Dinner honors A H Rayburn on 90th birthday in Point Pleasant
A. H. Rayburn, 90, was feted at a dinner hosted by his daughter Mrs. C. D. Ball at 1612 Kanawha Street. The event marked his 90th birthday quiet years of farming, deputy sheriff service, and local politics plus still playing the violin. Attendants included family from Lancater Parkersburg Huntington and Ohio River Road among others. Rayburn’s children reside in Glenn Ferris Flat Rock and nearby areas.
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Point Pleasant
A. H. Rayburn
C. D. Ball
Kanawha St
C. H. Greenlee
Ball
Frances
Carrie Sterrett
Gary and
Horton Eckard
Huntington
Robert 8. Gibbs
Arch Yeager
Otis Smith
Elvin Smith
George William Burdette
Woodell Burdette
Rayburn
Jeffers Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving in West Columbia
Stephen M. Jeffers of West Columbia pleaded guilty to reckless driving when arraigned before a local magistrate. He paid a $25 fine plus costs.
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Point Pleasant
Stephen M. Jeffers
West Columbia
Non-Support Charged In Point Pleasant Incident
Floyd Pier son of Leon was arrested Monday by Constable Robert A. Kayser on a warrant charging non support. The complaint was signed by his wife Doris Pierson. They have two young children. Trial was set for Thursday at 10 a.m.
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Point Pleasant
Floyd Pierson
Leon
Robert A. Kayser
Doris Pierson
Class Has Outing Sunday at Lake Hope
Capt. and Mrs. Charles H. Stone led Trinity Methodist Church Sunday school class on an outing to Lake Hope. A basket dinner was served and the group bathed and boated. The car and pickup truck carried all travelers. Listed travelers included Donald Shamblin Billy Bardin Frank Capehart Robert Carr Floyd Powell James Neal Chester Wamsley Bill Elliott Paul Siders Joe Kayser Bill Stover Parky Gardner Bobby Hawkes Cecil Minton Bill Ellis Claude Connor Edward McDermitt
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Point Pleasant
Charles H. Stone
Trinity Methodist Church
Lake Hope
Capt. Stone
Donald Shamblin
Billy Bardin
Frank Capehart
Robert Carr
Floyd Powell
James Neal
Chester Wamsley
Bill Elliott
Paul Siders
Joe Kayser
Bill Stover
Parky Gardner
Bobby Hawkes
Cecil Minton
Bill Ellis
Claude Connor
Edward McDermitt
Park hosts Five Hundred Club at The Willows
Mrs. Nelson A. Park Sr. will welcome the Five Hundred Club to The Willows on Jackson Ave. for the first gathering in several weeks, signaling a return to regular social activity in Pt. Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Nelson A. Park
Five Hundred Club
the Willows
Jackson Ave
Weekend Visitors Share Charleston and Nearby Towns
Mrs Bertha Filson spent the weekend in Charleston with her sister Mrs Hilda Pinkston. Mr and Mrs M H Hunter of Albany visited friends here Sunday. Donald Coe of New York City spent the weekend with Mrs Coe at the Hogg home on Viand Street. Mr and Mrs Eugene Chapman of Columbus and Mr and Mrs Edward Green with Miss Phyllis Chapman of Gallia were weekend guests of the Mervin Chapmans. The Columbus couple will spend the week here and visit her parents Mr and Mrs John Glass of Sand Hill Road. Mr and Mrs J D Spiggle visited the Floyd Atholisbergers in Beckley over the weekend.
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Bertha Filson
Charleston
Hilda Pinkston
M. H. Hunter
Albany
Donald Coe
New York City
Coe
Hogg
Viand St
Eugene Chapman
Columbus
Edward Green
Phyllis Chapman
Gallia
Mervin Chapmans
John Glass
Sand Hill Road
J. D. Spiggle
Floyd Atholisbergers
Beckley
Death blamed on heart attack in Point Pleasant
Charles F. Huddleston 41 was found dead in his Ohio River Road home. A heart attack is believed to have caused the death after an earlier back injury in Kentucky. Dr Edna Gettles examined the body. He is survived by his wife and eight year old daughter Barbara Jean, plus a son and a daughter from a former marriage. Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at Fisher funeral home Huntington.
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Point Pleasant
Charles F. Huddleston
Ohio River Road
Edna Gettles
Point Clinic
Huddleston
Kentucky
Huntington
Charles Huddleston
Tennessee
Fisher Funeral Home
Franklin Ambulance
Past Matrons Club Plans Annual Hamburger Fry
Mrs. J. B. Couch Mrs. John J. Dower and Mrs. Bertha Filson will host the Past Matrons Club annual hamburger fry Thursday evening on the lawn of the Couch home Viand Street POINT PLEASANT.
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Point Pleasant
J. B. Couch
John J. Dower
Bertha Filson
Couch
Viand St
Mason County 4-H Livestock Team Barred From Elimination Contest
Judging team from POINT PLEASANT Mason County could not take part in the elimination contest at the F F McIntosh farm near Spencer last week because all members were under age. Team members include Billie Durst Bill McCoy Henry Kay Ernest Kay Howard Newman and Eddie Sommer County Agent Wilbur C Roberts says the boys will be eligible next year and with continued practice a crackerjack team may emerge.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
F. F. McIntosh
Spencer
Billie Durst
Bill McCoy
Henry
Ernest Kay
Howard Newman
Eddie Sommer
Wilbur C. Roberts
Riverside Inn and Jiden Hotel Change Hands in Double Sale
Rupert L. Kayser reports the Riverside Inn on Mason Place sold by W. W. Turner and wife to Carrie Batterson, a former owner. Batterson then sold the adjoining 22 room Jiden Hotel to her daughter Madeline Durfee, an employee of Marietta Manufacturing Co. Kayser, Batterson’s sister, helped carry out the negotiations for the double sale.
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Point Pleasant
Rupert L. Kayser
Riverside Inn
Mason Place
W. W. Turner
Carrie K. Batterson
Automobile Crushed When Struck by Bus
Mrs Bess Gygax of Main Street learned Monday that a car owned by her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Max Dye of Belle was crushed when struck by a bus in Charleston. Dye and his two young children were in the car but escaped injury. Mrs Dye was at home with the children being taken to see their grandmother. The car was struck from the rear and was a total loss.
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Point Pleasant
Bess Gygax
Main St
Max Dye
Belle
Charleston
Class Goes To Ohio Lake Outing From Trinity Methodist
Marcus Poffenbarger leads a Sunday School bus trip for the Young People’s Class at Trinity Methodist Church to Lake Alma Ohio. Adults accompanying include C. C. Spencer R. D. Oseland Austin Johnson John Reynolds Elizabeth Johnson and others. Class members list many youths and names Jim Shobe drove the bus.
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Point Pleasant
Marcus Poffenbarger
Trinity Methodist Church
Lake Alma
Ohio
C. C. Spencer
R. D. Oseland
Austin Johnson
John Reynolds
Elizabeth Johnson
and Poffenbarger
Charley Jones
Darrell Shamblin
Sherel Edler
Jack Treadway
June Reiker
Grace Lucas
Jack Smith
Jo Ann Kapp
Fay Sutton
Marjorie Waldie
Julia Pearl Thomas
Jean
Helen Poffenbarger
Betty Williams
Audry Treadway
Stanley
Jimmy Johnson
Helen Oseland
Olin Knopp
Owen Barton
Bobby
Buddy Miller
Steve Neal
Virgil Siders, Jr
Josephine Wamsley
William Kerwood
Beatrice Whalen
Carl Gardner
Otto Shobe
Knapp Found Guilty On Non-Support Charge
Robert Knapp was found guilty before a local magistrate on a non-support charge filed by his wife Ada Knapp. The couple has three children aged five months to four years. He declined the required bond and was committed to Mason County jail for one year.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Knapp
Ada Knapp
Knapp
Mason County
Two Men Sentenced and Remanded to State Penitentiary
Deputy sheriffs Willard Hesson and Toral Morrison took Benny Jones and Jess Milam to the state penitentiary in Moundsville after both were found guilty of parole violations by Chairman Knott of the state department of pardon and parole.
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Point Pleasant
Willard Hesson
Toral Morrison
Benny Jones
Jess Milam
Moundsville
Knott
State Department of Pardon and Parole
Marriage License Issued to Woodard and Wears at Point Pleasant
A marriage license was issued in Point Pleasant to James Ellis Woodard of Kananga and Bertie Catherine Wears of this place, authorizing their union.
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Point Pleasant
James Ellis Woodard
Kananga
Bertie Catherine Wears
Officials from United Fuel Gas Visit Point Pleasant Office
Edgar Thaxton and Frank Rockhold, officials from Charleston, spent Monday at the local office of United Fuel Gas Co. in Point Pleasant for company matters.
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Point Pleasant
Edgar Thaxton
Frank Rockhold
United Fuel Gas Co
Charleston
Farm Women's Camp At Jackson's Mill This Week
The annual state farm women's camp is held July 21 to 25 at Jackson's Mill. Attending from Mason County are Mrs H L Beckelheimer of Fraziers Bottom and Mrs Marshall Fowler of Hickory Chapel. Home economics talks cover family life clothing kitchen planning equipment reading material recreation and home improvements.
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Point Pleasant
State Farm
Jackson's Mill
H. L. Beckelheimer
Fraziers Bottom
Marshall Fowler
Hickory Chapel
Mason County
Mr McMillin Rites Arranged
John R McMillin of New Haven aged 80 died Monday at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg after several weeks illness. Funeral from his residence at 2 pm Wednesday with burial in Longdale Cemetery. He is survived by wife Jennie and three daughters Edith Bumgerner New Haven Mary Griesinger and Letha McMillin Steubenville.
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Point Pleasant
John R. McMillin
New Haven
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Parkersburg
Longdale
Two Mason Couples Are Parents of Sons
A son weighing seven pounds four ounces was born Saturday in Holzer Hospital to Mr. and Mrs Cecil M Childs local. A son weighing six pounds nine ounces was born Friday at the hospital to Mr. and Mrs Carl EF Barnette of 55 Burdette Addition.
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Point Pleasant
Paul Martin
Holzer Hospital
Cecil M. Childs
Carl EF. Barnette
Burdette Addition
Point Clinic Notes Discharges and Births
Mrs Harry Click and infant Keith Dwayne of Cottageville were discharged Monday from Point Clinic and sent home. A daughter weighing eight pounds five and three quarter ounces was born Monday to Mr and Mrs Robert Hill of Kanawha Falls. A daughter weighing four pounds eight ounces was born to Mr and Mrs Charles McCray of Beckley at the clinic.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Click
Keith Dwayne
Cottageville
Point Clinic
Robert Hill
Kanawha Falls
Charles McCray
Beckley
Oldaker Couple Buy Home on Lincoln Avenue
Mr and Mrs Ray Oldaker who recently returned from Oak Ridge Tennessee where he was employed have purchased a home built by Jarnell Lumber Co located at 2325 Lincoln Avenue Rupert L Kayser reports the transaction reflecting a local housing move by the couple in Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Ray Oldaker
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Jarnell Lumber Co
Lincoln Ave
Rupert L. Kayser
Roush and Steele Attend Ford Tractor Conference
H D Roush and Guss Steele of Roush's Motor Sales Co. and F H Roush left today for Pittsburgh to attend a conference of Ford tractor officials and dealers.
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Point Pleasant
H. D. Roush
Guss Steele
Roush's Motor Sales Co
F. H. Roush
Pittsburgh
Ford Tractor
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