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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1960

Page

6

Mason Postmaster Retires After 25 Years in Mason

Mason postmaster Yeager retires after 25 years in the job. His career began May 18 1935 after earlier farming and business work. He recalls the 1937 flood delaying reports and plans to travel with his wife and visit children as he leaves the busy Mason post office.

Yeager Mason Little Frame Parkersburg Letart Illinois France Firestone Akron T. H. Davis Company Pomeroy Postal Service Emma Ryan James Diehl Charles Sporn Mason Post Office Postal Department Dallas Yeager Messenger Newsphoto

Point Pleasant Students Exhibit At Science Fair

Fifteen students from Point Pleasant Senior and Junior High schools showcase exhibits at a science fair held Friday and Saturday at Marshall College. Senior participants include William MacConshay Paul Higginbotham Howard Pullins Carolyn Costen Artie Gelwicks Robert Bresenham Judy Getty Bernadine Courtwright Darr ell Schwartz. Additional entrants are Robert Horne Tommy Ross Rodney Pullins John Kimberling Jimmy Dunn and Eddie Swann. Science teachers attending are Mrs Clifford Dunn Mrs Don Courtright J H Carpenter Jack Rogers Blaine Norman Howard Cole Dorothy Mitchell and Alton Jordan.

Point Pleasant Marshall College William MacConshay Paul Higginbotham Howard Pullins Carolyn Costen Artie Gelwicks Robert Bresenham Judy Getty Bernadine Courtwright Darrell Schwartz Robert Horne Tommy Ross Rodney Pullins John Kimberling Jimmy Dunn Eddie Swann Clifford Dunn Don Courtright J. H. Carpenter Jack Rogers Blaine Norman Howard Cole Dorothy Mitchell Alton Jordan

Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes

Mr and Mrs Clyde Hammack of Point Pleasant welcomed a daughter. Discharged were George Bellos of Point Pleasant Mrs Clyde Terrill of Pomeroy and Charles Bush of Gallipolis Ferry.

Pleasant Valley Hospital Clyde Hammack Point Pleasant George Bellos Clyde Terril Pomeroy Charles Bush Gallipolis Ferry

Williams and Glover Apply for Marriage License in Pleasants

Stephen David Williams 22 of Gallipolis Ferry and Nellie Margaret Glover 21 of Henderson filed for a marriage license Thursday at the county clerk's office. Williams is son of Bazzzle and Lora Simpkins Williams. Glover is daughter of Ashbell and Eula Hoplite Glover.

Point Pleasant County Clerks Office Stephen David Williams Bazzle and Lora Simpkins Williams Gallipolis Ferry Nellie Margaret Glover Ashbell Eula Hoplite Glover Henderson

Virginia Declaration of Rights frames press liberty

The Virginia Declaration of Rights asserts the freedom of the press as a great bulwark of liberty and states it cannot be restrained except by despotic governments.

Easter Show Highlights Holland Theme at Point Pleasant

The Point Pleasant Junior Women's Club presented the Spring Style Show at the high school auditorium with the Eastertime in Holland theme. The event showcased adult child and teenage wear with a Dutch windmill set piece, tulips, and featured welcome by Mrs. Earl Henry Jr. nar rator Miss Bess Jones and music by Miss Phyllis Miller and C N Haddox. ushers in white aprons carried tulips while the style committee led by Mrs. Oliver Eshemar organized the event with numerous members listed.

Point Pleasant Holland Earl Henry, Jr Bess Jones Phyllis Miller C. N. Haddox Manford Bauer Hubert Deweese, Jr Raymond Ferrell James Hager John Lynch William Patterson James Stevens Kenneth Whited James Windle Oliver Eshemar B. A. Chamberlain Ernest Collier Tom Fisher Ted Groft Dallas Hall Carl

Ladies Night Draws Crowd at Rotary Meeting

Borge Rosing of Huntington spoke at the Wednesday Rotary Club Ladies Night meeting in Point Pleasant with about 80 attendees. Rosing, a Huntington Rotarian and former club president, spoke on You Can Have Fun In Rotary. Door prizes went to Mrs. Judson Brake, Mrs. Lonnie Safford, Hank Wainright, and Tom Rose. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Carpenter and others from Huntington, Point Pleasant, and Gallipolis.

Point Pleasant

Miss Knotts Crowned Miss Springtime 1960 at Point Pleasant

Miss Patty Knotts daughter of Mr and Mrs Brady Knotts of Belle meade won the Miss Springtime title at the spring fashion show in Point Pleasant. She was escorted by Johnny Thabet and wore a white nylon gown with spring flower arrangements. The event featured Norman Coffman singing Miss Springtime with piano accompaniment by C N Haddox.

Point Pleasant Patty Knotts Brady Knotts Bellemeade Barbara O'Neal Miss Knotts Johnny Thabet Mrs Wadear Thabet Patty Carolyn Dotson Mason Greg McCarthy Sue Ellen Goodnute New Haven

Church and synagogue services and schedules listed

A long itinerary of weekly worship times across multiple churches including Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and worship services around 10:30 a.m. plus midweek and special services such as Lenten observances and prayer meetings at many congregations.

Religious services schedule across several churches

Chauncey Pilgrim Holiness and other churches list Sunday schools worship times and midweek prayer meetings. Millfield Chauncey Methodist Bible studies and no Sunday evening service noted. Parish notes for Chauncey Greenz Run Taylor Ridge Trimble and Chauncey parish night with Kenneth Sedgwick and J A Long.

Pilgrim Holiness Church of God Morristown Holiness Concord Union Millfield Methodist Chauncey Methodist Church of Christ — Greens

Area church listings and service times in New Haven area

Local church directory lists numerous congregations with Sunday school times, worship schedules, prayer meetings, and special services. Notable entries include Hartford Methodist, Christ Episcopal, Trinity Methodist, Nazarene, Seventh Day Adventist, and Jehovahs Witnesses with varied service days and ages, all noting morning and evening worships and midweek prayer sessions.

Church of Christ In Christian Union Main St New Haven Evangelical United Brethren Hartford Harmony Baptist Heights Main Street Baptist Bellemeade Leon Rockcastle Yanger Shiloh Mr. Zion Promise Land Warren Seventh Day Adventist Trinity Methodist Spellman Methodist West Columbia Westminster Methodist Gallipolis Ferry Nazarene Christ Episcopal—Holy Communion First Church of God St. Peter’s Lutheran Hartford Methodist Hartford Church of Christ In Christian Union

Community church listings of area services and schedules

A compiled roster of Sunday schools worship times and midweek meetings for numerous churches across Meigs and surrounding towns. Includes Free Methodist Laurel Cliff Bethan EUB Carm el EUB Syracuse EUB Federated Bethlehem Baptist Danville Pilgrim Holiness United Methodist and many others with times for Sunday school worship youth groups prayer and Bible study and Friday or midweek services.

Hysell Run Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Bethan Carmel Syracuse House of Prayer Bethlehem Baptist Great Bend Danville Pilgrim Holiness United Methodist St. Paul St. John Carpenter Baptist

Gill and Withers Families Entertain Guests Across States

Point Pleasant notices guests from Patriot Ohio and Apple Grove Ohio visiting relatives in Galli polis Ferry and Brooksfield Florida. The Gill family hosted Mr and Mrs John Gill while Mr and Mrs Ted Withers planned a Florida trip to visit Mrs Silas Withers and other relatives for several days.

John Harold Gill Patriot Ohio John Gill Gallipolis Ferry Ted Withers Apple Grove Silas Withers Brooksfield Fla

Local Church Schedules Include Bible Studies and Worship Times

Glouster First Baptist and Glouster Methodist list Sunday school at 9:30 a m worship at 11 and 10 30 a m respectively. Other churches post Bible study worship services and prayer times including Holy Cross Catholic mass at 8 and 10 a m and Jehovah's Witnesses Tuesday 8 p m Bible study.

Rio Grande Bidwell Church of God First Church of God Garfield Ave Gallipolis Third Ave Triedstone St. Peter’s Episcopal Second Ave Episcopal Young Grace Methodist Second and Cedar First United Presbyterian State St First Baptist Rutland Mt. Moriah Columbia Chapel Christian Bible School Dexter Church of Christ Bradford Church of Christ - Bible School Youth Christian Endeavor Rutland Church of Christ - Bible School Forest Run Baptist Baptist Training Union Pomeroy Church of Christ Kingsbury Church Langsville Congregational Christian Church Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Bishopville Church of Christ— Bible School Popper Ridge Church of Christ -Bible School Holy Cross Catholic Trimble West Side Church Glouster Methodist Jehovah's Witnesses Oakdale Church of Christ Glouster Church of Christ

Church Schedules in Nelsonville and Surrounding Areas

A listing of church services and Sunday school times across Nelsonville, Carbon Hill, Murray City, Dorr Run, Haydenville, and nearby towns. Details include worship, evangelistic, and prayer meeting times for multiple denominations on varying Sundays and weekdays.

Wylie Chapel Penticostal Apostolic Gospel Reorganized Latter Day Saints Jackson St Carbon Hill Methodist Circuit Liberty Hill First Baptist Bear Run Church of the Nazarene Kimberly Murray City Evangelical United Brethren Pilgrim Holiness Zion Ridge Christian Congregational Carbon Hill Christian First Presbyterian United Presbyterian Youth Independent Holiness Church First Methodist — Church

Church Mass Times and Assembly Service List

St Louis Catholic Church offers Low Mass at 7:30 a.m. and High Mass at 10:30 a.m. Masses are also scheduled Monday and Friday mornings at 7 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday 7 a.m. Friday 7-9 a.m. Assembly of God holds Sunday services.

St. Louis Assembly of God

Open New Clinic in Point Pleasant

Gallipolis Clinic Medical Center unveils a new Point Pleasant facility at 25th and Jefferson Blvd. The single story brick clinic aims to serve local patients with modern medical services.

Gallipolis Clinic Point Pleasant Medical Clinic Jefferson

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Duane Plants William Bardin, Jr William Roush Chester Wamsley Eddie Rickard Carolyn Sue Ellen Wahama High School Jean Ball Hannan High School Arthur Powers Jean Pullins Harry Albaugh Point Pleasant High School Point Pleasant Junior Women's Club Logan South Haydenville First Methodist Jehoviah Union Furnace UNION St. Matthew Lutheran Children’s Church Christian Life Advance Wellston Women’s Society of Christian Service St. John Lutheran Chauncey SEO Area Church News Pt. Pleasant Soul Harbor High St Nazarene Church Nazarene Young People’s Meeting Redtown Free Methodist Bishopville Church of Christ— Bible School Donald Kasler Glouster Seventh-Day Adventist Church Front Summit Sts Jacksonville Kenneth Brown Hollister Trimble Millfield Meigs Area Eden United Brethren In Christ Christian Endeavor Middleport Church of Christ In Christian Union Alfred Methodist Racine Middleport Church of the Nazarene Christian Science Society South Bethel Heath Methodist Middleport First Baptist Church Salem Center Methodist Church South Bethel Eub Lottridge Tuppers Plains C. L. Lutz Nelsonville First Christian Dorr Run Deanville Buchtel Jobs
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