Jaycees Given Charter at Banquet in Point Pleasant
The Point Pleasant Junior Chamber of Commerce received its international charter at a banquet in the Moose Home Tuesday evening. State Jaycees President Ross Foss presented the charter, with local officers Daniel W. Tennant president and Roy Franklin vice president.
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Point Pleasant
Franklin
Zane White
Charleston
Ross
Jaycees
Anizing
Oscar Wallace
Daniel W. Ten
Ant
Roy Franklin
Marshal Fowler
Chester Wamsley
Don Ward
Clarence Donghue
Treas Rer
Darrell Englis
State Chamber
Roberts
W R Collins Dies at 74 in Point Pleasant
William Robert Collins age 74 of 1302 Hoggs Street died Tuesday at 11 20 am at Holter Hospital after a brief illness He was born July 9 1881 in Buffalo West Virginia and lived in Ion County since 1907 working 32 years as a lockman at the U S locks at Jock 11 He retired in 1999 from Lock 25 He was member of the Meth Exist Church IOOF Minturn Lodge 19 AF AM Point Pleasant Chapter No 7 Royals Arch of Masonic Lodge He is survived by his wife Stella Turner Collins and a son Robert Jerome Collins of Nitro WV Funeral services Thursday at 2 pm Crow Funeral Home with Rev Alvin C Young. Burial in Suncrest Cemetery with Minturn Lodge conducting graveside rites Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Oint Pleasant
William Robert Collins
Hoggs St
Holter Hospital
Buffalo
W. Va
James H
Elizabeth ‘Watson Collins
Ion County
U. S. Locks
Jock 11
Flock 25
Ioof Lodge
Minturn Lodge
Af&am
Point Pleasant
Royals
Arch of
Masonic Lodge
Stella Turner Collins
Robert Jerome ‘Collins
Nitro
W. Vi
Crow Funeral Home
Alvin C. Young
Suncrest Cemmetery
Minturn
Point Clinic Notes From Mrs Clyde Parsons and Others
Notes from Point Pleasant include Mrs Clyde Parsons Mrs Mary Lou Reynolds and infant son. Mrs Lena McDermitt admitted. Judy Kay Murphy listed. Nancy Adams associated with Bladen.
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Clyde Parsons
Finley
Mary Lou Reynolds
Point Pleasant
Lena McDermitt
Judy Kay Murphy
Nancy Adams
Bladen
Bowling Banquet Held by Twenty-Second Street Center
The annual bowling banquet of the Twenty-Second Street Bowling Center will be held Friday at 6 p.m. in the Moose Home. A dinner will be followed by a dance and prize awards for high scores from seven leagues represented.
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Point Pleasant
Pt Pleasant Society and Homemakers Club Report
The Tuesday meeting of the Sayre area clubs included Irene Leon Homemakers Farm Wom and Sayre treasurer reporting. Pauline Bright led a lesson on Building on the Leon school lawn. Mary Lee elected president with Marian Upton and others in leadership roles.
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Bunang Commie Coacrman
Irene Leon
Sayre
Leon School
Better Bones
Pauline Bright
Bessie Sayre
Patricia Schenk
Marian Upton
Bill Gergory
Mary Lee
Gus Doug R. Douglas, Jr
Perry
Upton
Local Church Ladies Enjoy Hartford Meeting and Social
Hartford notes list the Hartford Methodist Ladies Idle Class hosting a Friday gathering at the home of Mrs. William eKnight and Mrs. Elizabeth Keusser with President Mrs. James McKnight presiding and refreshments served. Also updates on Arthur Wayland’s Cleveland Clinic stay and Mrs. Bessie Jenkins’s hospital discharge.
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Hartford
William eKnight
Elizabeth Keusser
Hartford Methodist Church
James McKnight
T. Stone
Emil Knight
Rutter Knight
Charles Smith
Harry Gibbs
Arthur Wayland
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland
Kesti
W. T. Stone
M. Purcell
Los Angeles
Inlaw
Henry Jenkins
Helen Jenkins
Charles
Ken Ego Tabing
A. K. MeChing
Sid Airport
Anna Ferrie
Clifton | Farge
Paul Laurent
Lansing
Ohio
J.M. Cramp
Virginia Ca
Chamber Targets Routes 2 and 7 Bypass Plan For Point Pleasant
The Point Pleasant chamber discusses routing a bypass from Shadle Ridge to Route 6 to ease downtown congestion and moves to present to the state road commission. They consider relocating and repainting the welcome sign near Shadle Bridge and finance a local recreation program with a $75 appropriation to send Virgil Siders to a regional chamber executives meeting in Chapel Hill.
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Point Pleasant
Chamber
At Commerce
Pesale Road
Sayre
Crooked Creek
Shadle Widge
6Th and
Vland
Thetate Road Commission
Snadle Ridge
Ohio
Silver Bridge
Henderson
Shadie Bridge
Sid
Harman Park
Virgil Siders
Chamber of Commerce
Chapel Hill
Carolina
C.J. Hyer
al Wiggs
Rush Krodel
Jack Fruth
Ames Hall
Carter Franklin
Lurtwell Meadows
Roy ‘ ‘Henauer
Farmers' Insurance Under SS Explained
A 1996 update notes farmers age 65 plus may claim Social Security and self employment tax benefits if earning losses exceed set amounts. The article describes pen program plans and expected replacements under the Social Security Act, urging affected farmers to contact their local Social Security office by September.
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Washington
Fessman MG
Barnie
Burnie
House Post Office
4 H Club Activity Day Winners Listed at County Center
Pleasant-mont County 4 H Club held its annual activity day at the county recreation center. Winners included Sed Segara blue, Peggy Browning blue, Janice Jordan white, and Mary Roush white. Awards spanned girls and boys divisions in grooming, clothing, canning, baked goods, poster, poultry, corn, and potatoes with clubs such as Trail Blazers Mountain Climbers and Good Luck Clover earning multiple blue ribbons.
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County
Russell Priddy
Sed Segara
Giaeter
Sed Sven
Katy Williamson
Shirley Johnson
Cherokee Chickadee
Peggy Browning
Trail Blazers
Janice Jordan
Mary Roush
Vernon Star Dusters
Roberts Spears
Happy Hustler
William “Gill
Sam McNeill
Tip
Mac Brake
Marshall McMillion
Harold Edwards
Shawnee Braves
Vernon
Star Dusters
Busy Bees Poultry
Berry
Ned Jones
Okeb
Ray Bowser T
Roger Brain
Jimmy Hitchell
Mary Blain
Irvin Begins Ohio State Dissertation on Local Ninth Graders
County school official Mr Irvin will pursue a Doctor of Education degree at Ohio State University and work on a dissertation in elementary education. He plans summer meetings in Columbus with his doctorate committee to study why local ninth graders score two years below national norms. He holds bachelor and master degrees from Marshall College.
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Son County
Ohio State University
Irvin
Columbus
Marshall College
Bad-Check Conviction Nets 1-5 Prison Term
Howard Richerson was taken to Moundsville State Penitentiary by Sheriff Charles A. Roberts. He was sentenced to one to five years on a bad check case after pleading guilty before Judge Lewis H. Miller following indictment by the May term grand jury.
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Point Pleasant
Howard Richerson
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Charles A. Roberts
Richerson
Lewis H. Miller
Bartram Earns PhD as Ohio Educator
Bartram, a Mount Union College professor in Alliance, Ohio, earned his PhD in elementary education from Ohio State last Friday. He previously served as principal of North Pole Pleasant grade school and as elementary supervisor and principal of Ordinance School.
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Point Pleasant
Cheste Bartram
Mount Unio College
Alliance
Ohio
Ohio State
Bartram
North Pole Pleasant
Collision at Silver Bridge injures driver and damages vehicles
Gallia County Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated a two vehicle crash at the Ohio end of the Silver Bridge in Kanauga. Jerome Moday 39 Dunbar West Virginia drove the station wagon and Comes Stumbo 20 Patriot Route 1 drove the truck. Stumbo was uninjured but Moday suffered cuts and was released from Holzer Hospital after posting a 25 dollar bond for failure to yield the right of way. The wreck occurred 1 40 PM Tuesday.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
State Highway Patrol
Ohio
Silver Bridge
Kanauge
Jerome Moday
Dunbar
W. Va
Stumbo
Holzer Hospital
P.m
Civil Air
Washington School
Bob Dayton
Ralph
Cronstein
Cincinnatian
Pal Court
Civil Air Patrol
Health Board Orders Cleanup at Local Gallipolis Restaurant
In Gallipolis on Tuesday, the City Health Board ordered a local restaurant to clean up within two weeks or face closure. The board also told a Huntington food processing plant to reapply for an opening in Gallipolis after clearance with the FDA.
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Gallipolis
Parked Auto Blamed For Two Car Collision
Police report a minor crash at Third and Vine with two vehicles damaged and one parked car blamed. Two arrests were made yesterday. one intoxication conviction followed, and fines paid in Municipal Court.
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Kermit W. Wilson
Willow
Wood
Wilson
Allen Lee Taylor
Chestnut St
Vine
Marshall Paul Drummond
Bidwell
Neal
Cemetery Growth Plans Face Expansion Near Gravel Hill
Gallipolis reports the Gravel Hill Cemetery Association plans to expand by purchasing four remaining lots to hit a 100 lot target. President DeScot AE Raymond Thomas said the group aims to reorganize and push activities for future sales. The next meeting is set for the first Tuesday of July.
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Gallipolis
Timgnvs
Gravel Hill
Ceme
Currentery Association, Inc
de Scot
Raymond Thomas
Immedia
Tely
Hospital notes list births in multiple towns
Holzer Hospital notes record a series of births on June 9 to families in Wellston Jackson Hogsett Letart Gillen Wellston and other nearby areas. The report also notes Rep. Thomas Jenkins urging approval of an 868000 project to partially restore and protect the Ohio River bank at Gallipolis near Locust Street and City Park.
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Birtus F
Clarence Ewing
Wellston
Bill Cline
Jackson
D. R. ‘Winkler
Hogsett
W. Va
Gallipolis
Thomas
Marion Jenkins
Ohio
Litchfield
New Haven
House Public Works
Andrew Gibbs
Letart
J. D. Gillen
Ohio River
Carl E
Jenkins
Smith
Locust St
Smart Cabnns
Ohio River Traffic at Gallipolis Locks Report
River traffic figures show boats moving at Gallipolis with loads and empties updates. Multiple vessels including the Nida Dean Marmet Gibralter No. 2 and others are up or down at various times, with dams on the Kanawha rising and past records noted.
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Bill Stump
W. Keeley
Kanawha
Hood
Coast Guard
Winfield
Jerry Bosworth
Gallipolis
Nida Dean
Point Pleasant
Local Social Notes Highlight Wide Visiting List
Kingsbury residents host and visit family and friends across multiple towns. The column lists numerous guests and patients including Mrs Lorenza Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman, and others from Columbus Huntington and Wellston, with several hospital and surgical mentions.
Rio's Brotherhood Meet Discusses School Problems
The Rio Grande larger parish men's brotherhood met Tuesday night at Centerville Methodist Church with 50 members. Olin L. Adams, head of the Oak Hills schools, spoke on school problems and was introduced by Roger Williams. C. A. Evans presided.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Men’s Brotherhood
Centerville Methodist Church
Olin L. Adams
Oak Hills
Roger Williams
C. A. Evans
Grandmother Hiker retraces Appalachian Trail tale at Rotary
Emma Gatewood known as Grandmother Hiker recounted her 148 day trek along the 2080 mile Appalachian Trail through 14 states. She described harsh weather, wild critters, and moments of hunger as she averaged about 15 miles daily with one 27 mile day. Her journey drew reporters and led to television appearances after she completed the trek.
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Gallipolis
Emma Gatewood
Rotary Club
Farmer's Hotel
Gatewood
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Hanersville
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Joseph Swick
Langsville
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Bradley Clayton Edwards
John C. Gillen
Henry Ray Taylor
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Kanetlan Cast
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Dayton
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Gallipos Waredime
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Arthur Lee
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MeAr
E. J. Somerville
Point Pleas
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Middleport
Judg G. Frazee
Hamden
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C. E. Mason
Alto
Charles C. Thornton
But Malo
W.va
Ernest Brown
Ironton
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Roscoe Wimner, Jr
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Claude T. Thornton
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Albert Wallace
Shirley McGoon
Alvin Buchanan
William Maloney
Homer McCorkle
Carrell Kennedy
Clara Bugg
Carl Parsons
Berkley Johnson
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Richard Coleman
Walter Rose
Edgar Chinn
David Res Massie
Connie Carter
Carlton Gallinde
C. C. Terry
William Roach
Charles M. Waster
Richard van Leeder
Ray Hughes
James McComb
Steward Riegel
Paul Leaman
van Martindale
W. H. Snodgras
Fisher
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Duke
Virgina
Roanoke
Majorette
Suzanne Ryce
Street Point Pleasant
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UBL
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