County Board Approves Withers Education Plan in Mason County
The Mason County Board of Education approves a comprehensive education program advised by W. H. Withers and state and college officials. Plans include hiring a full time nurse and region guidance directors, facility upgrades, curriculum expansion, health programs, transportation studies, and new staffing, with funding to follow as needed. A tractor mower purchase and a summer truck bid are authorized. several leave requests and staff actions are noted.
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Point Pleasant
Board of Education
W. H. Withers
Mason County
Withers
H. Cliff Hamilton
Woodrow Morris
Marshall
College
City Council Approves Purchase of New Cruiser
City council meeting approves buying a new cruiser for 2175 from Mason County Motors to be delivered in six weeks, a city building air conditioner for 300, and a compressor and equipment for 5500. Also bids for painting a water tank at Sand Hill Rd at 396.80 were accepted.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Motors
Donald Wood
Sand Hill
City Planning Committee
Main St
6Th
12Th St
Jefferson Ave
26Th
27Th Street
Lincoln Ave
24Th St
26Th Sts
A. E. Thomas
City Planning Commission
James McComb
Ross Filson
First St
Main
Youths Placed On Probation After Larceny Plea
Clyde Dumpsey and William Smith, both teenagers, were placed on two years probation after pleading guilty to petit larceny for taking nine gallons of gasoline. A 30 day jail term was suspended. The jury was hung in Cyrus Leport Jr’s DWI case as court adjourned. Six juvenile cases were scheduled for Wednesday.
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Point Pleasant
Clyde Dumpsey
William L. Smith
O. D. Kessel
Cyrus Leport, Jr
Dale Roush
Mary Hellems
Betty Fry
Garnet Casey
Paul McCoy
Hazel Roush
Iva Delores
Morrison
William Boswell
Grant Roush
Leslie Bennett
Sue Casey
Mary McClure Weds Harry W Earnst in Church Ceremony
Mary Ellen McClure and Harry Warne Ernst were united in marriage at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev. Jerome D. Rodgers officiating. The bride, daughter of Ray and Mary McClure, wore a white silk sheath and hat. the groom's brother Marty Ernst was best man. The couple will reside in Charleston after a wedding trip.
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Mary Ellen McClure
Harry Warne Ernst
Christ Episcopal Church
Jerome D. Rodgers
Ray McClure
Point Pleasant
Ernst
Evelyn Ernst
Charleston
Maurice Ernst
Marty Ernst
Mrs. Judson Brake Elected State Historian at AAUW
Point Pleasant AAUW branch announced Mrs. Judson Brake as state historian at the Jackson's Mill convention. Brake has led the local branch for two years and teaches at Point Pleasant High School. The meeting featured Mrs. William Cable Filson on aging prep and Eugene Sterrett’s film The House in the Middle.
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Point Pleasant
American Association of University Women
Appalachian Electric Co
Judson Brake
AAUW
Jackson’s Mill
Brake
Point Pleasant High School
William Cable Filson
Filson
Civil Defense Administration
Nevada Proving Grounds
Garrett Green
Charles Gammon
Eugene Sterrett
Green
National Association
Washington
Sterrett
Gammon
Barnette
Esther MacKnight
J. E. Irvin
James McComb
Helen Bletner
Concrete Pouring Begins at Sporn Plant Addition
Pouring of concrete has started on the Philip Sporn Plant addition at Graham Station to house a 450000 kilowatt unit. About 50000 cubic yards of concrete will be poured before completion in 1960. The unit will boost total capacity to 1050000 KW, making Sporn one of the nation's largest stations.
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Point Pleasant
Philip Sporn
Graham Station
Sporn
General Contractors
Sollitt Construction Co
R. H. Lawson
General Electric
Babcock and Wilcox Co
North Point Pleasant School Enrollment Under Way
North Point Pleasant Grade School opens enrollment for next fall first graders. Parents who did not receive forms should call the school to enroll. Children must be six by Jan 3 to enter first grade and bring a birth certificate and immunization records for smallpox and diphtheria by month end. Immunization available from a doctor or Marion County Health Center on Thursdays 1 2 p m or Saturdays 9 12.
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Point Pleasant
North Point Pleasant
Ion County Health Center
Mrs. Melinda Long Services Held at Jordan Baptist
Last rites were conducted for Mrs Melinda Leda Long 83 of Gallipolis Ferry at Jordan Baptist Church where she had been a member 75 years and a Sunday school teacher over 60 years. She was the widow of Homer Long with one son Harry deceased. She is survived by four sisters and two brothers. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
Melinda Leda Long
Gallipolis Ferry
Jordan Baptist Church
C. B. Long
Clarence Schaub
Huntington
Charles Wray
Troy
Ohio
G. C. Bechtle
Pittsburgh
John
William Jordan
Church Cemetery
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County Board of Education
Wahama
New Haven
Ordnance
Sunnyside
Nadine Jolley
Evelyn Gammon
Japan
Harold Sullivan
Nora Crawford
Athens Messenger
Pyotr N. Pospelov
Mikhail A. Suslov
New Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Red China
Suslov-Pospelov
Tito
International
14Th St
B. W. Krodel
Southern States Co-op
Kanawha St
17Th St
B&o
Gallaher's
Gallaher
Mary McClure
Harry W. Earnst
Gallipolis Tribune
The
Charleston Gazette
Charleston High School
Northwestern University
the Gazette
Chevy
America
Chevrolet
Athens
E. State St
Roger Dean, Inc
Nelsonville, Fayette St
Simpson
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Biggs
Eyes
Belk
Oxfords
Vogue
Simplicity
McCall
Modes Royale
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