Wall Should Protect Point Pleasant From Flooding Ohio River
Point Pleasant faces flood danger as Ohio River crest predicted at 4914 feet early Friday. Floodwall areas and homes north of the wall face evacuation while routes 2 17 35 and 33 close, isolating schools and businesses. Gates at Decatur Main and Fourth Streets to be closed as water rises to 47 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hyre
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Kanawha
Huntington
Charleston
Brinker Hollow
Letart
Camden Ave
Harmon Park
King Town
Henderson City
Robert Fowler
Decatur St
Main St
Peaces Grocery
Fourth St
Vinton Weekend Guests Visited Local Families
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Knight and family from Columbus were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Knight. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Barnett from Prospect stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Homer Casto. Mr. and Mrs. Clair Wellington visited Mr. and Mrs. Harley Green and George Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Johnny Knight
Columbus
V. V. Knight
Orville Barnett
Prospect
Homer Casto
Clair Wellington
Harley Green
George Tyler
Corn clinic announced for Point Pleasant High School
William Gregory Mason County extension agent says a corn clinic will be held Monday at Point Pleasant High School starting at 8 p.m. in the Yo-Ag Building. The event is sponsored by the Point Pleasant Young Farmers Class in cooperation with Geigy Chemical Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Gregory
Mason County
Point Pleasant High School
Yo-Ag
Geigy Chemical Co
State Park Hope Emerges for Chief Cornstalk Area
Mason County Delegate Carroll W Casto announced a 50 000 appropriation in the House budget for Chief Cornstalk area near Point Pleasant to build a 25 acre fishing and boating lake a camping area and bathhouse. If funded this marks the first step toward a state park for the elk buffalo and deer stocked site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Carroll W. Casto
Senate
House
Casto
Cornstalk
Service Guild Donates S160 To Missions
The Service Guild of Christ Episcopal Church voted at its March meeting to donate 160 to Indian missionary work in North and South Dakota and Utah. Rev. Charles A. Pitzer spoke on Indian missions and bishops from the states will speak during Lent at Christ Church. Hostesses for April were named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Christ Episcopal Church
North
South Dakota
Utah
Charles A. Pitzer
Episcopal
Christ Church
Homer S. Smith
D. N. Connors
Norman Simkins
Leon Thompson
S. C. Wilhelm
John R Collins
J. J. Lovell
O. S. Kelley
Warear Thabet
Harold Somerville
Gail Faires
County Fair Members Report on Catalogues
County Fair Association members heard catalogue committee reports from the beef cattle FFA FHA and tobacco divisions at their meeting. Howard Rust urged division chairmen to send reports to secretary Mrs Virginia Rayburn to compile this year’s fair catalogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Fair Association
FFA
FHA
Tobacco
Howard Rust
Virginia Rayburn
Cecil Derrick
Garnette Stanley
Wanda Stemple
William Gregory
J. S. Baird
Charles R. Withers
Marcus Weaver
Lionel Smith
Mason County Farm Bureau
Fair Board
Soil Conservation Office
Kirk Rites Delayed by High Water in Point Pleasant
Funeral services for Margaret Kirk 103 oldest in Mason County were cancelled with no rescheduled time due to high water. Beale Chapel Cemetery near Hogsett was to receive her burial but Route 2 and the highway are closed. Ralph Sayre Wahama Junior High announced a parents night for Tuesday at 730 p.m. A 1942 Bridgeport designed helicopter for the Army Air Corps departed for useful work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Margaret Kirk
Mason County
L. G. Mohr
Ralph Sayre
Wahama Junior High School
Bridgeport
Conn
Army Air Corps
Top Amateur Boxers Set for Point Pleasant Benefit Show
A centennial boxing event at Point Pleasant High School auditorium on March 30 features top amateur boxers from across West Virginia. Refereed by Bill Conn, with Ottie Adkins as matchmaker, the show is sanctioned by the West Virginia Athletic Commission to raise funds for the Point Pleasant Boys Club. Proceeds support the local boys' club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Bill Conn
West Virginia Athletic Commission
Dana Sayre
Huntington
Ottie Adkins
Henderson
Charles Toles
Tom Limer
Jesse Anderson
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Tobacco crop sales set record in 1963
1963 tobacco gross sales reached a record total of 702 847 543 pounds valued at 58 44 per hundred. Average prices fell from 1961 levels though overall value was at an all time high. About 80 percent of grades were lower than last year. Government loans covered 9.1 percent of the crop as the season closed with sales and loans finalized by February 26 in Lexington Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Gregory
Lexington
Real estate transfers in multiple districts recorded
Charles and Teresa Roberts transfer property in Lewis District to Floyd and Louise Roach. Carrie and Earl Franklin move real estate in Cooper District to Tresie and Clela Radcliffe. W. T. and Jennie Stone transfer in Waggener District to George and Peggy Staats. James and Margaret Darst to Robert Darst. John and Anna Lee Collins to Frank and Evelyn Woodall. James and Lillian Jeffries to J. W. and Mary Brumfield in Hannan District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles and
Teresa Roberts
Lewis
Floyd
Louise Roach
Carrie and
Earl Franklin
Cooper
Tresie
Clela Radcliffe
W. T
Jennie Stone
Waggener
George
Peggy Staats
James
Margaret Darst
Clendenin
Robert Darst
John
Anna Lee Collins
Frank and
Evenlyn Woodall
Lillian Jeffries
Hannan
J. W
Mary Brumfield
Mrs. Clara Ethel Lockett Dies in Clifton at 75
Mrs. Clara Ethel Lockett aged 75 of Clifton died Tuesday evening at home after a long illness. She was member of Clifton Methodist Church and daughter of John and Lida Compson. Survived by husband Filson daughter Evelyn Lockett Clifton son Earl Middleport. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at Foglesong Funeral Home with burial Suncrest Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Clara Ethel Lockett
Clifton
Hollisburgh
John and
Lida Kerwood Compson
Filson
Evelyn
Lockett
Earl
Middleport
Foglesong Funeral Home
Suncrest Cemetery
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Ohio River
Mrs
Eleanor White
Young Farmers
Corn Clinic
State Park
Mason
Service Guild
Minneapolis
Elizabeth Kroeger
St. Paul
George Espinosa
Havana
County Fair
Clifford Dunn
Fred Green
George McCausland
Ed Mattox
Jake Greer
Bill Parsons
Lester Ohlinger
Lois Newberry
Lawrence Gerlach, Jr
J. D. Moreland
Russell Capehart
L. W. Getty
John Devault
Richard Fielder
Joseph Martin
Mary Freendt
Nora Staats
Harry Staats
Oral Eads
Gerald Rood
H. M. Weaver
Evelyn Brake
Wason County
Cadillac
Judicec
North Court St
Belks
Birdseye
Mrs. Lockett
Bourbon
Terearon Emer
OLD Crow Distillery CO
Frankfort
Kentucky
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