Floodwall Holds Back Ohio River Flood Expands
Point Pleasant reports the Ohio River at 46.5 feet at 9 p.m., six and a half feet above flood stage. The $3 million floodwall gates are closed as homes on Camden Ave and Harman Park flood, Route 17 scene shows a submerged truck, and water covers parts of Henderson near Route 17. Routes 35 17 and 2 closed. schools remain open for area students with bus service.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio
Government
Camden Ave
Harmon Park
Three Mile Creek
Henderson
Sinclair
Kanawha
Charleston
Huntington
Public Scout Meet Is Set In Point Pleasant
A meeting of the Girl Scout organization in Point Pleasant is scheduled for Monday at 7 30 p m at the Lutheran Church Parish Chapel. Mrs Clayton Carder an executive and other Huntington council members will attend to outline the advantages and methods of forming a scout council. The group organized 11 troops last May with 187 members under leader Mrs Paul Stout and reports strong local interest.
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Point Pleasant
Girl Scout Organization of
Lutheran Church Parish
Clayton Carder
Council of
Huntington
Girl Scouts
Paul Stout
County Clerk Initiates Microfilming of Property Records
Irene Myers of Philadelphia begins microfilming deed books index books and plot books at the Mason County Clerk's Office as Securitext Inc Philadelphia maps properties for state re assessment Mason County is among the first ten counties to start the project Myers has 169 deed books to complete in about one month.
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Point Pleasant
Irene Myers
Philadelphia
the Securitext, Inc
Mason County
Car Hits Parked Truck Involving Jail Drivers
At Viand Street in Point Pleasant a car struck a parked truck loaded with caskets from Christian Casket Co. Butler 28 of Kananga was charged with driving while intoxicated and passenger McCausland 32 of Route 17 faced intoxication charges. Russell Cain 30 Crawfordsville Ind. faced a separate count of failure to keep vehicle under control. Mrs Eleanor Mitchell treated for whiplash.
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Emmett McCausland
Route 17
Shadle Bridge
Christian Casket Co
Crawfordsville
Ind
Viand St
Mason County
Russell Cain
Charleston
Eleanor Mitchell
Michigan
Point Clinic
McCausland
Butler
Women Association to Host Meeting in Point Pleasant
The Point Pleasant Branch of the American Association of University Women will meet Monday at 7 45 p m in the Appalachian Building. Mr William Cable Filson will give a talk and a civil defense film will be shown with hostesses listed as Miss Erma Barnette Miss Esther Macknight Miss Helen Blenner Mrs James E McComb Mrs Judson Brake and Mrs J E Irvin.
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Point Pleasant
American Association of University Women
Appalachian
William Cable Filson
Erma Barnette
Esther Macknight
Helen Blenner
James E. McComb
Judson Brake
J. E. Irvin
WSCS Meeting At Vaught Memorial Church Hosted By Mrs Adams
Mrs. Raymond Adams of Ohio Street hosted the WSCS event at Vaught Memorial Church. Mrs. James D. Long led the meeting and lesson study, readings included minutes by Mrs. Herbert Henderson, and a appreciation letter from Mrs. George Casto accompanied a love offering.
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Raymond Adams
Ohio St
WSCS
Vaught Memorial Church
James D. Long
Long
Herbert Henderson
George Casto
Adams
William Ricker
Don Henderson
C. E. MceCulloch
Robert Summer
Celia
Carol Reiker
Barbara Adams
Junior High Prom Has Large Crowd
Magic Moments themed junior high prom attracted over 100 students led by the student council. G-Notes of Middleport provided music while Danny and the lads sang with junior high students. The auditorium featured a large ceiling mirror with colorful streamers, spring flowers, and miniature birds. Mrs Marion Sayre chaired the student council.
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Point Pleasant
G-Notes
Middleport
Danny
Marion Sayre
Witnesses Not Heard in $50,000 Damage Suit Trial
In the Howard Fowler versus J C Paugh case in Point Pleasant circuit court, all witnesses were not heard on Thursday. Fowler testified he injured his shoulder in a September 9 1957 collision at Route 2 44 in Jackson County involving Romine Dudding and J C Paugh. Three doctors testified to treating Fowler. Jury list included Helen Stewart and others. Judge Kessel ordered several cases sent to Justice of Peace for sentence and Betty Zimmerman’s divorce suit was dismissed.
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Point Pleasant
Howard Fowler
J. C. Paugh
Circuit Court
Fowler
Paugh
Jackson County
Romine Dudding
Dudding
Helen Stewart
Hazel Roush
Paul McCoy
Louise Powell
Lorene Harless
William Boswell
Freda Lyons
Mary Hellems
Nelson Roush
C. E. Fowler
Kathryn Gilbert
Elmer Ebersbach
Oliver D. Kessel
Justice of Peace
Burdell Neal
Howard Floyd Brown
Marlin Olader
James Randall Baird
Franklin
DWI
Betty E. Zimmerman
Lester E. Zimmerman
Hospital Trustees To Meet Monday In Point Pleasant
Mason County Hospital Inc. President Dr. Jack A. Buxton announced a 8 p m Monday trustees meeting to review architect plans for the proposed 40 bed hospital. Boards must approve before a Charleston session with federal and state agencies the next day.
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Point Pleasant
Jack A. Buxton
Board of Trustees
Mason County Hospital, Inc
Buxton
Charleston
This Time a Woman Tells a Fish Story
Five year old Micky Harshbarger granddaughter of Deputy Sheriff D. M. Harshbarger and Mrs. Harshbarger of Rochester Ind. caught a 10 pound 1 ounce northern bass measuring 37 inches with her father from the Tippecanoe River last Saturday.
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Micky Harshbarger
D. M. Harshbarger
Micky
John Harshbarger
Rochester
Ind
Tippicanoe
Juniors and Seniors Hold Prom in Auditorium
Point Pleasant High School juniors and seniors held their annual Prom in the Senior High School Auditorium. Mrs. Evelyn Brake supervised the dinner served by Future Homemakers of America. The Outer Space theme featured spacemen and a large moon with varied decorations.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Evelyn Brake
Future Homemakers of America
F. W. Quillin
Brake
Carl H. Rayburn
Violet Gerlach
H. E. Beresford
George Vaughn
Eddie Skidmore
John Musgrave
Kemp Littlepage
Jerry Escoe
Retta Sue Green
Skidmore
Four Winds
Blendetts
Dikkays
Christine Johnson
Benjamin Franklin
C. P. Stout
Board of Education
Manford Blessing
Mason County Schools
Ned Guthrie
Field Day Set For Two West Virginia Agronomy Events
Agronomists from West Virginia University announce two summer field days. The first will be at Reymann Memorial Farms near Wardensville on Tuesday June 24 and the second at the Ohio Valley Experiment Substation at Point Pleasant on Thursday July 24. The Ohio Valley substation focuses on farming in the valley and western counties, inviting farmers grain dealers and others to learn about soil and crop developments.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station
Reymann
Circle Sale At Walton Memorial Church May 10
A rummage sale hosted by Circle two of Walton Memorial Methodist Church will be held on Saturday May 10. The sale opens at 9 30 a m on Wildmans porch on Washington Street.
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Ravenswood
Circle Two
Walton Memorial Methodist Church
Wildman
Washington St
Ravenswood Senior Night May 9 Highlights Class Awards
The Ravenswood High School senior night on May 9 in the auditorium features the class night Memories. Judge Bill Garrett and Jane Miller reminisce about 1958 on Mercury time, with seniors introduced, mothers honored, a junior president key, and numerous awards presented including American Legion Citizenship Awards best girl and boy citizen a Best Thespian Journalism Athletic Scholarship and many shorthand and typing honors all guided by Alice Safreed and sponsors Olive Mason Lettie Gillespie and Gay Cox.
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Ravenswood
Planet Mercury
Bill Garrett
Jane Miller
Martin Hartley
American Legion
Charles Palmer Davis
Alice Safreed
Olive Mason
Lettie Gillespie
Gay Cox
Mother's Day Breakfast Plans at First Baptist Ravenswood
The Men's Fellowship of First Baptist Church sponsors a Mother's Day Breakfast on Sunday May 1 with all invited. National Family Week runs May 4–11. Vacation Church School begins May 19 for kindergarten to junior department, running daily to May 29 from 9:00 to 11:30 am.
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Ravenswood
Men’s Fellowship of the
First Baptist Church
Marriage Applications in Point Pleasant District
Marriage license applications filed at the county clerk's office list Burdell Hayes 25 of Grimms Landing and Evelyn Johnson 21 of Castlewood as a couple. Lowell Shobe 19 of Point Pleasant and Sharon Booth 18 of Glenwood as another couple. Don Oldaker 19 of Point Pleasant and Nancy Sines 16 of Leon as a third pairing.
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Point Pleasant
Hersel Burdell Hayes
Roy
Mary Higginbotham Hayes
Grimms Landing
Evelyn Hope Johnson
Ray and
Elza Taylor Johnson
Castlewood
Lowell A. Shobe
Otto and
Myrtle Jackson Shobe
Sharon Gay Booth
Robert and
Lornena Oldaker Booth
Glenwood
Don Darrell Oldaker
Homer
Nellie Whittington Oldaker
Nancy Irene Sines
Claude
Eva Bostic Lines
Leon
Ravenswood District MYF Meet Set at Lauckport Church
The District Conference for Methodist Youth will be held Saturday May 10 at Lauckport Church Parkersburg starting 9 30 a m Attending from Ravenswood Methodist Church are Bill Garrett Gary Stephenson Debbie Gandee Dee Ann Moore Becky Fox and Betty Bourgeois.
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Ravenswood
Lauckport
Parkersburg
Bill Garrett
Gary Stephenson
Debbie Gandee
Dee Ann Moore
Becky Fox
Betty Bourgeois
Dinners Set By Church In Loyalty Plan
Trinity Methodist Church in Point Pleasant plans loyalty dinners on Tuesday and Wednesday at 6 30 p m in the social hall. The two complimentary chicken dinners will explain the annual budget and allow members to share, with tables led by appointed co captains and a WSCS backbone coordinating the event.
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Point Pleasant
Trinity Methodist Church
Bessie Johnson
W. H. Sardin
C. L. Head
Tom Fisher
Jym Pinley
Charles White
Nelson Jeck
Carl Lanham
George Willamson
K. V. Robinson
Don King
Jack Johnson
Richard Startzman
D. G. Wilfong
J. B. Couch
Clyde McLane
Gary Conley
Richard Johnson
Ronald White
C. J. Hyer
G. A. Biggs
Paul Icard
Leo Bias
R. D. Oseland
Louis Rossi
Russell Johnson
M. S. Poffenbarger
M. Harshbarger
Mary Hellems
C. H. Stone
WSCS
Point Pleasant Churches Schedule Morning Worship and Bible Studies
Sacred Heart Point Pleasant offers Holy Mass on Sundays 10 30 a m first and second Sundays and 8 30 a m third to fifth Sundays. St Joseph Mason holds 8 30 a m and 9 45 a m on first two Sundays. Morning worship times listed for multiple churches including Church of Christ Henderson Nazarene EUE Leon Charge Harmony Baptist Concord Baptist Bellemead EUB and youth and adult programs. Details include pastors Clarke Shaver Bramon Higgins Kessinger Pringle and Warren Dean with weekly prayer meetings and Sunday school times.
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Joan O'Reilly
Sacred Heart Church of
Point Pleasant
St. Joseph’s of Mason
Church of Christ
Henderson
Clifford Shaver
Shiloh
Mr. Zion
Promise Land
Warren
Harmony Baptist
Warren Dean
Concord Baptist
Bellemead Eub
Jack Higgins
Youth Fellowship
Adult Christian Endeavor
Robert Kessinger
Bibie
Howard Avenue
Bell Meade
Ervin Patrick
Roy McCoy
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Main St
P Keefer
Henderson Tabernacle
Orville Walker
First Church of God
George Osler
Main Street Baptist
Kenneth Chandler
Assessments Urged For Cars In 1958 License Year
Buckle the assessor reminded Point Pleasant residents that all car owners must submit 1958 assessments to the assessor’s office to obtain 1959 60 licenses. A sheriff’s tax receipt must accompany license applications. Several thousand dollars in assessments have been added under the new law.
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Point Pleasant
C. F. Buckle
Buckle
Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff's Office
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Pt. Pleasant Women’s News
Mrs. Adams
Vernon H. Randall
Baltimore
American Legion Auxiliary
Mamie Eisenhower
Circle Sale
Family Weekly
Sunday Messenger
The
Presbyterian Church
Robert Ray
Trinity Methodist
Alvin C. Young
Topkc
Mothers of the Bible
Taber
Kris Kringle
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Silver Bridge
Valley Forge Flag Company
U. S
Athens, Ohio
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