Southwest Regional Meeting Planned by Workers
The West Virginia Attendance Workers Association will hold its southwest regional meeting Monday at the board of education office. A morning panel will discuss removing dead wood from curricula with Lahoma Cox Louise Hutchinson Ben Ward and Edward Irvin as panelists. Otis Rice will moderate. Lunch at noon, group singing led by C. N. Haddox. Rev Jack Higgins will speak in the afternoon along with J R Malcolm on The Glenville Workshop and You. Meeting adjourns at 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia Attendance Workers Association
Board of Education
Lahoma Cox
Kanawha County
Louise Hutchinson
Wayne County
Ben Ward
West Virginia Eelementary Principals Association
Edward Irvin
Mason County
Otis Rice
Ance
Jean Jones
C. N. Haddox
Jack Higgins
Bellemade Evangelical
Pt Pleasant Society Circles Plan Tuesday Meetings
Trinity Methodist Church circles will meet at various homes and church locations Tuesday evening. Miriam Circle convenes at 8 with Mrs. O B Meadows hosting and Mrs. W C Bird co-hostess. Martha Circle meets at 8 at Mrs Nellie Lozier’s 1705 Jefferson Blvd. Rebecca Circle gathers 7:30 at Miss Marjorie Waldie's 1915 Main St. Mary Circle hosts 7:30 at Mrs George Kooken’s 2706 Lincoln Ave with Mrs Elizabeth Johnson as co-hostess. Priscilla Circle meets at 8 at Mrs Norman Foss’s 101 Pleasant St with Mrs K W Robinson as co-hostess. Dorcas Circle convenes 1:30 at the church with church-hostesses and Mrs Carroll Casto presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist Church
Miriam Circle
Paul Thomas, Jr
O. B. Meadows
W. C. Bird
Martha
John R. Kauff
Nellie Lozier
Jefferson Blvd
Rebecca Circle
William Stover
Marjorie Waldie
Main St
Mary
Howard Garland
George Kooken
Lincoln Ave
Elizabeth Johnson
Priscilla
Nelson Jeck
Norman Foss
Pleasant St
K. W. Robinson
Dorcas Circle
Elmer Martin
Charles White
D. L. Cottrill
W. W._ Robinson
Trinity Church Visits Point Pleasant Sunday Tour
Mrs. Eunice B. Beller chairs a twenty member Trinity Methodist Church group visiting homes in Point Pleasant Sunday afternoon. The drive supports the Huntington district membership visitation project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice B. Beller
Trinity Methodist Church
Point Pleasant
Huntington
Lenten Fellowship Dinner at Trinity Methodist Church
The Rev. Warren Wilson of Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis spoke after the Lenten fellowship dinner attended by 116 people. Robert Knox, church youth director, will speak after next Wednesday’s dinner. Rev. Alvin C. Young, pastor, gave the invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Wilson
Grace Methodist Church
Gallipolis
Trinity Methodist Church
Robert Knox
Alvin C. Young
Eub — Leon
Donald Pringle
Rockcastle
Yanger
Shiloh
Mr. Zion
Promise Land
Warren
Christ Church Episcopal
Jerome D. Rodgers
Holy Communion
Presbyterian Church
Fighth and Main
Robert Ray
Tobias
WSCS
Barboursville
Point Pleasant Junior Women Plan Banquet
A committee meeting of the mother-daughter banquet committee was held at the home of chairman Mrs. Troy Bolling. The event is set for April 9 at 6 30 p m at the Moose home with speaker Mrs. S O Johnson recounting her Europe trip and show items collected. Other members include Mrs Floyd Taylor co chairman Mrs William Johnson Mrs Nelson Jeck and Mrs Earl Henry. Club president Mrs J Stewart Lloyd attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Troy Bolling
Moose Home
S. O. Johnson
Europe
Floyd Taylor
Cochairman
William Johnson
Nelson Jeck
Earl Henry
J. Stewart Lloyd
Women’s Auxiliary Meeting At Christ Episcopal Held Wednesday
The March gathering of the Women’s Auxiliary of Christ Episcopal Church occurred on a Wednesday. Members discussed ongoing church activities and planned upcoming events for the parish and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Auxiliary of Christ Episcopal
School Furnishings Bid Notice Issued by Athens Board of Education
The Athens City Board of Education invites sealed bids for school furnishings with delivery to the Senior High School Building Athens Ohio. Bids due April 19 1957 at noon. Bond or certified check 10 percent of bid required. Rights reserved to reject any or all bids. Wm Parker Walker Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Athens City
Athens County
Ohio
Athens City Board of Education
Athens
Wm. Parker Walker
Family notices and travel updates from Park Drive to Florida
Mr and Mrs Troy Bolling return home after attending their uncle’s funeral in Lebon Virginia and visiting her father William Fletcher who is improving at the Veterans Hospital in Clarksburg Fred Riley of Main Street George Somerville of Sixth Street and Sherwood Costen of Ohio River Road spend several days in Florida visiting Somerville s nephew and family Elmore Mossman Berry Thomas of Charleston and Mrs James K Thomas visit her parents H A Roseberry Point Pleasant Route 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Bolling
Park Drive
Lebon
William Fletcher
Veteran Hospital
Clarksburg
Fred Riley
Main St
George Somerville
Sixth St
Sherwood Costen
Ohio River Rd
Florida
Somerville
Elmore Mossman
James K. Thomas
Berry
Charleston
Thomas
H. A. Roseberry
Point Pleasant
Ex Engineer Brady Gilfillen 75 Dies in Shade
Middleport native and former New York Central Railroad engineer Brady Gilfillen of Shade died Thursday afternoon at his home aged 75. He once operated a Shade service station after moving from Middleport, survived by wife Lillian Cheatham, three children from a former marriage, a stepson, granddaughter, and great granddaughter. Services Saturday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with burial at Riverview Cemetery conducted by Fred J. Gardner. He was a Royal Neighbors Lodge member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
B. O
Brady) Gilfillen
Shade
New York Central RR
Brownell Ave
Lillian Cheatham
Charles Gilfillen
Gallipolis
Robert Young
Georgia
Charles
Meigs County Tuberculosis Association Plans Annual Dinner
The Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association will hold its annual dinner meeting and program Monday at 6 30 p m at Salisbury School Officers directors and several guests will attend. Notice also lists the appointment of H B Gall Jr as Administrator de Bonis Non of the estate of Frank Joyce with claims due by law to be filed by the date shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Salisbury School
H. B. Gall, Jr
Cline
Athens
Ohio
de Bonis
Frank Joyce
Athens County
Roger J. Jones
Biotw
Divorce Notice in Athens County Court
James F Stack sues Evelyn Stack, last known in Saxton Kentucky, for divorce on grounds of willful absence and gross neglect. Petition filed March 12 1957 and set for hearing after April 29 1957. Attorneys Rowland and Rowland represent plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
James F. Stack
Evelyn Stack
Saxton
Kentucky
James I. Stack
Court of Common Pleas
Holzer Hospital Notes Births and Admitted List
A number of births are recorded at Holzer Hospital with parents from Cheshire Rutland Crown City Hartford Point Pleasant and other towns. The hospital admits include Richard Heston McArthur James Pierce Bidwell Carl Hutchinson Mason and many others for medical or surgical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Heston
Wellston
James J. Pierce
McArthur
Surgical
Carl Henry Hutchinson
Bidwell
Bernice Baker
Mason
Ronald FE. Bosworth
Waterloo
Star Route
Glendyn C. Cherrington Jackson
Eldeana Faye Williams
Gallipolis
Charles F. Seitz
Cora Foglesong
Point Pleasant
John H. Carter
Jackson
John T. Griffin
Linzie Dillon
Ashland
Charles D. Mullins
Terrence Patrick Griffin
Grange Banquet Date Set For April Twenty Ninth
POMEROY A banquet for all subordinate granges will be served at Salisbury School on Monday evening April 29 by the Pomeroy Band Grange. The announcement came at the regular meeting in the DAV Hall with Charles Legar presiding. A quiz bee on grange procedure and various games were held with the women winning a relay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Salisbury
Pomeroy Band
C. L. Heaton
DAV
Charles Legar
Harrisonville
John Terrell
Lawrence Lanning
Allen Brothers welcome daughter Rebecca Eileen at Porter
A daughter Rebecca Eileen was born to Mr and Mrs Allen brothers of Porter Ohio on March 20 194? The report notes Mrs Harry Oldaker of Gallipolis Ferry had a surgical, and Mrs Louisa Bush of Gallipolis Ferry was discharged.
Kiwanis Club hears world affairs talk at Moose Hall
Professor C. E. Roth of Morris Harvey College spoke on world affairs during the Kiwanis Club dinner meeting at the Moose home. John C. Hutchinson led the program and James Hall presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. E. Roth
Morris Harvey College
Kiwanis Club
Moose Home
John C. Hutchinson
James Hall
Marriage Announced for Geneva Kerns and Vernon Martin
In Ashland Kentucky on January 4 at the home of Rev W P Dell the marriage of Miss Geneva Kerns and Vernon Martin of Charleston was performed. Mrs Martin is a dietitian at Staats Hospital Charleston and Mr Martin is a painter with W T Watts Co. They reside in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Geneva Kerns
Vernon Martin
Charleston
Ashland
W. P. Dell
Dell
Martin
Staats Hospital
W. T. Watts Co
River Traffic Gauges and Dams Daily Readout
River gauges show Gallipolis at 16 feet and Montgomer y 15.5 feet while Ohio Dam status indicates moveable dams rising and lowering through 22. Kanawha River Marmet and London on the sill. Ohio River boats report multiple locks with up or down readings including Ellen Calhoun Stevenson and others passing Lock 21 through Lock 33 with various crew and tonnages. Gallipolis boats list several vessels up and down including Lehigh and DeSoto with fuel noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Kanawha River
Marmet
London
Sill
Winfield
Ellen
Calhoun
Stevenson
Louisiana
Island Creek
Liberty
Eastern
Mr. Chris
Henry C. Ogram
Bob Benter
Queen City
Sycamore
Herbert E. Jones
Glenda H
R. H. Bosworth
Allen R. Merrill
Gallipolis
James D. Francis
Shuttler
Lehigh
DeSoto
Gona
Jagg
Okan
Pleasant Point church listings in weekly notices
The column lists numerous Point Pleasant area churches with pastors and service times including Sacred Heart St. Joseph's Bellemead Concord and more. It notes Sunday school hours worship times prayer meetings youth fellowships and midweek services across multiple denominations and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O'Reilly
Sacred Heart Church of
Point Pleasant
St. Joseph’s of Mason
Church of God
George Osler
Church of the Nazarene
J. S. Bramon
Heights
Roy McCoy
Bellemead Eub
Jack Higgins
Youth Fellowship
Adult Christian Endeavor
Robert Kessinger
Wednes Point Pleasant Mission
Ervin Patrick
Jordan Baptist
Raymond
Church of Christ
Henderson
A. Kelly
Harmony Baptist
Warren Dean
Paul Evans Released After Posting Bond
Paul Evans aged 23 from Portland was released from the county jail after 21 days confinement. He posted a 200 dollar bond set by the Court of Common Pleas and is expected to enter the Army, according to FBI reports. He was arrested on forgery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Paul Evans
Portland
Evans
Court of Common Pleas
FBI
Auto Collision on Pine Street In Gallipolis Noted
City police investigated a minor accident on Pine Street at the Plymale-Wagner Co. A driver, Robert E. O'Dell, 26, of Bidwell Route 2, pulled from a driveway and struck Lula F. Eisnaugle, 52, of Gallipolis. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pine Street
Plymale-Wagner Co
Robert E. O'Dell
Bidwell
Lula F. Eisnaugle
Births at Meigs General Hospital
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs James Ashley of Middleport. Also listed are births for Clarence Freeman Middleport Edward Robie Pomeroy Maxine Ashley Middleport Orville Allen Pomeroy William Atheny Ryger H Triplett Pomeroy Dick Retton Pomeroy Ruth Jaccaud Racine Charles Ward Columbus Myron Bailey Pomeroy Claud Quillen Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ashley
Middleport
Clarence Freeman
Edward Robie
Pomeroy
Maxine Ashley
Orville Allen
William Atheny
Ryger
H. Triplett
Dick Retton
Ruth Jaccaud
Racine
Charles Ward
Columbus
Myron Bailey
Claud Quillen
Syracuse
Ports mouth District Women’s Society meets Tuesday at Manley
The Ports mouth District Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Manley Methodist Church in Portsmouth. Officers and members from local societies plan to attend. The event mentions the expedition of Commodore Perry to the China Seas and Japan as the “Black Ship Festival.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Portsmouth
Women's Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Manley Methodist Church
Commodore Perry
China Seas
Japan
Special Court to Meet at Legion Home
A special term of Circuit Court will be held Monday at the Legion home where court sits until the new courthouse is finished. Judge Oliver Kessell will preside for a one day session. Prosecuting attorney Raymond Musgrave said no jury will be called. Juvenile cases will be heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Home
Oliver Kessell
Raymond Musgrave
Second worst theater fire in history at St Petersburg
Feb 14 1836 fire at a St Petersburg theater caused massive losses with many casualties and extensive property damage. The incident ranks as one of history's deadliest theater fires, reflecting a severe tragedy of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Russia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pt. Pleasant Society
Carroll Casto
Milton L. Miller
J. C. Appel
Appel
A. T. Hall
Henry Buck
Miller
Casto
F. W. Ingraham
John W. Kirk
Walter M
Rev. Wilson
TB Association
James F Stack
Rowland
Taker's
T Shop
Kris Kringle
Kanauga
Silver Bridge
Holzer Hospital
Owen McKinney
Cheshire
Jacob Schelling
Rutland
Clyne Brumfield
Crown City
Robert Beard
Hartford
Kenneth Stewart
Lanning
Mening Macmurray
Sidney
FONDA
Miss Geneva
Kerus
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Ben McCool
Semet
Sally Ann
Ovec
C. F. Shearer
Pt. Pleasant Church News
Main Street Baptist
Kenneth Chandler
Concord Baptist
Church of Christ In Christian Union
J. P. Keefer
Seventh-Day Adventist — Bible Chapel
Howard Avenue
Bell Meade
Warcity
Meigs General Hospital
Mighty Zzarak
Cinemascope Technicolor
Warwick
Columbia Picture
Arlene Dahl
Phil Carey
Herbert Marshall
Technicolor
Cole Porter
Herbert J. Yates
MacDonald Carey
Patricia Medina
Skip Homeier
A Republic Production
Putes
MNIT
Anything Gost
Andy Devine
Columbia Ctures
Man
Vetor Jory AM Doram
Charlotte Austin
Clover
Fence
Allison
Humphrey Bogart
Gene Tierney
God
Anne Bancroft
Paramount
Donald Crosby
Oconnor
Jeanmaire
Mirz'gaynor
Puit Harris
Ray Ernest Milland Borgnine
Lovejoy
Westers
Arageat Swope
X. Pha Dunne
Missouri
Hunter
Lange
Ptape Technicolor
John Wayne
Betty Field
Harry Carey
Ae Lancaster
Lollobri
Curtis Gida
de Luxe
Reed
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