Gus Douglas Named To Ag Hall Of Fame Governors
Gus R. Douglas of Arbuckle and 418 acre Grimms Landing farm is elected to the Agriculture Hall of Fame Board of Governors for a five year term. He was national president of the Future Farmers of America in 1946. The hall near Kansas City will honor agricultural leaders. The first meeting is set for May 20 in Kansas City.
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Point Pleasant
Gus R. Douglas
Arbuckle
Agriculture
The
Agriculture Hall of
Kansas City
Howard A. Corden
Douglas
Grimms Landing
Future Farmers of America
West Virginia
Board of Governors
Farm Women Meet in Point Pleasant Highlights Litterbug Reporting
Mason County Farm Women's Council met at the extension office with Mrs. Arnett Roush presiding. Regionals will convene in Charleston this month and memorial books were placed in New Haven and Point Pleasant libraries. Delegates and committee members were named for budgets and the Farm Youth Fair board. A litterbug license number hotline was announced for Bend area residents.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Farm Women's Council
Arnett Roush
Charleston
New Haven
West Columbia
Turner
Marshall Folner
C. B Thompson
Lieulo Roush
I. A. Blain
John Gill
Riley Fry
Homer Johnson
Delbert Dodson
Alonzo Dickens
Frank Reynolds
A. P. Roush
Charles Yonker
Douglas Roush
Robert Hoffman
John Holliday
Ray Roush
Janet Wallace
Maintenance Mechanics wanted at chemical manufacturer
Parkersburg chemical maker seeks maintenance mechanics with industrial experience in welding millwright work pipefitting general mechanical repair or electrical. Best working conditions with chance to broaden skills. High school preferred. Age 25 to 40. Send experience to Box No 672 Adv.
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Parkersburg
Mrs. Myrtle Gray Dies in Point Pleasant at 81
Mrs. Myrtle Gray 81 of First Street Point Pleasant died Sunday after a several days illness at her home. Born in Point Pleasant she lived there her entire life. Survived by husband C. M. Gray brother David Miller step mother Frances Collins sister-in-law Martha Sours and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home to be announced.
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Point Pleasant
Myrtle Gray
First St
Lorenza
Sarah Castor Miller
C. M. Gray
David Miller
Frances Collins
Henderson
Martha Sours
Gladys Neal
Stevens Funeral Home
Services Are Conducted For Fred Spencer
Last rites held for Fred Spencer 60 of Gallipolis Ferry at L. G. Mohr funeral home with Rev. Gary Roach and Rev. Max Bennett Jr. officiating. He died Saturday evening after a long illness. Survivors include wife Belvia Rainey Spencer and three sons, two daughters, two brothers, and five grandchildren. Burial in Suncrest Cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
Fred Spencer
Gallipolis Ferry
L. G. Mohr
Gary Roach
Max Bennett, Jr
Spencer
Westminster Methodist Church
W T
Minnie Eads Spencer
Belvia Rainey Spencer
Ralph
James
Paul Spencer
Mary Spencer
Carrie Burrows
Randolph
Carl Spencer
Suncrest Cemetery
Ladies Aid meeting at Boards Baptist Church
Letart West Virginia Ladies Aid of the Boards Baptist Church met recently at the Boards school for a potluck dinner served to Mrs May Roush Mrs Irene Myers Mrs Laura Gibbs Mrs Lara May Brown Miss Aneta Brown Mrs Maud Roush Mrs Mildred Thompson Tony Thompson and Mrs James Statts and son Fannie Taylor released from Pleasant Valley Hospital at Point Pleasant Mr and Mrs Paul Blessing called on Mr and Mrs Oakey Roush Funeral services for Mrs Allen Proser were held at the Boards Church with Rev Billups officiating
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Oakey Roush
Allen Proser
The
Boards Church
Rev
Billups
Andrew Crass
Blanch Yeager
Rena Banecutter
Clarence Yeager
Amy Bastan
Albert Bastan
Ed Fry
Graveside Rites Held For Nibert Infant
Graveside services were held Monday at Wyoma Cemetery for Betty Jean Nibert infant daughter of Harland and Elizabeth Smith Nibert of Gallipolis Ferry. The child died Saturday in Point Clinic. Surviving are a brother Junior Lee Nibert and sister Linda Kay Nibert, paternal grandparents John and Mary Nibert, and maternal grandmother Mrs. Ella Smith Withee of Gallipolis Ferry.
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Point Pleasant
Betty Jean Nibert
Harland and
Elizabeth Smith Nibert
Gallipolis Ferry
Wyoma Cemetery
Point Clinic
Junior Lee Nibert
Linda Kay Nibert
John and
Mary Nibert
Ella Smith Withee
Bishop Wilburn Campbell leads confirmation at Christ Church
Rt. Rev. Wilburn Campbell of Charleston, bishop of the West Virginia Diocese, conducted confirmation services Sunday morning at Christ Episcopal Church. The Rev. Jerome D. Rodgers, rector, served as the presiding minister.
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Point Pleasant
Wilburn Campbell
Charleston
West Virginia
Episcopal Church
Christ Episcopal Church
Jerome D. Rodgers
Firemen Answer Call To Wilson Residence
Point Pleasant volunteers responded Sunday evening to the Arbuckle farm home of Miss Isabelle Wilson where a vent or chimney fire caused smoke. No damage to the residence was reported.
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Wilson Residence
Point Pleasant
Isabelle Wilson
Arbuckle
Pleasant Valley Hospital Birth and Discharges
Birth announced for Mr and Mrs Ronald Burdett of Leon a son. Admitted Tom Comer Gallipolis Mrs Odlet Stewart Point Pleasant Edna Weaver Middleport Discharged Mrs Vera McLane Point Sally Turman Ravenswood William Roush New Haven
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Ronald Burdett
Leon
Tom Comer
Gallipolis
Odlet Stewart
Point Pleasant
Edna Weaver
Middleport
Vera McLane
Sally Turman
Ravenswood
William Roush
New Haven
Maryland Man Held for Investigation After Car Off Road
John Matthews of Creasptown Maryland is jailed in Mason County after a Sunday Route 2 crash. He claimed gasoline exhaustion and said he sent his wife by bus to North Carolina, then listed Dayton Ohio as a bus stop and had two cents in the glove box plus six cents in his pocket. His car bears North Carolina plates.
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Point Pleasant
John Matthews
Mason County Sheriff's Department
Creasptown
Matthews
North Carolina
Dayton
Ohio
Dr. Jones Leads Mission Talk on An End To Darkness
Dr. Sandra Jones, staff at Lakin State Hospital, spoke at Trinity Methodist Church for the School of Mission on Sunday evening, discussing An End To Darkness. She has served as a medical missionary in Africa. Next Sunday’s speaker will be Rev. Eugene Brown of Pomeroy United Methodist Church on The Challenge of Africa. Polo was a varsity sport at Michigan State in 1938.
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Point Pleasant
Cassandra Jones
Lakin State Hospital
School of Mission
Trinity Methodist Church
Jones
Africa
Eugene Brown
United Methodist Church of
Pomeroy
West Virginia tourist spots see visitor surge in 1959
Visitors to the state museum rose 19 percent in mid to late 1959 from the prior year with over 18,000 guests from 48 states and 35 foreign countries. Harpers Ferry National Monument saw a 123 percent jump in 1959, with more than 600,000 visitors from all 50 states and 51 foreign countries. The West Virginia Turnpike also reported higher daily traffic.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Don Chrislip
Industrial and Publicity Commission
Kyle McCormick
Department of Archives and History
State Museum
Frank Anderson
Harpers Ferry National Monument
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery and Itch Relief
A New York special reports a science breakthrough with a healing substance that shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itch, and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows pain relief accompanied by actual shrinkage, prompting a satisfaction guarantee for readers.
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New York, N. Y
Inmate Surrenders After Drunk Charge At Court House
Frank Hamilton entered the Dept. of Public Assistance in the courthouse Saturday and announced he wished to surrender. He said he was drunk, and a deputy booked him on the drunkenness charge in the jail office.
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Point Pleasant
Frank Hamilton
Dept. of Public Assistance
Hamilton
Mountain State travel trade hits record $270 million
The commission released its 1959 report showing the Mountain State's travel trade at a record high of 270 million dollars in the past year.
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Athens Messenger
Commission
Mountain State
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Ag Hall of Fame
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Thomas Kennedy
Lewis
Roush
C. B. Thompson
John
Crguinle Foun
United Artists
David Niven
Mitzi Gaynor
David
Mitzi
Hollywood
Aimans
Red Spencer
Letart
Nibert
Campbell
Roger
Ardmore
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Maryland
Michigan State
Chrislip
West Virginia Turnpike
U.S
C. G. Steele Furniture Co
Gulf Oil Corporation
Kanauga
K. F. Scott
Florence Avenue
Jackson
W. Va
Buick
Athens
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