Judge Kessel Sits in Court With Sentences and Divorces
In Point Pleasant Judge Oliver Kessel presided as Estela Grimes pled guilty to resisting arrest receiving five days in jail and a $50 fine plus costs to be paid before release. A divorce for Alice V. Hoschar from Herman Hoschar was granted. Several cases, including Elmer Black and John A. Wilkes, faced continuances or settlements with Black indicted for grand larceny and Wilkes versus Rich Valley Dairy settled out of court. Trials for week were dismissed or moved.
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Point Pleasant
Estela Grimes
Oliver Kessel
Elmer Black
Black
Kessel
John A. Wilkes
TOC
Rich Valley Dairy Company
Marcum Moore
Re-Elected Buxton Heads Mason County Hospital Board
Dr. Jack A. Buxton was chosen for a fourth term as president of Mason County Hospital Inc. at a board meeting after the stockholders event. James Lewis became vice president, Wills Hartley Jr. secretary, and Ray Crank treasurer for the fourth term.
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A. Buxton
Mason County Hospital, Inc
James Lewis
Wills Hartley, Jr
Ray Crank
Lyle Austin
Eugene Ball
Buxton
Jack Fruth
Garland Mohr
H. A. Johnson
R. A Benaquin
Jean Roush
Pat Friend
Vitus Hartley
James Hall
I. G Wolden
C. J. Hyer
Carl Adler
F. W. Quillin
John Hushion
Lawrence Mohr
Arthur Gelwicks
Robert Adkins
State School Superintendent Explains Incentive Plan Backing
Point Pleasant meeting hears R Virgil Rohrbough defend an incentive approach to school improvement tied to Governor tax programs. He notes WV students lag behind national peers, outlines long range planning, community control, and increased local funding to unlock state aid.
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Point Pleasant
R. Virgil Rohrbough
West Virginia Hay and Silage Show Highlights 1957
The West Virginia hay and silage show at Jacksons Mill alongside the WVII short course ended after 163 samples from 18 counties. Samples represented eastern and northern Panhandles, the Ohio River Valley, Greenbrier Valley, and central and northern WV. E C Carson of Mason City topped class III grass hay.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Jackson's Mill
Panhandles
Ohio River Valley
Greenbrier
E. C. Carson
Mason City
Vatican Observatory: oldest active observatory founded in 1579
The Vatican Observatory, established in 1579, stands as the world's oldest continuously operating astronomical facility. It has long served as a center for celestial research under papal sponsorship, maintaining scientific work across centuries.
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Vatican Observatory
Mine Fall Fatal To Leon Man
A Leon Route 2 resident died after falling about 50 feet from an elevator cage at the Leiving Coal mine in West Columbia Tuesday. Garland Dennis Kidwell died 15 minutes after admission to Holzer Hospital. He was 11 years employed as a coal cage operator at Leiving Coal Co. The mine is owned by H A Leiving of Mason. Kidwell, born in Mason County, left a wife and two children plus siblings and grandchildren. Funeral services set for Thursday at Mt Zion EUB Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Route 2
Leiving
West Columbia
Garland Dennis Kidwell
Holzer Hospital
Gallia County
Donald R. Warehime
Kidwell
Leiving Coal Co
H. A. Leiving
Mason
Mason County
Edgar
Eva Vansickle Kidwell
Winifred Miller Kidwell
Dwila Cox
Gallipolis Ferry
Dwayne Kidwell
Gallipolis
Samuel E. Kidwell
Birchtown
W. Va
Levi Kidwell
Cleveland
Franklin Kidwell
Buffalo
Thelma White
Petersburg
Ohio
Elizabeth O’dell
Chicago
Ill
Mt. Zion Eub Church
Guy Harmon
Church
Crow Funeral Home
West Virginia dairymen earn national honor diplomas
Dairymen in 15 counties earned national honor roll diplomas for producing 400 pounds or more butterfat annually in 1956 at the 37th WV Dairymen Association meeting at Jackson's Mill. Awards honor Purebred Dairy Association members. Mason County diploma recipients include Ray Crank, Russell Jones, Jones and Jones, Lester Jordan Jr, C C Lewis, Olivier Lieving, Otis Randolph, and Leslie Rayburn.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
West Virginia Dairymen’s Association
Jackson’s Mill
William
Bill) Northern
West Virginia University
Northern
Purebred Dairy Association
American Guernsey Cattle Club
American Jersey Cattle Club
Ayrshire Breeders Association
Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Mason County
Ray Crank
Russell Jones
Jones and Jones
Lester Jordan, Jr
Gallipolis Ferry
C. C. Lewis
Olivier Lieving
West Columbia
Otis Randolph
Leon
Leslie Rayburn
Letart
Installation Held For Lodge Members In Point Pleasant
Cline W. Grant of Nitro and district deputy of the grand lodge of West Virginia Odd Fellows will conduct installation services in the local lodge hall Thursday at 7 30 p m All elective and appointive officers of the Point Pleasant Lodge are instructed to be present as they will be officially installed in office at this meeting.
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Point Pleasant
Cline W. Grant
Nitro
Grand Lodge of
West Virginia
Odd Fellows
Point Pleasant Lodge
Point Pleasant Personals And Platt National Park Mentioned
Mrs J J Seidel and two sons of Springfield Va visit her parents C C Lewis of Old Town Farms and will return home Wednesday Smallest U S national park Platt National Park covers 1 43 square miles in south central Oklahoma
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J. J. Seidel
Springfield, Va
C. C. Lewis
Old Town Farms
U.S. National Parks
Platt National Park
Oklahoma
Presbytery Dinner Set With Guest Speaker
A. D. McCabe of St. Albans, vice-president of Kanawha Presbytery, will address a dinner meeting of men of the Presbyterian church in Point Pleasant. Emory Monroe Jr. will preside, with Carter L. Franklin in charge of the program. Dinner at 6 30 p m. Devotionals by Peter Steenbergen.
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Point Pleasant
A. D. McCabe
St. Albans
Kanawha Presbytery
Presbyterian Church
Emory Monroe, Jr
Carter L. Franklin
Peter Steenbergen
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Man Hoschar
Clarence Glenn
Providence
Washington Insurance Court
Mason Hospital
Jack
Mason County Hospital
Mary McClure
Mary Hyre
Ing
AAUW
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Rothbough
Busi
U. S
State Department of Education
Rohrbough
Eugene Sterrett
Belk
Pson
FLOOR
Bates
Miiko Taka
Marlon Brando
Leon Man
A Leon
Athens Messenger
O. J. Morrison
Peter Pan Brassieres
Gracie
Ban Lon Cardigans
J. Morrisons
Main ST
Biggs’ Dept. Store
the Post Office
Plymouth
America
Detroit
Mich
Bob Hope
Nbc-Tv
Cl’ Salle
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