Jaycees Plan Dance To Aid Youth Center In Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Jaycees lease the River Club with option to buy and plan a dance at the National Guard Armory on Route 62 to raise funds for a youth center. Ralph Marterie and orchestra will perform. tickets cost 5 dollars per couple or 2.50 per person. Proceeds support operation and potential expansion including a miniature golf course and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Jaycees
Jaycees
River Club
J. O. Wedge and Sons
Ronnie Roush
National Guard
Route 62
Ralph Marterie
Don Tobias
Georgia Dusch
Garland Parsons
Bill Morrison
Marshall Fowler
Jayecees
Bike Rider Is Injured In Collision
James Persinger, 16, of Apple Grove, injured in a bicycle auto crash on Route 2 near Hanly Service Station in Apple Grove. He suffers leg hip foot and internal injuries and is treated at Point Clinic after a 3 40 p m collision when he pulled left into a southbound car driven by R B Edwards of Clarksburg. Deputy Harshbarger investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James Persinger
Apple Grove
Point Clinic
Hanly
R. B. Edwards
Clarksburg
Mark Harshbarger
James
Bonnie Persinger
Father and Son Reunited Through Army Recruitment
Master Sergeant Gallie Moore enlists Donald M. Roush of Hartford at the Ashland recruiting station. Moore, a 28 year Army veteran, recalls serving with Roush's father at Fort Benjamin Harrison from 1930 to 1933 in the 11th Infantry. Roush proceeds to Fort Knox for training after enlistment papers are completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gallie Moore
Donald M. Roush
Hartford
Army
Ashland
Roush
Moore
Donald
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
11Th Infantry Regiment
Fort Knox
Birth of Debra Lee Kemrel at Holzer Hospital
Debra Lee Kemrel was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kemrel on 26th Street at Holzer Hospital. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kennedy of Indianapolis and Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Kemrel of Viand Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Debra Lee
Roy Kembrel
26Th St
Holzer Hospital
C. W. Kennedy
Indianapolis
Ind
G. F. Kembrel
Viand St
Men Start Wearing Lacy Shirts
New fashion notes say men embrace pleated and lace trimmed shirts from makers like Van Heusen and Arrow. Styles include white and blue fronts with lace, pleats, and decorative bosoms, paired with dark suits and careful ties. Ladies meanwhile move toward plain button-downs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NEA
van Heusen
Arrow
Local Social News From Letart Falls and Nearby Areas
Mrs Sam Dies and Mrs Paul North visit Parkersburg relatives while Mildred Ripley hosts guests in Spencer West Virginia. Families such as the Cummings, Ray, Powell, Theiss, Ashley, Shank, Fox, Rodeniser, and Hayman are noted with weekend and Sunday visits and relocations. Emma Hayman signs off the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dies
Paul North
Erwin Gloeckner
Lela Ripley
Mildred Ripley
Spencer
W. Va
George Cummins
Bob Ray
Bobbie
Eddie Cummins
Racine
Everett Connolly
Don H. Powell
Columbus
Mrs
H. B. Powell
Roy Pearson
Sally
Roger Theiss
Marl Ashley
Florida
Earl Shank
Early Roush
Mabel Fox
Georgie Rodeniser
Newark
Billy Fox
Thomas Hayman
Meigs General Hospital
Herbert Shields
Parkersburg
Clyde Norris
Jack Ables
Lawrence Balser
Henry Balser
Emma Hayman
Pt Pleasant Sorority Pledge Service Plans Dance Event
Lamb da Chi Omega Sorority at the Moose home held a pledge service Monday evening. New pledges include Mrs. Robert Jackson Mrs. George Norville Mrs. Don Estes and Miss Jean Doolittle. The group scheduled an annual dance and dinner for 5 p.m. March 2 at the Moose home with committees named for program refreshments and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambda Chi Omega
Moose Home
Robert Jackson
George Norville
Don Estes
Jean Doolittle
Harley Hartley
Funeral Rites Held For Miss Laura Hill
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Beech Hill Methodist Church for Laura Maria Hill of Washington Court House Ohio a retired music teacher born in Mason County She was the daughter of the late Jonathan and Maria Stephens Hill and is survived by one brother David Hill of Washington Court House Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Laura Maria Hill
Washington Court House
Ohio
Beech Hill Methodist Church
Miss Hill
Mason County
Jonathan
Maria Stephens Hill
David Hill
American Legion Auxiliary Plans Charity Drive and Dance
The January meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary at the Legion home approved aid for a needy family and a $5 contribution to the March of Dimes. A square dance was set for February 16 with Anette Lanier named arrangements chair. Proceeds benefit charity.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Fay Barnette
D. G. Wilfong
Dora Kapp
Wallie Toney
Joe Jewell
Ethel Hartley
W. S. Waldie
Roma Holland
Freda Fruth
Ann Wilcoxen
Margaret Duncan
Ellen DeWeese
Hilda Bradshaw
Pearl Soledean
Mental Health Society Appoints Committees
In POINT PLEASANT Mason County the Mental Health Society met at the high school with Gene Ball presiding. Two films were shown and committees were named for Field Study Education Public Relations Information and Service and Membership led by Dr Mildred Bateman Carl Scott Kenneth Chandler Miss McClure and Jerome D Rogers among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Mental Health Society
Gene Ball
Menninger Clinic
Kansas
Jerome Rodgers
Cary H. Rayburn
James Hampton
Kenneth Chandler
S. O. Johnson
John Kirk
Mae Ruth Benjamin
Miss McClure
Jerry Bostic
Mary Epstein
Frank Moss
Jerome D. Rogers
Guilty of Petty Larceny in Point Pleasant
Cyrus Leport Jr was found guilty of petty larceny and given 10 days in jail plus a $10 fine and court costs by Justice of the Peace A M Goodwin. He lease took a headlight from Somerville Motor Co and William Watterson was fined $10 and costs for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Cyrus Leport, Jr
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Leport
Somerville Motor Co
William Watterson
Dr Taylor Opens Eight Room Clinic in Point Pleasant
Dr Randall A. Taylor chiropractor opens a new clinic at 715 Main St Point Pleasant naming it the Taylor Clinic. He remodeled the single story former Catholic building to house eight rooms including therapy waiting consultation two treatment X ray laboratory and a women’s dressing room.
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Point Pleasant
Randall A. Taylor
Main St
Taylor
Durst and McDermott Granted Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses issued by the county clerk to Carl Robert Durst age 20 of Leon Route 1 and Doris Ann McDermott age 19 of Mt. Alto in Pleasant county.
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Point Pleasant
Carl Robert Durst
V. O
Bessie Canter Durst
Leon
Route 1
Doris Ann McDermott
Park and
Elva Stephens McDermott
Mt. Alto
Local Social Notes from Vinton and Surrounding Areas
Calvin R. Reed returned from Florida where he visited his son John Reed and purchased his son’s farm. Various residents made weekend visits and hostings including Mr and Mrs Vernon McCoy and Jean McCoy from Columbus. others visited or were guests in Bidwell Gallipolis Columbus and Ewington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Strausbaugh
Donald Strausbaugh
Donna Ruth
Bertha Dodrill
Grady Twyman
Ewington
Bill Conner
Connie
Bill Powers
Bessie Conner
Columbus
Conner
Conley Whitley
Gallipolis
Kenton McCallister
Beverly
John Hartsook
Nancy Kelley
Callie Lundy
Gladys Hoffman
Bidwell
Anna Higgins
Harold Corrill
Withersville
Chester White
Darbys announce birth of their second son
Mr. and Mrs. James Darby of Marquette Avenue announce the birth of their second son at Holzer Hospital Sunday. Ray Darby of Bruceton Mills West Virginia and Mrs Grace Krinn of Ripley are named as relatives.
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Point Pleasant
James Darby
Marquette Ave
Holzer Hospital
Ray Darby
Bruceton Mills
W. Va
Grace Krinn
Ripley
Hartford youth enlists in Army at Ashland station
Master Sergeant Gallie Moore announced that Coy Eugene Nits of Hartford enlisted at the Ashland Kentucky recruiting station for a three year term. Nits, son of Mr and Mrs Russell Nits, left Ashland Wednesday evening for Fort Knox Kentucky to begin basic training and initial processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poent Pleasant
Gallie Moore
Coy
Eugene Nits
Hartford
Ashland
Nitz
Russell Nitz
Fort Knox
Two North American Pyramids Surpass Cheops in Area
In Cholula Puebla Mexico a mound covers three and one half times the area of the Pyramid of Cheops at Giza. In Illinois Cahokia Mound towers over East St. Louis suburbs though not as high as the great Egyptian pyramids.
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Egypt
Cholula
Mexico
Puebla
Pyramid of Cheops
el Giza
East St. Louis
III
Auto industry employment climbs from 2500 to 896000
The record shows 2500 production workers in 1899 rising to 896000 by 1955, illustrating the dramatic expansion of the auto sector and its workforce over the first half of the 20th century.
Record of admissions and discharges from Point Clinic
The Point Clinic notes list admissions for Mrs. Chester Taxton in Leon and Mrs. Rod Brand in Southside and Henry Hoschar in Point Pleasant. Oather Meadows in Apple Grove is discharged. Seventy one percent of the world’s passenger cars are in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Taxton
Leon
Rod Brand
Southside
Henry Hoschar
Point Pleasant
Oather Meadows
Apple Grove
United States
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Pt. Pleasant
Letart Falls
Britain
Roads Campaign Council
Commons
Shirley Deane
London
Pt. Pleasant Society
Mary Pullins
Carroll E
Ken
Nedy
Doris Safford
Nina Haddox
Martha Haught
W. C. Gilmour
Lucille Getty
Laura Hill
Legion Auxiliary Meets
Mental Health Society
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Sears
Lester Metcalf
Tony
Kail Burleson
Horace Metcalf
Burleson
Bill Lee
Mercerville
Ralph Oiler
Bill Oiler
Coy Nitz
Bigg
Sale
Sabre
Craftsman
Lmedge
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