42 Area Youths Enroll In Colleges This Autumn
Point Pleasant reports a record college enrollment with at least 42 students across 15 schools from Rochester to Gainesville. Marshall College leads Point Pleasant with 16 students, including freshmen Phoebe King Lola Castor Pat Oshel and Buddy Skillman. Several athletes earn scholarships and many graduates attend state and out of state institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Rochester
N. Y
Gainesville
Fla
Marshall College
Ohio University
Marshall
Phoebe King
Lola Castor
Pat Oshel
Buddy Skillman
Point Pleasant High School
Louisiana
Carl Smith
Joe Powell
Ruth Oshel
Betty Jane Dixon
Geraldine Bowles
Dick Cole
Ronald Butler
Bob Love
Ralph Raike
Roger Butler
Roy Kincaid
Martha Haynes
Kay Woolfitt
Sopho
Jim Gasken
Marietta College
Capehart
Jimmie Adams
Darrell Wallis
Raymond Musgrave
West Virginia University
Buster Biffle
Morris Harvey
University of Kentucky
Margaret Asher
May Pace
Bill Kemp
Pat Yeager
University of Alabama
Ann Harper
Ohio State University
Mary Jo Carrick
Eastman School of Music
N.Y
Charles Gibeaut
Navy
University of Florida
Sylvia Clark
Nancy Birchfield
School of Commerce
Charleston
Anna
Lou Dunn
Huntington St. Mary’s Hospital
Ruth Ann Robinson
Holzer Hospital
Impeachment Proceedings Entered Against Justice of Peace
Five citizens filed a petition in Clendenin District seeking removal of Harry Daugherty justice of peace. Allegations include intoxication and profane language. The petition cites incidents on March 13 1953 June 5 1953 and August 14 1953. hearing set for September 18 before Judge Lewis H Miller in the circuit court at Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Harry Daugherty
Clendenin
W. H. Snodgrass
R. C. King
George Mayes
Helen Mayes
Leona Snodgrass
Lewis H. Miller
Circuit Court
Sailor From Ohio Dead After Nitro Speeding Crash
A 21 year old sailor from Leavittsburg Ohio Paul Richard Sigmon died when a speeding car chased by police crashed into a hillside in Nitro West Virginia. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Walter Sigmon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NITRO
W. Va
Leavittsburg
Ohio
Paul Richard Sigmon
Walter Sigmon
Damage Suit Scheduled In Circuit Court Wednesday
In Point Pleasant Otis Young versus Walter H. Lewis Jr and others ends in dismissal after the circuit court and state supreme court actions over deeds to the Stribling property. Damages actions by J. H. Brumfield against Dot Lumber Co. and R. R. Crawford against Bernard Ball are set or continued. Auto crime and theft trials include Guy Warren Finley, Charles Elmer Stanley, Reese Williams, and Rena Williams versus Clayton FEF Newberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Otis Young
Walter H. Lewis, Jr
Dorothy Lewis Polan
Luke Polan, Jr
Rose Nibert
Harry Nibert
Stribling
Matthew Stribling
Lewis
Lewis Miller
State Supreme Court
Ciricut Court
J. H. Brumfield
Dot Lumber Company
R. R. Crawford
Bernard Ball
Guy Warren Finley
Charles Elmer Stanley
Samuel D. Littlepage
Reese Williams
Rena Williams
Clayton Fef
Newberry
Condemnation Awards Approved In Four Rights of Way Cases
Four condemnation cases in circuit court ended this week in Point Pleasant. Awards approved by a condemnation committee include Appalachian Electric Power Company versus Oran Clarke and others with $604.21, another Appalachian case against Harry A. Staats and others for $100.70, a third Appalachian case against Garnet L. Clarke and Robert G. Clarke for $604.21, and State Road Commission versus Bert Sayre and Laura Sayre for $350.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Oran Clarke
Charles FE. Clarke
Farmer's Building and Loan Association of
Ravenswood
Nadine Clarke
Harry A. Staats
Garnet L. Clarke
Robert G. Clarke
State Road Commission
Bert Sayre
Laura Sayre
Women take up model building proving it a sport
Indignant yet determined Barbara Swensen completes a 46 hour project building a radio controlled Chris Craft Flying Bridge Cruiser. She shows women can enjoy model boats outdoors, guided by a radio and powered by electric and gasoline engines. The piece covers costs, methods, and FCA license notes while highlighting female participation and hobby shop support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Swensen
Philadelphia
Ed Minclken
Chris Craft
Barbara
Federal Communications Commission
Miss Swensen
Frank Palmer
K&o 107
Hubert Anthony
Australia
Queen Elizabeth
Hazel Pearson
Hazel
Temple City
California
C-O the Messenger
Rio Grande College Registers Freshmen and Upperclassmen
Registration and examinations were held at Rio Grande College with about 125 attendees for the welcome address by Dr. Charles E. Davis. Fifty four freshmen took the exams on Monday, and upperclassman enrollment will finish today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande College
Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Point Pleasant clubs collect for Americanism Week at season opener
The Point Pleasant Junior and Senior Woman's Clubs launched their nationwide Americanism contest during the Poca Point Pleasant football season opener at Saunders Stadium. Members collected 27 dollars 58 cents with plates provided by local merchants and the Farmers Hardware tubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Saunders Stadium
Dale
Roush
Earl Arnett
Delbert Staats
Point Pleasant High School
Robert Ferguson
Farmers’ Hardware
Point Service
Robert Ford
Kenneth Shaffer
J. A. Shinn
Father Held Liable for Son's Debt
In Point Pleasant circuit court, George Mayes was found guilty and ordered to pay $627.30 to Two River Motor Company. The suit tested whether a father保証 his underage son George Mayes Jr.'s debts, with evidence showing the son paid nothing since August 1952 and Mayes denying full guarantee. Lawyer roles: Bardin for the plaintiff and Musgrave for the defendant. jury listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
George Mayes
Two River Motor Company
Mayes
George Mayes, Jr
Young Mayes
William Bardin
Raymond Musgrave
Herman L. Shinn
Six Truckers Fined in Overlength and Plate Violations
State police recently arrested drivers for overlength trucks and for lacking public service commission plates. Alfred Taylor Johnson paid 20 dollars plus costs, William E. Stephens Sr 25 dollars, and others faced 25 dollar fines. Additional penalties included Charles Blanton 25, Richard Whitesides 25, James Blevins 25, Joe Evans 25, and Earl Vandrew 15 plus costs for plate violations and speeding and intoxication charges for Emery Hulbert and James Hatfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Public Service Commission
Alfred Taylor Johnson
William E. Stephens, Sr
Charles Eugene Blanton
Richard Hamilton Whitesides
James Bethel Blevins
Joe Evans, Jr
Earl J. Vandrew
Emery Newman Hulbert
James Hatfield
T. F. Yost
Polio Case In Gallia County Listed As Mild
Jacqueline Carr aged 16 of Gallia County is the latest polio case. She was paralyzed in the left leg but described as mild and expected to be released home Friday from Children's Hospital in Columbus after electrotherapy treatment. her parents Mr and Mrs Jack Carr reside at 900 Third Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jacqueline Carr
Gallia County
Children's Hospital
Columbus
Jack Carr
Third Ave
Miss Carr
Son Born at Point Clinic in Point Pleasant
A son was born on September 14 to Mrs. Cora Ball at the Point Clinic in Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Cora Ball
Point Clinic
Gideons From West Virginia Attend Northern Field Day
Point Pleasant notes Roy Blessing of Lincoln Ave. joined Gideons from across West Virginia for a field day in Fairmont, while Mrs. J. H. Hutchinson returns from Clarksburg where her brother Clay Hyte serves as athletic director. Marshall College student Phoebe King visits her mother Mrs. Warren T. King over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Casto of Leon spend the weekend in Charleston with their sons and daughters-in-law Clarence and Chester Casto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Blessing
Lincoln Ave
Fairmont
Gideons
West Virginia
J. H. Hutchinson
Clarksburg
Clay Hyte
Hyte
Phoebe King
Marshall College
Warren T. King
Charles Casto
Leon
Charleston
Clarence Casto
Chester Casto
Central School PTA Meeting Scheduled
POINT PLEASANT The sixth grade will present the program at a Central School PTA meeting at 7 30 p m today. Miss Iva Wise will explain the Mason County report card. Home room mothers and standing committees will be named during the business session. Sixth grade mothers will serve refreshments. Milton Burdette urged patrons to attend and meet teachers and PTA officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Central School
PTA
Iva Wise
Mason County
Milton Burdette
Two Men Fined for Intoxication in Gallia County
Justice of the Peace James A. Johnson fined Epmo Shuff age 23 of Willowood Lawrence County and Thomas Leon Harmon age 21 of 1720 Eastern Ave a total of five dollars and costs each. Arrests were made by the sheriff's department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Justice of the Peace
James A. Johnson
Epmo Shuff
Willowood
Lawrence County
Thomas Leon Harmon
Eastern Ave
Sheriff's Department
Kanawha Clinic Births Report Two New Arrivals
Mrs. Billie June Stevens welcomed a daughter and Mrs. Peggy Randolph Point t announced a son.
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Billie June Stevens
Peggy Randolph
Point T
Old Home Day planned for Gallipolis October 17
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce approves an Old Home Day to honor 15 town ships with reunions and a sesquicentennial parade. Temporary chairman Truman A. Morris will coordinate township memories, while a float and marching units are invited for the Oct. 17 events in Gallipolis. The group also considers Ohio Chamber of Commerce activities and notes 123 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
Rannells
Joe D. Miller
J. Russell Sarrett
Merrill O. O’dell
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
Philip Sporn
O'Dell
Earl Boyer
Avanelle Sheets
Rannelis, O'Dell
Jenkins
Harold W. Wetherholt
Tom Agee
Sarrett
Richard Carter
Miller
Morris
Athens Messenger
Sheets
Reading Club to Present 93 Diplomas
Gallia County's Tom Sawyer Reading Club will award 93 diplomas to members who read 10 or more books. The 101-member group totaled 688 books read, with out of town participants listed among the recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Tom Sawyer
A. Chapman
Gallia County
Parsons
Beverly Burris
Alex Cook
Kenneth Howell
Marsha McKean
Dennis Perkins
Jeanie Murray
Louise Akers
Sharon Lee Bond
India Borden
Sarah Borden
Barbara Boster
Darlene Corbin
Roberta Costen
Francis Criner
Marilyn Criner
Martha Davis
Karen Dobbins
Mike Dobbins
Charlene Evans
Barbara Foster
Jane Gates
Judy Harrington
Larry Harrison
Sandra Harrison
Bobby Hill
Darla Jean Hill
Karen Holzer
John Gilmore
Ronnie Keenan
Nyoka Kerwood
Judith Leedy
Ann Magussen
Ellen Martin
Larry Mayes
Edward Mooney
Karen Nibert
Sharon Nibert
Bonnie Phillips
Karen Phillips
Sandra Pope
Linda Rees
Eddie Roark
Joyce Robinson
Loretta Robinson
Brenda Sheets
Jimmy Smeltzer
Joan Smeltzer
Julia Trotter
Kathleen Ward
Charles D. Webster
Linda Kay Wood
Susan Zelle
Holzer Hospital Admissions and Discharges Noted
A hospital column lists admissions for Mary S. Plants Holland Prose Howard Figley Hayward Harmon Garnet Scites Parnell Brady Donald Heron Paul Thavis Hardy Neal De Etta Rice Spencer Leonard Arthur Wroblewski Bod y Bateman Dwight Cheatwood Frecker Cooper Gray Cragg Tucker Kananga Harland Sanders Roscoe Morris Dana Taper Potts Loretta Jeffers Radcliffe Kazee White Craig Columbus Bowens Crown City Betz Burt Lawson Patriot Vervake Ashland Discharges include William Foster Mrs Ernest Riggs Gomer Mercer Emily Ohlinger Potts Dozier Vroman Workman Smith and babies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Farney
Oak Hill
Carroll Norris
Syracuse
Wallace Laney
Middleport
Robert A. Corvin
Wellston
Mary S. Plants
Point Pleasant
Holland Prose
Gallipolis
Howard Figley
Athens
Hayward Harmon
Vinton
Garnet Scites
Coal Grove
Parnell Brady
Donald A. Heron
Paul Thavis
Hardy Neal
Gallipolis Ferry
de Etta Rice
Spencer Leonard
Jackson
Arthur Wroblewski
Boyd Bateman
Pliny
Dwight Cheatwood
Waterloo
Charles D. Frecker
Minersville
L. C. Cooper
James Gray
Hogsett
Jessie Cragg
Northup
Ernest Tucker
Elmwood
W.va
Joe Allen Russell
Kananga
Harland Sanders
Roscoe Morris
Dana O. Taper
Frank Potts
Loretta Maude Jeffers
Radcliffe
Youn Kazee
Waverly
Charles White
Kenneth Eugene Craig
Columbus
Chester Bowens
Centerville
Ray Beaver
Crown City
Num Betz
Ewington
David Burt
Robert Lawson
Patriot
Firemen To Meet In Point Pleasant
Important meeting of the Point Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department scheduled for Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the fire station. All members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gallia School Heads Elect New Officers
Gallia County Elementary Principals Association elected Frank Plymale president Albert Dennison vice president and David E Jenkins secretary at a Monday night meeting in Gallia Courthouse basement. A three member committee was appointed to nominate two high school principals as delegates to the Ohio Education Association convention in Cleveland December. Ballot voting by county teachers will occur over the next 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin FE. Higgins
Gallipolis
Board of Education
Higgins
Gallia Academy
Ohio University
Columbia University
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Athens
Rose Commandery
Knights Templars
Frank Plymale
Chambersburg
Gallia County
Elementary Principals Association
Supt
B. Lewis oJnes
Albert Dennison
Mudsoc
David E. Jenkins
Perry
Leland Butt
Crown City
David Jenkins
Marguerite Hineman
Bidwell-Porter
Ohio Education Association
Cleveland
Two Gallipolis Boys Sent to Columbus for Study
Juvenile Court Judge John W. Howell ordered two 10 year old boys sent to the Bureau of Juvenile Research in Columbus for several weeks of study by psychologists and experts. The pair conspired to burglarize Rees Motor Co for 120 dollars, with one inside and the other watching outside. One boy also confessed to stealing from other local stores. The bureau’s recommendations guide the juvenile court, which Judge Howell has historically followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John W. Howell
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Rees Motor Co
Howell
Bureau
Floyd Powell Hurt In Arizona Crash
A Point Pleasant serviceman Floyd Powell of First Street was seriously injured in an automobile crash at Kingman Arizona on August 27. He fell asleep at the wheel while driving to his home air base at Camp Irwin California. Powell sustained a mild concussion and a lumbar vertebra fracture. His condition is fair and a cast will be removed with complete recovery expected within eight weeks. His mother is Mrs Mae Reynolds of First Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Floyd Powell
First Street
Kingman
Ariz
Camp Erwin
Calif
Powell
Mae Reynolds F
Farm Women's Clubs Hold State Sessions
POINT PLEASANT The fall planning meeting of the Farm Women's clubs across the state is under way at Mill between Sept 14 and Attending from Mason County are Mrs. Jeanne Sheets Carter home demonstration agent Mrs. John Watterson and Mrs. J. S. Black of the Wohelo Farm Women's Club Mrs. A E Sommer of the Pioneer Farm Women's Club and Mrs. A P Roush of the Pocahontas Farm Women's Club Mrs Watterson is the delegate for the Mason County Farm Women's Council and Mrs Roush serves on a state committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ee Mill
Mason County
Jeanne Sheets Carter
John Watterson
J. S. Black
Wohelo
Call Family Trips for Daughter's University Start
Mr and Mrs Willard Call of Adamsville traveled to Dayton to visit daughter Jane Ann who worked there this summer and will enter Ohio University next Monday. About 40 attended a Sunday picnic in the Rio Grande College cafeteria hosted by the Past Matrons and Patrons of Morning Star lodge Eastern Star Centerville with Mrs John A Miller as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Call
Adamsville
Dayton
Jane Ann
Ohio University
Rio Grande College
Morning Star Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
Centerville
John A. Miller
Demand for Medium Price Homes Drives Local Market
Gallia County real estate reports strong demand for mid priced houses with good locations as sales continue. Listings include deed filings in Gallia and Perry counties and several easements to Ohio Valley and Columbus Southern Electric. Notable transfers include Ralph Huge estate at 6 Ohio Ave to Anna Northup and multiple farm and acreage transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis—Wood Real Estate Agency
Ralph Huge
Ohio Ave
Anna Northup
Northups
Centenary
Gallia County
Mary H. Wetherholt
Internal Revenue
Lester C. Henry
Clyde Warner
Green
Anna Waugh
George Waugh
Perry
Harold Edwards
J. L. Leadman
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Huntington
G. V. Quickle
Clyde Eagle
John F. Pounds
Ohio Valley Electric Corp
M. M. Amos
Addison
M. I. Clark
Springfield
Cecil Dillon Pleads Guilty Fined 500 In Gallipolis
Four men faced arraignments before Common Pleas Judge Robert Betz. Cecil Dillon received 30 days in jail and a 500 dollar fine plus costs on a malicious destruction of property charge. William Gilmore pleaded guilty to defrauding an innkeeper with sentence deferred. Edward Copas pleaded innocent to burning others property and posted 500 bond for trial September 28. Walter Haskins sought a continuance to obtain counsel. Additional arraignments are slated for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Robert M. Betz
Betz
Cecil Dallas Dillon
Dillon
William Gilmore
Gilmore
Edward Lee Copas
Walter Haskins
Motorist Smeltzer Fined For Driving Left Of Center
John A. Smeltzer, 63, of Gallipolis, was fined $10 and costs by Municipal Judge William H. Jones after a State Highway Patrol charge that he drove left of center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John A. Smeltzer
William H. Jones
Appointment of Executrix for Beckley Estate in Athens Ohio
Mildred Jane Beckley of Athens Ohio appointed executrix of the William Earl Beckley estate in Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months to avoid bar. Dated August 26 1953. John F Newcomb probate judge of said county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Jane Beckley
Athens
Ohio
William Earl Beckley
Athens County
John F. Newcomb
Ohio divorce suit filed by Lucille Cottrell
Lucille M. Cottrell filed a divorce and custody case in Athens County Court of Common Pleas Cause No 20499 against Forrest P. Cottrell last Aug 7 1953. Defendant last resided at No on Virginia Street East East Ton West Virginia. He must answer by Sept 26 1953. Attorney Foster B Cornwell represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest P
Virginia Street
Eeeton
W. Va
Laucille M. Cottrell
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Lucille M. Cottrell
Foster B. Cornwell
Weaver petition for divorce in Athens County court
Wilma Weaver files for divorce from Samuel Weaver in the Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio Cause No 20518 dated August 25 1953 seeking divorce custody of a minor child alimony and support and a hearing set on or after October 26 1953. Rowland Bridgewater Gray are her attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Weaver
Wilma Weaver
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Rowland, Bridgewater & Gray
Legal notice for real estate and deed reform in Athens Ohio
Poe Harmon Crageet residence unknown is named in a 1953 legal action filed in Athens County Ohio. The plaintiff seeks reform of a deed for In Lot 552 in Moore's Addition and an ob obtible relief. Defendant must answer by October 1953 or face judgment. Attorneys Rice Becault and Water & Gra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe Harmon Crageet
Athens County
Ohio
FE. H
D. H. Moore
Athens
Rice Becault Attorneys
Uarewater & Gra
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Mores
Diane Garrison
Tennessee
Jim Thorn
Mike Easley
Sandra Jones
Lynn Smith
Earl Foglesong
Vivian Goulder
Bill Dorsey
Frank Capehart
Furman
S. C
By Lloyd Settle
Mason County Farm
Arnold Roush
Letart
Davis
Marta Carroll
San Juan
Puerto Rico
William A. Lewis
Carroll
Muff) Kent
Larry Owens
College Christian Association
Marlene Logsdon
CCA
Molly O’meara
Mary Hoffman
Jim Allison
Jim Magaw
John W. Rand
Calvary Baptist Church
George Sidwell
Simpson Chapel Methodist Church
Stanley Waldie
Dixie McNeill
John McNeill
Heling
George O. Fisher
Marjorie Waldie
Dale Roush
Bobby Jo Chapman
Kanawha Clinic
Chamber
Reading Club
Cal Carl D. Lawson
Surgi
A. J. Vervake
Ashland, Ky
William Foster
Ernest Riggs
Gomer Mercer
Emily Ohlinger
Horace Dozier
Charles Vroman
Homer Cole
Eldridge Workman
Wallace Smith
Gallia
Arizona
Cecil Dillon
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