Commencement Plans At Wahama High School
High school prepares for baccalaureate on Sunday May 21 at 8 p.m. in the auditorium with Rev. Robert E. Dille delivering the sermon. Commencement follows on Tuesday May 23 at 8 p.m. with valedictorian Beverly Roush and salutatorian Sheldon Roush. Diplomas will be presented by Paul Powell. Activities began with the Junior-Senior Prom on the river steamer Avalon as seniors plan a trip to Washington.
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Point Pleasant
Wahama High School
Robert E. Dille
New Haven
EUB
Beverly Roush
Ray Roush
Mason
Sheldon Roush
Donald Roush
Paul Powell
Mason County
Avalon
Washington
Don Head Elected to Run Students
Don Head the son of Mr and Mrs C L Head of Country Club Addition was elected president of the Student Government Association of Point Pleasant High School for 1961 62 On the same day each class chose two boys and two girls as representatives Junior girls Beverly Daugherty Shirley Hatch Junior boy Lloyd Lamp Sophomore girls Dottie Knoll and Glenna Logan Sophomore boys Steve Bragg Sam McNeill Freshmen elected Linda Tatterson Lynn Fitzsimmons and John Rogers Richie Neal the incumbent Mike Bragg retires as president of the organization.
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Point Pleasant
Don Head
C. L. Head
Country Club Addition
Point Pleasant High School
Beverly Daugherty
Shirley Hatch
Lloyd Lamp
Dottie Knoll
Glenna Logan
Steve Bragg
Sam McNeill
Linda Tatterson
Lynn Fitzsimmons
Richie Neal
John Rogers
Mike Bragg
Fourth Mason Marble Meet Set for Thursday at Harmon Park
The fourth Mason County Marble tournament will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Harmon Park with Ed Hudnall in charge. Co sponsored by the Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce and Point Pleasant Register. Participating schools include Ordnance, Beale, Letart, Mason Grade, Beech Hill, Henderson, Roosevelt, Clifton, Mr. Oliver, Hartford, Central, and Sunnyside with named champions and runners up listed. A note recalls that dry ice was first manufactured commercially in Long Island City, New York in 1925.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Harmon Park
Recreation Committee
Ed Hudnall
Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce
Point Pleasant Register
Ordnance School
Sammy Rodgers
Larry Spencer
Beale
Charles Fielder
David Henry
Letart
Dennie Shinn
Dennis Flowers
Mason Grade School
Carl Higginbotham
Eddie Schaekel
Beech Hill
Roger Wallis
Gerald Bright
Henderson Johnny Krebs
Roosevelt
Robert Murphy
Robert Schultz
Clifton
Brian Kearns
Denner Roush, III
Oliver
Bill Robinson
Roy McCarty
Hartford
Robert Wamsley
Vaughn Miller
Central
Thomas Watson
Nelson Jones
Sunnyside
Allen Lee
Robert Fowble
Lakin Hospital to Honor 30 Year Pin Recipient Cassie Gore
Cassie Gore of Lakin State Hospital will receive a 30 year pin on Hospital Day. Gore, a West Virginia dairyman since January 1929, is married with one son, Drewy Gore. Also honored are Dr J Ernest Martin and Mrs Geneva Wartman with 25 year pins, plus several 10 and 5 year pin recipients.
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Point Pleasant
Cassie Gore
Lakin State Hospital
Gore
West Virginia
Lakin
Drewy Gore
J. Ernest Martin
Geneva Wartman
Martin
Bluefield
Cambridge
Mass
Jackson
Ellery Jackson
Thirza Clark
Leon Sales
Point Pleasant Graduation List Announced At Franklin High
Point Pleasant Senior High School principal Benjamin Franklin IV released the commencement roster for the 8 p m May 22 ceremony in the school auditorium. Valedictorian Jeanine Jordan and salutatorian Joseph Balch will speak as graduates from Point Pleasant with a long list of female and male seniors named for diplomas.
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Point Pleasant
Benjamin Franklin IV
Point Pleasant Senior High School
Jeanine Jordan
Joseph Balch
Sheryl Sue Adkins
Fiona Marie Austin
Linda Jeanette Baker
Beverly Ann Beller
Pauletta Bennett
Brenda Gayle Booth
Judy Lynn Bowman
Patricia Brown
Point Pleasant Photo Exhibit Awards Announced
Koneda Devrick won first prize at the Point Pleasant High School Camera Club exhibit held in Appalachian Auditorium. Second place went to Suzanna Trump and third to Manford Bauer. Honorables included Mary Sue Plants Jack Warner and Danny Johnson amid 33 total entries from a long list of participants.
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Point Pleasant
Koneda Devrick
Point Pleasant High School Camera Club
Appalachian Auditorium
Suzanna Trump
Manford Bauer
Mary Sue Plants
Jack Warner
Danny Johnson
Pleasant Valley Hospital Birth and Discharges
Births include a son to Mr and Mrs Joseph Taylor Leon and a son to Mr and Mrs Don Shaffer Point Pleasant and a son. Discharges include James E Carpenter Racine and Mrs Rudolph Brown MISSING Lakin and Mrs Harry Franklin Gallipolis and Mrs Robert France Gallipolis. Admissions list Myla Hudson Minersville Edsel Workman Point Pleasant and Mrs Rudolph Brown Lakin.
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Joseph Taylor
Leon
Myla Hudson
Minersville
O. Edsel Workman
Point Pleas
James E. Carpenter
Racine
Don Shaffer
Point Pleasant
Harry Franklin
Gallipolis
Robert France
Second's for Survival shown at Kiwanis meeting
Survival movie Second's for Survival was shown by Robert Beckett at the Kiwanis club meeting in Point Pleasant. The film highlighted defense systems and missiles. Art Gelwick said Kiwanis bowlers finished second. O C Hall led the business session and named chairmen for Shawnee pool renovation to open May 30.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Beckett
C. and P
Kiwanis Club
Art Gelwick
O. C. Hall
Shawnee
Art Gelwicks
M. C. Clark
Bill Buffington
Rod Pullins
Attorney Injured In Park Clean-Up Mishap
Carroll Casto, a Dix-Saw Addition resident and attorney, sustained a deep chin wound and loose teeth after a fall while unloading a tractor mower during a Harmon Park cleanup organized by the Rotary Club on Wednesday evening. He received 11 stitches at Pleasant Valley Hospital and was released.
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Point Pleasant
Carroll Casto
Dix-Saw
Harmon Park
Rotary Club
Casto
House of Delegates
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Instructor Named For PTA School
Mrs. James Cummings of Huntington will guide the Mason County PTA Council school for all PTA officers. The session at the board of education office begins 10 a m Saturday with lunch recess and a 1 p m reconvening. Ralph Crump, the council president, will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James Cummings
Huntington
Mason County
PTA Council
PTA
Board of Education
Ralph Crump
Five Children Sought in Point Pleasant Divorce
Caro lyn Cullen files for divorce from Joseph E Cullen citing cruel and inhuman treatment. The couple has five children and the mother seeks custody.
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Point Pleasant
Carolyn F. Cullen
Joseph E. Cullen
Mrs Mary Ann Lewis of Belle Meade Ill at Pleasant Valley Hospital
Mrs. Mary Ann Lewis of Belle Meade is a patient at Pleasant Valley Hospital after several weeks of illness at home. She is the mother of Mrs. Lettie Doolittle.
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Mary Ann Lewis
Bellemeade
Pleasant Valley Hospital
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Charles Glass
Robert Greer II
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Ed Harmon
Delmer Hart
Elmer Hart
Joseph Hesson
Paul Higginbotham
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Ernest Howard
Richard Lee Johnson
Vernon Keefer
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Robert King
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Harry Lowe
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Harry Newberry
Stephen Peck
James Pore
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William Ury
Lowell Vaughan
William Wallace III
Gary Wamsley
Gerald Warner
Gilmer Warner
David Wartenburg
Stephen Williamson
Garry Young
Athens Messenger
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Electra
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Paul Ferry
Elmer James
Wade Brady
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