Jacksonville Old Settlers Homecoming Draws 5000
Crowd of about five thousand attended the Jacksonville reunion marking the 89th anniversary since 1864. The three day event featured church services, parades, bands, radio shows, queen contests, and platform dances by Jay Fielding's Music Makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Old Settlers
Jacksonville
Jay Fielding
Shirley Bycofski
Ann Householder
Chauncey Band
Jess Pickard
Lawsie Geddes
Chesterhill
Shade
Donald van Horn
Wayne Harris
Sam Jeffries
Ralph Guthrie
Kellen
Hicock
Pickard
Aured Sinvery
Jack Exenkamper
Columbus
Trimble
John Gibbs Rites Held
Funeral services for John Lewis Gibbs were conducted at Blower Funeral Home with Rev. D. K. Tea ter officiating. Burial followed in Maplewood Cemetery. Attendees included many out-of-town relatives from Ohio and West Virginia, listing Utz of Arcanum, Gibbs family members from Wheel ing, Stilts of Buffalo, Lintala, Griffith, Gibbs families of Columbus, and others from Lancaster Rushville and Zanesville.
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John
Buffalo
Ohio
Norma Jean Stilts
T. M. Lintala
R. E. Griffith
Laurence Gibbs
Helene Gibbs
Foster Gibbs
Columbus
Jack Gardner
Lancaster
Charles Strohmeer
Rushville
Edgar Gibbs
Zanesville
Glouster Personal Names Holiday Visitors From Columbus and Surroundings
Glouster residents and visitors are listed as holiday guests and travelers. Miss Sabra Armstrong and Miss Jo Ellen Carter returned from a ten day vacation in Columbus with relatives, while Merle Danford visited her relatives in Columbus. Numerous guests from Columbus, Akron, Dayton, Toledo, Springfield and Newark populated homes in Glouster for holidays and gatherings, including the Shirkeys, Leys, Dugan, Hahn, Caldwell, Viney, Henderson, Carielli, and Lookenotte families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabra Armstrong
Jo Ellen Carter
Miss Carter
Fred Anderson
Columbus
Miss Armstrong
Mabel
Lakeside
Merle Danford
Arnold Grueger
E. C. Shirkey
Jacksonville
Ernestine Turvey
Eddie
Harold Shirkey
Edward
Barbara
Dayton
Paul Schrantz
Ed Ley
Cecilia Chute
Howard Dust
Akron
Joe Dugan
Portsmouth
Glouster
Harry Hahn
C. G. Lunsford
Robert Caldwell
Sandra
Lucille Thompson
Rodney Linscott
Charles Guinther
Anna Smith
A. J. Viney
Detroit
J. E. Williams
R. E. Viney
Andrew, Jr
Emma
Joyce
Essie Carielli
Main Street
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Labor Day
Norbert Johnson Ambulance
Mary Holderman
Belford Foraker
Jack
Louise
Toledo
Fred Lookenotte
Springfield
Ohio
Arthur Lookenotte
Phyllis
Kenneth Lookenotte
Sherry
Newark
Social notes from Pt Pleasant family gathering
The Pt Pleasant column lists numerous Reiker family members and in laws visiting or hosting events in Henderson Leon Charleston and nearby towns. The item notes a 12 year reunion for the Reiker clan and includes extended relatives from Ohio West Virginia and Illinois with updates on travels weddings and a jet fighter pilot nephew.
Walden Montcastle Tie The Knot In Catlettsburg Ceremony
Miss Alice E Walden daughter of Mr and Mrs T F Walden Glenwood became the bride of Ronnie Montcastle son of Mr and Mrs T D Montcastle Apple Grove in a Aug 9 ceremony at the home of Rev A P Keyser retired minister in Catlettsburg Ky Attendants were Miss Ruth Ann Montcastle and Earl Deal The bride is a graduate of Hannan High School and Huntington Comptometer School and works in the Perry Norvell Co Huntington Mr Montcastle also a Hannan High School graduate works at the Ford garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice E. Walden
T. F. Walden
Glenwood
Ronnie Montcastle
T. D. Montcastle
Apple Grove
Catlettsburg
A. P. Keyser
Ruth Ann Montcastle
Earl Deal
Hannan High School
Huntington Comptometer School
Perry-Norvell Co
Huntington
Montcastle
Ford
Point Pleasant Woman's Club Holds Meeting for New Members
A called meeting of the Point Pleasant Woman's Club will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church social rooms for voting new members. President Mrs. Delbert Staats reports membership cards may be obtained from Mrs. C R Schurman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant Woman's Club
Presbyterian Church
Delbert Staats
C. R. Schurman
AAUW Point Pleasant Branch Plans Fall Meeting
The Point Pleasant Branch of the American Association of University Women announces the first fall gathering for Monday at 7 30 p.m. Mrs F W Quillin serves as president and will lead the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
American Association of University Women
F. W. Quillin
Meeting Postponed by Leon Metho Dist Church
The WSCS of the Leon Metho dist Church has postponed its meeting originally set for this evening until further notice.
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WSCS
The
Leon Methodist Church
Pleasant weekend visits noted in Point Pleasant noting several families
Mr and Mrs Roy Greenlee of Charleston visited her parents Mr and Mrs W R Woodall of Leon over the weekend Mrs Pearl R Hayman of Charleston visited her sister and brother Edna and Herbert Burdette in Leon during the holiday weekend Mr and Mrs Phil Crookham and family of Columbus Ohio MSgt and Mrs Otis Crookham of Chanute Field Illinois Mrs William C Crookham and daughter Carla Dawn of Washington DC and Mr and Mrs Keith Thomas of Gauley Bridge visited during the week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Crookham
Leon
Rodney Puillins
Jericho Road
Ohio
Carolyn Hayman
Betty Boyles
Charleston
Phyllis Newhouse
Sissonville
Cincinnati
Smokey Dow
Columbus
Ralph Keller
David
Hot Springs
Ark
Mace Beaver
Ironton
Sherman Beaver
Reginald Archer
Gallipolig Ferry
John B. Archer
Frametown
W. Va
Phillip Archer Land
Jeanette and
Jacqueline
Vernon Archer
Pontiac, Mich
Blazer Wetherholt
Gallipolis
Annette Gills
Mabel Gills
Lloyd Durst
Woodrow Russell
David Wright
Pleasant St
William Gorrell
Glendenin
Gorell
Wright
Donald Rairden
United Fuel Company
George Rairden
Herbert Capehart
Debbie
Minneapolis
Capehart
Theological School
Northwestern University
James Bowles
New York Central Railroad
Lewis Harris
Dunbar
Robert Errette
Ronnie Bailes
Bailes
Perry Sayre
Ernest Sayre
Irene Sayre
Arbuckle
Pittsburgh
Mae Bailes
Robert Wallace
Henderson
Washington, D. C
Wallace
L. T. Cossin
Annabelle Keefer
Warren Keefer
Charles King
Charleston Road
Chester Casto
James Michael
Charles Casto
Ray Barker
Mason
H. Joe Gress
Perrin Air Force Base
Sherman
Texas
Captain Gress
Roy Greenlee
W. R. Woodall
Pearl R. Hayman
Edna Burdette
Herbert Burdette
Phil Crookham
Otis Crookham
Chanute Field
Ill
William C. Crookham
Carla Dawn
Keith Thomas
Gauley Bridge
Point Pleasant Sergeant Returning from Korea Service
Sgt. Robert K. Lewis, 23, of Point Pleasant, returns to the United States after serving with the Second Infantry Division in Korea. His wife Wilma resides at 63 Burdette Addition. A Point Pleasant High School graduate, he entered the Army in December 1951. his parents Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lewis live in Henderson.
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Point Pleasant
Robert K. Lewis
United States
Korea
Lewis
Wilma
Burdette Addition
Point Pleasant High School
Russell Lewis
Henderson
Prisoner Transferred To Huttonville Prison
Sheriff Charles A. Roberts moved prisoner Robert J. Rogers from Lakin to the medium security Huttonsville facility over the weekend. Rogers, a former inmate at Huttonsville, is serving time for grand larceny.
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Pleasant
Charles A. Roberts
Huttonville
Lakin
Robert J. Rogers
Huttonsville
Club meeting notices for GLOUSTER Pythian Sisters and others
Pythian Sisters meet in K of P Hall with lunch served. Chapter 192 CES meets in Ma sonic Hall Tuesday at 7 30. American Legion Post 414 meets Tuesday September 15 replacing September 8. Past Chiefs Club holds meeting Thursday September 10 at Mrs Dorothy Wallace home with Nellie Jones May Oliver and Wealthy Williams assisting. Midweek prayer service Wednesday at 7 30 p m First Baptist Church led by Miss Lelia Booker and Mrs Helen Leach. Missionary Society meets Thursday night in church auditorium.
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Glouster — Pythian Sisters
K of P
Ces
Masonic Hall
Chiefs Club
Dorothy Wallace
Nellie Jones
May Oliver
Wealthy Williams
First Baptist Church
Lelia Booker
Helen Leach
the Missionary Society
Appointment of J B Van ity Jr as Administrator in Athens
J B Van ity Jr of Box 61 Athens Ohio appointed Administrator of the Estate of Lydia Dailey deceased of Route 2 Athens. Creditors must file claims with the fiduciary within four months. Dated August 24 1953 John F Newcomb Probate Judge Athens County Ohio.
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J. B. Vanity, Jr
Box
Athens
Ohio
Lydia Dailey
Athens County
John F. Newcomb
Divorce Petition Filed in Athens County Court
Sidney F. Carpenter sues Maude L. Carpenter of Chicago Illinois in the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio Cause No. 20513 for divorce on grounds of wilful absence over a year and gross neglect. Defendant must answer by October 10, 1938, through attorney Foster B. Cornwell.
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Maude L. Carpenter
East 61St Street
Chicago
Illinois
Sidney F. Carpenter
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Sidney F. C Ter
Foster B Cornwell
Mason County Farm Youth Show Opens September 9
The Mason County farm youth show chaired by W. C. Roberts will open at Harmon Park on Wednesday September 9 and run through Saturday September 12 with a full program of registration parades livestock judging tractor contests and a Point Pleasant football game at Sanders Field.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
W. C. Roberts
Chamber of Commerce
County Health Department
Mason County Farm
Harmon Park
FFA
FHA
Mason County Farm Women’s Council
Sanders Field
Circuit Court Docket Set For September Term at Point Pleasant
The September term of the Mason County Circuit Court opened with Judge Lewis H. Miller presiding. Cases on the trial docket include Burris vs Ellis and Ce ment Block Co vs Sayre notices of motion, Peoples vs motion, Smith vs Bowman for $100 damages, Caudill vs Moore, Mason County Post 23 American Legion vs County Court on appeal, and Durfee vs Cot trill.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
Odis Burris
R. G. Ellis
Pomeroy Cement Block Company
George E. Sayre
E. W. Peoples
Denzil W. Smith
Alvin Bowman
Garland Caudill
Mai Moore
Mason County
American Legion
Madeline Durfee
Charles Cottrill
New Teachers Are Honored At County Reception
Eleven new teachers in the county school system were honored at a reception hosted by the Classroom Teachers Association after a county education association meeting. The honorees include Katherine Newell Clyde Levine Richard Horton Alice Anne Roush Andrews Clara Graham C R Yoho Claude S Bailey John Stenger Betty Hatcher Rhoades George Kooken and Velma Mueller. The association plans its next meeting September 21 at the high school cafeteria with Mrs. Garrett Green in attendance.
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Point Pleasant
Classroom Teachers Association
Katherine Newell
Clyde Levine
Richard Horton
Alice Anne Roush Andrews
Clara Graham
C. R. Yoho
Claude S. Bailey
John Stenger
Betty Hatcher Rhoades
George Kooken
Velma Mueller
Garrett Green
Graveside services held for infant Andrew Mark Antal
Graveside services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at Suncrest Cemetery for Andrew Mark Antal infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Antal who died Sunday in Holzer Hospital. The Rev Daniel M Dorsey officiated. Survivors include the parents one brother and the grandparents.
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Point Pleasant
Suncrest
Andrew Mark Antal
Joseph Antal
Holzer Hospital
Daniel M. Dorsey
Joseph
Maxine Anthony Antal
Henry Anthony
Rose Antal
Lebanon
Dixie Lee Named at Leon Birth
Mr and Mrs Robert Errette of Leon name their new daughter Dixie Lee born September 4 at the Kanawha Medical Clinic in Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert Errette
Leon
Dixie Lee
Kanawha Medical Clinic
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Methodist Church
William Bartels
FE. C. Shirkey
Mary Davis
Linda Exenhamper
Lester Covert
Robert Taylor
Edskemper
Inez Kempton
John Altman
Shirley
Shirley Davis
Tony Glaspy
Anita Sisson
Barbara Sayre Gierhart
Edwin Shirkey
Ethel Riley
Brenda
R. S Lawrence
Inéz Kempton
Poling
Plains and
John Gibbs
Chesterhill, Ohio
John Deere
Stout Farm Supply
Kern St
Athens, Ohio
Et Ae
Hugh Reiker
John David
James
William C. Reiker
Celia Sue
Carole
Billy
Howard Pflug
Linda
Melvin
Wauconda
Lrl
Otto Reiker
Dewey Deal, Jr
Michael
Otho Gerlach
Hanly
Peter Steenbergen
Robert Archer
Nanette
R. B. Freeman
Ohio River Road
Woman’s Club
AAUW
Pt. Pleasant
U. 5S
Antal
Buick CO
N. Court End Carpenter Sts
Hamilton
Poplar St
S. Davis
Tel
the Ohio Fuel
Lag Company 9
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