Fifteen Year Award Presented to C W Jewell at Appalachian Power
C W Jewell received his fifteen year service award from Appalachian Power Company. He began July 14 1947 as a lineman in the transmission and distribution division, was promoted to lineman in December 1947, and to area serviceman on April 1 1950. Married with one son, he and his family live in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Appalachian Power Company
C. W. Jewell
New Haven
Jewell
Mr. Jewell
Ministers Meet for Lake Hope Picnic and Elections
The Vinton County Ministerial Assn. and families gathered Friday at Lake Hope for a picnic supper. Officers elected include president H. G. Crowdrick and vice president Jerry Griffith Freewill Baptist, secretary Frank Jones Christian Church, treasurer Philip Henderson Presbyterian, and publicity A. W. Campbell retired. Rev. Terry Timson will lead vesper at Brookside Chapel Sunday at 6 30 p.m.
Ewington and Dodrill Family Reunions Reported
The 11th Oliver White reunion drew forty eight attendees at the old home place now occupied by Mrs. Anne Edmundson. Forty two attended the Dodrill reunion at Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Dodrill’s home. A separate family reunion occurred at Mr. and Mrs. James Wells’s residence with relatives from Maryland and Kentucky. Arnold Pope visited Cecil Johnston overnight. Brenda Sue Johnson visits her aunt Mrs. Ethel Rife in Dexter, while local youths include Gary George Rose of Hamden and Virgie Ann Mullins, Marvin R. Seymour, and Earnestine Grimmett, all of nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver White
Anne Edmundson
Dodrill
Darrell Dodrill
James Wells
Maryland
Kentucky
Arnold Pope
Cecil Johnston
Brenda Sue Johnson
Ethel Rife
Dexter
Gary George Rose
Hamden
Virgie Ann Mullins
Marvin R. Seymour
West Rushville
Earnestine Grimmett
McArthur
Vinton County Junior Fair Set For July 26 In McArthur
The Vinton County Junior Fair will run July 26 27 and 28 at the McArthur high school auditorium and county highway garage. Participants include 4 H Boy Scouts Girl Scouts FFA and Brownies with livestock judging style revue and demonstrations scheduled. The fair is funded in part by the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Vinton County commissioners with supervision by the Junior Fair Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
Girl Scouts
FFA
Cub Scouts
Brownes
County Highway
Ohio Dept. of Agriculture
Vinton County Commissioners
Vinton County Junior Fair Board
Reynolds and kin visit in Murray area gatherings
Mr and Mrs Lewis Reynolds of Logan and two Arlington nephews visited Friday with the Devols. Numerous relatives from Glouster, Athens, Columbus and nearby towns stopped by or joined family reunions at Roseville, Grotto Grounds, and Katch elmacher Park in Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Lewis Reynolds
Logan
Arlington, Va
Phil Devol
Eva McClelland
Glouster
John Shelton
Betty Sabo
Ted Sabo
Harry Rodehaver
Guysville
Howard Craft
Aves Ann Smith
Wian Lantz
Patty Sanborn
Roseville
William Hawk
Elmer Pastin
Athens
Welyn Morrison
Trimble
Leo Morrison
Leo, Jr
Mildred
Jean Landon
Kathy
Herbert
Prospect
Florence Immer
Columbus
Harry Aberts
Chris
Carroll
Don Palmer
James Brent
Roberta Westfall
Daisy Thompson
Edd Smith
Sondra
Peggy Smith
Theresa Hannah
Smith
Grotto Grounds
Lehman and Leach
Katchelmacher Park
Vinton County Land Transfers Report
Earnest E Stevens and Donna G Stevens transfer 7 acres in Jackson Township to Leo E Wheatcraft. Hansel Coleman and Kathern Coleman transfer 1 acre in Richland Township to Walter Coleman. Claude M Herrold, Robert B Herrold and Helen B Will transfer village lots in McArthur to James F Jr and Sara W Crow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest E
Donna G. Stevens
Leo E
Naoma Wheatcraft
Jackson
Hansel
Kathern Coleman
Walter Coleman
Richland
Claude M
Ethel Herrold
Robert B
Helen B. Will
James F. Jr
Sara W. Crow
McArthur
Surprise birthday party for Robin Russell marks sixth year
A surprise celebration was held for Robin Russell on her sixth birthday hosted by her mother Mrs. Dean Russell. Guests included Kathy Davis, Kathy Russell, Debbie Cheryland, Timmy Tanborey, Brenda Wendorf, Butch, Johnny and Mel Cody Hughes, David and Terry Russell, Brenda Linton, Steve Russell, Janie and Sue Welch, Karen Smith, Robin and Cindy Russell, Mrs Martha Wendorf and Jeff, Mrs Pat Russell and Janet, and Mrs Janice Tanthorey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Robin Russell
Dean Russell
Kathy Davis
Kathy Russell
Debbie Cheryland
Timmy Tanborey
Brenda Wendorf
Butch
Johnny
Melcody Hughes
David
Terry Russell
Brenda Linton
Brian
Cindy Provance
Steve Russell
Janie
Sue Welch
Karen Smith
Robin
Cindy Russell
Martha Wendorf
Jeff
Pat Russell
Janet
Janice Tanthorey
Salem Center Social News and Engagements Summary
Salem Center notes report travel visits by the Hall and Spaulding families, Edwards and Morris families sharing weekend time, and engagement plans for Margaret Williamson to Paul Smith with a July wedding. Also featured are Coolville Methodist Five meeting with a patriotic program and a planned July picnic, plus Lake Hope Camp guest counts and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Smith
Salem Center
Jack Hall
Williamson
W.va
Holzer Hospital
Paul
Dot
Hope Smith
Columbus
T. E. Smith
Carlos Williamson
Albany
Trainees Visit Power Plants
Seventeen engineer trainees of the American Electric Power Company finish a week long tour of Appalachian Power and Ohio Power electric facilities. Led by Larry Dwon, they visited the Philip Sporn Plant and the Apple Grove Test facility in West Virginia before flying to New York. The trip is part of AEPs year long training program for engineers before assignment to New York offices or operating companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
American Electric Power Company
Charleston
New York
Appalachian Power Company
Ohio Power Company
Larry Dwon
American Electric Power Service Corporation
Philip Sporn
Apple Grove
Dwon
AEP
Concord Baptist Church Women Hold June Meeting
The Women's Missionary Society of Concord Baptist Church met at Mrs Katherine Hudson home in Point Pleasant. Mrs Harry Miller led the business session. treasurer Mrs Ann Erwin was appointed to finish the term. The group discussed donations for a Baptist orphanage in Germany and a love gift was presented by Miss Ronna Erwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Women’s Missionary Society of Concord Baptist Church
Katherine Hudson
Harry Miller
Ann Erwin
Mary Dorsey
Germany
Baptist Orphanage
Martha Erwin
Ronna Erwin
Miller
Charles Duncan
Kathrine Hudson
Betty Hudson
Isaiah
Erwin
Cora Edna Likens
Della Likens
Vanselous
Vinton Dinner Guests From Ohio University
Mrs. P. E. Wrightsel hosted a Fourth of July dinner for Kay Lewis Sharon Merriner Nancy Dines Susan Westerman Jill Madison and Paulette Wrightsel all students at Ohio University Miss Roma Kay Swaim departed for Washington D C to work in Congressman Walter Moeller office She attended Rio Grande College and Marshall and may stay for the summer with potential college completion plans She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Swaim of McArthur
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Wrightsel
Kay Lewis
Sharon Merriner
Nancy Dines
Susan Westerman
Jill Madison
Paulette Wrightsel
Ohio University
Roma Kay Swaim
Washington, D. C
Cong
Walter Moeller
Miss Swaim
Rio Grande College
Marshall
Thomas Swaim, McArthur
Mason Methodist Vacation School Set for July
The Mason Methodist Church will hold its annual vacation school July 30 to August 4 from 9 am to noon daily. Pre-registration is at the church Monday from 10 am until noon. Classes cover kindergarten through junior levels and a sign up by phone is available at SP 3 5211.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MASON
Mason Methodist Church
Resignation Submitted By Band Instructor
McARTHUR David Dailey a band instructor at the Mc Arthur School for two years has announced his resignation. He will take a position at the New Richmond Ex emptied Village District Elementary School in Claremont County. Miss Sue Deal and Miss Imogene Jones of 7031 Main St will depart Sunday for a two week vacation at Daytona Beach Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
David Dailey
Dailey
New Richmond
Claremont County
Sue Deal
Imogene Jones
Main St
Daytona Beach
Fila
Miss Deal
Mason County
Fred Taylor Hired As Mason Cop
Mason council hires Fred Taylor of Clendenin as town policeman. The 35 mph speed limit and 10 pm curfew for under 18 will be strictly enforced. Mayor Wright says street oiling starts next week as funds allow. Clerk Mrs. Charlotte Roush presents the annual financial report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Fred Taylor
Clendenin
Earl Henry
Upper Mason
DAV
Olston Wright
Charlotte Roush
Pleasant Valley Hospital Births and Removals
Pleasant Valley Hospital notes record a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Jivi den of Gallipolis and a son for Mr. and Mrs. John Beaver of Gallipolis. Discharges include Mrs. Robert McDade of Leon and others from Apple Grove Point Pleasant and Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Wayne Jividen
Gallipolis
John Beaver
Danny Woolcock
New Haven
Archie Patlerson
Point Pleasant
Doyle Shuler
Cheshire
Charles Neville
Hogsett
Robert McDade
Leon
James Long
Apple Grove
Atha Rayburn
Charles Lambert
Kathryn McDaniel
Martha Club Holds Potluck Dinner With Local Guests
Millfield Martha Class met at Miss Olive Brookins home for a noon potluck. Four guests attended including Mr and Mrs Guy Brookins and Chauncey Trimble plus Mrs Mabel Sisson and Howard Brookins. Members present included Mrs Mabel Shaner Mrs Grover Patton Mrs Charles Lehman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millfield
Martha
Olive Brookins
Guy Brookins
Chauncey
Mabel Sisson
Trimble
Howard Brookins
Mabel Shaner
Grover Patton
Charles Lehman
Elizabeth Robinett
Charles Carr
Og Theisen
Hos
Mason County School Board Hires Staff and Bus Drivers
The Mason County school board awarded bids for a new junior high and hired bus drivers janitors and cooks. New hires include Ar burkle Beale Beale Alice Mathews Rachel Burrows and many others with raises for drivers and janitors under consideration. New staff include Chet Haddox music supervisor William Vanhorn math teacher John Grandstaff athletic director and Wahama principal Ralph Sayre with a split vote on Sayre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County School Board
Homer Watterson
Andrew Beattie
Jay Stone
Adrian Lathey
James L. Watterson, Jr
Elmer
Johnson Scarberry
Harry Miller
William Howard Wiegand
Russell Sturgeon
Carson Roush
Cris Bumgarner
Joseph L. Smith
Charles R. Weethee
Beale School
Arbuckle
C. Tucker
Broad Run
Leo Clark
Reed Hill
Elmer Brannon
Central
Otis Noble
Clifton
Katie Oliver
Hannan
Ronald Lee Sturgeon
Milton Watierson
Henderson
Roscoe Thorne
Hartford
Will Macknight
Leon
Everett Parsons
Tetart
William Hart
Mason
William Smith
Flower
Delmar Wheeler
Lovie
Joe Wright
New Haven
Mabel C. Marks
North Point Pleasant
Retha Camden
Doris Stewart
Ordnance
Lawrence McDaniel
Earl McDaniel
Hich
Ronald Crawford
T. L. Morrison
Clarence Lines
Floyd Riffle
Roosevelt
Fern Boyles
Sunnyside
Owen Hazlett
West Columbia
James Kapp
Wahama High School
William Wamsley
Lawrence Russell
Lawrence Smith
Woods
Ernie Martin
Bertha Bowers
Goldie Absten
Letart
Vella Gerlach
Norma Riggs
Pearl Roush
Mt. Flower
Phyllis Schultz
Mt. Olive
Tucy Smith
Edith Marie Roush
Marie Vickers Muncy
Margaret Crawford
Rena Williams
Mabel Cheesebrew
Dorothy Kooken
Hilda Goodman
Bonnie Waldie
Louise Rayburn
Marjorie Fiffle
Nellie Bennett
Clair Mae Plants
Mary Stephenson
Vesta Duncar
Betty Mayes
Leonard Brown
Leon Pta
Brown
Richard Johnson
Powell
Chet Haddox
Mason County
William Vanhorn
Point Pleasant Senior High
John Grandstaff
Wahama High
Ralph Sayre
Wahama Junior High
Keith Arnold
Robert Adkins
Civil Actions Filed in Circuit Clerk Office
Two civil actions and an appeal are filed in the circuit clerk’s office. Sealtest Foods and National Dairy Products seek judgments totaling 3239.62 and 5157.01 against R W Jackson. Regal Foods also faces action for 5157.01. Mason County Bank sues John R Hill, Somerville Motors and Bardin trustee for possession of a 1962 Ford 4 ton pickup or its value 1851.20 plus interest and costs. An appeal by Arthur C Pullins vs Edwin Rayburn involves a 15 judgment from a Justice of the Peace Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Sealtest Foods
National Dairy Products, A Corp
R. W. Jackson
William H. Bardin
John R. Hill
Arthur C. Pullins
Edwin Rayburn
Justice of Peace Court
Dinners and travels trace through families in a Florida and Ohio circuit
Carpenter Mr and Mrs Reed Jeffers dined with their daughter and son in law Mrs Lavern Jordan in Mount Dora Florida. Vernon Perry and son Michael plus Sharon Blake and Ronnie Perry with daughter Hillard visited Mrs Zella Perry. The group returned from Kentucky where they visited Noah Puckett. Clarence Lee and wife from Mount Dora Florida dined with sister in law Faye Jordan and visited relatives. They traveled after visiting daughter and son in law Frank Schmidt in Columbus. In Columbus their grandson Bobby Schmidt was ordained a Presbyterian minister after theological studies in Boston. He heads to Phoenix to serve as assistant pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lee
Mount Dora
Fla
Birth of Elizabeth Fay Stewart at Holzer Hospital
Mason couple Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur J Stewart announce the birth of daughter Elizabeth Fay weighing six pounds ten ounces on June 27 at Holzer Hospital. Grandparents are Floyd Cummins Letart Falls and Wilbur Stewart Mason. Point Pleasant Fire Dept responded to Main Street incident where an ice cream truck caused minor damage due to a shorted vending machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Wilbur Jack Stewart
Elizabeth Fay
Holzer Hospital
Floyd Cummins
Letart Falls
Wilbur Stewart
Point Pleasant
Main St
Bill Devault
McArthur To Hear Music By Seminary Choir
The Prince ton Seminary Choir will present a sacred music service in McArthur on July 28 at 7 30 p m at the McArthur Methodist Church The Presbyterian Church will host a 5 30 p m family night supper for choir members Some members are enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary for at least three years of graduate study for Christian ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
Princeton Seminary
Presbyterian Church
Henderson
McArthur Methodist Church
Princeton Theological Seminary
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barbara Knight
Marjorie Cheesebrew
Edna Wise
Rosella Goodman
Marybelle Hersman
Virginia Hayes
Glenneth Hesson
Ina Bradley
Jennie Neal
Donna Tucker
Martha Thomas
Mary Hayes
Alice Noe
Ewington
Ann Page
Mrs. Howard Craft
Miss Williamson
Rutland High School
Mr. Smith
Western Electric Co
Reynoldsburg
Church Women’s Society
Methodist School
Mason Cop
Mildred Wray
Roberta Young
Daisy Knapp
Beatrice Russell
Ruth Wheeler
Mary Louise Weethee
Thelma Fout
Mildred Gibson
Evelyn Biffle
Janet Capehart
Wahama
Mildred Tripp
Stewarts
Belk
N. Court St
Belk’s
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