Farmers Sign Up For Hybrid Corn Yield Contest
West Virginia farmers sign up for the 1957 Hybrid Corn Yield Contest to qualify for the West Virginia 100 Bushel Corn Club. Entry requires at least three acres in certified WVU recommended hybrid seed. prizes total 25, 15 and seed awards. Entries close June 30. contact county agricultural agents for blanks.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
R. J. Friant
West Virginia University
Agricultural Extension Service of
West Virginia Association
Agronomy and Genetrics Department of
WVU
Friant
Ext. Agent Praises 1 H Leaders in 4 H Club
Miss Ethel Bower of Hocking County ext home office highlights junior leaders as key aides to club advisors. They teach in local clubs, support officers, serve as camp counselors, and handle many tasks. The county Junior Leadership Club lists Jim Palmer as president, with officers and members named.
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Jim Palmer
Bob Miller
Marvalea Armstrong
Harry Risch
Bill Johnson
Karen Armstrong
Linda Kay Poling
Lenora Sater
Jim Davis
John Reid
Charles Thompson
Mike Jones
Eddie Blackstone
Lois Nihiser
Helen Heigle
John Gillogly
Odessa
Volunteers Holding Drills In Point Pleasant Meeting
The Point Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m with President Robert Johnson presiding Fire drills occur every Tuesday evening except meeting nights Chief Paul Wood says drills will continue for six more weeks New members to be voted in are Jack Shifler Wesley Spence and Osburn Stewart Full time firemen are J C Parson and Harry Flowers Parson replaces Steve Miller who resigned to join the city police department.
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Point Pleasant
Point Plesant Volunteer Fire Department
Robert Johnson
Paul Wood
Jack Shifler
Wesley Spence
Osburn Stewart
J. C. Parson
Harry Flowers
Parson
Steve Miller
Water Department Bills Include 19 Percent Super Charge
Logan city billing for June water accounts and sewer rentals covers Dec 1 1956 to Apr 1 1957. A 19 percent super charge on water bills funds the general fund to cover a decade of water dept deficits. Unpaid bills incur 10 percent penalty and water service may be cut after June 30. Office hours are 9 to 5 daily except Saturdays noon closing.
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Logan
City Water Department
Council
Water Department
Logan Girl Scout Troop 10 Court of Awards
Logan Society holds its annual Court of Awards for Troop 10 with candlelight investitures. Linda Bailey and Carol Riddlebarger preside as helpers note badges, first class awards, and extensive team honors across craft, health, home care, and community roles.
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Logan
Linda Bailey
Carol Riddlebarger
Judy Bell
Mary Jo Rutter
Karen Morley
Melissa Horwell
Dorothy Baker
William Rutter
Kenneth Bright
Barbara Conrad
Carla Garverick
Carolyn Iles
Ann Lappen
Karen Morely
Kay Sorrell
Wood
Sue Jones
Sue Strait
Lona Nutter
Martha Price
Janice Thompson
Carla Gar
Clifford Bailey
John Strait
R. C. Jones
J. W. Riddlebarger
Mae Kennedy
Earl Thompson
Julia
Otto Iles Jr
Vicky Jane
Harold Conrad
James Horwell
Ernest Price
Roy Baker
Susan
Blood Donor Drive Sought by Red Cross in Logan
Logan hosts the third calendar year blood collection under Red Cross auspices. Hocking County donors have given 531 pints this fiscal year while area hospitals received 510 pints, meaning 21 pints came from other counties. About 35 prospective donors have appointments at the First EUB Church collection center.
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Logan
Red Cross
Edwin C. Johnston
Hocking County
Johnston
Logan Business and Professional Women's Club
Wallace Blake
First Eub Church
Lucey Krieg Dies at 34 in Logan
Miss Lucey Krieg 34 died at 8 20 p m Saturday at home 445 W Hunter St after a long illness She was a descendant of a prominent Logan family daughter of Michael and Leah Friesner Krieg born and raised in the 1856 house Her survivors include a niece Mrs Floyd Duffey and Leland Krieg of Nelsonville She helped raise Duffey and another niece Miss Mary Krieg now deceased A member of First Presbyterian Church of Logan Services 2 30 p m Tuesday at Leonard Funeral Home with Rev A N Grueser of Lancaster officiating Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Lucy Krieg
W. Hunter St
Michael
Leah Friesner Krieg
Floyd Duffey
Leland Krieg
Nelsonville
Krieg
Duffey
Mary Krieg
First Presbyterian Church of
Leonard Funeral Home
A. N. Grueser
Lancaster
Oak Grove Cemetery
Leopard Pace Rivalry with Cars Declines Speed Race
A cheetah, the hunting leopard of India, can reach speeds up to 70 mph and will race humans or animals but refuses to race against high speed automobiles.
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India
Tractor Demonstration Emphasizes Safety in Ohio
A series of 50 tractor tipping demonstrations will be held in Ohio this summer with the first in Hocking County on June 11. Charles H. Ingraham announces the event sponsored by the Agricultural Extension Service to show hazards and promote safe operating practices for farmers. Delbert Davis chairs the Extension Advisory Committee. members include Richard Mowrey Raymond Houk Ralph Poston Warren Gardner and Joe Hutchins. Regular farm tractors will be used on ground where tipping could occur to illustrate safety.
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Logan
Ohio
Hocking County
Charles H. Ingraham
Agricultural Extension Service
Delbert Davis
Richard Mowrey
Raymond Houk
Ralph Poston
Warren Gardner
Joe Hutchins
Bible Schools Start At Seven Locations
Bible schools opened today at seven locations across Logan and Hocking County churches. St Matthew Lutheran began at 8 30 a m with registration for ages 3 to 15 and sessions 9 to 11 30 a m through June 14.
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Logan
Hocking County
St. Matthew
Berea Presbyterian Church
Union Furnace Eub Church
Union Furnace
Robert Farrow
Local Farm Women Club Meetings Notice
Point Pleasant social notes list three farm women’s clubs meeting this week. Illahee Farm Women’s Club meets Wednesday at 1 30 p m at Mrs Howard Garland’s Gallipolis Ferry with Mrs John Gill leading the lesson. Anne Bailey Farm Women’s Club gathers Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Mrs Oak Thomas’s Flat Rock with Mrs Freda Sutton presenting. Pioneer Farm Women’s Club holds June meeting Monday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Guy McWilliams’s Lock 11 with Mrs Hersel Barnette presenting Save Time and Housework.
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Missionary Arlene Spurlock to Speak at Trinity WSCS Meeting
Miss Arlene Spurlock foreign missionary visiting Mr and Mrs Vernon Deweese Mt Vernon Ave will be guest speaker at the June WSCS meeting of Trinity Methodist Church Mrs J A Blankenship presides over business session Mrs Hanly Sibley leads program Mrs Richard Startzman presents devotional A reception will follow for new members.
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Arlene Spurlock
Vernon Deweese
Mt. Vernon Ave
WSCS
Trinity Methodist Church
J. A. Blankenship
Hanly Sibley
Richard Startzman
Local Social Notes From Point Pleasant
Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Oak Thomas of Flat Rock included Emmons Thomas Carl Knapp and Edwin Thomas of Leon Route Billy Thomas and Harold Thomas of West Columbia. Mrs Kate Robey of Kaysong resumes Katydid Club management after hip injury. Minnie Blaker of St Albans visits Ray Crank Winfield Road. L C McDaniel of Jefferson Ave returns home after Holzer Hospital stay. Lena Foglesong of Mt Vernon Ave a patient at Holzer Hospital with nephew Bertram Dunn and Connie Pierce visiting relatives and mothers Leona Wells and W E Dunn.
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Oak Thomas
Flat Rock
Emmons Thomas
Carl Knapp
Edwin Thomas
Leon
Billy Thomas
Mason
Harold Thomas
West Columbia
Kate Robey
Kaysong
Minnie Blaker
St. Albans
Ray Crank
Winfield Road
L. C. McDaniel
Jefferson Ave
Holzer Hospital
Lena Foglesong
Mt. Vernon Ave
Bertram Dunn
Parkersburg
Connie Pierce
Leona Wells
Main St
W. E. Dunn
Will Admitted Probate in Hocking County
Logan Will of Mrs Marga ret J Linn Benton Township admitted to probate in Hocking County Probate Court. Bequests 500 dollars each to Ruth E Huffman and Floyd F Linn if cash allows. Remainder to husband James A Linn. Ethel M Linn named executrix without bond. Estate valued about 12000 dollars.
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Logan
Margaret J. Linn
Benton Township
Hocking County
Ruth E. Huffman
Floyd F. Linn
James A. Linn
Ethel M. Linn
Local Marriage Announcements of Tucker and Knapp Families
Jimmy Gene Tucker 22 son of Stanley and Florence Hayes Tucker Grimms Landing and Margaret Jane Knapp daughter of William and Hazel Pearl Smith Knapp Leon. Arthur Eugene Huffman 21 son of Earl and Mattie Taylor Point Pleasant Route 2 and Catherine Virginia Herdman daughter of Charles and Helen Boles Herdman Leon.
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Jimmy Gene Tucker
Stanley
Florence Hayes Tucker
Grimms Landing
Margaret Jane Knapp
William and
Hazel Pearl Smith Knapp
Leon
Arthur Eugene Huffman
Earl and
Mattie Taylor
Point Pleasant
Catherine Virginia Herdman
Charles and
Helen Boles Herdman
William Hinds Dies at 69 After Theater Investments
London obituary notes William Hinds a music hall clown turned financier who accumulated wealth by purchasing theaters and bicycle shops, died Friday night at age 69.
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London
William Hinds
Weekend Crashes Reported In West Virginia
State Police logged two weekend wrecks in Letart and Apple Grove. In Letart a parked car on Broad Run road was hit by a vehicle driven by Boyd Kinzel. driver James Pickens and Kinzel were cited for control and parking violations with no injuries and about 200 dollars damage. In Apple Grove a westbound car attempted to pass a turning truck, causing a collision with Edmund McGarrell Jr. No injuries and about 250 dollars damage.
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Point Pleasant
Broad Run
New Haven
James Richard Pickens
Letart
R. L. Pickens
Pickens
Boyd Leroy Kinzel
Kinzel
Marvin Holley
Apple Grove
A. E. Sommer
Edmund J McGarrell, Jr
Greenville
Ohio
Pleasant Ridge and Starr 4-H Club meetings recap
Seventh Pleasant Ridge Girls 4-H Club meeting at Phyliss Wagner home with seven members, Bonnie Thompson presiding. Connie Buttes led health quiz, Phyliss Wagner demonstrated pinning a pattern. officers elected at Starr Church including Nina Rafferty president and Gale Edwards vice president. Hock-Hocking Squaws 4-H met at Darlene Shull home. Dorothy Thompson presided with fourteen members and a baking demo by Darlene Shull. next meeting June 6 at Linda Casto’s home.
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Pleasant Ridge
Phyliss Wagner
Bonnie Thompson
Connie Buttes
Starr
Starr Church
Nina Rafferty
Gale Edwards
Elaine Flick
Patty Jarves
Judy Cooke
Alice Rafferty
Darlene Shull
Dorothy Thompson
Sandy West
Linda Casto
Hocking Valley Hospital Birth and notices
Mrs. James Larimer of Logan welcomes a son. Inpatients include Mrs Norman Jones of Logan Route 4 for treatment. Discharged is Mrs Jerry Bourne of Logan Route 4.
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James Larimer
Logan
Norman Jones
Logan Route 4
Jerry Bourne
Rutter Seeks Divorce and Custody in Logan Case
Pearl L. Rutter files in Common Pleas Court for divorce from Helen Rutter of Logan Route 3. She requests custody of minor children, child support, and determination of property rights.
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Logan
Pearl L. Rutter
Common Pleas
Helen Rutter
Logan Route 3
New Deputy Appointed for Logan County Sheriff Office
Dennis K. Wilkes, 39, of Haydenville, was sworn in as deputy sheriff by Judge Harley Meyer and began duties immediately. He succeeds Kenneth Rheinscheid, who left for six months of active duty. Wilkes, a Perryopolis native and World War II Navy veteran, is married to Loretta Filter and has three children.
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Harley Meyer
Wilkes
Kenneth Rheinscheid
Rheinscheid
Perryopolis
Sicily
Loretta Filter
Ravenswood to Get New Jackson Bank Building
A Jackson bank is being built in Ravenswood north of Sycamore Street on Route 2. The facility will include off-street parking three drive-in teller windows and a community meeting room.
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Point Pleasant
Jackson Bank
Ravenswood
Sycamore Street
Volunteer Leaders End 4-H Training in Jacksons Mill
Mason County 4-H leaders completed a week of leaders' camp at Jacksons Mill and returned home. Attendees included Hattie Jordan and Walden Bennett Roush of the Shawnee Braves Club, Bill Priddy and Margaret Bower of the Helping Hand Club, Alma Turner of the Good Luck Clover Club, and Clara Schultz of the Happy Hustler Club.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Jacksons Mill
Hattie Jordan
Walden Bennett Roush
Shawnee Braves
Bill Priddy
Margaret Bower
Helping Hand Club
Alma Turner
Good Luck Clover Club
Clara Schultz
Happy Hustler Club
Moose Hold Initiation in Point Pleasant
William D. Nace secretary of state of West Virginia Moose Association spoke as guest at the Loyal Order of Moose Point Pleasant initiation and dinner. Initiates were Billy Joe Johnson Gallipolis Claude Swann Jim Persinger and George Lamp after a buffet honoring the new members.
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Point Pleasant
William D. Nace
Beckley
West Virginia
Moose Association
Moose Home
the Loyal Order of Moose
Billy Joe Johnson
Gallipolis
Claude Swann
Jim Persinger
George Lamp
College funding drive urges public support nationwide
A public service ad urges colleges and universities to secure more funding to expand facilities raise faculty salaries and provide better education. It stresses disciplined minds as key assets and invites readers to request a free booklet from Higher Education Box 36 Times Square Station New York.
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Times Square Station
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