Planners Begin Selecting July Fourth Program Events
POINT PLEASANT planners outlined events for the July Fourth celebration under Volunteer Fire Depart ment sponsorship. Led by Captain Billy Bryant the committee listed crowning of queens, a parade, flood wall dedication, horse show, bathing beauty contest, swimming and diving exhibitions, baseball game, band concert, queens ball and fireworks. A delegation was chosen to seek school board permission to use the football field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Volunteer Fire Department
Moose Home
Billy Bryant
John McNeill
Bryant
Ed Swint
William Woolfitt
Warren T. King
Chamber of Commerce
Roy Jackson
Avie Lake
Woolfitt
Kiwanis Club
Peter Steenbergen, Jr
Russell Bibbee
Rotary Club
John McNeil
Reckless Operation Charged to Two in Point Pleasant
Two drivers were fined by Justice of the Peace S A Simmons for hazardous operation of motor vehicles. William McKinley Marks Jr Huntington and Truman Lee Ball Fairmont were fined 15 dollars plus costs each after arrest by State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Justice of the Peace
S. A. Simmons
William McKinley Marks, Jr. Huntington
Truman Lee Ball Fairmont
Fragmented land deed description from Athens County records
The text documents a detailed tract description from Athens County deed records, including boundaries, surrounding lots, and corner markers. It references multiple parcels, measurements in feet, directions, and witnesses, with mentions of trustees, setters, and dates around 1910.
Point Pleasant Band Plans Friday Night Concert
Point Pleasant High School band and Band Boosters host an annual outdoor concert and festival Friday at the high school football field. Under John H. Martin the program includes Point Pleasant March and dishes such as Copied Clock and Good Sports, with food donated by Band Boosters to support band uniforms. Proceeds benefit uniform payments for band members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
John H. Martin
Johnson
Amberson
William McKinley
Armo Morrison
Bob Adkins
D. W. Rothgeb
Perry Co Court Notes New Lexington Items Highlight Proceedings
Interv ention petition to cancel a lease filed in the case Susie Christman Newark vs R Ernest Touvell Thornville Route 2. First and final account by Blanche McCabe for Donald C McCabe incompetence. Inventory and appraisement for David Edwin Hull estate with assets and debts. Administrators and executors appointed in several estates with values listed. Garnishee order in Paul French vs Primo Marienelli. Defendants deny fault in Clarence Rieder case. Suit filed Endicott Johnson Corp vs Frank Susabda. Sheriff arrest of Clarence P Conner for intoxication. Temporary alimony and child support ordered in Betty Wayne vs Gail Wayne. Marriage licenses issued Benedict Studer and Margaret Clounch. John Bunthoff and Madge Williams. Real estate transfers including Joe Kish to James Charles. Virgil Williams to Snyder and Swanson. Frank Arnold to Somerset. Reichley transfer. Weedy and Woods transfers. Mary Peck estate distributions.
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New Lexington
Susie Christman
Newark
Ernest Touvell
Thornville
Edwin W. Drinkwater
Thornport
Blanche McCabe
Donald C. McCabe
David Edwin Hull
Jackson Township
Hazel Buckley
C. A. Buckley
Elmer Buckley
William A. Anderson
Rhoda Forest Anderson
J. A. Donnelly
Albert C. Dusenberry
Stanley N. Miller
Ann Courghtrie
New Straitsville
Mary Moffett
Logan
Mildred M. Stevens
Harley Meyer
Paul French
Primo Marienelli
Joseph L. Meenan
Clarence Rieder
Nelsonville
Frank S. Stimmer
Endicott Johnson Corporation
Endicott
N. Y
Frank Susabda
Crooksville Dry Goods Co
Emerson C. Wagner
Clair Butts
Clarence P. Conner
Columbus
Justice of the Peace
Leonard Elman
Betty Louise Wayne
Roseville
Gail Dean Wayne
Crooksville
Benedict Francis Studer
Margaret Louise Clounch
John Bunthoff
Madge Williams
Joe
Minnie Kish
James
Mable Charles
Virgil
Ruby Williams
Snyder and Swanson, Inc
Clayton Township
Frank
Lida Arnold
Somerset
Charles Reichley
Robert D. Weedy
Robert C. Weedy
Shawnee
Dewey
Lena Woods
Theta Linscott
Monroe Township
Mary Peck
Frank and
Ruby Summer
New Reading
Two Cases On Docket At Point Pleasant Session
Two cases are listed for Thursday adjourned circuit court in Point Pleasant. Howard Erwin is co indicted by the grand jury for May term on two counts of felonious assault. Also set for hearing is a civil suit where Eien Diebl sues Mai Moore for damages in a 9000 range.
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Point Pleasant
Howard Frances Erwin
Grand Jury
Eien Diebl
Mai Moore
Man's Back Fractured In Automobile Wreck
A man suffered a fractured back in an automobile wreck. The report notes emergency treatment by responders and transport to a medical facility. Names and specifics are unclear due to damaged text, but the incident involves injuries from a vehicle collision and subsequent medical care.
Admission and Discharge Notes At Point Clinic
Mrs Dorsei Russell of Leon was admitted for a mur gy but the report confirms admission. Mrs Donald Legg of Robertsburg underwent surgery. Miss Caral Whittington of Buffalo was released from the clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsei Russell
Leon
Murgery
Donald Legg
Robertsburg
Surgery
Perry County civic and local notices from New Lexington
Sheriff Clair Butts recuperates in Bethesa Hospital Zanesville after surgery. Jackson Daisy Garden Club to hold annual flower exhibit June 9 at Real High School auditorium. Circle 5 WSCS elected officers Dessie Hanson president Br eatha Porter vice president Ge Turnbull secretary Este Opperman treasurer. Forty five local high school students finished year with perfect attendance. Perry County Tuberculosis Health Association officers elected Robert Tague president Bertha Levion vice president Miriam Clark secretary Lillian Safko treasurer. Open competitive exam for Crooksville postmaster vacancy due to retirement of Curtis S Watts. Position pays 41700 annually. Samuel E Kinnan, 67, of Rosville, died May 22 in auto accident near Jose California. one other killed and several injured. He was visiting a sister in Pleasanton California when the crash occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Clair Butts
Perry County
Bethesa
Zanesville
Jackson Daisy Garden Club
Junction City
Real High School
Circle 5
WSCS
Dessie Hanson
Breatha Porter
Ge Turnbull
Este Opperman
Perry County Tuberculosis Health Association
Robert Tague
Bertha Levion
Miriam Clark
Lillian Safko
Crooksville
United States Civil Service Commission
Sore
Curtis S. Watts
Samuel E. Kinnan
Roseville
Jose
Calif
Ing. & Sixter
Pleasanton
Open Grange Meeting Planned for June 12
Dexter notes an open Grange meeting at Star Grange Hall on Tuesday June 12 with Master James Nicholson arranging most of the program. Sinclair Refining Company will sponsor a free farm picture and a safety film will be shown, followed by refreshments for all attendees.
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Dexter
Star Grange Hall
James Nicholson
Sinclair Refining Company
Racine Mix of Visits and Weekend Gatherings Seek Family Ties
Mr and Mrs Wright Roush of Chillicothe joined relatives including Henry Roush for a dinner. Howard Montgomery of Cincinnati visited his and Mrs Anna Curtis as Mildred Roush saw John Fisher in Akron. Maud Stewart and son Walter Jr visited Clarksburg and Racine. James McClaskey and Laura Baker of Beaver Pa spent a weekend with kin in Racine and Minersville. Edna Smith of Hemlock Grove visited Mrs Henry Euler. Marian Simpson, a Christ Hospital nurse, visited her parents George and Mrs. Simpson. The Roushs hosted dinner for ie and Mrs Robert Roush. Betty Wiggins and children Bobbie and Cheryl returned to Wilkinsburg Pa after visiting Ed O’Connor’s family. O Dessa Had and daughter Bernice of Cincinnati visited Minnie Harpold. Owen Watson spent a day with son T Sgt Ivan Watson, patient at Wright Patterson Hospital. W B Cross and Curt Carnahan with Fred Shain visited Harry Shain at Athens. James Jividen of Ravenna spent a weekend with his mother Mary Jividen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Montgomery
Cincinnati
Anna Curtis
Mildred Roush
John Fisher
Akron
Maud Stewart
Walter, Jr
Belle, W.va
Clarksburg
Edna Smith
Hemlock Grove
Henry Euler
Marian Simpson
Christ Hospital
George Simpson
Robert Roush
Betty Wiggins
Bobbie
Cheryl
Wilkinsburg
Ed O'Connor
O'Dessa
Bernice
Minnie Harpold
Owen Watson
T-Sgt
Ivan Watson
Wright-Patterson Hospital
Dayton
W. B. Cross
Curt Carnahan
Fred Shain
Harry Shain
Athens
James Jividen
Ravenna
Mary Jividen
Burdette Named Mayor In Leon Election
Citizens of Leon elected Milton Burdette mayor defeating James Morgan 38 to 6. Edna Burdette won recorder with 35 votes to Lyda Smith’s 9. Charles King treasurer 32 to 12 for Seeva Stewart. Council winners: Mary Barnette, Harley Burns, Charles Holstein, Ernest Rairden, Cora Sommer. New officers take July 1. Election officers were Mae Bailes and Kathryn Beaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Leon
Milton Burdette
Burdette
James Morgan
Edna Burdette
Lyda Smith
Charles King
Seeva Stewart
Mary Barnette
Harley Burns
Charles Holstein
Ernest Rairden
Cora Sommer
Warren Keefer
James Biffle
Phil Thomas
Cecil Bailes
Cora Morgan
Mae Bailes
Kathryn Beaver
Point Pleasant Boys Attend Annual Boys State Meeting
Two Point Pleasant High School juniors Don ald Waldie and Donald Blessing are among over 300 youths from West Virginia attending the annual Boys State sessions at Jackson's Mill this week. The event runs June 3 to June 9, the 14th annual gathering, emphasizing state government operations with a staff of volunteer counselors and an athletic program. Graduation exercises and certificate awards close the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Donald Waldie
Donald Blessing
West Virginia
Jackson's Mill
Waldie
American Legion Post
Blessing
Boys State
Rutland Social Notes Feature Local Arrivals and Visits
Rutland social page lists residents and visitors including Bertha Rathburn at Arlington High School events in Columbus with her nephew Ivor Young, Edith Bean and Rev Lawrence Schmitt heading to the Methodist Conference at Lakeside, Bean visiting Cleveland to see her son Paul, and multiple family visits among Snowden, Taylor, Fleming, Buck, Patterson, and other locals. Reports mention Pvt Burl Barton Jr wounded in Korea, Cpl Lindy Scheerer’s furlough, and several extended family trips and hospital/observation notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Bertha Rathburn
Bertha Beard
Arlington High School
Columbus
Maxine M. Siders
Ohio University
Lois Jean Taylor
Roy Errick
Huntington
Alberta
Ethel Snowden
Peggy Taylor
Harry Snowden
Ruth Sigman
Robert Bobo
Langsville
Homer Wests
Blanche McCormick
Bernard Higtey
Bill Buck
Paul Patterson
U. S. Navy
William Buck
C. C. Patterson
Pvt
Burl Barton, Jr
Korea
Cpl
Lindy Scheerer
Freda Grate
Parell Burson
Rudy
Byron
Sheral Francis
New Carlisle
Otho Burson
A. E. Plummer
Bessie Koeh
Washington
Emma Burford
Mike Roberts
Pomeroy
Eva Fleming
Kenneth Davis
Davis
Boston
New York
Paul Swick
Paula Jean
Colum
Memorial Weekend Visits Across Tuppers Plains
East Liverpool residents Edna Bridge and daughter Beatrice joined sister Millie Cole for Memorial weekend. Idonia Parker visited daughter Twila in Columbus. The Newland and Cheadle families shared an evening with Gordon Collings. A daughter Betty Kay born to Harold and Mrs. Watson. Pom eroy visitors Ebersbach with Summerfields. Mildred Winters stayed with Millie Cole. Nadine Newland employed in Athens. Clara Adams of Parkersburg visited sister Linnie Bragg. Community members attended a 4 H conference in Pomeroy.
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Tuppers Plains
Edna Bridge
Beatrice
East Liverpool
Millie Cole
Idonia Parker
Twila
Columbus
C. O. Newland
Kenneth Cheadle
Gordon Collings
Harold Watson
Betty Kay
Ebersbach
Pomeroy
Brooks Summerfield
Mildred Winters
Nadine Newland
Athens
Clara Adams
Parkersburg
Linnie Bragg
Phyliis
Owen Watson Newland Ace
Hemlock Grove visitors and local calls mark social week
Mr and Mrs Herman Taylor Dutch Ridge and others from Toronto Annapolis and Marietta visited local families including the Schultheiss Euler Baxter and Midkiff clans. Several groups called on relatives in Bunker Hill Columbus Racine and Syracuse as part of a busy social itinerary with multiple family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemlock Grove
Herman Taylor
Dutch Ridge
Ferar Brown
Toronto
Pat Vanrae
Dshipman Walser
Annapolis
Clara Paulsen
Robert Price
Marietta
Rita Schultheiss
Edmund Schultheiss
Stacy Stockton
Norman Baxter
Syracuse
Gene Romine
Daniel
Robert Euler
Racine
Dorse Smith
Jennie Smith
Bunker Hill
Clarence Story
Marilyn
Columbus
Frank Clark
Porter Midkiff
Arthur Atherton
Alfred
Charles Harr
Reeds- Met
Silas Tayir
Laurel Cliff Social Notes Include Visits and Incident
Mr and Mrs Paul Kaltenbach of Chillicothe visited Mr and Mrs Ernest Powell. Judy Gilmore stays a week in Columbus with Mr and Mrs William Davis. Vern Story and Clarence Ackley visit Norman Schaefer. Gerald Pulling burned hands and arms when a pressure cooker exploded at Carmen rest home. Margaret Allen to host Laurel Cliff Health Chair June 11. Powell visited Eber Gilligan. Pearl Parker mentioned.
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Laurel Cliff
Paul Kaltenbach
Chillicothe
Ernest Powell
Judy Gilmore
Columbus
William Davis
Vern Story
Clarence Ackley
Athens
Norman Schaefer
Gerald
Carmen Rest Home
Margaret Allen
Women of the Moose elect new officers in Point Pleasant
The senior regent presided as Mrs Nellie Henson became senior regent with Mary Hyre as junior regent and Dewilda Rutherford as recorder. Installations set for June 16 after a 6 30 p.m. dinner in the Moose Home followed by a 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. dance. A bridal shower for Miss Ben Whalen, fiancé of Jack Tracy, was held. Several local residents and visitors are listed among attendees and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Dora Kapp
Women of the Moose
Moose Home
Nellie Henson
Mary Hyre
Dewilda Rutherford
Wilma Melrose
Doris McMillin
Moose
Ben Whalen
Jack Tracy
Kapp
Elizabeth Fisher
Edith Fox
Daisy Durst
Ruth Lewis
Juanita Clark
Maxine Fuller
Anne Bailey Farm Women Meet at Mil ton Lewis Home
The Anne Bailey Farm Women's Club met at Mrs Milton Lewis's High Street home on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Lawrence Mattox presided during the business hour with Mrs Gay Casto leading the group in devotion. The lesson, Parents' Responsibility Toward Children, was led by Mrs Milton Lewis Jr. A gift was presented to club member Mrs Cornel Fowler and her infant daughter Marie Elizabeth. Refreshments were served to a list of attendees including Mrs Casto, Mrs Mattox, Mrs C A Smith, Mrs Marshall Fowler, Mrs Jimmy Lewis, Mrs Charles Foglesong, Mrs Gaylord Thomas, Philip Mattox, Jan and Stevie Fowler, Carolyn Foglesong, Lynn and Patty Lewis, and Rebecca Lewis.
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Lawrence Schmitt
Jon Darst
Basil
An Ae
Darel Darst
Law
Raymond Smith
Reth
Langsville
Ramond Smith
Francis Larkin
Blaine Giles
A. &. McGuire
Huntington
Lewis McGuire
McGuire
Flossie Hull
Pomeroy
George Adkins
Allie Garder
M. E. Rathburn
Aust Eblin
Rutland
Betty Siders
Anne Bailey
Milton Lewis
High St
Lawrence Mattox
Gay Casto
Fayor
Milton Lewis, Jr
Club
Cornel Fowler
Marie Elizabeth
Casto
Mattox
C. A. Smith
Marshall Fowler
Jimmy Lewis
Charles Foglesong
Gaylord Thomas
Philip Mattox
Jan
Stevie Fowler
Carolyn Foglesong
Lynn
Patty Lewis
Rebecca Lewis
Leon Temple No. 54 Holds Regular Meeting At IOOF Hall
The Leon Temple No. 54 met Monday evening in the IOOF Hall. A general housecleaning is planned for Thursday evening with the Leon Homemakers assisting. Members present include Mary Barnette Seeva Stewart Oma Graham Gertie Byer Erma Burdette Gertrude Seines Betty Hi and Lena Crookham.
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Leon Temple No. 54
IOOF
Leon
Mary Barnette
Seeva Stewart
Oma Graham
Gertie Byer
Erma Burdette
Gertrude Seines
Betty Hi
Lena Crookham
Henderson visitors find kin and ailing kin
Mrs French Casey and daughter Barbara of Henderson visited her sister Mrs Florence Morriston in Charleston on Monday, where Morriston remains in critical condition at home. Also traveling were Mr and Mrs Charles Clark Jr and children Roger Charlene and Lana Jo of Henderson for a week with Roy Tomilson in Carleston, Ky, and Mr and Mrs A B Austin of Cleveland returning after a visit with George Overholt on Ohio River Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorthy Watkins
M Irs
Eugene Martin
Kenneth
Morgantown
Glenn Bruestle
West Virginia University
Cleo Vaught
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
George Overholt
Ohio River Road
Bobby Middleton
Jackson Ave
Harold Call
Susie
Park Drive
Huntington
Emma Sue Kincaid
Wayne Kincaid
Viand St
Gallipolis Clinic
Gus Henry
Gallipolis Ferry
Don Stephen
Larry
Detroit
Edgar Keim
Karen
Orlando
Fla
Carl Bonner
Louisville
Bob
Peg
Jimmy Henry
Parkersburg
Goldie Nystrom
Frances Clark
Henderson
Tommy Stover
William Stover
Charleston Road
E. A. Stewart
Leon
Point Pleasant
French Casey
Barbara
Charles Clark, Jr
Roger
Charlene
Lana Jo
Roy Tomilson
Carleston
A. B. Austin
Cleveland
Highway Dept Re c eives Bids for 17 Resurfacing Projects
The State Highway Department opened low bids totaling 2,571,135 for 17 resurfacing jobs in Athens Gallia Meigs and Vinton counties. All projects use bituminous surface treatments with bids exceeding estimates in most cases. Bids listed include routes 143 160 and 346 across multiple townships and counties with Shelly Co of Thornville named among bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Highway Department
Athens
Gallia
Vinton Counties
Lee ‘Township
Athens County
Huntington Township
Gala County
Scipio
Columbia Townships
Meigs County
Columbia Township
Wilkesville Township
Vinton County
Vinton Township
Shelly Co
Thornville
Shawnee Aljuomi Association Holds Annual Celebration
The Shawnee Aljuomi Association held its annual school auditorium event with about 250 guests. Catherine Nicholas gave the opening prayer in the minister's absence. meals were by Carrie Motlencamp and others. The program included welcomes, toasts, skits, and musical numbers. A 1926 class reunion honored a 50-year graduate, with corsage to the alumna, and two long-ago toasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee Aljuomi Association
Catherine Nicholas
Carrie Moltencamp
Margaret Callahan
Estella Opperman
Erreatha Porter
Thelma Phillips
Bot Hughes
Anna Hamrick
Mabel Peyton
Margaret Collins
Edward R. Hopkins
Wallace Higgins
John Crawford
Earnhart
Kay Wilcox
Margaret Hopkins
Margaret Ashbaugh
Blanche Gibbon
Moodie Jaynes
Lizzie Moodie Miller
Jaynes
Columbus
Miller
Toledo
Mason elects McFarland mayor in unopposed city race
A Mason election produced 57 votes with Donnie McFarland named mayor to succeed Edward Rickard. Day ton C. Raynes and Lewis W. Edwards among others won council seats, each by equal votes, while the fifth council post remained vacant awaiting appointment. Edith Ingels served as election commissioner, with Lilian Amick and Gladys Gilbert as clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Donnie McFarland
Edward Rickard
Dayton C. Raynes
Lewis W. Edwards
James R. Ingels
C. Homer Brinker
Robert H. Stewart
Edith Ingels
Lilian Amick
Gladys Gilbert
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Ketone
Oranamaera Street
Wilken
Pianeau
Corfer
Akron Tron
Pany
Recacera
Ito
Weil
N. C
Whiteners, Jr
Olegenn
Eid
Charlie & Oe
N. Morris
Aaht
Coanty
Otto
Monting Creek
Del
Bennett
Jewell
Grundman
Handson
Ston
Poe
Les Saunders
James McClaskey
Laura Baker
Beaver, Pa
Minersville
Waldie and
Rutland Social Notes
Dean Shinn
Robert
Howard McDougal
Bellville
Orville Rhodes
Old Town Flats
Wilbur Midkiff
Jewell Story
Lawrence Lanning
William Killinger
Diana
Ashland, Ky
Mrs
Homer Lowe, Sr
Anne Bailey Club
Ben Tracy
Highway Dept
Lewis Meier
Lancaster
Martha Craig
Ralph R. Peyton
William McLain
Beatrice Cox
Eloise McDaniel
Pauline J. Peterson
Richard Reed
Pauline M. Mitchel
Patricia Callahan
Margaret Hopking
THURS
Gary
Cooper
Bengal
Lancer
John Wayne
Bradley Kincaid
Joan OF Ozark
Roland
Rio Brothers
LeBaron
Spade Cooley
Tonite & Thur
Kae
Middleport
Lys
FBI
Avalon
Stark's Drugs
Banks Sports
Dutton Drags
Karaha
Gallipolis
Correct
Pt. Pleasant
W. A
Pomeroy Lions Club
Rhythm Masters
Condoliané
Papi Ahmad
Adgar Rice Burroughs
Lorna Doone
Edward Samall
Barbara Hale
Richard Greene
SOL Isuatt Reconent AO Dopetor Curt
Acory Amd Maszorie
Edome Wce
Pines
Frewoa
Edgar Ecr
Byrrougho
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