Sporn Plant Men Win Authors Prize for Time Saving Article
Paul E. Theis and George G. MacKnight, from the Philip Sporn Plant, shared the Sporn Plant recognition and cash awards for co authoring an article in American Electric Power Service Corporation Monthly Operating Notes. The piece, Preparing Reports In One Third Time, describes a single hand written form serving as a work sheet and master for duplication, eliminating four forms and reducing errors. Theis, hired 1937, transferred to the plant in 1949, native of Fairmont West Virginia, resides in Middleport Pom eroy area, married. McKnight, hired 1949, native of Mason County, married, resides in New Haven West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Sporn
American Electric Power Service Corporation
Paul E. Theis
George G. MacKnight
Theis
Fairmont
W. Va
Middleport
Pomeroy
Meat Tops Budget as Main Family Expenditure in 1955
A USDA report shows meat and meat products make about 25 percent of the average American family budget from a survey of 6000 households. The study notes increased selectivity in purchases and willingness to pay higher costs, with future demand testing producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
America
USDA
Carriers President Extends Appreciation at Local Convention
Herman Blair president of the Rural Letter Carriers Association sends thanks to Mr and Mrs Harry Grimm John Sayre Moose Home Lowe Hotel and all rural carriers who helped prepare the convention in POINT PLEASANT with welcome and consideration noted by the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Association
Herman Blair
Blair
Harry Grimm
John Sayre
Moose Home
Lowe Hotel
Mental Health Panel Set for Mason County Meeting
A panel discussion is scheduled for the Mason County Mental Health Association meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in the Appalachian Power Co Auditorium. Externes John W Thomas and Edward Pageel of the McHarry School of Medicine Nashville and Dr John Hudson of Howard University School of Medicine will join Carl Scott psychologist Lak in State Hospital as moderator. Dr Mildred Bateman acting superintendent Lakin will be panel consultant. Gene Ball presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Mental Health Association
Appalachian Power Co
John W. Thomas
McHarry School of Medicine
Nashville
Mason Farm Youth Fair Catalogs Distributed
More than 700 catalogs for the 1958 Mason County Farm Youth Fair have been mailed to 4 D H FFA and FHA members and advertisers. The mimeographed 82 by 11 inch catalog outlines 13 exhibit divisions in 141 classes, a three day program, 12 pages of ads, and other items. Compiled by the Farm Extension Office and Chamber of Commerce, limited copies will be available at the fair staged July 31 to August 2 at the National Guard armory with co sponsorship by the Point Pleasant Chamber and the 36664th Ordnance Co. (DS) of the West Virginia National Guard. Further program details will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Farm Youth Fair
Farm Extension Office
Chamber of Commerce
National Guard Armory
OES Initiation Held at Masonic Temple
Point Pleasant social notes report an Eastern Star initiation at the Masonic Temple Monday evening led by Worthy Matron Marie Chapman. Guests and members listed include Linda Rainey, June Spencer, and attendees from Bellemeade Mason and Cottageville, with post ceremony refreshments at the Call home. Pfc. Thomas Mathews, son of John and Mrs Mathews of Gallipolis Ferry, arrived in Lebanon after serving at Camp Lejeune. a 1957 Point Pleasant High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Linda Rainey
Otis Rainey
Bellemeade
June Spencer
Fred Spencer
Mason
Marie Chapman
Arnolda Smith
Anna Proffitt
Mary Thabet
Sarah Spencer
Betty Foreman
Verna McLane
Mildred
Inlaw
Harold Call
Viand St
John Mathews
Gallipolis Ferry
Pfc
Thomas Mathews
Lebanon
Mathews
Camp LeJune
N. C
Point Pleasant High School
Women church society met at Mrs Sumner home
The WSCS of the Vaught Memorial Methodist Church met at the home of Mrs. Robert Sumner of Redmond Ridge. A brief business session was followed by refreshments for Mrs. Hurley Mrs. Peggy Adams and daughter Barbara Mrs. George Reiker and the hostess. The next meeting is set for Mrs. William Reiker’s home in Henderson on Thursday July 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
Vaught Memorial Methodist Church
Robert Sumner
Redmond Ridge
Robert Hurley
Peggy Adams
Barbara
George Reiker
William Reiker
Henderson
Visiting relatives and residents head for Myrtle Beach and Milton
Mr and Mrs John M Fall of Steubenville Ohio plan a Friday arrival to spend a week with Mrs Fall s parents Mrs Eunice and Chief of Police Hoyt Imden The Daugherty family of Main St return home after Myrtle Beach vacation George Harper and daughter Susan of McCullough Rd spend the week at Myrtle Beach South Carolina Dottie Escue of Staff House Rd visits Milton with relatives Grace Durocha of Baltimore Maryland spends a few days away
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Fall
John King
Stephen Patrick
Steubenville
Ohio
George Harper
Susan
McCullough Rd
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Dottie Escue
Staff House Rd
Milton
Grace Durocha
Baltimore, Md
E. L. Stein
Stein
Huntington
Z. T. Maynard
Herman Layne
Carroll Adams
Bruce
Canton
Mr. Layne
Claire Horner
Kay Wilson
North Carolina
Florida
Don Hart
Syracuse
N. Y
Huntington Boys Unhurt After Route 2 Wreck Near Hogsett
Ronald Everett Perry 17 drove a car that overturned on a wet Route 2 near Hogsett. Passenger Willard Arnold Sullivan and James Hitchcock escaped injury. Perry faced a hazardous driving charge after $300 damage. all were from Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Huntington
Hogsett
Ronald Everett Perry
Point Clinic
Willard Arnold Sullivan
James Hitchcock
Perry
Sheriff's Department
Arizona Men Take A Trimming They Like
Nogales residents cross the border to get haircuts in Mexico where the price is 40 cents plus eight cent peso tip. In Arizona a barber's union scale runs to 1.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Ariz
Mexico
Arizona
New Haven Club Notes Share Local Happenings and Plans
New Haven Garden Club discusses littering and graduation decorations at Wahama High School. Members plan a fall flower show. Miss Dana Fry writes from Europe. Local families host gatherings, campouts, and vacations across West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, and the Gulf coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Philip Wolpert
Wahama High School
W. R. Proffitt
Don Brown
Nehaclima Club
Lela Powell
W. T. Stone
Social visits span multiple states across Hartford and Norfolk
Hartford society notices guests from Florida and Ohio visiting local residents including Mrs Helen Spaulding Mrs Robert Bell and Mrs William Filson along with extended visits by Miss Helen Jenkins and Mrs Alice Chapman. In Norfolk the Virginian Pilot prints a bakery ad on waxed paper used for bread wrapping costing 3526 dollars for 240000 feet of paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Blossoms Not Sure Sign Of Fruits In Cucumbers
Ohio State University extension horticulturist E C Wittmeyer warns that many blooms do not guarantee fruits in cucumbers and other cucurbits. He notes male blossoms outnumber female blossoms and adequate pollination by honey bees is essential for fruit development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Wittmeyer
Ohio State University Extension Horticulturist
Wittmeyer
Local Socials Share Visits Across Bellville and Nearby Towns
Letart Falls notes list guests visiting Bellville and surrounding areas including Mr. and Mrs. A L Donohew, Earl Adams and family, Nina Wagner in Washington, Jackie Donohew attending Ohio University pre college conference, Cecil Hill and family in Columbus, Dick Taylor and Tim in Racine, Mildred Chapman and children with J S Quick in Syracuse, and furloughs returning to Sulphur Springs. Additional visits include Robert Taylor on furlough from Columbus and Ruth Circle with Delph Cumins in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
A. L. Donohew
Bellville
W. Va
C. A. Donohew
Earl Adams
Jim
W. P. Watts
Alan
Annadale
Adams
Nina Wagner
Washington, D. C
Jackie
J. S. Quick
Syracuse
James
Fife
Debora
Francis Webb
Lewis Fife
Middleport
Sulphur Springs
Ohio
Robert Taylor
Columbus
Leo Taylor
Ruth Circle
Gallipolis
Delph Cumins
Bernard Diddle
Antiquity
Freddie Miller
Geraldine Foreman
Mason
J. M. Hill
Services Held For Past President In West Virginia
Funeral services are held in Piedmont West Virginia for Ruth Thom as wife of Paul S Thomas formerly a legal counselor for Marietta Manufacturing Co The Thomases lived in Point Pleasant from 1942 to 1949 and are parents of their son David aged 22 Mrs Thomass death followed a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Piedmont
W. Va
Ruth Thomas
Paul S. Thomas
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Thomas's
David
Thomas
Legion Convention Delegates Named From Point Pleasant
Delegates from Point Pleasant American Legion Post 23 to the Bluefield West Virginia convention July 25 26 and 27 include Powell Reynolds Margaret Kelly Curt Yeager Paul Thomas Jr and Vernon Deweese Alternates are Kerr Blain Robert McGuffin and Leland Duncan Several delegates will serve on convention committees Post 23 with about 50 members will turn in at the convention Convention headquarters will be the West Virginia Hotel in Bluefield Auxiliary members Mrs Robert McGuffin and Mrs Paul Thomas Jr will attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
American Legion
Bluefield
W. Va
Powell Reynolds
Margaret Kelly
Curt Yeager
Paul Thomas, Jr
Vernon Deweese
Kerr Blain
Robert McGuffin
Leland Duncan
Post 23
West Virginia
The
Legion Auxiliary
Man Jailed After Preliminary Hearing Held
William Fox was committed to Mason County Jail on grand larceny charges after a preliminary hearing Tuesday in C E Pyatt's justice court. He is held for the September grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Fox
Mason County
Fox
C. E. Pyatt
Justice Court
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Mickey Hargitay
Jayne Mansfield
Pakistan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
State Bank of
Karachi
Mason Farm Youth Fair
36664Th Ordnance Co
D.S
West Virginia National Guard
Methodist Wscs
Biggs
Huntington Boys
Donald Bumgardner
Sherrell
Becky Burris
Vickie
Nan Johnston
Penny Burris
Dianne Roush
Wendy Hoffman
Vickie Bumgardner
Nancy Anderson
Mike Jones
Reggy, Allen
Jane Hart
Sheldon Roush
Bill Frey
Jimmie Fry
Cimmaron
N. M
Bend Rotary Club
Camp Rainbow
Bill Foglesong
Marie Jewell
LeAnn
Gale Miller
Suzanne Wolpert
Ronnie Stein
al Bonney Jr
Nancy Flesher
Tony Newcomer
Charleston
Kitty
Fred Hoffman
Parkersburg
David Ratey
Westerville
Hartford
Hugo Juhling
A. K. McClung
Helen Spaulding
Hollywood
Fla
Robert Bell
Orlando
William C. Filson
Harry Roush
A. L. Rossiter
David Batey
Henry Jenkins
Helen Jenkins
Bridgeport
Akron
Alice Chapman
James McKnight
James Stewart
Spencer
George Brown
Acre
Legion Convention
Man
Schrank
Scamprofe
Bermuda
Katz
Lastex
Shorts
Poplin
Stevens
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