Point Pleasant Teamsters Strike Hits Lumber Plant
Seven millmen and truck drivers at the Carolina Lumber Co plants in Ashland Huntington and Point Pleasant are idled as AF of Steamsters local 505 strikes after failed contract talks. The union seeks a 25 cent per hour wage increase. company offers no counter.
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Point Pleasant
Carolina Lumber Co
AF of Steamsters Union
Ashland
Huntington
Bob Albright
Albright
Leon Thompson
James Q. Papas
Local 505
Rod Zellar
Talent Show Entries Sought For Point Pleasant July 4 Gala
Amateurs may enter talent contest for cash prizes at Point Pleasant Fourth of July celebration. Mail applications to Chester N. Haddox, 160 Park Drive, with act name and description, performer names and addresses. No pay for participants. accompanists own expense. Prizes: 75, 50, 25. Show at 3 p.m. downtown. details to follow.
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Point Pleasant
Chester N. Haddox
Park Drive
Par
Barnette Ex-Farmer Dies at 71 in Point Pleasant
Herschel A Barnette 71 and a retired farmer died at Holzer Hospital after a three week stay due to heart illness. Survived by wife Bessie six daughters four sons and a brother. services Saturday 2 p.m. Beech Hill Methodist Church with Rev Harold LaPar officiating burial in Suncrest Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. today.
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Point Pleasant
Herschel A. Barnette
Lock 11
Holzer Hospital
Mr. Barnette
John Robert
Rachel Hall Barnette
South Side
Henderson
Vaught Memorial Church
Bessie
Marie Thornton
Leon
Beulah Lewis
Hople Rice
Opal Casto
Lucille Schwartz
Ines Belcher
Toledo
Robert
Vancouver
Wash
Chester
Malta
Til
Carl
Rolland
Marmet
Carl Barnette
Winfield
Dhildren
Beech Hill Methodist Church
Harold la Pari
Suncrest Cemetery
Surgery Faced After Crash Near Point Pleasant
Doug las Camp 27 of West Columbia was injured in a Saturday night automobile crash two miles north of Point Pleasant. He was thrown from the car, treated at Holzer Hospital, and to undergo brain concussion surgery at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus yesterday or today. Camp was alone in the car. Three men from Pomeroy and one from Albany enlisted in the Navy through the local recruiting station James J Guinther Fredrick E Werry and George R Sisson from Pomeroy and Jack Dale Bailey from Albany Route 1.
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Point Pleasant
Douglas Camp
West Columbia
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Camp
Route 62
Holzer Hospital
Reed
Pomeroy
Albany
Navy
Burg
James J. Guinther
Locust St
Fredrick E. Werry
Pleasant Ridge
George R. Sisson
Mulberry Ave
Jack Dale Bailey
Guinther
Bailey
Wer
St Paul Sets Bible School in Point Pleasant
The Rev. Kenneth Wayne of St Paul Methodist Church announced two weeks of Bible School to begin June 20. Mrs M M Icard to direct. Kindergarten teachers listed include Mrs Robert Benzer Mrs E B Stephens and Judy Palmer with Mrs Carl ee and Jas fford Stal continuing in other roles.
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Point Pleasant
Kenneth Wayne
St. Paul Methodist Church
M. M. Icard
Robert Benzer
E. B.stephens
Judy On Palmary
Carlee
Jas + fford Stal
Orphan Attains Guardian and Enlists in Marines
In Pittsburgh 17 year old Don Hartle, an orphan, seeks to enlist but his aunt cannot sign due to lack of legal adoption. Recruiting Sgt. Carl Volz, 23, says they must obtain a legal guardian or other consent to proceed.
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Pittsburgh
Don Hartle
Carl Volz
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority Meets at Moose Home
Sixteen members attended the Lambda Chi Omega Sorority meeting at the Moose Home Monday evening. Mrs. Fern Hartley led the business session and outlined cleanup of the building and construction of an outside oven. Mrs. Marion Upton and Sayre served refreshments to 22 members and guests.
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Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
Moose Home
Fern Hartley
Marion Upton
Sayre
Leon School Hosts Community Building Meeting
Day evening session led by Mrs. Pat Wilson Jr covered finances for the new community building. Treasurer Mrs. George Rairden reported the lot purchase for the project.
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Leon School
Pat Wilson, Jr
George Rairden
Claims Over Nebraska Sparked by Early Explorers
England France and Spain each asserted ownership of Nebraska based on discoveries and explorations, leading to competing territorial claims in a historic context.
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England
France
Spain
Family Travel Notes Mention Sue Harmon in Virginia Beach Visit
Sue Harmon spends days with Mrs Frank Beckett in Hunt Een. visiting brother Robert Thomas in Norfolk, Virginia. They plan a few days at Virginia Beach and Thomas will return with his family to visit his mother Esther Thomas and other relatives including Vandale Wallace, Edgar Keim family, and Jimmy Henry of Parkersburg.
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Sue Harmon
Daught
Frank Beckett
Hunteen
Shirley Thomas
Jefferson Bird
Robert Thomas
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Miss Thomas
Esther Thomas
Vandale Wallace
Hogsett
Edgar Keim
Karen
Orlando
Fila
Jimmy Henry
Parkersburg
Mra Keim
Funeral directors attend state convention in Huntington
Earl Arnett Lawrence Mohr Ted Stevens Harry Short and Gene Crow of Point Pleasant and Don Foglesong of Mason attended the state funeral directors convention in Huntington this week.
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Earl Arnett
Lawrence Mohr
Ted Stevens
Harry Short
Gene Crow
Point Pleasant
Don Foglesong
Mason
Huntington
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