James Stark of Huntington Dies of Heart Attack
James Stark of Huntington, formerly of Middleport, died suddenly at his Huntington home from a heart attack. His death followed a week after his brother Reed Stark’s death in Huntington. He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs William Stark. Surviving are his wife two children James and Mary Ann, a sister Mrs Jessie Blevins of Portsmouth and a brother Harvey, Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
James Stark
Huntington
Stark
Reed Stark
William Stark
James
Mary Ann Huntington
Jessie Blevins
Portsmouth
Harvey, Huntington
Point Pleasant Sites Readied For Celanese Industrial Use
Landowners at Gallipolis Ferry who sold farms to Celanese Corporation of America are preparing sites for the plant within 60 days. Former owners may remove buildings over about two months. John Ord and family buy Dudding farm. plans to move buildings to new Mason dairy. C. T. Smith buys Pitchford farm near Adamaville. Tom McGuffin to tear down some structures. Rolfe Lee to sell buildings intact. Celanese has not set a construction start date.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis Ferry
Celanese Corporation of America
John Ord
Celanese
Dudding
Mason
Cc. T. Smith
Pitchford
Adamavville
Ohio
Tom McGuffin
Rolfe Lee
Home Building and Repairs Advancing in Middleport
In Middleport, home construction and renovations advance through summer. Claude Leonard builds a one floor plan home on Hysell Street with a large living room two bedrooms kitchen and bath. The former Seyfried property is being remodeled for J J Davises with one apartment ready for occupancy. The Prick building on N Second Ave houses Hat snap. B F Parmalee finishes repairs on Lincoln Street and nearby Emmish family awaits reoccupation after fire. extensive kitchen repairs redecoration rewiring plastering and paint jobs continue amid slow work due to poor weather as paint wallpaper and decor stores see strong demand.
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Hysell St
Bath
Seyfried
J. J. Davises
Prick
N. Second Ave
Hat
C. A. Emmishes
Miss Maxine Smith and William Seyfried Wed in Pomeroy
In a candlelight ceremony at Federated Church Pomeroy Miss Maxine Louise Smith daughter of Mrs Leslie Green and the late Robert Smith and Junior William Seyfried sergeant USMC son of Mr and Mrs W G Seyfried exchanged vows The Rev Harold Hess officiated Guests included the groom’s family and many area residents The couple will reside in Rapid City SD where Seyfried is stationed after a brief wedding trip
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Middleport
Federated Church
Pomeroy
Maxine Louise Smith
Leslie Green
Athens
Robert Smith
William Seyfried
United States Marine Corps
Amd
W. G. Seyfried
Harrisonville Road
Harold Hess
Ben Neutzling
Marvin Burt
Davening
Homer Rice
Amy Haffelt
Gallipolis
Robert Seyfried
Denver Rice
Green
Seyfried
Bonnie Jean Elchinger Kelly
Marie
Houdashelt
Rapid City
South Dakota
Miss Smith
Middleport High School
Pomeroy High School
Kroger Company
Rapid City Air Force Base
William Darst
Columbus
Christian C. Seyfried
Gerald Kelly
Bertha Seyfried
Joseph Sisson
Roy Seyfried
Harold Heas
Charles Sayre
Allen Eiehhinger
William Eichinger
Lawson Seyfried
Avery Drenner
Glenn Nichols
Jennings Wayland
Jane Bailey
Peggy Johnson
Hartford
Leste Green
George DeWoese
Marie Houdashelt
Edgar Darst
Sumner
Carl Nichols
Rutland
Ralph Parker
Fred Edward Smith
Chester
Cleo Adams
Mary Fasterday
Racine
William Eichinger, Jr
William Houdashelt
Syracuse
Ronald K. Canaday
Raymond Gooch
Gallipotis
Chester High Alumni Banquet Planned for Saturday
The Chester High School Alumni Association will hold its annual banquet at the high school gymnasium Saturday evening. Russell's Restaurant will serve the banquet, starting at 7 p.m. The Chuck Stanley orchestra will provide music for dancing from 8 p.m. to midnight. Alumni and their spouses are invited. Mrs. Alta Nelson is the association president.
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Pomeroy
Chester High School Alumni Association
High School
Russell’s
Chuck Stanley
Alta Nelsom
Point Clinic Notes Admitted And Released Patients
Admitted Olive Hassell of Sand Hit Road for a surgical case and Mrs Mary Kemp of Pt Pleasant Route 2 underwent surgical procedures. Released were Mrs Clarence McCarty and her daughter from Apple Grove.
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Olive Hassell
Mary Kemp
Pleasant Route 2
Surgical
Clarence McCarty
Apple Grove
Daniel Vincent Dies at Age 83 in Glouster
Daniel Vincent 83 died Tuesday morning at his daughter Mary Conrad’s home in Columbus after a one week illness. Born in Morgan County to Aca and Mary LeFever Vincent, he lived much of his life there. Survived by wife Rose who died in 1907, three sons James Ada Oklahoma Charles Millfield John Joy Ohio, daughter Mary Conrad, seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 3 pm at Liberty Hill Church by Rev. John Devol. Burial Liberty Hill Cemetery. Friends may call John Brower funeral home Glouster.
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Glouster
Daniel Vincent
Mary Conrad
Columbus
Morgan County
Aca
Mary LeFever Vincent
Rose Vincent
James
Ada
Okla
Charles
Millfield
John
Joy
Ohio
Conrad
Liberty Hill Church
John Devol
Liberty Hill Cemetery
John Brower
Two Drivers Are Fined In Point Pleasant
Two operators faced fines Tuesday morning from a local magistrate for road law violations. Wilbert Ferrell Wamsley of West Virginia was fined 50 dollars and costs with a six month license revocation for driving under the influence. James Rayburn Long of Hannan District paid 10 dollars and costs for a vehicle with defective brakes. State Police arrested men in the incident.
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Point Pleasant
Wilbert Ferrell Wamsley
West Virginia
James Rayburn Long
Hannan District
Marriage Obscured by Small Town Details in Pt Pleasant
Mrs Katie Mayes of Bellemead announces the Mash It marriage of her daughter Wanda Mae Gay to Seaman Lemon Paul Jones son of Mr and Mrs Franz Jones Parson W Va. The ceremony was held at Trinity Methodist Church parsonage with Rev Rexrode officiating. The bride wore a gray gabardine suit with pink accessories and a pink rosebud corsage. Attendants were Mr and Mrs William H Bacon. The groom, stationed at the local Coast Guard base, and the couple reside with the bride's mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Mayes
Bellemead
Wanda Mae Gay
Seaman Lemon Paul Jones
Franz Jones
Parson
W. Va
Trinity Methodist Church
D. Rexrode
William H. Bacon
Fire damages home in Point Pleasant
Firefighters from Point Pleasant respond to an early morning blaze at the home of Robert Siders in Henderson. The fire started from a skillet on the stove and caused about 25 dollars in damage, burning window curtains and the kitchen ceiling. Firemen D M Harshbarger Otto Shobe and Ralph Thomas assisted at 8 05 am.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Siders
Henderson
Mason County Land Transfers Copy from Mason County records
C F Fadeley transfers 5 acres to Mason County Board of Education in Clendenin District. J L Morgan and Verena Morgan transfer lot 10 block I Point Pleasant development to Herman L Morgan and Phyllis Morgan. W H Foster and Agnes Foster transfer 110 acres to Methodist Episcopal Church in Hannah District. Leighton Van Matre transfers 9 acres to Freda M Vickers in Waggener District. W G Darst and Lena Darst transfer lot 12 block 12 Mt Vernon Heights to John W Devault and Jean Adele Devault. Homer W Smith and Margaret Smith transfer lot 34 Country Club Addition to Point Pleasant.
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C.F. Fadeley
Board of Education
Mason County
Clendenin
J. L. Morgan
Verena Morgan
Herman L. Morgan
Phyllis Morgan
Point Pleasant
W. H. Foster
Agnes Irene Foster
Hannan
Leighton van Matre
Freda M. Vickers
Waggener
W. G. Darst
Lena Darst
John W. Devault
Jean Adele Devault
Mt. Vernon Heights
4-H Leader Conference Slated for Thursday
POMEROY Ohio M Ferguson director of extension service of Ohio State University will speak at the annual 4 H Officers and Advisers Conference at the Pomeroy Junior High School auditorium Thursday at 6 pm A program to help the 4 H Clubs of Meigs County develop a better program through the season includes group sessions reports and a period of recreation following the opening program
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Pomeroy
M. Ferguson
Extension Service
Ohio State University
Pomeroy Junior High
Meigs County
Middleport residents treated at local hospitals
Patients including Miss Mary Park of Middleport were treated for a broken arm after a Thursday fall at Meigs General Hospital and returned home Sunday on N Third Ave. Mrs Paul French recuperates at Holizer Hospital, listed as a medical patient with pneumonia but satisfactory progress reported.
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Middleport
Mary Park
Meigs General Hospital
Third Ave
Paul French
Holizer Hospital
Visiting relatives across towns in Ohio and Maryland
Mr and Mrs Charles Harmon of Main St visit son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Willard Sisson of Gallipolis with Mrs Paul F Thomas and daughter Shirley, and Mrs Julia Pearl Spencer of Jefferson RBivd visiting relatives in Clarksburg and Cumberland Md. Mr and Mrs James Hall and children Terry and Natalie of Vernon Ave spend holidays with his sister and family in Columbus. Mr and Mrs S O Buckalew of Charleston were weekend guests of sister Mrs Flaura Kapp on Ohio River Road. Mr and Mrs Herbert Sanger and Bobby Songer of Athens were guests here weekend of Mrs Elmer Songer and visited surgical patient Mr Songer at Holzer Hospital. Wendell Smith of Ripley Rd was a business visitor in Charleston on Tuesday.
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Charles Harmon
Main St
Willard Sisson
Gallipolis
Paul F. Thomas
Shirley
Julia Pearl Spencer
Jefferson
Rbivd
Clarksburg
Cumberland
James Hall
Terry
Natalie
Vernon Ave
Columbus
S. O. Buckalew
Charleston
Flaura Kapp
Ohio River Road
Herbert Sanger
Bobby Songer
Athens
Elmer Songer
Songer
Holzer Hospital
Wendell Smith
Ripley Rd
Plants Rites Are Thursday
Funeral services for James Olmer Plants 61 died Tuesday at his home three miles east of here on the Kanawha River will be held Thursday at 2 p m Conducted by Rev E Haney of Concord Baptist Church with Rev M M Malcolm assisting Interment will follow at the church cemetery Pallbearers include Rudolph Rogers Ray Crank Arthur McCoy Van Robbins Forrest Simpkins and Homer Litchfield Friends may call at the home.
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Point Pleasant
James Olmer Plants
Kanawha River
E. Haney
Concord Baptist Church
M. M. Malcolm
Rudolph Rogers
Ray Crank
Arthur McCoy
van Robbins
Forrest Simpkins
Homer Litchfield
Dance Honors Local Shriners in Point Pleasant Event
Mason County Shriners will host a dinner and dance at the Moose Home in Point Pleasant, organized by the Beni Kedem Temple of Charleston. About 145 invitations were issued. dinner at 6 45 pm and dancing from 9 pm to midnight with music by Shadle Davidson and Vaughn. Okey Burdette leads the local Shrine Club. Leonard Fields and Eileen Clark, both of New Haven, request a marriage license.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Charleston
A. E. Thomas
Shrine Club
Shadle
Davidson
Vaughn
Okey Burdette
Shriners
Leonard Fields
New Haven
Eileen Clark
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Claude Leonard
Snap
B. F. Parmalee
Lincoln St
Associated Radio
Harry A. Miller
Main Street
Howard B. Mullen
St .Youn Oy
Rand
Hartley & Bennett
Shoe Store
Hamilton
Elgin and Bulova
Syracuse Chine
Heisey
Fe Jewelers
Maxine Smith
Schmoll
Furniture
Chester High
Pleasant
Featuring
Buck Steel
Ft. Pleasant Kiwanis Ch
Child Welfare Fund
O. P. Weyland
Far East Air Forces
George E. Smeyer
G . Weyland
Far East
Homer W. Smith
Margaret Smith
Arnold M. Pettingill
Jayne S. Pettingill
Patr
Phillips Sisters Style
Court St
Shirley Lee
Dickie's
Elberfelds
Becky
Downiegross,inc
Pomeroy, Ohio
Arrow Sport
Palm Beach
Stetson
Bonar-Phelps
Catalina
New York
E. Main St
J Pomeroy, Ohio
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