Withers Named New Superintendent After Shaffer Resigns
C H Withers longtime Mason County Schools supervisor was chosen by a 4-1 board vote to replace Kenneth W Shaffer as county superintendent on an unexpired term. Shaffer resigns to head the Farmers Home Administration in Morgantown West Virginia. Withers will assume Feb 28 through June 30 with a likely election to a full four year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. H. Withers
Mason County
Board of Education
Kenneth W. Shaffer
Withers
Virgil Siders
Chamber of Commerce
Une
Shaffer
Farmers’ Home Administration
West Virginia
Civil Service
Morgantown
C. P. Stout
F. R. Saunders
Preston
Roane
Lewis
Mason
West Virginia University
New York University
Man and Hurricane
Ohio University
Kiwanis Club
Main Street Baptist Church
Mattox Rites Conducted
Last rites were held for Clifford Mattox 63 of Boomer at Leon Methodist Church with Rev. C J Allen officiating. Burial followed at Taylor Mountain Memorial Gardens. Mattox, a Mason County native, died Wednesday at Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery after a long illness. He worked as an engineer at Electric Metallurgical Company in Alloy and lived in Boomer 15 years. Survived by wife Maude and five daughters plus one sister and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Clifford Mattox
Boomer
Leon Methodist Church
C. J. Allen
Tyler Mountain Memorial Gardens
Mattox
Mason County
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Electric Metallurgical Company
Alloy
Harry Walters, Jr
Lima
Ohio
Earl Kington, Jr
Dunbar
Clifton Paynter
Gallipolis
Charles Wilson
Omer
Harold Moore
Newtown
Mia
Ma Hayman
Samuel
Buffalo
Charlies
Leon
Otis
Religious Services Schedule Across Leon Area Churches
The listing catalogs sermons, Sunday schools, and worship times for multiple churches in Leon and surrounding areas. It notes ministers such as Rev. George Oller Rev. W S Billups Rev. Kermit Hypes and Rev. Rufus Casto, with times ranging from Sunday schools at 9:45 10 a.m. to evening services and midweek meetings on various Sundays and Wednesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piest Church of God
Jefferson Ave
George Oller
Leon Baptist
W. S. Billups
New Haven
Hartford
Boyd . Scott
Trinity
Greer
Eckard
Krebs
Olive
Point Pleasant
Isabelle Kiefer
Main Street Baptist
Kenneth Chandler
Eenaaners
Youth Fellowship
Heights Evangelical United Brethren
David L. Sayre
Junior Christian Endeavor
Christ Church Episcopal
Jerome Rodgers
Alvin C. Young
J. B. Couch
Bellemeade Eub
Methodist
Henderson
Rufus Caste
Mt. Union
Hill
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Ine Grove S Unday School
Pilgrim Holiness
Heart Smith
Hartford Methodist
Rufus Casto
Graham
Letart
Main St
Seventh Day Adventist
Wilson
John E. Hoffman
Presbyterian Church
Leon Hickory Chapel
Ramond McDonald
Leon
Hickory Chapel
Weekend Visits Fill Circleville Town Listings
Mr and Mrs Dana Welch Gary and Ronnie of Circleville spent a weekend at their home here. Lawrence Dilcher visiting family from Columbus. Lucy Stotts and Marie with Vesta Robinson. Chester Barnhart and Mike with Mr and Mrs Herb Barnhart. Various relatives visited Pomeroy and hospital patient W E Bolen. Reverend C A Bolen visited his brother. Arnold and Delores joined others visiting Neva Howell and Lucy Stotts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Bolen
Jack Wallace
Melvin
Athens
Neva Howell
Lucy Stotts
Herb Penrod
Pearl Robinson
Jeroy Howell
Chillicothe
Dale Whaley
O. Whaley
Willis Haning
Mr. Haning
Hattie Haning
Elizabeth Dilcher
Anna Hawk
Paulette
Cathy Stanley
C. A. Bolen
Vesta Robinson
Proffitt Gafken wed at Point Pleasant church
Miss Sandra Leola Proffitt daughter of Mr and Mrs Emory Proffitt and James Fredrick Gafken son of Mr and Mrs Charlies W Gafken were married in a double ring ceremony at the Presbyterian Church Point Pleasant read at 730 pm by Rev Robert Ray. The altar featured white gladioli palms and seven branch candelabra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Presbyterian
Sandra Leola Proffitt
Emory Proffitt
Main St
James Fredrick Gafken
Charlies W. Gafken
Mt. Vernon Ave
Robert Ray
Local social visits note from Merceville and area
Mr and Mrs Gil bert Boster hosted visitors in Mer cer ville. Clayton Burchett visited with James Brewer. Charles Perroud and Hollis Kuhn joined with local hosts in various towns. George Brewer and Georgia McNeal were seen with community residents. Linda Kuhn signs off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Whitt
Columbus
John Brewer
Oak Hill
George Brewer
Georgia McNeal
Chester Boster
Clayton Burchett
Near Jackson
James Brewer
Linda Kuhn
Six Girls Share Prize in Gallipolis Talent Contest
Six Point Pleasant majorettes led by Maxine Kary Phyllis ier Carol Heiskell Sarah Burdette Sonja Mayes and Shirley Shobe earned third place in the senior high polio talent contest with The Old Soft Shoe Their dilemma over splitting the prize ended when they decided the first girl who marries would include the iron in her dowry In junior high Susie Cali and Beau Shertzer won second prize with a dance duet plus two solo dancers Retta Sue Green and Jeanie Casto entered the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Gallipolis
Maxine Kary
Phyllis Ier
Carol Heiskell
Sarah Burdette
Sonja Mayes
Shirley Shobe
Suzie Cali
Beau Shertzer
Retta Sue Green
Jeanie Casto
Wahama Juniors Stage A Feudin over Yonder Play
Wahama High School juniors presented A Feudin over Yonder in the auditorium at 8 pm directed by Sheral Edler. The feud between the Frys and Popoffs drives the plot as Mountain Maggie ends the feud enabling marriages. Cast includes Emmy Fry Betty Jones Rosie Belle Fry Eleanor Cundiff Ma Fry Jane Duncan Clem Fry Ronnie MacGlothin Izzie Fry Mariene Roush Aunt Mary Hornhonk er Bob Gibbs Willie Hornhonker Julia Edwards Becky Mac Hornhonker Larry King Jake Popoff Paul Grinstead Pappy Popoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Wahama High School
Wahama
Sheral Edler
Tommy Vance
Mountain Maggie
Sandra Roush
Hills
Frys
Betty Jones
Emmy Fry
Eleanor Cundiff
Rosie Belle Fry
Janice Duncan
Ma Fry
Tommy Duncan
Clem Fry
Ronnie MacGlothin
Izzie Fry
Mariene Roush
Mary Hornhonker
Bob Gibbs
Willie Hornhonker
Julia Edwards
Becky Mac’ Hornhonker
Larry King
Jake Popoff
Paul Grinstead
Pappy Popoff
Larry Bumgardner
Wanda Roush
Patty Muncy
Bill Rogers
Doug Roush
Charles Stanley
Jack Paugh
Diane Capehart
Louise Holbrook
Betty Neal
Norma Stewart
Shirley Roush
June Spencer
Blessing and Oldaker Tie in Point Pleasant Notice
Howard Blessing of Parkersburg and Mae Oldaker of Chestnut Ridge near Leon are named in a public notice. Blessing is the son of William A and the late Hannah Fry Blessing. Oldaker is the daughter of the late Orville Thornton and Ortha Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Howard Ernest Blessing
Parkersburg
Mae Oldaker
Chestnut Ridge
Leon
William A
Hannah Fry Blessing
Orville , Thornton and
Ortha Thornton
Milk Processing Plant Planned for Putnam County Farm Group
Nine dairy men in Putnam County plan a cooperative milk processing plant near Winfield on Route 17, 33 miles from Point Pleasant. The $125,000 project will use a $1,000 land purchase from G. W. Summers and Ruby J. Summers. machinery may cost about $80,000. Rolfe Lee leads the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Winfield
Putnam County
G. W
Ruby J. Summers
Rolfe Lee
C. E. Erin
F. M. Bowles
J. H. Caufman
Grant Stanley
D. R. Jarrell
John Oshel
T. A. Williamson
Isabella C. Wilson
Route 17
Lee
500 Students To Sing In Choral Festival
A choral festival near Point Pleasant will feature about 500 students from 10 Mason County schools under Chester Haddox in March. The program includes a two hour performance and a 15 minute minstrel with a West Virginia history pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Chester Haddox
Wahama High
New Haven
Haddox
Birth Announcement for Son to Slone Family
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Herbert Slone of Galipolis. The birth announcement appears in the Point Clinic Notes with an associated admission status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Slone
Galipolis
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Gerald Reod
Stout
Robert Adkins
Howard Schultz
Saunders
Siders
Schultz
Adkina
Milton Burdette
Central Grade School
L. ©. Lawson
Tyler County
Paul
Kirk
Nologist
Sheppard
Samuel H. Sheppard
Department of Criminology
University of California
Downington
Mudebaker-Packard Corporation
NEW
America
Studebaker
Studebaker Studebaker
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
Pt. Pleasant Society
Frank Capehart
Louis Bateson
Mabel Shoop
O. S. Kelley
Wendell Smith
Ann Williams
Doris Eads
Raymond Gerald Musgrave
Jackie Fowler
Billy Kenny
Ted Wernert
Junction City
John Flowers
Ravenswood
Gaskin
Quill and Scroll
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
Kgger Creek
Gasken
Charles D. Proffit
James Gaskins
Dan Work
Fred Schroeder
Louise Mathews
Joan Bacykowski
Harry Devol
Bill Smith
Dean Work
Laura Miller
Luther Miller
Margaret Miller
Marietta
Rex Toms
Waverly
Lily Duncan
Sidney
Carl Whaley
Glouster
Don Birchfield
Society of Christian Service of
Trinity Methodist Church
J. A. Blankenship
Christine Fraley
C. C. Stone
Gene Crow
Stone
William Voight
Richard Johnson
C. C. Blount
Garrison
Bertha Condee
Bessie Johnson
M.S. Poffenbarger
A. R. Ripley
Miriam Circle
Iva Wise
Man
God
Ripley
Esther Thomas
Clifford Dunn
Mildred Ball
George Keener
Emma Wise
Mary Circle
Rodney Pullins
John Devault
Jesse H. Carpenter
Lena Carr
Ben Franklin
C. J. Hyer
Joe Jordan
Betty Kauff
J. Knox Dye
al Biggs
D. L. Cottrill
Ralph Crump
D. G. Wilsong
John Chase
Couch
Fisher
Johnson
George Kimbrel
C. C. Spencer
Robert Fowler
Ohio Valley
Taber
Kanauga, Ohio
Central
Violet Gerlach
Lola Jones
Sunnyside
Ordnance
North Point Pleasant
Charles Bearfield
Surgical
William Johns
Cynthia Lynn
Clarence Adkins
Gabardines
Ben Franklin Co
Nelsonville
Romeos
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