Slow Down and Live Safety Drive Heads 13 States
West Virginia joins 12 southern states in a highway safety campaign from Memorial Day to Labor Day with the motto Slow Down and Live. Gov Marland and others sign the joint declaration urging strict speed control and public support to reduce traffic deaths and injuries.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
R. W. Boyles
William C. Marland
Gordon E. Person
Alabama
Francis Cherry
Arkansas
Dan McCarthy
Florida
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Lawrence W. Wetherby
Kentucky
Robert F. Kennon
Louisiana
Hugh White
Mississippi
William B. Umstead
North Carolina
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Frank C. Clement
Tennessee
Allan Shivers
Texas
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Colonel Boyles
Heating Plan Up for Mason County Courthouse
The Mason County Court discussed using a heat pump system for the new half million dollar Courthouse. Architect Harry Nay recommended further study and a Roanoke, Virginia visit to view local heat pump installations. If chosen, only minor plan changes would be needed.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Harry Nay
Nay
Roanoke
Heath pastor challenges Class of 1954 at baccalaureate
Middleport High School Auditorium hosts Rev. Louis A Bangerter Heath Methodist Church delivering four rules for keeping a true record. He urges disciplined thinking, love of others, recognizing rights, and placing God's plan first. The service includes readings, prayers, music by the Girls Glee Club, and student volunteers distributing programs.
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Middleport
Louis A. Bangerter
Heath Methodist Church
Middleport High School
Franklin Ginther
Grundman
Fred I. Gardner
Church of Christ
Grouid
the Father
Girls’ Glee Club
Carmen Deems
Glee Club
Dee Sauer
Joyce Turner
Martha Spires
Three Grades Hold Annual Picnic Friday
POMEROY The annual picnic of the fourth fifth and sixth grades of Central Grade School was held Friday at Naylor's Run Playground. About 85 children attended with guests Fred Rice Miss Harriett McIntosh Miss Genevieve Stobart Miss Lucille Swackhammer Austin Phillips and Charles Gibbs superintendent of Pomeroy schools. Room mothers in charge were Mrs. Sidney Spencer and Mrs. Carl Norton sixth Mrs. Aaron Kelton fifth and Mrs. Harry Miller and Mrs. Howard Logan fourth.
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Pomeroy
Naylor's Run
Fred Rice
Harriett McIntosh
Genevieve Stobart
Lucille Swackhammer
Austin Phillips
Charles Gibbs
Sidney Spencer
Carl Norton
Aaron Kelton
Harry Miller
Howard Logan
Fifth child born to the Fraziers in Middleport
Commissioner Ray Frazier and Mrs. Frazier announce the birth of a son on Sunday at their Rutland Street home. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Still. This is the Fraziers fifth child.
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Middleport — Street
Ray Frazier
Rutland St
Frank Still
Fraziers
First 4-H Club Roundup Set for June 25 at Mason County
Mason County 4-H announces its first roundup at the junior high on June 25. Open to members 14 and older, the event selects representatives for regional and state contests in demonstrations, public speaking, and a style show. Each club may enter two teams. demonstrations capped at 15 minutes.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
W. C. Roberts
Roberts
Pomeroy Woman Sues for Custody in Gross Neglect Case
Betty McDaniel files suit in Meigs County Common Pleas Court against Gerald McDaniel alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Plaintiff seeks custody of two minor children and other relief as proper.
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Pomeroy
Betty McDaniel
Gerald McDaniel
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Call Cancelled in Middleport as Hysell Hospitalized
Emergency Squad members report a Middleport call at 12 15 p m to the home of Denver Hysell near Dead Man's Curve was cancelled. Hysell's son, struck by acute appendicitis, was transported to Holzer Hospital by ambulance.
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Middleport
Denver Hysell
Dead Man's Curve
Knights Templar Conclave Held in Fairmont West Virginia
The Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of West Virginia held its annual conclave in Fairmont with over 200 knights in parade and more than 3000 knights and ladies at a banquet and grand ball. Franklin Commandery representatives included E H Bissell commander and E M Chase captain general. officers listed include Bissell Schoeder Chase Crow Foss Cottrill and others.
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Point Pleasant
Grand Commandery
Knights Templar
West Virginia
Fairmont
Franklin Commandery
E. H. Bissell
E. M. Chase
William H. Burdette
D. L. Cottrill
Crusade Commandery
DeMolay
Grafton
Morgantown
Woman treated after fall from car in Middleport
Clara Faye Taylor suffered abrasions and shock after falling from a car driven by Jim San born near the Earl Knight home on Lincoln Street Sunday afternoon in Middleport.
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Middleport
Clara Faye Taylor
Jim Sanborn
Earl Knight
Lincoln St
Children Guests At Legion Carnival
Meigs County Children's Home youngsters were guests Saturday afternoon at Pearlie's Park for a Cunningham Shows carnival sponsored by Feeney Bennett Post No 128 American Legion. John Cunningham provided the show with free rides popcorn candy hotdogs and cola by Harry Moore. Legionnaires then transported the 11 children to and from the Home.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Pearlie’s Park
John Cunningham
Feeney- Bennett Post
No. 128
American Legion
Harry Moore
Legionnaires
Five Girls Pass Audition From Syracuse Variety Show
In Huntington West Virginia on Thursday night five seventh graders from Syracuse Grade School earned TV auditions. Vickie Brown and Mary Janice Cundiff were named for a June 20 Parade of Stars appearance with the duo Some Sunday Morning. Cundiff Brown Jenkins Baker Slack form the Nut Meigs group and will perform Make Love To Me on July 4.
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Syracuse
Charles Neuman
Neuman
Birthday Dinner for Ervin Plymale in St Albans
Pt. Pleasant Society guests gathered Sunday at the Plymale home in St Albans for a birthday dinner honoring Ervin Plymale, son of Elmer and the late Hattie Plymale. A summer schedule of 8 p.m. meetings was set, with Ora Higgin and Danna Chase hosting aided by Mabel Gibbs and Viola Jones.
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Ervin Plymale
St. Albans
Elmer Plymale
Gallipolis Ferry
Plymale
Nellie
Mary Hyre
Point Pleasant
Nora Adkins
Huntington
Simmon Atkinson
Forrest Atkinson
Bruce and Lee
Gallipolis
Don Brown
Donna Lyn
N. Wiblen
Clauda, Karen
Treasure
South Charleston
Ouam Hall
Ora Higgin
Danna Chase
Mabel Gibbs
Viola Jones
Oma Stover
Dora Kapp
Carrie Caudill
Hallah Eads
Ruby Ake
Nellie Kent
Bridge Club Meets at Mrs Meadows Hostess Evening
Mrs O B Meadows hosted her bridge club on Friday evening. High score went to Mrs G E Mitchell with second high by Mrs F W Quillin. Other players included Mrs William Buffington Mrs Richard Weigle Mrs Kenneth Shaffer Mrs Jamey Moore Mrs Douglas Rouse and guest Mrs Carl Murray.
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O. B. Meadows
G. E. Mitchell
F. W. Quillin
William Buffington
Richard Weigle
Kenneth Shaffer
Jamey Moore
Douglas Rouse
Carl Murray
Plants Reunion Slated At Mason County Campground
The annual Plants reunion will be held June 27 at the Mason County 4-H Campground South Side. Creata Romine corresponding secretary states the group voted at the last reunion to move the date from the second Sunday in September to the fourth Sunday in June.
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Mason County
D of A Meeting Heads Daughter of American Meet
A brief notice reports the Daughter of American meeting session led by D of A organizers. Details are limited in the readable text.
Family notices and local injuries reported in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant personals describe four year old Jamesetta Beaver, daughter of Mr. and James E. Beaver Jr. of Leon, injuring her hand at home Saturday evening. Also listed are Mrs. Bill Biffle admitted as a patient at Holzer Hospital and visiting relatives from St Albans Nitro and Bellemeade with the Lanier families in Southside.
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Jamesetta Beaver
James E. Beaver, Jr
Leon
Bill Biffle
Holzer Hospital
Charles van Sickle
St. Albans
Pearl Stalnaker
Nitro
Raymond Lanier
Bellemeade
G. M. Lanier
Southside
Wheat Crop Crowned Kansas Lead In U S Production
About one fifth of the nation’s wheat crop is grown in Kansas, underscoring the state’s key role in U S agriculture and grain supply.
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U. S
Kansas
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