Region Speech Contest Set for Point Pleasant Friday
West Virginia Inter scholastic Forensic League Region 9 contest will be held in Point Pleasant on Friday at 9 30 a m in Christ Episcopal Parish House. Region 9 covers Boone Kanawha Putnam and Mason counties with five events including extemporaneous speaking public address radio announcing debate and a new entry oratorical declamation. Point Pleasant High entrants are seniors Geraldine Keefer and Mickey Yester from Letart Route and Gallipolis Ferry respectively.
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Point Pleasant
Christ Episcopal Church
Boone
Kanawha
Putnam
Mason Counties
Point Pleasant High School
Geraldine Keefer
Earl Keefer
Letart
Mickey Yester
Reverend Ben Haden To Speak On NBC Radio
The Rev Ben Haden a Miami Presbyterian pastor and former newspaper man and attorney will be the new speaker for the Bible Study Hour weekly NBC radio broadcast produced by the Evangelical Foundation of Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Ben Haden
The
Evangelical Foundation of Philadelphia
Pvt Pickens In Vietnam
Crown City soldier Pvt Michael J Pickens 21 son of Mr and Mrs Theodore C Pickens Crown City Route 2 is with the 523d Engineer Company which arrived in Vietnam March 6 He clerk typist in the unit last stationed at Fort Belvoir Va Pickens entered the Army in May 1966 and is a 1965 graduate of Hannan Trace High School Mercerville James Richard Clary 19 Londonderry and Wilma Diane Gloyd 18 Dexter Route 1.
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Crown City
Michael J. Pickens
Theodore C. Pickens
523D Engineer
Vietnam
Pvt
Pickens
Ft. Belvoir
Hannan Trace High School
Mercerville
James Richard Clary
Londonderry
Wilma Diane Gloyd
Dexter Route 1
Mason Farm Bureau Seeks New Members in March Drive
Mason County Farm Bureau vice president Stanley, chairman of the membership committee, announced at the directors meeting that a kick-off meeting will be held March 28. An intensive drive to solicit new members and renewals will follow.
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Point Pleasant
Hobart Stanley
Mason County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau _ directors
Conger Divorce Granted Over Grounds of Gross Neglect
On grounds of gross neglect of duty Anna L. Conger is granted a divorce from Cornelius Conger in the Meigs County Common Pleas Court.
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Pomeroy
Anna L. Conger
Cornelius Conger
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Fast Action Prevents Fire at Gallipolis Steak House
Raymond Green assistant Manager of Evans Steak House in Gallipolis and a Gallipolis Fire Department member acted quickly when a hot water tank upstairs exploded from leaking gas. He shut off the gas preventing further explosion. Firefighters arrived and stood by for about 90 minutes with no injuries reported.
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Gallipolis
Raymond Green
Evan
Green
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes
Admitted include Mrs. George Hoffman Letart Lawrence Harmon Point Pleasant Mrs. Lloyd Neville Apple Grove Lawrence Lambert Point Pleasant Mrs. John Kauff Mrs. Oren Brinker Mrs. Lewis Sutton Mrs. Raymond Wright.
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Pleasant Valley Hospital
George Hoffman
Letart
Lawrence Harmon
Point Pleasant
Lloyd Neville
Apple Grove
Lawrence Lambert
John Kauff
Oren Brinker
Lewis Sutton
Raymond Wright
Providence Baptist Church forms in Rhode Island
Providence reports the establishment of the Providence Baptist Church with 18 charter members. It becomes one of 17 Southern Baptist congregations operating in New England states.
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Providence, R.I
Providence Baptist Church
New England
Farm Home Destroyed by Fire Near Point Pleasant
A farm home owned by L. R. Henderson and resided in by Jim McKirgan burned Wednesday morning. The fire caused $1,000 in guns to be lost, with firefighters detouring around flooded roads to reach the blaze and returning to the station by 11:25 a.m.
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Point Pleasant
Jim McKirgan
L. R. Henderson
Selective Service Office To Be Closed
McArthur Vinton County Selective Service office will be closed all next week March 20 through March 24 while clerk Mrs Helen Morrison is on vacation. Miss Rachael Smith will accept registrations at the office of County Auditor Glenn Peters where she is employed.
Meigs General Discharges Cora Wiggins and Others
Meigs General discharge list includes Cora Wiggins of clay, Cook, Arthur Price, Mabel Kesterson and Robert Rumfield of Bidwell. The brief notice records several individuals released from service with no further details provided.
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Cora Wiggins
Clay Cook
Arthur Price
Mabel Kesterson
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Edward C. Jackson
West Virginia
Mason Farm Bureau
Contemporary Modern
Stearns and Foster
Stearns
Foster
Logan Home Furnishings Co
West Main St
Logan, Ohio
New Church
Meigs General Hospital
Robert Rumfield
Bidwell
Chromcraft
Mohawk
Dupont
Sq. Va
Sa. Va
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