Reverend appointments announced at West Virginia Conference
At the West Virginia Conference in Charleston, pastors were reassigned. Rev. Alvin C. Young will serve a second year at Trinity Methodist Church in Mason County, with several other ministers named to remain or relocate within circuits including Henderson, Leon, and nearby circuits as Hartford and Wheeling District areas adjust staffing. A new Leon Circuit pastor had not yet been named.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Charleston
Mason County
Alvin C. Young
Trinity Methodist Church
Ross Marrs
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Jackson Ave
W. L. Gearhart
Clifton-Mason
H. L. Clark
Glenwood
B. W. Raines
Gallipolise
Westminster
Rufus Casto
Henderson Methodist Church
Hartford
Douglas Sheppherd
First Methodist Church
Huntington
Harold la Barl
Casto
Henderson
Kermit Hypes
Leon Methodist
Friendly
W.va
Wheeling
Leon
Merit System Jobs Open in Point Pleasant
The Department of Employment Security seeks qualified men to fill interviewer counselor and local office manager roles. Examinations are slated for later this month with June 12 1954 deadline for applications. College graduates and non graduates with relevant experience may qualify for various positions. apply at local offices or from the merit system supervisor in Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Department of Employment Security
Jack L. Smith
Smith
Department of Employment Security, Public Assistance
Health
Merit System
Charleston
Traffic Violator Fined In Magistrate Court
Dewey L. Powell of Chillicothe was fined $10 and costs in a local magistrate's office after pleading guilty to a road law violation. Powell was arrested by State Police.
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Point Pleasant
Dewey L. Powell
Chillicothe, C
Powell
Mrs Ralph Thomas Admitted to Kana wha Medical Clinic
Mrs Ralph Thomas of Ohio River Road was admitted to the Kana wha Medical Clinic for treatment. The notice records her care at the facility and acknowledges her admission through the local health system.
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Point Pleasant
Ralph Thomas
Ohio River Road
Kanawha Medical Clinic
Birthday reunion and holiday visits span several towns
The Feldman family celebrates Max Thomas's birthday at his parents home with many Hayes relatives in Columbus and nearby towns. Visitors include Arbell Laff Pennell McKibben James riders and others from Chillicothe Indianapolis Pittsburg and Athens. A marriage license is applied for in Point Pleasant.
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Alonzo Arbell
Lancaster
Clifford Laff
Columbus
A. V. Pennell
Chillicothe
James McKibben
Donald
Indianapolis
David Thomas
Proctorville
Albert James
Thomas
Pittsburgh
Cleire James
Pick
Prattsville
Albert Pennell
McArth
The
Baptist Church
William Carrick
Joseph ‘Driscoll
Athens
J Cooper
Rose Gaskill
Albert Rider
Charles Brown
Jackson
Betty Brooks
Bundys
James McKibbe
The Bright Stars Named Beyond Constellation Labels
Connecticut statisticians note the federal government owns less land in the state than elsewhere, totaling half of one percent of 3,600,000 acres, while discussing stellar naming conventions where Alpha and Beta designate principal stars in constellations.
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Connecticut
Local Clubs Host Busy Betsy Evening Meetings
Mrs. D. W. Rothgeb hosted Bethany Bible Class with plans for a Harmon Park picnic July 9. The Pioneer Farm Women's Club met at Mrs. Herse Barnette’s and discussed 4-H awards, family life topics, and Poem readings.
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P. FE. Burt
Christian Herald
Harmon Park
R. W. Eschenaur
William van Horn
George Roberts
Ben Somerville
Charles Roberts
W. H. Sticklin
Jeffery Grice
Howard Tully
Harry Coyner
William McKinnley
Charles Bechtle
Eugene Pierce
A. Wilson and Guest
H. D. Wartenberg
Pioneer Farm Women's Club
Herse Barnette
Winfield Road
Madge Byus
Eric Nystron
Hugh Barr
J. E. Sommer
Ray Crank
Jackson's Mill
A. E. Sommer
Daughters of American Revolution Meet. New Officers Installed
Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR holds final meeting of the year at Mansion House. Newly elected two year officers include Regent C A Roush and Vice Regent Eldridge Sauer with a slate of directors to be installed. Members also host and show program by Fortan Society of Children of American Revolution. Memorial Day notices follow with local families visiting and gatherings across Parkersburg region.
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Charles Lewis
Daughters of American Revolution
Mansion House
C. A.roush
Eldridge Sauer
Edward Biddle
Ben Franklin, Jr
Raymond Musgrave
J. G. F. Johnson
John T. Roberts
Hershel Henderson
Holly Simmons
Hugh Juhling
R. G. Ferguson
Fort An
Lewis Bean
Gallipolis
Women of the Moose
Moose
Bean
Mee C. Shelley
Wilma Melrose
Evelyn Wiseman
Wil
Melrose
Wallie Parsons
Lillian McCoy
Mabel
Evelynn Wiseman
Wilma Fisher
Ann Whalen
Daliah Perry
Ruth Lamp
Ruth Lewis
Jean Sauer
Kathleen Fisher
Elizabeth Fisher
Evelyn Horseberry
Martha
Sopher
Robert
Lafayette
R. M. Roush
Franklin Lewis
Parkersburg
Ralph Ours
Eddie
Loretta Lou
Howard
New Brighton
Marion Ours
Roy Donahoe
Cpl
Grady P. Craig
Korea
Ray Reynolds
Akron
Clarence Quillen
Roanoke
Father Frances
West Columbia
Franklin Quillen
Point Pleasant
J. A. Quillen
Nolds
Thirza Cadle
C. G. Maloney
Don Powell
Yn3
the Conway
H. B. Powell
Dan Humphrey
Columbus
Bert Grimm
Carrell Sayre
Donnie
Port Huron
Mich
R. N
Eva Guyre
Raymond Martinez
Mason, Mich
Laurel Grange
Ohio Valley
Grange
Ohio Valley Grange
Homer Roush
Canton
Gordon Wolfe
W. O Crow
Ann
Carol Bender
Paul Mathews
Ethel Lamb
Cincinnati
Keith Fisher
Pamela
Gail
George Scherer
Richard
Mark
J.D. Roush
Weekend visitors flock to Park Drive and surroundings
Weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. E B Johnson and family from Nutter Fort and New Martinsville. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Barr and Joe Barr visited Mrs. Clyde Slater in Huntington. Morgan Casto and family from Columbus joined W L Bright. Others hosted or attended gatherings with families from Lexington, Ky Jefferson, Ohio, and Virginia.
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A. F. Wilson
Park Drive
E. B. Johnson
Nutter Fort
W. Va
J. C. Palmer
Pamela
David
New Martinsville
Hugh Barr
Jackson Ave
Joe Barr
Ohio River Road
Clyde Slater
Huntington
W. L. Bright
Charleston
Stanley Baker
H. F. Bright
Charleston Road
Sylvia Anderson
Arlington
Mason County
Alexander McCausland
Roanoke
John McCausland
Lonnie Safford
James Miller
Ypsilanti
Mich
Leo Koenig
Kenton
Ohio
Susie Windon
Henderson
Lawrence McCallister
Ruth Ann
Spern Receives Coffin Medal For AGE Advances
Spern accepts the Charles A. Coffin Medal for AGE pioneering advances in 330 000-volt transmission and ultra high pressure steam power generation. The award cites the nation’s first 330 000-volt line and the 120 000 kilowatt Weil unit and notes the Brilliant Ohio outdoor lab and launch in Philo Ohio.
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Spain
D. Reed
General Electric Co
Edison Electric Institute
Walter H. Ge
AGE
Ohio
West Virginia
Ohio Power Co
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Electrical Equiment
Brilliant
Weag
Philo, Ohio
Ohio Power
Five year old girl killed by swinging bat at playground
Janet Barnes, age five, was killed in Brorse Township when a bat swung by ten year old Ronnie de Smet struck her in the face as her sisters watched a baseball game nearby. She died on arrival at Wyandotte General Hospital. The report notes a separate line about U S mines coal output.
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Detroit
Janet Barnes
Brorse Township
Janet
Ronnie de Smet
Wyandotte General Hospital
Carolina Man Fined in Road Law Violation Case
Eldridge Ray Hill of Stoneville North Carolina was fined ten dollars and costs after pleading guilty to a road law violation in a local justice of peace court. Hill was arrested by State Police on Route 17.
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Point Pleasant
Eldridge Ray Hill
Stoneville
N. C
Justice of Peace
Hill
Marriage Licenses for Leroy Mitchell and Nina Wess
Leroy Ervin Mitchell 23 of Bidwell son of Ervin Mitchell and Goldie May George Mitchell and Nina Ruth Wess 22 of Point Pleasant daughter of Eugene Wess and Flora June Dozier Weas obtain marriage licenses in a local filing record.
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Leroy Ervin Mitchell
Bidwell
Ervin Mitchell
Goldie May
George Mitchell
Nina Ruth Wess
Point Pleasant
Eugene Wess
Flora June Dozier Weas
Point Clinic Notes Admitted Patients and Names
Admission notes list Burwell McKinney Leon surgery. Mrs Dorothy Newell South Side. Mrs Ruth Walker and infant daughter Leon Route 3. Mrs Kenneth Ashworth and infant daughter Fraziers Bottom. William Patterson Henderson.
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Burwell McKinney
Leon
Dorothy Newell
South Side
Ruth Walker
Kenneth Ashworth
Frazier
William Patterson, Henderson
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Trinity Pectin
Maxwell House
Foodbank
Zaleski
William Earl McCoy
Earl H. McCoy
Alice Marie Talbot McCoy
Dorcas Ann See
Point Pleasant Route 1
Asbury See
Ruby McDermitt See
Pt. Pleasant Society
D. W. Rothgeb
Jefferson Ave
Bethany Bible
Main Street Baptist Church
Judson Brake
Pioneer Club
Nystrom
Barr
Burdell Casto
G. C. Sommer
Herbert Henderson
M. M. Malcolm
Andrew McCausland
Raymond Vanselous
James D. Long
Walter Sommer
Nettie Miller
J. A. Kay, Jr
DAR
S. C. Wilhelm
N. A. Park
William Meade
Edward McElfresh
Milton L. Miller
Eunice B. Beller
Letart Falls
Lewis Ilier
Leonard Lewis
Jo Ann
Tommy
Paul Marr
Navy
Wayland ‘Marr
Larry
John Marr
Racine
St. Francis School
Bailey Lake
Wilber Gathers
Larry and
Sara Robert Foltz
Connie
Kenneth
Decatur
Philson Norris
Kenneth McCloud
James Davis
Portland
Louise
Robert GQ. Lewis
CBS Radio
Royal Crown Bottling CO
Myr Coakley
Pt. Pleasant
Spern
American Gas Co
American Gas and Electric Co
Charles A. Coffin
State Service
U. S
Carolina Man
Clover Farm Stores
Clover Farm
Pekce Tea
Clover
Glendale
Bof
Willie the Wiener
David Davies
Antaloupes
Caro
Eaewe Cararuit
Carolyn Farmer
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