Point To Seek Aid For Street Repaying
Point Pleasant plans a $400000 accelerated public works grant for street repairs from 27th Street to 22nd Street and adjacent roads with property owner assessments at one fourth. A second $350000 grant for a new city building and fire station will follow once a site is chosen.
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Point Pleasant
27Th St
22Nd St
Vansickle Ct
Mason Blvd
McCullogh
Marietta Rd
Lincoln
Monroe
Council
Free concert draws 600 at Gallia Academy High
Frances Archer and Beverly Gile entertained about 600 at Gallia Academy High School in Gallia County for the first Tri-County Community Concert of the season. About half the audience were students admitted free to encourage memberships at $3 for the remaining three 1962-63 concerts. The program featured foreign selections followed by an American section with revival songs and several encores.
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Gallipolis
Frances Archer
Beverly Gile
Gallia Academy High School
Tri-County
High
Barbary
Massidena
Cara Mamma
Nina Boboh
Mason County Land Transfers Report
Ershal F Brooks transfers Cooper District real estate to Lora Mae Brown. Blaine and Phyllis Devault transfer Cologne District real estate to Elzie and Grace Devault.
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Ershal F. Brooks
Cooper
Lora Mae Brown
Blaine and
Phyllis Devault
Cologne
Elzie
Grace Devault
Mason Reality Co
Lewis
William Filson
Charles and
Oakley Willet
Orval
Jane Fielder
Bartow
Nedra Jones
Point Pleasant
John
Mary Louise Spiggle
Hilda Coleman
Joe
Audrey Hammack
William
Thelma Filson
R. A
Frances Smith
Russell
Mavis Endicott
Cleo
Wanda Holley
Wanda Wedge
Everett
Alpha Wedge
Frances Wedge
Jack and
Orbie Cockburn
W. J
Grace Somerville
Robinson
Clair L. Cottrill
Cora Barker
Nellie Nott
Glenn S. McCarty
Clendenin
Emma Lee McCarty
Douglas
Charlotte Rice
Mary Kallell
Arthur and
Nannalee Newsome
Helen
William Underwood
George and
Orpha Morris
Cooper District
West Virginia Sees Forests as Key Industry Growth
Governor William W Barron said West Virginia wood products may become a leading state industry as firms show strong interest in hardwood resources. Edward P Cliff of the U S Forest Service cited potential to double timber production and create over 50 000 jobs through better forest management.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
William Wallace Barron
Charleston Civic Center
Barron
Edward P. Cliff
U. S. Forest Service
Cliff
CEA Dinner Set Thursday Highlights Point Pleasant Meeting
The Point Pleasant area hosts a Mason County Education Association and Classroom Teachers Association dinner at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev. William C. Bowie as speaker. James Andrews leads music. Rev. L Curtis Saville gives the invocation. Bruce Jefferies speaks at the Point Pleasant Junior Women’s Club meeting.
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Point Pleasant
William C. Bowie
Clarksburg
Trinity Methodist Church
Mason County Education Association
Classroom Teachers Association
James Andrews
L. Curtis Saville
Eugene Sterrett
Joint Funeral Service Set For Wednesday
A joint funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 p m in Eddy Chapel for Leo Lester VanKirk 21 and his brother Dorence 17 of Point Pleasant Route 2 killed in a one car crash Saturday night Burial will be in the church cemetery In Point Pleasant Mrs Lewis Telle will speak on The Winter Care and Feeding of Wild Birds at the Tu Endie Wei Garden Club meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Mrs James Shadle Mt Vernon Farms
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Point Pleasant
Eddy Chapel
Leo Lester VanKirk
Dorence
Church Cemetery
Lewis Telle
Tu-Endie-Wei Garden Club
James Shadle
Mt. Vernon Farms
Charles Dunn Funeral Set at Mount Union Church
Charles E Dunn 69 of Pliny dies after long illness. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p m Mount Union Methodist Church Pliny officiated by Rev Peter Grandall. He was a former state road right of way agent and Mason County road maintenance supervisor. Surviving wife Dave Meeks Dunn two other sons Eugene Denver and Kenneth St Albans one sister Leola Livezey seven grandchildren. Burial Mount Union Cemetery. Friends may call at Pliny residence.
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Point Pleasant
Charles E. Dunn
Pliny
Mount Union Methodist Church
Peter Grandall
Dunn
Mason County
Clifford Dunn
Camp Conley
Point Pleasant High School
Dave Meeks Dunn
Eugene
Denver
Colo
Kenneth Dunn
St. Albans
Leola Livezey
Galloway
Ohio
Mount Union Cemetery
New Haven Church Hosts EUB Men Meeting in Point Pleasant
New Haven Evangelical United Brethren Church hosted the Point Pleasant District EUB Men gathering. Rev. Roy McCoy announced upcoming events including a pre Thanksgiving supper, prayer meetings, and the annual congregational meeting with officer elections. A revival with Rev. Bud Hatfield is planned, and Gideon laymen will be guest speakers on November 18.
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Point Pleasant
New Haven
McCoy
Bud Hatfield
Gideon
William Wyant to Face Hearing on Three Counts
William Wyant 47 of New Haven will face a hearing at 4 p m Tuesday in Justice of Peace Court before A M Goodwin on three counts including a peace warrant, a complaint by his wife, assault and battery, and tampering with a vehicle as per Oscar Grimm who filed the complaint.
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Point Pleasant
William Wyant
New Haven
Justice of Peace Court
A. M. Goodwin
Oscar Grimm
Central Grade School Conducts Emergency Drill
Mil ton Burdett, principal of Central Grade School, reported two emergency and alert drills Monday. Students formed a one block safe route home while teachers stood by at street crossings to aid pupils if police were unavailable.
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Point Pleasant
Milton Burdett
Central Grade School
Board Notes on Evacuation Drill and Bus Loading
The Board of Education thanks citizens for cooperation during a recent evacuation drill. They note need for more help at intersections and with bus loading. Bus operations saved 5 to 42 minutes. Mason County’s longest run is 1 hour 22 minutes, with a 42 minute saving. Warren Keefer urges continued parent and student cooperation for about 5000 transported students. England moves Greenwich Observatory to Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex.
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Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Mason County
Warren Keefer
Hunters Fined for Violation in Point Pleasant Area
Three men faced fines of 20 with costs for hunting without permission cited by Justice A M Goodwin after conservation officer Miles Durst named Earl Tackett Yawkey W Va John Burnette Garrison W Va and Howard E Dunlay Yawkey They also fined two Point Pleasant men 10 and costs for intoxication Scott Grant Burleson received 5 and costs for failing to control a vehicle Fred Cassity Portsmouth Va paid 10 and costs for defacing traffic Howard A Bullin Statesville N C posted 20 50 bond for failing to have a vehicle under control.
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Point Pleasant
Justice of Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Miles Durst
Earl Tackett
Yawkey
W. Va
John Burnette
Garrison
Howard E. Dunlay
Richard Hogg
Gaylord Thomas
Scott Grant Burleson
Fred Cassity
Portsmouth
Howard A. Bullin
Statesville
N. C
Auto Crash Near Mt. Alto Causes Property Damage
Trooper Robert Blair reported a one car accident on Route 33 near Mt. Alto at 8 a.m. Monday. Howard A. Bullin of Statesville North Carolina, 45, ran off the highway, knocked down a fence and damaged a cement walk at the Clarence E. Sayre residence. No injuries were reported and damage was estimated at 400 dollars. Bullin was cited for failure to have his vehicle under control.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Blair
Mt. Alto
Howard A. Bullin
Statesville
N. C
Clarence E. Sayre
Poinsettia Pamphlet on Care Issued for West Virginia
Clifford W. Collier Jr. announces a free pamphlet titled Poinsettia Rock Ready Poinsettia Rock Ready. The House and Garden Series 2 guides poinsettia care from temperature needs to pruning and pest control, available through county extension agents.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Clifford W. Collier, Jr
State Extension
West Virginia University
County Extension
Pleasant Valley Hospital Discharges And Admits In Ohio
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs. Richard Sayre from Point Pleasant and Douglas Knapp of Syracuse Ohio. Ottie Roush in New Haven, Debra Bowser in Henderson, Pearl Walker in Gallipolis Ferry, and Mrs. Lawthie Ward in Vinton. Discharges include Buck Foreman from Leon Sherman Graham from Leon and Goldie Ingel from Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Sayre
Point Pleasant
Douglas Knapp
Syracuse
Ohio
Ottie Roush
New Haven
Debra Sue Bowser
Henderson
Pearl Walker
Gallipolis Ferry
Lawthie Ward
Vinton
Buck Foreman
Leon
Sherman Graham
Goldie Ingel
Mason
Gideon field day to visit few city churches next Sunday
A Gideons field day will visit a limited number of city and county churches next Sunday morning in the Point Pleasant area. Due to late planning and few visiting speakers, only select churches will host the Gideons with more speakers planned for spring to finish the year's program.
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Point Pleasant
Gideons
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