Where The Waters Mingle Annual Children's Theatre Planned
The Point Pleasant Junior Women's Club will make an annual event to produce a Children's Theatre reflecting local and state history for the centennial observance. Over 250 county children participated in a two day production with many schools represented and numerous volunteers guiding dances poems and essay and poetry contests. The show featured colonial costumes a frontier wagon act an Irish dance and a Johnny Appleseed act with Beale and Wood school students and the high school chorus delivering standout performances.
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Point Pleasant
Charles H. Johnson
James Hager
William Bardin
Centennial Commission
Daughters of American Revolution
Beale and
Wood
Virgil Hereford
Danny Crutchfield
Ordnance School
Mabel Costen
Lynn Fitzsimmons
Greg Wamsley
Denise Kososkie
Johnny Appleseed
Roger Hall
Point Pleasant High School
Earl Henry
Hereford
Blain Mohr
Alice Rulen
L. L. Caldwell
Eunice Beller
Earl Withrow, Jr
J. H. Carpenter
Lotty Matthews
West Virginia
Alan Fisher
Gwendolyn Lilly
Patrick Carroll
Johnson
Jack Kososkie
Earl Henry Jr
Kenneth Whited
Joseph E. Martin
Paul Smith
Charles N. Johnson
Billy Turner
Virgil Burris, Jr
George Buxton
Tom K. Fisher
Johnny Lynch
Chester Wamsley
Howard Ramey
Gene Steele
Duane Plants
John Hilbert
Carl Hicks
Owling Scores Lawhead Press and Kinneer Motors
A brief tally shows Lawhead Press 1 and Kinneer Motors Dairy Clipper 3 in the ongoing score roundup at Waterloo. A third team, Waterloo Pin Tipper, posted 1 point in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawhead Press
Kinneer Motors
Waterloo
Rollerbowl Tanetay Or” Courath Electric Co
I Gifford Hardware
Binclair Refining
Kinneer Motors i. Wohattey Maytagress
Union Printing
Rossen
Nu Athens Typewriter
Em Store
Kdeck’s
Sinclair Refining
T. Cross Athens
Conrath Electric Co
Gas Com- Peakford Hardware
Mahaffey
Communit
Swearingen’s
Milldeck
Bible Class Has Meeting at Belle Meade Church
The Naomi Bible Class of Belle Meade EUB Church held its January meeting in Point Pleasant. Hostesses were Mrs. Sallie Wears Mrs. William Maynard and Mrs. C. E. Lingerfelt. Refreshments were served to numerous attendees including Mrs. Boyd Schwartz Mrs. Adam Krebs and Mrs. Harry Krebs.
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Point Pleasant
Naomi Bible
Bellemeade
EUB Church
Sallie Wears
William Maynard
C. E. Lingerfelt
Boyd Schwartz
Adam Krebs
Harry Krebs
Leslie Bennett
Alonzo Dickens
Chester Rainey
Robert Jones
Dewey Martin
Clarence Rainey
E. C. McGraw
Paul Goodwin
Howard Taylor
Jean Abbott
Helena Gregory
Ray Barringer
Lloyd Forbus
Otis Rainey
Alta Rosenberry
Harry Sayre
Cecil Oliver
Everett Schwartz
Jack C. Higgins
Constable Arrested On False Pretense Charge
State Police arrested James Johnson, constable of Waggener District, on a Cabell County warrant accusing him of obtaining money under false pretense. He was released from Mason County jail Wednesday.
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Point Pleasant
James Johnson
Waggener District
Cabell County
Johnson
Mason County
Creola Man Praised For Post Office Work
Delbert D. Hewitt of Creola retired December 31 after 30 years as Shelby special delivery messenger. He delivered 4,320,000 parcel posts and logged at least 300,000 miles. Postmaster Charles Swanger praised him as irreplaceable and he received a U.S. Postmaster General citation for devotion to duty. Hewitt, born on a Creola farm, started at the Shelby post office March 1, 1930. He is married with three married children and plans retirement hobbies and helping transfer mail for a local business.
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Creola
Delbert D. Hewitt
Shelby Post Office
Hewitt
Riley
Millie Shull Hewitt
Shelby
U. S
Charles Swanger
Bert
United States Postal Service
McArthur and Wellston Complete Sewage Plant Expansions
Ohio towns expand sewage facilities in Wellston and McArthur using oxidation ponds and lagoons. Wellston completed a trickling filter upgrade costing 171000 dollars with 49000 federal grant. McArthur added lagoons and pumping stations at 58500 and 73000 for sewers, aided by federal funding.
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McArthur
Wellston
Ohio
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Don King
Jackson
Deshler
W. E. Engle Construction Co
Kingston
Ross County
Fayette
Fulton County
Services Are Held For Mrs Hopkins McArthur
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs Maude E Hopkins 85 of McArthurs hill top who died Sunday morning after lengthy illness She was born in Vinton County daughter of George and Mary Sherwood Her husband John died in 1950 A son Wesley preceded her in death She leaves two sons Sherman of McArthur and Herbert of Columbus two daughters Florence Ervin and Emma Neumeyer both of Columbus 11 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren and a sister Mrs Lois Brooks of Glouster She was a member of the McArthur Christian Church.
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McArthur
Maude E. Hopkins
Hilltop
Vinton County
George
Mary Bowen Sherwood
John
Wesley
Sherman
Herbert
Columbus
Florence Ervin
Emma Neumeyer
Lois Brooks, Glouster
The
McArthur Christian Church
Youth Rally Set at McArthur Methodist Church
An interdenominational youth rally will be held Sunday at the McArthur Methodist Church. Rev. Robert Holland of Newark will speak, with registration at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
McArthur Methodist Church
Robert Holland
Newark
Vinton County records deepest Ohio cold snap of century
In McArthur and nearby areas Ohio experiences record lows with Vinton County at 40 below, McArthur 30 below, and neighboring towns in the 28 to 40 below range. Snow falls, cold tightens highways, power and water systems strain as crews battle frost and fuel lines.
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Mcarthur
Vinton County
Ohio
W. W. Jeffers Lumber Co
Austin Powder Co
Creola
Wellston
James E. Lee
Lee
Roy Sowers
Hamden
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Robert McClelland
Texas
Funeral held for Londonderry resident Mrs. Nevada H Barnhill
Funeral services were held Wednesday for 82 year old Mrs. Nevada H Barnhill of Londonderry. She died Monday at Fenton Rest home in Chillicothe. Born in Vinton County to Henry and Sarah Hayes Barnhill she was predeceased by husband Hayes and son Edwin. Graveside rites took place at Londonderry Cemetery with Rev. Herman Hollis of Richmondale officiating.
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McArthur
Nevada H. Barnhill
Londonderry Village
Fenton Rest Home
Chillicothe
Barnhill
Vinton County
Henry
Sarah Bisnaugle Hayes
Hayes
Edwin
Londonderry Cemetery
Herman Hollis
Richmondale
Thieves Rob Milk Machine at McARTHur-Allensville School
A burglary at McARTHur Allensville School occurred Saturday night when thieves shattered the east wall of the building and stole many pennies from a milk dispensing machine. They also took a school hammer and screwdriver from the boiler room to force the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Allensville
Charles Hawk
Harold Steel
Vinton Treasurer To Send Tax Forms This Week
Approximately 5000 tax statements for the 1962 real estate taxes will be mailed by Vinton County Treasurer John Crow. He said tax books for the first half of 1962 realty taxes would be opened Saturday and close March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
John Crow
Crow
Family Loses Home in Hamden Fire
McArthur Charles Rowland Jr his wife and their 18 month old daughter lost their home furnishings and clothing in a fire on the Raymel Rose farm near the Clan Collins store north of Hamden. Hamden fire department responded but could not control the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Charles Rowland, Jr
Rowlands
Raymel Rose
Clan Collins General
Hamden
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