Point Pleasant Awarded Jefferson Avenue Paving Contract
The city awarded Jones- McNeill, Point Pleasant contractors a 48 891 60 paving contract for Jefferson Ave segments 22nd to 24th and 28th from Lincoln to Jackson. Bid was 1103 below the closest rival. City and municipal engineers will review bids and specs before work starts around July 11 with a 60 day completion window.
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Session
Jefferson Ave
22Nd
24Th St
28Th St
Lincoln
Jackson Ave
Jones- McNeill, Point Pleasant Contractors
Ality
Joe Spence
Municipal Engineering Inc
Milton Lewis
Mason County 4-H Roundup Draws About 75 Attendees
Approximately 75 Mason County 4-H members attended the Roundup Day at the high school cafeteria with demonstrations public speaking and a style show. Winners were announced by the county extension office with blue red and white ribbons awarded to participants including Mary Frances Blaine Jimmy Mitchell Kenneth Shaffer Richard Austin Butch Rhodes Nancy Blain Janice Jordan Ruth Osher Kathleen Thompson Mary Ann Rogers and June Spearace. Russell Priddy and Mrs Lyle Austin directed the event which ran from 10 a m.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Mary Frances Blaine
Jimmy Mitchell
Kenneth Shaffer
Richard Austin
Butch Rhodes
Blue
Nancy Blain
Janice Jordan
Mountain Climbers
Ruth Osher
Lucy Star
Kathleen Thompson
Vernon Star Dusters
Mary Ann Rogers
The
Trail Blazers
June Spearae
Russell Priddy
4-H
Lyle Austin
Legion Elects New Officers at Point Pleasant Meeting
The American Legion Post in Point Pleasant elected Denver Kennedy as commander for the coming year. Other officers include Kerr Blain as first vice commander, Ray Wood as second vice commander, Leland Duncan adjutant, Margaret Kelly chaplain, Elzie Fletcher finance officer, Dell Plants service officer and trustee, Ronald Crawford sergeant at arms, James Crump historian, Samuel D Littlepage Americanism officer. District convention set for July 24. post joins Farm Youth show initiative.
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Point Pleasant
American Legion Post Cna
Legion Hall
Denver Kennedy
Kerr Blain
Ray Wood
Leland Duncan
Margaret Kelly
Elzie Fletcher
Dell Plants
Ronald Crawford
James Crump
Samuel D. Littlepage
Duncan
District Legion
Post
Park Fund Donations Reach $219 in Harmon Park Fund
Point Pleasant Lions met Monday evening at the Moose Home. Treasurer George Roberts reported the Harmon Park fund donations now total $219. John Spiggle received a five year perfect attendance pin and others were awarded one year pins.
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Point Pleasant
Moose Home
George Roberts
Harmon Park Fund
John Spiggle
Interviews Scheduled in Point Pleasant for WAC Women
Lt Colleen J. Maier from Ashland recruiting HQ visits Point Pleasant on Thursday to interview women about the Women's Army Corps. MSgt. Earl Kirby notes schedules at Post Office room 3 10:30 to noon, Selective Service office 1 to 2:30 p.m., and Park Central hotel in Gallipolis 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Contact Lt Maier for details.
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Point Pleasant
WAC
Colleen J. Maier
Ashland
Women's Army Corps
Earl Kirby
Maier
Pomeroy
Selective Service Office
Park Central
Gallipolis
Kirby
Jeweler Quits Retail Work in Point Pleasant
Fred Norris, long-time jeweler in the Greyhound Bus terminal on Fifth Street, announced he is leaving retail jewelry. An auction starts Thursday. He will keep a watch repair shop at a new undisclosed location. Norris, who came to Point Pleasant in 1948 from Pittsburgh, is married to Genevieve Wigand of Letart.
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Point Pleasant
Fred Norris
Norris
Greyhound
Fifth St
Pittsburgh
Genevieve Wigand
Letart
Wife Beating Is Charged In Preliminary Hearing
James Nevada Lee 25 of Henderson bound over to the grand jury on a felonious assault charge after allegedly beating his wife during a quarrel that left her with five missing teeth and blackened eyes. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Godwin fined Leonard John Stearns Point Pleasant 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving. Lincoln Rimmey and Glenn Rice each fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication and defective car lights respectively.
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Point Pleasant
James Nevada Lee
Henderson
Justice of the Peace
M. Goodwin
Lee
Godwin
Leonard John Stearns
Lincoln Rimmey
Glenn Rice
Britain Registers First Woman Doctor in 1859
The article notes Britain's first woman doctor was registered in 1859 and cites current counts of about 8000 women doctors and 600 women dentists in the country.
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Britain
Bride Groom Jones Wedding in Grace Church Denver
The May 7 candlelight ceremony at Grace Methodist Church University Hills Denver joined Stella Witherspoon Denver and her husband Jones in matrimony. Rev Donald L Morris officiated. The bride wore white roses and lavender Violets. The couple resides at 801 Fifth North Great Falls.
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Stella Witherspoon
Denver
Grace Methodist Church
University Hills
Donald L. ‘Morris
Donald Witherspoon
Fred Gould
Jones
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Great Falls
Mont
Denver University
University of Colorado
Alpha Gamma Deliterarity
Student Christian Association
Mortar Board
Sergeant Jones
Marshall College
National
FHA Office Closed Through Thursday for West Virginia Meeting
Mason County Farmers Home Administration office will close today through Thursday as officials attend a state wide meeting at Jackson's Mill. Kenneth W. Shaffer state director outlines focus on improving services to West Virginia farmers with training to support supervised credit programs. Local officials Miss Lucille Roush and Judson M. Brake will be joined by several county and area leaders in Ripley for coordinated farm loan program efforts.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Farmers Home Administration
Judson M. Brake
Lucille Roush
Brake
Jackson's Mill
Kenneth W. Shafter
FHA
West Virginia
Shaffer
Henry C. Smith
West Virgina
R. BcLeaish
Roush
Ripley
Vivian O. Staats
Jackson County
William H. Vicars
Dennis F. Cox
Former Senator Clark of Idaho Dies in Los Angeles
Former U S Senator D Worth Clark of Idaho died unexpectedly Sunday at his apartment in Los Angeles. A Democrat, he served in Congress and was Idaho's senator in 1938.
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Clark
Idaho
Los Angeles
U.S
D. Worth Clark
Special Session Set by Mason County Farm Bureau Board
Mason County Farm Bureau directors announce a special session Friday at 8 pm at the Appalachian Electric Power Co office on Main Street. The meeting aims to address organizational matters and member concerns.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Main St
Point Pleasant Personals Mr. and Mrs Starrett Hayes
In Point Pleasant a personals note lists Mr Starrett Hayes and Mrs Starrett Hayes among local residents seeking contact. The brief item notes the couple’s interest in correspondence and social introductions.
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Mr. and
Mrs. Starrett Hayes
Community Notes From Guysville and Surroundings
Several from Guysville attended Mrs. Elsie Marshall’s funeral in South Canaan. Families share travel, birthdays, and visits including Fort Campbell to Fort Bragg transfers, a 75th birthday supper for Harter Fortney, and relatives visiting in Columbus and New York. The piece also notes a heart attack hospitalization near Zanesville and a discharge to Ohio University after service.
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Guysville
Elsie Marshall
South Canaan
Bertha Hayes
Columbus
Harry
Fullers
Foster Bean
Hockingport Rd
Lowell Boggs
Florence Boggs
Beulah
Arthur Gordon
Jack
James
Joyce
Williamsburg
Basil Boggs
Befpre Denny
Burl Ashcraft
Carol Bolin
Joan Jenne
Helen Kayser
Okey Ashcraft
Zanesville
Denny
Burl
Mr Ashcraft
Duncan Falls
Fairfax
Phylis Ashcraft
Burch Simmons
Jessie Goforth
St. Louis
Jeanine
Amesville
Vern Simmons
Greenfield
Pope Led Picuris Revolt That Expelled Spaniards
Picuris Indian Pope led a 1680 uprising against Spanish rule in New Mexico, initiating a revolt that expelled the Spaniards for a period. The event reshaped regional power dynamics and legacy of indigenous resistance.
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Pope
New Mexico
Royal Grant Beaver Visit andkin Family Routes
Local social notes report visits across Ohio towns. Columbus visitors to Leon include Mr and Mrs Carl Cousin and children Martin and Stephen. Charleston guests to Leon include Mr and Mrs Willard White and Pamela Sue. Nearby relatives hosted by Mr and Mrs Guy Burdette and Mrs Graham. An aunt Donna Smith of Leon visited relatives in Columbus.
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Fferingel
Grant Beaver
Carl Cousin
Martin and
Stephen
Columbus
Helen Cossin
Leon
Willard White
Pamela Sue
Charleston
Guy Burdette
Mrs. Graham
Donna Smith
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Wakefield Motors
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Richland Avenue
Athens, Ohio
Floyd Goforth
Harold Benner and Son
England
Benner
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Mary Joanne Simmons
Florence Roges
Athens Messenger
Mer
Aemerald Gratham
Puntland
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Aon
S A. Sommer
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