Point Pleasant High School 150 diplomas awarded at 62nd commencement
Point Pleasant High School awarded diplomas to 150 seniors at the 62nd annual commencement Monday night. Valedictorian Darlene Schwarz spoke on our value for tomorrow while salutatorian Judith Ann Wilson urged imagination for the changing world.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Darlene Schwarz
Judith Ann Wilson
Barbara Ann Johnson
Cora Ann Poffitt
Christine Johnson
Benjamin Franklin, IV
Franklin
Peter H. Steenbergen
Judith Wilson
Joseph Friedman
John Musgrave
Jo Ann Powell
Kay Lewis
Rebecca’ White
John Franklin
Plaintiff Wins Damage Suit After 20 Minute Jury Deliberation
Plaintiff William Safford wins $2,550 in a damage suit against Nationwide Insurance for a wreck on Route 2 on November 2 1957. Jury foreman Paul McCoy leads deliberations with fellow jurors. Separately, Maurice Jones received three years probation after felony arraignment in circuit court before Judge Oliver D Kessel.
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Point Pleasant
William Safford
Nationwide Insurance
Safford
Route 2
Paul McCoy
Foreman
Nelson Roush
Sue Casey
Louise Powell
Dale Roush
Janet Capehart
Lorene Harless
Iva Delores Morrison
Jenny Stone
Betty Fry
Virginia Kay
Martha Erwin
Maurice Jones
Oliver D. Kessel
Space simulator built by NACA for lab testing flights
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics has constructed a space simulator to create artificial space for laboratory testing of space vehicles. It enables controlled testing conditions to study propulsion, navigation, and vehicle behavior in near space environments.
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National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
World affairs test winners at Point Pleasant Rotary event
Winners of the annual world affairs test are announced at Point Pleasant Rotary. Jack Selby takes first, with James Bingham and Patti Crawford tied for second. Patti earns a cash prize while James Bingham attends Camp Horseshoe. Thirty students competed.
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Point Pleasant
Rotary
Patti
James Bingham
James
Jackie
Haven Heights Delegation Seeks Southward City Limit Extension
A Haven Heights delegation representing 306 families appeared at a New Haven Town Council special session to petition extending corporate limits southward. The issue will appear on the regular biennial election ballot in June. Two full tickets contest the election Citizens and Peoples with slates for mayor and council.
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New Haven
Haven Heights
Point Pleasant Social Notes Plans 18th CAR Convention
Mrs. Williard Cruikshanks presides with a committee at her Liberty Street home to plan Point Pleasant 18th CAR convention on June 10. Attendees include Virginia Johnson Juhling McClung A Keith McClure Eldridge Sauer Howard Tully Neil Conners. Headquarters Lowe Hotel. registration June 9. session Trinity Methodist June 10. National CAR leaders John Finger and David Henley Kember Jr. will attend. Diane Lewis is local chapter president.
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Williard Cruikshanks
Fort Randolph
Scout Troop and Cub Pack To Receive Charters
In POINT PLEASANT the Leon PTA sponsors a new boy scout troop and cub pack. At the PTA meeting on Tuesday they will receive their charters with Carl Murray presenting the cub charter and George Hoyt presenting the boy scout charter. Wilbur Dickson will attend as a scouting official.
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Point Pleasant
Leon Pta
PTA
Carl Murray
George Hoyt
Wilbur Dickson
Runaway Boy 13 Returns Home After Two Days
Tommy Rayburn 13 son of Mr and Mrs Dana Rayburn of Lincoln Ave returned home Monday evening after running away for two days He was last seen Saturday morning leaving North Point Pleasant Grade School and reported seen at Harmon Park horse show and at a carnival over the weekend.
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Point Pleasant
Tommy Rayburn
Dana Rayburn
Lincoln Ave
Tommy
North Point Pleasant
Iefi
Harmon Park
Point Pleasant Clinic Notes Births and Admits
Point Pleasant reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Robert Westfall and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Harry Simpkins both in Point Pleasant. Letha Roberts of Henderson is admitted along with James Holcomb of Point Pleasant. Judith Ann Morrow is discharged in Point Pleasant along with Mrs Hayward Butt and her daughter in Gallipolis.
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Robert Westfall
Point Pleasant
Harry Simpkins
Letha Roberts
Henderson
James Holcomb
Judith Ann Morrow
Hayward Butt
Gallipolis
PTA To Install Officers at Point Pleasant School
Ordnance School PTA will install new officers during the May meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM at the school. President William Burdette will preside. Four H clubs will present the program and awards will be given.
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Point Pleasant Women’s Club
C. G. Baurle
D. M. Harshbarger
W.S. Waldie
Eunice B. Beller
C. R. Schurman
Milton L. Miller
J. G. F. Johnson
William Vanhorn
Ecitizenship
D. G. Wilfond
R. W. Eschenauer
Point Pleasant
Ordnance School Pta
William Burdette
More Savings Record Shatters Previous High
Individual savings reach a record $340 billion, the highest level ever observed, signaling a vast pool of funds available for spending.
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Jean Horn
Two River Motors
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James Lewis
Pat Henry
Judith Copley
Mason County Farm Women’s Council
Annabel Sommer
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Trinity Methodist Church
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Samba Chi Omega Sorority
Lynn Wedge
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Walter Sturgeon
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Barbara Johnson
Loven Lee Stanley
American Legion
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American Legion Auxiliary
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Joyce and
Janet McCoy
Royal Order of Demolay
George ‘Vaughn
World Affairs Institute
Jack Selby
Rauch
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Alison Kirk
Edwin Smith
C. P. Stout
Mason County Board of Education
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Kay Grueser Barr
Mary Berkley
Carol Bowcott
Karen Bowman
Marian Brewer
Margaret Bowser
Jarvis Bryan
Juanita Carlyle
Beatrice Chapman
Linda Cheesebrew
Charlotte Cole
Lucy Cook
Joan Cooper
Ann Cottrill
Mary Durst
Joan Devault
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Dorothy Escue
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Virginia Llora
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Sally Huffman
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Elizabeth Jones
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Patricia Reynolds
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Cora Rice
Janet Roach
Joycelyn Rogers
Carolyn Sayre
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Margaret Schultz
Linda Smith
Linda Sue Smith
Sonia Spellman
Jane Spencer
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Carrie Wright
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George Branette
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Joseph Boggs
James Bragg, Jr
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John Burdette
Jack Burris
Andrew Byus
Howard Cox
Billie Dowell
Arnold Dunlap
Robert Dunlap
William Eden
Clarence Fauver
Daniel Freeman
Charles Garland
Marvin Hall
James Hargraves
Donald Harris
Archie Hayman
John Heiskell, Jr
Patrick Henry
Jack Hill
Lawrence Hudson
Edward Hassell
James Kimbrel
Robert Knaul
Charles Krebs
James Livingston
Charles Love
Lewis Sutton
Arien Lyons
Charles Morgan
Nelson Nutter
Harold Patrick
Glen Otho Pearson
Thomas Powell
Dencil Reynods
Jack Reynolds
Larry Sayre
Lewis Sayre
Ben Somerville, Jr
Robert Spears
James Spencer
Billy
Bobby Stalnaker
Carter Stewart
Jay Stone
Deniel Thomas
Russell Thomas Gerald Thornton
John Rayburn Vansickle
George Vaughn
Victor Weigand
Roger Wilson
Howard Lee Yeager, Jr
Patrick Young
Roy McCoy
Heights Eur Church
Harry Miller
Teepe
W. W. Bauer
American Medical Association
Messenger
Citizens and Peoples
Citizens
Thomas Grinstead
Thelma Capehart
Jack Frey
Dick Ord
William Powell
Edwin Roush
Robert Beech
Peoples
Charles Cundiff
John Carpenter
Thomas Hoffman
Burwell Dawson
Jake Greer
Robert Cooke
Edwin Clark
Point Pleasant Clinic
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