Judge Overrules Damages Motions in Multiple 1955 Cases
Judge Ever Kessel in POINT PLEASANT overruled two motions in the Arlene Grimm versus Ernest Compson et al. wreck case. The jury awarded Grimm $5,600.66 from August 1955 Route 35 collision. Several other cases, including Ray Benson and estate matters, were settled or set for docket entries with modest verdicts or out of court settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ever Kessel
Arlene Grimm
Ernest Wil
Liam Compson
Blanche Compson
Adm
Willie Lee Manuel
Thomas Lee Warner
Pauline Manuel
Moraiy
Nellie Josephine Levault
Dora Lee Allen
James F. Daugherty
Lonnie Rayburn
County Jail to Be Sold At Auction in Point Pleasant
The Jason County Jail at Point Pleasant will go on public auction Saturday at 10 a.m. The two story building sits on a half acre near downtown with living quarters for the sheriff and staff and an oil kitchen. The jail will be moved to the new courthouse site, with better cell facilities and a modern kitchen. Sheriff Mari C Mohr and Mrs Mohr plan to relocate to the courthouse penthouse Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jason County
P Ont Pleasant
Curt House
Mari C. Mohr
Mason ‘Purty
Oath Rite in Assam Described by Britannica
The text notes that in primitive Assam men confirm an oath by chopping a fowl in two as a symbolic penalty for oath breakers, a practice cited in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Assam
Britannica
Warm and comfortable knit item in small sizes
A soft warm garment marketed as light and easy to wash by hand or machine. Sizes 10 to 12 offered, with emphasis on comfort without weight or bulk. Price shown as $1.75.
Men’s Group Hears Church Pastor Speak in Point Pleasant
The Rev. George Porter of St. Paul’s Methodist Church spoke at Trinity Church’s monthly Methodist men dinner meeting. He discussed the Cedar Lakes Camp retreat in Ripley. The next gathering is slated for February 15 with many attendees listed.
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Point Pleasant
George Porter
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Trinity Church
Porter
G. A. Biggs
Cedar Lakes Camp
Ripley
Alvin C. Young
William Johnson
Austin Johnson
Paul Thomas, Jr
Paul Icard
Gene Stalnaker
John Sayre
Bid Bowman
Gene Crow
Elmer Martin
Mr. Young
Pete Duncan
Louis Rossi
Gary Conley
Mark Poffenbarger
James Couch
Robert Oseland
Richard Startzman
C. H. Stone
C. C. Stone
George Somerville
Mel Clark
W. J. Somerville
Don Waldie
Mr. Porter
Ben Franklin, Jr
Ben Franklin, IV
Carl Lanham
Stanley Waldie
Dr Laubach To Speak At Opening Of Mission
Point Pleasant prepares for a six day preaching mission led by Dr Frank C Laubach at the high school auditorium on February 9. Rev Jack Higgins will preside and church choirs will provide music under C L Head. The mission extends to Huntington Logan W Va Ashland Ky Portsmouth and Ironton Ohio in six cities. Dr Laubach, born in Benton Pennsylvania, is a Princeton and Union Theological Seminary graduate with a Columbia PhD in sociology and honorary degrees from six colleges.
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Point Pleasant Senior High School
Frank C. Laubach
Jack Higgins
Bellemeade
Portsmouth
Ironton
Ohio
Laubach
New York City
Benton, Pa
Princeton University
Union Theological Seminary
Origin of corn remains mystery to plant origin students
Researchers note that all vegetables have ancestral forms but corn origins remain undetermined. The study emphasizes ongoing efforts to trace corn lineage and domestication pathways.
Horton Reynolds Unite in Marriage at Nazarene Church
Miss Carol Horton of Point Pleasant and James David Reynolds of Mt Vernon Ave tied the knot Thursday at 6 30 PM in the Nazarene Church. The double ring ceremony was led by Rev J A Brannon with aunt Mrs Sam Fowlkes as the only attendant. The bride, a Point Pleasant High junior, wore a blue wool jersey dress and carried a white prayer book. Reynolds, a 1955 Point Pleasant Senior High graduate, is employed at Kgger Creek. A reception followed at the Fowlkes home and the couple resided with Reynolds' parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Horton
Point Pleasant
Porter Cook
Dunbar
James David Reynolds
J. S. Reynolds
Mt. Vernon Ave
Nazarene Church
J. A. Brannon
Sam Fowlkes
Point
Point Pleasant High School
Reynolds
Point Pleasant Senior High School
Kgger Creek
Fowlkes
Point Pleasant Forms Municipal Planning Commission
James McComb was elected chairman and S. R. Fleming secretary of Point Pleasant’s new planning commission created by Mayor B. W. Krodel and approved by the City Council. The group will propose city plans, including revamping the Building and Zoning Code, with term assignments for Eschenauer, Taylor, McComb, Fleming, Thabet, Glewicks, and Hanes.
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Point Pleasant
James McComb
Municipal Planning Commission
S. R. Fleming
B. W. Krodel
Roy Eschenauer
Floyd Taylor
Wadear Thabet
Art Glewicks
Eugene Hanes
Congregational Dinner Planned at Presbyterian Church
A congregational dinner is scheduled Friday at 6 30 p m in the Presbyterian Church for church members and Sunday school attendees. The Rev Lardner W Moore and wife, long time Japan missionaries of 33 years, will be guests and share a message of interest. Families are asked to bring a covered dish.
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Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Church
Lardner W. Moore
Social Security reports due for West Virginia farm workers
Social Security reports for hired farm workers are due by the end of January. Reports and payments must be sent to the Internal Revenue Service in Parkersburg. Workers qualifying with at least 150 dollars in wages or 20 days of paid work in 1957 provide 2 percent of wages for Social Security, with the employer matching. Farm owners’ reports are filed with income tax returns due February 15.
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Point Pleasant
Kenneth P. Brundage
West Virginia
Internal Revenue Service
Parkersburg
Brundage
Point Pleasant Style Show Set by Junior Womans Club
March 6 chosen for the annual Spring Style Show at 7:30 p.m. in the senior high auditorium with theme A Lay at the Yacht Club. Merchants sponsor a Miss Sycrinptime candidate. several shops listed. Also notices for WSCS book review and Eastern Star visitation. Public sale notice follows for real estate in Ohio with auction January 25 at 2 p.m.
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Earl Henry
Point Pleasant
Yacht Club
Ben Franklin's
Fishers Department Store
O. J. Morrison
G. C. Murphy
Shoe
Biggs Department
Glenour
Henry
Probate Court
Hocking County
Ohio
Athens
Wolfburg
Nelsonville
Mason City Hill
Mary Alice Morris
Fourth Street
High Street
Edwin C. Johnston
Dillon & Johnston
Point Pleasant Dairy Honor Roll for December Announced
William Gregory, county agent, releases the Dairy Herd Improvement Association Honor Roll for December. Top listing is Jones and Jones of Point Pleasant with 22 cows on test, averaging 1000 pounds of milk and 40.0 pounds fat per cow, butterfat test 3.9. Other honorees include Ray Crank Henderson Olivier Leiving G C Sommer Marcus Weaver Clarence Blessing Howard Roush and several others across Letart West Columbia Mason Point Pleasant and Hartford.
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Point Pleasant
William Gregory
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Jones and Jones
Ray Crank
Henderson
Olivier Leiving
West Columbia
G. C. Sommer
South Side
Marcus Weaver
Clarence Blessing
Howard Roush
Letart
Phrl Burris
Clifford Carson
Mason
Lester Jordan
Gallipolis Ferry
C. C. Lewis
C. L. Cottrill
John McNeill
Otis Randolph
Leon
Douglas
David Roush
New Haven
D.A. Smith
Hartford
PTA backs tax move in Mason County approval
Point Pleasant and Rocky Fork PTAs back a plan urged by the Chamber of Commerce and Farm Bureau for property equalization and revaluation by an impartial out-of-town state agency. They also endorse an across-the-board increase if needed, joining at least 22 other Mason County PTA groups in support.
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the Fork
PTA
Point Pleasant
Jones Named Market Head for West Virginia Livestock Markets
Former State Senator E Bartow Jones of Jefferson Boulevard was named president of the Association of West Virginia Livestock Auction Markets for the year at the Charleston meeting. F C Harker of Core was named vice president and R L McCulty of Spencer secretary treasurer. Board members include Jones Harker McCulty Corbett Mullooly Coffman Dawkins Knight and Furr with others from Lewisburg Moorefield and Charles Town.
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Point Pleasant
E. Bartow Jones
Jefferson Blvd
Association of West Virginia
Jones
Charleston
F. C. Harker
Core
R. L. MccCulty
Spencer
Harker
McCulty
Joe Corbett
Waverly
Joe Mullooly
Weston
Checks Mailed to Five Towns by County Officials
Mason County Sheriff Earl C. Moher announced that tax checks for the first half of the year have been mailed. The city received 15,818.05 dollars and the flood department 16,657.19 dollars. Checks were also sent to Henderson, Leon, Hartford and Mason.
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Toint Pleasant
Mason County
Earl C. Moher
Henderson, Leon
Hartford
Mason
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Biggs’ Dept. Store
Dr. Laubach
Columbia University
Brian
FLOOR
Jack Boys
Bates
Selles
Horton
Pleasant
B. J. Cunningham
District of Women’s Society of Christian Service of Huntington
Christ Church
Trinity Methodist Church
WSCS
Methodist Church
Chapter No 75
Order of Eastern Star
Olive Bowyer
Masonic Temple
Mae Rhoades
Janet Capehair
Lavernia O'Neal
Worthy Metron
Mewcne
Maggie Woltz
General Electric
Genuine Spalding
Arvin
Knapp
Monarch
Gilbert Shannon
Firestone Dealer
West Union Street
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