School Board Appoints 11 Teachers and Approves Bids
Mason County Board of Education hears delegations on transportation and school matters. New Haven Heights seeks bus service for 41 students. board agrees if roads are passable. Other delegations address bus driver resignation, resuming service on discontinued routes, and maintenance or legal actions. The board hires 11 teachers and substitutes, approves bleacher repair funds, and awards gasoline and fuel oil contracts to Gulf Oil Co and City Ice and Fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Board of Education
New Haven Heights
C. P. Stout
Charley Jones
Robert Adkins
Keith Arnold
Bird
Big Spruce
Bel Steenbergen
Evelyn Yonker
West Columbia
Audrey Sayre
Pat Siler
John Richardson
Gulf Oil Co
Ice
W. F. Bryan
Earl McCoy
Milton Scott
PTA Council
Betrothal Announced In Point Pleasant
Mr and Mrs Clayton Pullins of Windsor Court announce the betrothal of their daughter Barbara Ann to Herbert Franklin Sayre son of Mr and Mrs John P Sayre of Park Dr Both graduates of Point Pleasant High School Barbara Ann is employed by C P Telephone Co and Sayre by Appalachian Power Co Plans for the wedding are in complete Members of Circle Five Presbyterian Church hosted a meeting at 811 Main St with fall flowers and plans for church dinners and meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Clayton Pullins
Windsor Court
Barbara Ann
Herbert Franklin Sayre
John P. Sayre
Park
Miss Pullins
Point Pleasant High School
Oh-Kan
C & P Telephone Co
Sayre
National Thespian Society
Appalachian Power Co
J. H. Hutchinson
Main St
Presbyterian Church
R. G. Harrison
H. O. Francis
Sally Jacobs
Morrison
L. C. Somerville
Ruth Rhoades
John Oshel
Mason-A bridal shower honors Mrs. Willis Davis
A Mason A bridal shower was hosted at Mrs. Lester Dodson’s home honoring Mrs. Willis Davis. Guests included relatives and friends from New Haven Pomery and Mason, with hostesses listed as Mrs. Dodson Mrs. Dexter Erwin Mrs. David Fields and Mrs. Robert Beach and Angie Fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolland Neutzling
Lena
Katie Guth
Ethel
Clara Garland
Sarah Phillips
Hazel McCallum
Pomeroy
Edison Weaver
Matilda Nebel
Dennis Dudding
Emmett Ward
Stanley Harbour
George Carson
Marjorie Brinker
Berry Kelly
Fred Stewart
Mason
Davis
Marsha Kay
Mid East Profile Shown at Missionary Society Meeting
Mrs Ed Irvin presented a film titled Mid East Profile at a Main Street Baptist Church Missionary Society gathering Tuesday in the social room. Mrs Besse B Moore opened with prayer, and Mrs Judson Brake led the devotional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Irvin
Mid-East
Missionary Society of Main Street Baptist Church
Besse B. Moore
Judson Brake
Harry Wells
Moore
A. F. Wilson
R. W. Eshhenaur
C. R. Perry
Wells
C. H. Withers
Past Point Resident Dies in Columbus
Eustace S. Craig of Columbus formerly lived in Point Pleasant and is survived by his wife Margaret Caldwell Craig. He was a brother of Mrs. G. B. Woodard and brother-in-law of L. L. Caldwell. Funeral services set for Saturday at 11 a.m. at Woodyard Funeral Home on State Street in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Eustace S. Craig
Columbus
Craig
G. B. Woodard
L. L. Caldwell
Woodyard
State St
Margaret Caldwell Craig
Women of the Presbyterian Church meet for September circle 2
Members Circle 2 of the Women of the Presbyterian Church held a September meeting at Mrs. James McComb home on Mason Boulevard. Mrs. Charles Young led the session with Religious Education as the topic led by Mrs. O C Hall and lesson by Mrs. Eugene Sterrett ending with prayer. Refreshments were served to a group of attendees including Mrs Young Mrs Sterrett Mrs George Harper and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the
Presbyterian Church
James McComb
Mason Blvd
Charles Young
O. C. Hall
Eugene Sterret
Young
Sterrett
George Harper
I. G. Wolden
John Kay
Mildred Bateman
Okey Burdett
T. L. Jones
Earl Gibbs
Clara Goodwin
Ada Crooks Services Set For Sunday at Heights EUB
Ada Crooks of Point Pleasant died Thursday night in Holzer Hospital after a three week illness. Widow of Walter W. Crooks she was a Mason County native with two daughters one son and seven grandchildren. Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm at Heights EUB Church conducted by Rev Roy McCoy with Rev Kenneth Chandler assisting. Friends may call Crow funeral home after 7 pm Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ada E. Crooks
Mt. Vernon Ave
Holzer Hospital
Mason County
Walter W. Crooks
Benjamin and
Becca (Smith) Carson
Greer
John W. Eckard
Santee
Neb
Clarence Carson
Earl Carson
Bucyrus
Ohio
the Heights Eub Church
Roy McCoy
Kenneth Chandler
Crow Funeral Home
Harmony Baptist
Harry Miller
Church of the Nazarene
J. S. Bramon
M. Heights
Main Street Baptist
Seventh-Day Adventist — Bible Chapel
Howard Avenue
Belle Meade
Henderson Tabernacle
Orville Walker
Spencer
Church of Christ
Henderson
Point Pleasant Clinic Notes Birth Admittances
A birth is reported for Charles Flint and wife at Gallipolis Ferry. Admitted at Point Pleasant are Willard Oldaker, Mary Kerwood, James Powell, Joan Bright, and other local residents. The notes list several Point Pleasant area patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Flint
Gallipolis Ferry
Willard Oldaker
Point Pleasant
Mary Kerwood
James R. Powell
Apple Grove
Joan Bright
Old Fashioned Bargain Days Parade Plans Open Entries
Point Pleasant merchants invite civic groups clubs and businesses farmers and individuals to enter the 1958 Old Fashioned Bargain Days parade set for Thursday after noon Oct 9. The event runs Oct 9 10 and 11 and honors the Battle of Point Pleasant fought Oct 10 1774.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Services for Rickard Infant Held Thursday
Gravel side services were held at Gra ham Station Cemetery for Paula Louise Rickard infant daughter of Paul and Mary Louise Fry Rickard. Rev. Forrest Murray officiated. Survivors include two sisters Sharon Fay and Debrah Kay and paternal grandmother Ada P. Rickard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Paula Louise Rickard
Paul and
Mary Louise Fry Rickard
Graham Station
Forrest Murray
Sharon Fay
Debrah Kay
Ada P. Rickard
Sacred Heart and area church services listed
Point Pleasant churches detail mass times and Sunday services for Sacred Heart St Josephs Mason and others. Presbyterian Christ Church Harmony Heights and Adventist list worships Bible study and youth groups with weekday activities. Special preaching schedules include Buckcastle Yanger Shiloh Zion and Promise Land rotating services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Shaver
First Church of God
Point Pleasant
George
Bellemead Eub
Jack Higgins
Youth Fellowship
Adul
Christian Endeavor
Robert Kessinger
Eub — Leon
Donald Pringle
Buckcastle
Yanger
Shiloh
Mr. Zion
Promise Land
Warren
Prosecutor Orders Autopsy in Tucker Death Case
Prosecuting Attorney Raymond Musgrave has ordered County Coroner Dr. Oliver Eschenaur to conduct an autopsy and investigate the death of Daniel Tucker a 73 year old Arbuckle Creek resident found on his front porch Saturday night. Tucker’s funeral services were held at Oma Chapel Church Wednesday afternoon. The coroner initially listed death as a heart attack but a subsequent probe prompted the autopsy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Raymond Musgrave
Oliver Eschenaur
Daniel Tucker
Arbuckle Creek
Tucker
Oma Chapel
Henderson PTA to Form Committees and Plan Year
Henderson School PTA will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m with Thornton Wood presiding. Committee chairs will be named and programs outlined for the new school year. Principal John Taylor reports enrollment at 260 students, up 25 from last year, promising a strong parent teachers program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Henderson School
PTA
Thornton Wood
John Taylor
Birth of Darrell Ray Gandee Jr announced in Ohio
Mr and Mrs Darrell Ray Gandee of Leon Route 2 announce the birth of their first child, a son named Darrell Ray Jr, born Thursday at 8 33 am in Holzer Hospital. Mrs Gandee, former Patricia Ann Thomas, works at the County Clerk's Office and will return after leave. Grandparents are Mrs Macel Gandee and Mr and Mrs Richard D Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Darrell Ray Gandee
Leon Route 2
Darrell Ray, Jr
Holzer Hospital
C J Hyer Appointed To Represent Mason County
A three member Mason County committee met in the board of education office and appointed C J Hyer as the county representative to the reorganized West Virginia Council on Education. Members were C H Withers, Mason County Schools superintendent, Mrs Garrett Green, County Teachers Association president, and Milton Scott, County PTA Council president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Board of Education
C. J. Hyer
Mason County
West Virginia
Yeagers Host Coffee Hour for Mrs Warner Guests
Yeagers entertained Mrs La Vera Yeager hosting a coffee hour with friends of Mrs Ralph Warner formerly of Mason now residing in Fanwood New Jersey. Guests included Mrs Frank Harris Mrs James Diehl Mrs George Carson Mrs Fred Thabet Mrs Mary Berry Mrs Hazel Smith Mrs Edward Ryan Mrs Lester Zerkle Mrs Janet Surface Mrs Alma Turner Mrs Ruben Stewart Mrs Lester Dodson Mrs Stanley Harbour Mrs Warner and the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeager
la Vera Yeager
Ralph Warner
Mason
Fanwood
N. J
Warner
Frank Harris
James Diehl
George Carson
Fred Thabet
Mary Berry
Hazel Smith
Edward Ryan
Lester Zerkle
Janet Surface
Alma Turner
Ruben Stewart
Lester, Dodson
Stanley Harbour
Sixteen Holzer nurses graduate in 35th annual exercises
Grace Methodist Church hosts the Holzer Hospital School of Nursing graduation with 16 graduates. Speaker Brandon T. Grover discussed Ohio education growth and the need to train specialists locally. Awards honored top scholastic achievers Donna Wildermuth Nibert and Mary Ann Hall, with a list of graduates by hometowns and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital School of
Grace Methodist Church
Brandon T. Grover
John C. Baker
Ohio University
Grover
Ohio
John E. Halliday
School of Nursing
Wayne B. Foster
Holzer
Ada W. France
Alumnae Association
Ethel B. Armstrong
Donna Wildermuth Nibert
Kelly
Mary Ann Hall
New Student Nurses Arrive Here Sunday
Gallia County Holzer School of Nursing welcomes thirty five student nurses the largest class in its 38 year history. Director Ethel Armstrong announced classes start Monday September 15 with a list of new students from multiple towns including Patricia Belville Barbara Blankenship Jeanine Bond Juanita Canter Ellen Casey Betty Cooper Carolyn Conway Caroline Davis Patricia Douglas Leana Dupler Anna Evans Martha Gross Linda Hayes and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer School of Nursing
Ethel B. Armstrong
Patricia Belville
Fredericktown
Barbara Ann Blankenship
Wellston
Mary Ann Lusk to visit Galipolis BPW Club for Girls State report
Gallipolis BPW Club hears Mary Ann Lusk report on Buckeye Girls State at the Farmers Hotel. She is a high school senior, editor of the Galian, GAHS majorette and choir member and active in NHS, Thespian Club, MYF leadership. The program is led by the legislation committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye Girls State
Farmers Hotel
Cochairmen
Ina Carpenter
Ruth Thivenir
Aven D. Lusk
Lower River Rd
Mary Ann
Gallia Academy High School
Galian
GAHS
Thespian Club
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Grace Methodist Church
MYF
W. L. Sommer
Meigs Gallia Lead Area in Aug 30 1958 Sales
Meigs Gallia counties top a five county area in prepaid sales tax receipts for the week ending August 30 1958. Gallia gains 68.01 and Meigs 67.81 while Jackson Lawrence and Vinton show declines. Statewide weekly collections fall 6.05 percent vs last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Meigs
Roger W. Tracy
Jackson
Lawrence
Vinton
Births at Holzer Hospital Note New Arrivals
Birth announcements list a dozen newborns from families in Gallia Lawrence Pike and nearby communities. Names include Gan dee Autry McCray Williams Spradlin, with residents such as Leon Chillicothe Crown City Bay Route 1 and Ravenswood. Also notes discharged patients and a blood transfusion of three pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Gandee
Leon
Autry McCray
Chillicothe
Dayton A. Williams
Crown City
Luther Spradlin
Bay
Elizabeth E. Jones
Gallipolis
Everette Ray Harrison
Donald T. McAvoy
Ravenswood
Julius A. McLeod
Lakin
Alpha E. Russell
Pomeroy
Mary Susan Gerlach
Pt. Pleasant
Nellie Boring
Reedsville
Juanita Meek
Dundas
Peggy Ann Matthews
Scottown
John T. McGinnis
Chester S. Mundey
Reedsvile
Delmas Baughman
Waterloo
Leroy E
W. H. Newman
Bryan Lego
Gilbert T. Rogers
Walter Frazee
Gilbert Craig
Brady Gilbert
Apul Riegel
Clarence W. Tye
Jack Hoskins
James Hively
Ordnance School PTA Meeting Sets Fall Festival
Parents of Ordnance School students will meet teachers after a PTA meeting Tuesday evening at the school. James Rea urges full attendance as plans are finalized for the annual fall festival on Sept 27 at 3 p m. Enrollment stands at 480 this year with expectations to reach 500 soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ordnance School
PTA i
James Rea
Ordnance
Walden Roush
Safe Cracker Is Returned To Columbus
Gallia County indicts Donald D. Daugherty 39 of Portsmouth for burglary and attempted safe cracking. He is sent to Franklin County for trial with an accomplice in a Columbus safe cracking case at Heaton's Music Store. Prosecutor Sheets says he will seek Daugherty’s return if evidence supports charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Donald D. Daugherty
Portsmouth
Franklin County
Columbus
Warren F. Sheets
Daugherty
Odell Lumber Co
Heaton
Sheets
Kerr Dies At Age 79 In Gallipolis
Augustus P. Kerr, 79, of 200 First Ave., Gallipolis, died at 11 05 p m Thursday in Holzer Hospital after a six day stay. He was a member of the Mt Zion Church old gang who met annually on Labor Day or the preceding Sunday. they did not meet this year for the first time since 1936. Funeral arrangements are pending at Miller's Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Augustus P. Kerr
First Ave
Holzer Hospital
Kerr
Old Gang
Mt. Zion Church
Miller
River Traffic Gauges Report on Dam Status and Boat Movements
River gauges show Kanawha dams on the sill while Ohio River movable dams rise. Towboats and barges clear lanes at Lock stations with multiple vessels reporting up or down under varying times across Kanawha and Ohio River sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Ohio River Boats
Paul Blazer
Alton Zephyr
Western
Jefferson
Jane T
Ovec
C. P. Wright
Orleanian
Mr. Criss
Creditor
Reba Jane
Sohio State
O Kan
Cincinnati
Winnie Mae
City of
Maysville
Bayou Billere
London
Solvay
Marmet
Duncan Bruce
W. C. White
Beaver
Winfield
Helen
Merrill
Three Hospitalized After Falls In Gallipolis Area
Elizabeth E. Jones, 89, fell at her home on First Ave and fractured her left hip, admitted to Holzer Hospital in fair condition. Rue Tuckerman, 71, of Middleport, fell at home and fractured her right hip, also admitted. Mary Susan Gerlach, 6, fell from a slide at Ordinance Elementary in Point Pleasant, admitted for observation after a head injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Elizabeth E. Jones
First Ave
Holzer Hospital
Rue Tuckerman
Lincoln St
Middleport
Mary Susan Gerlach
Lawrence Gerlach, Jr
Point Pleasant
Ordinance Elementary
Woman Starts 3 Car Wreck At Cheshire Junction
Gallipolis driver Beatrice Wickline age 20 was cited for failure to stop within the assured clear distance after a three car rear end crash at 9 p m Thursday at Routes 7 and 554. Truman Burnette and Donnie Drenner were the other drivers involved as Wickline struck Burnette causing Burnette to hit Drenner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Highway Patrol
Cheshire
Beatrice C. Wickline
Truman F. Burnette
Kananga
Donnie R. Drenner
Pomeroy
Burnette
Drenner
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Athens Messenger
John Warner
Mt. Union
Wahama
Hortense Epling
Hazel Valley
Minnie McCarty
Roosevelt
Reba Leonard
Mary Wither
Howard Cole
Point Pleasant Junior High
Christine Johnson
Norman Coffman
Loucase Stone
Warner School
Edward Irvin
Beech Hill
Irvin
Emmagene Moore
Orson Wright
Wahama Junior High
Lenora Asbury
Lena Gibbs
Ella Irvin
Luella Sawyers
Lola Stone
Shirley Myers
Mary Hall
Pauline Freeman
Bertha Filson
D. L. Cottrill
L. C. Sommerville
Stuart Burdette
James Hager
Laverne Wilburne
Fred Short
George Fisher
Eugene Pierce
Hugh Barr
James Eshhenaur
Cecil Derrick
Kaneda
J. E. Irvin
Circle 5
Past Point
Mrs. McComb
Ada Crooks
Ethan Strangland
Noble County
Ind
Fort Wayne
Sam Blinn
Grant County
U. S
Robert Grant
Strangland
Blinn
Point Pleasant Clinic
Rickard
Joen O'Reilly
Sacred Heart Church of
St. Joseph's of Mason
Robert Ray
Church of Christ In Christian Union
J. P. Keefer
Christ Church Episcopal
Jerome D. Rodgers
Young People’s Fellowship
PTA of
Darrell R. Gandee
B. T. Grover
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Beulah W. Ward
Joan Snowden West
Vera Lucille Reynolds
Sara Jane Jones
Barbara Joan Norton
Karen Sue Hunsicker
Judith Morrison
Anna Craft
Dorothy Lahrmer
Helen Mayes
Delores Walker
Marilyn Scott
Betty McGhee
Carolyn Neal
Mary Rader
Joan Porter
Sandra Pyles
Kathryn Sanford
Barbara Erwin
James Bacon
D. Merrill Davis
Linson H. Stebbins
Warren H. Wilson
Alice Kay Beard
Rosemarie Jewel Brewer
Logan
Patricia Ellen Bowen
Ironton
Doris Bickle Clark
Pine Creek
W. Va
Athens
Joan Pettus Knight
Wilda Jane Landrum
Oak Hill
McArthur
Barbara Scott Scites
Cleo Patrick Thompson
Helen Francis Warren
Wortland
Jo Ann Snowden West
Chesapeake
Diane Rigsby
Judith Ann Shuler
Cleveland
Joyce Ann Smith
Jessup
Sue Ellen Smith
Nancy R. Stewart
Ina Lucille Stinson
Albany
Evelyn M. Swope
W.va
Bernice Thoma
Nan E. Thompson
Linda E. Tope
Ewington
Doris Ann Wells
Kay E. White
Amesville
Patricia Wickiser
Joanne E.wiggins
BPW
Mary Ann Lusk
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women’s Club
B&pw
Madge Neal
Gallipolis Club
The
American University Women
Meigs-Gallia
Lucille Smith
UB Church
Lottie Roush
Ivan Bush
Pauline Cunningham
Vica Roush
Woodrow Foreman
Lola Jeffers
Smith
Roush
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Gona
Ernestine
City of Huntington
Esso Louisiana
Titan
Semet
Kris Kringle
Taber
Kanauga
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