Body Found In Ohio River Near Kanawha Mouth
The body of Franklin Henry 28 of Route 2 was recovered from about 15 feet of water in the Ohio River near the West Virginia shore below the Kanawha River mouth at 8 30 p m Wednesday. Homer Curtis of Henderson who was with Henry in a Johnboat is jailed for investigation. Curtis says Henry fell from the boat after crossing to buy wine. The coroner has not ruled yet on the death. Curtis is charged with intoxication.
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Point Pleasant
Franklin Henry
Route 2
Ohio River
West Virginia
Kanawha River
Henry
Homer Curtis
Henderson
Fire Department
Curtis
Scott
Hamp McDermitt
Oliver Eschenaur
Mason County
Lowell Henry
Rayburn
Main St
Stevens Funeral Home
Point High School Majorettes Lead Homecoming Parade
Point Pleasant majorettes and head majorette will perform at football games and parades during the 1958 59 school year. They lead the homecoming parade Friday afternoon and will perform at halftime for the Big Blacks versus Huntington East. Left to right: Nancy Cunningham Reta Sue Green Pat Gerlach Maury Mayes Sandra Cappallari Katie McDaniel Ruth Eschenauer Judy Dudding Judy Noble.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Big Blacks
Huntington East
Nancy Cunningham
Reta Sue Green
Pat Gerlach
Maury Mayes
Sandra Cappallari
Katie McDaniel
Ruth Eschenaur
Judy Dudding
Judy Noble
Point Pleasant Band Booster Club Meets for Corsage Plan
The Point Pleasant Band Booster Club held a Tuesday meeting led by president M. C. Clark. They reported 93.04 dollars from tag night and homecoming events and will sell mums for 25 cents to fund uniforms, with a corsage-making session Thursday evening open to band parents.
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Point Pleasant
M. C. Clark
Earl Sturgeon
Huntington East
Wahama
Clark
William Stover
Bob Lawson
Bud Head
Norman Coffman
George Horcher
Sanford Rhoades
Lewis McDaniel
Walter McDaniel
Stover
Byron Dudding Earl Sturgeon
John Oliver
Christine Johnson
Margaret Kincaid
George Kooken
Local Notes and Obituaries from Zaleski Area
Zaleski residents and families are listed with brief notices. Cram injured at work on Route 75 remains hospitalized at Hocking Valley Hospital. Various visits and reunions noted including Rhodes reunion at Lake Hope October 5 and visits involving the James family from Pittsburgh and Indianapolis. Graveside services for Minnie Button Pierce of Indianapolis held October 2 at Oak Grove Cemetery. Pierce a Zaleski native, survived by husband Ernest Pierce and several children.
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Zaleski
Lloyd Cram
Hocking Valley Hospital
WSCS
Helen Burley
Edward Huffman
Charles Vansky
Indianapolis
Rhodes
Lake Hope
Thomas A. James
Pittsburgh
JM. James
Cleire James
Donald James
Effie Ward
Hillcrest
Athens
Donald Hoskinson
Columbus
C. E. Vansky
Alma Hoyd
Albany
Esther Reeves
Hoyd
Flora Arbaugh
Minnie Button Pierce
Oak Grove Cemetery
Pierce
Frank Button Sr
Ernest Pierce
Mary Stockwell
Frank Button Jr
Marriage Licenses Applied For In Area
Three couples have filed marriage license applications in the county clerk office. John William Price Jr. 26 of Henderson and Sonia Lynn Spellman 18 of Jerico Rd appear among the applicants. Other names include Robert Lee Woody 78 and Goldie Smith of Milton, Dell Opie Mason 34 of Charleston and Isabelle Z. Williams 29 of Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
County Clerks Office
John William Price Jr
Henderson
John Price
Cora Persinger Price
Sonia Lynn Spellman
Edgar and
Margie Ellen Roush White Spellman
Jerico Rd
Robert Lee Woody
Milton
William and
Mary Woody
Goldie Smith
Dell Opie Mason
Charleston
Hal and
Flora Adkins Mason
Isabelle Z. Williams
George and
Lillian Brogan Williams
Hamden Residents Visiters and Local Health Update
A series of social visits notes residents and guests across Hamden Wellston Pomeroy Columbus and surrounding areas. Mrs Carson Oberholzer entered Grant Hospital in Columbus recently while Ernest Robbins was taken to VA Hospital in Huntington. Ernest Robbins who has been very ill was taken to VA Hospital in Huntington.
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Hamden
Sam Will
Autye Baker
John Johnson
Gallipolis
Adrian Phillips
Pomeroy
Karl Sprague
Wellston
Mayme Sprague
Herbert Sprague
Blacklick
Carson Oberholzer
Grant Hospital
Columbus
W. Wolf
W. E. Wolf
Dayton
George Burns
Otto Depue
Leonard Depue
Amesville
Virgil
E. T. Burns
Frank Garwood
Decatur
Ind
Shilon Grove
Frank Beckley
A. J. Hagerty
George Booth
McArthur
Richard Hagerty
Jack Hagerty
Radcliff
Timothy Hector
Orville Taborn
Paul Foose
Yellow Springs
John McCartney
Frank Aberhamson
Aberhamson
Gerald Winegardner
Pleasantville
D. C
VA Hospital
Huntington
Lawrence White
Prescot, Ariz
Edward Perkins
Harry Remy
Rushville
Mollie Bagley
River Firms Sign Contract in Two-Year Wage Agreement
A two year wage contract was signed Tuesday between river transportation companies and the United Marine Workers Division of District 50 UMWA. The agreement retroactively raises wages to Sept 21 with a further raise next year, adjusts hourly daily pay and shift differentials, revises the seniority clause, and increases fringe benefits. Companies include Ohio River Co Island Creek Fuel and Transportation Co O F Shearer and Son Amherst Barge Co Hatfield Coal division Amherst Fuel Co Raymond City Coal and Transportation.
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Point Pleasant
United Marine Workers Division
District 50
UMWA
Ohio River Co
Island Creek Fuel and Transportation Co
O. F. Shearer and Son, Inc
Amherst Barge Co
Hatfield Coal Division
Amherst Fuel Co
Raymond City Coal and Transportation
Woman Found Guilty After Friday Arrest
POINT PLEASANT Stella Grimes arrested on a peace warrant Friday night was found guilty and sentenced to keep the peace for 30 days when arraigned before Justice of Peace A M Goodwin. She was committed to jail for failing to post bond. The charge was brought by her husband Wilson Grimes.
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Point Pleasant
Stella Grimes
Justice of Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Taylor Ridge Ladies Aid Seeks Card Sale for Church Purchase
The Taylor Ridge Church of Christ Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Dwight Smith’s home with Mrs. William Bartels presiding. They planned Christmas card sales to fund an electric coffee maker for the church and handed out prizes for games hosted by Carol Ann Smith.
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Taylor Ridge
Ladies Aid
Society of the
Otto Simons
Fritz Heskin
William Bartels
Christian Workers School
Athens
First Methodist Church
O. B. Boudinott
Concord
Dwight Smith
C Jose Bulstrom
McConnelsville
Annual Flower Show Winners Of Tu Endie Wei Club
Tu Endie Wei Garden Club held its first annual flower show at Christ Episcopal Church with more than 100 guests. Mrs S D Jeffries won a teardrop arrangement, judges included Huntington accreditors, and awards covered divisions from Anniversary Waltz to Harvest Moon and Sayonara with multiple blue ribbons awarded to Mrs Jeffries, Mrs Francis, Mrs Bauerle, and others.
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Point Pleasant
Christ Episcopal Church
S. D. Jeffries
Paul Pearson
Nehaclima
Gallipolis Garden Club
J. D. Atwood
C. J. Hyer
Carroll Casto
James McComb
Walter Windsor
Milton Miller
Wendell Shiflett
H. A. Price
Jerome D. Rodgers
A. D. Kraehenbuchl
E. E. Deitz
Virgil Burgess
Huntington
H. C. Francis
J .A. Rodgers
C. R. Schurman
C. G. Bauerle
Milton L. Miller
Jeffries
Francis
Rodgers
E. Bartow Jones
Bauerle
J. A. Shinn
Price
Rogers
James Shadle
Bauerie
James Ragan
Pearson
Atwood
Linda Pearson
Stephen Shifler
Cynthia Francis
Judy Shinn
Red
Susan Francis
Cathy Jones
Karen Jones
Gary Ragan
Collins couple returns from three week California tour
Mr and Mrs John Collins of Ohio River Road returned from a three weeks trip to California where they toured points of interest and visited attractions.
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John Collins
Ohio River Rd
California
Canteen Party Set Saturday at Moose Home
The Canteen at the Moose home runs from 7 30 to 11 p m Saturday with a Big Bop Sock Hop theme announced by Leo Savage. Election of officers, chaperones Mrs J A Shinn and Mrs W J Somerville, and general advisor Edward Preston are listed. Attendees include teens from Gallipolis Cheshire Point Pleasant and Henderson. last week 126 joined.
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Point Pleasant
Moose Home
Leo Savage
J. A. Shinn
W. J. Somerville
Edward Preston
Earl Queen
Gallipolis
Cheshire
Henderson
Apple Grove Driver Is Cited After Wreck
Russell Clark Dabney of Apple Grove received a citation for failure to keep his vehicle under control after a collision on Route 2 near Millstone Road. Dabney struck Delbert Stover of Hogsett as he attempted a left turn. Damages were about 150 dollars to the truck and 300 dollars to the car.
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Point Pleasant
Russell Clark Dabney
Apple Grove
Sheriff's Department
Route 2
Millstone Rd
Dabney
Delbert Stover
Hogsett
Ruth Lamp Is Initiated in Moose Ceremony at Home
Mrs Ruth Lamp was initiated at a Women of Moose ceremony held Tuesday evening in the Moose Home at Point Pleasant. Mrs Wilma Mel rose presided and refreshments were served to the initiates and attendees including Mrs Mabel Roush and several named members.
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Point Pleasant
Ruth Lamp
Women of Moose
Moose
Wilma Melrose
Mabel Roush
Mooseheart
Freda Fruth
Kathryn Wilson
Roberta Maynard
Gladys Hart
Gloria McDaniel
Evelyn Bauer
Lucilla Harrah
Fay Ball
Employment Group of Disabled Named
POINT PLEASANT Mason County's Employment of the Physically Handicapped is being observed this week H A Johnson is chairman of the Mason County committee Other members include Jack Buxton Reverend Kenneth Chandler Ray Crank M E Dowling Knox Dye Bob McGuffin Dell Plants Walden Roush John Sayre Jack L Smith and Mrs Richard Thomas.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
H. A. Johnson
Jack Buxton
Kenneth Chandler
Ray Crank
M. E. Dowling
Knox Dye
Bob McGuffin
Dell Plants
Walden Roush
John Sayre
Jack L. Smith
Richard Thomas
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