Coast Guard Reserve Trains In Waterfront Safety Drill
Coast Guard Reserve units under Lt Cmdr Howard Hyre staged a Sunday drill in Point Pleasant to train on waterfront facility safety and protection of government contracts. A simulated saboteur entered the Marietta plant and a decoy bomber was caught by responders while firefighters battled a mock fire on a fuel barge. The exercise involved Coast Guard personnel from Charleston Huntington and St Louis districts and emphasized readiness for mobilization at a moment’s notice.
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Point Pleasant
US. Coast Guard Reserve
Cmdr
Howard Hyre
Charleston
Hyre
Coast Guard
Marietta
Alfred Fizer
James W. Ogle
Arthur Kudrick
Oleander
M. H. Harbourt
Huntington
David Metz
Earl Swanson
S. J. Marks
Body Of Man Found In Kanawha River Identified
TheKanawha River body found entangled in underbrush Saturday afternoon is George Ash 26 of Columbus autopsy shows drowning. Police search for his 1961 green Chevrolet FT 8732 Illinois plates and car may be in water. Funeral arrangements await announcement at Cunningham funeral home Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
George Ash
Columbus
Oliver C. Eschenaur
Ash
B. H. Wyant
Henderson
Charleston
Harrison Ash
Illinois
Coast Guard
Two Thefts Reported In Gallipolis Ferry Area
The Gallipolis Ferry area saw two thefts reported Saturday night by Charles Leo Price and Warren Sturgeon Jr. Price said a lawn mower and lawn chair were taken from his garage while Sturgeon reported a 20 inch window fan missing from his garage in Gallipolis.
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Point Pleasant
Sheriff’s Department
Gallipolis
Charles Leo Price
Gallipolis Ferry
Warren Sturgeon, Jr
Television Tonight Primes Time Slates and Repeats
TV guide lists Monday and Tuesday night prime time with New York stations airing What's New The Elements Perspectives American Economy Opera Venture Into Space Heritage and other programs. Channel 3 and 4 schedule reruns including The Bravadoes The Lucy Show Danny Thomas Show Andy Griffith Rifleman Stoney Burke Ben Casey and Stoney Burke with various channeled times and color broadcasts.
TV Movie Guide Channel Listings
Channel 4 shows The Good Humor Man Part 1 and Part 2 The Bravados at 7:30 p.m. We're Only Human at 1:10 a.m. Channel 10 airs One Night In Lisbon at 11:20 p.m. Channel 13 presents Under Water at 10:20 p.m Kiss the Boys Goodbye 9:30 a.m. Isn t It Romantic 11:20 p.m. Channel 3 features Life of the Party 12:30 p.m Boy with Green Hair at 10:20 p.m. Alice Adams Part 1 5:30 p.m Adventures of a Rookie 1:10 a.m.
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Lisbon
Alice Adams
Mason Methodist Bible School Plans Set for June
Plans for the Mason Methodist Church Bible School to be held June 10 through 15 are announced. General chairman is Mrs. Mabel Morgan. A long list of teachers includes Mrs. Evelyn Proffitt Mrs. Katie Foglesong Mrs. Martha Cook and many others with primary and junior departments scheduled from 9 to 12 daily. Devo tions each morning will be led by Don Foglesong Evelyn Proffitt Mrs. Margaret Pickens and the Rev. Richard Wright.
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MASON
Mason Methodist Church
Mabel Morgan
Evelyn Proffitt
Katie Foglesong
Martha Cook
Dolly Huber
Martha Newell
Charlotte Yon
Joyce Carson
Erma Gilland
Lena Gibbs
Ruby Jones
Tom Reed
Ellen Foglesong
Gloria Roush
Susan Johnson
Janice Criles
Betty Riley
Jane Turner
Josetta Lish
Joy Thalber
Becky Taylor
James Wise
Sabin Oral Doses Given at Clinton County Clinics
Mrs. Tom K Fisher chair Sabin Oral reports 7771 people took the third dose at clinics surpassing earlier totals. 9150 received type III and 9153 type I. A makeup clinic is set for Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Courthouse with volunteers from Courthouse Ordnance School Sunnyside Beech Hill Leon Wahama Quillin Memorial New Haven. Dr Oliver C Eschenaur led the medical team with support from other physicians.
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Tom K. Fisher
Sabin Oral Sunday
Sabin
Courthouse
Ordnance School
Sunnyside
Beech Hill
Leon
Wahama Junior High
Quillin Memorial Building
New Haven
Point Rock and Area Social Notes From Laurel Grange Visit
Laurel Grange hosted Star Grange with Harrisonville presenting the program and Laurel giving opening and closing. Local families including Holliday, Radekin, Bobo, and Lawrence travelers were noted visiting relatives in Wooster, Columbus, and California. Graduation events and family visits framed a busy period with several trips and illness acknowledgments.
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Point Rock
Laurel Grange
Star Grange
Harrisonville
Laurel
John Holliday
G. A. Radekin
Wooster
Robert Holliday
Ethel Radekin
Dena Hoffman
Marlene
Henry Bobo
Jarret Bobo
Sturgeon To Graduate From Yale
Walter Sturgeon, a Point Pleasant native and Yale graduate, will return home after his graduation. He wrote high school sports for The Messenger during his last three years at Point Pleasant High School. His family, including brother Billy Joe and sister Sharon, will attend the ceremony. He will start work in the mechanical engineering department at General Dynamics Electric Boat.
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Point Pleasant
Walter Sturgeon
Yale
W. B. Sturgeon
McCullough Rd
Point Pleasant High School
the Messenger
Billy Joe
Baldwin-Wallace College
Sharon
General Dynamic Electric Boat Division
Social Guests Reported at Multiple Homes
Long Bottom Mr and Mrs Wayne Prince were guests of Marion Cowdery. Recent guests included Oscar Babecock Clyde Kindrue Kenneth Biram Ernest Biram Harold Osborn and Gene Riggs with ties to Parkersburg and Richmond.
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Wayne Prince
Marion Cowdery
Oscar Babecock
Clyde Kindrue
Kenneth Biram
Ernest Biram
Parkersburg
Harold Osborn
Richmond
Gene Riggs
Wahama High School Awards Recipients Named
Wahama High School awarded top honors to Arline Roush and Daniel Artes for merit scholarship loyalty and achievement. Other recognitions included 4-H farm award holder Arline Roush, NHS prize winner, $100 scholarships from New Haven Women’s Club and alumnus fund for Artes, and multiple civic and vocational honors.
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MASON
Arline Roush
Daniel Artes
Wahama High School
Balfour
Beverly Staats
Crocker
Farm Women’s
William Sprouse
UCAM
Bill Jewell
New Haven
Sharon Brown
Lions Club
Tional Honor Society
Carolyn Leiving
New Haven Women’s Club
Gay Cartwright
West Virginia Teachers College
Esther Smithson
Aeria
Wilma Grimm
Lou King
Danford
Ross Frey
American Legion
Claudia Zerkles
John Call
DAR
Bible School Opens Today At EUB Church
A two week Vacation Bible School starts at Heights EUB Church with director Mrs. Vada Crump guiding classes for ages five to ninth grade from 9 to 11 30 a m daily. Children earn points for bringing Bibles and new students.
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Point Pleasant
Heights Eub Church
Vada Crump
Height
Beech Hill
Two Circles Hold Pledge Service at Mason Methodist
The Rebecca and Mary Circles of Mason Methodist WSCS met with 19 members. Evelyn Rottgen led the Rebecca circle program and presided over pledge and installation services with Joyce Carson Leanna Wright Cecil Johnson Martha Cook and Carol Proffitt taking part. A solo by Emily Burgess followed.
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Emily Burgess
Rebecca Circle
Former Mason County Teacher Patient at NIH Bethesda
In Maryland Hospital F F Rothlisberger Beckley a former Mason County school teacher is a patient at the National Institute of Health Bethesda Md She is the mother of Mrs Robert Sutton Point Pleasant and is expected to be at the hospital for about another month Her address is Ward 3 B Room 53 Clinical Center National Institute of Health Bethesda Md 14
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Point Pleasant
F. F. Rothlisberger
Beckley
Mason County
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
Robert Sutton Point Pleasant
Four Arrested in Weekend Intoxication Incidents
Point Pleasant residents Virginia Randolph 43 and Danny Ray Cottrill 19 were arrested on intoxication charges and released. Lawrence Marvin Mayes 45 of Henderson also faced intoxication charges. Howard Francis Erwin 42 of South Side was arrested for driving while intoxicated.
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Virginia Randolph
Danny Ray Cottrill
Lawrence Marvin Mayes
Henderson
Howard Francis Erwin
South Side
River Boat Race Set For June 23
A centennial river boat race between sternwheelers Helen Z and Katheryn is planned for June 23 on the Kanawha River. The start will be at Kanawha City Bridge, about a mile downstream. Captains Bosworth and White will command the Helen Z and Katheryn respectively, as the Centennial Commission aims to showcase a once prominent river event. The last race was in Charleston in 1956 between Hatfield and Seabald.
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Kanawha River
Kanawha City Bridge
Point Towing Co
Robert Bosworth
Helens
Harry White
Charleston
Kathryn
Bosworth
Centennial Commission
Hatfield and Seabald
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes
Mr and Mrs Jesse Dona hue Point Pleasant welcome a son and Mr and Mrs James Waugh Orient Ohio welcome a daughter Admitted John McDaniel Clifton Timothy Dale Sherritt Point Pleasant Mrs Harry Taylor Point Pleasant Mrs Marshall Riffe Milton William St Boston Letart Mrs Thomas Jewell Point Pleasant Mrs Lee Henry Gallipolis Ferry Discharged Janet Eschenaur Point Pleasant Mrs Charles Shaw South Side and daughter David Cassell Gallipolis Ferry William Capehart New Haven Richard Theiss Hogsett Mrs Alby Jeffers Buffalo Tracy Sturgeon Gallipolis Ferry Mrs Lloyd Fridley Point Pleasant and son
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Point Pleasant
James Waugh
Orient, Ohio
John McDaniel
Clifton
Timothy Dale Sherritt
Harry Taylor
Marshall Riffe
Milton
William St. Boston
Letart
Thomas Jewell
Lee Henry
Gallipolis Ferry
Janet Eschenaur
Charles Shaw
South Side
David Cassell
William Capehart
New Haven
Richard Theiss
Hogsett
Alby Jeffers
Buffalo
Tracy Sturgeon
Lloyd Fridley
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