4-H Week Observances to Highlight National Efforts
West Virginia 4-H Club members join nationwide National 4-H Club Week March 3 to 10. Activities include exhibits in store windows speeches luncheons and public meetings with 4-H brochures and welcome signs. A national visit to Washington D C to deliver the 4-H report to the nation will involve 4-H members meeting Congress and officials.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
C. P. Dorsey
Cooperative Extension Service of
West Virginia University
U. S
Dorsey
Kennedy
Congress
Conn Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Burton Conn eight of Gallipolis Ferry will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m at the L G Mohr Funeral Home with Reverend Beulah Brison officiating. Conn a Spanish American War veteran and retired diver worked on river boats and was a member of the Lutheran Church. He is survived by two sons William Conn Floral City Florida and Martin in the U S Navy a daughter Goldie Conn Charleston a brother Calvin Conn Uniontown Pennsylvania two half brothers Galen Fry Smock Pennsylvania and Garry Savage Fair Plains Pennsylvania two sisters Mrs Florence Cupter MecCleeantown Pennsylvania and Mrs Albina Burgess Frindsville Maryland and six grandchildren Burial is in Lewis Cemetery at Gallipolis Ferry Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Burton Conn
Gallipolis Ferry
L. G. Mohr Funeral Home
Beulah Brison
Conn
Lutheran Church
Garrett County
William Conn
Floral City
Fla
Martin
U. S. Navy
Goldie Conn
Charleston
Calvin Conn
Uniontown
Penn
Galen Fry
Smock
Garry Savage
Fair Plains
Florence Cupter
MecCleeantown
Albina Burgess
Frindsville
Graveside Rites Held for Stillborn Newell Infant
Graveside rites were held at Tucker Cemetery for Debbie Ann Newell the stillborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Newell born at Holzer Hospital. Survivors include the parents Ronnie 14 months old and grandparents Johnny Logan Gallipolis Ferry Homer Newell Point Pleasant and great grandparents Ray Tucker Robertsburg and Mrs Charles Sines Henderson.
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Debbie Ann Newell
Annd
Harold Newell
Tucker Cemetery
Grimms Landing
Holzer Hospital
Peggy Logan
Newell's
Ronnie
Johnny Logan
Gallipolis Ferry
Homer Newell
Point Pleasant
Ray Tucker
Robertsburg
Robert Henry
Charles Sines
Henderson
Pleasant Valley Hospital Birth and Admissions
Birth: Mr and Mrs Billy Dawn Daniels of Point Pleasant welcomed a son. Admissions include Mrs Wanda McKinney Point Pleasant Oden Austin Henderson John Barcus Gallipolis Ferry and Mrs Billy Dawn Daniels Point Pleasant. Discharged: Earl Painter Point Pleasant.
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Wanda McKinney
Point Pleasant
Oden Austin
Henderson
John Barcus
Gallipolis Ferry
Billy Dawn Daniels
Daniels Welcome First Child Bryan Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Dawn Daniel of Jackson Avenue announce the birth of their first child a son named Bryan Scott born Monday at 3 30 p m at Pleasant Valley Hospital The mother was Mary Ann Roberts and maternal grandmother is Mrs Jewell McClellan The paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Daniel and great grandparents are Mr and Mrs C B Treadway Mrs Cindy Daniel and Mr and Mrs Wears
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Point Pleasant
Billy Dawn Daniel
Jackson Ave
Bryan Scott
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Mary Ann Roberts
Jewell McClellan
Huntington
Robert Lee Daniel
Jefferson Ave
C. B. Treadway
Cindy Daniel
Beckley
Wears
Pliney
Son Is Added To J. D. Rodgers Family
Mr and Mrs John D Rogers of Burdette announce the birth of a son named Richard Craig born March 1 at Holzer Hospital. He weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces. The mother is Phyllis Crutchfield. They have another son Lowell Wayne age 3. Mr Rogers works for the Ohio River Company.
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Point Pleasant
John D. Rogers
Burdette
Richard Craig
Holzer Hospital
Phyllis Crutchfield
Lowell Wayne
Rogers
Ohio River Company
Four Attend Annual Pomeroy Inspection
Four officers of Franklin Commandery of Point Pleasant attended a banquet and the annual inspection of Ohio Valley Commandery in Pomeroy Saturday night. Attending from Point Pleasant were Paul Bardin commander, Joe Jordan recorder, R. R. Stone treasurer and Everett Bissell past commander.
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Point Pleasant
Franklin
Ohio Valley
Pomeroy
Paul Bardin
Joe Jordan
R. R. Stone
Everett Bissell
Where The Waters Mingle
Point Pleasant High School chronicles its evolution from a log schoolhouse at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers to a 1936 federal works building, the 1950s auditorium addition, and ongoing expansion needs. The narrative, by Sharon Burris, traces key leaders, class sizes, and landmark figures shaping PPHS through 1961.
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Point Pleasant High School
Sharon Diana Burris
The
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Great Kanawha
Thomas Lewis
Mason County Board of Education
Board of Education
W. P. Neal
Joseph Friedman
John Wells
PPHS
Nan Heslop Rossiter
Rossiter
Eva Gullum
Mary Leftwich Happerseth
Elizabeth Carpenter Elder
Bess Tippett
Edith Whaley
Cally Comstock Howard
Blanch Stone Proctor
Grace Stone
Mary Lewis
Gertrude Morarity
Clair Musgrave
Eunice Hesson
Mason County
Main St
11Th
12Th Streets
Floyd
E. S. Matheson
C. V. Petty
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Petty
W. W. Rowsey
R. W. Sayre
D. O. Balch
Emery F. Fry
Walden F. Roush
Oh Kan
North Point Pleasant
Peter Steenbergen
Howard Schultz
Meetings Set for Multiple Homemakers Clubs in Mason County
Wanda Stemple announces forthcoming meetings of the Leon, Helping Hand, Wohela, and Avalanche Homemakers clubs. Events run mid March at local grade school buildings with hostesses Mrs Riley Fry Mrs John Hanley Mrs John Smith and others scheduling sessions from March 13 to 15 with afternoon and morning times.
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John Hanley
Wohela
Avalanche
John Smith
No Injuries in Point Pleasant Route 62 Crash
State Police report an 8 30 a m wreck on Route 62 four miles north of Point Pleasant. Harvey Vanmeter 53 West Columbia stopped for a school bus. Jack Porter 49 Logan struck his rear. Damage estimated at 200 dollars. No injuries.
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Point Pleasant
Harvey Vanmeter
West Columbia
Jack Porter
Logan
Twelve Fined In JP Court
Twelve people were fined when arraigned before Justice of Peace A. M. Goodwin. Names include Paul E. Ennis for speeding and several others for speeding and school attendance. Reckless driving and improper passing also resulted in fines. Additional citations covered drunk charges and listed defendants with ages and hometowns.
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Point Pleasant
Justice of Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Paul E. Ennis
Thomas Marion McIntyre
William Barnette
Douglas Maurice Stuart
Vera Winfield Turley
William H. Halstead
Faye Austin
William Holcomb
Paul E. Watkins
George Allen
Joseph E. Bonner
Jenny Bumgardner
4 H Judging Contests Set For Summer in West Virginia
Mountain State 4-H judging dates announced by C P Dorsey at West Virginia University. Events include strawberry, dairy, vegetable, land, poultry, and live stock contests at various locations with regional livestock contests in July. Entries must be enrolled in the 4H club judging contest. Beach of Passionate Love note appears as unrelated historic trivia.
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Point Pleasant
Mountain State
C. P. Dorsey
Cooperative Extension Service
West Virginia University
Buckhannon
Morgantown
Jackson's Mill
Jackson’s Mill
State Fair
Lewisburg
Petersburg
Greenbrier
Parkersburg
Dorsey
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the Messenger
Athens
Lewis Cemetery
Funeral
Barre
Barre Guild
Monument CO
W. Main Street
Point Pleasant — Grave
Earl Painter
Billy Daniels
J. D. Rodgers
Quick’s Drug Store
West Union Street
County Board of Education
John M. Phelps
James Barnett
Baptiste Gilmore
Lewis
Central
Misses Bird Williams
Fannie Ray
Henry Fry
Alice B. Neal
Mabel G. Gibbons
R. A. Riggs
Point Pleasant Independent School
Benjamin Franklin, IV
John William Pact
Walden Roush
Mason County Superintendent of Schools
Joyce Sue Lee
Nitro
Kanawha County
Leonard Hill
Bluefield
Mercer County
W. W. Barron
Wanda Stemple
Homemakers Club
Leon Homemakers Club
Loon
Harlow Smith
Rebecca’ Galena Gardner
Donald Albert Stewart
Leon
Lucille Kay Warner
Elmwood
Federation of Malaya
William C, Frick
Commonwealth Telephone CO. OF
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