Presbyterian Leadership Training At Point Pleasant Church
A series of leadership training classes titled The Call to Truth will start October 5 at the Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church. Led by Rev. Robert Ray, the 13 week Wednesday night program replaces weekly prayer meetings and aims to prepare Christians for church leadership and teaching. Church education officials Burdette and others attended a North Carolina meeting endorsing the program as inaugural for the congregation and its leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Church
Robert Ray
Ray
Church Committee On Christian Education
William H. Burdette
North Carolina
Mary Stevens Dies Mother of Campbell Stevens
Mary Frances Stevens 71 of Gallipolis Ferry died Tuesday night at Holzer Hospital after a year of declining health. Born March 12, 1884 at Elwell she was the wife of B E Stevens and mother to Campbell Stevens Mason County's representative. Surviving are four other sons five sisters and twelve grandchildren. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 pm at Bruce Chapel Church with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery.
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Point
Leasant
Mary Frances Stevens
Gallipolis Ferry
Campbell Stevens
Mason County
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Holzer Hospital
Stevens
Elwell
B. E. Stevens
Forman Stevens
Apple Grove
Ogden
Jimmy
Belle
Ted
Point Pleasant
Annie Nibert
West Jefferson
Ohio
Minnie Forth
Bladen
Harry Jackson
London
Byrd Jackson
Henderson
Lowell
South Side
Floyd
Charles
Rio Grande
Bruce Chapel
Jerome D. Rodgers
W. S. Billups
Lone Oak Cemetery
Stevens Funeral Home
Classroom Teachers To Start New Year
Mrs Bonnie Yester, president of the Mason County Classroom Teachers Association, announced the first meeting of the new school year will be held Monday at the home economics building at 6 30 p m. All new teachers and all others in the county are invited. Delegates to the leadership conference October 7 9 at Jacksons Mill will be named. A program will be presented by Chet Haddox Irene Sayre and Mrs James Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Bonnie Yester
Mason County Classroom Teachers Association
Jackson's Mill
Chet Haddox
Irene Sayre
Rs. James Smith
Doans Pills Bring Relief From Backache And Bladder Irritation
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Do&n’s
Doan
Adv
Missionary Society Meeting Highlights Local Guest Speaker
Miss Kathleen Stanard of Wharton spoke to circles 1 and 2 at Main Street Baptist Church about her Holy Land trip and showed travel films. James Eshenaur of Chicago sang, aided by organist, as Mrs. Dunn presided. Committees were named for the Teays Valley Women’s Rally on October 6, with refreshments served to 27 members and guests including Mr. and Mrs. James Eshenaur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Stanard
Wharton
Circle 1
Missionary Society of
Main Street Baptist Church
Miss Stanard
Holy Land
James Eshenaur
Chicago
Lopal Peg
Eshenaur
W. E. Dunn
Hugh Barr
Holy City
Charles Roberts
John King
Ted Blake
Robert Eshenaur
First Step Toward Operation Again Hospital Fund Raisers Plan
In Point Pleasant, initial gifts division workers for the Mason County Hospital fundraiser are called to reorganize tonight at 7 30 in the Moose Hall. Campaign Chairman W W Smith aims to reactivate the drive after a three week layoff and reallocates solicitation cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Hospital
Ting
Campain
W. W. Smith
John V Mann
Smith
Eallocat
Court Gets Damage Suit Between Slate and Watson
In Point Pleasant, G B Slate sues Guy N Watson for 1249 damages over a February 1953 Route 17 Five-mile Bridge tractor trailer accident. After a full day in circuit court the jury deliberates. no verdict yet, earlier term yielded a hung jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
G. B. Slate
Guy N. Watson
Slate
Litigants
Five-mile Bridge
Visits list from Asbury area residents gathere for week
Visitors of Mr and Mrs Floyd Arnold included Hartman Shirley Vernon Arnold Lan caster Lavern Arnold Beverly and Charles Mars Sapling Mo. Thomas Clark hosted weekend guests George Denney and Fred Durnburger family. Retta Helen Millfield visited Mable Moore Ella Cox. Russell Stoner and Carol visited his mother in Butler Pa. Ronald Marstiller hosts Sam Dishong Dick Dishong Harold Jay Leo Harley Nutt Spencer Adams Wanda Rich ard Scog Arthur Miller. Jolley Klinebrier receives stork shower. Bill Newlun Korea visited Webster Newlun Sylvia Newlun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury
Floyd Arnold
Cliton Walker
Dick Doolittle
Homer Prater
Larry
Retta Helen
Millfield
Mable Moore
Ella Cox
Russell Stoner
Carol
Wanda
Richard Scog
Arthur Miller
Jolley
Klinebrier
Bill Newlun
Korea
Webster Newlun
Sylvia Newlun
Man Sentenced After Disturbance at Funeral
Point Pleasant Judge Lewis H. Miller sentenced Roscoe Redman to four months in the county jail and a $25 fine plus costs after a jury conviction for creating a disturbance at the funeral of Mrs Anna Jordan last June. Redman received a 60 day stay of execution after posting a $500 bond, with sentence to begin after the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
Roscoe
Anna Jordan
Redman
Ordnance PTA Plans Evening Work Detail
Point Pleasant reports the Ordnance Parent-Teacher Association will hold a men’s work detail at the school tonight. Jim Milder, playground committee chair, announced repairs to swings and other outdoor tasks will begin this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
The
Ordnance
First metal clad airship built at Grosse Ile in 1925
The first lighter than air craft with metal clad construction was completed in 1925 at Grosse Ile Michigan for the U S Navy and served until 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grosse Ile
Michigan
U. S. Navy
Pembroke Club starts new year with social at Lafayette Hotel
Pt Pleasant society notes cover were laid for 18 at the Lafayette Hotel Tuesday evening at 6 30 for the Pembroke Club initial meeting. After the repast the group adjourned to Mrs Truman A Morris home for a reunion and program as Gallipolis residents prepare to depart. Mrs Morris receives parting gifts and the club discusses Agnes Rothery book review and colonial houses. officers named include Mrs Foster vice president and Mrs Fuller, Magnussen, Morris. cookies and punch conclude the evening. Meanwhile Point Pleasant Junior Women’s Club holds first fall session in Moose Home with cookbook project, Mason County hospital fund pledge, and plans for PAP convention October 29 at Trinity Methodist Church. Twelve new members listed to be initiated next month.
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Lafayette Hotel
Pembroke Club
Truman A. Morris
Goys
Haces St
Gallipolis
Morris
WJEH
Chillicothe
Agnes Rothery
Point Pleasant
Moose Home
James Barnes
Mason County Hospital Fund
Jack Buxton
Ernest Handley
Dennis Roush
Joe Jordan
Walter Steinbeckneer
James Minder
Carl Smith
Wifss
Ava Mae Thomas
Pat Schenk
Marilyn Casto
Jack Kososkie
Beale School PTA Plans Spaghetti Dinner and Fall Festival
Beale School PTA met with president Mrs John Gill to organize a spaghetti dinner and a fall festival. A committee was named for arrangements and proceeds will fund supplementary reading material matched by the board of education for 110 students. The group also discussed safety patrols and a traffic issue from the Celanese plant construction on Route 2. A committee chaired by Mrs Nate Wood will seek state police guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teachers Association of
Beale School
John Gill
Board of Education
PTA
Gill
Frank Yester
William Blain
Nate Wood
Women of Presbyterian Church Circle 5 Holds Meeting
Circle 5 members met Tuesday at the church with chairman Mrs Charles Jenkins and co hostess Mrs Emory Monroe Jr Presiding in the business session The group decided to take over the Sunday school nursery as a project Rev Robert Ray spoke on the leaders training meeting The Bible study was led by Mrs Doris Coe The devotional program was by Mrs Joan Hushion Hostesses served refreshments to seven members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle 5 of
Women of Presbyterian Church
Charles Jenkins
Emory Monroe, Jr
Jenkins
Robert Ray
Doris Coe
Joan Hushion
Mrs Thompson Presides Guild Meeting at Christ Church
The September meeting of St. Monica's Guild at Christ Church Episcopal was held Tuesday evening in the church parish house. Mrs. Leon Thompson presided. Mrs. Carroll Casto led the program and a play titled A Women's Place in the Church was performed by Mrs. Walter Windsor, Mrs. Jerome D. Rodgers, Mrs. Samuel Littlepage, Mrs. W. C. Gilmore, and Mrs. James Pugh. The devotional program was led by Mrs. Schroeder and officers served refreshments to 14 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Monica's Guild of
Christ Church Episcopal
Church
Leon Thompson
Carroll Casto
Walter Windsor
Jerome D. Rodgers
Samuel Littlepage
W. C. Gilmore
James Pugh
Schroeder
Episcopal Auxiliary Meeting Set At Christ Church
The Auxiliary of Christ Church Episcopal will meet Thursday evening in the parish house with Mrs. John Mann presiding as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Church Episcopal
John Mann
Class Officers Elected At Point Pleasant Senior High
Point Pleasant Senior High School named new class officers for all grades. Senior officers include Hayden Lockhart as president and Jack Shepherd as vice president, with Jerry Shepherd as secretary, John Sumner treasurer, and Mollie Wartenburg with John Chapman as record keepers. Junior and sophomore officers also announced with multiple student leaders and a student council addition.
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Point Senior High
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Senior High School
Hayden Lockhart
Jack Shepherd
Jerry Shep
Two Arrests Reported in Mason County
The Mason County Sheriff's Department returned Richard Saunders, 19, of Lancaster Ohio to answer a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Saunders will be arraigned before Justice A M Goodwin likely this week. Otis Eugene Noble, 45, of 2426 Monroe Ave, was arrested on a non support warrant and is jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Sheriff's Department
Richard Saunders
Lancaster
Ohio
Saunders
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Sheriff's Department
Otis Eugene Noble
Monroe Ave
John Langdon Named First U S Senate President
John Langdon, an early governor of New Hampshire, became the first president of the United States Senate, shaping the fledgling body's leadership and procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Langdon
New Hampshire
United States Senate
Lions and Rotarians Hold Outdoor Meet at Warmon Field
About 40 Lions and Rotarians gathered at Warmon Field for an outdoor meeting hosted by the Rotary Club. A prior meeting in June had Lions as hosts. Tenderloin steaks were prepared by Carroll Casto and Judson Brake. After dinner the two clubs played an impromptu softball game.
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Point Pleasant
Warmon Field Las Pet
Rotary Club
Carroll Casto
Judson Brake
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Jackson
Hospital ‘Board of Trustees
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Osteopathic Association
George Denney
Fred Durnburger
Freddie
Lubro
Burro
Case Quaker State Motor Oil
Lanny Hope
Ergar Hope
Sterling Service
Labro
Hope's Sterling Service
W. VA
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Man
Ordnance Pta
Pt. Pleasant Society
Mrs. Morris
Circle 5
Mrs. Thompson
Episcopal Group
Lions and Rotarians
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