Engagement Planned for Wilma Jean Smith and John Withers
Mrs Gail Smith of 104 Liberty Ave announces the engagement and forthcoming fall wedding of her daughter Wilma Jean Smith to John Morton Withers son of Mr and Mrs E L Withers of Hogsett Both graduates of Point Pleasant High School Class of 1953 Wilma was a Thespian understudy National Honor Society and Oh Kan assistant editor employed at Mallable Iron Works John was active in football and basketball a varsity member and in the Key Club employed at Two River Motor Co
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Point Pleasant
Gail Smith
Liberty Ave
Wilma Jean Smith
John Morton Withers
E. L. Withers
Hogsett
Miss Smith
Mr. Withers
Point Pleasant High School
Gibson kin reunion and social events at Point Pleasant
The Gibson descendants held a large August reunion at the Henderson home of Mrs. Nellie Snodgrass with many attendees from West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and beyond. A dessert bridge at Mrs C Z Hyer’s Jericho Road home followed, with high scores by Mrs Edward Jackson and others. Another dessert bridge and diaper shower honored Mrs C Frederick Staats of Ripley at New Haven, with Mrs Staats top scorer and Mrs Douglas Rouse second.
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C. Z. Hyer
Jericho Road
Edward Jackson
William Gygax
Belen Somerville
A. Shinn
Wiliam Gygax
James McComb
Kenneth W. Shaffer
G. BE. Mitchell
Wallace Burdette
Homer Lowe, Sr
George Sprenger
Donald Farsons
Harry Roush
Elton, Boggan
Helen Somerville
Joe Buffington
Gene Crow
Nelson Park
Richard Startzman
Gail Faires
J. M. Schlosser
F. W. Quillin
T. Stribling
Milford Mowrey
C. Frederick Staats
Ripley
Point Pleasant
New Haven
Marriage Announcement of Mrs Marie Ridout Jones and Dr Russell Wolfe
The wedding of Mrs Marie Ridout Jones daughter of Mrs M Ridout to Dr Russell S Wolfe took place on Tuesday July 14 1953 at St Paul Methodist Church in Houston Texas Dr Wolfe a cousin of City Police Chief and Mrs Hoyt Jiiden is a former lieutenant colonel from World War III and now works with Veterans Administration hospitals in Houston and Washington Also noted is a public budget hearing for East Hocking Ohio on September 7 and coal bid notices for the 1953-1954 school year in The Plains Ohio with Emma Cade as Clerk
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Hoyt Jiiden
Miller St
Marie Ridout Jones
M. Ridout
Russell S. Wolfe
St. Paul Methodist Church
Houston
Tex
Wolfe
Jiiden
Veteran's Administration
Washington
OES Chapter to Meet at Masonic Temple in Point Pleasant
The Order of the Eastern Star chapter will hold its regular meeting at the Masonic Temple on Monday at 8 pm with a special program honoring the chaplain and marshal. Attendees include visiting Eastern Stars and members from Leon and surrounding towns plus a list of local residents visiting relatives and on vacations.
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Point Pleasant
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Rainfall Reported As Heat Wave Ends In Point Pleasant
Weather observer E. C. Winger reported rainfall of 1.44 inches in Point Pleasant as a heat wave broke. Friday high reached 96 degrees and humidity was very high. by Saturday morning temperature dropped to 60 degrees.
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Point Pleasant
E. C. Winger
Mercury
Jim Adams Enrolls at State University
Jim Adams, a Point Pleasant native and 1953 Point Pleasant High School graduate, resigns as a teletype operator for the Point Pleasant Register to enter West Virginia University on Wednesday. He joins the College of Engineering to pursue aeronautics, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Adams of 1413 Ohio Street.
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Point Pleasant
Jimmie Adams
Point Pleasant Register
West Virginia University
Jimmie
Point Pleasant High School
College of Engineering
Raymond Adams
Ohio
Rector and wife take new posts at Christ Church rectory
The Rev Jerome Rodgers and his wife have moved to the Episcopal rectory on Main Street Point Pleasant. Rodgers succeeds the late W C Bowie as rector and was ordained in March 1952 after graduating from Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. Previously he served in Berkley Springs and Huntington with the American Car and Foundry mine car division. Mrs Rodgers, a University of Kentucky graduate in political science and French, taught in Berkley Springs.
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Point Pleasant
Jerome Rodgers
Berkley Springs
Main St
Rodgers
W. C. Bowie
Christ Church, Episcopal
Virginia Theological Seminary i
Alexandria
Huntington
American Car and Foundry
Berkley Springs Episcopal Church
Kentucky
Middieboro
Corbin, Ky
University of Kentucky
Cars Damaged In Collision On Route 35
An 8:45 am Saturday crash on Route 35 near the New York Central arch on the outskirts of Point Pleasant involved John William Cullen of Letart Route 2 and William Hall of Eight Mile. Deputy Sheriff Griff Durbin investigated. no injuries or arrests were reported. Cullen's 1949 Pontiac had $400 to $500 damage to the grill, headlights and left front. Hall's 1938 Chevrolet had about $100 damage to the left side.
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Point Pleasant
New York Central Arch
John William Cullen
Letart
William Hall
Eight Mile
Hall
Cullen
Griff Durbin
Sunday School Conclave Set in Point Pleasant
Sessions of the 1953 county Sunday school convention will be held at the Heights Evangelical United Brethren Church on North Main Street in Point Pleasant Friday afternoon September 11. G. W. McKinney president urges districts to finish reports and send to Secretary Harvey Morgan before the county meets. Rev. Yvan Gould of Charleston will attend to report on state work and deliver a council message. First session opens at 2 00 pm Friday.
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Point Pleasant
Heights
West Virginia Council of Religious Education
Jeff Harris Rites Today at Sandy City Church Catlettsburg
Funeral services are to be held today at 2 p.m. at the Sandy City Church in Catlettsburg for Jeff Thams Harris 46 who died of a heart ailment Wednesday at his Apple Grove home. Burial will follow in Williams Cemetery. The Rev Dudal will officiate. Surviving include his wife Mackie two daughters Mrs Roy Dowell Steubenville and Mrs Howard Crawford Apple Grove, and a son Thomas Harris serving with the Army in Korea. Also surviving are brothers Kenneth Harris Coal Grove Cecil Catlettsburg Charles Columbus two sisters Mrs Pearl Green Coal Grove Mrs Madge Beam Ashland and one half sister Mrs Nora Hooker Taswell County Virginia. The body was removed from Stevens Funeral Home to the Harris home in Apple Grove where friends may call.
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Point Pleasant
Sandy City
Catlettsburg
Jeff Thames Harris
Apple Grove
Williams Cemetery
Dudall
Macle
Roy Dowell
Steubenville
Howard Crawford
Thomas Harris
Korea
Kenneth Harris
Coal Grove
Cecil
Charles of
Columbus
Pearl Green
Madge Beam
Ashland
Nora Hooker
Taswell County
Virginia
Stevens
Harris
Errettes Announce Birth of Daughter
Mrs. Robert Errette of Leon announces the birth of a daughter on September 4 at Kanawha Medical Clinic. This is their fourth child and third daughter. Paternal grandmother is Mrs. Samuel Errette Sr. of Buffalo. Maternal grandmother is Mrs. Helen Cossin of Leon. Maternal grandfather is Dencil Cossin of Columbus.
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Point Pleasant
Jack Fruth
Kanawha Medical Civils
Robert Errette
Leon
Kanawha Medical Clinic
Samuel Errette, Sr
Buffalo
Helsen Cossin
Dencil Cossin
Columbus
Church Service Planned at Point Pleasant
Sunday school will be held at the Presbyterian Church at 8th and Main Sunday at 9 45 a m. The Rev John W Largent Jr pastor announced Worship will begin at 11 a m with a sermon by the pastor on the topic To Thine Own Self.
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Hurch
Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Church
John W. Largent
Licenses Issued for Norma Lee Alien and Martha Varney
Norma Lee Alien aged 24 of Ashton wed Martha Varney aged 352 in Ashton. Clyde Clark 25 of Letart married Velma Shirley 21 of Letart.
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Norma Lee Alien
Ashton
Martha Varney
Clyde Clark
Letart
Velma Shirley
Farm Youth Week Set For Mason County Six Day Event
Mason County proclaims September 6 to 12 as Farm Youth Week. Leaders Sheriffs Charles Roberts and B W Krodel along with Lyle Austin and Roy W Eschenaur urge appreciation of 4 H Clubs FFA and Future Homemakers. They highlight youth education, citizenship, and rural community impact through farm and home activities.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Charles Roberts
B. W. Krodel
Fann Bureau
Lyle Austin
Roy W. Eschenaur
The
Chamber of Commerce
Future Farmers of America
Nakers
Farmers of
Mason County Farm
Auto Tow Hits Bridge on West Virginia Route 17
At 6 30 am on Friday a sedan towing another car struck the left side of the 16 Mile Creek bridge along West Virginia Route 17. John Carraway Morris 59 of Monroe NC drove a 1951 sedan towing a 1559 tudor eastbound. Damage about 1000 Morris suffered facial and leg injuries treated at Point Clinic. He was arrested by State Police for reckless driving and fined five dollars plus costs.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
16 Mile Creek Bridge
John Carraway Morris
Monroe
N.C
Morris
Point Clinic
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