State Poultry Conclave Set For July 29
The West Virginia Poultry Association announces the state poultry convention will be held in Moorefield Hardy County from July 29 to 31. H D Thorne of Preston County chairs the convention committee as plans include educational talks on various poultry topics a chicken barbecue July 30 a poultry festival with activities a beauty pageant July 29 a Friday parade and the poultry queen ball that evening.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Poultry Association
Moorefield
Hardy County
H. D. Thorne
Horse Shoe Run
Preston County
Thorne
Dem Conclave Opens Friday in Huntington WV
A two day convention of the Young Democratic Clubs of West Virginia opens Friday in Huntington at Hotel Prichard. About 700 delegates and visitors attend with Henry M. Jackson and West Virginia senators M. M. Neely and Harley Kilgore plus Gov. William C. Marland as featured speakers. Marland delivers the banquet address Saturday night.
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Point Pleasant
Young Democratic Clubs of
West Virginia
Huntington
Henry M. Jackson
United States
Washington
M. M. Neely
Harley Kilgore
William C. Marland
Marland
Prichard
Jane O'Neill Mahady
Young Democratic Clubs of Pennsylvania
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Senator Jackson
Dexter Dexter Brethren Gather For Reunion And Grange News
The Jordan family reunion is set for July 5 at the Sidney Jordan home. Star Grange held memorial services for Mil dred Wells Rhoda Amos and Jimmie Swearingen. Ray mond Wilcox and Robert Holliday received the first and second degrees. Plans were made to entertain Pomona Grange on July 3 at Star Grange Hall. The next meeting is June 20. Mrs Gerald Minor hosted the Dexter Ladies Aid with visitors Margaret Combs Anna Miller and Evelyn Shilling. Mary Will visits Charleston with her son-in-law and daughter Joe Selman and wife.
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Dexter
Jordan
Sidney Jordan
Star Grange
Mildred Wells
Rhoda Amos
Jimmie Swearingen
Raymond Wilcox
Robert Holliday
Pomona Grange
Gerald Minor
Dexter Ladies Aid
Mararet Combs
Anna Miller
Evelyn Shilling
Mary Will
Joe Selman
Charleston
Remarkable Recovery from Arthritis Promises Help
A reader describes overcoming severe rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatism after years of crippling pain and deformed joints. The notice invites letters revealing the method or treatment that led to renewed mobility and relief, promising a personal reply to interested correspondents.
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Reunion at Hunter Dyke Home
The Jeff Hunter family reunion gathered at Maude Hunter Dyke’s home near Ashton with numerous relatives visiting from Huntington Point Pleasant and nearby towns. Attendees included the Stribling Kincaid Frazier Sid ers Siders and Keefer families among others. The Keefer couple announced via telegram that their daughter Mrs Floyd White and sons John and Tommy would arrive in Franklin Germany for a three year tour while son Doyle Keefer and wife are expected home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Hunter
Maude Hunter Dyke
Ashton
Matt Stribling
A. O. Kincaid
Huntington
J. L. Frazier
H. K. Withers
J. B. Frazier
Lesage
Virgil Siders
Paul Siders
Marianne Peoples
Theodore Siders
Point Pleasant
Hugh Kincaid
Hunter Kincaid
Kate Kincaid
Carter Chambers
Harry Butler
Glenwood
Kenneth Butler
Ohio River Road
Ernest Murphy
Sharon Lynn
Dixie Phillips
Charleston
Bill Ramsey
Washington Court House
James Gray
James Gray, Jr
Hogsett
Rusty
Viana St
Charles Gibeaut
Pensacola
Fla
S. J. P. Keefer
Burton Fisher
Carl Allen
Alice
Leroy
Jackie Roach
Grove City
Ohio
Elmer Jones
Patty
Betty
George
Richard
Keefer
Floyd White
John
Tommy
Metchen
N. Y
Franklin
Germany
Doyle Keefer
Fairbanks
Ala
Women of the Moose Meet for Installation of New Officers
The Women of the Moose hold a meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Moose Home. New officers will be installed and Mrs. Nellie Gilker, membership chairman, will lead a program honoring sponsors.
Local Socials and Visits Reported Across Parksburg Area
Mrs Harold Call of Park Drive and Miss Sonya Mayes returned from Clarksburg with Bill Holloway Bowie Toddy Mayes and Mrs Michael Darocha visiting Rev and Mrs W C Bowie. Darocha and Jon Call headed to Baltimore. Morris Sebrell visited Point Pleasant on business. J S Henderson and Herbert Henderson joined weekend with Ernest Shank at Belleville where Shank recovers from Route 56 crash injuries. Others visiting included Charles Freedman and family from Parkersburg. Donna Lynn Isaac ill with chickenpox at Gunns home. Cheesebrews and Radcliffs visit Columbus Ohio and return with Mrs Radcliff. Eli Sayre returned from Jefferson Ave to Gunville. Joseph Bailey and Sherwood Costen returned from New York and Washington with Rodney Wamsley and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Call
Park Drive
Sonya Mayes
Bill Holloway Bowie
Toddy Mayes
Michael Darocha
Jon Call
Clarksburg
W. C. Bowie
Bill Bowie
Bowie
Darocha
Baltimore
Call
Morris Sebrell
Point Pleasant
Southside
J. S. Henderson
Herbert Henderson
Sharle Road
Ernest Shank
Belleville
Shank
Lock 20
Route 56
Athens
Old Lock 25
Charles Freedman
Parkersburg
Shadlie Road
William Dial
Alice Crawford
Bob Ramsey
Huntington
Herman Morgan
Larry
Donna Lynn Isaac
Ben Isaac
Dunbar
Neil R. Gunn
Caude Cheesebrew
Kanawha St
Arthur Cheesebrew
Warren Elliott
Leslie Radcliff
Columbus
Ohio
Cheesebrew
Ezeil Sayre
Gunville
Early McKinney
Jefferson Ave
Joseph Bailey
Lincoln Ave
Sherwood Costen
Ohio River Road
New York City
Washington
Rodney Wamsley
Local Births and Admissions Report
Point Clinic notes admit Mrs. Clems Saxton of Gallipolis and release Mrs. Forrest Wandling of Arbuckle. Also listed are Miss Dolly Wogan of Southside and Mrs. Teo Pope with infant son at Clifton. Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cornelius of Cheshire a daughter born June 13.
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Forrest Wandling
Arbuckle
Dolly Wogan
Southside
Teo Pope
Clifton
Robert Cornelius
Cheshire
Good investment in training elephant for Congo plantations
An anecdotal report notes elephant training costs range from 750 to 1000 dollars and asserts strong returns when the animal works on Belgian Congo plantations for the government.
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Congo
Rural Phone Study Began in West Virginia
West Virginia Farm Bureau telephone committee met in Charleston on June 12 to study petitions from county Farm Bureaus and rural groups over Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co rates. Chairman R Bur Gall said petitions urged reconsideration by the public service commission and input from county representatives. Final recommendations will be presented to the state board in early July.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Farm Bureau Telephone Committee
Charleston
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
R. Bur] Gall
Weston
Public Service Commission
Clyde Bonar
Burlington
Marriage Unites Mary Elizabeth Dyke and Jerold Woodrum
The Rev W V Gilkerson presided as Mary Elizabeth Dyke daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Dyke Langsville wed Jerold Woodrum in a ceremony at the Methodist Church on June 7 with reception at the bride's parents home. Woodrum a USAF member will depart for overseas duty after leave from Albany High School graduate. Numerous relatives and friends attended the wedding and related gatherings.
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Danville
W. V. Gilkerson
Pilgrim Holiness Arch
Mary Elizabeth He
Sam Dyke
Langsville
Jerold Woodrum
Rutland High School
Batelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
Woodrum
Albany High School
Air Force
New Jersey
Ida Ogdin
Bertha Barret
Carl Nelson
Larry
Rutland
Wallace
Gallipolis
Jack Davis
Ragland
W. Va
George Searles
Nancy Spaulding
Addie
Becca Wilcox
Elster Metheney
Mansfield
Mr. Metheney
Tom Metheney
Will Barrett
Wesley
Helen Metheney
Mary
Ruth Hewitt
Methodist Church
Kenneth Norton
Marion
Hoffman-Turner
Merrill Cottrill
Lancaster
Father Son Awarded Service Pins in Huntington Ceremony
In Huntington 76 Emersons received long service emblems today for 10 20 30 and 40 years with the U S Army Corps of Engineers. Lee Wallace 40 year pin and his son Robert L Wallace 10 year pin were honored along with Harry Bright 40 years and Lincoln Call 30 years. Col E R O'Brien presided at the National Guard Armory Huntington with ceremonies also at Marietta for district personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Corps of Engineers
U. S. Army
Huntington
Lee Wallace
Lock 20
Ohio River
Robert L. Wallace
Henderson
Gallipolis
Old Lock 26
Harry Bright
Winfield Dam
Gallipolis Dam
Lincoln Call
E. R. O’brien
National Guard
O’brien
Marietta
Tallest Kentuckian Selected in Contest
Kenneth C. Snyder of Bedford Kentucky won the tallest Kentuckian title by one eighth of an inch with a height of 6 feet 8 and a half inches in stocking feet. He narrowly beat John P Mills of Flat Lick in Louisville during the citys 175th anniversary celebration tied to the opening of The Tall Kentuckian a film about Abraham Lincolns life.
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Louisville
Kenneth C. Snyder
Bedford
John P. Mills
Flat Lick
Abraham Lincoln
Miss Castle Heads to Pittsburgh for Merchandising Research
Miss Margaret A. Castle director of Rio Grande College School of Retailing left Rio Grande to spend a week at the Retail Research Bureau of the University of Pittsburgh. She aims to obtain recent research material on retail merchandising for Southeastern Ohio and West Virginia merchants after completing a Point Pleasant extension course.
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Point Pleasant
Margaret A. Castle
Rio Grande College
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Marriage Licenses for Point Pract and Nearby Towns
Charles Ray Poor 25 and Margaret Fay Casto 28 of Point Pract. Robert Lou Spurlock 21 Glenwood and Ellen Mae Stewart 21 Apple Grove. Anthony Paul Harbrecht 27 Pomeroy and Lorena Mhelieving 24 West Columbia.
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Point Eee Ae
Charles Ray Poor
Margaret Fay Casto
Point Pract
Robert Lou Spurlock
Glenwood
Ellen Mae Stewart
Apple Grove
Anthony Paul Harbrecht
Pomeroy
Lorena Mhelieving
West Columbia
Custodians At Conference Held In Wheeling West Virginia
The first of 10 regional training conferences for custodial employees in West Virginia public schools was held yesterday and today in Wheeling. Custodians from Mason County will attend a similar meeting at Huntington East High School Friday and Saturday. The events are sponsored by the Vocational Education division of the State Education Department, the West Virginia Association of Public School Superintendents, and the state fire marshal's office.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Wheeling
Mason County
Huntington East
Vocational Education Division
The
State Education Department
West Virginia Association of Public School Superintendents
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Kanawha Clinic Notes Births for Spurlock and Worrell Families
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Spurlock welcomed a daughter on June 14 at Kanawha Clinic. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Worrell of Point Pleasant Route 2 welcomed a son.
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Stanley Spurlock
Samuel Worrell
Point Pleasant
Route 2
Services Conducted For Thomas Northup
Last rites for Thomas Northup of Gallipolis Ferry were conducted Sunday at his son’s home after his death on Friday. The service occurred in a family setting reflecting local custom and the immediate family attended.
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Thomas Northup
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis Ferry
Northup pallbearers named for Gallipolis Ferry rites
Pallbearers Dwain Northup Thomas Northup Gerald Northup Odell McGraw Frank Yester and Bert Rainey honored Darius Northup at Gallipolis Ferry funeral.
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Darius Northup
Gallipolis
Dwain Northup
Thomas Northup
Gerald Northup
Odell McGraw
Frank Yester
Bert Rainey
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Lela S. Wier
Arbor Hills Drive
P. O
Jackson 7
Mississippi
Hunter
Clems Saxton
Medical
Studebaker
Wakefield Motors
Richland Ave
Miss Castle
Kanawha Clinic
LMDA
Portland Cement Association
W. Broad
Ed Sullivan
Whns-Tv
Mercury
Ford Motor Company
Athens, Ohio
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