Citizens Party Wins Point Pleasant Municipal Election in Landslide
Point Pleasant voters gave the Citizens Party a complete slate in Saturday’s city contest. Virgil Siders was elected mayor by a system margin. A E Thomas won city clerk with 1365 votes. two women, Gladys Neal and Belva Farley, joined the council, marking a first for the city. Ward-by-ward counts show solid party dominance and a historic full control by the Citizens Party.
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Citizen’s Party
Point Pleasant
Virgil Siders
Barbee Rothgeb
Siders
W. Krodel
A. E. Thomas
Stanley Waldie
Gladys Neal
Belva Farley
Neal
Jasper Hoschar
Wadear Thabet
Citizens Party
Republican Party
Garden Flowers Topic For Friday Meeting in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Woman's Club garden department plans a panel on garden flowers for the May meeting. The program is Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the Christ Episcopal Church Parish House. Mrs. William Heslop chairs the event with co chairman Mrs. C G Bauerle. New officers will be installed that evening.
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Point Pleasant
Department of Gardens of
William Heslop
C. G. Bauerle
Cochairman
Evening TV Lineup At WSAZ-TV Features Classic Hits
The schedule lists programs for Monday including Asked for It, Jim Thacker, News, Huck Hound, Americans, Wells Fargo, Whispering, Concentration, Stanwyck, Tallahassee, Weather, Jack Paar, Jim Backus, Hitchcock, Thriller, White Paper and Poor. Station warns listings may be inaccurate without corrected schedules.
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Wsaz-Tv
Jim Thacker
News
NBC News
Huck. Hound
Wells Fargo
TV Schedule Lineup for Evening to Late Night
6:30 edition 6:45 NBC News 7:00 Sea Hunt 7:30 Americans 8:30 Wells Fargo 9:00 Whispering 9:30 Concentration 10:00 Stanwyck 10:30 Boating 11:00 News 11:10 Weather 11:15 Sports 11:20 Jack Paar 1:00 News
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Stanwyck
Tallahassee
Jack Paar
Laramie
Hitchcock
Paar
Weath
Evening Schedule Highlights At Local Station
Tonight's lineup features Stagecoach at 9:00 followed by Alcoa President at 10:00 and Law Jones at 10:30. Weather arrives at 11:15 with a 11:20 movie to close the night.
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Stagecoach
Alcoa
Law
Jones
TV listings schedule with M Squad and The Rifleman
Prime time grid shows M Squad at 6 00 and 8 30 Surfside Six 6 30 News 9 30 Paradise 6 40 Weather 10 30 Peter Gunn 6 45 News 11 00 News 7 00 Trackdown 11 10 Weather 7 30 Cheyenne 11 15 Movie Monday. Tuesday features Wyatt Earp Stagecoach Weather Close Up Danger Bugs Bunny 11 10 Weather Rifleman 11 15 Movie.
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Pat
Paradise
Circus Bay
Cheyenne
Hiway
Weather
McGraw
Rescue
Bugs Bunny
Wyatt Earp
M Squad
Stagecoach
TV Previews: Gunman’s Revenge and Whispering Smith Night
TV previews list 8:30 Wells Fargo with Agent Jim Hardie and an ex convict in Gunman’s Revenge a life or death guessing game. 9 PM Whispering Smith features a hot tempered drifter nearly catching murder with Detective Smith’s vigilance. 10:30 Tallahassee 7000 stars Walter Matthau in Billy the Kid style hunt for a killer in Florida cattle country.
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Wells Fargo
Jim Hardie
Smith
Tallahassee
Billy the Kid
Walter Matthau
Florida
Evening TV Highlights with Mystery and Danger
At 7 p.m. Expedition “The Invisible World” explores the atom produced by Joe Haper. 7:30 p.m. Cheyenne features Toothy Thompson as Sugarfoot’s companion saved from lynching. 8:30 p.m. Surfside 6 presents An Overdose of Justice where Dave aids an investigator friend in recovering stolen furniture. 9:30 p.m. Paradise airs Flame in Lady about Troy seeking to refine a man’s uncouth daughter after life saving debt. 10:30 p.m. Peter Gunn follows A Matter of Policy as Gunn returns from Acapulco to find a time bomb in his luggage.
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Dave
Paradise
Troy
Peter Gunn
Gunn
Acapulco
TV Tonight: Landlords Plans Party and Mayoral Dreams
Danny Thomas and Gale Gordon play a landlord and party plot. Andy Griffith and Aunt Bee urge Opie away from his office after school. Harvey Spencer Blair III runs for mayor of San Diego. June Allyson and Lew Ayres star in A Thief or Two about a parolee adjusting to life outside.
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Danny Thomas
Gale Gordon
Danny
Andy Griffith
Aunt Bee
Andy
Opie
Hennesey
Harvey Spencer Blair III
San Diego
June Allyson
Lew Ayres
TV Movie Guide Monday May 22 Listings
Channel 8 shows Honeymoon at 11 20 p m Channel 10 presents Hondo at 11 15 p m Channel 13 airs Island of Lost Men at 11 15 p m Tuesday features In This Our Life at 1 15 p m Channel 4 Green Dolphin Street Part 2 at 9 a m Sgt Madden at 5 p m I Dood It at 9 a m Second Chance at 11 20 p m All of Me at 9 30 a m Paris Honeymes at 1 5 p m Tarzan and His Mate at 7 p m True Army at 11 15 p m
Point Pleasant High School 65th baccalaureate sermon
Dr. Carden A Hillman pastor of Trinity Methodist Church spoke at Point Pleasant High School 65th baccalaureate service for 198 graduates and guests on the topic Lend A Hand Lend A Heart. Invocations scripture and benediction were given by local pastors. The high school chorus led by C L Head sang One God and Behold Our God. Commencement is set for tonight at 8.
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Point Pleasant
Carden A. Hillman
Trinity Methodist Church
Point Pleasant High School
Hillman
Harold Knoll
St. Peter’s Evangelical Church
John O’bryan, Jr
Church of Christ
Christian Union
Gaston Boyle, Jr
Kenneth W. Chandler
Main Street Baptist Church
C. L. Head
Carol Picken
God
Youth Wins Boat Trip for Billy Joe Sturgeon
Billy Joe Sturgeon a Point Pleasant High School junior won a boat trip for himself and his father to Pittsburgh aboard an Ohio River Co. boat. The award came from the Harold Harding Memorial Essay contest and was presented at the Propeller Club dinner at the Henry Clay Hotel in Ashland Kentucky. Attendees from Point Pleasant included his parents Mr and Mrs W B Sturgeon and others Earl Deal Dana Wright and Mr and Mrs I G Wolden.
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Point Pleasant
Billy Joe Sturgeon
Point Pleasant High School
Harold Harding
Pittsburgh
Ohio River Co
Billy Joe
W. B. Sturgeon
Propeller Club
Henry Clay
Ashland
Eugene Sterrett
Earl Deal
Dana Wright
I. G. Wolden
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hayman Point Pleasant welcomed a daughter. Admitted were Mrs. John Hudson Gallipolis Mrs. Steve Hayman Point Pleasant Gary Hill Leon Alice Haner Gallipolis Delores Magnani Gallipolis Discharged were Arnold Stump Point Pleasant Dennis Dudding Mason Dale McDaniel Mason Bruce Scott Gallipolis Mrs. Larry Parsons New Haven Mrs. William Wooster Ripley Grover Stewart Mason
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Steve Hayman
Point Pleasant
John Hudson
Gallipolis
Gary Hill
Leon
Alice Haner
Delores Magnani
Arnold Stump
Dennis Dudding
Mason
Dale McDaniel
Bruce Scott
Larry Parsons
New Haven
William Wooster
Ripley
Grover Stewart
Four intoxication arrests logged by Point Pleasant police
Weekend arrests in Point Pleasant include John Davis and Kelly Johnson on drunk charges, Jackson Roush of Mason for destruction of property, George Eugene Davis cited for intoxication by state police, and George Allen cited for drunkenness by the sheriff's department.
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Point Pleasant
John Davis
Kelly Johnson
Jackson Roush
Mason
George Eugene Davis
George Allen
Sheriff's Department
School Break-In Reported at Wahama High
Wahama High School was entered during the weekend via a broken window. The theft involved edible candy from a vending area. no suspects named. Authorities from Point Pleasant sheriff’s department are investigating the incident.
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Point Pleasant
Sheriff's Department
Wahama High School
Trio Arrested in Weekend Theft Spree in County
Sheriff Oscar Baird reports three Vinton Route 1 residents Thomas Starr Robert Starr and Clyde A Starr all of Eno were arrested after a string of Saturday night thefts in Che shire and Morgan Two. Stolen items include tires tools bumpers milk and a battery and gas from a strip mine. The suspects fled police Sunday but were captured near Eno.
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Gallipolis
Oscar Baird
Vinton Route 1
Cheshire
Morgan
Thomas Starr
Robert Starr
Clyde A. Starr
Eno
Clark
94 Year Old Beaver Keeps Cemetery Flag Tradition
Grant Beaver, 94, of Leon plans his 62nd memorial flag placement on May 30 at Leon Cemetery. He began in 1900 honoring his father with flags for seven soldiers from five wars. his grandson Douglas Beaver, 14, assists and will continue the family ritual.
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Point Pleasant
Grant Beaver
Leon
Beaver
George Washington Beaver
Grant
Douglas Beaver
Girl Burned In Accident In Meigs County
A nine year old Meigs County girl Shirley Kay Larkins was admitted to Holzer Hospital with second and third degree burns over 50 percent of her body from a stove fire at home. She is listed in fair condition. Also admitted was 11 year old John G. Shaver with a lacerated scalp from a tractor accident, condition satisfactory.
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Gallipolis
Meigs County
Holzer Hospital
Shirley Kay Larkins
Dorsel E. Larkins
Long Bottom
Shirley
John G. Shaver
Stanley M. Shaver
Cheshire
Annual Centerville Alumni Dinner Set
Centerville High School Alumni Association hosts a 7 p.m. Saturday banquet at Centerville School with Roger Williams as toastmaster. WSCS of Thurman Methodist Church serves the dinner. Officers include Mrs. R. D. Thomas president Daniel Evans vice president and Miss Virginia Simms secretary treasurer. Music by alumni families.
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Gallipolis
Centerville High School Alumni Association
Centerville School
Roger Williams
WSCS
Thurman Methodist Church
R. D. Thomas
Daniel Evans
Virginia Simms
Mailbox damaged in Route 7 hit skip near Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol investigated a Sunday morning accident in Gallia County on Route 7 a mile and a half below Gallipolis. A hit-skip driver, not identified, drove off the left side of the highway and struck a mailbox owned by Charles E.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Gallia County
Route 7
Charles E
Gifts Given To Mothers At Cord Baptist Meeting
The Women Missionary Society of Concord Baptist Church held a recent meeting in the church social room. Mrs. Martha Erwin led the devotional and Scripture was read by Mrs. Harry Miller. A house party is set for July 18 to 22 at Alderson Broadus College. Gifts went to the oldest mother Mrs. Charles Duncan the youngest Mrs. Erwanna Plants and the largest family Mrs. Katherine Hudson. Door prize went to Mrs. Raymond Vanselous. Hostesses were Mrs. Ann Erwin and Mrs. Florence Vanselous who served refreshments to Rev. and Mrs. Harry Miller, Eileen Likens, Cora Likens, Beulah Bechtle, Aurora Duncan and Jimmy Cummhan.
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Point Pleasant
Women’s Missionary Society of Concord Baptist Church
Martha Erwin
Harry Miller
Alderson Broadus College
Charles Duncan
Erwanna Plants
Katherine Hudson
Raymond Vanselous
Ann Erwin
Florence Vanselous
Eileen Likens
Cora Likens
Beulah Bechtle
Aurora Duncan
Jimmy Cummhan
Retired Miner Dies in San Diego California
Harry H. Adams 86 of San Diego Calif died at home Saturday relatives report he was born in Mason County and lived in California 66 years he was uncle to Mrs Bertha Wilson Miss Joan Wilson and Jack Adams of Point Pleasant survived by widow Beatrice one son John and a sister Mrs S A Roush Dayton burial will be there after services Monday
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Harry H. Adams
San Diego
Calif
Adams
Bertha Wilson
Joan Wilson
Jack Adams
Point Pleasant
Mason County
California
John Adams
Mason
Beatrice
John
S. A. Roush
Dayton
Gallia Board Adopts Hands Off Policy in Pupil Exchange Talks
Gallia County Board of Education votes a temporary hands off stance in negotiations between Southwestern and Raccoon school boards over future Rio Grande High School and Perry Elementary pupil exchanges next fall. The board also extends attendance officer Ivor Morehouse’s contract by one year with a $50 monthly raise and approves a 1961 appropriations resolution of 31 608.94.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Morehouse
T. K. Owens
Owens
Southwestern
Raccoon
Rio Grande
Reserve Colonel Is At Seven Day School
Gallipolis reports Lt Col Carl B Massie 47 son of Mr and Mrs Clarence E Massie of 10 Pine St Portsmouth is attending a seven day logist ical command refresher at Fort Leavenworth Kansas He is in the 13th class at the U S Army Command and General Staff College Massie graduated from Gallia Academy High School 30 years ago and from Wilmington College in 1937 He works as an industrial engineer for Goodyear Atomic Corporation.
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Gallipolis
Clarence E. Massie
Pine St
Army Reserve
Carl B. Massie
Portsmouth
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Massie
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Gallia Academy
Wilmington College
Goodyear Atomic Corporation
Tsetse Fly Shapes Southern Africa's Late 19th Century Borders
Tsetse flies carrying sleeping sickness halted Boers' northward expansion in Transvaal, shaping the regional political map in the late 1800s.
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Southern
Africa
Transvaal
Four Inch Main and Fire Hydrants Planned for Mason-City
Mason city council approved a four inch water main and four hydrants in the Zuspan addition. Douglas Roush Construction Co. won the bid at $3,538.90 for cast iron pipe and hydrants. Work to start soon from the pump house to the end of the Zuspan lane. A trash dumping ordinance was proposed to become a misdemeanor with a $100 fine. Attendees included Mayor Olston Wright and several council members.
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Mason
Zuspan
Bill Zuspan
Clyde Foley
Parkette
Merrill Duncan
Schuler Construction Co
Middleport
Douglas Roush Construction Co
New Haven
Douglas Roush
Lower Mason
Zuspan Addition
License For Cigaret Sale Due Monday
Gallia County auditor Morton L. Dickey reminded retailers that their 1961 62 cigarette licenses are due Monday. Fees vary from 25 to 100 dollars with transfers and duplicates available. Revenue stays in the county, three fourths to local jurisdictions and one fourth to the county general fund.
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Gallipolis
Morton L. Dickey
Gallia County
Dickey
Mason Men Injured In Two Car Collision Near Mason
Two Mason men, Dale McDaniel 26 and Dennis Dudding 60, were injured in a two car crash near Mason Saturday evening and hospitalized overnight at Pleasant Valley Hospital before being released. State police investigate the accident.
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Mason
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Dale McDaniel
Dennis Dudding
Dog License Tags Lag In Gallia County Sale
Morton L. Dickey auditor said Saturday that Gallia County sold 3128 dog license tags this year, down from 3642 sold at the same time last year, a drop of 514 tags.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Morton L. Dickey
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