Sorority Plans Lights On Drive For Cancer Campaign
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority met to organize a lights on campaign to raise funds for Mason County cancer relief on May 26. Members will solicit donations from businesses and individuals and collect door porch light contributions. A rummage sale is set for May 21, and an outstanding senior will be honored at Wednesday commencement.
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Point Pleasant
Lambda Chi Omega
Moose Home
Mason County
Christine Sibley
Pleasant St
Hartford Town Council Holds First Meeting of Year
Hartford residents hear Mayor John Dillon outline aims to improve recreation, streets, and dog control. James Holt confirmed town marshal. Crump elected treasurer. A new Improvement Committee to develop a playground on the Hartford Salt Works site begins work with PTA support and volunteer labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Town Council of
John Dillon
James M. Crump
O'Neil Quillin
Isaiah Gibbs
Harry Gibbs
Buddy Gibbs
John Lerner
Dillon
West Point
James Holt
Holt
O’neil Quillin
Hartford Salt Works
PTA
Harold Beard
Hartford Pta
John Turley
Edward Kell
Esther McKnight
Bertha Jenkins
Birthday party honors Jackie Sue Wamsley at age nine
A KANauga party hosted at Aunt Mable Reynolds home celebrated Jackie Sue Wamsley’s ninth birthday with twelve friends, cake, and ice cream. The local girl scout group enjoyed a picnic at leader Hattie Deitcher’s home. Community members and relatives visited, moved or planned expansions noted for nearby motels and properties. An Athens city fire department examination is scheduled for May 27 at 7 p.m. to fill a vacancy and form an eligibility list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pierotti
Pierotti
J. A. Woodward
Crawford
Woodward
Standard Oil
Charles Wartenburg
California
Cora Black
Athens City Fire Department
Easseyers
Local visits and retirements in Apple Grove area
Mr and Mrs Early Roush and Mrs Etta Shields visited relatives in Parkersburg. Guests included Mr and Mrs Robert Lutz and Mrs Everett Pierce of Akron and Mrs Ceph Pickens. Alta Woods improves after a fall. her injured husband also convalesces. George Donahue retires after 23 years with a gift from coworkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple Grove
Early Roush
Etta Shields
Parkersburg
Robert Lutz
Everett Pierce
Akron
Ceph Pickens
Gary Spires
Columbus
Jack Sharpnack
Alta Woods
Barney O’brien
Junction City
Ernest Clark
Marlene
Ernest Ripley
Paul Roberts
Canton
Charles Sayre
Edward Robinson
Cleveland
Earl Robinson
Dale Boyd
Racine
George Donahue
Homemakers Club Meeting and Visitation Notes
The Homemakers Club met at Mrs. Doris Waldeck. Families from Lima Columbus Zanesville and Bartlett visited relatives in Columbus and Zanesville. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Remely Mrs. Glen Smith Mrs. Gale Remely and others. Several Kee and Root family members spent time with parental households in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Basim
Matt Campbell
Garnet Barrett
Wanda Goddard
Columbus
Ray Goddard
William Foster
the Plains
Esther Goddard
Lyle ‘Basim
Services Conducted For Henderson Man
Last rites were conducted for George Robert Mayes of Henderson at 2 pm Tuesday at the Church of Christ. Burial followed in Suncrest Cemetery. Mayes died Saturday evening at his home after several weeks illness. Pallbearers were Howard Daugherty, Ray Crank, Charles Clark Jr, Arlin Austin, Kenton Austin, and William Nebbergall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
George Robert Mayes
Henderson
Church of Christ
Suncrest Cemetery
Mr. Mayes
Howard Daugherty
Ray Crank
Charles Clark, Jr
Arlin Austin
Kenton Austin
William Nebbergall
Mother Daughter Banquet Held At Oe Eub Church
Approximately seventy attended the mother daughter banquet at the oe EUB Church with a post dinner business meeting led by President Mrs. Roy Blessing. Reports on a WSWS state meeting in Grafton were given by Mrs. Blessing and Mrs. Hale Blessing. readings and a play followed by several local participants. Lois Reed and Norman McCain to wed in Athens.
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Oe Eub
Roy Blessing
Blessing
Hale Blessing
WSWS
Grafton
Carroll Cox
Byron Dudding
Carolyn Morrison
Nancy Hamm
Billy Hamm
Judy Dudding
Harry Eckels
Pauline Pullins
Barbara Pullins
John Eckels
Janet Blessing
Delores Blessing
Chester
Charles Reed
Near
Lois
Norman McCain
Dana McCain
Long Bottom
First Christian Church
Athens
Joe B. Maffett
Eugene Hall
Akron
Canada
McCain
Murdock Ave
Parker
Henderson hostess to chair WSCS gathering at church
Mrs. Eric Nystrom of Henderson will host the WSCS meeting at 8 p m on Thursday at Vaught Memorial Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Nystrom
Henderson
WSCS
Vaught Memorial Church
Pleasant area residents on leaves and visits
A string of notes reports 30 day leave and return to Fort Lee Virginia and 10 day leaves to Philadelphia. Families from Flat Rock Bellemeade Charleston Road Pomeroy and Huntington visit relatives in their towns. Travelers plan camps in Richwood and weekend visits to Mason and Springfield blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Levi Thomas
U. S. Army Hospital
Fort Lee
Oak Thomas
Flat Rock
Charles Gibeaut
U. S. Monterey
Philadelphia
Basil Gibeaut
First St
Clarence Cheesebrew
Karen
Springfield
Ohio
Mr. Cheesebrew
Don Cheesebrew
Bellemeade
Cheesebrew
Will Rhoades
Monroe Ave
Grant Roberts
Bill and Clark
Velma Toney
Charleston Road
Roberts
E. J. Clark
Pomeroy
Mr. Roberts
Byron Dudding
Judy
Lincoln Ave
Mason
J. T. Stewart
Joseph Bailey
Spencer
Morris Bragg
Camp Conley
Lincoln
Bertha Wilson
Joan Wilson
Main St
Harley French
Community Notes From Salem Center
Mr and Mrs Charles Nichols and children visited Mrs Lou Nichols and Betty Sunday. Titus Smith moved to a new home bought from Annetta Vale. The junior and senior banquet at Farmers Hotel Gallipolis saw Harold Grate Pauline Lambert Joan Montgomery Carolyn Miller and Corwin Smith in attendance. Wayne Roush Murl Hoffman and Betty Nichols are listed as sick. Mrs Roscoe Edwards hosted a Brush Party Friday. Titus Smith, employed in Nitro West Virginia, spends vacation at home this week. Arnetta Vale and Lightburn Vale have moved to Buckeye Lake.
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American Association of University Women
Jackson Mills
Point Pleasant
Kenneth Green
Alice McDaniel
George Greene
Oren Love
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Charles Smith
Cecil Knight
Huntington
Florida
Bertha Jenkins
Esther McKnight
PTA Council
New Haven School
F. A. Chapman
Arthur Mees
Robert Mees
Lancaster
George C. McKnight
Mason
James McKnight
Dale McCullough
Joyce
Judy
Mountain
W. Va
E. R. Denny
Raymond
Lester
Cecil
Charles Judson
Akron
Ferrill Johnson
Nicky
Merilyn
Betty Jo
George James
John Sayre
Howard Sparks
C. A. Rockwell
R. E. Knight
Billie
Francis Rockwell
H. Juhling
A. K. McClung
Keith McClung, Jr
Robert Hickle
T. M. Johnson
Margaret Huddien
Charleston
Virginia Carleton
Salem Center
Charles Nichols
Lou Nichols
Betty
Titus Smith
Annetta Vale
Banqnet
Farmers Hotel
Harold Grate
Pauline Lambert
Joan Montgomery
Carolyn Miller
Corwin Smith
Wayne Roush
Murl Hoffman
Betty Nichols
Roscoe Edwards
Nitro
W.va
Arnetta Vale
Lightburn Vale
Buckeye Lake
Deepest Atlantic Spot Measured Near Equator
A new measurement places the deepest point in the Atlantic at about 22 460 feet in the Romanche depths near the equator, confirming extreme ocean floor depths in that region.
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Atlantic Ocean
Equator
Hockingport Pupils Cited Honor Roll List
HOCKINGPORT The following Hockingport School students are on the honor roll by grade. First grade Frankie Shrewsbury Margaret Jittle Junior Putnam. second grade Sue Clem Crystel Six Bobby Pitzer Mike Lockhart Francie Emerick Ice Shrewsbury. third grade Evelyn Doherty Sharlen Shields Mary Little Lickie Ritzhaupt Roy Yeager Louise Hunt Don Putnam Cherry Butcher. fourth Mary Smeeks Coral Rowley Jerald Clem Barry Halsey. fifth Betty Garrett Helen Hunt. sixth Donald Cowdrey Doris Cowdrey Jean Massie. seventh Carroll Kimes Patty Emerick Bernice Sams Norma Sams Pat Smeeks. eighth Jefferson Massie James Wright Joan Wilson Sylvia Shrewsbury.
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Hockingport
Hockingport School
Frankie Shrewsbury
Margaret ° Jttle
Junior Putnam
Sue Clem
Crystel Six
Bobby Pitzer
Mike Lockhart
Francie Emerick
Ice Shrewsbury
Evelyn Doherty
Sharlen Shields
Mary Little
Iickie Ritzhaupt
Roy Yeager
Louise Hunt
Don Putnam
Cherry Butcher
Mary Smeeks
Coral Rowley
Jerald Clem
Barry Halsey
Betty Garret
Helen Hunt
Donald Cowdrey
Doris Cowdrey
Jean Massie
Laurel Cliff Health Club Hosts Laurel Residents
Social notes list multiple local residents visiting family and hosting gatherings over Mother's Day weekend. Names include Mr and Mrs Paul Archer Columbus, Mr and Mrs Marl Harris West Virginia, Mr and Mrs Herman Harrison Gallipolis, Mr and Mrs Raymond Musser Roseville, and others visiting relatives in Harrisonville Diehl Renshaw and Sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Cliff
Paul Archer
Columbus
John Diehl
Raymond Musser
William Musser Sr
Roseville
William Musser
Ernest Powell
Orrville Allen
Harrisonville
George Renshaw
Hugh Seifheit
Lew Diehl
Charles Diehl
Laurel Cliff Health Club
Lester Brookover
Martha Sharp
Tuppers Plains
Marriage Licenses for Keener and Morrison Jones Couples
Kenneth Alfred Keener and Mrs Ora Margaret Keener of Point Pleasant wed. Frank David Morrison of Point Pleasant Route 1 and Betty Lou Jones of Henderson also listed for licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Alfred Keener
Ora Margaret Keener
Point Pleasant
Frank David Morrison
Betty Lou Jones
Henderson
Garden Club Activities and Socials At Pt Pleasant
New Haven Garden Club members attended the annual flower show by Point Pleasant Women’s Club garden department. Members include Mrs. Hugo Juling and Mrs. J. L. Stewart among others. A corsage workshop was led by Mrs. Ray Proffitt and Mrs. Nolan Swackhamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Stewart
New Haven
Fred Batey
Ray Proffitt
Nolan Swackhamer
Hallie Roush
Blanch Wein
Phil Wolpert
R. F. Bryant
F. A. Batey
Lou Roush
Douglas Roush
Ottie Roush
B. R. Vance
Lloyd Roush
A. D
Hemlock Grove Guests Attend Memorial Service
Silas Taylor and others visited families in Point Pleasant and surrounding towns. Memorial services will be held at Hemlock Grove Church on Sunday May 25. Several households shared hospitality with neighbors including Midkiffs Hickman Gilkey and Sargent and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemlock Grove
Silas Taylor
Arthur Atherton
Alfred
Grant Roberts
Clark
Bill Roberts
Velma Toni
Point Pleasant
Eldon Clark
Ziba Midkiff
Cecil
R. V. Hickman
Bunker Hill
Homer Midkiff
Huron
John Sargent
Wolfpen
Painters Fail To Work At Sporn Plant Here
About twenty painters from United Painting Company did not report for a Tuesday shift on the Philip Sporn plant construction work in Point Pleasant. A plant spokesman said he knew of no reason for the no show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Philip Sporn
United Painting Company
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C. L. Head
James Rayburn
Joe Thompson
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Jack Tracy
C. L. Brown
Carroll Kennedy
Hartford Social Notes
Kanauga
Robert Vickers
Follawsbee
John Vickers
Char- W. Va
Kenny Haner
Narrows
Haner
Lewis Lee
Lee
Elaine Halley
Pt. Pleasant
Kenneth Black
Yom Wheeler
Ward Wheeler
Max Wheeler
Chicago
Della Bell
James Franklin
Lewis Brownell
Detroit
Cora Dewitt
W. C. Beard
W Va
Christine Black
Cutler
Henderson Man
Garden Club
James Deihl, Jr
Harry Miller
Lester Zerkle
George Burns
Robert Cook
Jimmy Deihl
George Acard
Johnny Dawson
Joe Franz
Dave
Kettlewell
Karl Tennant
Edward
New Haven Briefs
D. Perry Stewart
Stewart
Marshall College
Syracuse
N. Y
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Philo
H. R. Andrews
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Robert Ohlinger
Thomas Capehart
Thelma Capehart
Lawrence Leiving
Pratt
Leiving
Capehart
Brilliant
Ruth Batey
Harry Dyer
Jerry Layne
John Dyer
Jim Layne
Fk Ointmert Annser
Fisher
Department — Store
Pleasant
Fisher's
Tri
Athens High School
Ily
Lee) Oeere
The
Obio Fuel
Do Company
Yimskers
Sporn
Zemo
Ettra
JACKS
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