Two Plead Guilty In Sunday Dairy Robbery Case
Chalmer May and Leslie Henson pled guilty before Judge Oliver Kessel at the May term of Circuit Court for the dairy robbery at Broughton's Dairy. Henson and May allegedly took $4059.84. Parsons pleaded innocent and his trial is scheduled for September. Others, Donald Lee Morris and Eugene Bank, also entered innocent pleas with trials set for later dates.
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Point Pleasant
Chalmer May
Leslie Henson
Oliver Kessel
Kessel
H. M. Parsons
Henson
May
Broughton
Rancel Jiiden
W. G. Spence
Parsons
Donald Lee Morris
Eugene Bank
Charles H. Lewis
Adolph Newton Hannibal
Orville Cloneh
Arthur Crawford
Daniel Burns
Point High Graduate Wins College Honor
Point Pleasant High School announces Brerry Jones, a recent graduate, won first place in the Benjamin Noomaugh Oratorical Contest at the University of Virginia. Jones earned the trophy engraving and a prize portrait, having previously placed second in another university speech contest and been elected president of his Beta Theta Pi pledge class. He was a four year 4 point student at Point Pleasant High and active in sports and student government. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. E. Bartow Jones of Jefferson Blvd.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
University of Virginia
Brerry Jones
Benjamin Noomaugh
Jefferson Society
Brerry
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
West Virginia
Wheeling
E. Bartow Jones
Jefferson Blvd
Ohio River Flood Crest Surpasses Past Levels at Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant residents recall 1951 floodwall dedication as the Ohio River rose past 44 feet and threatened the downtown area. Flood stages since 1880 are listed, with 1955 values showing a crest near 51.83 feet on March 7 while the wall protected Camden Avenue homes.
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Point Pleasant
Robert McGuffin
Camden Ave
Viand St
River Motors
Names Drawn for Trinity Church WSCS Circles
The May WSCS meeting at Trinity Methodist Church in Point Pleasant opened with prayer by Mrs. Paul Redferon. Mrs. Linda Smith and others participated, Christine Johnson played violin, and reports covered the annual conference and a Huntington district meeting. Mrs. J. A. Blankenship was elected secretary of spiritual life and a two year nomination committee was named. The group plans a church kitchen cleaning session and quarter fly report meetings for May 28.
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Point Pleasant
Paul Redferon
Methodist Church
WSCS
Trinity Methodist Church
Leo Bias
Alvin C., Young
Linda Smith
John Kauff
Emma Wise
D. M. Harshbarger
Virgil Siders
Charles Hannah
Christine Johnson
Point Pleasant High School
Mary Hellems
Siders
Nual
Gene Crow
Huntington
J. A. Blankenship
Spiritual Life
T. J. Damron
Ralph Crump
G. A. Biggs
Gary Conley
Kauff
Blankenship
Iva Allison
St. Mancia’s Guild of Christ Episcopal Church
Allison
Ocie England
James Hampton
Leon Thompson
Fred P. Schroeder
Maxine Walters
Hervey
Jerome D. Rodgers
Schroeder
Jackie Durst
Foran
Rush Krodel
W. C. Gilmore
Johnson
Paul Pearson
Stella Clark
Katie Casto
Death of Harry Stephenson 67 of Columbus Ohio
Local man Harry Stephenson 67 died Tuesday night at Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus after months of cancer. A Charleston native who lived in Mason County as a child, he worked 40 years for the B and O Railroad in Columbus. Survived by wife Erma Wilgrog son Durance Stephenson brother Charley Stephenson and two sisters, with funeral Friday at 1 p.m. at Stoyer Funeral Home Columbus.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Stephenson
Columbus
Ohio
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Charleston
Mason County
Robert
Lillie Nixson
Greer
B.&o. Railroad
Methodist Church
Erma Wilgrog
Durance Stephenson
Charley Stephenson
Pauline Latta
Cincinnati
Kathleen Greer
Rancel Jiiden
Stephenson
Bob
Mary Kay
Stoyer Funeral Home
West Broad St
Supermarkets Dominate One-Third Of U S Grocery Sales
The National Industrial Conference Board reports supermarkets account for almost one third of national grocery sales, underscoring the sector's large share in retail food distribution and consumer behavior.
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National Industrial Conference Board
Draft Board Inducts Several Volunteers for May Ashland Call
Mrs. Bess Boley Moore of Selective Service Board No 24 announced May 26 induction for Alfred Manly Conrad Homer Guy Brumfield Jr and Bartow Edwin Pearson all volunteers from Glenwood and West Columbia for Ashland Kentucky. A May 19 physical exams list includes Gerrell Lee DeWeese John Wayne Zimmerman Wayne Wesley Upton Robert Edgar Roush Erwin Lee Starr Darwin Dallas Clark William Junior Jeffers John Lewis Palsley John Frederick Cooper Bobby Lee McCallister Herman Richard Stephens Richard Roger Chapman Jackie Eugene Young David Eugene Bennett Russell Deal Rupert Wayne Durst Floyd Frederick Newell plus others. The board asks anyone with info on Richard L Grimm last known at Grimms Landing to notify.
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Point Pleasant
Bess Boley Moore
Local
Selective Service Board No
Ashland
Alfred Manly Conrad
Homer Guy Brumfield, Jr
Glenwood
Bartow Edwin Pearson
Gallipolis Ferry
Jerry Clyde Ferguson
West Columbia
Gerrell Lee DeWeese
Leon
John Wayne Zimmerman
Wayne Wesley Upton
Robert Edgar Roush
Mason
Erwin Lee Starr
Henderson
Darwin Dallas Clark
New Haven
William Junior Jeffers
South Side
John Lewis Palsley
Letart
John Frederick Cooper
Bobby Lee McCallister
Pliny
Herman Richard Stephens
Richard Roger Chapman
Jackie Eugene Young
Clifton
David Eugene Bennett
Russell Deal
Rupert Wayne Durst
Cottageville
Floyd Frederick Newell
Moore
Richard L. Grimm
Grimms Landing
Draft Board
Neosho Beautifies City With Flower Garlands Around Cans
Neosho Missouri installs garlands of flowers around garbage cans as part of a city beautification effort aiming to create a more pleasant streetscape.
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Neosho
Meade Elected President of Christ Church Service Guild
Mrs. William Meade was elected president of the Service Guild of Christ Church Episcopal at a luncheon in the church parish house. Juliet Smith and Marie Martin were named second vice officers, with Mrs. Milton L. Miller secretary and Mrs. George Stantiel treasurer. The program featured Mrs. Aullcutt of Ravenswood describing a Holy Week visit to Glendale Ohio.
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William Meade
Service Guild
Christ Church Episcopal
Church Parish
Juliet Smith
Marie Martin
Milton L. Miller
George Stantiel
James Aullcutt
Ravenswood
Glendale
Ohio
Auleutt
Meade
Rummage Sale
George Overholt
Florida
St. Petersburg
D. N. Connor
Frank Aldred
LaMarce Beauty Shoppe
Guild
Watkins
A. J. Trommershausen
Betty Fowler
Russell Freed
Paul Stewart
Edith Mercer
J. J. Lovell
F. W. Ingraham
George Hervey
Walter A. Windsor
Jerome D. Rodgers
S. C. Wilhelm
Henry Watson
Reba Beale
Mary
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