Henderson Peoples Party Wins Two Top City Offices
In POINT PLEASANT Henderson Peoples Party captured the mayoral seat with George Nutter Jr defeating Citizens incumbent W H Snodgrass 64 to 36. Peoples won city clerk with George Mayes 67 to 53 over Goldie Nystrom. Council races produced close margins and a recount was set for Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Peoples Party
Henderson
Peoples
George Nutter, Jr
Citizens Party
W. H. Snodgrass
George Mayes
Citizens
Goldie Nystrom
Arlin A. Austin
Archie R. Austin
Robert Mayes
John Mayes
J. T. Mayes
Council
Elizabeth Calloway
Gary Roach
Bessie B. Supple
R. C. King
B. C. Neal
Snodgrass
Robert H. Siders
Nutter
Phillip Sporn
Austin Hope McLeod Reunion Brings 154 relatives
POINT PLEASANT The Austin Hope McLeod family reunion drew 154 members and friends to the Nelson Hope farm behind Henderson WV. A business meeting elected F H Crump Huntington president for 1955 with officers and directors continued or named, and a long list of attendees from the Austin, Horton, John Austin, Hope, and McLeod families across West Virginia Ohio Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ason County
Nelson Hope
Henderson
W.va
B. O. Blain
D. M. Hope
F. H
Jack) Crump
Huntington
Marjorie Austin Smith
Elizabeth Rogers Calloway
Burley Price
Marmet
Kenneth McLod
Portland
Ohio
H. L. McDaniel
Gallipolis Ferry
H. O. Austin
A. C. Reinwald
Kenova
F. A Shiflet
Middleport
Dallas Roe
Howard Sayre
Ruth Sayre
Johnnie Sayre
Anna Lee
June Mayes
B. A. Blain
Johnny Shelmnes
John Spears
Janet
Betty Spears
Robert Siders, Jr
Japan Rejects Import Bid for Red China Soy Beans
Japan declines to reject an application to import 50 000 tons of soybeans from Red China citing unfavorable trade balance and high delivered price of 120 70 per ton. Over six months in 1954 Japan imported 130 000 tons from Red China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Red China
Letart Families Gather for Picnic and Recital Attendance
Mrs. Albert Hill and daughter Shelba Jean attended a Lively Arts Dance Recital in Zanesville with 600 students noted. The Hill family held a picnic at Portland Park after a homecoming. Relatives from Letart and beyond gathered, including Joseph Hill of East Liverpool and many visitors from Columbus Dunfield Alliance Toledo and other towns. Several local events and visits are listed with neighbors and church activities referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
Albert Hill
Shelba Jean
Zanesville
Columbus
Dc Pauley
Dunfield
Ma Warner
Alliance
Emmett Pickens
Wesley Pickens
Toledo
R. E. Grimm and Sons
Grimm
Walter Shane
Gallipolia
Sopher
WSCS
Methodist Church
Dayton Crawford
Don H. Powell
N-2
Chincotague
H. B. Powell
D. E. Grimm
St. Louis
Clarence Roush
Toney
Winfield W. Va
Roush
Fred Roush
Rio Grande
Thomas
Jeffries
F. S. Thaxton
Blair Carven
East Liverpool
E. L. Cross
Andrew Cross
Eddie
Arch Yeager
Letart
William Boyd
Washington, D. C
Harry Conner
Flossie
Monongahela
Woodrow Dils
Baltimore
Russell Sheets
John van
Gallipolis
Emmabelle Her
Eside
Burt Hunt
J. P. Roush
County May finances show balance near six hundred thousand
Ma nson County Clerk John A. Wilson released the May financial report. April 20 balance was 5411045 with May receipts of 160014.76 and expenditures 115407.18 leaving a end of May balance of 586288.03. Disbursements totaled 215407.18 and bank totals read 468045.57 in deposits and 118242.46 in office cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Manson County
John A. Wilson
Boards of Education
Sen. Jury
Community Notes From Clifton and Nearby Towns
Local residents share visits and gatherings across Clifton Mason Point Pleasant West Columbia and Letart. Social visits include Mrs Pearl Nichol with the Roush twins, Judy Russell with Jim Young, and numerous callers at homes of Jones Smith and Hart families. A Ladies Aid meeting at the Methodist church and a going away party for Ruth Cassell highlight community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Sprouse
Point Pleasant
Clara Marie Smith
Margaret Fox
Ruth Cassell
Gallipolis
Elver Fox
Fannie Harris
Mason
Annie Carter
Horace Haynes
Don
Letart
Betty Call
Ross King
Howard Stewart
Hartford
Mack Stewart
George Jeffers
A. B. Woodrum
Homer Jeffers
Carl Ray
Charles Jeffers
Gordon Young
Canton
Bud Young
Buddy
Winifred Hoffman
West Columbia
Leland Smith
William Powell
New Haven
Annie Russell
Verna Lieving
Pearl Smith
George Johnson
Harry Hoffman
Marvin Marr
Bill Harris
Marsh Duncan
Columbus
Bruen Duncan
Charles Wright, Jr
Holzer Hospital
Ann Breese
Middleport
Earl Darst
Herman Ey
Delperter
Earnest Henry
Jeanie Camp
Blanche Jones
Otis Burris
Kaylong
Bob Chattin
Jim Chattin
Faye Russell
Laura McDaniels
Ann
M . Paul Washington
David Knopp
Meigs County Simpsons Tied to Grants Mother Kin
A centennial era account traces the Simpson family of Rutland and Meigs County to close kin of Ulysses S. Grant's mother Hannah Simpson. It covers Josiah and Robert Simpson founders, intermarriages with local pioneer families, and descendants including lawyers, editors, and judges across Rutland, Scipio, and Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Simpson Sr
Liva Nye
George Nye
Athens
Chauncey Area
G. Perry Simpson
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Kennedy
Salem Township
Liva
Nathan Simpson
Rosantha
Mandana
Alvin Bingham
Rutland
Meigs County
Binghams
Alvin Binghams
Middle
Missouri
Ironville
Toledo
Josiah Simpson
Ohio
John
Eliza Simpson
Ransom Harding
Nancy
Wheatley
Indiana
Mary Simpson
Simms
Betsy Simpson
Ethan Cowdery
Shade River
Ruth Simpson
Abel Phelps
Pomeroy
Lydia Simpson
Pullens
Susan Simpson
Willis
Nancy Hendry
Common Pleas Court
Robert Simpson
Robert Jr
Maria
Elisha Hubbell Benedict
Kansas
Emily Simpson
Lucius Bingham
Sarah Ann Simpson
Jeremiah Carpenter
Mason votes elect Workman mayor and multi-ticket council
In Mason, Workman won the mayoralty with 4 votes, defeating Harless 28 and others, for a two year term. Williamson won the recorder post with 104 votes while Raynes had 70. Five council seats went to Beard Richardson Capehart Walsh and others on Citizens Progressive and Independent tickets amid multi ticket candidacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
BR. E
Workman
Mason
R. O. Harless
City Recorder
R. J. Williamson
Dayton Raynes
Recorder
Williamson
Citizen Progressive
Harless
Peoples Program
Raynes
Citizen
C. L. Ingles
Clayton Lewis
Ingles
Lewis
B. F. Beard
Peoples
Independent
Wylessing
Delwon Roberts
Everett Thomas
Walter Werry
Charles T. Burton
Curtis McDaniel
Fred Stewart
Stevie Walker
Roscoe Roush
E. E. Thompson
Weather Bureau finds no wide weather effect from atomic blasts
The Weather Bureau told Congress that there is no evidence that atomic explosions affect weather beyond a few miles from the blast. Of 80 replies, about half saw no link. others suggested cloud seeding, electrical changes, or solar radiation reduction, but the bureau dismissed these theories as insignificant on a global scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Weather Bureau
Bureau
Congress
Weather Bureau
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Nevada
Marine Regiment Lands on Okinawa
The 9th Marine Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division began landing on Okinawa Tuesday. The reinforced unit, transferred from Japan, is capable of operating on a self sustaining basis and has an estimated 5500 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naha
Okinawa
9Th Marine Regiment
3Rd Marine Division
Japan
Local social notes from Vinton and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Eddie Amose and family vacationing in Cincinnati and Columbus. Several pairs of residents from Vinton, Jackson, Columbus, Nelsonville, Gallipolis, and nearby towns hosted or visited relatives and friends including the Whites, Quickles, Denny, Sherritt, Sprouse, Phillips, Keffer, Lambert, Brubaker, Foster, and Peseag. Sunday visits report guests at multiple homes and hospital patient Ward Phillips at Mount St Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Eddie Amose
Cincinnati
Columbus
Chester White
Vinton Route 2
Charles White
Pluma Quickle
S. E. Denny
Jackson
Elmer Sherritt
Pat Wood
Norman Martin
Steve
Rodney Sprouse
Ewington
Dor White
John Love
Donald Cline Gerlach
Ward Phillips
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Nancy Keffer
Chester Jones
Georgie Boyer
Larry
Gallipolis
Tom Quickle
Homer Hartsook
Carpenter
Kenneth Evans
Prospect
Kenneth Gabriel
Patricia Brubaker
Rio Grande
Joan
Edythe Lambert
Gt Lambert
Tractor trailer jackknifes on Route 17 blocking bridge
A big tractor trailer owned by Central Trucking Co jackknifed and struck the Little Sixteen Mile Creek bridge on Route 17 in Point Pleasant, halting through traffic for over an hour. The driver escaped injury as crews cleared the scene and rerouted eastbound traffic via U.S. Route 35 until partial reopening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Route 17
Sixteen Mile Creek
Central Trucking Co
Sheriff Breaks Up Picket Line At West Columbia Mine
Wildcat strikers from Swisher Con Co Ohio attempted a picket at the West Columbia strip mine Tuesday evening. Mason County Sheriff Charles A. Roberts ordered them to disperse, noting no picket could be set on the mine property or nearby state road. The line folded and production at the West Columbia operation returned to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Wildcat
Swisher Con Co
Ohio
West Columbia
Mason County
Charles A. Roberts
Roberts
Wildcatters
General Taylor Says Free Forces Stronger Than Communists
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, on his way home to become Army chief of staff, asserted that free forces in Asia are numerically and materially stronger than the Communist forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S. Army
Asia
Local Church Circles Meet This Tuesday Evening
Pt Pleasant Society Circle One of Main Street Baptist Church will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the church with Mrs Bess Moore on in charge. Circle Two A meets Tuesday at 2 p m in the church with chairman Mrs C R Perry presiding. The Leon Homemakers Farm Women's Club meets Tuesday at 8 p m in Leon Grade School with lesson study on Food ae by Mrs B F Sommers. Pete Lane Porter Ohio and Ted Blake Columbus son of Everett Blake Bellemeade were married Saturday in Richmond Ind. The bride wore a pink and blue linen dress with white accessories. They will reside in Columbus where he is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street Baptist Church
Bess Moore
C. R. Perry
Leon Homemakers Farm Women’s Club
Leon
B. F. Sommers
Pete Lane
Porter
Ohio
Ted Blake
Columbus
Everett Blake
Bellemeade
Blake
Richmond
Ind
WwLwc
WcHs
Channel 3
Channel 4
Channel
Famous Playhouse
Walter Phillips
Garry Moore
Godfrey
Arthur Godfrey
Gooifrey
Home Ladies Theater
Tennessee Ernie
Ding Dong
Valiant Lady
Kitchen Fair
Tennessee Ernie Ding Dong School
Play Yard
Guiding Light
Inner Flame
Welcome Travelers
Ding Dong School
Ted Mack
Uncle Bud Circus
Bob Crosby
Bub Crosby
Miss Marlowe
Hawkins Falls
Paul Dixon
Mr. Sweeney
Pinky Lee
Aunt Fran
Don Winslow
Nimrod and
Angier
Namred
Anger
Marly
News Picture
Little Rascals
Terry and Pirates
Sports Eye
Daly News
Chub Terry
Pirates
Dinah Shore
News Caravan
Newsman
Lone Ranger
Jane Froman
Edwards
Beulah
Ray Milland
Justice
Shower of Stars
T-Men In Action
Star Tonight
Public Defender
Runyon Theater
Three City Final
Runyon
Ames Bros
Europe
Armchair Teater
Rainbow Girls attend grand assembly in Charleston
Ten members of Point Pleasant Assembly 23 of Order of Rainbow for Girls and adviser Mrs Janet Cape hart attend a three day session at the Masonic Temple in Charleston. Miss Linda Durst is on the grand executive board and Miss Linda Oliver will participate in the program. Members in the grand parade include Oliver Durst Russell Rainey Somerville Tackett Barr Biffle, with Patty Reynolds and Barbara Pullins also attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant Assembly
Order of Rainbow
Janet Capehart
Masonic Temple
Charleston
Linda Durst
Linda Oliver
Miss Oliver
Miss Durst
Barbara Russell
Linda Rainey
Lois Somerville
Sandra Tackett
Barbara Barr
Janet Biffle
Patty Reynolds
Barbara Pullins
Eleven Report For Physicals
Eleven men registered with Local Board No. 24 will report to the Ashland Kentucky induction station on June 27 for preinduction physical examinations. The group includes Henry Alexander Kay John Harold Kelly Percy Lee McAfee Jr Charlies Curtis Reynolds Donald Oda Smith Robert Louis Webb Pierce Treadway Steve Junior Hayman Eugene William Logue Homer Edward Blessing and Floyd Lester Bush all of Point Pleasant plus James Worrell Morrison of Point Pleasant Route 1. One man will be called for induction on June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ashland
Bess Boley Moore
Henry Alexander Kay
South Side
John Harold Kelly
Mason
Percy Lee McAfee, Jr
Arbuckle
Charlies Curtis
Reynolds
Donald Oda Smith
Leon
Robert Louis Webb
Jackson Pierce Treadway
Steve Junior Hayman
Eugene William Logue
Cottageville
Homer Edward Blessing
Pomeroy
Floyd Lester Bush
Ravenswood
James Worrell Morrison
Kitchen Shower Honors Miss Carole Oliver
Miss Lynn Smith hosted a kitchen shower on Jefferson Boulevard for Miss Carole Oliver, with Bob Davis as guest. Refreshments were served to fourteen guests and the guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Smith
Jefferson Blvd
Carole Oliver
Bob Davis
Grace Smith leaves Point Pleasant for St. Mary's Hospital study
Miss Grace Smith daughter of Mrs Gail Smith 104 Libertys St left Monday for Huntington to attend a school at St Marys Hospital She is a Point Pleasant High School graduate class of 1955 Mrs Hazel Carder Mrs John Boyer and Mrs Otis Rainey attended the fourth district convention of Rebecca Lodge Monday at Ravenswood William Vaught of Somerville a former Mason County resident has returned home after a week with his granddaughter and family Mr and Mrs Robert Hite Viand Sr and friends Grover Bowie of Clarksburg visits his grandparents Mr and Mrs G C Hite Viand St
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Smith
Gail Smith
Libertys St
Huntington
St. Mary's Hospital
Smith
Point Pleasant High School
Hazel Carder
John Boyer
Otis Rainey
Rebecca Lodge
Ravenswood
William Vaught
Somerville
Mason County
Robert Hite
Viand Sr
Grover Bowie
Clarksburg
G. C. Hite
Viand St
Ice cream supper draws crowd at Grange Hall
A large crowd attended the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts ice cream supper at the Grange Hall. The item lists numerous visits and weekend stays among residents including Mary Euler Raiene with Golda Sargent and families from Columbus, Pomeroy, Old Town Flats, and New York visiting relatives in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemlock Grove
Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts
Grange Hall
Mary Euler Raiene
Golda Sargent
Clark van Nest
Columbus
Dean Shim
Robert
Henry Martin
Orville Well
Ralph Welker
Jerry
Jackie
Joe
Pomeroy
Eula Welker
Eileen Welker
Timmy
Orville Rhodes
Gary
Old Town Flats
Jewell Story
Jack Riley
Rittman
Omer Hess
Alvin Kohl
New York
Kohl
Mae St. Clair
Imogene Coca show boosts Hal March career on TV
Hal March, 35, comes to CBS TV with Imogene Coca on the Your Show of Shows successor. He also begins a NBC show The Soldiers on June 2 after praise for Coca’s program and prior radio and TV work including My Friend Irma and Burns and Allen. Coca’s show, amid a shaky start, rose in ratings with March as foil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Imogene Coca
Hal March
Imogene
Cbs-Tv
the Soldiers
Nbc-Tv
March
Ima
Burns and
Allen
Coca
Miss Coca
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henderson Peoples Party
Kanawha River
Austin-Hope-McLeod
Horton Austin
E. F. Day
Santa Barbara
Calif
Michael Smith
Loys Austin
Maurice A. Mayes
L. L. Austin
Dick Austin
Hogsett
R .E. Vaughan
Lyle
Gene Moore
Gilbert Rogers
Harry Surface
Harry Calloway
Kate Mayes
Oden Austin
John Austin
Wilbur Bechtle
Clifford Walker
Pittsburgh
Sybil Slavin
Bellevue
Anna Windon
Roy R. Windon
Tommy Young
Montgomery
Jerry Roach
South Charleston
Leland Roach
Winfield
Edward J. Ramey
Maude Barnett
John E. Frost
Mabel Frame
Freda Frost
Henry Nolle
Jimmy Walker
Eva Austin Shiflet
Hugh Shiflet
Jane Austin Cragg
Maude Roe
Lenny Lee
Harrison B. Janey May Roe
Gladys Ord
Aliquippa
Hope
Everett Spencer
Tommy
Lydia Hope
Ira Hope
Robert Hope
Edgard
Charles Frazier
R. W. Tarbett
McLeod
Kenneth McLeod
Jack Knight
Monroe Falls
Helen McLeod
Hughie McLeod
Richard
K. Dailey
Margaret Sheline
Mary Woody
Akron
Nancy Vareum
Judy Paine
David Massie
Zelda Miller
Elsie McNeil
Fisher
Pt. Pleasant
Fisher's
Clifton
Grant
Harrisonville
Sim
Ulysses Simpson Grant
Marietta
Moety
Yeens
Rutland Township
Josiah
Penobscot
Maine
Ohio River
Rutland General
Rutland Village
Scipio Township
Josiah Simpson Jr
Theresa Higley
Mary
Thomas Kirker
Adaline
Samuel Higley
Joseph Dixon
Albany
Athens County
John Bradford
William Bradford
America
General Lafayette
H. Harris
Marine Regiment
Taylor
Pt. Pleasant Society
Circle
Rainbow Girls Assemble
Maxine Cummingham
WSAZ
Range Rider
Eddie Fisher
Superman Edwards
Disneyland
Perry Como
Arthur Godfrey Godfrey and Friends
Mr. Citizen
My Little
Front Row
D. A
Mr. DA
Rocky
Inner Sanctum
Secret Files
Liberace
Armchair Theater
Ldts
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