Schools Open August 31 1953-54 Calendar Set
Mason County schools will start August 31 under a 1953-54 calendar adopted by the board of education. The term runs 174 days with holidays including Labor Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas break, Good Friday, and a spring teachers’ meeting makeup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Kenneth W. Shaffer
Board of Education
West Virginia Education Association
Huntington
Arm
Luella Sawyers
Langston
Thomas Waugh
Mt. Olive
William Duer
Wahama
Joan Stewart Spencer
Point Pleasant Senior
Mason
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Hoffmans announce daughter Betty Jane's wedding
Betty Jane Hoffman of Leon will wed Stanley Riffle son of Mrs. Howard Riffle of 2111 Lincoln Ave. The ceremony occurred Tuesday June 23 at 7 30 p m in Richmond Indiana with Rev Homer W Acher officiating. Betty Jane wears a white nylon lace street length dress and orchid corsage. She is a Point Pleasant High School 1952 graduate and works at Farm Bureau Insurance in Columbus. Stanley attended Point Pleasant schools and served four years in the U S Marine Corps before joining Goodyear in Akron. They plan to make their home in Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Clarence Hoffman
Leon
Betty Jane
Stanley Riffle
Howard Riffle
Lincoln Ave
Mr. Riffle
Richmond
Ind
Homer W. Acher
First United Brethren Church
VU. S. Marine Corps
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Visit Highlights Across Ohio Valley Families
Mrs. Russell Pullin of McKeesport Pennsylvan ia visited with her mother Mrs. J O McDermitt and other relatives in Point Pleasant. Her son Charles accompanied her home. Mrs Beecher Hill and children of Leon visited aunts Mrs Roy King and Mrs Disa Bowyer of Columbus. Mrs Grant Beaver of Leon entered Holzer Hospital for examination. Mr and Mrs C A Thomas and daughter Gail of Charleston visited W C Smith and Lydia Smith. Wilma Nida and Della Hill of Leon visited uncle Howard Graham of Akron. Edna Burdette returned to Leon after Holzer Hospital stay. Mrs Richard Walters returned to Alexandria Virginia after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J S Colley of Henderson and her husband’s parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Pullin
McKeesport
J. O. McDermitt
Point Pleasant
Charles Pullin
Beecher Hill
Leon
Roy King
Disa Bowyer
Columbus
Grant Beaver
Holzer Hospital
C. A. Thomas
Gail
Charleston
Thomas
W. C. Smith
Lydia Smith
Wilma
Nida
Della Hill
Howard Graham
Akron
Fdna Burdette
Richard Walters
Alexandria
J. S. Colley
Henderson
New Haven
Earl Rottgen
Mike Martin Jr
Cleveland
Mike Martino
George Rickard
Steubenville
John Fisher l
Cadiz
Jim Layne
Claire Horner
Ganton
Otto Grimm
Herman
Harry Layne
Martha Juling
R. P. Bell
Deland, Fla
Bertha Filson
Harry Roush
A. L. Rossiter
Jack Miller
Huntington
Raymond Greathouse
A. _ D. Hume
Marion Ohlinger
Ohlinger
Kitty Foudree
Melvin Knapp
Robert Grinstead
Albany
Alice Miller
Marietta
Walter Taylor
Brady Knapp
Harry Knapp
Jack Colley
San Antonio
Texas
Edwin L. Stein
Pacific Coast
Judy
Sally Morgan
Wierton
Ira Capehart
John Grimes
Virginia
Swim Party Planned by Main Street Baptist Church Youth
The Young Peoples Division of the Main Street Baptist Church hosts a swimming party and wiener roast at Shawnee pool Friday evening for ages 12 to 24. Activities start at 6 p.m. and continue at Sylvia Clark’s Charleston Road home for the roast. Organizers include Sylvia Clark Mollie Wartenburg Max Brake A F Wilson Garrett Green and Daniel Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Young Peoples
Church School
Main Street
Garrett Green
Daniel Simmons
Hinton Chamber Chief to Address Kiwanians
Emmett Mann of Hinton former West Virginia Kiwanis district lieutenant governor will speak at the Kiwanis Club dinner at the Moose Home and later at a Chamber of Commerce merchants division gathering. Mann is a retired C&O railway employee and exec secretary of the Hinton Chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Emmett Mann
Hinton
West Virginia
District of Kiwanis Clubs
Kiwanis Club
Moose Home
Mann
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Korean Papers Available for Mason County Veterans
The American Legion in Point Pleasant announces Korean certificates for Mason County men and women who served in Korea since June 26 1950. Presentation occurred July 4 on the courthouse lawn. eligible absent members may pick up certificates at Legion Hall. The list includes Harold Adkins Willis Paxton Doyle Keefer and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
American Legion
Mason County
Korea
Leland Duncan
Legion Post 23
Legion Hall
Legion
Harold Lee Adkins
Willis Dee Paxton
Doyle Edward Keefer
William Maxwell House, Jr
John Calvin Bennett
Douglas Alen Turley
Richard Warren Patterson
Ralph Dean Rhoades
Robert Donald Mangus
Maynard Everett Livingston
John Plum Slivks
Raymond Jake Baker
Clifford Alford Gibbs
Lewis Short
L. W. McCallister
Robert Wood
Forrest Paul Wood
Rush Krodell
James Hall
Robert Lee
Henry Rayburn
Harold Roscoe Shirley
Lucien Lester Ferguson
Stanton Ezekiel Burdette
Charles Leonard Boswell
Joe Torres Spencer
Jack K
Vacation visits and relatives noted in local society items
A series of society notices lists Mary Phyllis Whitcomb of Detroit visiting her parents in Minersville, William Nease on leave from Austria visiting Mrs. Nease and their son, and several other locals spending weekends or vacations with relatives across Ohio. Also mentions Mrs. Otto Hartenbach convalescing in Gallipolis and a funeral attendance by Huntington visitors. A final note records unused Monmouth Park pool tickets since 1946 totaling $235 655.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minersville
Mary Phyllis Whitcomb
Detroit
Edward Hines
Wiliam Nease
Austria
Nease
William
Monmouth Park
Letart Man Is Selected for School Board Post
Harold Fry of Letart was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Robert McGlothlin on the Mason County Board of Education after the latter’s resignation. The meeting also reappointed Otis M. Rice as attendance director and school lunch supervisor and approved staff changes for 1953-54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Board of Education
Harold Fry
Letart
Robert McGlothlin
McGlothlin
Otis M. Rice
Hildreth Armstrong
Kathleen McDermitt
Ruth Baird
Walton Beattie
Blain Hill
Clyde McDermitt
Lois Lee Nibert
Point Pleasant Senior High School
Carolyn Morrison
Point Pleasant Junior High School
Alice Roush Andrews
Wahama
Point Pleasant High School
Emma Withers
Charles King
Point Pleasant Bug
Arthur Burdette
Hugh Barr
Wallie Bauer
Hugh Crump
Leon
Billy Shrehfield
Henderson
Harold Carder
North Point Pleasant
Jack Call
Ordnance
Henry Johnson
New Haven
Charles Hill
Sunnyside
Oscar Henry
Clifton
Lafe Moore
Hartford
Florence Killingsworth
Howard Killingsworth
Earl Kincaid
Central
Nannie Pullin
Roosevelt Fred Lewis
Wahama High School
Marion Francis
William McDermitt
Vo-Ag
W. A. Wright
Hannan High School
William Wheeler
West Columbia
Senna Bass
Harold Whittington
Ambrosia
Herman Bowers
Arbuckle
Jack Goodnite
Broad Run
Davie Hall
William Hart
Marvin Lanier
Beech Hill
W. B. Mathews
Beale
Pollution Might Advances Pollution Might Advances
State executives report progress in cutting Ohio River Valley stream pollution as treatment plants expand to serve growing populations. The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission, formed five years ago, notes eight states participate: Illinois Indiana Kentucky New York Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Ohio River Valley
Edward J. Cleary
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Homecoming planned at Elizabeth Chapel on Blue Lake Drive
July 26 event includes a basket dinner. Clergy updates note Rev. Raymond Brammer at Mina Chapel July 5 and Rev. Merritt Saunders at Paw Paw Chapel with Rev. Cecil Phillip and Rev. Jack Halley at Big Four Chapel. Weekend guests listed from Columbus and Rio Grande College. Golden Rule Bible Class met at Ed Stever’s home. Mrs. Adam Meals visited relatives in St. Paul Minnesota. Mrs. Fanny Caldwell stayed with her brother at Gordon Mines Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Lake
Elizabeth Chapel
Blue Lake Drive
Raymond Brammer
Mina Chapel
Merritt Saunders
Paw Paw Chapel
Cecil Phillip
Jack Halley
Big Four
Chauncey E. Sheets
C. A. Turner
Thomas C Brower
Columbus
Willavene Sheets
Rio Grande College
Ed Stever
Adam
Oscar Elkins
St. Paul
Minn
Fanny B. Caldwell
Mr. Wolfe
Gordon Mines
E. Sheets
Bike Rider Is Injured In Town Collision
George Everett Swisher 12 was struck by a Two River Motor Co truck on Viand Street near Central School around 5 p m Tuesday. Attorneys Casto and Clark applied pressure to his arm to stop bleeding before he was treated at Point Clinic for cuts and released. Swisher resides at 116 Jewett Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
George Everett Swisher
Viand St
Two River Motor Co
Central School
Carroll Casto
M. C. Clark
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Point Clinic
Swisher
Jewett St
Point Clinic Notes Admitted and Discharged Patients
Admitted cases include Mrs. William Smith Obett O surgical and Mrs. Robert Johnson Point Pleasant surgical. Also listed are Mrs. J. G. Kapp Point Pleasant and William Mattox West Columbia discharged. Ernest Edwards Leon and Mrs. Dallas Nibert with infant daughter. Lewis Bartley Vinton Route 2 listed in records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
Obett
Surgical
Robert Johnson
Point Pleasant
J. G. Kapp
William Mattox
West Columbia
Ernest Edwards
Leon
Dallas Nibert
Lewis Bartley
Vinton
Route 2
New Haven Kanawha Medical Clinic Branch Opens Here
A Kanawha Medical Clinic branch from Point Pleasant opens in New Haven in a building built by Dr. King. Dr. Calvin Maloney and Dr. J. Stuart Lloyd will oversee the new office. Marriage notices include Geor gia Kuhn and Brady Knapp with plans to reside in Columbus. Nellie Wright and George Wright wed at the New Haven EUB Church. Nan Anne Johnston is born to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Johnston with paternal grandparents listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Kanawha Medical Clinic
Point Pleasant
King
Calvin Maloney
J. Stuart Lloyd
Marshall Kuhn
Charleston
Georgia Kuhn
Brady Knapp
Melvin Knapp
Columbus
Knapp
Earl Rottgen
Nellie
George Wright
Middleport
EUB
Boyd Scott
Wright
Sylvania Products Inc
Mr. Wright
Philip Sporn
Pomeroy
Bob Johnston
Schaekel Clinic
Nan Anne
Wayne Johnston
Jewell Brothers
Eshenaurs Welcome Daughter Julia Kay in Kirksville
Mrs. Oliver Eshenaur of Kirksville Missouri announces the birth of a daughter July 5 at Kirksville Osteopathic Hospital. This is their first child and the baby is named Julia Kay. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Clarence Sefrit of Kirksville and Dr and Mrs Roy Eshenaur of Jefferson Blvd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Oliver Eshenaur
Kirksville
Kirksville Osteopathic Hospital
Julia Kay
Clarence Sefrit
Roy Eshenaur
Jefferson Blvd
Son Born to Mr and Mrs Russell Williamson
Mrs Russell Williamson of South Side announces the birth of a son on July 6 at Point Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Russell Williamson
Southside
Point Clinic
Keratolytic Fungicide Ad Claims Fast Relief
An advertisement for a keratolytic fungicide named T-4-1 promotes athlete’s foot treatment with tainted outer skin removal to expose a buried fang and claims on contact kill. It guarantees satisfaction in one hour or 40 cents back, and directs readers to Quick's Cat Rate Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quick's
Cat Rate
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Donna Lynn Isaac
Ben Isaac
Dunbar
N. R. Gunn
A. BE. Thomas, Jr
Chicago
Park Drive
Warren T. King
Phoebe
Tony Colley
Tonia
San Antonio, Tex
Mr. Colley
Kelly Field Air Base
Yasa
Embleton Gibbs
Donald Ray Fields
Raymond Eb, Holley
Henry Jenkins
Harold Rudolph Jenkins
Walter Eugene Krister, Jr
John Edward Effingham
Dwight Keith Bond
Robert Lee Jeffers
Robert Raymond Lee
Burley
Milton Theodore Long
Ivan Pullin, Jr
Charles William Long
Garland Lee Jackson
Melvin Trixie Simkins
Jack Lewis Pyles
Charles William Stevens
John Leroy Oliver
Kenneth Dixon Jordan
Bobby Gene Steele
Stanley Biffle
Albert Earl Thomas
Hubert Lee Forbus
Cecil Willard Myers
James Arnold Liver
James Eads Love
Edward Richard Gaynor
James Lewis Gibeaut
Gloria Marilyn Kines
Theodore Wilson Siders
Marvin Lendy Wamsley
Dolph Burton Hill
Charles Lewis Méssick
Milton Sayre
Victor Emanuel Park
Henry Patrick
Frank Edward Yester
Harry Simpkins
Marable Lee Sherritt
Edward Parker
Kenneth Farley
Farley
Donald Grueser
Stella Grueser
John Fisher
John
Michael
Donald
Kenneth
Harry Long
Logan
David Bradley
Sears
H.P. Tractor
H.P
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Logan, Ohio
Letart Man
Robert L. Condon
Calif
New York Herald Tribune
Nevada
Condon
Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
Point
J. L. Stewart
Route 33
Haven Theater
Eshenaurs
Moore
Pt. Pleasant
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