Point Pleasant High Band Leader Resigns for Arizona Post
John Henry Martin, longtime Point Pleasant High School band director since 1947, resigns to teach and direct bands at Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher, Arizona. He will sell the family home at 125 Park Drive and move around August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Henry Martin
Board of Education
Mason County
Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher, Ariz
Martin
West Virginia
Wahama High School
Eastern Arizona Junior College
Wellston
Ohio
Wellston High School
Toll House Dismantling Near Silver Bridge Approach
A crew of workmen has begun tearing down the brick toll house on the Ohio approach to the Silver Bridge. The structure has not been used since tolls ended months ago. Bids were advertised but no purchase. Dismantling should finish in a few days as the Ohio approach is widened.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio
Silver Bridge
State Road Commission
State of Ohio seeks bids for 14 road improvement proposals
Sealed proposals due July 22 1952 for a single contract covering 14 project items across Athens Gallia Meigs and other counties. Work includes cleaning spot painting priming coats field coats on multiple State Routes with specified bridge spans and roadway widths. Plans are on file and the department may reject any bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Ohio Department OF Highways
Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Director of
Athens County
Home Township
Bern Township
Ames Township
Gallia County
Morgan Township
Meigs County
Lebanon ‘Township
Sutton Township
Inletart
Vinton County
Wilksville
Eagle Township
Swan Township
Vinton Township
Washington County
Waterford Township
Department of Industrial Relations
State Highway Department
Department of Highways
T. J. Kauer
Engagement of Geraldine Shamblin and Robert Kincade Jr
The Rev. and Mrs. Holly O. Shamblin announce the engagement of daughter Geraldine Faye to Robert Roy Kincade Jr son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kincade. Geraldine a Huntington East graduate and Marshall College sophomore active in clubs plans a Beverly Hills Methodist Church wedding on Aug 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Holly O. Shamblin
Washington Blvd
Huntington
Geraldine Faye
Robert Roy Kincade, Jr
Roy Kincade
Oak St
Shamblin
Huntington East High School
Marshall College
la Sociedad Hispanica
Beverly Hills Methodist Church
Mr. Kincade
Point Pleasant High School
Cavaliers
Hodges Hall Council
Mary Eloise Bonecutter Engaged to Sgt. Harden
Mr and Mrs Harry Bonecutter announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Eloise to Sgt Rody Harden Jr son of Mrs Kenneth Byus of Shore Street The wedding is planned for late August in Monterey California where Harden is stationed Miss Bonecutter is a Point Pleasant High School 1948 graduate involved in school clubs and activities and a dental receptionist Sgt Harden served in Korea and is an instructor at Fort Ord California
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bonecutter
Viand St
Mary Eloise
Sgt
Rody Harden, Jr
Kenneth Byus
Shore St
Rody Harden
Monterey
Calif
Sgt. Harden
Miss Bonecutter
Point Pleasant High School
Annie Laurie
Oh-Kan
Tu-Endie- Wei
Trinity Methodist Church
Nelson A. Park
Harden
Point ‘Pleasant
V U. S.army
Korea
Fort Ord
Area youths and relatives visit over holiday weekend
Chester Haddox, enrolled at Ohio University Athens for the summer, spent the holiday weekend with family in Bellemeade. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Pullins of Jericho Road visited son and mother on Bidwell Street. Delpha Blain Hogsett was guest of Eileen Ash Covington Kentucky. Dwain Blain, Detroit employee, weekend with Harold and Mrs Blain of Gallipolis Dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Casto
Pleasant Street
Roy Burgess
Dickie
New
Martinsville
A. E. Thomas, Jr
Chicago, Ill
A. E. Thomas
Park Drive
Warren T. King
Main St
John William Steenbergen
Jock
Columbia
Tenn
John Collins
Viand St
William Steenbergen
Donald Oarsey
Wilmington
Del
D. M.dorsey
William Vanhorn
Dorsey
Vern Greer
Columbus
Ohio
Dutch Greer
Park McDaniel
Linda
Brenda
Watson
W. Va
Monroe Ave
Atty
Paige Bell
David
Carol
Parkersburg
George Sprenger
Fourth St
Joe Burdette
Joe
Jack
Charleston
P. T. Burdette
Ohio River Road
Reese Williams
Randall Williams
Ronnie and
Terry
Barberton
Stanley Neal Johnson
Stanley Neal
Janie
Ripley
Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Floyd Biffle
Jerrico Road
Otis Dobbins
Vicki
Nancy
James Kay
Hudson
Dewey Kay
Bellemeade
Landon Smith
Carolyn McDermitt
Dasha
James Nunley
Sue
Logan
Robert Bennett
Becky
Polly Anne
Portsmouth
K. W. Robinson
Homer Varian
Goldie P. Bailey
New York City
Hancel Poling
Rupert
A. W. Perry and
Kyle
Vi and
Perry
Poling
J. D. Long
Henderson
Sterling Dunlevy
Chauncey
Bill Pickens
Baltimore
Chester Haddox
Ohio University
Athens
Rodney Pullins
Jericho Road
Pullins
C. J. Pullins
Bidwell
Delpha Blain
Hogsett
Eileen Ash
Covington
Dwain Blain
Detroit
Mich
Harold Blain
Gallipolis Dam
Local Activities Highlight Coolville Community Notices
The Daily Vacation Bible School opens last Monday in the Coolville High School and runs through the week. Community groups meet including the Friendly Garden Club hosted by Mrs. C L White with Mrs. C L White Sr. as co host. Reverend Ratcliff and several others attend WSCS officers training in Little Hocking. Local families from Columbus Huntington and Baltimore visit Coolville. Clarence Earl Ratcliff of the Coolville Methodist Charge is ordained deacon at the Lake side Ohio annual conference confirming his year of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Friendly Garden Club
C. L. White
Fidelity Rebekah Lodge
Stewart
Royal Crown Rebekah Lodge
C. E. Ratcliff
Mary Belle Cody
Floella Norman
Ella Tilton
WSCS
Little Hocking
L. N. Parkins
Helen Spearmaker
Columbus
G. R. Gunder
Bellaire
E. H. Root
Terry
Deanna
Alva Harper
Carol
Rowena Yahney
Crestline
Mary Reed
Walker Norman
Glendale
W. Va
Neff Norman
Normans
George Norman
Athens
A. E. Lawrence
Maiel
Lawrence
Dixon-Allen
Clarence Earl Ratcliff
Hoover Auditorium
Lakeside
Ohio
Ratcliff
Board of Ministerial
Lend a Hand Group Hosts Mrs Waggoner Meeting
The Lend a Hand group gathered at the home of Mrs Ardis Waggoner with Mrs Adrienne French assisting. Dena Welsh led devotions and refreshments were served by hostesses. Families and friends from St Marys Collinsport and nearby towns attended including the Ferris and Welsh families for dinners and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Ardis Waggoner
Adrienne French
Dena Welsh
Bury Ferris
Patty
St. Marys
W. Va
John Stout
Ruby Diehl
Columbus
Mary Diehl
Mae Ball
Dye Ball
Toledo
H. Douglas
Gordon
Gloria Atkins
Florence Atkinson
Athens
Adda Bradfield
Clair Waggoner
Jackie
Waggoner
Harry Dean
Pomeroy
Dean Blackwood
Margaret
Dean, Jr
Kenneth Combs
Springfield
Kenneth Welsh
Grafton Stout
Dayton
Caroline Welsh
Arthur Stewart
Albany
Cecil Blackwood
Blackwood
Robert Blackwood
Arthur Err J
Eliza Welsh
Ripley
Atkins
Bumgarner Rites Held
L. J. Bumgarner 86 died after surgery at St. Josephs Hospital in Parkersburg. Survived by widow Margaret Washington Bumgarner and 10 children from prior marriage, plus 12 grandchildren and a great grandchild. A retired telegraph agent, he moved from Cheshire to New Haven in 1941. Last rites conducted at New Haven E A B Church. burial in Cheshire family plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
L. J. Bumgarner
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Margaret Washington Bumgarner
Barbara Alice Bumgarner
Pemberton
W. Va
Ora Bumgarner
Wilamette
Juanita Swartz
Columbus
Lillian Guthrie
Los Angeles
Thelma Campbell
Rushville
Ohio
James Bumgarner
Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minn
Pauline Walker
Bedford
Forest Kennedy
Graceva Mercer
Oceanside
Calif
Lewis Bumgarner
Hawthorne
Mrs. Cleek Dies at Age 72 in Point Pleasant
Cythya Florence Cleek 72 of 2493 Lincoln Ave died at Holzer Hospital after four years of illness. She owned a beauty shop 32 years in Point Pleasant. Survived by husband Thomas J. Creek three sisters and a brother. Funeral at Crow Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p m with calling after 7 30 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Cythya Florence Cleek
Lincoln Ave
Thomas J. Creek
B. S. Smith
Bellemeade
Minnie Leach
Poca
Addie Greenlee
Arbuckle
T. V. Biffle
Salem
Ohio
Crow Funeral Home
Shadles Announce Birth of Daughter Lin da Lee
Mr and Mrs James Shadle of Winfield Road announce the birth of their first child a daughter Lin da Lee born Thursday at Holzer Hospital. Mrs Shadle is the former Carol Krodel daughter of Mayor and Mrs W B Krodel Vi and St other grandparents are Mrs Harold Shadle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James Shadle
Winfield Road
Linda Lee
Holzer Hospital
Shadle
Carol Krodel
W. B. Krodel
Harold Shadle
Mrs Elizabeth Fowler Services Conducted
Services were held Sunday afternoon at the Mohr Arnett funeral home for Mrs Elizabeth Rice Fowler 82 who died Friday at the home of a niece in Winfield Pallbearers were Bob Fowler Raymond Fowler Conley Cartmill John Cartmill Chester Rice and Otis Rice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mohr-Arnett
Elizabeth Rice Fowler
Winfield
Bob Fowler
Raymond Fowler
Conley Cartmill
John Cartmill
Chester Rice
Otis Rice
Henderson Man Fined On Traffic Charges
Lawrence Patterson of Henderson pleaded guilty in magistrate court to reckless driving and no operator’s license. He paid fines of 20 dollars for the license violation and 25 dollars for the deckless driving charge.
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Point Pleasant
Lawrence Patterson
Henderson
Illegal beer sale at Seventeen Drive Inn charged
Harry Woo mer of Henderson paid $25 and costs in magistrate court after being charged with permitting the sale of beer between midnight and 7 a.m. Arrest by State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Harry Woomer
Henderson
Point Clinic Notes Admitted And Released Patients
Admitted Mrs. Frank Morrison a local patient for surgery. Released Mrs Loretta Ashworth and infant son of Frazier's Bottom Mrs Lawrence McDade and infant daughter of Point Pleasant Route 1 Mrs Richard Cook and infant son of Point Pleasant Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Morrison
Loretta Ashworth
Lawrence McDade
Richard Cook
Daniel L Rees dies at 74 in Racine
Daniel L. Rees 74 of Racine died unexpectedly Sunday shortly before noon from a heart attack. Survived by wife Ada E. Rees two nieces and a nephew Mrs Fred McPherson Cleveland Mrs Genevieve McGelvray Bay Village Ohio Floyd Rees Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Daniel L. Rees
Racine
Ada E. Rees
Fred McPherson
Cleveland
Genevieve McGelvray
Bay Village
Ohio
Floyd Rees
Akron
Families share travels and visits across states
Mary Lee Chesser and Joan Elliott spent a week in Wichita Falls Texas. Glen Gaskill and Mary Lou of Sterling Illinois visited relatives including Mrs. Chesser. The gathering marked the 90th birthday of Mrs. Mary Daugherty. Numerous trips and visits followed across towns in Ohio and West Virginia including weddings and family reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lee Chesser
Joan Eliott
Wichita Falls
Texas
Glen Gaskill
Mary Lou
Sterling, Ill
Harvey Chesser
Mary Lee
Mr. Gaskill
Chesser
Mary Daugherty
J. H. Mitchell
Mildred
G. J. Tewksbury
Libbie Reeves
Carpenter
West Virginia
Frank McDaniels
Mineral
Eldon McDanels
Eugene Dilcher
Yvonne
Annette
Etta Elliott
Day Steward
Vern Vorhes
New Matamoras
Melva Radcliffe
Classified Ad Deadlines and Policies
Instructions for ad submissions outline acceptance times for Sunday and Saturday ads, cancellation charges, and requirements for payments and references. It notes responses needed for blind ads and states that all classified ads must be received by 9 A.M. the day of publication with Sunday ads due by 12:00 noon Saturday. The piece mentions Harold Goddard Auctioneer and a 9 day vacation sale by Banks Sport Shop in Athens Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banks Sport Shop
Athens
Ohio
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THE
Athens Messenger
Arizona
Toll House
Jan
George S. May Company Business
Anglocoriog Bldg
Chicago 6
Shadles
Mrs. Elizabeth Fowler
Dick Turner
Darity Nea Service
Gladys
William McDowell Hammon
University of Pittsburgh
Houston
Daniel Rees
Ewing Funeral Home
T. T. Shelton
Racine Baptist Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Car J
Sylvester
Marietta Chemical Products Co
W. E. Dicken
W. Union St
Paul Fiske
Congress
God
Leonard Tucker
Athens, Ohio
Brownlie Hawkeye
Lamborn
Court ST
Dodge
Plymouth
Danbuerry Anner Inc
Athens Livestock Sales
East State Street
McKesson
McKee Drug CO
Frank's Bait and Tackle CO
Second Street
Ant
Roach
Roach Filmz
Chior Dane
Ultiman
Ye Everett H. Parsons
Coolville R. D
Coolville Exchange
Harold Goddard
Bartlett
Uhlman's
Kroger's
Say
Edna Thompson
Studebaker
DeSoto
Clifford & Baker Otors
New Plymouth and
W. State Or
Columbus Road
Cid
Buick
Harmony Road
Ed Terrell
C. E. Ervin
Lincoln
Johnny Jones Motors
Ford Platt’s Shell
Hudson Sales & Service
Packard
Roy Gabriel
Lower Plains
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
Tamil India
Aero ES eLs Ue
Styleline Deluxe
Chevrolet
Chevrolet CO
N. Court St
Athena
Mercury
FORD
Oldsmobile
Kaiser
Roger
Dean
Ola
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