Leslie Rayburn Wins Farm Conservation Bond
At a Rotary Club meeting Leslie Rayburn of Point Pleasant Route 2 received a 50 war bond for best developed farm under the district conservation program. He is the first Mason County winner in the Western Soil Conservation District contest, sponsored by the B and O Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Rotary Club
Leslie Rayburn
Rayburn
Mason County
Western Soil Conservation District
B & O Railroad
A. G. Middleton
M. C. Lewis
Board of Supervisors
R. Clark Butler
Future Farmers of America
West Virginia University
Proffitt Twin Birth at Holzer Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Proffitt announce the birth of a son, William Howard Jr., on October 17 at Holzer Hospital. This is their second child and first son. Maternal grandparents are Floyd Stover and wife, paternal grandparents Emory and wife, all local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William H. Proffitt
William Howard, Jr
Holzer Hospital
Floyd Stover
Emory Proffitt
Drivers tests in Point Pleasant yield four failures
Sgt. Dallas Wilfong and Trooper R C Dilley administered driver tests in Point Pleasant to 22 applicants. Four failed to pass the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Dallas Wilfong
R. C. Dilley
Pt Pleasant Church News Highlights
Evangelical United Brethren led by Rev F H Capehart with services at Bellemeade Meigs and a midweek prayer and choir session. Boys Choir meets Thursday. Christ Church Parish led by Rev Robert Findlay Thomas with communion at 9 and 11 am services and a Halloween church school party at Bruce Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical United Brethren
F. H. Capehart
Bellemeade
Meigs
Christ Church Parish
Episcopal
Robert Findlay Thomas
Christ Church
Bruce Chapel
Sheriff Returns Man On Non-Support Charge
Sheriff Er nest Hesson brought Russell Rood to Point Pleasant from Columbus Ohio where a non support case was filed by his former wife Elizabeth Estep of Nitro She seeks support for their two children Charles and Russell Jr Columbus police held Rood until he could be brought here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Columbus
Ohio
Russell Reod
Elizabeth Estep
Nitro
Charles and
Russell, Jr
Central PTA Officers Elected at Meeting
Central PTA elected new officers at a meeting in Point Pleasant. Mrs. Judson Brake was chosen president with Miss Iva Wise as vice president and Mrs. Roy Eschenaur as secretary. Mrs. Frank Capehart Jr. serves as treasurer. Eunice Hesson’s room had the largest attendance. The group will meet the third Tuesday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Central Pta
Judson Brake
Iva Wise
Roy Eschenaur
Frank Capehart, Jr
Eunice Hesson
Farm Group Backs Dewey in West Virginia
Point Pleasant Barton Jones, a Republican candidate for State Senator in the Fourth District, attended a West Virginia Farmers for Dewey luncheon at the Ruffner Hotel in Charleston. Hugh Vandervort chaired. The group, gathering farmers statewide, predicts Dewey will win about 70 percent of the farmers' vote in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Barton Jones
West Virginia Farmers For Dewey
Ruffner Hotel
Charleston
Hugh Vandervort
Agricultural Department
Morgantown
Dewey
West Virginia
Headquarters Meeting Planned After Rally
Following the Republican Victory rally in Point Pleasant on October 23, the Mason County Young Republican Club will meet at local headquarters. Carroll Casto, president, announced that committeemen and committeewomen for each district will be appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Young Republican Club
Carroll Casto
Rich ar dson Venus wedding at Denison University campus
Mrs O L Easley and Mr and Mrs L E Heisell will attend the wedding of Cynthia Lynn Richardson daughter of Mr and Mrs L E Richardson Glouster to Bernard Peter Venus at the Delta Delta Delta House on the Denison University campus this weekend. A reception will follow at the Sigma Chi fraternity house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
O. L. Easley
L. E. Heisell
Cynthia Lynn Richardson
L. E. Richardson, Glouster
Bernard Peter Venus
Delta Delta Delta
Denison University
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Circle 5 Women of Presbyterian meet on Jefferson Blvd
Circle No. 5 of the Women of the Presbyterian Church met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. John C. Hutchinson on Jefferson Boulevard. Mrs. James McComb presided. Bible study led by Mrs. Carter Franklin examined the 12 books of history and the value of life. meditation titled Come and Go led by Mrs. McComb. Pack a Towel Day is November 5 for World Community Day. Members present included Mrs. James McComb, Mrs. Carter Franklin, Mrs. Douglas Rouse, Mrs. J. N. Wallace, Mrs. William Burdette, Mrs. William Cruicksshanks, Mrs. Emory Monroe Jr., Mrs. James Rayburn, Mrs. William Woolfitt, Mrs. George Harper, Mrs. Glenn Sayre, Mrs. Woodrow Kapp, Mrs. Robert Dilley, Mrs. Wayne Kincaid, Mrs. Sanford Rhoades, Mrs. John Wright, and Mrs. John Clay Hutchinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
John C. Hutchinson
Jefferson Blvd
James McComb
Carter Franklin
Douglas Rouse
J. N. Wallace
William Burdette
William Cruicksshanks
Emory Monroe, Jr
James Rayburn
William Woolfitt
George Harper
Glenn Sayre
Woodrow Kapp
Robert Dilley
Wayne Kincaid
Sanford Rhoades
John Wright
John Clay Hutchinson
Missionary Rally Called by Mason EUB Churches
A district missionary rally for Mason County Evangelical United Brethren groups is urged for October 28 at 7 30 p m in the Mason EUB Church. Mrs George E Thomas of New Haven will preside as district chairman with a Heights Church society play on the program. Officers of the Missionary organizations Youth Fellows Youth Workers and Children's directors and workers and ministers are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical United Brethren Churches
Mason County
Mason Eub
George E. Thomas
New Haven
Heights Church Society
Local Social Notes From Charleston Area
Point Pleasant visitor Darrell Gill from Apple Grove was in Charleston on business. Mrs. C. P. Stout spent Sunday with her mother Mrs. Helen Dudley O’Neil in Parkersburg. Joe Hogsett underwent an operation at St Mary’s Hospital in Huntington. Mr. and Mrs. Abe Sayre returned from a two week South vacation. Mrs. Sayre’s sister Mrs. Dow Henson of Clarendon NC will stay two weeks. Juliet Smith attended the Holiday on Ice show in Charleston. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Johnson expect to return home this weekend from the West trip. Mrs. William Steenbergen and Miss Mary McCullough, visiting Mrs. Maxwell Byers in Maryland, returned home with Byers remaining for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Darrell Gill
Apple Grove
Charleston
C. P. Stout
Helen Dudley O'Neil
Parkersburg
Joe Hogsett
Hogsett
St. Mary’s Hospital
Huntington
Abe Sayre
South
Hamilton Johnson
William Steenbergen
Mary McCullough
Maxwell Byers
Maryland
Byers
Play Attended by Gallipolis Residents at Barter Theatre
Among local attendees of the PurSuit of Happiness presentation at the Washington School auditorium in Gallipolis were Mrs. S. C. Wilhelm, Mrs. W. H. Morgan, Mrs. T. Stribling and Mrs. E. Bartow Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Washington School
Gallipolis
S. C. Wilhelm
W.H. Morgan
T. Stribling
E. Bartow Jones
Republicans Enter Cabell Republican Club Assembly
Carroll Casto and James Sturgeon of Mason County Young Republican Club attended a Cabell County Young Men's Republican Club meeting in Huntington as guests of Raymond Humphries. Cecil Underwood, West Virginia Young Republican president, was the main speaker. Mr and Mrs Ivan Carman and sons Gary and Ronald visited Mrs Georgia Saunders, seriously ill at St Mary's Hospital Huntington. her condition is reported improving.
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Man
Young Men's Republican Club
Cabell County
Huntington
Raymond Humphries
Cecil Underwood
Young Republican Club of
West Virginia
Pomeroy
Ivan Carman
Gary
Ronald
Carman
Georgia Saunders
St. Mary’s Hospital
W. Va
Saunders
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Southeastern
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Community Chest
Athens, Ohio
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C. G. Bauerle
William Bardin
Bauerle
Jericho Road
Harry Roush
Don Smith
EF. Bartow Jones
Velma Heiner
L. C. Somerville
Bertha Filson
Milton Miller
Ben Tracy, Sr
W. H. Morgan
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Howard Gutherie
Kananga
Keith McClung
Hugo Juhling
Hartford
Circle No. 5
Part
Jacquard
Altmans
LACE
Stevens P
Cabell Organization
James Sturgeon
Arrow and
Wilson Bros
Hickok
BEN Franklin CO
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