Point Cagers From 1926 Are Feted By Rotarians
Beckley coach Jerome VanMatre spoke at the Point Pleasant Rotary Club honoring the 1926 Point Pleasant High School Big Blacks basketball team. He recalled coaching at PPHS, the team’s state tournament play, and the national tourney in Chicago, with players including Paul White Jack Burdett and Hugh Curry. The event featured introductions of current players and a photo presentation for PPHS.
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Point Pleasant
Jerome VanMatre
Beckley
VanMatre
Illinois
Point Pleasant High School
Big Blacks
Landon Smith
Happy Kenny
Crewcut
Kooks
Robert Siler
Dick Ware
Point Pleasant High
Siler
Athens Messenger
Paul White
Jack Burdett
Huntington
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Hugh Curry
Charleston
Kanawha County Bank
Little Curry
Harold
PPHS
West Virginia
Elkins
Chicago
al Stewart
Charles Chambers
Charles A. Pitzer
Bill Brady
Dick Horton
Buck Call
Jim Staats
Jeff Swisher
Barry Casto
Bob Henry
Sam Patterson
Bob Does
Florida
George Carr
California
Harold Curry
Joe F. Burdett
Chess Russell
Ross Spencer
Athens residents form Community Volunteer Center aim to coordinate volunteers
More than a hundred people gathered at the Athens County courthouse to begin forming a Community Volunteer Center in Athens. The center is intended to coordinate all local volunteer activity and spark new programs as it learns about ongoing projects. Several organizations already show interest in partnering to address community needs.
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Athens County
Athens
Civil Defense Survey In Mason Progressing
Mason County civil defense director John A. Wilson reports strong resident cooperation in the West Virginia Home Fallout Protection Survey. About 85 percent of county homes have been visited, with mail and personal interviews used to gather house details for a Census Bureau computer analysis of fallout protection.
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Point Pleasant
John A. Wilson
Mason County
Bureau of the Census
Department of Defense
Office of Civil Defense
West Virginia Department of Civil Defense Mobilization
Census Bureau
West Virginia Department of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization
West
Point Church Launches P.E.A.C.H. Improvement Campaign
Point Pleasant Trinity Methodist Church begins Operation P.E.A.C.H. to raise 50000 for heating air conditioning and parsonage relocation over three years under Dr Norman Parker. A May 14 worship service features Parker preaching at 10 45 a.m. with a dedication prayer and no pledges that day.
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Point Pleasant
P.E.A.C.H
Trinity Methodist Church
Norman Parker
Parker
West Virginia
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Scout Theme Presented At PTA Meeting
New Haven Cub Scout Pack 256 led a PTA program with the Scout O Rama theme Break-through for Youth With Cub Scouting. The meeting featured flag bearers, devotions, badge and book displays, elective projects, and PTA officers elected for the coming year.
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New Haven
PTA
David Roush
Charlie Johnson
Lee Hill
Chuck Zerkle
Keith Roush
Davey Roush
Johnny Ferguson
Stan Reitmire
Bobby
Kenneth Thompson
Carl Gibbs
Arthur Thabet
Pomeroy Personal News Roundup
Pomeroy Personal items note Scott Erwin visiting grandparents Chester and Mrs Erwin. Mrs Kenneth McElhinny back home from Veterans Memorial Hospital after surgery. Mrs McElhinny works at Citizens National Bank in Middleport. Paul Smart and family visited in Perrysburg. Mrs C O Fisher has word Marjorie Moore, widow of Rev Brady Moore, improving at Christ Hospital Cincinnati after illness. her son Harold Moore with her. Don Eastman of Columbus weekend with Leland Saxton family. Dale Smith and daughter Sheila of Columbus weekend with Norbert Neutzling Sr. family. Patrolman Keith Barnitz and son Thomas of Kingston weekend with Hayman Barnitz family. Jon Guinther, Ohio Northern student, weekend with Shirley Guinther.
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Kenneth McElhinny
Veterans Memorial Hospital
McElhinny
Citizens National Bank
Middleport
C. O. Fisher
Marjorie Moore
Brady Moore
Heath Methodist Church
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Don Eastman
Columbus
Leland Saxton
Dale Smith
Sheila
Norbert Neutzling Sr
Patrolman
Keith Barnitz
Thomas
Kingston
Hayman Barnitz
Jon Guinther
Ohio Northern
Ada
Ohio
Shirley Guinther
New Haven Party Held For Birthday at Bumgardner Home
Mrs. Donald Bumgardner celebrated her birthday with a family dinner at her New Haven home. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Staats and children Bonnie and Bernita, Miss Faye Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Staats and children, Mr. and Mrs. James Hart and children, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hoffman and Edna, Mrs. L. L. Dick and Denise, Mr. Allard, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lieving, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hesson, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Zerkle and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hoffman, Mrs. Freda Hart, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bumgardner and children.
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New Haven
Donald Bumgardner
Harry Staats
Bonnie and
Bernita
Faye Hoffman
Stanley Staats
James Hart
Earl Hoffman
Edna
L. L. Dick
Denise
Allard
Bernard Lieving
Paul Hesson
Harold Zerkle
Roy Hoffman
Freda Hart
Middleport Personal News In Wintersville Visitors
Middleport residents Mr. and Mrs. Galen Brown were recent visitors in Wintersville with Mr. and Mrs. Leo Smith and family, former Middleport residents. Mrs. Carolyn Johnson returned to Boston after travel due to her father George Wells's illness and death. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Walburn and Jill and Steve of Newton Falls visited with his parents and her aunt Dana Hamm.
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Galen Brown
Wintersville
Leo Smith
Middleport
Carolyn Johnson
Boston
Mass
George Wells
Dale Walburn
Jill
Steve
Newton Falls
Raymond Walburn
Dana Hamm
Antibias Hiring Bill Moves In Ohio House Vote
Ohio House prepared to vote on an emergency bill to end racial bias in state building contracts and hiring. Sponsor Rep. Keith McNamara said the measure, first of a two bill package, would implement an executive order from Gov. James A. Rhodes and require union hiring practices reflect both white and nonwhite journeymen.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House
Keith McNamara
James A. Rhodes
Building Trades Union
John M. McElroy
Hall
Senate
House
Betwen
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Civil Defense Survey
Mason
Point Church
Pomeroy Personals
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Michael Erwin O. Belore
Chester Erwin
Paul Smart
I. Perrysburg
Mrs
Milton Smart
Antibias
McNamara
Job
Oakley Collins
Tax Appeals Board
GOP
Robin T. Turner
R-14
Marion
Robert R. Shaw
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