Seniors Take Typing Tests for Navy Positions
Six Point Pleasant High School seniors completed typing and clerical tests for U S Navy roles in Washington DC. Eligible students listed include Anna Lee Newell, Peggy Hatton, Jean Ferguson, Eleanor Peck, Marjorie Cappallari, and William Dorsey. Esther M. Rice supervised testing in the commercial department. Unqualified students may retake at the Navy Recruiting Station in Charleston on May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
U. S. Navy
Washington, D. C
Point Pleasant High School
Anna Lee Newell
Peggy Hatton
Jean Ferguson
Eleanor Peck
Marjorie Cappallari
William Dorsey
Esther M. Rice
Navy
Navy Recruiting Station
Federal Building
Charleston
Miss Jean Sue McCoy Weds Leonard Earlie Miller in Quiet Home Ceremony
In a May 3 ceremony at her husband-to-be’s home, Jean Sue McCoy married Leonard Earlie Miller with Rev. Daniel M. Dorsey officiating. Attendants included Patricia Ann McCoy and Joseph K. Bailey. The couple, from Hogsett and Point Pleasant, plan Marshall College study and farming, with the groom enlisting in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Sue McCoy
Leonard Earlie Miller
Daniel M. Dorsey
Robert Ervin
John Ervin
Nitro
W. Va
Dorothy Greenlee
Ralph Miller
Point Pleasant
Bob Miller
Evans
Roy Miller
Grove City
Ohio
Albert Roush
Middleport
Joseph K. Bailey
Charles Ervin
Penny and
Jeanne
Dunbar
Huntington
Ella Ervin
Jay McCoy
8. V. Gallaway and
Francis McCoy
Russel Templeton
Jane Lou
Glenwood
Sylvia McCoy
George Fowler
Betsy
Irene
Ripley Road
Lillian Perry
Ann Sue
Miss Vesta Irene Matheny and Clarence Stone Wed in Richmond
Miss Vesta Irene Matheny and Clarence Delbert Stone wed May 1 in Richmond Indiana. The Rev Edger E Evans Jr performed the double ring ceremony. Attendants were Mr and Mrs William Lee Stone. The bride, a Point Pleasant High School 1950 graduate, worked at Midland Mutual Life Insurance in Columbus Ohio. The groom, educated in Mason County schools, served 23 months in Korea and Japan and works for Timmons Construction Co in Columbus. They reside at 1843 S 6th St Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesta Irene Matheny
Clarence Delbert Stone
Richmond
Ind
Edger E. Evans, Jr
Stone
Myrtle Matheny
Daniel Matheny
Leon
Point Pleasant High School
Midland Mutual Life Insurance Co
Columbus
Mason County
Armed Services
Korea
Japan
Timmons Construction Co
S. 6Th St
Women of the Presbyterian Church meet in Circle Four
Circle Four of the Women of the Presbyterian Church gathers at Mrs. James Adie home on Marquette Avenue with co host Mrs. W E Rice. Mrs William Cruickshanks leads as chairman and Bible teacher Mrs Harold Senf discusses a Gospel of Mark chapter. Refreshments served to a named group of members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
The
Presbyterian Church
James Adie
Marquette Ave
W. E. Rice
William Cruickshanks
Harold Senf
Mark
James McComb
C. R. Schurman
Louis Bateson
Aurilla Chestnut
Ray Greenler
A. L. Rossiter
Walter Gielker
Ray Somerville
John Hushion
Observation of Life in India Presented by J C Appel
J C Appel spoke on The Observation of Life in India to St Monica's Guild at their final meeting hosted by Mr and Mrs Appel. Co host Mrs G W Heater. Mrs Appel displayed handmade crafts and Far East textiles. Attendees included Mrs James Collins, Mrs Leon Thompson, Mrs John Mann, Mrs John Kirk, Mrs Anne Peek, Mrs Ray Kirby and Mrs Curney Heib.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Appel
India
St. Monica’s Guild
Appel
Cohostess
G. W. Heater
Far East
James Collins
Leon Thompson
John Mann
John Kirk
Anne Peek
Ray Kirby
Curney Heib
Anne Bailey Farm Women’s Club Meeting
The Anne Bailey Farm Women’s club meets Tuesday at Mrs Virgill Plants home on Ripley Road. A pot luck dinner will be served at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Bailey
Virgill Plants
Ripley Road
Farm women club freezing school at Main St office
A school for farm women members will be held at the Appalachian Electric Power Co office on Main Street May 27 at 10 am. Miss Hazel Asner Putnam County agent leads, assisted by Ann E Wetzel and Mrs Jeanie Carter. Attendees bring lunch. beverages and refreshments provided.
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Farm Women’s Club
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Main St
Hazel Asner
Putnam County
Ann E. Wetzel
Appalachian Home Economist
Jeanie Carter
Mason County
Bladen Hustlers 4-H Club Holds May Meeting at Red Mud
The Bladen Hustlers 4-H Club gathered Thursday at Red Mud School with Goldie Beattie in charge. Demonstrations covered pin cushions, hemming gauged boards, planing and nailing, presented by Barbara Miller Stella Miller Joe Keefer Vallie Bauer and Darsel Keefer. Members listed include Lawrence Weigand Sidney Bauer Lawrence Fowler Stella Miller Barbara Miller Jackie Riggs Vallie Bauer Joe Keefer Fred Newell Lady Newell Darsel Keefer Roberta Bauer Carolyn Keefer Linda Keefer. Adult counselors were Fannie Harlow Ora Weigand Mary Rosa Keefer Maxine Fowler Johnnie Fowler and the leader Goldie Beattie. From a pie as May 9 were $60.18 to be used to send civilians to the county 4-H camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bladen Hustlers
Red Mud School
Goldie Beattie
Darsel Keefer
Barbara Miller
Stella Miller
Joe Keefer
Vallie Bauer
Dorsel Keefer
Cavilians
Sixteen Area Men Inducted Into Armed Services
Sixteen men from Point Pleasant and surrounding areas left early Thursday for Ashland Kentucky to be inducted into the armed forces. Named: Lloyd Newton Fogle Jr Point Pleasant Leonard Miller Otho Oldaker Albert Stephens James Layne Lloyd Roach Raymond Huggman Earl McComas Thomas Gibbs Bernard Rairden Charles Bland Douglas Fellore Hershel Hayes Dewaine Sayre Delbert Durst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ashland
Armed Services
Lloyd Newton Fogleson, Jr
Leonard Earlie
Miller
Leon
Otho Charles Oldaker
Letart
Albert Luther Stephens
James Herman Layne
New Haven
Lloyd Eugene Roach
Raymond William Huggman
Earl Edward McComas
Glenwood
Thomas Blain Gibbs
Hartford
Bernard Eugene Rairden
Charles William
Sixth Graders Visit Point Pleasant Junior High
Sixth graders from Ordnance, North Point Pleasant, Henderson and Central schools visited Point Pleasant Junior High School for a tour as they prepare to become students there next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ordnance
North Point Pleasant
Henderson
Central Schools
Point Pleasant Pastor Dies in Dayton Ohio
The Rev. C. D. Black, pastor of the First Church of God in Point Pleasant, died at 9 25 am Friday at his daughter’s home in Dayton after a period of illness. Funeral services will be held in Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Dayton
Ohio
C. D. Black
First Church of Gody
Black
Excursion For Pupils Set May 21
Point Pleasant school children and neighbors, guided by Robert Ferguson, will take a three hour excursion on the steamer Avalon starting at noon May 21. Coupons for fares will be issued in schools next week, with a small charge. The trip marks the first local school excursion since the Island Queen trips before the war. The Avalon will dock at Point Pleasant landing before heading to Gallipolis to pick up another group. Picnic lunches are planned and the boat trip is seen as reducing highway accident hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Avalon
Robert Ferguson
Point Pleasant High School
Ferguson
Point Pleasant Landing
Gallipolis
Churches and Worship Schedules in Point Pleasant Area
A compiled list of church activities across Point Pleasant and nearby towns. Details include weekly worship times, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and youth programs for Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterians, and other denominations with multiple congregations listed. Some entries note pastors and service frequencies.
Local notices and family visits span Athens Ohio area
Multiple small items note social visits in Zanesville and Athens and an official probate notice appointing D H Sams as administrator of Luella Stiles estate. Also a municipal ordinance reallocates funds for Union Street resurfacing in Athens and lists numerous estate inventories filed with deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Sams
Athens
Ohio
Luella Stiles
Athena County
C. E. Berry
W.W.A
Charles L. Bolen
Hebbardsville
Athens County
John F. Newcomb
Said
John Ashton
Clara A. Bailey
Andy Benji
Andy Benny
Andy Baney
Otto Bethel
Mary Bradley
John Cevolo
Anna W. Chapman
Ronald T Colbert
Clara Moore Coon
Charlies H Maffin
Talmadge D. McAfooes
McDonald
Chuck McDonald
Adda A. Phillips
Mary E. Roberts
Viola Smathers
Charles R. Stout
Clarence R. White
Union Street
City of
Union Reet
City
Abel to Attend Funeral After Fathers Death
Jesse M. Abel of 707 Main St. received word of his father's death in a midwestern state and will attend funeral services on Saturday as announced by the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jesse M. Abel
Main St
Mr. Abel
Point Clinic Admits and Releases List
The report lists admissions for Jasper Hoschar of First St Point Pleasant and Charlies W Harbour Hogsett. releases include Wayne Graham Lon and Ara Wogan Southside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper Hoschar
First St
Point Pleasant
Medical
Charlies W. Harbour
Hogsett
Wayne Graham
Lon
Ara Wogan
Southside
Leon Man Missing From Home Near Buffalo
Police seek Thomas Knightstep 25 who cannot speak and vanished from his Leon home early Wednesday. Last seen at about 10 am near Buffalo by a farmer who reportedly saw him get into an Ohio car. Knightstep is about 5 feet 10, 140 pounds, with black hair and a missing left index finger. wore bib overalls and a green shirt. Contact West Virginia state or county police with any information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Leon
Thomas Knightstep
Buffalo
Knightstep
Ohio
Charlie Knightstep
West Virginia
Baccalaureate Schedule Moved to Evening at Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School will hold the senior class baccalaureate in the Main Street gym at 8 p.m. Sunday with Rev S D Rexrode delivering the sermon and invocation. Rev John Sargeant Jr will give scripture and benediction. Ministers were chosen by the Senior Class. the time change aims to avoid morning church services.
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Graham Station
Henderson
Lund
Methodist
Rufus Castominam
Mt. Union
Sun Fay
Beech Hill
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Grove
New Haven
Boyd W. Scott
Bachtel
Ren St. Mark’s Upper Flats
Zion
Mason Pilgrim Holiness
C. H. Detty
EUE
Donald Lockhart
Trinity
Greer
Eckard
Krebs
Mt. Olive
Point Pleasant
Isabelle Kiefer
Young le
Mt. Zion
Main Street
Daniel M. Dorsey
Harmony
Youth Fellowship
Hartford
N (Shepherd
Graham
Letart
Leon Baptist
W. S. Billups
Presbyterians
John W. Sargent
Christianity In Action
Pioneers
Trinity Methodist
S. D. Rexrode
Christian Science
Main St
Ednesday
Mason County Lutheran Parish
St. Paul's
Luther League
Broad Run
St. Mark's
Upper Flats
Point Pleasant High School
Robert H. Ferguson
Trinity Methodist Church
John Sargeant, Jr
Presbyterian Church
Ministerial Association
Ferguson
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William McCoy
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Earl H. McCoy
Citizen's Party
Pol, Adv
David O'Neal
Citizen's Ticket
Raymond Allen
Frances S. Hatton
Ward
Franklin Bonecutter
David Frazier
Jesse M. Abel William
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Theodore
Ted) Stevens
R. R. Greenler
Louis V. Mueller
J. A
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Stanford
Duncan Tom Burdette
Indiana
Church Circle
Bladen 4-H
Pt. Pleasant Churches
Andy Irvin
Zanesville
Mattie Lowe
William Mahaffey
Chillicothe Hospital
Charles Riley
Prospect
Jo Bishop
Harry Booth
Wellston
Emmet Mahaffey
Barberton
W.va
James Mahaffey
John Mahaffey
Everett Lowe
Charles Lowe
Bob Mahaffey
Said County
Highway Department
State of Ohio
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West Union Street
Winfield Avenue
West Union and
Court Street
State of
W. H. Herbert
C. G. Houck
Peter B. Sees
Cari J. Sylvester
Mai
Swearingen Sporting Goods
el Harold Goddard
Bartlett
McKee Drug CO
Radio
Sewell Implement Co
Minneapolis-Moline
Uliman’s
Sanidyne
Athena Pharmacy
V-J-O
Marietta Chemical Products Co
W. EE
Dicken
W. Union &I
Paul Fiske
N. Congress
Francie M. Jordan
Miners
Chauncey
H. L. McDonald
Jacoby
Cavanaugh Farms
Amesville Rd
HY. O. Shirtey
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Willys 4
Gail Wi Equipmen
State
Mt. Near Lives
NT CO
N. Mckinley Ave
Jennie Minear
Athens, Ohio
Athens Messenger
Athens Auto Parts Carpenter and Lancaster Sts
Auto Service
KRAFT
BROWN
Pure Oil
Court
Parker Tire Shop
Baccalaureate
Peint i
Shane ix
ALGEO
Motor Sales
E. State St
Platt's Shell
Hudson Sales & Service
Union Dial
Albany
James Hutchison
Rt. 1
FORD
Ronald Hooper
Elden Skinner
Plymouth
Truxell
Dial
the Plains
Pontiac
Paul
Hocking
Anderson
Hester
Sam Elliott
Lasalle House
Maple Grocery
Richland Ave
Nelsonville
Athens Junk CO
Shafer
Sandia Gulf Service
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Jerry Baughman
Sunnyside Dr
Wolfe Hardware
Chesser Farm Supply
Electric Motor Service
W. Union Street
Young's
McClain Welding Service
Moore Ave
Mahaffey Eleetric Motor Service
Central Ave
Monte Davis
Carpenter St
Johnson & West
Depot St
C. R. White
Johnny
Chrysler
Plymouth Cran
Plymouth Club
Desoto
Lcally
Clifford & Baker
State ST
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