Regional Teachers Meet In Mason High Schools
Mason County teachers in the Point Pleasant region will hold three meetings this week at the junior high, Wa hama High, and Hannan High. Agenda includes officer elections, discussion of West Virginia Education Association objectives, and group talks on English reading mathematics penmanship and spelling for grades 1 through 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Kenneth W. Shaffer
Wahama High School
Hannan High School
West Virginia Education Association
Mason County
Shaffer
AAUW November meeting in Point Pleasant discusses growth and events
The American Association of University Women in Point Pleasant held a November meeting at the home economics cottage with Mrs. F. W. Quillin presiding. A scrapbooks committee, a standing committee, and plans to send materials to foreign lands were announced. State president Mrs. O. S. Ikenberry spoke on the strength of AAUW and noted national and local activities, with attention to dues before December 1. The gathering featured a dessert service and honors for guests, including corsages for Mrs. Ikenberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
American Association of University Women
F. W. Guillin
Mason County
Garrett Green
Clifford Dunn
Judson Brake
James McComb
Douglas Rouse
Louis Koontz
John W. Kirk
Minneapolis
Minn
L. C. Somerville
O. S. Ikenberry
AAUW
New York City
Ikenberry
Marian Talbott
Quillin
J. M. Foglesong
G. E. Mitchell
Cary H. Rayburn
Charles
Helen Blenner
Ikenperry
Inspirational Presbyterian Women Meet Review on Carey Life
The Women of the Presbyterian Church hold a meeting Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the church social rooms. Miss Mary McCulloch directs the scripture lesson and Mrs. William Steenbergen leads the program reviewing The Life of William Carey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Mary McCulloch
William Steenbergen
William Carey
Henderson principal invited to join Kappa Delta Pi Phi Chapter
Mrs Lou ise Sommer principal at Henderson school is invited to become a member of the Phi Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi announced by D Banks Wilbur dean at Marshall College Huntington Initiation ceremonies set for Thursday at 8 p m in the north parlor of Old Main on the college campus
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Andrews
West Virginia University
Tau Kappa Epilson Fraternity
Rho
Sphinx
Scabbard and Blade
Kappa Kappa Psi
Delta Nu Tau
Delta! Sigma Rho
Phi Alpha Delta
Grammateus
Prytanis
Council of Fraternity
Louise Sommer
Henderson School
Phi Chapter
Kappa Delta Pi
D. Banks Wilbur
Marshall College
Huntington
Old Main
Henderson Church Hosts Potluck Dinner and Tea
The WSCS of Henderson Methodist Church sponsors a potluck covered dish dinner and silver tea on Thursday November 20 at 5 30 PM Invitations go to Hickory Chapel Church Vaught Memorial Beech Hill Mt Union and St Pauls Methodist churches.
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WSCS
Henderson Methodist Church
Hickory Chapel Church
Vaught Memorial
Beech Hill
Mt. Union
St. Paul’s Methodist
Roush Announces Engagement Of Alice Anne Roush
Mr and Mrs Chester A Roush of Mt Vernon Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Alice Anne to Lt Howard Raymond Andrews Jr son of Mr and Mrs H R Andrews of New Haven The wedding is planned for Saturday November 22 at 4 30 p m at Trinity Methodist Church with Rev S D Rexrode officiating An open church ceremony and reception in the church social rooms will follow
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Point Pleasant
Chester A. Roush
Mt. Vernon Ave
Alice Anne
Howard Raymond Andrews, Jr
H. R. Andrews
New Haven
Trinity Methodist Church
S. D. Rexrode
Women of the Moose Meet Tonight at 8 P M
The Women of the Moose meet Wednesday evening at 8 p m at the Moose home. New candidates will be initiated as Patsy Yester and her library committee plan the entertainment.
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Women of the Moose
Moose Home
Library
Patsy Yester
Mason-Mason PTA Meeting Talk by Irene Brooks
The Mason Mason PTA plans a Tuesday 7 30 p m meeting at the elementary school gym. Irene Brooks art supervisor for Mason County will speak and Wahama band members will perform portions of the program.
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Mason—Mason Pta
Irene Brooks
Mason County
Wahama Band
Miss Erma Faye Wilson Weds Floyd A Herdman
Miss Erma Faye Wilson daughter of Ruth Wilson Cot tageville Route 1 and the late Mrs Wilson married Floyd A Herdman son of Charles and Mrs Herdman Letart in a single ring ceremony on Thursday November 6 at the Church of Christ in Christian Union parsonage. The bride wore a wine suit with black accessories. The Herdmans attended local schools and he works in Columbus. Guests included Charles Herdman Ethel Keefer Ruth Wilson and Dorothy Thornton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Faye Wilson
Ruth Wilson
Cottageville
Wilson
Floyd A. Herdman
Charles Herdman
Letart
J. P. Keefer
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Herdman
Point Pleasant High School
Columbus
Ethel Keefer
Dorothy Thornton
Circle 5 Presbyterian Women Meet At Windsor Court
Circle 5 of the Women of the Presbyterian Church will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Joseph Buffington Windsor Court with chairman Mrs. Thomas Burdette presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Joseph Buffington
Windsor Court
Thomas Burdette
Local Residents Return and Move In Community Update
Mrs N A Crowder has returned home from Holzer Hospital and is improving. Floyd Rhoades, a World War II veteran, shows improvement at the Veterans Hospital in Huntington. Mr and Mrs Randall Wamsley moved from Walnut Street to Henderson. Mr and Mrs Ralph Davis moved from First and Walnut to Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. A. Crowder
Holzer Hospital
Floyd Rhoades
Veterans’ Hospital
Huntington
Randall Wamsley
Walnut St
Henderson
Ralph Davis
First and
Walnnut
Columbus
Circle four women meet at Mrs Johnson home
Circle four of the Women meets Tuesday at 7 45 p m at 915 Main Street home of Mrs Hamilton A Johnson Mrs Louis Bateson serves as chairman and presiding officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the
Presbyterian Church
Hamilton A. Johnson
Main St
Louis Bateson
Community groups meet with members and events listed
The WSCS met at the community hall with 13 members and two children, held devotions led by Leona Hensley, served a noon pot luck, and announced December gatherings a Christmas party at Mrs. Oscar Babcock's home and a December 3 meeting. The Daughters of America met with 19 members and awarded a cake, followed by lunch. Funeral attendance and family visits noted. local travel and a newborn birth announced at Meigs General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
Leona Hensley
Oscar Babcock
Methodist Church
Paul Chiles
Daughters of America
Kathryn Hayman
Florence Limberger
Michigan
Riley Babcock
Long Bottom
Farmers Institute
Reedsville
Joe Bissell
Columbus
Charles Larkins
Meigs General Hospital
Linnie
Point Pleasant Mayor Seals 1952 Christmas Fund Proclamation
Mayor B. W. Krodel appeals Point Pleasant residents to support tuberculosis work by buying and using Christmas Seals. The proclamation cites TB as a major health threat, with national impact and costs, and notes the seals fund year-round efforts by a local health association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
B. W. Krodel
United States
Mason County
Injured Man Found Lying By Highway Near Apple Grove
Granville Hill of Apple Grove, about 35, was found semi conscious by Route 2 near Beale Chapel Church Sunday afternoon. Taken to Holzer Hospital in a potential skull fracture, his father Charles Hill reported injuries to the car area and the cause remains unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Granville Hill
Apple Grove
Holzer Hospital
Charles Hill
Beale Chapel
Hill
Civic Council Plans Group Meets Friday
A county civic council draft committee will meet Friday evening in the board of education offices. The panel includes Rev. W. C. Bowie Mrs. Florence McClung Mrs. C. P. Stout and Kenneth W Shaffer county superintendent of schools. The group would advise on school and county civic matters with representation from each county organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Board of Education
W. C. Bowie
Florence McClung
C. P. Stout
Kenneth W. Shaffer
West Virginia Citizen's Commission For Education
Holzer Hospital Notes Births
A list of birth announcements from Holzer Hospital. Names include Mrs. Kenneth Ruth Oak Hill a son. Mrs. David M. Altizer Bidwell Route 2 a son. Mrs. W. T. Erwin Middleport a daughter. and many others noted as medical or surgical cases or infant births across Ironton Pomeroy Gallipolis Wellston Bidwell Oak Hill and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Ruth
Oak Hill
David M. Altizer
Bidwell
W. T. Erwin
Middleport
Sylvester A. Dressel
Ironton
Surgical
Addie Stalder
Pomeroy
Medical
Claude E. Gillilan
George Stewart
West Columbia
Mildred Thompson
Hollie Marcum
Vinton
Rodney W. Hill
Pauline Angeletti
Charles Jeffers
Gallipolis
Earl Wills
Harold
Subscription Drive Starts In Schools
The annual magazine subscription campaign is under way in Ordnance and North Point Pleasant schools with Central. Students may earn prizes from $4 to $50 and a room with the most subscriptions gets an ice cream party. Subscriptions may renew or be new at the same price. delivery is 6 to 8 weeks. The drive closes December 5 at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ordnance
North Point Pleasant
Central
Milton Burdette
Central School
Point Woman First In New Hospital Wing
Mrs. Carl K. Smithers became the first patient moved into Holzer Hospital’s new obstetrical wing as it opened on Monday. She is married to Trooper C R Smithers of the West Virginia State Police. The Smithers’ daughter was born Saturday at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Carl K. Smithers
Holzer Hospital
Local Social Notes and Family Updates
Mrs. Hugh Poling underwent surgery at Berger Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Clyce Young announce the birth of a daughter with Mary Stevens as the mother’s name. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Lang Tisdale at the United Brethren Church. Celesta Hoy and G C Jacobs visited Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Lappen and children visited from Logan. Mrs. Della Reichelderfer hosted the Ladies Bridge Club. high score went to Mrs. Frieda Lappen and second to Mrs. Alice Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurelville
Hugh Poling
Berger Hospital
Clyce Young
Mary Stevens
Wyandotte
Mich
Bert Poling
Daisy Strause
Jerry Kershner
Bill Budd
Columbus
Lang Tisdale
United Brethren Church
Celesta Ho
Burr Oak Social Notes Chronicle Weekend Visits and Local Fires
Burr Oak notes show Louise Post visiting Columbus kin. Grace Wilson obituary linked to Canton. Local visits include Weaver and McDonald families in Hemlock with Mrs. Grace D Weaver hosting. Fires reported on Ivers and Richard Post farms. John Mingus buys Towson 160 acre farm. Sylvia Post visits from Nashport. Morgan and Taylor share dinner at Albion area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Parham
Ohio
Louise Post
Columbus
Richard Post
William McDonald
Karen Sue McDonald
Grace D. Weaver
A. P. Hines
Glouster
Roy Killkenny
Canton
Homer Wilson
Charles Morgan
Hemlock
Grace Wilson
Burr Oak
Og Bredbeck
Theodore Vanway
Marion
Eva Ivers
Karen Sue
Faust Dennis
Glenn, Hemlock
Dennis
McDonald
Weaver
Stella Wilson
Corning
Mary Gladden
East Branch
Albert Post
Nancy Fouts
Neval Fouts
Gerald Fouts
Dewey Moorehead
Albion
Mich
Glenn Dennis
Ivers
John Mingus
Hollister
Towson
Sylvia Post
Nashport
Ernest Taylor
Ex Teacher Dies At 24 In West Virginia Ohio Valley
Mrs Bea trice Powers Steele aged 24 died at Holzer Hospital after a long illness. She was a former Mason County teacher wife of John Steele Jr of Apple Grove. She attended Marshall College and last taught at White Oak Grove School in 1949. Survived by husband son John Steele III sister Leumma Thompson brothers Bobbie Powers Carl Powers. Services set at Mt Zion Baptist Church with Rev Max Cleveland. Hecks Funeral Home, Milton, to arrange after word from brother in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Beatrice Powers Steele
Holzer Hospital
Mason County
John Steele, Jr
Apple Grove
Powers
Henry Powers
Ashton
Hannan High School
Marshall College
White Oak Grove
Pinecrest Sanitarium
John Steele III
Leumma Thompson
Huntington
Bobbie Powers
Carl Powers
U. S. Army
Germany
S. Conrad
Heck Funeral Home
Milton
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Max Cleveland
Divorce filings touch several Ohio towns
Point Pleasant reports a divorce suit filed in circuit court naming Fred Olin Jenkins Jr of Syracuse and Cressa Mae Kirk both involved. Other areas note Paul E. McDaniel filing for divorce from Izetta McDaniel in Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Fred Olin Jenkins, Jr
Syracuse
Cressa Mae Kirk
Mason
Otis Varner
Inez Smith
Gallipolis Ferry
Paul E. McDaniel
Izetta McDaniel
Wool Group Names Gregory Manager At West Virginia Meeting
Gregory, director of the commodity services department at the West Virginia Farm Bureau, was chosen manager of the West Virginia Wool Marketing Association at its Jacksons Mill meeting. Officers elected include H. R. Taylor president and G. F. Gorrell vice president. The 1952 wool pool rose 11.6 percent to 790 165 pounds, with the co op handling about 90 percent of WV wool. John H. Davis of the National Wool Marketing Corporation spoke on market outlook and CCC support prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
E. 0. Gregory
West Virginia Farm Bureau
West Virginia Wool Marketing Association
Jackson's Mill
H. R Taylor
Lewis County
G. F. Gorrell
Tyler County
F. L. Miles
Morgantown
Ivan Barlow
Pocapontas County
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Boston
West Virginia
John H. Davis
Davis
Commodity Credit Corporation
National
Gallia County Land Transfers
T Harlan and D Marie Richards transfer a parcel in Gallipolis Township to William and Maxine Rusk. Nora and Bert Jones transfer 9 acres in Morgan Township to Keith and Helen Tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Harlan
D. Marie Richards
William and
Maxine Rusk
Gallipolis
Nora
Bert Jones
Keith
Helen Tyler
Morgan Township
Local Marriage Licenses Listed for Ohio Residents
Marriage licenses issued for George Johnson 39 warehouse man and Clara Belle Haner 29 employe of Gallipolis State Institute both of Gallipolis. Myron Dale Watson 19 machinist Columbus and Maralene Small 18 comptometer operator Crown City. Raymond Norville Simmons farmer Northup and Judith Lou Lewis Bladen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Johnson
Clara Belle Haner
Gallipolis State Institute
Galipolis
Myron Dale Watson
Columbus
Maralene Small
Crown City
Raymond Norville Simmons
Northup
Judith Lou Lewis
Bladen
Divorce Awarded to Lillian Garnes in Gallipolis Case
A decree of divorce was awarded to Lillian Garnes from John R. Garnes by Judge Robert M. Betz of Common Pleas Court. The judgment restores her maiden name, Lillian Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lillian Garnes
John R. Garnes
Robert M. Betz
Common Pleas Court
Lillian Williams
Sun volume vastly exceeds Earth’s size
The sun's volume is about 1 306 000 times that of the Earth, highlighting the enormity of our star compared with our planet.
Thanksgiving Service Plans Completed in Coolville
COOLVILLE Rev. Clarence Ratcliff announced union Thanksgiving services for the area to be held at 10 45 a m next Sunday November 23 at the Methodist Church Special music will feature the service D P Hawkins will deliver the Thanksgiving message Choirs from the Methodist and Congregational Christian Churches will sing and a 8 p m Bible Study hour precedes the event Two autos crash near the bridge causing property damage with no serious injuries FHA active at Troy High School with 51 Future Homemakers members under sponsor Mrs Jessie Wines Guest speaker D P Hawkins with his son Paul visited near Gallipolis Tor ch area Gas Company representatives plan meetings on natural gas installation in Torch and Coolville a turkey supper will accompany the discussion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Clarence Ratcliff
Methodist Church
Ratcliff
D. P. Hawking
Troy High School
Jessie Wines
D. P. Hawkins
Gallipolis
Paul
Carthage-Troy High School
TORCH
River Gas Company
Marietta
James Crump Named RTA Treasurer
In Point Pleasant the Retired Teachers Association of Mason County met at the courthouse with officers and members listed. James E. Crump was chosen assistant secretary and treasurer, and a news article request was made for the West Virginia School Journal. The next meeting is set for the first Saturday in December at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Retired Teachers Association of
Mason County
Point Peasant
B. S. Smith
James M. Crump
George Musgrave
George McDermott
Ora Gibbs
Emma Deihl
Lucille Parsons
Bessie Brown
William Cobb
Kittrell Winden
Elsie Rogers
M. C. Lewis
Probs
River Traffic and Lock Activity on Ohio and Kanawha Rivers
A terse river traffic bulletin lists vessel movements on the Ohio River and Gallipolis Locks with time stamps. It notes multiple boats rising or falling in level at various points, including Indiana Mountaineer Semet Omar Solvay Francis and Ogram Winfield Bruce Creditor on the Kanawha London section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
June Rea
Alcott
Blazer
Keystone
Rand
Pioneer
Stevenson
Criss
Hatfield
Ohio
Invader
Manitou
Ellen Hatfield
Gallipolis
Indiana
Mountaineer
Semet
Omar
Solvay
Francis
Kanawha River
London
Ogram
Winfield
Bruce
Creditor
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POINT_PLEASANT
Mason High
Krodel
Civic Council
Cal
Roy J. Gillen
Wellston
Elmo Rollins
Ewington
Harold H. Wetherholt
William Bassett
Jackson
Surgi
W. Lewis Brown
Harold Denny
Bidwell, Surgical
Oran Scarberry
Grantville Powell
John Harrison
Dwight Milhoan
Ray McElhinney
Hannah Myers
Frank Fell
Sterlie Barnhill
Wendell Hoover
de Sellers
George Saylor
James Dunlap
Thomas Mastar
Walter Harless
Wilbert Folden
Thomas Folden
Virgil Richards
Earl Leinberger
Willard Downey
Harry Childers
Linda Lee Baer
John T. Williams
Louise Pauley
Jona F. Burris
John E. Evans
Earl Radcliff
Gerald Thompson
Betty Myers
Paul Myers
Charles Musgrave
Denver Carman
Ashland
Armed Services
James Lester Jordan
Garland Lee Oldaker
Gene Edward Riley
Ervin Ray Kimberling
Point
Burr Oak Social Notes
Wool Group
Gregory
Gallia County
BANK
Citizens National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Icoolville
James Crump
RTA
Seog
Athens
Gallaher's Drug
American Legion Hall
Pt. Pleasant, W. Va
American Legion Post No
Joan Wilson
Eva Gibson
LA Marce
Beauty Shop
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Serhni Ehnicodior
Ashy
Richard Conte
Vega Lindfors
Barbara Britton
Hugh O'Brian
Universal International
Models of
Broadway
Riquaa
Carrie
Laurence Jennifer Olivier
Jones
William Wylers
Miriam Hopkins
Eddie Albert
William Wyler
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