Bureaucracy of West Virginia School System Under Fire
The Athens Messenger critiques West Virginia education bureaucracy noting extensive assistant roles funded by taxpayers. It recalls past superintendents, cites Mason County rural supervision addition Miss Mildred Chapman, and questions whether increased supervision pays off given about 80 percent of school funds reach instruction.
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Athens Messenger
West Virginia
A. Simmons
Point Pleasant
Washington
W. W. Trent
Department of Education
Messenger
State Department
Charleston
Mason County
Mildred Chapman
Hartford
Chapman
John D. Canterbury
Mrs Casto Dies Sunday in Point Pleasant
Mrs Ma geliesa Casto dies Sunday at 11 20 AM at home 105 Jewett St Point Pleasant after three years illness. Body to be removed to Arnett Mor funeral home. Survived by a son James A Lee two daughters Alice Yauger and Mary Wergen five grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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Point Pleasant
Mageliesa Casto
Jewett St
James Lee
James A. Lee
Adess
Hoch S. Casto
W. Casto
Viand St
Elore Casto
Cheshire
Hattie Carson
St Albans
Grace Fant
Gallipolis
Traffic Setting Mark It Busy Corner
It may be in a few years that the intersection of Viand and Sixth Streets becomes one of the busiest in the state. Completion of Route 2 from Meleva to the North Panhandle will link Hickory Chapel and Evansdon, directing traffic to this point where Route 33 and later Routes 35 and 17 funnel vehicles into the junction. Pedestrians already face heavy movement and bridges over the Ohio and Kanawha will not ease congestion.
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Viand and
Sixth Sts
Ieva
Panhandle
Hickory Chapel
Evans
Eight Wolfe daughters in temporary care at Point Pleasant Mission
In Point Pleasant Union District, the eight daughters of Hari and Beulah Wolfe are staying at the Mission after being brought by Mrs. Ida Stanley and Deputy Sheriff Toral Morrison. They will remain there until the circuit court resolves the case against their parents for contributing to the delinquency of the children.
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Point Pleasant
Hari
Beulah Wolfe
Union
Ida Stanley
Toral Morrison
Circuit Court
Henderson Youth Held in Auto Theft
Henderson youth Everett Clonch is jailed in Mason County awaiting arraignment on auto theft charges. He allegedly stole a sedan from Mrs. Clay Baker near Phoenix Hotel Building on Main Street, wrecked it twice en route to Ironton, and was arrested by Lawrence County officials after the vehicle was traced by state police.
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Huntington
Ironton
Lawrence County
Clench
Sheriff's Office
Sgt. Thomas
Toral Morrison
James Diehl Weds Charleston Girl
Miss Junita Elaine Rowsey of South Charleston wed Earl Edward Diehl of Mason in Blessed Sacrament Church. Attendants included Kathleen Ore and James A. Diehl Jr. Out of town guests joined Rev Earl E. Roush of Syracuse. The couple plans to reside at 618 McCorkle Ave South Charleston after a Cincinnati honeymoon. Diehl served in the Army Air Corps overseas before discharge.
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Mason
Junita Elaine Rowsey
E. L. Rowsey
South Charleston
Earl Edward Diehl
James’ Diehl
Blessed Sacrament Church
M. D. O'Reilly
Kathleen Ore
James A. Diehl, Jr
Rowsey
W. C. Nichols
Inie Gibson
Jess Wilson
Earl E. Roush
Syracuse
Dorothy Fink
James Diehl
Louise Diehl
Cincinnati
Earl Diehl
McCorkle Ave
Diehl
South, Charleston High School
Theta Chi ‘Delta Sorority
Wahama High School
Naval Ordnance Plant
Army Air Corps
England
Germany
Licenses Issued to Couples in Gallia Courts
Marriage licenses issued for Joseph Robert Schirmer of Kentucky and Anna Seeger Black of Illinois now of Point Pleasant. John Carl Cox of Eleanor and Ottavia Jane Smith of Point Pleasant also licensed.
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Point Pleasant
Joseph Robert Schirmer
Kentucky
Anna Seeger Black
Illinois
John Carl Cox
Eleanor
Ottavia Jane Smith
Arrest Reports From Point Pleasant and Surrounding Areas
Point Pleasant and Mason City youths face allegations after incidents involving intoxication and vehicular damage. George Yester Elmer Burns and W W Martin are among those cited for offenses related to driving and intoxication, with fines totaling hundreds of dollars and varying car damage assessments noted.
John Blessing Dies at Point Clinic in Beard Community
John Franklin Blessing 71 died Sunday at 11 30 AM at Point Clinic after a two week stay for yellow jaundice His body was taken to Arnett Mortuary Funeral services were set for Tuesday at 2 PM from Old Town Baptist Church Beard Community Rev C G Billups officiating Burial follows in church cemetery Blessing a Mason County native taught school for 35 to 40 terms mostly in Mason County He lived in Charleston for about 20 years and was a lifelong Baptist member He is survived by his wife Gertrude Weigand Blessing and other relatives including cousins and a church member community ties remain prominent.
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Point Pleasant
John Franklin Blessing
Point Clinic
Arnett Mortuary
Old Town Baptist Church
Beard Community
C. G. Billups
Blessing
The
Baptist Church
Point Pleasant Social Notes Pace of Bridge Luncheons
Mrs. George H. Overholt hosted a Bridge luncheon at Island View Inn Gallipolis and two dessert bridge parties at her Ohio River Road home. Flowers from her garden decorated these events with guests including Mrs. Dewey Windsor and Mrs. Walter Windsor among many others. prize-winning attendees are listed. Also noted are Point Pleasant personals: Margaret Asher travels to Harvard Boston for study, and locals C G Bauerle Weissenburger family visits, plus several short trips and returns.
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Point Pleasant
George H. Overholt
Island View Inn
Gallipolis
Ohio River Road
Overholt
Dewey A. Windsor
Walter A. Windsor
C. C. Weissenburger
Alexander Cruickshanks
Reba Beale
Nora Sommerville
C. Moustin
Carl G. Gardner
Howard Gerges
William A. Woolfitt
Harry Wendelken
Cary Howard Rayburn
Sherwood Costen
William H. Morgan
Howard Price
L. 8. Carrick
John William Steenbergen
Okey Burdette
Juliet Smith
Harold Shadle
George Sprenger
Loula Lewis
Harry D. Roush
Ernest Kintade
Homer Martin
Bess Gygax
Gertrude Halliday
Gail Faires
G. C. Smith
Robert J. Heslop
Margaret Asher
C. G. Bauerle
D. M. Park
Louise Roush
Henderson
Boston
Harvard University
C. N. Weissenburger
L. C. Schauble
Erie
C. OC. Weissenburger
L. A. McMillin
Pennsylvana
Ohio
R. D. Fisher
McMillin
Bon-Ton Department
Blair Snodgrass
R. D. Anderson
Leff
California
Sgt
Ross Spencer
Louisville
C. C. Spencer
Seventh St
G. P. Musgrave
Charleston
Charges Against Husband Dismissed
Charley Long of Gallipolis was discharged on a non support charge after his wife Rosa Long testified she had drawn 1000 dollars from their bank account. The magistrate urged Mrs. Long to stretch the sum for about three years and noted Long had other saved funds.
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Point Pleasant
Charley Long
Gallipolis
Rosa Long
Mr. Long
War film at Athena shows Ernie Pyle story
The Athena in Athens previews The Story of GI Joe based on Ernie Pyle writings. Producer Lester Cowan recalls Pyle noting many female readers admired his work and that he faced harsh conditions on Pacific patrols before his death last spring.
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Ernie Pyle
Ace
Pacific Battlefront
Pyle
Lester Cowan
United Artists
theAthena
Athens
Ernie
Cowan
Milk shipments escorted to prevent strike disruptions
Gallia County Deputy Sheriffs escorted a Spring Hill Dairy milk truck from Gallipolis toward Huntington to avoid strikers. The convoy crossed the Ohio River into West Virginia at Chesapeake before handing off to county officers for safety. The driver was told to call upon arrival in Huntington.
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Gallipolis
Spring Hill
Huntington
Lawrence County
Rt.47
Crown City
Gallial County
Morton
Dickey
Harold Wood
Ohio River
West Virginia
Chesapeake
Hatfield
Spring Hill Dairy Company
Ohio
A. R. Morgan
Gallip
G.I. Foe
Kyle
Ernie
Hollywood
Hee
Delta Kappa Gamma observes first fall meeting in Gallipolis
Gallia and Lawrence County teachers form Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority Beta Alpha Chapter held its first Fall meeting Friday night with Miss Freda Wood presiding over business plans for the district meeting in Marietta on October 6. The group later attended the Colony Theater.
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Gallipolis
Otis Baird
Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
Gallia
Lawrence Counnes
Freda Wood
Marietta
Colony Theater
Hospital Notes of Gallipolis District
Gallia county hospital notes show discharges and new admissions from Holzer and area homes. Discharged: Mrs. Arthur Hamilton Coalton Mrs. George Cheatham Pomeroy Mrs. Tol Stribling and Mrs. W T Smith Point Pleasant. New patients include Russell C Cross Mansfield Rt 2 medical in good condition, Mrs Melissa Meachem Wellston R 2 medical in good condition, Velma four year old daughter of Dana Rayburn Point Pleasant brought in early Saturday later listed fair, Hilda Anderson admitted for surgery, Mrs Charles McNamee Pomeroy, Mrs Willard Bates Bidwell and Will F Geissler Cincinnati listed fair Saturday.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Arthur Hamilton
Coalton
George Cheatham
Pomeroy
Tol Stribling
W. T. Smith
Point Pleasant
Russell C. Cross
Mansfield Rt. 2
Melissa Meachem
Wellston R. 2
Velma
Dana Rayburn
Hilda Anderson
WCTU Convention Held at Baptist Church in Middleport
The Meigs County W C T U met at the Baptist Church in Middleport on Thursday with a potluck at noon. Officers elected include Eva Fleming president and Carol Cook vice president. reports from Rutland Syracuse Middleport and Pomeroy were turned in. Miss Marcia Karr spoke on Juvenile Delinquency. A joint American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary meeting is set for Wednesday at the Legion Hall.
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Middleport
Meigs County
W.C.T.U
Baptist Church
Carol Cook
Margaret Sauer
Eva Simms
Ralph Zunder
Ce.w. Downie
Lillian Steiff
Rutland
Syracuse
Pomeroy
Marcia Karr
Eva Fleming
Lucy Gibbs
Raymond Saxton
Christina Grimm
Fepney-Bennett Post American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Perry Family Gathers For Annual Reunion
A Perry family reunion was held Sunday at Bearwallow Ridge, Emerson Douglass home. Attendees included H E Perry, Ralph Perry, Frank Perry and family, Homer Rice and family, Maxine Smith, Mabel Smith, Sylvia Mayer, George Dewees, Elizabeth Thomson, Everett Bissel, Howard Swindel, and many others. George Dewees served as toastmaster and Elizabeth Thomson read the family tree.
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Burlingham
Perry
Bearwallow Ridge
Emerson Douglass
Lake
H. E. Perry
Ralph
Frank Perry
Hale Perry
Homer Rice
Harold
Maxine Smith
Middleport
Mabel Smith
Athens
Sylvia
Mayer
Gallipolis
George Dewees
R. E. Albin
Lloyd Painter
Stephens City
Elizabeth Thomson
New Castle
Everett Bissel
Pt. Pleasant
Howard Swindel
Shade
Harve Douglass
Gerald Douglass
Gayane
Allan Douglas
Rose Ellen Douglass
Elizabeth. Thomson
Judge Ervin Returns From Vacation
Meigs County Court of Common Pleas Judge Edgar Ervin has returned from a trip to New York City and Washington with his daughters Mrs William Brown and Mrs Ellis Haworth Mrs Ervin will stay longer with Mrs Brown while another daughter Mrs Jack W Stewart of Bryan Texas visits for a month with her parents Her husband Lt Jace W Stewart serves in the air force
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Pomeroy
Edgar Ervin
Meigs County Court of Common Pleas
New York City
Washington, D.C
William 58. Brown
Ellis Haworth
Ervin
Brown
Jack W Stewart
Bryan
Texas
Jace W Stewart
Air Force
Gallia Hunter Is Victim of Accident
In Gallipolis the first squirrel season casualty is 13 year old Wirt Hackworth, son of Jack and Mrs Hackworth, owners of the White Palace Restaurant. A 22 caliber rifle discharged accidentally, severing the end of his big toe while hunting with Carl Lewis Baker on the Vance Baker farm near Raccoon Island. The wound was treated at Gallipolis Clinic.
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Gallipolis
Wirt Hackworth
Jack Hackworth
White Palace
Carl Lewis Baker
Vance Baker
Raccoon Island
Varney Farm Sold to Cheshire Man in Gallia County
Gallipolis reports the 205 acre Varney family farm near Point Pleasant sold by Mrs. Bertha Varney Rawson to Dana Cooley of Cheshire. Cooley plans to move to the property this fall after previously owning a farm nearby later acquired by the West Virginia Ordnance Works. Cooley has ties to the Marietta plant and the Varney eight room Adamsville house.
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Gallipolis
Varney
Bertha Varney Rawson
Dana Cooley
Cheshire
Cooley
Thearea
Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Marietta
Adamsville
Inter F. Varney
Missionary to Speak in City Church Tonight
Gallipolis residents will hear Rev. Albert J. Good D D a 35 year veteran missionary in Mameroun West Africa speak at the First Presbyterian Church tonight O'clock Dr Good has led church work in Hlat the mission center overseeing over twenty preaching outposts and more than twenty six thousand Christians
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Gallipolis
Albert J. Good
Mameroun
West Africa
First Presbyterian Church
Dr. Good
Hlat
Wrest Africa
Gallipolis Manamiate Licenses Granted to Several Couples
Licenses issued at week end go to Gilles Harper 26 of Charleston and June H. man 24 of Gallipolis both listed as engaged. Tierre E. Canter 33 and Virginia News 23 both of Gallipolis natives of Athens County. Roger Russell 23 soldier from Mason County W V and Edna Brown 22 Gallipolis native of Kanawha County. Robert L Pierpont 22 Trimble and Shirley Marie Nieman 21 Bidwell native of Detroit.
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Gallipolis
Gilles Harper
Charleston
June H Man
Montgomery
W. Va
Tierre E. Canter
Virginia News
Athens County
Roger Russell
Mason County
Edna Brown
Kanawha County
Robert L Pierpont
Trimble
Shirley Marie Nieman
Bidwell
Detroit
Escaped State Ward Admits Robbery
William Hancock, one of four boys escaping from Lakin State Industrial School for Colored Boys, confessed to entering the home of William Wine man in Kaylong and stealing a packetbook with 15 in cash. He disposed of the money and purse in a drain and was recaptured with the others sent back to the school. Hancock likely faces arraignment today.
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Hancock
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