Baby Beef and Fat Lamb Show at Jackson's Mill Dates Set
The 10th annual state 4-H and FFA Baby Beef and Fat Lamb Show and sale will run Oct 29–31 at Jackson's Mill as part of the 27th Annual State 4-H and FFA Livestock Roundup. About 100 baby beefs and 65 fat lambs will be shown and sold with prime and choice grades.
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Point Pleasant
Jackson’s Mill
Joe Emch
West Virginia University
Agricultural Extension Service of
West Virginia
Agricultural Education Service
State Board of Education
Roland H. Mullins
Woodbine
James Welch
Animal Husbandry Department
Col
Howard Dawkins
Winchester
University Offers New Retail Pesticide Service
The Agricultural Extension service of West Virginia University will provide retail pesticide dealers with pest control material recommendations for 1958. Mason County agents urge dealers to join the mailing list by calling Point Pleasant 207 or writing to David O. Quinn at West Virginia University Morgantown.
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Point Pleasant
Mountain State
Agricultural Extension Service
West Virginia University
Bill Gregory
Mason County
Mason County Extension Office
David O. Quinn
Brooks Hall
Morgantown
W. Va
Odd Fellows Lodge Plans Meeting at Point Pleasant
The Point Pleasant Odd Fellows lodge hosts a district meeting in the local fraternal building at Fourth and Main with veteran emblems presented to members. Visiting lodges from Poca, Hurricane and Buffalo are invited with a 6:30 p.m. covered dish supper and a planned program.
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Point Pleasant
Odd Fellows Lodge
Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Poca
Hurricane
Buffalo
Leon Lodge
West Virginia Master Barbers Convention Planned in Charleston
Planning to attend the 22nd Annual Convention of Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston. Oct 20 and 21 feature Mr Emerson Wilson Buck Fruth Ruth Lewis and Bonnie Caudill among attendees.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Associated
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charleston
Emerson Wilson
Buck Fruth
Ruth Lewis
Bonnie Caudill
Fine Arts Program Highlights Point Pleasant Social Notes
The Point Pleasant AAUW Fine Arts Committee hosted a Monday meeting at Mrs. Delmar Dow’s home with Mrs. Senf discussing primitive art media and Sherwood Anderson. Students’ drawings were shown, and poets Frost and Anderson were featured alongside a piano program by Mrs. Dow. Funds were planned to support the national fellowship program.
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Point Pleasant
American Association of University Women
Delmar W. Dow
Main St
F. W. Quillin
William H. Bardin
Harold Senf
Norma June Durst
Quillin
Point Pleasant High School
James Spencer
George Vaughn
Kip Hartenbach
Virginia Flora
Judith Call
Velma Rayburn
Miss Durst
Sherwood Anderson
Chicago
Carl Sandburg
Edgar Lee Masters
Winesburg
Ohio
Anderson
Fine Arts Committee
Judson Brake
Peek at the 58 Chevrolet
A Chevrolet dealer invites readers to view the 1958 model with bold styling changes. The ad promises a new design, full coil suspension and an air ride, plus two luxury V8 models and early ordering opportunities.
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Chevrolet
Tax Receipts Held Until April 1 in West Virginia
State Department of Motor Vehicles asks users to delay sending personal property tax receipts until April 1. Applications for 1958 59 license plates will be available after that date. Deputy Commissioner John H. Goad warns mailed receipts may be lost and the department cannot return them. The rule requires all registered and licensed vehicles to be listed among 1957 county personal property taxes.
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Point Pleasant
State Department of Motor Vehicles
John H. Goad
Goad
Motor Vehicles Department
Demonstrational Feeder Calves Sale Slated At Point Pleasant
Three hundred twenty five feeder calves from Mason Putnam Wayne and Cabell counties will be sold at 7 30 p m Oct 24 at the Point Pleasant livestock market It is the second regional demonstrational feeder calf sale calves are dehorned castrated weaned and vaccinated against blackleg malignant edema and shipping fever Bill Gregory Mason County farm agent says the sale offers top quality heifer calves for breeding stock Fall freshening cows usually earn more money due to higher milk prices and longer pasture access with second freshening when turned to pasture
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Point Pleasant
Mason
Putnam
Wayne
Cabell County
Bill Gregory
Mason County
Gregory
County 4 H Leaders Set for October Meeting
Mason County 4 H club leaders plan the October gathering next Saturday at Point Pleasant High School home economics building at 8 p m. Discussion will cover several items of importance and all leaders and assistants are urged to attend.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Mason County 4-H
Charles Stephenson
American Leaders Club
E. W. Stevens
Busy Bee Club
R. H. Alford
Busy Workers Club
Fred Spencer
Good Luck Clover Club
Arthur Jewell
Graham Riverside Club
Clara Schultz
Happy Hustlers Club
Bill Pridday
Helping Hand Club
William H. Boswell
Hill Billy Club
Charles Sommer
Amy Cadle
Leon Luckies Club
J. G. F. Johnson
Lucky Star Club
Lester Jordan
Mountain Climbers Club
Arnold Hussell
Sebrell Go Getters Club
Russell
Jolly Workers Club Hosts Holiday Gift Drive
The Guysville group gathered at Mrs Joe Bailey's home with co host Mrs Mable Kincade to share a covered dish meal and an afternoon program on Readings from Old School Days. Members planned Christmas gifts for State Hospital patients and prepare for a Sh shower in honor of Mrs Joanna Weaver.
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Guysville
Jolly Workers Club
Joe Bailey
Mable Kincade
Coolville
Itha
Bertha Allen
State Hospital
Franklin Washburn
A& Stork
Joanna Weaver
Vanderhoof
Charles Windland
Births and hospital notes in Point Pleasant area
Mr and Mrs George Blanken ship Point Pleasant welcome a daughter on Oct 14. Admitted Raymond McCarty Apple Grove. Mrs Marie Legg Robertsburg. Rickie Hatfield Gallipolis. Discharged Mrs James Mitchell and infant son Buffalo. Tobacco stripping demonstrations planned in Mason County with dates Nov 1 and 2. location to be announced by county agent Bill Gregory.
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Point Pleasant
Julia Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Johnny Mitchell
Bruce Chapel
Lester Jordan
Howard Garland
Ordnance School
E. E. Mitchell
Billy Blain
Joe
Jackie Jordan
William and
Eva Gill
Mary Wetherholt
Wetherholt
I. A. Blain
John Gill
Reta
Mary Lou Garland
Point Clinic
George Blankenship
Raymond McCarty
Apple Grove
Marie Legg
Robertsburg
Rickie Hatfield
Gallipolis
James Mitchell
Buffalo
Mason County
Bill Gregory
FBI arrests 1771 aliens after Pearl Harbor attack
On the day after Pearl Harbor, the FBI detained 1771 potentially dangerous aliens as part of wartime security measures, a fact cited by Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Pearl Harbor
FBI
Encyclopedia
Britannica
Chesterhill Social Notes Highlight Local Homes and Births
Charley Ewart returns home after visiting son-in-law and daughter Ason Eyre in Columbus. A son born Oct 2 to Danny and Mrs. Carr with Murray Carr as paternal grandfather. A son born Sept 19 to James and Ruth Ellen Stone Duncan of Washington D C. Ruth Ellen is daughter of Prof. Dewey Stone, former local schools superintendent. Clyde Carpenter transferred from Lafayette Louisiana to Benton Kentucky with Texas Gas and Transmission Co. Evelyn Wallace and son Ronnie dinner guests of aunt Ella Richard.
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Chesterhill
Charley Ewart
Ason Eyre
Columbus
Danny Carr
Murray Carr
James Duncan
Washington D.H
Duncan
Ruth Ellen Stone
Dewey Stone
Stone
Clyde Carpenter
Lafayette
Benton
Carpenter
Texas Gas and Transmission Co
Evelyn Wallace
Ronnie
Ella Richard
Textile sale ad with corduroy and muslin offerings
An old newspaper ad lists fabric prices and items including 39 inch corduroy at 77 cents per yard, 29 cent white batiste per yard, first quality hope muslin at 62 cents, and an oval braided rug priced at 6.60.
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Bud Blake
King Features Syndicate
Lambda Chi Omega
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Moose Home
Carroll E. Kennedy
Harley Hartley
Nina Haddox
Martha Haught
Kennedy
Hartley
Mary Pullins
Lucille Getty
Anna Lou Schroeder
Doris Head
Bessie Wilson
Chesterhill Social Notes
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Biggs’ Dept
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Middleport
Meigs Grocery
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N. Court St
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Daniel Boone
Phae Ee Oe
White Batiste
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