Supple
Pittsburgh
Henderson
Larry Joe
Supple
Linda McWilliam
Guy McWilliam
Winfield Road
Holzer Hospital
Linda
Elza Martin
13Th St
Robert Holley
Main St
Hamilton
Ohio
Frank Carpenter
Springfield
Jerrico Road
Lawrence Kelley
Bill
Maggie Jo
Pat
J. C. Matthew
Gallipolis Ferry
Matthew
Robert Wood
Bobby Lyn
Middleport
J. W. Cox
Lincoln Ave
Dana Bradshaw
Viand St
Fred Barrows
Sally Lou
Huntington
Fritz Frye
Bright McCausland
Norma McCausland
Pomeroy
Rodney Pullins
Jericho Road
Columbus
Randall Hogsett, Jr
Debra
Rita
George Keener
Frank Capehart
Inlaw
Frank Capehart, Jr
Sue Keener
D. G. Wilfong
English Road
L. V. Wilfong
Burdette Adda
O. L. Easley
Michael
James Easley
Columbiana
William Woolfitt
Roosevelt School
Charles Gammon
G. G. Patterson
Cincinnati Poet Adaline Tatman Dies at 78
Adaline H. Tatman, a Cincinnati poet whose work appeared in national magazines and many papers, died Sunday night at Norwood.
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Cincinnati
Adaline H. Tatman
Norwood
Liming Garden Soils for Better Spring Planting
County Agent notes that soil lime is a conditioner not a fertilizer and emphasizes soil testing to determine exact lime needs. After testing, apply the specified amount, with burned lime and ground limestone equivalents, to reach a pH around 6.5 about a month before planting. mix well into the soil. The author plans a fresh soil test in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Roberts
George Hoschar joins U.S. Army Air Corps
George Hoschar resigns from Marietta Manufacturing blueprint department to join the U S Army Air Corps. He resides on Ripley Road and has worked at the shipyards since October, with departure planned soon from Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
George Hoschar
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Army Air Corps
Hoschar
Ripley Road
Crooksville groups donate to Rosser Memorial fund and local events
Crooksville businessmen raise 346.50 for the Rosser Memorial campaign while other locals donate to polio and celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. Sayre mail delivery extension to Sayre starts March 16. Ludowick Celadon tile plant layoffs rise with roofing tile orders slowing. Ohio Power substation upgrades and automatic switching announced. Four men from Corning area jailed on copper theft charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Brehm
Ludowick Celadon Co
Ohio Power Company
B. T. Reid
Ohio Power Co
4-H Week Observance Planned in Mason County
National 4-H Club Week will be observed March 1 9 in Mason County with the theme Serving as Loyal Citizens Through 4-H. John D. Jones 4-H club agent notes 356 participants in 18 clubs and outlines goals to showcase 4-H work, inventory member progress, recruit new members, and enlist public-spirited leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John D. Jones
Mason County
Jones
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Elmer Jones
Charleston Road
Dick Rice
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D. B. Jones
Hugh Cottrill
Pennsboro
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James F. Hutchinson
Gerald White
William DeGarmo
Robert
Spears
Howard Koons
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