New Head and Doctors to Be Honored at Hospital Reception
Point Pleasant announces a reception by the Women's Auxiliary of Pleasant Valley Hospital honoring Mr. and Mrs. Alva J. Williamson new administrator Dr and Mrs Richard Lee Slack and Dr and Mrs George Fahamy. The 1 to 4 p.m. event Sunday in the hospital dining room.
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Point Pleasant
Bessie S. Jones
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Alva J. Williamson
Richard Lee Slack
George Fahamy
Williamson
George O. Smith
West Virginia State Health Department
West Virginia Hospital Association
American Hospital Association
Slack
Wheeling
C and D Hospital
Huntington
Jackson Avenue
Mt. Vernon Ave
Reflective road paint from Cornell Aeronautical Lab
A reflective highway paint developed at Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory enhances night visibility for drivers. The new coating improves lane discernment and road edge detection under low light conditions.
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Buffalo
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
Miss Gibbs and Lathey Wed in New Haven
Miss Carol Gibbs daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Gibbs of New Haven married Larry Melvin Lathey son of Mr and Mrs Lester Lathey of Danville in a Dec 31 ceremony at the New Haven EUB Church Rev Robert Dille officiated. The couple will reside in Norfolk Virginia where Lathey is stationed with the U S Navy.
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New Haven
Carol Gibbs
Carl Gibbs
Larry Melvin Lathey
Lester Lathey
Danville
EUB
Robert Dille
Ruth Sayre
Norfolk, Va
Mr. Lathey
U. S. Navy
Pleasant Valley Hospital Births and Admits
Births include a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Franklin Casto of Point Pleasant and a daughter to Mr and Mrs William Ratliff of Gallipolis. Admitted are William Fields of Hartford Mrs William Ratliff of Gallipolis Robert Shockey of Ravenswood Mrs Hersel Tennant of Ravenswood William G Shobe of Point Pleasant and Mrs Walter F Brown of Letart. Discharged are Mrs Eber Pickens of Syracuse and daughter Mrs Tom Woodard of Gallipolis and Mrs Paul D Johnson of Mason.
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Franklin Casto
Point Pleasant
William Ratliff
Gallipolis
William Fields
Hartford
Robert Shockey
Ravenswood
Hersel Tennant
William G. Shobe
Walter F. Brown
Letart
Eber Pickens
Syracuse
Tom Woodard
Paul D. Johnson
Mason
Pasternak Friend Olga Ivinskaya Jailed in Moscow
Soviet authorities confirm the detention of Olga Ivinskaya, longtime confidante and collaborator of Boris Pasternak, amid ongoing reports of persecution tied to the Pasternak affair.
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Pasternak
London
Olga Ivinskaya
Boris Pasternak
Down South Theme For Style Show In Point Pleasant
The Point Pleasant Junior Women's Club selects Down South as the theme for its annual spring style show with local merchants participating. Mrs. John Polich chairs the event and will set the show date after a committee meeting with merchants.
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Point Pleasant
Down South
John Polich
Polich
Carol Hicks
William H. Bardin, Jr
Ted Groft
Wallie Bauer
James Hager
Charles Johnson
Billy Turner
Earl Henry
Tom Fisher
Evelyn Borrer
James Osborne
Chester Wamsley
Duane Plants
Oliver Eshenaur
Kenneth Filkens
Donald Rainey
Bessie Jones
Film Offered By Chamber of Commerce for Public Showing
The Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce will show the 21 minute 16mm color film What Is a Chamber of Commerce from March 28 to April 5. It explains the chamber purpose board roles committee structure staff leadership and a planned program of work. Citizens and groups are urged to view it on a first come first served basis.
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Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Point Clinic Patients and Contacts Listed
Lawrence Burris Apple Grove Earl Nibert Glenwood Miss Shirley Fetty Point Mrs Carl Putney and daughter Pliny Mrs Donald Matheny and daughter Pomeroy Mrs Ernest Lyons and son Point Pleasant
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Lawrence Burris
Apple Grove
Earl Nibert
Glenwood
Shirley Fetty
Point Pleasant
Carl Putney
Pliny
Donald Matheny
Derrick Barge To Cost 516000 Marietta Contracts For 2 Engineers
Walter M. Windsor of Marietta Manufacturing Co. announced that two U S Corps of Engineers contracts totaling 516000 were awarded. One is for a 25 ton steel stifflegg derrick boat 90 by 45 by six feet deep priced 285500. the other for a 25 ton revolving crane barge 80 feet 6 inches by 45 by 6 feet 6 inches priced 231000. Completion about six months with barge already underway and derrick boat to start in two weeks.
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Point Pleasa.t
Walter M. Windsor
Marietta Manufacturing Co
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Memphis
Tenn
Windsor
Judy Horn Installed As Rainbow Girls Advisor
Judy Horn of Main St was installed as worthy advisor of Assembly 23 of Rainbow for Girls at the Masonic Temple. Also installed were Beverly Burris as worthy associate advisor and a slate of officers and choir members with Janet Capehart as mother advisor and Lottie Wilfong and Louise Crow among advisory members.
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Point Pleasant
Judy Horn
Main St
Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Masonic
Becky Martin
Jane Sterne
Nature
Joyce Stewart
Immortality
Janet Daniel
Fidelity
Claudia Williamson
Janie Crump
Observer
Sandra Thornton
Outer Observer
Opal Ross
Nancy Uhl
Marilyn Smith
Connie Cottrill
Sandi Crank
Ronna Erwin
Connie Warnock
Martha Sturgon
Linda Newton
Sharon Schwartz
Janet Capehart
Lottie Wilfong
Nellie Geilker
Marie Chapman
Louise Crow
Nikki
Gebby and Burchett Await Marriage License
Dayton man John Nevin Gebby aged 29 and Cincinnati woman Susan Ann Burchett aged 21 are listed as applicants for a marriage license in Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
John Nevin Gebby
Dayton
Ohio
Susan Ann Burchett
Cincinnati
Kentucky Rifle Origin Traced to Pennsylvania
The famous early American flintlock known as the Kentucky Rifle was developed in what is now Pennsylvania, not Kentucky, highlighting regional origins of a renowned long gun.
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State
Pennsylvania
Engagement announced for Farrell Hayman and Lt. Joe Jefferies
Mrs. Ella Hayman of Leon announces the engagement of her daughter Farrell Rowenna Hayman to Lt. Joe Alan Jefferies, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jefferies of Greenville Ohio. Hayman is Point Pleasant High School 1955 graduate. Jefferies is a Greenville High School and Michigan State College alum stationed at Charleston Air Force Base. A February wedding is planned.
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Point Pleasant
Ella Hayman
Leon
Farrell Rowenna Hayman
Joe Alan Jefferies
Carl Jefferies
Greenville
Ohio
Miss Hayman
Point Pleasant High School
Jefferies
Greenville High School
Michigan State College
Charleston S. C
U. S. Air Force
Bridge Benefit Tickets On Sale At Christ Church
Tickets are on sale for a benefit bridge sponsored by Christ Episcopal Church guilds. The dessert bridge will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the church parish house. Bridge clubs canasta clubs and individuals are invited to play with prizes for winners. Tickets available from Mrs Rush Krodel and Mrs Gail Faires or at the door.
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Point Pleasant
Guilds of Christ Episcopal Church
Church Parish
Rush Krodel
Gail Faires
Speaker Announced for Women of Presbyterian Event
Otis Rice county school attendance officer and supervisor of the school lunch program will be the guest speaker at the January meeting of the Women of Presbyterian Church at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the church dining room. He will discuss Shall We Build a Bridge.
Mason County Group Sets Friday Meeting at Auditorium
Mason County Association for Retarded Children will hold a meeting Friday at 8 p.m. in the Appalachian Auditorium.
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Mason County Association For Retarded Children
Appalachian Auditorium
Oil workers in Venezuela don protective rail shirts
Venezuelan oil workers wear chain rail shirts to shield their bodies from Indian arrows during field operations.
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Venezuela
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Miss Gibbs
Donna Hesson
Mary Martin
Sandra Gibbs
Linda Lathey
Sharon Gibbs
William Lathey
George H. Hesson
Eddie Rickard Jr
Arthur Craft
Orban Hesson
Orland Hesson
Otis Hesson
Jack Hesson
Betty Kelly
Jay Hall Jr
Ohio Photos
Washington St
Athens
Pomeroy
E. Main St
Second St
Cry Lom E Savines Co
Ford
Chevrolet
Dart
Dodge
Lancer
Comet
Corvair
Falcon
Dodge Anger
Kinneer Motors
E. State St
Marietta
Rainbow Girls
Otis
Economy Savings & Loan CO
N. Court St
Nelsonville
Logan
Quick’s Drug Store
Postoffice
West Union Street
Prescription
Fender
Nationwide
Canada
Glenn A. Gaston
Nationwide Insurance
West State Street
Ationwidi
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Columbus, Ohio
Carl J. House
W. State St
Phone LY
Harold B. Swisher
Paul M. Williams
Roger W. Wolf
Fort St
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