Progress urged for Point Pleasant industry growth
Cecil Devrick, head of the Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce, spoke at the Kiwanis Club urging the community to unite for industrial expansion. He warned economic myopia and urged freezing flood tax at six percent to attract new industry, noting Point Pleasant will elect a mayor in spring and praising local support for a progressive leader. Capt. Ralph Raike, Sr. attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Cecil Devrick
Derrick
Devrick
Sixth St
C. C. Hall
C. A. Roush
Phyllis Miller
Capt
Ralph Raike, Sr
Homemakers Notes Training Meet Slated
Mason County HDA plans a January 30 training on The Family Looks at Highway Safety at the Agricultural Extension Office. February events include Illahee Club at Gallipolis Ferry and Rhododendron Club at the club house. Leon Homemakers held January meeting with lessons on The Club Extends its Influence and discussed February open meeting plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Extension Office
Illahee Club
I. A. Blaine
Gallipolis Ferry
T. Bert Roush
John T. Reitmire
LEON
Leon Homemakers
Carrie
Katheryn Beaver
Faye Thomas
Bessie Sayre
Ray Crookham
Gus Douglas, Jr
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Hayman in Point Pleasant
Miss Rowenna Hayman bride elect of Lt. Joe Allen Jeffries was honored with a bridal shower hosted by her sister Mrs. Donnie Hill and assisted by Mrs. James E. Beaver Jr and Miss Kathryn Beaver. Guests included Mrs. Lloyd Roush Mrs. Lyonal Keefer Mrs. Delbert Nichols Mrs. Gail Jones and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Rowenna Hayman
Joe Allen Jeffries
Donnie Hill
Leon
James E. Beaver, Jr
Kathryn Beaver
Lloyd Roush
Lyonal Keefer
Delbert Nichols
Gail Jones
Alvan Keefer
Sherman Graham
Robert Byer
Billy King
Theodore Cossin
Alphia Herdman
Warren Stewart
Carrie Beaver
Dale Bailes
Myrtle Buck
Edna Burdette
Allen Thomas
Ray Crookham
James Poe
Charles A. Burdette
Ella Hayman
Jamesetta Beaver
W. B. Jiiden
Sandra Nichols
John Michael Beaver
Donnie Hill, II
Dencil Byer
Charles Greenlee
Lora Ferguson
Homer Smith
Franklin Thomas
John H. Hayman
H. A. Buxton
Berda McKeever
B. F. Sommer
Herman Shinn
Gertrude Lines
Clyde Keefer
E. S. Bajrden
Edison Prunty
Sherwood Costen
William Rollins
Raymond Byer
Harry Biffle
Cloyd Barnette
Harley Burns
James E. Beaver
Mary King
Charles Buxton
Reception Set by Pleas ant Valley Hospital Auxiliary
Final arrangements are made for a Sunday reception hosted by the Pleas ant Valley Hospital women's auxiliary honoring Mr and Mrs Alva J Williamson Dr and Mrs Richard Lee Slack and Dr and Mrs George Fahmy. The event runs 2 to 4 p.m. in the hospital dining room with Miss Bessie Sue Jones as general chairman and a large board of members. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Alva J. Williamson
Richard Lee Slack
George Fahmy
Bessie Sue Jones
Miss Jones
S. W. Burdette
J. A. Shinn
O. K. Burdette
Samuel Jeffries
Woody Mace
Dale Roush
Lewis Allen
Oakley Faudree
Harry Flowers
Jack Fruth
Lloyd Holmes
Glen Logan
Phyllis Miller
Norman Simpkins
Charles Young
Office Omits Name On EDP Honor Roll
POINT PLEASANT The Mason County Agricultural Extension Service omitted Otis Randolph from the November EDP honor roll. Randolph’s herd of 33 cows produced 1022 pounds of milk testing 3.7 butterfat with an average fat per cow of 37.8 pounds, placing second on the honor roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Agricultural Extension Service
Otis Randolph
Randolph
Mr. Randolph
Pleasant Valley Hospital Birth Notices
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Jones of Gallipolis welcome a son. Barbara Boyer of Ravenswood and Mrs. Raymond Bentley of Point Pleasant also reported births. William Wheeler and Mrs. Thornton Wood of Henderson. Mrs. Walter Brown of Letart. Roy Ball of Apple Grove. Marvin D. Newell of Mason and Mrs. Franklin D. Casto of Point Pleasant announce a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Jones
Gallipolis
Barbara Boyer
Ravenswood
Raymond Bentley
Point Pleasant
William Wheeler
Walter Brown
Letart
Roy Ball
Apple Grove
Marvin D. Newell
Mason
Franklin D. Casto
Tobacco Specialist To Help Farmers In West Virginia
Harold Ross, an agronomist and tobacco specialist with West Virginia University, will devote one third of his time to the agricultural extension program effective February 1. He previously worked full time on tobacco research at the Ohio Valley Experiment Station near Point Pleasant and will assist farmers with production problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Harold Ross
West Virginia University
Ross
Ohio Valley Experiment Station
Director Named For Mason County Youth Fair
Blaine Norman will direct the 1961 Mason County Youth Fair set for July 27 28 and 29 at the senior high school auditorium. New officers are William Gregory president Tom Williams vice president Mrs Grant Stanley treasurer and Mrs Ray Crank secretary. Clifford Dunn presided at the meeting as the board voted to rename the event Mason County Youth Fair. Others present included Wanda Stemple Russell Jones and Cecil Devrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Blaine Norman
Mason County
William Gregory
Tom Williams
Grant Stanley
Ray Crank
Clifford Dunn
Mason County Farm Youth Fair
Mason County Youth Fair
Wanda Stemple
Russell Jones
Cecil Devrick
Bridge Party Draws Twenty Tables At Christ Church Event
Twenty tables of bridge and one canasta table were played at a benefit party in the Christ Episcopal Church parish house. The event was sponsored by St. Monica's and the church Service Guild with arrangements by guild members. High score prizes went to a long list of winners and door prizes were awarded to Milton L. Miller and Mrs. J. J. Lovell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Christ Episcopal Church
St. Monica’s and
Service Guild
Robert Hite
Rush Krodel
St. Monica’s Guild
S. D. Littlepage
Gail Faires
Henry Wainright
Reba
Fire destroys home of Ed Smith family in Letart
Fire destroyed a four room home and furniture of Mr and Mrs Ed Smith of Letart near zero temperatures. Mrs Smith and two children discovered the blaze while Mr Smith was at work at the Philip Sporn plant. Fire believed to have started between ceiling and roof from overheated stove in living room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ed Smith
Letart
Army Specialist Darst Assigned to Fort Campbell Unit
SP 4 Anthony W. Darst 21 son of Opal Darst was assigned to the 9th Ordnance Company at Fort Campbell Kentucky Darst a supply specialist entered the Army last month and attended Point Pleasant High School in Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Anthony W. Darst
Opal Darst
Madison Ave
9Th Ordnance Company
Fort Campbell
Darst
Point Pleasant High School
Area Church Schedules Feature Wide Parish Activities
A dense listing details Sunday schools worship times and evening services for many churches across Chauncey Morristown Millfield and other towns. It notes ministers and youth groups along with midweek prayer meetings and special events including evangelistic services and Bible studies.
Haydenville and Nearby Church Schedules
Sunday school times and worship services listed for Logan eal South Haydenville Church of God Haydenville Methodist Charge Buchtel Jobs Murray City Union Furnace EUB Charge and Zion including times for Sunday school worship and Wednesday or Thursday prayer services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haydenville
Union Furnace
Zion
Union
Winter Storm Hamps Mason County Roads and Schools
Mason County faced another winter blast with heavy snow and slick highways. State crews used three railroad cars of calcium chloride this year to treat roads, plus abundant cinders and slag, while keeping main routes open and many secondary roads passable with chains. Mason schools dismissed at 3 pm Thursday and reopened Friday for students able to travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
State Road Commission
Kgger Creek
Rites Held For Farmer J Abner Smith
Funeral services for J Abner Smith 74 of Leon Route 3 were at Wolfe Valley Church with Rev Dallas Buck officiating. The retired farmer died of a heart attack Tuesday night at his home burial followed in Smith cemetery. He leaves Pearl his wife two daughters Margaret Nease Columbus Eleanor Sullivan Buffalo three sons Raymond at home Samuel and Bernard Columbus two brothers Carper Parkersburg Ike Belpre one sister Carrie Burnside Lancaster and seven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J. Abner Smith
Leon
Wolfe Valley
Dallas Buck
Smith
Smith Cemetery
Pearl
Margaret Nease
Columbus
Eleanor Sullivan
Buffalo
Raymond Smith
Samuel
Bernard Smith
Carper Smith
Parkersburg
Ike Smith
Belpre
Carrie Burnside
Lancaster
Mrs Sommer Falls in Fracture on Way to Post Office
Mrs. B F Sommer of Leon slipped and broke her right arm Wednesday evening while heading to the post office. She was treated at Holzer Hospital and released. She is married to Dr. B F Sommer and mother of Mrs. Sherwood Costen, a Point Pleasant teacher at Ordnance School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
B. F. Sommer
Leon
Local church schedules for Gallipolis and surrounding communities
A compiled listing of Sunday school and worship times for multiple churches in Gallipolis and nearby towns. Includes Catholic, Assembly of God, First Church of God, Rio Grande, Triedstone Baptist, St. Peter's Episcopal, Grace Methodist, First United Presbyterian, First Baptist, and Gallipolis Mission churches with service times and weekday gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John Lutheran
First Presbyterian
United Presbyterian
Assembly of God
Rio Grande
Bidwell
Church of God
First Church of God
Garfield Ave
Gallipolis
Third Ave
Triedstone
St. Peter's Episcopal
Second Ave
Episcopal Young
Grace Methodist
Cedar
First United Presbyterian
State St
First Baptist
Multiple church schedules listed for Nelsonville area
Local church notices outline Sunday school times worship and services for Nelsonville and nearby congregations including Kbaberly Chapel Wylie Chapel AME Carbon Hill Methodist First Baptist Bear Run Murray City EUB Zion Ridge Christian Congregational Carbon Gill Christian First Methodist First Christian and First Presbyterian with varied service times from morning worship to evening evangelistic services and midweek prayer meetings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ship
United Presbyterian
Independent Holiness Church
Deanville Community Chapel
United Pentecostal
Kenneth Davis
Kbaberly
Apostolic Gospel
Wylie
Latter Day Saints
Jackson St
Carbon Hill
Liberty Hill
Church of the Nazarene
First Baptist
Bear Run
Murray City
Evangelical United Brethren
Pilgrim Holiness
Zion Ridge Christian Congregational
Local Church Service Schedules and Bible Study Times
A compact listing of weekly worship and activity times from area churches including Glouster First Baptist Ridge Church of Christ and Holy Cross Catholic. Notes include Sunday devotions worship and Bible School times, prayer meetings, youth programs, and midweek services for several congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
Helen Tatman
Chauncey Church of Christ
Greens Run
Taylor Ridge
Chauncey
J. A. Long
Millfield
Glouster Church of Christ— Bible School
Corning
Glouster Methodist Church
Trimble
Chaut Cey
West Side Church of Christ
Tom Butterfield
Parkersburg
First Baptist
Or Ridge
Church of Christ -Bible School
Worcare
Childrem
Bishopville
Church of Christ— Bible School
Church Calendar Listings for Trinity to Missionary Services
A consolidated schedule lists churches with times for Sunday school, morning and evening worship, midweek and prayer meetings, and special services across multiple denominations including Methodist, Church of Christ, Evangelical United Brethren, Baptist, Seventh Day Adventist, Nazarene, West Columbia Spellman, and local notices for St. Peter's Lutheran, Christ Episcopal, and Jehovah's Witnesses in Hartford and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehovah's Witnesses
Logan South
St. John Lutheran
Church of the Nazarene
Trinity Lutheran
St. Matthew Lutheran
Middleport Church of the Nazarene
Hysell Run Free Methodist
Laurel Cliff
Naomi Baptist
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Carpenter Baptist
Rutland
First Baptist
Harrisonville Presbyterian
Zion
Church of Christ—Bible School
Columbia Chapel Christian Bible School
Rutland Church of Christ Bible School
Dexter Church of Christ Bible School
Forest Run Baptist
Baptist Training Union
Pomeroy Church of Christ
Kingsbury Church
Langsville Congregational Christian Church
Alfred Methodist
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Eden United Brethren In Christ
Christian Endeavor
Racine
Christian Science Society
Middleport Church of Christ In Christian Union
Syracuse
First United Presbyterian
Heath
Methodist
Pomeroy
Seventh-Day Adventist
Butternutt St. Dav Hall
Glouster
Front
Summitt Sts
Redtown
Free Methodist
Oakdale Church of Christ Bible School
Nazarene Church
Bishopville
Church of Christ— Bible School
Donald Kasler
Trinity Methodist
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Main St
New Haven
Evangelical United Brethren
Hartford
Harmony Baptist
Heights
Main Street Baptist
Bellemeade
Leon Charge
Rockcastle
Yanger
Shiloh
Mt. Zion
Westminster Methodist
Gallipolis Ferry
St. Peter’s Lutheran
Christ Episcopal—Holy Communion
Sun Warren
First Church of God
Eighth and Main St
Hartford Methodist
Christ Episcopal Church
Kingdom Hall
North Main St
Hartford Church of Christ In Christian Union
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Homemakers
Perry Sayre
Linda Stewart
Marion Upton
Rachel Upton
Henry Upton
Pocahontas Club
Pocahontas Farm Women’s Club
Arnett Roush
Rupert Rice
Upland Club
Sam Holley
Miss Stemple
Miss Hayman
Willard Nibert
Hogsett
Thornton Wood, Henderson
Hollywood
Mel Blanc
Cartoon Animals
Sunset Boulevard
West
Los Angeles
SEO Area Church News
Concord
Meigs Area
Carleton Interdenominational
Kingsbury Rd
Lottridge Eub
Bradford
Shade Valley Pastoral Unity of Christian Churches
Long Bottom
Tuppers Plains
Orange
Hemlock Grove
Middleport Church of Christ
Salem Center
Salem Center Methodist Church
MYF
United Methodist — Church
St. John’s Lutheran — Church
Middleport First Baptist
Bethlehem Baptist
Mt. Moriah
Bethany
Paul Hooks
Carmel
South Bethel
Prince of Peace
Athens
Chester House of Prayer
Pomeroy Federated
Logan
St. Louis Catholic
Nelsonville
Holy Cross Catholic
Pt. Pleasant
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