City Fourth celebration draws huge crowd at Point Pleasant
The Fourth drew one of the largest crowds in years despite 97 degree heat. A two-hour parade featured military machines from the 3664th Ordnance Maintenance Company and 15 Charleston National Guard planes, with many floats including Leon Home Makers and Appalachian Electric Power. Queens were crowned, bands marched, and a fireworks display closed the day before a ball honoring Miss Nibert. Horse show results and prize donors are listed.
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Point Pleasant
3664Th Ordnance Maintenance Company
West Virginia
Everett Bissell
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Farm Women's Club
Rainbow Girls
Trinity Methodist Church
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Boy Scouts
Delores Nibert
Gallipolis Ferry
William H. Bardin
Josephine Redman
S. O. Johnson
Lakin State Hospital
Mason City
St. Albans
Point Pleasant Transportation Co
Miss Nibert
American Legion Hall
C. W. Henderson
Wayne Harris
George Guthrie
Emery Alten
Vern Meeks
Charles Woody
Co. M. Ferguson
John Gleason
R. FE. Douglas
L. P. Dotson
Lawrence Parsons
Owen F. Plants
Billy Parsons
K. D. Williams
C. M. Ferguson
E. R. Douglas
W. Henderson
Ralph Guthrie
R. Robbins
W. A. Alexander
Levi Plants
Senny Williams
Joan Plants
Ed Coulter
John Os*el
Somerville and Hyre
Barton Jones
Somerville Implerm It Co
Bert Patterson
James Fiher
Lawrence Gerlach
Point Pleasant Livestock Co
Clarence Frederick
Columbus
Family Leaves After Cross Is Burned
Mr and Mrs Homer Plants left Henderson for Reed Kanawha County after a cross was burned in front of their home late Thursday and stones were thrown at the house Sunday. Deputy sheriffs investigated with neighbors unsure of motive while shipsman Plants continued active in religious revival work.
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Point Pleasant
Homer Plants
Henderson
Reed
Kanawha County
Harry Daugherty
T. L. Morrison
Robert A. Kayser
Plants
Homer Litchfield
Hold-Up Attempt Reported at J. E. Watterson Store
Deputy sheriffs investigated an attempted hold up at the J. E. Watterson store in Clendenin district Saturday night. Two robber suspects entered the store masked with one carrying a rifle while a second waited in the lobby as the third remained in a waiting car. The gunman behind the counter shouted This is a stick up and activated the cash drawer containing over $2000 in cash and checks. A shot was fired missing the owner by about a foot as the robbers fled toward the Ohio River. Authorities noted an unconfirmed report of a similar attempt at a LeSage store.
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Point Pleasant
T. L. Morrison
Robert A. Kayser
J. E. Watterson
Clendenin
Kayser
Mercers Bottom-Pliny
Watterson
Dad Davis
LeSage
Cabell County
Mason County
Mr. Engle
Russell
N. R. Ferguson
Forest Bateman
Chester McCarty
Alva Litchfield
Electricians At Philip Sporn Plant Strike Continues
Electricians at the Philip Sporn plant are back to work but unresolved dispute persists. The union demands $3 an hour for travel time, keeping the wage dispute active.
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Point Pleasant
Philip’ Sporn
Irene Girard Fowler to wed John Black in Huntington
Irene Girard Fowler of Ripley Road will marry John Black of Huntington. plans are tentative. The bride elect, a Point Pleasant High School and St Marys Nursing School graduate, is a registered nurse at Point Clinic and active in farm and Junior Woman's Club work. Black, Barboursville High and Marshall College alum, works in Industrial engineering at Sylvania and pursues sports.
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Point Pleasant
Girard Fowler
Ripley Road
Irene
John Black
Huntington
J. S. Black
Ashton
Point Pleasant High School
St. Mary’s School of Nursing
Point Clinic
Mr. Black
Barboursville High School
Marshall College
Phi Tau Alpha Fraternity
Sylvania Company
Mrs Geiger Takes Over Bus Terminal Restaurant Management
Mrs FE F Geiger succeeds her husband as manager of the Bus Terminal Restaurant in Point Pleasant. Audry Warner becomes manager of the ticket office. Mr Geiger previously held both posts before becoming chief of police.
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Point Pleasant
FE. F. Geiger
Audry Warner
Three Hurt In Collision In Clifton
Osbert Argo Roach of Millwood and Charles Cartwright of Clifton were in a collision near Clifton at 6 30 p m Sunday. Cartwright suffered neck injuries while Mrs Mary Meadows of Cottageville had a back injury and head laceration. Delmos Roach six year old son of Osbert Roach had head injuries. Property damage about two hundred dollars.
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Point Pleasant
Osbert Argo Roach
Millwood
Charles Cartwright
Clifton
D. G. Wilfond
R. C. Dilley
State Police
Cartwright
Roach
Mary Meadows
Cottageville
Mason City
Delmos
Weekend Visit Highlights Warner Family Gathering
Point Pleasant briefs report Mr and Mrs Dayton Warner and Mr and Mrs Dale Warner of Syracuse spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Ernest Warner at 2202 Jefferson Blvd Hubert West who has spent the past five years at Hopemont San.
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Dayton Warner
Dale Warner
Syracuse
Ernest Warner
Jefferson Blvd
Hubert West
Hopemont
San
Patient on the Road to Recovery After July Fourth Visit
A patient arrived to spend July 4th here and reports being much improved. He says he is on the way to complete recovery and expects full return to health.
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Itarium
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Federal Treasury
Congress
Ohio Associated
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