New Haven Native Set For TV Appearance
John D. Layne, Wahama High School and Marshall University grad, won first in a Huntington WTVN-TV talent contest and will appear on the Joey Bishop Show this Friday from Hollywood. The ABC program airs 11:30 p.m. weeknights. local telecasts on WTVN Channel 6 Columbus and WHTN with Friday reversal to 1 a.m. due to Layne. He won a $1,000 prize, sung at summer resorts, and with Huntington Symphony Orchestra. Layne lives at 2921 Royal Drive Owensboro Kentucky, works in Harv ey aluminum personnel, is son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Layne of New Haven. wife Charlotte Parsons teaches in Owensboro City Schools.
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Point Pleasant
John D. Layne
Wahama High School
Marshall University
Wtvn-Tv
Huntington
Joey Bishop
Hollywood
Abc-Tv
Columbus
Whtn-Tv
Layne
Channel 13
Huntington Symphony Orchestra
Royal Drive
Owensboro
Harvey Aluminum Corp
Harry 0. Layne
New Haven
Charlotte Parsons
Vienna
Owensboro City
West Virginia history notes and Christmas parade plans
A survey of West Virginia milestones mentions Buffington Island battles in 1863, WSAZ radio debut in 1923, Jefferson’s 1806 militia order at Blennerhassett Island, Nathan Goff’s Navy appointment in 1880, a massive governor’s reception carpet, the Capitol’s beauty and 1938 cost, Stonewall Jackson’s boyhood site gift for a 4H Camp, and the idea of Christmas Fever. It also notes Point Pleasant Christmas decorations and a parade by the Junior Women’s Club featuring nursery rhymes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
United States
Buffington Island
Ravenswood
WSAZ
Huntington
Thomas Jefferson
Blennerhassett Island
Parkersburg
Aaron Burr
Herman Blennerhassett
Nathan Goff
State Capitol
Charleston
Stonewall Jackson
Weston
State of
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
Monongahela Power Company
Sixth Street
Point Pleasant
Santa Claus
Middleport Personal News and Court Actions
Middleport social notes record Mr and Mrs William Bland and daughters visiting Akron guests. Carla Bland’s 11th birthday celebrated at a family dinner. Additional visits from Miss Maxine Bennett Columbus and Mr and Mrs Ver non Rogers Oak Harbor. Pomeroy sees two divorce suits filed. Elsie Roush sues Roy Roush for wilful absence gross neglect cruelty. Alda Jane Wines sues by Joseph Wilbur Wines for gross neglect. Enterprise Church seeks court permission to sell parsonage property to Edwin and Ollie Cozart for 1000. Raymond Spires Dexter pled guilty to attempted rape and faces an indeterminate Ohio Penitentiary term.
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William Bland
Carla
Cathy
Akron
Guy Reynolds
Minerva Childers
Maxine Bennett
Columbus
Vernon Rogers
Jim
Oak Harbor
Charles Bennett
Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Evelyn Locke
Roy Roush
Sara Ave
Elsie Roush
Joseph Wilbur Wines
Cheshire Route 2
Alda Jane Wines
Enterprise Church
Edwin
Ollie Cozart
Raymond Spires
Dexter
John C. Bacon
Ohio
Meigs
Robert Hamtenbach
Point Pleasant Board Delays Gymnatorium Contract Decision
Point Pleasant Board of Education delayed a decision on the gymnatorium contract, voting to study the matter until the next meeting. The low bid from Person Construction Co. was 324,130, with deletions proposed to bring costs down to about 258,943 including subcontractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hyre
Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Person Construction Co
I. Brooks Smith
William Frampton
Jockers
Lippert Plumbing and Heating
Columbus
G. A. Biggs
Biggs
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital notes
Holzer Hospital notes report births for James Mullens Jr. and John Altizer in Gallipolis and Pomeroy, a daughter for John Wilson in Pomeroy. The list also records a long roster of admitted patients including Wallace Houck Gallipolis, Michael Bane Point Pleasant, Harry Roush II Mason, plus many others across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mullens Jr
Vinton
John Altizer
Gallipolis
John Wilson
Pomeroy
Wallace M. Houck
Michael D. Bane
Point Pleasant
Harry C. Roush II
Mason
Kenneth McManus
Wellston
John Betts
Pak Hill
Leonard Biffle
Roger Lane Wilson
Point Watson
Minersville
Leland Pleasant
Clerc Sayre
William D. Riggs
Curtis Christian
Ironton
Thomas E. Slater
Jackson
Deborah Ann Carhart
Michael Winnings
New Haven
James S. Blakeman
Tronton
Virginia Slayton
Apple Grove
Earl H. Dean
Chester
Ethel Kuhn
Leah Ann Werner
Warren Skidmore
Bidwell
Leroy Bartrum
Metta Staten
Trenton
Rio Grande Hosts Inaugural College Debate Tournament
Rio Grande College held its first annual debate tournament with 21 teams from 16 colleges nationwide. Individual oratory honors went to Linda Kurtz of Ohio University, Art Bochner of California State College (Pa.), and Jerry Stump of Ohio University, while West Virginia University captured the Sweepstakes Trophy for the highest average team score across events.
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Rio Grande
Linda Kurtz
Ohio University
Art Bochner
California State College
Jerry Stump
West Virginia University
Pleasant Valley Hospital Births Report
Birth notices from Pleasant Valley Hospital list a daughter for Mr and Mrs James Meadows of Point Pleasant, with additional names including Mrs James Walters Point Pleasant Scott McDermitt Henderson Mrs William Jeffers South Side Jesse Martin Jason Sturgeon Mrs Robert Dunn Roy Darst and Edward Yester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Meadows
Point Pleasant
James Walters
Scott McDermitt
Henderson
William Jeffers
South Side
Jesse Martin
Jason Sturgeon
Mrs
Robert Dunn
Roy Darst
Edward Yester
Re-Elected To Position At Heights EUB Church
Clair Lee Cottrill was re-elected church school superintendent at the Heights EUB Church annual meeting in Point Pleasant. Darrell Cox became assistant superintendent, Thomas Bumgarner was re-elected lay leader, Thornton Wood as assistant lay leader, and Charles Cottrill with Roy Blessing were re-elected trustees for three years. Friendship class to hold Thanksgiving dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. In Gallipolis, Leah Ann Werner of Wellston fractured her right hip and head injuries after a fall at home. hospitalized at Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
the Heights
EUB
Clair Lee Cottrill
Charles Frum
Darrell Cox
Thomas Bumgarner
Thornton Wood
Charles Cottrill
Roy Blessing
Gallipolis
Leah Ann Werner
Illinois Ave
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
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Middleport
James McComb
Harry Siders
Smith
Will
Dorsey Scott
Scott
Beale
Ordnance
Warren Keefer
Lawrence Rice
Robert Withrow
Lilly Faye Lanham
Point Pleasant High School
Sharon Ann Merriner
Central School
Melody Ann Shields
Clarence Morton
Jane Johnson
West Columbia
Margaret Waldie
Sec
Retary
Harold Carder
John Christy
Patricia Morgan
Roosevelt
Henry Douglas Perry
Janet Maggied
Ordnance School
Wanda Sue Kapp
Wahama
Bertha Rawson
Densil O. Sayre
Murrill G. West and Son
James L. Meizler
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Key Club
Heii
Lle Simpsone
AAA
North Court Street
Best Buys
Brentwood
J. P. Stevens
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