Point Pleasant Chamber Elects Officers and Plans Actions
John Hushion was elected president of the Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce at the first board meeting. Jack Fruth became vice president, J. Knox Dye secretary, and G. A. Biggs treasurer. Reports covered school improvement, moving National Guard offices, and plans for a dinner on January 21. A committee will study the Robinson-Patman act impact and Route 35 traffic projects with Gallipolis Chamber discussions slated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Hushion
Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Hushion
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Jack Fruth
J. Knox Dye
Point Pleasant Register
G. A. Biggs
Eugene Ball
C. J. Hyer
John Sayre
Chamber
National Guard
Buchannon
Lakin
Paul Pearson
Rush Krodel
Gallipolis
Appalachian Awards Honor County Electric Dealers Dinner
At the annual Appalachian dinner in Moose Home Fifty dealers and employees of Appalachian Electric Co. plus guests were honored. George Hervey presented awards based on a November December sales point system.
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Point Pleasant
Appalachian Electric Co
Appalachian
Moose Home
Hervey
Bill Caldwell
Ravenswood
James Hampton
New Haven
P. A. Sayre
Arbuckle
Herman Grate
Mason
W. F. Johnson
Melvin Bordman
Burlin Villars
John Devant
Payton Pyles
Bill Burdette
George Jewell
Robinson Smith
Fred Rayburn
G. L. Harbert
M. E. Wartenburg
Millie Bumgardner
C. A. Rowe
Jim McCulloch
Mr. Scott
Row Streets
Ripley
Ann Bartlett
Emil Gore
Point Pleasant Merchant Clarence Costen Dies at 2:15 P.M.
Clarence J Costen a Point Pleasant Mason County merchant died Tuesday afternoon at Holzer Hospital after a three week stay. Born December 28 1890 in Suffolk Virginia he came to Mason County in 1912 and ran the A and P for 15 years then owned a Bellemeade grocery. Survived by wife Mabel Ruth Eads Costen two sons Sherwood and Hubert two daughters and three sisters. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Bellemeade EUB Church with burial Lone Oak Cemetery. The body lies in state one hour at the church after visiting Crow Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Wednesday. Admitted Franklin Gleason Harry Matheny Marcella Thomas Jefferson Robinson Mrs John Muncey. Births listed.
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Costen
Ohio River Rd
Point Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
Mr. Costen
Suffolk
Mason County
A and P
Bellemeade
EUB Church
Woodmen of World
Mabel Ruth Eads Costen
Lois Lee Nibert
Sherwood Costen
Hubert Costen
Gallipolis
J. H. Costen
Gertrude Johnson
Susie Mathews
Ruth Failer
Brooksville
Fla
Bellemeade Eub Church
Jack Higgins
Lone Oak Cemetery
Crow Funeral Home
Two Farm Meetings Set in Mason County Jan 28
County agent William F. Gregory announces two farm meetings in Mason County on January 28 to advise farmers on setting up a farm record keeping system for accurate income tax handling. WVU specialist Kenneth Brundage will conduct sessions. Tax returns are due February 15, and 1958 Farmers Tax Guides are free at the Agriculture Extension Office in Point Pleasant.
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Mason County
William F. Gregory
Gregory
Kenneth Brundage
WVU
Agriculture Extension
Post Office
Point Pleasant
Laurel Cliff Christmas Visitors
Mr and Mrs Hoadly Carothers and family of Canton visited their parents Mr and Mrs Vernon Howell and Mrs Maggie Carothers over the holidays. Mr and Mrs Pearl Parker were Christmas guests of their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Charles Hoffner at Wilmington. Other guests were Mr and Mrs Herman Kaspar and children of Dayton.
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Laurel Cliff
Hoadly Carothers
Canton
Vernon Howell
Maggie Carothers
Pearl Parker
Charles Hoffner
Wilmington
Herman Kaspar
Dayton
Arrington Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Okey E. Arrington of Gallipolis Ferry will be held Thursday at 2 30 p.m. at Beale Chapel Church Apple Grove with Rev Linson Stebbins officiating He was born April 16 1889 in Hogsett West Virginia son of Mamie Arrington and the late G F Arrington A World War I veteran and member of the First Presbyterian Church of Gallipolis He died Monday at his sister’s home Mrs Jake Moore Gallipolis He survived by his mother two sisters Mrs Moore and Mrs S W Withers and four brothers George Grover Elton and Dewey Arrington Burial will be in the church cemetery
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Point Pleasant
Okey E. Arrington
Gallipolis Ferry
Beale Chapel
Apple Grove
Linson Stebbins
Hogsett
W. Va
Mamie Arrington
G. F. Arrington
First Presbyterian Church of
Gallipolis
Arrington
Jake Moore
Moore
S. W. Withers
George Arrington
Grover Arrington
Elton Arrington
Dewey Arrington
Lawrence CG. Mohr Funeral
Bishop to Administer Confirmation at Christ Church
The Rt. Rev. William C. Campbell head of the West Virginia Episcopal Diocese will perform the Apostolic and Sacramental rite of confirmation at Christ Episcopal Church on Sunday January 12. The visitation includes a 11 a.m. pro cessional, a vestry dinner Saturday, a Bruce Chapel visit Sunday, a reception for the bishop and confirmands, and a Sunday dinner with the Rev. and Mrs Jerome D Rodgers.
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Point Pleasant
William C. Campbell
West Virginia
Episcopal Church
Christ Episcopal Church
Jerome D. Rodgers
Bruce Chapel
Rhode Island State Bird Named The Rhode Island Red
In 1954 Rhode Island designated the Rhode Island Red as the state bird. The year marks a formal recognition of the breed's symbolism for the state.
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Rhode Island
Advisory Road Group Endorses West Virginia Highway Plan
Seven member advisory State Commission endorses a highway construction program including a speed trunk line system. The plan was presented to the legislature as a 30 day session opened. Governor Underwood met with the advisory group in a detailed review. The commission said the program offers a realistic solution to rehabilitate and extend the highway system and would boost industrial potential and rural access.
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Point Pleasant
Underwood
West Virginia
Local Notes on Falls and Hospital Surgery
Mrs R L Oseland of Mt Vernon Avenue fell at home on Tuesday and fractured her arm. Leonard Thevenin of Hogg Street had major surgery Wednesday at the Veterans Hospital in Huntington. Mrs Bill Boster and her son of Nitro have returned home after visiting her sister Miss Pansy Wears on Fifth Street.
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R. L. Oseland
Mt. Vernon Ave
Leonard Thevenin
Hogg Street
Veteran’s Hospital
Huntington
Bill Boster
Nitro
Pansy Wears
Fifth St
Knickerbocker Pen Name Clarified in Ciphered Note
The note states Washington Irving used the pen name Diederich Knickerbocker. It also oddly mentions an ocean fish drinking seawater by desalting its gills, a curious aside in the item.
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Knickerbocker
Irving Washington Irving
Diederich Knickerbocker
January sale scraps yard goods and basics
Bargain basement yard goods and domestics listing price cuts on flannel pajamas knit undershirts corduroy apparel wool skirts fabric table linens and towels with several items sold per yard or per dozen at reduced rates.
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C of C President
Merce
Leo C. Bias
Ordnance School
Parent-Teacher Association
Walden F. Roush
Roush
George Hervey
Milton Scott
Tive
Virginia Beach
John Shriver
Charleston
James Darby
Ben Thomas
Eugene Sterrett
Leo Byus
Floyd Taylor
J. L. Twitty
Taylor
Clarence
Franklin Gleason
Harry Matheny
Leon
Marcella Thomas
Jefferson Robinson
Elmwood
John Muncey
Vinton
Luther Amos
Cheshire
Ohio
Candace Jewell
Henderson
Delbert Flora
South Side
Dorsil McCoy
North and
South Dakota
Advisory Road Group
Biggs’ Dept. Store
the Post Office
Chevy
Fisher
Cee
Chevrolet
Athens Messenger
Belk Simpson
N. Court ST
Athens
Ohioans
Famous Name Bros
Aps
Bargain
Ory Nacet
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