Gallia Seniors Honored At Graduation Exercises
Gallia Academy High School in Gallipolis honored 98 graduates at its commencement on Thursday evening. Honorary scholarship keys went to Merrill Grube and Faye Neal from Walnut Township, while music keys went to LaDonna Ecker and Keith Thomas and Gene Wetherholt earned the athletic key. Talks praised America’s need and personal faith as students spoke, with diplomas presented by E. E. Higgins and L. L. Lovett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Harold Brown
Mack Lakin
God
Burl Judy
George Lee
Loren Niday
Helen Butterfield
Vernon C. Shafer
Harris Deepping
E. E. Higgins
L. L. Lovett
Board of Education
LaDonna Ecker
Gene Wetherholt
Tom Crawford
Carl Baker
Richard Davis
Keith Thomas
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Bridge Club and Visitors
Mrs. George Kershaw hosts a Gallipolis bridge gathering Tuesday with two guests Mrs. Truman Morris and Mrs. Elizabeth Meadows. High score prize goes to Mrs. Charles E. Holzer Jr. Dessert served. Several locals travel for weddings and funerals as others visit relatives in Columbus Cincinnati and Lakewood. Loren Niday graduates from Gallia Academy. Mrs. Niday honored at a buffet hosted by Mrs. Stanley Evans. Frank Tallut of Indianapolis recuperates at Holzer Hospital after an operation. he leads plant guards for American Bearing Corp. in Columbus and maintains ties to Gallia County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kershaw
Bridge Club
Truman Morris
Elizabeth Meadows
Charles E. Holzer Jr
Don Turley Saunders
Nitro
W. Va
James Perry
Stanley Evans
Cincinnati
Harley Bovie
Columbus
Fred Bovie
Janet Gregg
Beulah Davis
Catherine Blackman
Evelyn Riedell
Lakewood
Island View Inn
Frank Tallut
Indianapolis
Holzer Hospital
Mr. Tallut
Huntington
Anna Harvey
Annette Harvey
New York
Connecticut
John Edwards
James Edwards
Los Angeles
Edwards
Grace Methodist and Local Churches Weekly Services
Grace Methodist and other churches list schedules. Grace Church offers Sunday School at 9 30 a m worship at 10 30 a m with youth and choir programs. Other churches include First Presbyterian First Baptist and Saint Peters Episcopal with services Bible classes and midweek activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist
L. A. Donnally
Grace
Brother James
Jacobs
Brown
Pugh Evans
Father
Gounod
Humperdinck
Fairyland Brownie
Girl Scouts
First Presbyterian
Linson H. Stebbins
Christ
Westminster Club
First Baptist
W. H. Green
Saint Peter’s Episcopal
K. C. Wilson
VEW Forms Nonprofit to Build Home for VFW
The Veterans of Foreign Wars in Gallipolis organized a home building program at John E. Halliday’s office. A nonprofit corporation formed with about 120 shares sold at $10 each. stock certificates to be issued. Directors J J Cook W B Saunders W L Ingerick Jim Myers Jim Mayes. Officers Jim Myers president John Mayes vice president W L Ingerick secretary treasurer. A site search underway with First Avenue viewed as most desirable for a clubhouse. plan to purchase land before construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John E. Halliday
J. J. Cook
W. B. Saunders
W. L. Ingerick
Jim Myers
Jim Mayes
John Mayes
First Avenue
River traffic updates from Gallipolis and Kanawha district
River traffic reports list numerous boats moving up and down the Gallipolis locks and Kanawha River segments, with gauges showing upper 18.4 and lower 16.6 feet and Ka nawha Falls rising. Westinghouse jet engine wins CAA approval for commercial aircraft use in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Craig
Ayres
Armstrong
Hoagland
Rowe
Kanawha
Winfield
Solway
Atlas
Louisiana
Winifred
Jones
Wisherd
Charles Zubic
Patriot
Omar
Semet
Kanawha Falls
Philadelphia
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Expedition Ends Abruptly in Canadian Fishing Trip
A Canadian fishing expedition involving Dr H B Thomas Harland Martin and Carl Myers ended suddenly when Mr Myers fell ill and was flown home from Erie Pennsylvania by local airman Roy Pollock. Dr Thomas was recalled following the death of his sister Miss Gwia dus Thomas of Niles a 54 year old attorney and past grand matron of the Eastern Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Canada
H. B. Thomas
Harland Martin
Carl Myers
Myers
Erie
Roy Pollock
Dr. Thomas
Gwiadus Thomas
Niles
Miss Thomas
The
Eastern Star
James Thomas
Births at Holzer Hospital greet new daughter
Mrs. Carl Wilfong of Vinton welcomed a daughter. Other hospital notes list admissions including Frederick C. Rodgers of Gallipolis William Alvis Jr of Jackson Mrs William Riffie Jr of Point Pleasant Mrs Jessie McCormick of Wellston Pearl E Pierce of Gallipolis and discharges for Thomas Sturgill Mrs Charles Wallace Mrs Thomas Allen and daughter Charles Snowden Alva Shoemaker Mrs George Clark Mrs Nellie Davis Janice Ogier Mrs Clark Berry Bernard Massey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick C. Rodgers
Gallipolis
William Alvis, Jr
Jackson
William Riffie, Jr
Point Pleasant
Jessie McCormick
Wellston
Pearl E. Pierce
Thomas Sturgill
Charles Wallace
Thomas Allen
Charles Snowden
Alva Shoemaker
George Clark
Nellie Davis
Janice Ogier
Clark Berry
Bernard Massie
Pt Pleasant Church News Listings Across Denominations
Church notices list services at Trinity Methodist Presbyterian Christ Church and other parishes in Pt Pleasant. Denominations include Methodist Episcopal Episcopal and Lutheran with service times Sunday schools youth fellowships prayer meetings and pulpits announced by ministers Rexrode Landrum Finlay Thomas Capehart and Weirick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Church Parish
Robert Finlay Thomas
Bruce Chapel
Evangelical United Brethren
F. H. Capehart
Heights
C. E. Haney
Vaught Memorial
Beech Hill
Henderson
Mt. Union
Pine Grove
Mason County
George C. Weirick
St. Mark’s
Upper Flats
Late Returns Cut Margin Of Bond Issue
In Point Pleasant Mason County voters backed a school bonds measure and a special levy for improvements with 66.5 percent and 66.3 percent in unofficial tallies. Bonds 3867 total with 2572 yes. levy 3872 total with 2568 yes. Official canvass set for Monday at School Board offices. Three precincts reported data including Union Stevens and Yanger with varying yes counts. Albert Smith posted a police court bond after intoxication and was released from jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Robert H. Ferguson
Board of Education
Union
Bonds
Levy
Stevens
Yanger
Albert Smith
Two GOP Candidates File For August Primary Race
Point Pleasant sees two Republicans file for August primaries with Circuit Court Clerk Vernon Jones. J. F. Wheaton of Ashton seeks the county court vacancy. Willard E. Hesson, former county commissioner, runs for one of three board of education seats. J. M. Kirby already filed March 3 for county commissioner. The July 1 filing deadline and August 1 primary date set the pace for a potential candidate rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
J. F. Wheaton
Ashton
Willard E. Hesson
Glenwood
Wheaton
County Board of Education
Hesson
Mason County
Ernest Hesson
Board of Education
J. M. Kirby
Jones
Roush Rites Are Saturday
Alma May Roush 74 died at 1 30 a m Thursday at the home of her daughter Mrs Dallas Gibbs in Broad Run Community. Surviving are two sons seven daughters and a brother and sister. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2 p m in Broad Run EUB Church. Also notes marriage license issued to George Cornell Fowler and Elizabeth Jo MecCoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Clarke
Louise Gibbs
Irene Justice
Bend
Miles Pickens
Oklahoma City
George Higginbotham
Middleport
Broad Run Eub Church
W. L. Gearhart
L. C. Thompson
George Werrick
Dallas Gibbs Home
Point Pleasant
George Cornell Fowler
Girard Fowler
Ripley Read
Elizabeth Jo MecCoy
Earl Henry McCoy
Hogsett
Free reflector tape for bikes to be issued first come
Charles L. Hornbeck of the Lions Club Safety Committee announces 100 bicycles will receive safety reflector tape for night riding on a first-come basis. Free tape application runs daily from 9 am to 9 pm at Moore's Store 311 Main St in Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Norge
Ams
Charles L. Hornbeck
Lions Club Safety Committee
Rminds
Hornbeck
Moore’s Stowe
Main St
Mason County Land Transfers Section Report
Transactions show multiple parcel transfers in Mason County including 1.64 acres in Springdale Jericho subdivision from John and Beulah McNeil and E Bartow and Nedra Jones to Edward F and Pearl Layton. Additional deeds record transfers from Burdell and Kathryn McKinney to Howard and Sarah Erwin. William E and Johnie B Monroe to William A and Katharine F Woolfitt. A G Mathews to D L Cottrill. Herman and Norene Layne with Lloyd and Mary W Roush to Radford B and Gail O Ingels. Approximately one half of U S energy derives from petroleum and natural gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Beulah McNeil
E. Bartow
Nedra Jones
Edward F
Pearl Layton
Springdale-Jericho
Burdell
Kathryn McKinney
Howard
Sarah Erwin
Lewis
William E
Johnie B. Monroe
William A
Katharine F. Woolfitt
Burdette
Robinson
A. G. Mathews
D. L. Cottrill
Herman
Norene Layne
Lloyd
Mary W. Roush
Radford B
Gail O. Ingels
Waggener
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Loren
Gallia Academy High School
Niday
Plymale
Bardin
Athens
Pomeroy Cement
VEW
Carl Wilfong
Vinton
Pt. Pleasant Church News
Trinity Methodist
S. D. Rexrode
WSCS
Presbyterian
Orie C. Landrum
J. K. Roberts
Pioneer and Youth Fellowship
GM Equipment CO
Norgelontest
Norge Electric Refrigerator
Eac Appi Tance
H Norge
Ohio
West Virginia
G—M Equipment Company
Main Street
Pt. Pleasant, W. Va
International Nickel Co
Mason County News
United States
Ben Franklin Co
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