Point Pleasant Young Republicans Elect Officers
A large crowd attended the organizational meeting of the Mason County Young Republicans Committee in the American Legion Hall. Carroll Casto was elected president with Ralph Sayre as first vice president, Mrs Dan Estes second vice president, Evalee Myers secretary, and Charles Burdette treasurer. Officers take posts until the first bi annual meeting. Speakers included Dr Will E Neal and John A Hoblitze Jr. The group aims to boost voter registration. Walter Windsor to head Eisenhower Bandwagon outreach. Casto to appoint a committee for Tire's Day celebrations. The upstairs of the committee HQ at 708 Viand St was offered for the new group.
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Mason County Young Republicans Committee
American Legion Hall
Carroll Casto
Ralph Sayre
Dan Estes
Evalee Myers
Charles Burdette
Walter Windsor
I Will E. Neal
John A. Hoblitzel
Y Jr
Republican Executive
Republican¢ Committee
John A. Field
Peope Registra 10 Vor
Jack Mann
Young Republicans’ League of West Virginia
Republican Party
Point Pleasant
Casto
E. Bartow Jones
Republican Executive Committee
New Straitsville Civic Association Elects Officers and Plans Meeting
The New Straitsville Civic association elected officers at Colonial Hall with Anna Lanning as president and Claudie Potts as vice president. The group organized a house meeting for Nov 1 before general elections and urged members to obtain subscriptions to the Perry County Tribune to fund hall equipment. Also noted are hospital birth announcements, visitors, and local service events including a Rebekah Lodge turkey dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straitsville
Colonial Hall
Anna Lanning
Claudie Potts
Virginia Wilson
Myrtle Wallace
Mlene Devol
Thomas Boyle
Garnet Peart
Margaret Colvin
Merlene Devol
Amy Lanning
Pen House
Sue McQuade
Susan Phoenix
Alma Essex
Nellie Shuttleworth
Perry County Tribune
Roland Essex
Mike Blaney
Stop Pain of Piles Stop Itch At Home Remedy
An advertisement promotes Grove Laboratories medicine labeled Stop Pain of Piles Stop Itches At Home or money back. It claims medically proven ingredients, fast relief from piles itching and healing, with modern suppositories and ointment available at druggists. It emphasizes no staining of clothes and offers both forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove Laboratories
Duaing
Ian Uum Eparatio
Students Vote For Queen At Point Pleasant Homecoming
Point Pleasant High School voters choose free candidates for queen this week for the annual homecoming events. The queen will be crowned at halftime of the game against Barboursville with escorts including John Ray Sterrett and Kenneth Roush and crown bearer Dirk Wright Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Baroursville
Robert Sheriver
Shawn
Judy Wedge
Charles Wedge
Jackson Ave
Shirley Pullins
Lester Pullins
Park Drive
Janice Jordan
Lester ‘Jordan
Gallipolis Ferry
Dirk
Wright Jackson
John Ray Sterrett
Eugene Sterrett
South Side
Kenneth Ray Roush
Kenneth ‘Roush
Marquette Ave
John Hat Jard Price
Howard Price
Pleasant St
Benjamin Franklin
Edward Jackson
Fall festival set for Corning downtown and church basement
The Corning fall festival will be held next Saturday in the plaza and the basement of the Corning Methodist Church starting at 4 30 p.m. Activities include a garden show rolls white elephant sale fancy aprons candy and baked foods Refreshments and lunch will be served. The item also notes several local residents and visitors including Ray Rodgers and Stanley Joseph from Ohio Charlene Anne Corbett and Dena Johnson Nellie Quinn Lester Quinn and the Sigler and Plant families with brief travels and visits mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Corning Methodist Church
Majestic Showboat To Host Big Bend Minstrels Oct. 10
Majestic Showboat will present the Big Bend Minstrel Show at 6 30 p m on Wednesday October 10 in Point Pleasant as part of the battle anniversary celebration. Music director Chet Haddox is coordinating the show with the ship’s plans and local schools involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Big Bend Minstrels
Yuna Rupasant
Reynolds
Point Pleasant
Big Bend
Nesday
J Chet Haddox
Reedsville Social Notes Record Visits and Events
Reedsville residents host visitors from Racine Grand Rapids Massillon and Newark while noting local school ties. Jeannie Riebel begins at Ohio University joining a long line of Ches ter High School graduates. A minstrel show directed by Bob Hoeflich of Pomeroy is planned aboard the old showboat Capt Reynolds built in Pittsburgh in 1923 and rebuilt in 1989 with hull renewal and new wiring for a 1 1/2 hour performance with black faced acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hoeflich
Pomeroy
Moose Home
Haddox
Hoeflich
Reynolds
Pittsburgh
Halloween Prank Replaces Hitching Posts in Hitching Town
In Axtell Nebraska after 40 years, old hitching posts along Main Street were slated for removal but public sentiment paused action. Local youths planned Halloween pranks to carry out the change, and the posts were removed and subsequently replaced by the town. In another note, Rev Jerome D Rodgers of Christ Episcopal Church was named to the West Virginia Mental Health Association Board during a Charleston meeting.
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Axtell
Neb
Sits
Point Pleasant
Jerome D. Rodgers
Christ Episcopal Church
West Virginia
Mental Health Association Board
Charleston
Marriage Licenses Point Pleasant Henry S Shane and Peggy Gardner
Henry F Shane 22 of Point Pleasant marries Peggy Jean Point Pleasant daughter of Jesse Gardner and Emma Gardner. Herman L Chapman 45 of Glenwood Route 1 and Thelma L West 45 of Glenwood wed, both listing their parents.
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Point Pleasant
Henry Franklin Shane
Peggy Jean
Daniel N
Thelma Wanda (Stewart) Shane
Jesse Herman Gardner
Emma Jean
Shamblin) Gardner
Herman Lesley Chapman
Glenwood
Thelma Louise West
Wade
Esther Ora Clatter
Buck
James E. Hartigan
Betty Jane
Hinney) Hartigan
Lions to Raise Money With Fruit Cake Sale
Lions Club of Point Pleasant plans an Old Home fruit cake sale to fund a civic project before Christmas. President Myr Coakley notes early cake orders and promotes a buddy system to recruit new members at regular dinners. Proceeds support sight conservation and family needs in Mason County. Local land transfer includes Erma A. Goff and Gertrude Lane transferring mineral rights to R. P. Nibert in Clendenin District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lions Club
Georgia
Moose Home
Lions
Myr Coakley
Mason County Land
Erma A. Goff
Gertrude E .Lane
R. P. Nibert
Property Transfers in Union District and Nearby Areas
Alfred and Sarah Barnette transfer to Bert C Hess and Virginia Hess 155 acres in Union District. James C Stephens and Lloyd E D P Hughes dealings involve Elva and Park McDermot and family. Sedalia Ivy Legue and others hold 107 acres near 13 mile km Union District. Hartley and Hartley family convey real estate in Heck's Addition Point Pleasant with floodwall rights and Appalachian Power line.
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Alfred
Sarah Barnette
Bert C
Virginia Hess
Union District
James C. Stephens
Lloyd E
D. P. Hughes
Elva
Martley
Vitus Hartley, Jr
Ethel Hartley
Harley’ H. Hart
Ley
Fern’ Hartley
Art E. Hartley
Marlin B. Hartley
George R
Ethel Lewis
Heck
Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Women Meet at Point Pleasant Church
Women of the Presbyterian Church meet at the Point Pleasant church this evening with Pastor Rev. Robert Ray as featured speaker.
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Point Pleasant
Presbyterian
The
Presbyterian Church
Robert Ray
Local Social Notes from Columbus and Surroundings
Mrs. Ella Hood of Columbus visits at her sister Miss Mattie Gunder’s home. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Russell, Columbus, spent a few days here. A baby named Darlene Elaine was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bill McLeod at Joseph’s Hospital. Their son William Gene died in infancy. Mrs. Clara White visited Sunday with cousin Mrs. Ella Sawyer in Torch. Glen Reed and daughter Marsha have moved into a new home Meriam Bibbee.
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Mount St. Mary Hospital
Christina Lucille
Lucille Cherniak
New Straitsville
John Blaney
Elyria
John
Jimmy) Davis
New Straits
William J. Davis
Youngstown
Elmer Nixon
Mildred Miller
Newark
John Sherrard
Sherrard
Pamela
Columbus
George Reda, Jr
Findlay
Maude Ward
Myrtle Wallace
Myrna
Woodbine Rebekah Lodge
K of P Hall
Dick Wade
U. S. Army
Jaa
Pan
Chester Wade
Reedsville
Jeannie Riebel
D. " Riebel
Chester High School
Ohio University
Fred Philson
Racine
0. G. Bixler
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lucy Kate L. Kibble
Shumy
Philson
Bixler
Ralph Barton
Greta Mae
Miss Barton
Wood County Bank
Parkersburg
W. Wahr
Ray White
Massillon
Charles Sper ¢ Jeer
Bashan
Lillie Thomas
Thomas
Barney Divine
Park Dayton
Sisson
Vineyard
Clyde Packard
Fred Colem
Emma Summerville
Greely
Calif
Hubert’ Hardman
Auburn
W.va
Eunice Sprague
Frankie Miller
Frank Shumway
Gerald
Rosa Bolton
Wallace Baker
Lola
Junior Daugherty
Belleville
Ohio
W. S. Posey
Belpre
Cora Amsbury
Lucy Kibble
Ella Hood
Mattie Gunder
Ralph Russell
Bill, McLeod
Joseph's Hospital
Darlene Elaine
William Gene
Clara White
Ella Sawyer
Torch
Glen Reed
Marsha
Meriam Bibbee
Births and admissions in Point Clinic notes
A birth record notes a son to Mr and Mrs Ralph Staats of Gallipolis Ferry on September 22 and a son to Mr and Mrs Paul Herbert Kent of Cheshire on September 23. Admissions include Miss Geneva Brumfield of Glenwood on September 22 for surgery and Mr John Potts of Apple Grove and Mr Otis McGhee of Vinton on September 22 for medical. Discharges list Mrs Maggie Reynolds of Point Pleasant and Mr Andy Henry of Gallipolis Ferry on September 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Reynolds
Point Pleasant
Andy Henry
Gallipolis Ferry
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Priscilla
Edna Rawlins
Ann Frazure
Gladys Lines
Minnie Strawn
Ray Rodgers
East Fultonham
Stanley Joseph
Coring
Linda
Detroit
Jesse Plant
Gene Sigler
Sigler
Jessie Richardson
Altinga
George Sarles
Cleveland Browns
Chu
Lions International
Robert H
Jennie Belle Siders
Charles E. and
Ruby J. Huddleston
Coolville
Mabel
Carling
Rae
Mackoa
Serveas Stone Division
Tramont Center
ILA
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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