Anniversary Dinner Is Held By Legion Post
Lt. Robert E. Lester spoke at the 42nd anniversary dinner of American Legion Post 23 in Point Pleasant with over 100 attendees. District leaders Paul Thomas Jr and Mrs. Russell Keith praised service and Americanism while members presented flags and pins to Commander Manford Bauer. World War I veterans and a junior high group performed songs for the event.
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Point Pleasant
Robert E. Lester
St. Albans
State Department
American Legion
American Legion Post 23
Lester
West Virginia
State Police
Paul F. Thomas Jr
Point
Paul Thomas
Manford Bauer
Curt Yeager
Dallas Wilfong
Dell Plants
Kerr Blain
W.S. Waldie
Nellie Brackman
C. L. Head
C. N. Haddox
Point Pleasant High to stage Ask Any Girl senior play
The Point Pleasant High School senior class will present the play Ask Any Girl on Monday March 27 at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium Lead roles feature Sharon Nibert Richard J D Escue and Mike Shaw Meg Wheeler is played by Sharon Nibert Others include cast members Bill Wallace Phyllis Litchfield Reta Jiiden Judy Getty Paula May Janie Oshel Janet Eschenaur Sue Adkins Linda Cottrill and more The production is directed by Mrs Edward Jackson with Cherie Mitchell as student director Natalie Waugh as assistant student director Bill Blain stage manager and John Mitchell technical director.
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Sharon
Meg Wheeler
New York
Miles
Evan Doughton
Mike
Richard
Mrs. Wheeler
Meg
Bill Wallace
Phyllis Litchfield
Fern
Lettie
Reta Jiiden
Judy Getty
Lisa
Paula May
Ruby
Janie Oshel
Heidi
Janet Eschenaur
Jeanie
Sue Adkins
Ada
Linda Cottrill
Terri
Doughton
Jeanine Jordan
Vince
Mickey Snead
Alvin
Keith Hill
Ellen
Jane
Becky Martin
Sharon Schneers
Edward Jackson
Cherie Mitchell
Natalie Waugh
Bill Blain
John Mitchell
Point Pleasant
Richard Escue
Sharon Nibert
Mike Shaw
Miss Bess Jones Heads Point Pleasant Junior Club
Miss Bess Jones of Park Drive was elected president of the Point Pleasant Junior Women’s Club at its March meeting in the Appalachian Power Auditorium. The group reported $304 in style show receipts and planned an April dinner and dance for husbands. Jack Whiting of Charleston, an American Cancer Society field rep, led a volunteer workers film about the county cancer drive.
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Point Pleasant
Bess Jones
Park Dr
Appalachian Power
James Osborne
William H. Bardin Jr
Jack Whiting
Charleston
American Cancer Society
Kenneth Whited
Tom K. Fisher
Pleasant Valley Hospital Birth and Admissions Report
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rothgeb of Gallipolis welcomed a son. Admitted were Mrs. Hattie Tucker of Point Pleasant and Mrs. Robert Rothgeb. Discharged were Angelia Reinhart of Pomeroy and Mrs. Brian Wooten of Gallipolis. Scott Knotts of Mason and Richard Billman of Jackson were discharged. Mrs. Edison Edington of Gallipolis appears in the list.
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Robert Rothgeb
Gallipolis
Hattie Tucker
Point Pleasant
Aneglia Reinhart
Pomeroy
Brian Wooten
Scott Knotts
Mason
Richard Billman
Jackson
Edison Edington
Point Clinic Names Chester Workman and Granville Wamsley
Chester Workman of Point Pleasant and Mrs. Granville Wamsley with son from Middletownport are listed in the Point Clinic. The notice names local residents connected to a community health event.
Mason County Tops at Regional Advanced 4-H Clothing Show
Mason County led delegations at the Regional Advanced 4 Clothing School with 46 leaders, counselors, members and extension agents among about 110 attendees. The event at Huntington’s Anderson Newcomb auditorium featured group singing, fashion models, a sewing center skit, and narration by Janet Wallace.
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County
Advanced 4
Anderson Newcomb
Huntington
Janie Oshel
Sharon Schwarz
Judy Getty
Linda Lathey
Sharon Nibert
Janet Eschenaur
Virginia Flora
Sue Wray
Joyce McCoy
Janet Wallace
Mason County
4-H
Annual Pancake Sale Set For Saturday
The Point Pleasant Kiwanis Club hosts its third annual pancake sale at the Moose Home on Saturday. Serving runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. under general chairman William Gygax. The menu features pancakes sausage butter syrup juice coffee and milk. From 5 to 6 p.m. the Arthur Murray dance studio dancers will perform.
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Point Pleasant
Portland relatives recall Hyatt Parsons death in drowning incident
Community members including Iva Ball Rodney Coffman Darr ell Perry and Harold Parsons returned home after Hyatt Parsons death by drowning. Ira Blosser and Wilkie Larson hosted visitors from Salinesville Vienna and Akron as families gathered for the bereavement.
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Portland
Iva Ball
New Brighton
Rodney Coffman
Clinton
Darrell Perry
Parkersburg
Harold Parsons
Hyatt Parsons
Ira Blosser
Salinesville
Blosser
Wilkie Larson
Charles Hilton
John Shaffer
Leona
Vienna
W. Va
Charles Rack and Son
Akron
Attendance Workers Meet in Point Pleasant Region Event
The West Virginia Attendance Workers Association Southwest Region IV will hold a regional meeting at the board of education office in Point Pleasant on March 28. Dr. Margaret Ross of Kanawha Schools discusses recognizing emotionally disturbed children. The Rev. Kenneth W. Chandler speaks on Christianity and emotional stability.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Margaret Ross
Kanawha
Kenneth W. Chandler
Main Street Baptist Church
Chet Haddox
Jack Higgins
Bellemeade Eub Church
Walden F. Roush
Mason County
Dr. Ross
Henderson School
C. L. Head
George Woods
Association
Chandler
Neil Chenowith
Glenville
Otis Rice
Rites For Mr. Melton Planned
Funeral services for W. R. Melton 85 of Henderson will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Vaught Memorial Methodist Church with the Rev. Robert Hurley officiating. He died Thursday at Holzer Hospital after a two week admission. Survived by his widow Lillie five daughters three sons a sister 22 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Burial at Concord Cemetery with calling hours at Crow funeral home.
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Point Pleasant
W. R. Melton
Henderson
Vaught Memorial Methodist Church
Robert Hurley
Melton
Holzer Hospital
Lock 11
Ioof Lodge
Mason County
Jeremiah
Mary Sanders Melton
Lillie Melton
Dorothy Lewis
Mary Margaret Supple
Rachel Sumner
Lillian Roach
Winfield
Ruth Blain
South Side
Rex
Charleston
Dexter
Newport News
Dale
Theadocia Walker
East Liverpool
Crow Funeral Home
Concord Cemetery
Roth Addresses Kiwanis On West Virginia Chemical Role
Prof. C. E. Roth of Morris Harvey College spoke to the Kiwanis Club in Point Pleasant on West Virginia as a world chemical hub along the Ohio River corridor. He cited Mason County population of 25 000 with last year’s income of 46 million and per capita 1800 dollars.
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Point Pleasant
C. E. Roth
Morris Harvey College
Kiwanis Club
Roth
West Virginia
Ohio River
Wheeling
Ashland
Kanawha Falls
Kanawha
Mason County
C. J. Hyer
O. C. Hall
Keyette
Nikki Holley
Judy Horn
Ned Jones
Walden Roush
John C. Hutchinson
Barbee Rothgeb
Denver Hockey Draws season high Crowd in 5-1 win
Denver University hockey drew a season high 5521 paid attendees for a home game against Michigan Tech. The DU squad won 5 to 1 with the home skaters taking the victory.
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Denver
Denver University
Michigan Tech
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