Suit Filed Over 1962 Route 62 Motorcycle Crash
William H. Young sues Shirley M. Hoffman and Emil Hoffman of Point Pleasant for 17 500 claiming negligence on August 9 1962 on Route 62 led to plaintiff being thrown from a motorcycle ridden by Homer Hill injuring his back causing permanent injury and medical bills of 700 seeking 17 500 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William H. Young
Shirley M. Hoffman
Emil Hoffman
Shirley Hoffman
Homer Hill
Miss Dowell To Marry Miss Dowell To Marry
Mr and Mrs Ernest Dowell announce the engagement of their daughter Donna Jean to Robert Greer II son of Mr and Mrs Robert Greer of 1206 Viand Street The open church wedding will be observed Saturday at 4 pm at Trinity Methodist Church Rev L Curtis Saville will officiate A reception for immediate families will follow at the Greer home There is also a note about Appalachian Power Co annual dealers sales dinner on Jan 7 at 6 30 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ernest Dowell
South Side
Donna Jean
Robert Greer
Viand St
Trinity Methodist Church
L. Curtis Saville
Greer
Appalachian
Appalachian Power Co
Appalachian Power Auditorium
Q. H. Wickline
James H. Lewis Named Building and Loan Official
James H. Lewis of 2009 Jefferson Blvd. was named secretary and manager of the Point Pleasant Building and Loan Association by president John E. Brown. Lewis, formerly vice president of Citizens National Bank, resigns Jan 19 to assume duties immediately. He succeeds the late W. W. Riley and is active in Heights EUB Church and 4-H. He and his wife have four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James H. Lewis
Jefferson Blvd
Fred) Riley
Lewis
Charles H. Lewis
West Columbia
Mason County
Beech Hill l
Point ‘Pleasant High School
The
Heights Eub Church
Builders
Ordnance School
Kanauga Christmas Party Highlights Local Family Gatherings
Kanauga Young Adult class held its Christmas party at the Farmers Hotel with a turkey dinner. Attendees included Earnest Bowen family Columbus Clayton Grice family Delaware and Olen Litchfield family Janie Shamblin. Additional guests were Berkley Wright and family Rutland Junior Coleman family Columbus Raike family and Seaman Ralph Walker Jr on leave with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Black Kanauga
Farmers Hotel
Earnest Bowen
Columbus
Clayton Grice
Delaware
Olen Litchfield
Janie
Clyde Shamblin
Berkley Wright
Pvt
Robert Wright
Cpl
Allen Wright
Junior Coleman
Rutland
John Raike
Ralph Walker, Jr
Naval Base
Elizabeth Walker
Pleasant Valley Hospital Dismissals and Residents List
Hospital notes record dismissals including Marsha McKinney of Leon and Mrs Melvin Roach and her son of Point Pleasant. Also noted are Mrs Odgen Hazelett of Apple Grove and Mrs Merrill Clark of Point Pleasant along with Mrs Caryl Canterbury of Gallipolis Ferry and Mrs Rayburn Barnett and her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odgen Hazelett
Apple Grove
Merrill Clark
Point Pleasant
Caryl Canterbury
Gallipolis Ferry
Marsha McKinney
Leon
Melvin Roach, Jr
Rayburn Barnett
Masons Installations and Local Meetings Reported
Multiple small notes outline Masons install officers at Shawnee Lodge 526 and a January meeting setup for the Col onel Charles Lewis chanter Daughters of American Revolution. Also covered are Mason County Education Board oath, Local Union United Mine Workers activities, and civil actions filed by E J Somerville in Point Pleasant Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis Chanter
Daughters of American Revolution
Appalachian Auditorium
Hershel Henderson
Elmer Lowery
John Kauff
T. C. Caudill
John Sayre
Charles Proffitt
Eldridge Sauer
Edna Burdette
Masonic Temple
James W. Bath
Ralph R. Reed
Ebert W. Barnes
Randall S. Mayes
Delbert F. Shiplett
William G. Griffith
Theodore Forsythe
Robert Turnbull
Tyler
Charles W. Norris
Don Hannah
David Turnbull
Bill Howard
New Haven
Mason County Board of Education
Howard
Keith Arnold
Earl Keefer
Robert Adkins
Paul Wedge
C. P. Stout
Shawnee
Union United Mine Workers
Claycraft Company Plant
VFW Club
E. J. Somerville
B. L
Edna Somerville
W. J. Somerville
Paul Somerville, Jr
Neva Barnes Weds John De Core in Corning EUB Church
Shawnee Miss Neva Barnes daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Barnes of Shawnee Route 1 married John De Core USN son of Mrs. Gladys De Core of Corning and John De Core of Dayton on Wednesday December 12 at the EUB Church in Corning. Rev J Brooks Gregory officiated. The bride wore a winter white sheath dress with black accessories and attendants were Mr and Mrs Paul Barnes. A reception followed at the groom’s mother’s home. The bride is a senior at Shawnee New Straitsville High School. De Core is stationed with the Navy at Oakland California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Neva Barnes
E. W. Barnes
John de Core
USN
Gladys de Core
Corning
Dayton
EUB
J. Brooks Gregory
Paul Barnes
de Core
Shawnee-New Straitsville High School
Navy
Oakland
Calif
Mansours Return from Holiday to East Lansing Home
Mr and Mrs George P Mansour of East Lansing Michigan have returned home after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Jack Rogers Country Club Addition Mrs Mansour is the former Mary Ann Rogers Mr Mansour earned a Master of Arts in Spanish Literature from Michigan State University in December He is a PhD candidate supported by a National Defense Education Act grant He wrote a master's thesis on the dramatic works of Pedro Salinas The couple plan to spend next summer in Spain for research Mrs Mansour a Point Pleasant High School and Marshall University graduate teaches at Lainsburg Township High School in Lainsburg Michigan
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Point Pleasant
George P. Mansour
East Lansing
Mich
Jack Rogers
Country Club
Mansour
Mary Ann Rogers
Michigan State University
Phi Kappa Phi
Pedro Salinas
Spain
Point Pleasant High School
Marshall University
Lainsburg Township
Lainsburg
Engagement announced for Kemp Little to Veleair Smith
Atty and Mrs Samuel D Little announce the engagement of their daughter Kemp to Veleair Courtlandt Smith son of Mr and Mrs Veleair C Smith of Waldencourt Farm Winfield Kemp is a 1959 Point Pleasant High School graduate and a West Virginia University senior set to graduate in June A June 29 wedding is planned.
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Point Pleasant
Atty
Samuel D. Littlepage
English Court
Kemp
Veleair Courtlandt Smith
Veleair C. Smith
Waldencourt Farm
Winfield
Point Pleasant High School
West Virginia University
Local families visit relatives across Burlingham and nearby towns
A flurry of social visits is recorded with Donna and Dianne Jones visiting grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones in Pratts Fork while Lizzie Blackwell Luella Haning and Glenna Colburn hosted dinner in Harrisonville Burlingham. Other visits include Milford Bailey to Delaware Mrs Weltha Mussard Racine and Ralph Kern Columbus with multiple family gatherings noted in Burlingham Chester Athens and Dar win area communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
George Hart
William and
Henry
William Hart
Rex Burson
G. G. Hart
Ralph Parker
Chester
Emmett Jones
Burlingham
Kenneth Russell
Racine
Tom Phillips
Audrey Saunders
Athens
Charles Williams
Ralph Kern
Columbus
Kyger and Area Local News Highlights
Local families visited relatives in Dayton and Huntington over the holidays while others hosted friends in Point Pleasant and Columbus. New Kgger Methodist Church officers include Millard Spaulding and Carolyn Mulford. A Crooksville divorce action and a Big Apple Night Club debt dispute occupy the Common Pleas docket. The Pearl Drury estate bequests go to Daisy Fondale and Selma Osborne. Point Pleasant hosts a 100 person tour of a new building. Cpl. Dave McCoy, on leave from Fort Hood, visits Henderson parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B. Sisson Kyger
Robert Caldwell
Dayton
Harlow Tate
Cleveland
Ellen DeWeese
Point Pleasant
Garfield Searls
Fonzo Taylor
George Fraley
van Zant Rd
Poplar Ridge
Clarence Easton
Fairborn
Tony Elkins
J. H. Easton
Larry Elkins
Eastons
Elkins
Lester Elkins
Columbus
Kgger Methodist Church
Millard Spaulding
Perry Bradbury
Carolyn Mulford
Maxine Durst
Mac Athey
Phyllis Spaulding
Pearl Drury
New Lexington
Daisy Fondale
Selma Osborne
Zanesville
Dave McCoy
Fort Hood
Tex
Mrs
Arthur .McCoy
Henderson
Local Visitors and Births Highlight Portlands Family Notes
A series of family visits across states includes Aleta Par sons with Darrell Perry and child in Parkersburg, Mrs. Hilton with Leona Shaffer in Vienna, Eb ersbachs in Somerset with Howard and the Murray visit to Ed Deem in Virginia. Norman Deem spends time in Pennsylvania as Roush relatives advertise a new son born to Norman and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Wells
Portland
Aleta Parsons
Darrell Perry
Parkersburg
Charles Hilton
Leona Shaffer
Vienna
W. Va
Mike
Keith
Terri Ebersbach
Somerset
Howard Ebersbach
Ralph Murray
Virginia
Ed Deem
Norman Deem
Pennsylvania
Edwin
Cecil Mcleod
Belpre
Kenneth McLeod
Don Johnson
Georgia
William McKelvey
Theron Johnson
Racine
Roy Gillilian
Chester
C. E. Johnson
Norman Roush
Chillicothe
Harold Roush
Lawrence Beegle
Ivan Roush
Leon Donahey
Wilkesville
Clarence Lawrence
Earl Wells
Wilma
Gene Wells
Michigan
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Logan
U.S.D.A
Chuck
California
U. S
Ohio
W. Hunter St
Wes Cannon
Miss Dowell
Nelsonville
Cortland
Avondale
Meat Department
Jleaves
James Lewis
Building & Loan
Kanauga
Pleasant Valley Hospital
DAR
Masons
Mansours
Rogers
Darwin
Mrs. Earl Cowen
Kyger
Perry County Court
Nates
Common Pleas Court
Bonnie Thomas
Crooksville
Charles Thomas, Jr
Anderson
Richard Reese
Marie Reese
John Reese, Jr
Robert William Greer, II
Donna Jean Hudson
Charles Edward Clark
Lagrange
Martha Ann Ohlinger
Point Pleasant Building and Loan Association
Maxwell House Coffee
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