Mason Woman Ends Life in Mason County Home
Two suicides in Mason County within a week are reported. Beatrice Mahoney 49 wife of Rev Ralph Mahoney shot herself in the Mason home using a 12 gauge single barrel shotgun. She died instantly in the locked bathroom. Survivors include three daughters and a son. Funeral plans are set in Parkersburg.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Beatrice Mahoney
Ralph Mahoney
Mason
Peggy Roush
New Haven
King
Thelma
Morgantown
Paul
Parkersburg
Chestnut Ridge
Early Jordan, Jr
Rites to Be Friday for Matilda Greer
Funeral services for Matilda B. Greer 82 will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Greer EUB Church with Rev. Donald Lockhart officiating. Burial will follow in Greer Cemetery. She died Wednesday at her home in the Greer community. Friends may call at Crow Funeral Home.
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Point Pleasant
Greer Eub
Matilda B. Greer
Greer
Donald Lockhart
Crow Funeral
Polio Victim Improves At Milton Hospital
Two year old Peut Ses Point Pleasion Nancy E Len Little, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kermitt Little of Leon and Nitro, is said to be improving at Morris Memorial Hospital Milton where she was treated for polio. With a nurse she can stand. She was taken to the hospital last Monday.
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Point Pleasant
Nancy Elen Little
Kermitt Little
Morris Memorialospital
Milton
Admitted Patient Brumfield at Point Clinic Notes
Mra. Kessell Brumfield of Apple Grove admitted following surgery. Birth announced of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Damron on Patriot Route 2.
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Mra. Kessell Brumfield
Apple Grove
Surgery
E. J. Damron
Names Listed in Local Pairings Observed in Hartford Letart Leon
James Howard Lavender age 20 of Hartford and Betty Ann Roach age 19 of Letart. George L. Wright age 24 of Pomeroy and Nellie L. Rottgen age 21 of New Haven. Franklin Boles age 21 of Leon and Mary Frances Prunty age 19 of Leon.
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James Howard Lavender
Hartford
Betty Ann Roach
Letart
George L. Wright
Pomeroy
Nellie L. Rottgen
New, Haven
Franklin Boles
Leon
Mary Frances Prunty
Five Seeking Queen Crown For Fourth Of July Ball
Point Pleasant junior woman’s club sponsors a queen contest for the fire department celebration. Five contestants are listed with sponsors Lions Club Women of the Moose Tiny's Drive Inn Rebekah Lodge American Legion Auxiliary. Voters cast in jars at local businesses.
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Point Pleasant
The
Volunteer Fire Department
Nancy Birchfield
Lions Club
Shirley Shobe
Women of the Moose
Shirley Mayes
Tiny’s Drive Inn
Wanda Kennedy
Orpha Rebekah Lodge
Mollie Lynn Wartenburg
American Legion Auxiliary
Farm Vets' Teacher Granted Leave by Board
Mason County Board of Education grants leave of absence to Richard Tatterson instructor for on the job farm veteran's training program. Orville Sturgeon assumes Tatterson's duties in the program at Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Richard Tatterson
Ontire Farm Veteran's Training Program
Mason County Board of Education
Orville Sturgeon
Tatterson
Local Social Notes Mention Libby Summer and Visitors
Miss Libby Summer of Parker visits Jackson Mississippi to see relatives. Mrs. Billy King and daughter Karen with Mrs. Charlies King of Leon were in Point Pleasant on business Wednesday. Jimmy Gaskins works at the Safford Studio. Russell Shank of Hogsett was a Point Pleasant visitor on Wednesday.
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Libby Summer
Parker
Jackson
Mississippi
Billy King
Karen
Charlies King of Leon
Point Pleasant
Jimmy Gaskins
Safford
Russell Shank
Hogsett
Point Pleasant Eastern Star installs Capehart officers
Mrs. Sadie Grimm of Parkersburg chairs the June 15 installation of Janet Capehart as worthy matron and Val lie Toney as worthy patron of Point Pleasant Chapter No 75. Many officers and guests from Parkersburg Athens Cheshire Ripley and Columbus attend.
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Point Pleasant
Sadie Grimm
Parkersburg
Janet Capehart
Vallie Toney
Order of the Eastern Star
Frances Hatton
Lawrence Mohr
Ethel Scholz
Eunice Iiden
Louise Crow
Edith Simkins
Dora Toney
Merle Minton
Gertrude Bateson
Adah
Lavinia O'Neal
Ruth
Cleo Vaught
Esther
Marie Chapman
Martha
Esther Thomas
Electa
Lottie Wilfong
Genevieve Norris
Sentinel
Doris Safford
Vera McLane
Clyde McLane
Clara Lewis
Jennie Martin
Alice Barr
Zola Poling
Jennie Stone
Florence Buffington
Esther Bessie Musgrave
Lillian Wedge
Linnie Bruestle
Janett Capehart
Norman Foss
Charlotte Keith
Bessie Musgrave
Jennettoberts
Edna Burdette
Merle Shinn
Mildred Haddox
Violetta Hughes
Helen Bern
Howard Johnson
Mary M. Meecher
Garnet Engh
Mildred Banks
Laura Myers
Garnet Mickle
Athens
Anna M. Campbell
Elva Gibbs
Edith Huts
Inpiller
Anna Stevers
Rosebud Baker
Goldie Ward
Loetta Keenen
Gallipolis
Valletha Jenkins
Delphos
Ohio
Grace Bradbury
Esta Reece
Cheshire
Mona Stewart
Ripley
Sadie Perry
Charleston
Audrey Starrick
Weston
W. Va
Columbus
Mildred Bumgarner
Eunice Jiiden
Lavinia O’neal
Elsie V. Rodgers
Janet Miller
Ruth Batey
Carrie Ferrell
Vada Crump
Vera Mclsane
Ethel Rainey
Arnolda Smith
Idanell Foss
Mary Beckey
Merle
Hill Baby Born at Holzer Hospital
Mr and Mrs Donnie Hill of Eleanor West Virginia announce the birth of their son Donnie Arthur Jr born last week at Holzer Hospital in Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Donnie Hill
Eleanor, W. Va
Donnie Arthur, Jr
Holzer Hospital
Pre Bridal Shower for Miss Lucy Rice in Point Pleasant
Miss Nancy Rairden hosted a mixed pre bridal shower at her Leon home for Lucy Rice. Rice and John William Cul leh plan to marry Saturday at Main Street Baptist Church, with flowers adorning the Rairden residence and a guest list including several local women and relatives.
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Point Pleasant
Nancy Rairden
Leon
Lucy Rice
Rice
John William Culleh
Main Street Baptist Church
Rairden
C. A. Burdette
M. E. Upton
Harlan Carter III
Robert Lewis
Jack Rice
G. F. Smith
John Cullen
Maries Weaver
Carolyn Sturgeon
Anna Wetzel
Vondan L. Barnett
Maxine Weaver
Virgil Rice
Local Names Listed for Social Notices
C Roberts Mrs John Jones Miss Carolyn Hayman Miss Evalee Sturgeon Mrs George Rairden Miss Rice and Miss Rairden appear in a society column of local names for upcoming events. The partial list hints at a married and single women mix within the community social roster.
New Women of the Moose Installed in Point Pleasant
Ben Tracy installs officers for Lodge 731 in a Tuesday ceremony. Wilma Melrose is senior regent and Val Lie Parsons junior regent. Other officers include Roma n Wartenburg chaplain Eloise Thompson recorder Marjorie Halley treasurer Elizabeth Fisher graduate regent Ruth Lamp Argus Dora Kapp sentinel Ruth Lewis guide Jeane Sauer assistant guide Frances Darst pianist. Nellie Henson retiring graduate regent receives gift from Elizabeth Fisher as Fisher also thanks Henson. Ann Whalen crowned queen of sponsors with attendants Ava Ellis Jean Karchnik Evelyn Molsberry Ruth Lamp Delores Schlosser Martha Tennant.
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Point Pleasant
Women of the Moose
Ben Tracy
Lodge 731
Loyal Order of the Moose
Moose Home
Wilma Melrose
Val‘lie Parsons
Roman Wartenburg
Eloise Thompson
Marjorie Halley
Elizabeth Fisher
Ruth Lamp
Argus
Dora Kapp
Sentinel
Ruth Lewis
Jeane Sauer
Ant
Frances Darst
Ralph Weethee
Paul Thomas
Jack Tracy
Nellie Geilker
Ann Whalen
Ava Ellis
Jean Karchnik
Evelyn Molsberry
Delores Schlosser
Roma Wartenburg
Cupid
Doris
Ronald
Miss MeMillin
Ronald Carter
Betty Hyatt
Retiring Senior Regent Hosts Floral Affair and Cupid Cake
A retiring senior regent presided over a white flower decorated event with a Cupid heart cake honoring Miss MeMillin. Guests included Ben Tracy, Jack Tracy, Ralph Weethee, Paul Thomas, Ronald Carter, Nellie Geilker, Elizabeth Fisher, Betty Hyatt, Ruth Lewis, and many more. The organization plans its next meeting for July 7.
T-4-L Ad At Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store
An advertisement promotes T-4-L for athlete’s foot claiming rapid drying and on contact fungal kill within 3 to 5 days. It promises a 40 cent price refund at any drug store if not satisfied.
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Quick’s
Cut Rate Drug Store
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Matilda Greer
Bers
Sears
Kenmore
Vane
Sears, Roebuck and Logan
Sears, Roebuck &O
Logan, Ohio
Logan
Miss Lucy Rice
Nelsonville
Val
Owl
S-M-L
Breezeway
Crinkle Crepe
Moore
Pt. Pleasant
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