Fire damages Gallipolis Ferry home in upstairs closet blaze
A fire started in an upstairs closet while children played at the Lee Henry home near the Gallipolis Ferry railroad station. Neighbors helped remove belongings as firemen fought the six room frame house blaze, insured losses estimated at 400 to 500 for content and 500 to 1000 for the house.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Lee Henry
Linda
Billy
Ronald Ray
Henrys
Bob
Roy
Henry
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Gallipolis Ferry
Bill Leport
D. M. Harshbarger
Harry Flowers
Rance] Jiiden
Jim Stewart
Marshall Bonecutter
Carl Simpkins
Okey Blizzard
Billy Huddleston
Farm Bureau Seeks Truck Data in West Virginia Study
West Virginia Farm Bureau leaders launch a one page questionnaire to farm truck owners to measure highway use and determine if farmers pay more than their share of truck license fees. The effort follows a 1951 motor vehicle law discontent and aims to propose a special farm truck classification with a $17.50 license fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Farm Bureau
West Virginia
Stamps Sought For Wounded Veterans In Point Pleasant
The Junior Women's Club seeks stamps for hospitalized veterans. They need foreign stamps, U S stamps over three cents, and commemoratives. Donations of money or albums are also welcome. Contact Mrs G A Biggs at 123 Pleasant St or 119 J.
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Point Pleasant
U. S
G. A. Biggs
Pleasant St
Andrew Leishman Dies in Charleston
Funeral services for 60 year old Andrew Leishman were held Tuesday at the Leishman home in St. Albans after his death Sunday in a Charleston hospital. His widow is a cousin of Mrs. B W Krodel, Mrs. Earl Arnett of Point Pleasant, and Mrs. Hugh Curry of Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Andrew Leishman
Leishman
Kanawha Terrace
St. Albans
Charleston
B. W. Krodel
Earl Arnett
Hugh Curry
Point Clinic Admits and Discharges Patients
Admitted Clair Cottrill of Point Pleasant Route 1 for surgery. Sherman Graham of Leon treated as medical patient. Released Mrs. Billy Hite Nebbargall and her infant daughter of Point Pleasant. Mrs. Guy Badgley and her infant son from Buffalo discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Cottrill
Point Pleasant
Sherman Graham
Leon
Billy Hite Nebbargall
Guy Badgley
Buffalo
Tuppers Plains WSCS Meeting and Local Notices
The Tuppers Plains WSCS met November 3 at Mrs. Vivian Hoffman's home with ten members and one visitor, Carrie Baker. Plans were made for a December 13 family Christmas party. Several local residents were noted visiting, moving, or recovering from an automobile accident, including Homer Milner and Claudia Weather man.
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Tuppers Plains
WSCS
Vivian Hoffman
Phyllis Rowan
Carrie Baker
Myrtle Boggess
Harry P. Smith
Niesel Weatherman
Gertrude Hoffman
Jack Weatherman
Myrtle
Iva Fields
Tall
Mary Nickels
Selah McClone
Ida Dorst
Diana
Marriage Licenses Reported for Mason Clifton Couples
Winfield Van Meter 31 of Mason and Betty Roush 21 of Clifton. William Henry Hogsett Jr 34 of Point Pleasant and Inez Louise Monroe 25 of Point Pleasant. Rummage Sale Set in Point Pleasant Lambda Chi Omega sorority sponsors sale November 14 to 22 in Safford Studio rooms on Main Street.
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Winfield van Meter
Mason
Betty Roush
Clifton
William Henry Hogsett, Jr
Point Pleasant
Inez Louise Monroe
Lambda Chi Omega
Safford Studio
Main Street
State Broiler Production Project Starts
A West Virginia broiler project to promote efficient production was announced by H. D. Thorne of Preston County. Sponsored by the West Virginia Poultry Association, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Beckley Area Rural Development Council, and West Virginia University, it will run for one year from the placement of the first brood. Participants must start between November 1, 1952 and January 31, 1953, with judging based on records, feed conversion, meat production per floor space, and income above operating costs.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
H. D. Thorne
Horse Shoe Run
Preston County
West Virginia Poultry Association
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Beckly Area Rural Development Council
West Virginia University
Poultry House
Jersey Club Award Recognizes West Virginia University Herd
West Virginia University in Point Pleasant receives its sixth constructive breeder award from the American Jersey Cattle Club. The program emphasizes herd improvement and breed promotion with most herd animals bred or owned by the university for at least four years. Twelve cows are yearlong on the Jersey registry program, averaging 7657 pounds milk and 424 pounds butterfat annually. 92.85 percent of the herd was home bred or owned for four years.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia University
American Jersey Cattle Club
Jersey Breed Registry
Columbus
University
Jersey
Largent To Deliver Thanksgiving Sermon
The Union Thanksgiving Service will be held at Heights Evangelical United Brethren Church in Point Pleasant on November 26 at 7:30 p.m. Rev John Largent Jr of the local Presbyterian Church will deliver the sermon. The Ministerial Association sponsors the service and invites the public. the host church choir will provide music.
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Point Pleasant
The
Heights
Mason Iowa Couple Wed At Evangelical United Brethren Church
Nora Diene Schwartz daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl R Schwartz and James Martin Rhoden son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Rhoden of Boynton Beach Fla were united in marriage Nov 5 at 2 30 pm at the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Mason Rev L R Mahoney officiated maid of honor Rose Ross and best man Carl Schwartz Jr The bride a Wa hama High School graduate works at Sylvania Point Pleasant The groom serves in the US Navy at Pensacola Fla They left for Florida the same day to visit his brother in the Army en route to Alaska Rhoden must report back to base Nov 17.
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Mason
Nora Diene Schwartz
Carl R. Schwartz
James
Martin Rhoden
Lloyd Rhoden
Boynton Beach
Fla
Evangelical United Brethren Church
L. R. Mahoney
Rose Ross
Carl Schwartz, Jr
Ross
Wahama High School
Sylvania
Point Pleasant
United States Naval Service
Naval
Pensacola
Florida
Alaska
Mr. Rhoden
Letart Falls Social Notes Spotlight Village Visits
Letart Falls social notes record visits and gatherings. Various residents and relatives travel between Gallipolis North Braddock Elmonte and other nearby towns to spend time with family. Ohio events include the Ohio Young Farmers Association convention and a football game in Columbus.
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Letart Falls
H. A. Fenster
Gallipolis
R. D. de Witt
Lewis Roush
North Braddock
Springfield
Ohio
Veatrice McClintock
Guy Neigler
Carmen Lanere
East Liverpool
Lanere
E. L. Cross
Monroe Sheets
Keith
Centenary
A. R. Sheets
Victor Wolfe
Ohio Young Farmers Annual Association
Columbus
Ohio State
Pittsburgh
Elson Spencer
Chester
W. H. Wagner
David and
Charles
Stockport
Wheeling
G. W. Sayre
Ohio Valley Grange
Bert Grimm
Ernest Wingett
Edward Simpson
Racine
Cleveland
Grand Chapter
CBS
Virgie Cummins
Detroit
Mich
Guy Kelley
Mary Ferrell
Parkersburg
E. M. Shuler
J. D. Heiney
L. L. Nice
E. S. Thaxton Fell
Hemlock Grove Bazaar Set For Nov 22 Evening
Hemlock Grove Church will host a bazaar in the church basement on Saturday evening November 22. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Midkiff of Michigan are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Porter Midkiff. Rita Schultheiss of Marietta spent a weekend with her father, Edmund Schultheiss.
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Hemlock Grove
Otis Midkiff
Michigan
Porter Midkiff
Rita Schultheiss
Marietta
Edmund Schultheiss
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Carder. Wedding Announced in Point Pleasant
Mrs. Edward Carder hosts a stork shower with prizes for Mrs. William Crumley Hollie Carder and Don Taylor and gifts from Mrs. Howard Carder and others. Betty Charrymne Colley and Richard Kyle Walters wed at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev Rexrode officiating. The bride, a Point Pleasant High School 1950 graduate, wore a brown tweed suit. guests included Jean Doolittle as maid of honor. The groom, Middleport High School 1950 alum, serves with the U S Coast Guard in Alexandria Virginia. Out‑of‑town guests attended from Ashland Kentucky New Haven and Henderson.
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Edward Carder
Clifford Carder
Burdette Adda
William Crumley
Hollie Carder
Don _Taylor
Fred Gibbs
George Carder
James Duncan
Robert McCulloch
Walter Rice
Cyril Carder
Walter Crumley
Otis Rice
Don Taylor
Howard Carder
Ray McClure
Harold Carder
Betty
Charymne Colley
Richard Kyle Walters
Guy Walters
Middleport
Trinity Methodist Church
Walters
Frank Capehart
Point Pleasant High School
Thespians
Middleport High School
U. S. Coast Guard
Alexandria
R. E. Hearns
W. E. Colley
Ashland
Sam Walters
Mae Elias
Stanley Colley
New Haven
Robert Mayes
Henderson
Lambda Chi Omega plans dinner and rummage sale
At a Monday meeting in the Moose Home the Lambda Chi Omega sorority scheduled a pot luck dinner for members and husbands on Friday November 28. A rummage sale was set for Friday November 14 in rooms formerly used by Safford Studio on Main Street. President Mrs. J A Shinn led the session with attendees listed.
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Lambda Chi Omega
Moose Home
Safford Studio
Main St
J. A. Shinn
J. A
Names of attendees listed at social gathering
A long list includes Shinn, Mrs. Donald Getty, Mr. Ronald White, Mrs. Woodrow Thompson, Mrs. Chinson, Mrs. Gene Crow, Mrs. James Rayburn, Mrs. Vitus Hartley Jr., Mrs. O. Frederick Staats, Mrs. Rodney Pullins, Mrs. Hasily Sibley, Mrs. Carroll Kennedy, Mrs. J. W. Burdette, Mrs. Casby Meadows, Jir., Mrs. J. M. Schlosser, Mrs. Jack Tracy and Mrs. C. L. Head.
Local Socials Include Visits and Auto Show Attendance
Point Pleasant residents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lewis visited Mrs. Sarah Wentz in Huntington on Sunday. Georgia Martin and Clayton Pullins with Mason County Motor seen at a 1953 Oldsmobile display. Lawrence Mohr attended the Southern District Funeral Directors Association meeting at Robinson's Lakeside Inn near Huntington.
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Ed Lewis
Main St
Georgia Martin
Fifth St
Sarah Wentz
Huntington
Clayton Pullins
A. R
Mason County Motor
Lawrence Mohr
Southern District Funeral Directors Association
Robinson's Lakeside Inn
Police Round Up Over 100 in Communist Front Crackdown
Bangkok police rounded up more than 100 people in a crackdown aimed at alleged Communist-front activities. Authorities reported sweeping arrests and detentions across multiple areas as part of the operation.
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Bangkok
Thailand
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Homer Milner
J. R. Ritter
Bragg
Methodist Church
W. W. Bragg
California
Samuel Clarke
Canton
Robert Cole
Dorcas Needle Club
Rubal Caldwell
Frank Cole
Curtis Bailey
Athens
Wilbur
C. O
Newland
Robert Marcinko
Success
Phyllis Newland
Largent
James Martin Rhoden
Letart
John Wolfe
Mr. Wolfe
Air Force
Tom
Napa
Calif
Aaron
Spokane
Wash
Richard Roush
Smoky Mountains
L. G. Jeffries
Bidwell
J. S. Colley
Mar
Athens Messenger
Butler Brothers
Rayon
Mooresville
Burlington
Tex
LACE
Dolman
the Pioneers
Fisher
Department Store
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Fisher's
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