Red Cross March Drive Kickoff in Mason County
The March fund drive began with a kickoff dinner at Gene Ball's restaurant. Rev. Harold Knoll, county drive chairman, presented a film Neighbor to Neighbor outlining drive needs. Door to door calls are planned March 18 to 22 with a goal of 5324 dollars.
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Point Pleasant
American Red Cross
Mason County
Gene Ball
Harold Knoll
Mason County Fund Drive
M. A. Hoyle
West Virginia Flood Disaster Expands to 12 Counties
The White House said President Kennedy declared twelve more counties in West Virginia as major disaster areas eligible for extensive federal aid after a series of flash floods last week. The additions follow eleven southern counties already on the list after floods Tuesday and Wednesday. The newly added counties include Mason Fayette Summers Monroe Lewis Upshur Harrison Marion Wood Marshall Ohio and Brooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
White House
Kennedy
West Virginia
Mason
Fayette
Summers
Monroe
Lewis
Upsher
Harrison
Marion
Wood
Marshall
Ohio
Brooks
Ship Worker Is Injured at Marietta Shipyard
Jas per Hoschar, 63, of Point Pleasant, fell 12 feet into the engine room of the Agar at Marietta Manufacturing Co at 7 35 p m Thursday. He suffered a scalp laceration fractured ribs and bruises. He was aided from the Navy ship by crane with the fire department assisting. He is in good condition at Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jasper Hoschar
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Hoschar
Agar
Holzer Hospital
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes Highlights Names
Discharged patients include Jenny Gibbs of Point Pleasant Mrs Forman Stevens of Apple Grove Iva Glover of Hogsett and Mrs Lawrence Fellure of Gallipolis among others. Listed are Nellie Hayes Clyde Sanders Lawrence Plants Gerald Shanks and Avon Jiden with residences in Point Pleasant Buffalo Gallipolis Robertsburg Fort Bragg and Apple Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Hayes
Buffalo
Clyde Sanders
Gallipolis
Lawrence Plants
Point Pleasant
Gerald Shanks
Fort Bragg
N. C
Avon Jiiden
Robertsburg
Elmo Thompson
Jenny Gibbs
Forman Stevens
Apple Grove
Iva Glover
Hogsett
Lawrence Fellure
Bernard Jones Fined Over $500 in West Virginia Case
Bernard Jones of Caldwell Ohio paid a total over five hundred dollars after arraignment before Justice A M Goodwin on charges from the West Virginia State Police. He faced a one hundred dollar fine plus costs for no public service permit and four hundred forty two dollars plus costs for an overweight truck cited at Mason Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Bernard Jones
Caldwell
Ohio
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
West Virginia State Police
Jones
Mason Bridge
Holzer Hospital News Admitted and Discharged List
A hospital update lists new births for Watson of Gallipolis Ed win A Thomas of Leon and Morris of Long Bottom Route 1 plus Mor ris of Gallipolis Long Bottom Route 1. It also records admissions including Debora M Laywell Bidwell Route 1 Lars L Withee Middleport Walter E Lambert Oak Hill Elwyn H Mason Elkhart Ind and others. Dismissions include Joseph Willis Curtis Taylor Brady Shaw and many more. Blood usage noted as seven pints Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Watson
Gallipolis
Edwin A. Thomas
Leon
Carl S. Morris
Long Bottom
Debora M. Laywell
Bidwell
Lars L. Withee
Middleport
Walter E. Lambert
Oak Hill
Elwyn H. Mason
Elkhart
Ind
Russell M. Little
Rutland
Clarence D. Adams
Racine
Kenneth R. Burke
Coolville
Hattie P. Gillespie
Ronald H. Wise
Point Pleasant
Wayie King
J. Phillip Langhorne
Joseph Willis
Curtis Taylor
Brady Shaw
Lawrence Guiney
Louis Goble
William Sheridan
Walter Higgins
Kenna Thompson
Glenna Morgan
Daniel Wright
Jerry Suellen
Delbert Casto
Hollie Saunders
Floyd Johnson
Lewis Staten
William Workman
Lyle McCormick
Raymond H. Sanders
Rend Fox
Steven K. Neal
Connie Neville
John Smith
Connie Taylor
Larry Beckett
Son
Mud Fork By Carolyn Nutter
Mud Fork notes social visits and moves in the community. Mr and Mrs Richard Nutter and children visited with Mr and Mrs Hayward Nutter in Tup pers Plains. Mr and Mrs Joe Casey visited Kenneth Welsh family. Paul Steinmetz and family moved from the Welsh farm to near Langsville. He works at Swadley Lumber Yard. Mt Union Choir recently met at the Pauley home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nutter
Hayward Nutter
Tuppers Plains
Joe Casey
Kenneth Welsh
Paul Steinmetz
Langsville
Swadley Lumber Yard
Mt. Union Choir
Frank Pauley
West Virginians Get Free Penicillin Through Rheumatic Fever Program
A total of 1632 West Virginians, mostly children, receive free penicillin under the rheumatic fever prevention program run by the West Virginia Heart Association and the State Health Department. The program helps medically indigent patients and is funded in part by heart fund contributions. Mason County has 23 participants. national and state death rates are cited by Robert M. Simons.
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Point Pleasant
West
Heart Fund
West Virginia
Simons
Mason County
Junior Women's Club To Hold Style Show
The Point Pleasant Junior Women's Club presents its annual spring style show on March 28 at 8 p m in the Point Pleasant High School auditorium with the theme Then and Now to mark the centennial. Seven candidates from local high schools compete for Miss Springtime 1963 with judges including Jackie Olinger Mary Ann Campbell and Jim Durham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Jackie Oblinger
Wchs-Tv
Mary Ann Campbell
WJEH
Jim Durham
WMPO
Middleport
Gaye Cartwright
Jack Cartwright
West Columbia
Wahama High School
Joann Stover
James Stover
Apple Grove
Hannan High School
Judy Kay Shinn
J. A. Shinn
Mt Vernon Ave
Point Pleasant Women’s Club Hosts Child Welfare Meeting
At the Presbyterian Church dining room the March Point Pleasant Women’s Club program featured the Department of Child Welfare. Participants included Judy Wood and four peers performing gymnastics, Debbie Meadows with a piano solo, and a city planning panel led by Mayor Virgil Siders discussing housing, streets, and a city building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Department of Child Welfare
Presbyterian Church
L. G. Mohr
James McComb
Debbie Meadows
Carl Garden
Citizens Advisory Committee
Virgil Siders
O. C. Hall
G. A. Biggs
J. H. Farley
Lewis Ball
Wilbur Dickson
Rose Beresford
James
Reverend Angle To Speak At Trinity Methodist Crusade
A. A. Angle of Nighbert Memorial Church Logan will be visiting minister at Trinity Methodist in the Huntington district Crusade. He formerly led Trinity Bluefield and was superintendent of the Fairmont district, and pastored Darlington Church South Charleston before his Logan pastorate. Coast Guardsmen began mercy missions by helicopter in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
A. A. Angle
Nighbert Memorial Church
Logan
Trinity Methodist Church
Huntington
Methodist Church
Angle
Bluefield
Fairmont
Darlington Church
South Charleston
Zaleski Notes From Mrs James McKibben
Mrs Mae Medart of Chillicothe suffered a fractured hip in a recent ice fall. She is a cousin of Mrs John Potter and often visited the Potter home. Agnes Peyton stayed in Columbus for several days. Frank Tripp and son Jack and family of Columbus visited here recently. Ira Egleberry of Fairborn spent days here with the Peters family from Grove City. F E Bowman of Diamond West Virginia visited relatives here, including Mrs Noble Harmon and family, and Harry Peyton of Albany attended Baptist services. The Point Pleasant Methodist Youth Fellowship sub district rally is canceled Monday due to a preaching mission in the sub district churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McKibben Zaleski
Mae Medart
Chillicothe
Roy Peters
Irene
Larry
Floyd
Lloyd
Grove City
F. E. Bowman
Diamond
W. Va
Bowman
Noble Harmon
Harry Peyton
Albany
Peyton
Campbell
Baptist Church
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Arnesses
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Ohio Trucker
Justice
Holzer Hospital News
Carolyn Nutter
Paradise Kittens
Miracle
Connie, Jacqueline
Ben Franklin Company
Johnny Jones
BUICK
Special
WGN
N. Court & Carpenter Sts
Cadillac
Athens, Ohio
East State Street
Sandra Crank
Nay Crank Henderson
Karen Burdette
George Burdette
Ripley Rd
Ruth Sturgeon
Orville Sturgeon
Kanawha
Joanne Mace
Woodrow Mace
Mt. Vernon Ave
James Andrews
William Capehart
Eddie Martin
Fashion Center
Biggs Department Store
Judy Shinn
O. J. Morrison
Shoe Center
Fisher’s Department Store
Murphy’s
Ben Franklin Co
Joan Stover
Lionel Smith
Judy Wood
Kay Gygax
Linda Baker
Carolyn Fielder
D. G. Wilfong
Carl G. Gardner
Walter Geilker
Gloria Fridley
Trinity Methodist
Zaleski
Methodist Youth Fellowship
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