Murphy Store Man Retires After 35 Years service
Walter Selby of 802 Main St retired from the G. C. Murphy Co after more than three decades in variety store work. He began with Murphy's in Indiana Pa in 1933, managed the Point Pleasant store, opened South Charleston in 1941, returned to Point Pleasant in 1942, and finished his career in Parkersburg in 1960.
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Point Pleasant
Walter Selby
Main St
G. C. Murphy Co
Mr. Selby
Murphy’s
Indiana
South Charleston
Parkersburg
Surnames and towns listed in incomplete social notices
Read list shows names Mrs A E Sommers from South Side and Mrs Charles Allensworth with son Fred Samsel of Mason and William Bonecutter of Point Pleasant, plus Mrs Eith Hoffman of Gallipolis Ferry and Robert C Lane of Gallipolis. No events or actions stated.
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Charles Allensworth
Clifton
Fred Samsel
Mason
William Bonecutter
Point Pleasant
Eith Hoffman
Gallipolis Ferry
Robert C. Lane
Gallipolis
Where The Waters Mingle
Thanksgiving notices show families traveling and gathering across states to celebrate with relatives. Individuals names include Mrs A E Thomas Meadowbrook Drive and Mr and Mrs Lyle Austin linking to Atlanta New York City Norfolk and Ravenswood. Arrivals from West Virginia University and University of Cincinnati list Teddy Mayes Jason Jackson Janet Eshenaur and others joining for dinner.
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Turkey
Weir High School
Glenville Jewell
Ravenswood
Juliet Smith
University of Cincinnati
Jason Jackson
Edward Jackson
Janet Eshenaur
R. W. Eshenaur
Jefferson Bird
Two Taken To Pen At Moundsville
Rex Tanner and Charles Eugene Daugherty were taken to Moundsville State Prison. Tanner was convicted of burglary and will serve 2 to 10 years. Daugherty received three years probation after a prior Cabell County entering without breaking conviction. He was sent to prison for an indeterminate period not less than one year nor more than five. They were taken to Moundsville Tuesday by Deputy Morris Bragg and Trooper F. E. Eddy.
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Point Pleasant
Rex Tanner
Charles Eugene Daugherty
Moundsville
Tanner
Daugherty
Mason County
Cabell County
Masor County
Morris Bragg
F. E. Eddy
German Bride In Route 17 Crash Near Point Pleasant
A German bride, Miss Ankea Furstenwerth, en route to Chicago, was in a Route 17 crash that demolished the auto. She was treated at Pleasant Valley Hospital and released. Furstenwerth arrived in the U S Sunday at Norfolk with Ursula Kelge Koeling and Heidi Susenmihl. State police say she left the highway, struck a utility pole, and went onto the berm.
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Point Pleasant
Chicago
Ill
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Ankea Furstenwerth
United States
Norfolk
Ursula Kelge Koeling
Heidi Susenmihl
Point Pleasant Personal News Includes Dabney Vacation Return
Miss Garnette Dabney of Point Pleasant has returned from a week long vacation with her brother and sister in law L Cpl and Mrs George Dabney Jacksonville NC. Miss Dabney was on vacation from her duties at the Somerville Hyer and Littlepage law firm.
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Garnette Dabney
Point Pleasant
L-Cpl
George Dabney
Jacksonville
N. C
Dabney
Somerville, Hyer and Littlepage
Point Pleasant Junior Woman's Club Queen Contest Set
Mrs. William H. Rardin Jr of Dix Saw Addition will represent Point Pleasant Junior Women's Club in the Queen contest on Saturday night. Other club contestants will be judged on poise beauty and club activity while Joe Childres' orchestra from Portsmouth Ohio provides music 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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Point Pleasant
William H. Rardin Jr
Dix-Saw Addition
Rardin
Joe Childres
Portsmouth
Ohio
Stock representative gains license for West Virginia project
David O'Neal of Park Drive in Point Pleasant has received his license to represent Commonwealth Securities Inc. The firm is offering stock for the West Virginia Industries Developing Company, builders of the Pleasant Point Resort Center.
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Point Pleasant
David O'Neal
Park Drive
Commonwealth Securities Inc
West Virginia Industries Developing Company
Pleasant Point
Mato Grosso Holds Half Million Square Miles in Brazil
The state of Mato Grosso spans about a half million square miles and contains Brazil’s capital Brasilia, highlighting its vast size and political center.
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Mato Grosso
Brazil
Brasilia
North Point PTA Studies Evacuation
The North Point Pleasant Grade School PTA met at the school with Bill Barton presiding. Rev. Harold Knoll led the devotional and plans for school evacuation and a trial run were discussed.
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Point Pleasant
North Point Pleasant
PTA
Bill Barton
Harold Knoll
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
A. F. Wilson
Ralph Crump
Roger Farrow
Daniel Simmons
Francis McCulloch
C. L. Brown
Howard Yeager
Irma Barnett
Carl Francis
Prices Listed Of Champions At Fall Sale
At the West Virginia Hereford Breeders Association fall sale held at the state 4-H camp, the champion junior heifer calf from Blakely Farm sold for 405 dollars to Don Van Camp. The reserve champion winter heifer calf from Whitehair Hereford Farm brought 350 dollars to H. G. Floyd. The champion ball from Blakely Farm sold for 950 dollars to E. Kemp Gum. The 29 heifers averaged 261 dollars and bulls averaged 417 dollars. total 49 lots brought 15,925 dollars. Eleven feeder calves went for 1,408.98 dollars.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Hereford Breeders’ Association
Blakely Farm
Charles Town
Don van Camp
Wheeling
Whitehair Hereford Farm
Terra Alta
H. G. Floyd
Morgantown
E. Kemp
Waterworks and City Office to Close for Repairs
POINT PLEASANT the city waterworks and office will be closed Friday for repairs. A new floor is being installed and the interior painted. The office is being arranged for a private office of Mayor Virgil Siders. The building has been painted on the outside. Offices reopen Monday morning.
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Point Pleasant
Virgil Siders
Middleport Squad Responds to Abdominal Pain Call
The Middleport emergency squad answered a 2:02 a.m. Wednesday call to Virginia Mc Comber on Sycamore Street. A local physician was summoned as she suffered abdominal pains.
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Middleport
Virginia McComber
Sycamore St
Thanksgiving guests span towns in Middleport area
Thanksgiving in Middleport brought guests from Columbus Athens Charleston and beyond. Families including the Childs Bachner Meinhart Owen Scarberry Entsminger and others gathered for dinners and weekend visits with local residents and relatives across Ohio and West Virginia.
Getty in Hospital at Holzer Hospital
Gallia County official and businessman L. W. Getty of Gallipolis Ferry is listed as a medical patient at Holzer Hospital. His condition is reported to be satisfactory.
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Point Pleasant
L. W. Getty
Gallipolis Ferry
Holzer Hospital
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Phyllis Hudson
Everett Lutton
Mt. Vernon Ave
Russell Lutton
Akron
Ralph McDade
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H. Paige Bell
David and
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George Sprenger
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Okey C. Roush
West Virginia University
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Maurice Mayes
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Kenny Pridemore
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James Cal
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Eddie Skidmore
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Earl Robinson
Accra
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Queen Elizabeth
North Point Pta
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Vicky and
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Karen
Connie
Ira Butcher
Jimmy
Judy Butcher
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Bernard Fultz
Roy Sinn
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Olive Allem
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Bruce Lloyd
Frank Vroman
Kincaid
Gene Dodson
Buckhannon, W. Va
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NPS
Moneer
Monarch Life Ins. CO
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