Farm land value in West Virginia rises say US ag report
A U S Department of Agriculture report shows West Virginia farm land value per acre rising from 68.4 to 73 dollars since last year with average farm size about 107 acres. Buildings account for 41 percent of real estate value locally and 23 percent nationally. Statewide farm land values up eight percent over the year as urban buyers and expanding operators push demand amid better highways. Marriage licenses issued to several couples including Lewis Schwartz Jr and Donna Russell and others.
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Morgantown
U. S. Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
Kenneth P. Brundage
Virginia
Brundage
Stundage
Mrs Rayburn Rites Friday in Point Pleasant
Funeral services for Emma F. Rayburn 99 of 2214 Jackson Ave will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Crow funeral home with ministers C H Carder and Roy McCoy officiating. Burial will be at Lone Oak Cemetery. She died Tuesday from gas stove fumes. widow of Civil War veteran Gilbert Rayburn. Surviving daughters Mrs Ralph Condee and Mrs W E Riddle and sons Fred and Hugh. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Point Pleasant
Emma F. Rayburn
Jackson Ave
Crow
C. H. Carder
Huntington
Roy McCoy
Lone Oak Cemetery
Rayburn
Old Virginia
Gilbert Rayburn
Parkersburg
Heights Eub Church
Ralph Condee
W. E. Riddle
Edwardsville
Til
Fred Rayburn
Hugh
Springfield
Ohio
Egypt and UNESCO discuss protecting monuments amid Suez conflict
Egypt and France over Suez clash agreed on a measure at a UNESCO general conference meeting. Egypt proposed protection of its cultural monuments during the fighting following the invasion by French, British, and Israeli forces.
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Egypt
Pranci New Delui
France
Unesco General Conference
GREE
CWO Clarke a Pacific War veteran and local guard officer
Charles E. Clarke son of Mr and Mrs C E Clarke entered the U S Army in 1941 served in the South Pacific as a machinist in the Ordnance Corps until 1946 remobilized to reserve as SFC then joined the local guard unit as section chief five later commissioned as a warrant officer in 1951 He is a Wahama High School class of 1999 graduate and has completed extensive military training now serves as an ordnance supply officer His decorations include American Theater American Defense Asiatic Pacific with one battle star Philippine Liberation Good Conduct Victory World War II and a meritorious unit citation He is employed by Celanese Corporation attends Main Street Baptist Church married with wife Nadine and son Gary Lees of 182 Park Dr Tomorrow the horoscope notes favorable conditions for finances and social life with possible job advancement in six months and advises care to avoid conflicts during early next month Two films will be shown at Heights Evangelical United Brethren Church Friday at 7:30 pm with refreshments and a devotional period led by Carl Lynch accompanied by community notices and local tax revision updates.
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Rnnt
ANT
Charles E. Clarke
C. E. Clarke
Letart
U.S. Army
South Pacific
Ordnance Corps
Reserve Corps
Wahama High School
Ordnance Extension School
Clarke
Celanese Corporation
Main Street Baptist Church
Nadine
Gary Lees
Park Dr
Point Pleasant
Heights
Auditorim
Ohio
Driver Cited After Crash Near Silver Bridge Route 2
A charge of illegal passing was filed against William Watterson, 29, Apple Grove, after his pickup skidded into Annie Wilcoxen’s car, 61, Point Pleasant, around 11:30 am Wednesday. About $85 damage reported. police said Watterson attempted to pass, brake, and slip behind as oncoming traffic approached on wet pavement.
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Point Pleasant
Jainst
Silver Bridge
Carl Nutt
William Watterson
Apple Grove
Annie Wilcoxen
Second St
Nutt
Watterson
Wilcoxen
Draft Exams Delayed at Point Pleasant
Bess Moore, clerk of the local selective service, says four volunteers are cleared to report for the November 29 physicals and induction. Hubert Ray Patterson of Hartford Alford Freerton Dalton of Ashton and Thomas Edward Templeton of Glenwood will report to the Ashland station for examinations.
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Point Pleasant
Bess (Boley) Moore
Elective Service Board
Ashland
Hubert Ray
Patterson
Hartford
Alford Freeront Dalton
Ashton
Thomas
Edward Templeton
Glenwood
Thanksgiving Gathering Spans Many Families in Pt Pleasant
Thanksgiving plans in Pt Pleasant bring together numerous relatives and friends from Columbus McConnelsville Detroit Pittsburgh and Arlington with extended visits among the Hite Nebbergall Bowie Bra shaw and Williams households plus local hosts. The notice lists dozens of family groups traveling or visiting for the holiday amid local social notices and a December examination quota for 11 men with seven to be inducted later.
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Point Pleasant
U.v
Hite
Robert O'Connor
Columbus
W. C. Nebbergall
McConnelsville
W. C. Bowie
Peter
Grover
Bill
Clarksburg
Dana Brashaw
Viand St
Robert Hite
Viand
Maurice Mayes Tod
Maury
Maurice
James Cail
Henderson
Vernon
Winfield Road
Walter Koehler
Arlington
C. A. Meyer
Wilmington
Del
G. A. Ringler
Pittsburgh
Reese Phillips
Charleston
W. T. Minton
Nile
Mt. Vernon Ave
Vestal Keith Shelton
13Th St
Clifton
Moore
Thanksgiving Day Guests From Town and Nearby
Thanksgiving day notices list visitors and family from Athens and surrounding areas. Sen. E. Jon Jones and wife host Sandra Jones of West Virginia University. Edith Mercer returns from Pittsburgh. Ross Spencer of Cincinnati visits relatives. George Kenny and sons host F W Ingraham and Donald Bateson. Richard Newell family visits. Diane Capehart, University of Kentucky student, with Russ Capehart family.
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Jefferson Boulevard
Milton J. Miller
Main Street
William Heslop
A. L. Rossiter
Main St
Sandra Jones
West Virginia University
E. Jon Jones
Jefferson Blvd
Edith Mercer
Pittsburgh
Ross Spencer
Cincinnati
Spencer
C. C. Spencer
George Kenny
Tommy
Billy
Park Drive
F. W. Ingraham
Windsor Court
Donald Bateson
Cornwall
Richard Newell
Mary
Richard
W. Kenny
Elizabeth Lite
Diane Capehart
University of Kentucky
Mrs
Russell Capehart
Mason
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Point Peasant
Donnarell Russell
West Colum
Louis Rubenchwartz
Mary Etta
Wil Oxon) Schwartz
Lawrence Herman Russell
Beatrice (Young) Russell
Jel G. Bosnok
Benood
Helen Fleming
Jenwood
Anthony Bosok
Barbara (Ropar) Bosnok
Jody Bennington
Emma
Shaner) Bennington
Mrs. Rayburn
Belk
Simpson
Court St
Athen
Paulisy
Cogswell
Davenport
FLOOR
N. Court St
CWO
Pacific
Fnde
Ass Red
Naber
Athens
Ang
E. Clark
Pt. Pleasant Society
Mividen
Twenty-Second St
Elizabeth Johnson
Ohio St
John Sibley
Jackie
Bradley
Mike
Hanly Sibley
Chandler Dr
W. C. Sibey
Ed Sibley
Eureka
J. H. Hanly
Danny Wedge
Bowling Green
Mt. Hope
E. E. Heiner
E. J. Somerville
Jackson Avenue
Walter A. Windsor
J. K. Halliday
Walter M. Windsor
Athens Messenger
Anne
PRATT
Sterling
W. VA
Firestone Town
Riple
Firestone Town & Country
Firestone
Firestone Town & Country Tires
Gilbert Shannon
W. Union St
Athens, Ohio
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