New Officers Elected At Mason County Homemakers Meeting
Mrs C E Erwin of South Side was elected president and Mrs Opal Plants treasurer of the Mason County Homemakers Council at County Achievement Day. Officers install January. Other officers include Mrs Vernal Johnson vice president and Mrs Charles Yonker secretary. The club reported 16 clubs submitted 204 projects completed. The bookmobile serves Mason County with 548 books read by members. A hospital expansion update and leadership conference reports were given. A holiday foods conference is set for Oct 15 at Appalachian Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. E. Erwin
South Side
Opal Plants
Mason County
Homemakers Council
Audrey Emery
Vernal Johnson
Charles Yonker
West Columbia
A. P. Roush
Wilson Tyler
Virginia Hazelett
James Blain
Elmer Newberry
Mary Phillips
Roush
Avalanche
Letart
Tyler
Virgil Burris Sr
Jackson’s Mill
Roy Greenlee
Glenville
Appalachian Auditorium
Parmalee Services Are Held
Funeral services for B. F. Parmalee Middleport village official and businessman killed in a tractor accident on his Meigs County farm were held Tuesday at the Rawlings Coats Funeral Home with burial in River View Cemetery. Masonic rites were held the night before. Out of town relatives and friends included Bruce Kauff and family, Clarence Hill and family, Leo Christian and family, Pete and Wes Meadows and others from Glenwood West Virginia Proctorville Wellston Kosmos Columbus Florida and St. Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
B. F. Parmalee
Middleport Village
Meigs County
Rawlings- Coats Fineral
Charles Simons
Riverview
Bruce Kauff
Clarence Hill
Leo Christian
Pete Meadows
Wesley Meadows
Glenwood
W. Va
C. W. Caldwell
Proctorville
Tom Agee
Gallipolis
Edward Tewksbury
Wellston
John Gregory
Kos Bob
Corm
William Dublin
Columbus
Florida
Daniel Parmalee
Fort Pierce
Fla
Clarerne Parmalee
St. Petersburg
Vandalism Strikes Meigs County Schools and Park
Vandals damaged Salisbury Elementary on Route 33 by climbing a drain spout to the roof and breaking windows and desks as offices were rifled. BCI agents assist Meigs County Sheriff in the probe. Additional vandalism occurred at Forest Acre Park on New Lima Road near Rutland with benches torn up and a bulldozer damaged. Reports also cite a similar attack at Albany Elementary over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Salisbury
BCI
Robert Harternbach
New Forest Acre Park
New Lima Road
Rutland
Teens to Speak at AAUW Meeting in Point Pleasant
A group of high school youths will present views on education religion morals and government to the Point Pleasant AAUW chapter at Appalachian Auditorium Monday at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
American Association of University Women
Appalachian Auditorium
Point Pleasant Woman Honored By Methodists
Mrs. Lee Smith, longtime member and immediate past president of the Eleanor Circle at Heath Methodist Church, was honored at a Thursday meeting in Middleport. She received a corsage from Mrs. Charles Bradbury and a gift from the circle. The program featured a Methodist Church heritage quiz and a film narrated by Lowell Thomas, with bazaar plans announced for December and a work day set for a Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lee Smith
Eleanor Circle of Heath
Smith
Point Pleasant
Charles Bradbury
Ernie Fraser
Charles Byer
Max Donahue
Methodist Church
America
Lowell Thomas
Heath Methodist Church
Eric Chambers
Ben Philson
Newman Burdette
2nd Hughes Reunion Is Held At Home
Mr and Mrs Allen Hughes hosted the second Hughes family reunion Sunday at their High Street home in Middleport. Attendees included siblings and spouses from Sa b in a Ohio Huntington West Virginia Baltimore Gallipolis Sabina Parma and Nelsonville with relatives from Huntington and Columbus area. The gathering plans to continue annually with more family dinners in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Middleport
Allen Hughes
High Street
George Maddux
Sabina
Ohio
Harry Witham
Huntington
W. Va
James Hellyer
Baltimore
Lewis Hughes
Gallipolis
Harold Hite
Teresa
Kim
William Witham
Greg
Parma
James Witham
Steve
Jenny
C. E. White
Thurman Hellyer
Nelsonville
Claude Shaghan
Lester Glassburn
Missionary Note Given At Meeting
A Catholic Women's Club regular meeting featured a read note from Equador missionaries thanking the group for its generosity. Members discussed money making projects but did not finalize plans. Devotions and prayers opened the session led by Mrs. Catherine Welsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Equador
Catholic Women’s Club
Catherine Welsh
Martha Howell
Ann Black
Donald Mullin
Dorothy Nicki
Christine O’donald
Olga Pierotti
Ruth Thornton
Paul Casci
George Hackett Jr
Homer Gordon
Richard Freena
Opal Moris
Fourth Grade Program Highlights Indian Heritage
Jefferson Junior American Citizens Club fourth graders at Ord nance School hosted a program on the first Americans. Indian artifacts were displayed by Craig Arrington Mark McDaniel Leslie Ward Greg Daniels Lynette Cotton and John Gobel. Piano solos Wigwam and Ritual Dance were performed by Cindy Christian and Sally Hoffman. Tammy Fugate read two poems. Point Pleasant Personal: Mr and Mrs Worthy Miller of Lincoln Avenue and grandson Bruce Nibert spent the weekend with Mrs Miller's brother and family, Mr and Mrs Guy Persley in Hinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jefferson Junior American Citizens Club
Ordnance School
Craig Arrington
Mark McDaniel
Leslie Ward
Greg Daniels
Lynette Cotton
John Gobel
Cindy Christian
Sally Hoffman
Tammy Fugate
Worthy Miller
Lincoln Avenue
Bruce Nibert
Two Mishaps Reported By Patrolmen
The State Highway Patrol logged two weekend accidents in Gallia and Meigs counties. In Gallia County a 46 year old Sylvia Lane of Mason West Virginia skidded into a ditch at Centerville intersection after becoming confused. No injuries or arrests. In Meigs County Samuel Gibbs Jr of Rutland turned into his driveway and Carl Aleshire of Rutland struck Gibbs car. Beverly Abbott of Dayton complained of minor injuries but was not treated. No citations were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Meigs County
Gallia County
Centerville
Sylvia Lane
Mason
W. Va
Lane
Rutland
Samuel A. Gibbs Jr
Carl Aleshire
Aleshire
Beverly Abbott
Dayton
Ohio
Women’s Auxiliary to Meet at Vet Memorial Hospital
The Women’s Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the dining room with a panel on Know Your Hospital. Miss Erma Smith, newly appointed volunteer director, will attend. Refreshments follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Auxiliary of
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Erma Smith
Board of Trustees
Births and admissions listed at Holzer Hospital
The Holzer Hospital Births column records numerous newborns to Polcyn, Holley, Sellers and other local families in Gallipolis Racine and nearby towns. An extensive Admitted list names Cynthia Fitch Lawrence Lewis Margaret Lemmon Walter Patterson Kenneth Ours and many more patients from Ironton Huntington Vinton Point Pleasant and Crown City. Oxygen makes up nearly half of the earth crust along with alumina and silica rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia A. Fitch
Portland
Lawrence Lewis
Hanging Rock
Margaret Lemmon
Ironton
Walter Patterson
Ernest
Kenneth Ours
Crown City
William T. Perry
Fred Dellenbaugh
Wellston
William A. Pierson
Leon
Roy Howell
Syracuse
Olin C. Russell
Vinton
James Saunders
John Dearing
Ronald Baird
Gallipolis
Hayley Lynn Coy
Jackson
Samuel Copley
Bidwell
Clyde Roush
Point Pleasant
Paul E. Stewart
Michelle Denise Wren
New Haven
James Coleman
Irene D. Hall
Middleport
Renee K. Bennett
Ora V. Cox
Hamden
Four patients hospitalized after local accidents
Holzer Hospital admitted four people from Gallia and nearby towns. Friday admissions include Jackie Brumfield, 10, Crown City, with a fractured right leg from a tree fall, and Brenda Lanier, 6, Bidwell, with a fractured right leg from a school merry-go-round incident. Saturday admission was Elizabeth Deal, 73, Gallipolis, with a fractured right leg from a home fall. Sunday admission was Kimberly Johnson, 15, Middleport, shaken rug incident, possible back injury after falling from an upstairs window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Jackie L. Brumfield
Hollis Brumfield
Crown City
Brenda G. Lanier
Bidwell
Rio Grande
Elizabeth J. Deal
Kimberly R. Johnson
Middleport
Jack S. Neff
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes Introduces Daughters and Dismissals
Pleasant Valley Hospital reports new births for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kearns of Letart a daughter and for Mrs. Guy Sayre of Point Pleasant and for David Robinson of Apple Grove. Dismissals include Audrey Jeffers Demspey Lively Elma Wood P A Sayre and Mrs Dallas Bailes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Kearns, Letart
Guy Sayre
Point Pleasant
David Robinson
Apple Grove
Eugene Sterrett
Early Thornton
Robert Sutton
Audrey Jeffers
Demspey Lively
Elma Wood
P. A. Sayre
Dallas Bailes
Pomeroy Court Fines Three in Saturday Night Session
In Mayor Charles Legar's court two men were fined and one forfeited a bond. Gerald McDaniel of Pomeroy received a $5 fine plus costs for intoxication, Cecil Eiselstein of Pomeroy was fined $5 and costs for failing to comply with an officer's reasonable request, and Olis D Farley of Marysville forfeited a $23.70 bond for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Charles Legar
Gerald McDaniel
Cecil Eiselstein
Olis D. Farley
Marysville
Five arrests reported by law enforcement this weekend
Five arrests were reported by law enforcement over the weekend. Judy Landers, 23, of Pomeroy, was charged with reckless operation and driving without a license. Ervin Roy Stephens, 34, and Walter Franklin Stephens, 21, of Leon, were arrested on intoxication charges. Worthy Edward Stanley, 21, of Gallipolis, charged with being absent without leave. Hiram Stone Jr., 38, of Mason, arrested on intoxication. Fruth Drug Store on Jackson Avenue reported a break in with about $209 stolen from cash registers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Judy Landers
Pomeroy
Ervin Roy Stephens
Walter Franklin Stephens
Leon
Worthy Edward Stanley
Gallipolis
Hiram Stone Jr
Mason
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Pleasant Valley Hospital
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Hattie Jordan
Edith Fox
Ann Erwin
Gloria Roush
C. B. Thompson
Nina Thomas
Millie Bumgarner
Laurene Lewis
W. H
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William Voight
Leonard Miller
Manford Bauer
Aaron Fowler
John Meadows
Harold Lewis
Viola Escue
Karen Norris
Florence Casto
Don Thompson
Glenn R. Cunningham
Edith Gribble
Powell Reynolds
James Capehart
Jean Forbus
Enid Scantlin
Ottie Roush
Gladys Burris
Carolyn Litchfield
Florence Staats
Alma Marshall
Jay Keister
Parmalee
Meigs
Albany
Bradbury
Wallace Powers
Bernard Fultz
Meigs Meetings
James Garnes
Mrs. Garnes
Ewing Ambulance
Lila
Casey Joe
Ken Steinhoff
Holzer Hospital News
Donald Polcyn
James H. Holley
James H. Sellers
Racine
Jerry Warren
Robert W. Jones
Sandra Jean Layne
Ray E. Archer
Roy E. Baker
Robert L. Cooper
Sherman Birt Driver Jr
Charles H., Daugherty
Harold Dillon
Kenneth Downard
Cecil T. Minton
Gerald McKinniss
Jeffrey Midkiff
Larry Mullins
Thomas Morgan Jr
Harold Norton
Joe Prater
Wilma Riggs
John Rudolph
Melissa Russell
David Shively
Denise Shuler
Wilmot Snell
Jerry Tillis
Marion Woods
Mark A. Wray
William Grinstead
Richard Ballengee
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