Shawnee Pool in Point Pleasant Receives State OK
Point Pleasant municipal Shawnee Pool operated by the Kiwanis Club was approved by state inspectors this week. Supervisor Jack Rogers said inspectors checked water bacteria levels and the mechanical water supply, plus grounds locker rooms and toilets. The toddlers pool has a daily drain and thorough cleaning, with drainage added by the city street department and water works under Frank Biffle. Pool staff includes Bill Rairden Rex Garrison Sandra Jones Marilyn Easley and Kay Woolfitt. Pool hours are daily 1 pm to 9 pm.
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Point Pleasant Shawnee
Kiwanis Club
Jack Rogers
Kiwanis Chub
Rogers
City Street Department
City Water Works
Frank Biffle
Bill Rairden
Rex Garrison
Sandra Jones
Marilyn Easley
Kay Woolfitt
Two Drown in Ohio River In Motor Boat Tragedy
Two men drown in the Ohio River when a 14 foot boat with a 22 horsepower motor capsized near Gallipolis between the Wayne Baker home and Raccoon Island. City officials and the Coast Guard coordinated a large search with multiple departments and volunteers. The victims, Miss Melton’s family connections and local workers are named among those involved.
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Ohio
J. Roy Bartlett
Wayne Baker
Ohio Gas Heating Equipment Install Limited by PUC
Gallipolis Ray St Clair of Ohio Fuel Gas Co informs users of a May 17 Public Utilities Commission order barring new furnaces or space heating equipment unless prefiled and approved by May 18. A form letter says notices of intent will be recorded and considered as restrictions can be modified. The message cites demand for gas heat and limited gas and pipe supply due to steel shortages tied to the national defense program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ray St. Clair
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Public Utilities Commission
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Ohio
Southwest
Gallia County 1-H Notes Take several club reports
Gallia County 1-H notes detail multiple clubs meeting with advisers, outlining new members, officers, planned events, and upcoming meetings. Activities include project critiques, a June 29 cookie sale, a summer radio program, and a Wiener roast. Reports list news reporters and club locations across Rio Grande, Ewington, Kyper, and White Oak areas.
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Rio Grande
Sandra
Theresa Thorne
Mary Evans
Louellen Cromartie
White Oak Rangers
Maurice Thomas
Junior Stewart
Billy Simmons
Carl Eggleton
Billy Gwilliams
Richard Eggleton
Dudly Eggleton
Junior Gwilliams
Elite Club event and local social notes in Shawnee
The Elite Club gathered with Mrs Ellen Sarvis and prizewinners Pauline Williams Isabelle Davis and Mary Treadwell. A lunch followed with Rema Hannah Thelina Phillips Mary E Neal Hannah Peyton and Mabel Peyton. Several locals visited relatives in Columbus Cleveland Zanesville and New Lexington while others attended Rebekah lodge meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Ellen Sarvis
Pauline Williams
Isabelle Davis
Mary Treadwell
Rema Hannah
Thelina Phillips
Mary E. Neal
Hannah Peyton
Mabel Peyton
Lovella Brunton
Cleveland
Joe Moulton
Moulton
Tom Gibbon
Glouster
Fanny McDivitt
Ernest Wiliams
Lewis
Columbus
Richard Nicholas
Austin Nicholas
Raymond Nicholas
Zanesville
James Bernard
Boston
Delmar O’hare
Mary Hare
Burdette O'Hare
Ellsworth Cox
Gomer Schuster
Carrie Molenramp
Nelle Simmers
New Lexington
Davey Turnbull
Rebekah Lodge
Jeanette Livingston
Nelle Shuttleworth
New Straiteville
Dom Hannah
Chicago
Ginger Mantell
Ringgold
Roger Brunton
Gene
Judy
Bill Duvall
Nelsonville
A. E. Duvall
Crider
Ed Hopkins
Margaret
Mary Jane Jones
Flossie Liliie
New Straitaville
Fleanor Bird
Hattie Arnold
David Manning
Clarence Harris
Lancaster
Myrtle Morgan
Walter
Elyria
Ohio
Sonny Peyton
Margaret Hopkins
Grace Methodist L A Donnally to Lead 75th Anniversary Service
Grace Methodist recalls its 75th anniversary with a morning communion. Rev J V Stone, former pastor, assists. Sunday school at 9:30 a m. transportation help available via church office 510 or Rev Donnally at 325 Intermediate. Evening services follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist
L. A. Donnally
Grace Church
J. V. Stone
Donnally
First Presbyterian
Linson H. Stebbins
First Baptist
W. H. Green
Saint Peter’s Episcopal
K. C. Wilson
Burglars Break Into Adkins Filling Station
A filling station on Jackson Ave in POINT PLEASANT operated by Boone Adkins was burglarized last night. Entry was gained through a rest room door, a panel was broken, and plaster was punched in to reach the office. A small amount of cash plus candy and tobacco were taken. City Patrolman D M Harshbarger and State Police Investigator Smithers investigated this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jackson Ave
Boone Adkins
D. M. Harshbarger
Ec Smithers
King Land
Holzer Hospital Notes SIRTHS Listed in hospital notes
A sequence of births and discharges appears from Holzer Hospital noting several births including a daughter for Delbert Colby and a son for Jack Canaday, with multiple named mothers and towns such as Jackson Gallipolis Pomeroy Wellston Racine and Point Pleasant, followed by discharges including Virgle Krider Mary Edwards and Sadie Meachem. The fragmentary list names numerous individuals with no further context.
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Willard Henry
Wellston
Rowena Farley
Jackson
John Blake Jackson
Elizabeth Wright
Point Pleasant
Carl Workman
Weilston
Mammie Sharp
Oris Smith
Racine
Jack Carr
Gallipolis
Virgle Krider
Mary Edwards
David Garthree
Sadie Meachem
Jerry Shelton
Jean Smith
Ls Byus
Mary Agnes Sayre Weds Marion Upton At Leon Baptist Church
Mary Agnes Sayre daughter of Mr and Mrs Perry Sayre Arbuckle and Marion Upton son of Mr and Mrs W E Upton wed at Leon Baptist Church with Rev C G Billups officiating. The bride wore a white jersey dress with blue accessories and carried a white gardenia corsage. Attendant Nancy Rairden wore aqua and white nylon. Best man was Leonard Upton. A reception followed at the bride's home and the couple plans to reside in Arbuckle after a Virginia Beach wedding trip. Out of town guests included families from Charleston Huntington Akron and Dunbar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Baptist Church
Mary Agnes Sayre
Perry Sayre
Arbuckle
Marion Upton
W. FE. Upton
C. G. Billups
Miss Sayre
Nancy Rairden
Willard White
Edna Burdette
Leonard Upton
Paul Rairden
Milton Burdette
Sayre
Point Pleasant High School
Marshall College
Upton
Mason County
Gerald Sayre
Virginia Beach
Mountain Climber 4-H Club Meets at Beale School
The Mountain Climber 4-H Club gathered at Beale School on a Wednesday evening with vice president Miss Doris Yester presiding. Randall Garland led the devo and program including a Joyce Lee poem, Mary Frances Blain’s cake demo, and a “Bird Eggs” story.
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Beale School
Doris Yester
Randall Garland
Joyce Lee
Mary Frances Blain
Louise Matthew
Randall
Garland
Pat Henry
Janice Tyler
Charles Wayne Garland
Joyce Hatfield
Mary Frances Blajin
Janice
Louise Tyler
Joan
Geraldine Northup
Joy Lee
Brookie Henry
Lewis Harper
I. A. Blain
Ben Henry
Howard Garland
Mrs Kuhl to Be Hostess for Carpenter's Auxiliary
Mrs C H Kuhl of Camp Conley will host the Carpenter's Auxiliary meeting Monday evening at her home for its members.
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Mrs. Kuhl
C. H. Kuhl
Camp Conley
Carpenter's Auxiliary
Esther Circle Meeting at Trinity Methodist Church
Esther Circle of Trinity Methodist Church will meet Tuesday at 8 p m in the church social rooms for a regular gathering and discussion.
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Esther Circle
Trinity Methodist Church
Henderson church society to meet and bake sale planned
Henderson WSCS will hold a special business meeting at 7 30 pm in the church basement today. A bake sale is scheduled in the church basement on Saturday run by the society.
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WSCS
Henderson Methodist Church
Society
June Meeting of American Le auxiliary Held at Legion Hall
The June meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary is set for May at 8 p.m. in the Legion Building on Viand Street. Officers will be elected during the session.
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American le- Auxiliary
Manay
Legion Building
Viand St
Leiving Family Plans Sunday Visit in Mason
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Leiving and daughter Barbara of 2108 Lincoln Ave plan to spend Sunday with their son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Leland Leiving in Mason.
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Carl Leiving
Barbara
Lincoln Ave
Leland Leiving
Mason
Clarence Cox attends claim agents convention in Detroit
Mrs Hester Lee and her daughter Mrs Lawrence Foreman left here on Wednesday for Washington DC to visit Mrs Lee's daughter and Mrs Foreman's sister Mrs William J Waldie in the nation’s capital.
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Clarence Cox
Pleasant St
Detroit
Hester Lee
Lawrence Foreman
Washington, DC
Mrs. Lee
Foreman
William J. Waldie
Pt Pleasant Churches Schedules Listed For Week
Church notices outline mid week and Sunday services across Pt Pleasant and nearby parishes. Details include times for worship, Sunday schools, youth fellowships, and choir practices at churches such as Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Christian Science and Lutheran parishes, with ministers named.
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Cireie
Harmon Park
F. H. Capehart
Heights
Reese
Poe
Bellemead
Pioneer Fellowship
Krebs Chapel
Donald Lockhart
ST. Baptist
D. M. Dorsey
Christian Science
Main St
Methodist Church
Rufus Casto
Vaught Memorial
Henderson
Ue Union
Beech Hill
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Pine Grove
Leon Baptist
C . Billups
Harmony Con RD
M. M. Malcom
Young Peoples Meeting
Mason County
Vliss Withers Selected for Baptist Youth Mission Tour
Miss Vliss Withers of Ashton is chosen as a Disciple van member from the Baptist Youth Fellowship. A Point Pleasant High School graduate and Marshall College student, she will lead junior high activities on a West Virginia tour from June 29 to August 10 visiting Lewisburg Sophia Oceana Matewan Culloden and Ceredo with two peers and an adult advisor.
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Point Pleasant
Mary Ann Withers
Charles Withers
Ashton
Van
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Mis. Withers
Ashton Baptist Church
Point Pleasant High School
Marshall College
Huntington
West Virginia
36 Are Successful In Drivers' Tests
State police troopers report that 59 people took the drivers examinations in Point Pleasant on Thursday and 36 of them received operator licenses.
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Point Pleasant
R. C. Dilley
C. R. Smithers
Local social notices from Bremen to Columbus in brief
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Engle spent an afternoon with Mr. A. G. Holliday family of Bremen. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Davis of Jackson visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jones. Mrs. Jim Jones attended Otterbein College exercises in Westerville. her brother Orla Bradford was among graduates. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ansel called on Mr. and Mrs. Lew Handley and Mrs. Ben Handley of Lo eer. Mrs. Bob Brashares of Marshfield spent a weekend with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brashares. Mrs. Lucy Busch returned home after three weeks with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Krebs of Columbus. Ted Helber of Fostoria spent a weekend with Mrs. Helber at their home. Mrs. Rex Dupler and her son visited Mrs. Gladys Dupler near Athens. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Blum attended services at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawrence and son Stephen of Newark were guests of the Brashares. Mrs. William Helber also mentioned.
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Enterprise
Carl Engle
A. G. Holliday
Bremen
Leland Davis
Jackson
Jim Jones
Otterbein College
Westerville
Orla Bradford
Robert Ansel
Lew Handley
Ben Handley
Loeer
Bob Brashares
Marshfield
J. F. Brashares
Lucy Busch
Harold Krebs
Columbus
Ted Helber
Fostoria
Luther Blum
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Charles Lawrence
Stephen
Newark
William Helber
Camp Meeting Is Planned at Union Camp Grounds
Trustees of the Union Camp grounds plan an annual camp meeting from July 15 to July 29 with a homecoming event. Evangelist E. E. Roush of Lakewood Ohio will bring his own songleader to direct music and select numbers from various groups. Committees were named. Ray Thompson leads the board, Terry Roush is secretary, with local trustees F B Lieving R R Roush and L A McMillin. The event honors outstanding ministers who preached in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Union Camp Grounds
E. E. Roush
Lakewood
Ohio
Ray Thompson
Terry Ro
Two Actions Filed in Point Pleasant Courts
A divorce petition and a trespass on the case damages claim were entered this week by Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones. Margaret Louise Richards seeks a divorce from John William Richards, while CE Haney seeks 446.03 dollars from Calvert Fire Insurance Co. for an unpaid auto accident claim from last year.
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Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
Margaret Louise Richards
John William Richards
CE Haney
Calvert Fire Insurance Co
Births at Point Clinic Notes Record
Mrs Harold Erlewine of Letart Route 2 welcomed a son. Mary Lou Kelly released from Point Pleasant. Mrs Robert Nowline of Pliny and her infant daughter also noted.
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Harold Erlewine
Mary Lou Kelly
Point Pleasant
Robert Nowline
Finances Of Schools Reported In May Balances
Mason County Board of Education finances for May were released by Supt. Robert H. Ferguson. Totals show balances across General control 263.05, instruction 6750.44, operation of plant 7577.75, repairs 2524.26, transportation 5723.32, auxiliary agencies 1316.32, current fixed charges 3196.43, capital outlay 6129.20, veterans program 1145.22, state building funds 57914.44, totaling 108480.40. After deducting state building money auxiliary funds and veterans balance, 32104.45 remains for current budget. Items were bought in larger quantities to curb rising costs. bills for the month will be paid later.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Board of Eolication
Robert H. Ferguson
Stribling Rites Planned
Funeral services for Mathew Weightman Stribling, longtime Mason County figure, are set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Beale Chapel with Rev. Bromley Raines officiating. Burial will follow in Beale Cemetery. Stribling, born January 13, 1871, served on county boards and the state road commission and was a Knights of Pythias and Masonic lodge member. Survivors include wife Mary Hunter, a foster son, a nephew, and a nephew-in-law. Friends may call at the Ashton home.
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Point Pleasant
Mathew Weightman Stribling
Mason County Selective Service Board
Beale Chapel
Bromley Raines
Beale Cemetery
Mr. Stribling
Mason County
State Road Commission
Hannan District
Knights of Pythias
Jale Otis F. Stribling
Virginia Neale Stribling
Mercere Bottom
Mary Hunter
Edward Day
Bell
W. Va
Dr. Young
Apple Grove
Ashton
June 30 Deadline to Pay 1950 Taxes in Mason County
Shariff A Morrison reminded Mason County taxpayers that June 30 is the first day 1950 taxes may be paid without a penalty. He warned that if a name appears on the delinquent list in newspapers an extra dollar will be added.
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Point Pleasant
Shariff
Morrison
Mason County
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Bartlett
Ice
Sheriff's Office
Stateway Patrol
Coast Guard
Middleport
Douglas Mullineaux
Gilbert Bush Jr
Gallipolis Boat Club
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Miss Melton
Jimmy Melton
Melton
Haskins
Gallia Academy High School
N. Howard Foster
Alan Romaine
Joe B. Melton
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Jimmy
Tommy
Ruth Maddy
Second Ave
White
Alva Allen White
Salem
Fronton
The
Baptist Church, Order of Eastern Star
Weston W. Va
Rocchi
Astolfo Rocchi
Joy Judy
Ohio Gas
PUC
Gallia County
Ewington Girls Club
J. W. Marrs
Barbara Ann Harris
Killen
Phyllis Harder
Sue Knight
Phyilip Knight
Judy Twyman
Recreation
Doris Jean Harris
Barbara Roach
Sue Palmer
Bidwell
Coleman
Charlene Dennett
Delores
Melford
Kyper
Pauline Rife
Ardeth Spires
Matte K. Jones
Athens
Rasteen
Alvan
H James
Athens County
John ¥. Newcomb
Salt County
Sven
Roger J. Drogs
Atiers
Ofio
Sas Betaily
Patrick Curtin
Decraeot
Athena
Otto
Setate
Chatios Onna
Aphes Pieter
Wiliam Power
Baker W. Young
Francis BD
Jon F. Jonas
Eine
Eien
Cele A. Rigel
Pan Garba
Areas Jones
Peet P
Hertieg
Ghanian
Herbert
John F Newcomb
Artie Rupe
Helping Hands
Carolyn Thomas
Janice McCoy
Katie Lou Martin
Northup Cloverettes
Vernon Kuhn
Kathryn Elliott
Donna Louw Kuhn
Ca 4H
Connie
Rita Comer
Margie Reynolds
Don
Dorothy Swisher
Garland Davis
Reva
Patty Gilmore
Carolyn Roush
Joyce Yeanger
Washington School
Janice Yeanger
Janet Ralph
Adkins Filling Station
Charleston
David Joe Beckmer
John William Stover
Eugene Leroy Clark
Elmwood
Patricia Lehman
Sacramento
California
Red Cross
Montreal
Canada
Pt. Pleasant Churches
Vliss Withers
Hyakem
Ary
M- Don
Wilson
Wilsom
Wilson Brothers
Ben Franklin Co
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