Dayton Boys Choir Plans West Virginia Debut in Point Pleasant
The 92-voice Dayton Boys Choir will appear at 3 p.m. Sunday in Point Pleasant's gymnasium conducted by S Norman Park. Selected by tryout, it is among the largest in the country. The program includes instrumental numbers and proceeds aid Rotary civic projects with tickets at Rotary members Hall's and Carrick's drug stores.
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Point Pleasant
Dayton Boys
West Virginia
S. Norman Park
Rotary Club
Point Clinic Discharges Patient and Homebound Transfer
Ed Sullivan was discharged from Point Clinic Tuesday and taken to his home at Elmwood. Mrs. Reva Hesson of Robertsburg was admitted for medical treatment.
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Point Pleasant
Ed Sullivan
Point Clinic
Elmwood
Reva Hesson
Robertsburg
Job Placements Rise in Mason WV April Report
Mason WV job placements increased about 15 percent in April from March per Cabell S. Davis head of the state unemployment compensation division. Total placements reached 3,788 with 1,194 veterans, 1,078 male nonveterans and 1,516 women. Manufacturing led, followed by in service industries.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
State Employment Service
Cabell S. Davis
State Department of Unemployment Compensation
Junior High Exercises Set Friday at Point Pleasant
The Ninth Grade awards program at Point Pleasant Junior High will be held in the gym Friday at 9:30 a.m. Principal Virgil Siders says 182 ninth grade pupils will be received by Senior High Principal C. H. Withers. Rev. D. M. Dorsey will give the invocation, with vocal solos by Janet Wears Joan Van Horn and Jean Hill. Kay Woolfitt will receive the key from departing ninth grade representative Diane Garretson. Geraldine Shamblin will sing A Perfect Day and Siders will present the class to Withers.
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Point Pleasant
Virgil Siders
C. H. Withers
D. M. Dorsey
Janet Wears
Joan van Horn
Jean Hill
R E Wallace Dies After Fall at Piedmont Road
R E Wallace 50 formerly of Apple Grove Mason County died in a Charleston hospital at 3 05 a m Wednesday from injuries after a 20 foot fall from a rock retaining wall behind 2614 Piedmont Road where he roomed. He fractured his skull and had recently suffered low blood pressure and faint spells. He worked for Westvaco Chlorine Products Corp for five years and was a bachelor. Survivors include brothers Vandale and Neil Wallace of Apple Grove. Funeral arrangements set for Beale Chapel at 2 30 p m Friday with body at Chapman Funeral Home.
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Point Pleasant
R. E. Wallace
Apple Grove
Mason County
Charleston
Piedmont Road
Wallace
Westvaco Chlorine Products Corp
Vandale
Neil Wallace
Gallipolis
Memphis
Tenn
Beale Chapel
Chapman Funeral Home
Chaplain to Visit Point Pleasant Moose Lodge
The Rev. Denzel Payne chaplain of Moose heart will visit the Loyal Order of the Moose lodge Sunday at 2 30 p m for the Eighth District meeting including Point Pleasant Parkersburg Ripley Spencer lodges and other visitors. Wadear Thabet says Payne tours WV and is brother to Rus Payne of Spencer. W A Criss of Parkersburg will preside.
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Point Pleasant
Denzel Payne
Mooseheart
Loyal Order of the Moose
West Virginia
Wadear Thabet
Parkersburg
Ripley
Spencer
Payne
Rus Payne
W. A. Criss
Bake Sale Planned by Lambda Chi Omega as Charity Event
At a business meeting of Lambda Chi Omega sorority it was decided to hold a bake sale at Evans Super Market on Jackson Ave Saturday afternoon May 29 and a contribution was voted to the cancer funds campaign. Members present included Mrs. James J. Hall vice president presiding and many named members.
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Point Pleasant
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
Evans Super Market
Jackson Ave
Cancer Funds Campaign
James J. Hall
George ©. Harper
R. H. Melrose
Leon Thompson
Joseph Buffington
Stanley Neal Johnson
Wadear Thabet
Woodrow Kapp
Harley Hartley
Gene Crow
Victor Park
C. J. Hyer
Clayton Pullins
Grover Childress
J. A. Shinn
Woodell Burdette
Clarence Cox
John Clay Hutchinson
Brotherhood of Man theme at Wesley Circle meeting
Mrs Eunice Beller led devotionals at Trinity Methodist Church social rooms for Wesley Circle WSCS. The program centered on race relations with a story titled Color Blind. Members heard reports from officers and guests including Mrs. J. B. Couch on Huntington district conference.
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Point Pleasant
Eunice Beller
Wesley Circle
WSCS
Trinity Methodist Church
Brotherhood of Man
Elizabeth Krebs
Janet Krebs
George Keener
Will Stortz
Albert Sauer
C. W. Reynolds
W. J. Kenny
Stortz
Sauer
C. Blount
Keener
Dallas G. Wilfong, Sr
Waldie
Couch
Beller
C. C. Stone
Bertha Reed
Edward McElfresh
O. B. Harper
R. D. Oseland
Ben Franklin
Presbyterian Auxiliary Circle Five Meeting Notes
Mrs. Joseph Buffington hosted Circle Five of the Presbyterian Auxiliary at her Twenty-Second Street home Tuesday evening. Mrs. James E. McComb led the business session with a financial report delivered by treasurer Mrs. William H. Burdette. The study topic was The Plot of the Bible led by Mrs. William A. Woolfitt. refreshments followed for a list of members and guests including Mrs. Hanly Sibley Mrs. Albert Bowen Jr. and others.
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Joseph Buffington
Presbyterian
James E. McComb
William H. Burdette
William A. Woolfitt
Hanly Sibley
Albert Bowen, Jr
George K. Kershaw, Jr
John Wright
William Cruickshanks
Carter Franklin
Donald Parsons
J. Sanford Rhoades
McComb
Woolfitt
Burdette
Jack Rogers
J. N. Wallace
Glenn Sayre
Buffington
Albert Dower Dies at 60 in Pittsburgh
Mrs. John J. Dower Sr of Viand Street learned Tuesday of the sudden death of her brother in law Albert Dower aged 60 in Pittsburgh He had lived in that city for years and worked in the mercantile field He was born on a Graham Station farm near the site of the Philip Sporn Power Plant He leaves two sons two daughters two brothers and four sisters including Rome Dower Patrick Dower Margaret Dower Mrs Elizabeth O Connor Mrs Frances O Shaughnessy and Mrs Josie Boggess all of whom reside in various Pennsylvania towns.
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Point Pleasant
John J. Dower
Viand St
Albert Dower
Pittsburgh
Patrick
Theresa Dower
Graham Station
Philip Sporn
Rome Dower
Patrick Dower
Margaret Dower
Elizabeth O'Connor
Martins Ferry
Frances O'Shaughnessy
Josie Boggess
Sewickly
Bartow Jones To Attend Hearing on Rail Service
Bartow Jones president of the Chamber of Commerce will represent the organization at a state public service commission hearing in Charleston on Friday regarding rail service. He will speak for the chamber and address the commission on transportation issues affecting the area.
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Bartow Jones
Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
State Public Service Commission
Charleston
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