Community Expects Of Schools Discussed At PTA Meeting
Robert Siler chaired a panel at the Ordnance School PTA on what the community expects of schools and what schools expect of the community. Celanese’s Tom Ross urged training to meet space age demands while John Taylor called on industry to pay fair taxes and support school legislation. The chamber, board and superintendent spoke on quality schools, merit pay, and community roles, with Cub Scouts activity noted and the spaghetti dinner set for Feb 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert Siler
Ordnance School
PTA
Tom Ross
Celanese Corp
John Taylor
Robert Beckett
Robert Adkins
George Hervey
Appalachian Power Co
Benjamin Franklin IV
Point Pleasant High School
Woodrow Mace
James Moore
Society For Retarded Children
Appalachian Auditorium
Acting Judge Presides Over Court In Absence Of Leader
A substitute judge William H Bardin led Circuit Court in place of Judge Oliver D Kessel. A $35000 damage suit by Dwila Cox against Cody Long settled before trial. A $25000 suit by Eunice Hall Scott administratrix of Howard Vanmeter against Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was continued. Matilda Chapman awarded temporary custody of four children and $25 weekly support from Cready Chapman. Jury for term discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William H. Bardin
Circuit Court
Oliver D. Kessel
Dwila Cox
Cody Long
Eunice Hallscott
Howard Vanmeter
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Matilda Chapman
Cready Chapman
January Legion Auxiliary Meeting Set for Monday
The Ameri can Legion Auxiliary will convene at 8 p.m. Monday in the Legion Home with Mrs. Edith Fox as president. Members are urged to attend and a new-member initiation will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Edith Fox
Fox
Mrs Harris Dies At 50 In Mason County
Mrs Frank Harris 50 of Mason died at Mason Clinic after weeks of illness. A Mason County resident and active Mason Methodist Church member, she is survived by her husband two sons Alan Harris Brunswick Ga and Bob Harris Memphis Tenn both in the Navy one daughter Ann at home one sister Mrs Donald Foglesong Mason. Funeral services will be announced by Foglesong funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Frank Harris
Mason
Mason Clinic
Mason County
Mason Methodist Church
George Mees
Ann
Alan Harris
Brunswick
Bob Harris
Memphis
Kitchenware Sets and Tools Auction Item List
Three piece aluminum frypan set with black bakelite handles. Long handled scoop set of four. Four piece aluminized wire strainer set with plastic handles. Three piece aluminum saucepan set with bakelite thumb grip handles. Combination garlic press nut cracker lobster tail cracker in heavy aluminum case.
School Interests Topic At AAUW Meeting
Point Pleasant AAUW members met January in the Appalachian Power auditorium with Mrs. Don ald Courtwright leading a program on elementary and secondary education. Five topics were discussed including kindergartens in public schools and guidance at the eighth grade level plus home library support and high school aptitude testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Donald Courtwright
American Association of University Women
Appalachian Power Co
Courtwright
John
William Kirk
Eugene Street
Mason County Committee
Appalachian Auditorium
Samuel Scruggs
Jerome D. Rodgers
Lionel Smith
Charles McCulloch
D.W. Parsons
Judson Drake
O. B. Meadows
M. Ferglesong
Dei Dow
Bill Chamberlain
Alton Jordan
James Darby
Garrett Green
W. R. Buff
Rotary Backs Houses Site Proposal in County Meet
Rotary Club members endorsed Washington's Western Lands National Monuments proposal to seek federal recognition for historic sites in Mason County including Fort Robinson and the Jessie Bennet home. The club approved an attendance contest between Gallipolis and Point Pleasant, with 38 members present as W. B. Gilmour spoke on rescue breathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Rotary Club
Washington
Western Lands National Monuments
Jennings Randolph
Robert Bird
Ken Hechler
Mason County
Fort Robinson
Jessie Bennet
Mt. Vernon
McCausland
Jim Atwood
Gallipolis
L. G. Mohr
Jack Buxton
W. B. Gilmour
Appalachian Power Co
Texan Joins Kaiser At Ravenswood
Alvin H. Fritz Goetzenleuchter 32 native of Houston named assistant safety supervisor for Kaiser Aluminum Ravenswood Works Works Manager C D Smith announced. Formerly assistant supervisor at Gramercy facility with eight years in industrial safety. He holds a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Houston and joined Kaiser in 1959 at Gramercy. He will assist in planning and implementing Ravenswood safety program with John Janous. He and his wife Phyllis and children Kris Kim and Kathi will reside in Ravenswood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenswood
Alvin H
Fritz” Goetzenleuchter
Houston
Tex
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation
Ravenswood Works
C. D. Smith
Gramercy
Goelzenleuchter
University of Houston
Kaiser Aluminum
Spaghetti Dinner Planned by Ordnance School
Sei Spaghetti Dinner Date POINT PLEASANT sponsors a Feb 12 event from 5 to 8 pm in the new school cafeteria. Mrs Bellos chairs with co chairwoman Mrs Humphrey and numerous committee leaders. Menu includes spaghetti cold slaw rolls coffee or milk with pies from the bakery. Tickets cost 1 for adults 50 cents for children. proceeds fund school improvement. A 7:30 pm meeting of chairmen is set at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
The
Ordnance School
George Bellos
Donald Humphrey
Roy Krebs
Jackie Daugherty
Samuel Jeffries
Woody Burdett
Thomas Bailey
Louis Rossi
Joan Nibert
Harry Fitzsimmon
Frank Haught
Roy Amburgey
Women Voters Plan Meeting in Point Pleasant
The Mason County League of Women Voters will meet January 25 at 7 30 P M at 513 Chandler Drive Point Pleasant The topic is Popular Control of Government On the County Level A panel from New Haven Leon and Point Pleasant will discuss political organization and the electoral process. The league promotes informed citizen participation and is nonpartisan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County League’ of Women Voters
E. L. Hakill
Chandler Drive
Chester Weaver
Harry Layne
New Haven
Savanna Upton
Leon
Harry Fitzsimmons
The
League
Seven Pass Drivers Test in Point Pleasant Area
Seven persons passed their final drivers examination and 15 their oral test Tuesday according to a report from the state police. Final exam passes included Bennie Stevens Apple Grove Connie Sue Glover Henderson Ruth Ann Love New Haven William Krebs Henderson John Boyer Mason Patricia Ann Harrah New Haven Earl McCarty Letart and Robert Love Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Bennie Stevens
Apple Grove
Connie Sue Glover
Henderson
Ruth Ann Love
New Haven
William Krebs
John Boyer
Mason
Patricia Ann Harrah
Earl McCarty
Letart
Robert Love
Reta Jiiden
Brenda Morgan
Keith Taylor
Ralph Clark
David Weaver
Richard Nibert
Hogsett
Edith McDaniel
West Columbia
Samuel Jenkins, Jr
Lakin
Marvin Lewis
Betsy Roach
Pliny
Billy Simpkins
Joseph Smith
Leon
Sandra Mundy
Ann Singer
Robert Cline
Point Pleasant Teen Dance and Community Events
The town calendar lists a teen dance at the American Legion Home from 7 to 10 p m for ages 13 and up with ten cent admission. Kiwanis meets at 6 15 p m in the Moose Home. A Friday free record hop at the Legion Home features DJ Gary Ellis. A Demolay sock hop at the high school from 7 to 11 30 p m benefits the March of Dimes.
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The
American Legion
Legion
Kiwanis Club
Moose Home
Point Pleasant
Gary Ellis
March of Dimes Fund
Point Pleasant Clinic Notes Admits and Discharges
The clinic records admit Mrs. M. F. Brumfield of Glenwood and Mrs. Ethel Russell of Bidwell. Discharges include Mrs. Harland Nibert of Gallipolis Ferry and Wilbert Coleman of Pliney.
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Ethel Russell
Bidwell
Harland Nibert
Gallipolis Ferry
Wilbert Coleman
Pliney
Pickens to Speak at Local Retarded Children Meeting
Thomas H. Pickens president of the West Virginia Association for Retarded Children will address the local group on January 29 at 8 p m in the Appalachian Power Co auditorium He will also present a film titled Tuesday's Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Thomas H. Pickens
West Virginia
Association For Retarded Children
Appalachian Power Co
Rawson Services Set for Pittsburgh Man in Point Pleasant
Funeral rites for George Rawson of Pittsburgh formerly of Point Pleasant will be held Friday at 2 p m in Lone Oak Cemetery Crow Funeral Home announces. The Rev J P Keefer will officiate. Rawson died Tuesday at his Pittsburgh home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
George Rawson
Pittsburgh
Lone Oak Cemetery
Crow Funeral
Rawson
J. P. Keefer
Scouters Plan Press Luncheon in Point Pleasant
MGM District of the Boy Scouts of America announces a press and radio luncheon for the three county area on Friday January 29 at 12 36 p m in the West Virginia Room Gene Ball’s restaurant at 6th and Viand Street Point Pleasant Wilbur C Dickson chairman says the discussion will be of vital interest to the press radio and the community they serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Gene Ball
6Th and Viand St
Point Pleasant
Wilbur C. Dickson
MGM District
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes and Local Names
Pleasant Valley Hospital notes list patients including Mrs Lula G Lewis Point Pleasant Mrs Hildreth Williams Gallipolis Ann Bibb Point Pleasant Virginia Swain Gallipolis Frank Thompson New Haven Lawrence Gray Letart Dorothy Sayre Evans W V The Alaska moose is the largest member of the deer family It grows antlers six feet across.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula G. Lewis
Point Pleasant
Hildreth Williams
Gallipolis
Ann Bibb
Virginia Swain
Frank Thompson
New Haven
Lawrence Gray
Letart
Dorothy Sayre
Evans
W. V
Alaska
Four Vehicle Wreck on Icy Route 17 Near Mason Line
Trooper Swartz and Mrs. Gordon Swartz of Logan W Va and three sons escaped serious injury after icy conditions on Route 17 three miles east of the Mason County line caused the Swartz car to run off. A tractor trailer struck the car while its occupants were inside, followed by two more cars also going off the road. The trooper and his family suffered only minor cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gordon Swartz
Logan
W. Va
Mason County
Swartz
Route 17
Contact Details for K. F. Scott
Reach K. F. Scott at 234 Florence Avenue Jackson Ohio by mail or call 1059 Jackson or 205 Point Pleasant West Virginia for further information.
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K. F. Scott
Florence Avenue
Jackson
Ohio
Point Pleasant
W. Va
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Foglesong Funeral Home
Simpson
Sheffield
Mant
Archdale
All Children's
Bargain
BATES
Francisco Franco
Americo Thomaz
Cantagallo
Spain
Thomaz
AAUW
Texan
Kaiser
Women Voters Plan Meeting
Point Pleasant Clinic
M. F. Brumfield
Glenwood
Rawson Services
Scouters
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Gulf Oil Corporation
Kanauga
Your Family Shoe Stores
Athens
Glouster
Nelsonville
Algonquin
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