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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1962
Page
9
Mrs William Morrison leads models for the Point Pleasant Junior Women's Club spring style show rehearsals. The event features local participants and sets the stage for the annual fashion display.
James G. Neville fireman USN son of Mr and Mrs Grover M Neville of Point Pleasant serves aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Midway scheduled to depart Alameda California for a seven month tour with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. The cruise will be the fourth to the Far East since the carrier recommissioned in 1957. Clyde Junior Shull and Florence Elizabeth Brewer will hold a rehearsal at 7 p m in the high school auditorium.
The Messenger notes schedule listings may be wrong when stations fail to supply corrected lines. It lists multiple shows across many times and channels including News Weather Sports and movies, with boldface for color programs.
At 7:30 Laramie features Slim Sherman rekindling a romance with Abbey O’Neill as she arrives to sing at a saloon. 8:30 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Ten O Clock Tiger shows boxing manager using a liquid formula to revive a fighter. 9:00 Dick Powell Show stars Glynis Johns James Coburn and Juano Hernandez in Safari a comedy drama based on the African Queen.
At 8 p.m. Bachelor Fathers presents The Richest Cat about a stray cat believed to be a millionaire heir. 8:30 p.m. New Breed features Echoes of Hate exploring racial and international tensions when a Norwegian clan accuses a German American over a death. 10 p.m. Alcoa Premiere shows Seven Against The Sea with U S Navy men under Japanese attack sinking an enemy cruiser.
Marshal Dillon features a suspected murder tied to a vanished second wife. At 9 p.m. Vincent Price guest stars on Red Skelton in Cauliflower Loses His Birds. Garry Moore at 10 p.m. welcomes Nat King Cole and Bob Melvin.
Channel schedules show White Cliffs of Dover Part II at 5 00 p m on Channel 4 and a string of films and programs on Channels 6 13 and 16 including Registered Nurse International Counterfeiters and Mexican Spitfire at Sea with late night titles. The page closes with a tongue in cheek line about political speeches and pork barrel rhetoric.
Washington Jae Club meeting at Ordnance School elected Henry Rossi as song leader. Dwight Carder read the motto and creed while Rhonda Bailey read the minutes. A play titled The Adventures of Columbia was presented by members. Club reporter Douglas Kohser and adviser Mrs Freda Jordan led the fifth grade group.
Tickets on sale for a smorgasbord dinner at the Ordnance School cafeteria Sunday starting at noon. Proceeds support the 90 member Point Pleasant High School band as it travels to the West Virginia state fair in Lewisburg August 25 to 27.
George Gibbs pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined 10 dollars plus costs before Justice A. M. Goodwin. Earl Edward Ellis paid 20 dollars and costs for improper fishing license. Willard T. Hollard cited for improper passing and fined 10 dollars plus costs. John Okey Baker and Frederick Jeffers each paid 10 dollars plus costs on drunk charges. Paul Donald Mattox Charles Emil Gore and Bobby E Adkins fined 10 dollars plus costs for speeding. Clarus O Parsons and Robert Keyser paid 5 dollars plus costs on drunk charges.
Land transfer notices from Mason County list transfers in Point Pleasant Cooper District New Haven Clendenin and Lewis Districts. Parties include Eleanor Hall to Rachael Bush and John Bush. Shell Caudill and Bricker trustees to J L Wedge Everett and Wedge. Okey Thomas to Gerrell Deweese. Verna Coleman to Kermit Ford. Musgrave trustee to Harry Calloway. N R Wood to Leon Davis. Dana Brown to Thornton Burgess.
A humorous fragment reflects on talking through problems on a river bank and being called a true fisherman. It contrasts with backyard thinking and notes Mary Lou's father critiquing a boyfriend who "inherits." Don Marquis quips about early rising and its effects on temper and eyes.
New Haven community reports Principal Clyde Foley and Coach Ralph Sayre attended the state basketball tournament in Morgantown. Several residents visited relatives, shopped in Parkersburg and Huntington, and attended club conventions. Notable mentions include hospital recoveries, a birth at Holzer Hospital, a death in Greenview, and members traveling to Florida and the Greenbrier convention.
The Lutheran Church Men dinner program at New Haven featured Lloyd Roush discussing "It's Tough To Be a Christian in Business." A brief business session led by William Powell Jr. followed, with attendees including Joe Paugh Herman Layne Bethel Vance Harry Layne Jimmy Layne Phil Wotppert John Fry Rev. Jack Welch Don Bumgardner Bob Johnson Lawrence Parsons Carroll Adams.
Christ Episcopal Church in Point Pleasant will hold a congregational meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the church parish house. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. All members are urged to attend.
West Virginia forester Phil Berthy of West Virginia University Cooperative Extension Service urges Arbor Day on the second Friday in April. He says the observance helps dedicate efforts to year round forest stewardship and the Mountain State’s forest products and services.
Mrs R F Bryant and Mrs C C Roush hosted a luncheon at Mrs Roush home in New Haven Tuesday. Attendees included Mrs Hollie Roush Mrs J L Ruttencutter Mrs Martha Juhl ing Mrs N O Wein Mrs W T Stone Mrs Phil Wolpert Mrs Herman Layne Mrs H L Dyer Mrs F A Batey Mrs Adisa Miller Mrs Lloyd Roush Mrs Emma Lee Spangler Mrs J L Stewart Mrs Bethel Vance and other hostesses.
A Roosevelt School PTA meeting will feature a panel of nine candidates for the Board of Education at 7 30 p m Tuesday. The American Leaders 4 H Club will present a program and refreshments will be served according to principal Mrs Elizabeth Pullin.
Mrs Lizzie Geary and Mrs Julia McGhee traveled from Rutland and Gallipolis to visit, joined by Mrs Reva Fraley and several couples including Mr and Mrs Anthony Murry and Mr and Mrs Clarence Woods. Families gathered for dinners and calls with Gerald Hull Bess Frederick and others. Elizabeth Dennett, Elmer Spaulding and Donna Sue Palmer appear among hosted and visiting relatives.
Belva Farley of WJEH radio will speak at the Point Pleasant Branch University Women April meeting. The session on Monday April 9 at 7 45 p m will be in the Appalachian Power Auditorium with Mrs Edward Jackson presiding. Committee members include Mrs Nelson A Park Jr Mrs Evelyn Spence and Mrs Howard Yeager.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Arnold of New Haven welcomed a son. Admitted were Curtis Sayre of Cottageville Karen Pierce of Point Pleasant Mrs Marshall Fowler and Paul Ray of Mason Discharged Connie Lewis of Point Pleasant Mrs Joseph Bishop of Middleton Port and Mrs John Glass of Point Pleasant. Columbus Ohio Department of Highways launches drive to hire and train 150 high school graduates as engineering aides.
The 28th annual Spring Show and Sale of the West Virginia Hereford Breeders Assn. will be held April 19 at Jackson's Mill 4 H Camp. Eleven consignors offer 32 bulls and 10 cows. show judge is Frank L. Kreuzberger and sale auctioneer is Col A W Hamilton. An Hereford dinner is set for April 18 with a business meeting to follow. Catalogs available from University Hereford Breeders Assn Spencer WV.
Village officials in New Haven warned residents not to let dogs run loose and reminded owners face fines from 1 to 5 dollars. The meeting also covered water bill delinquencies, a water extension project, and rink discipline issues.
Last rites will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at the Glenwood Church of Christ for Earl Nibert 67 of Glenwood retired International Nickel plant worker who died Sunday at Point Clinic He had been ill for years Burial will be in Starkey Cemetery at Glenwood Friends may call at the family home in Glenwood Vantage Point Daily News.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Smith Brewer of Huntington led Bend Rotary Ladies Night with a slide show and narration about Hawaii. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Clark, Dr. and Mrs. Ridgeway, Dr. Schaekel, and many others, with Rome Williamson and Richard Ord among the speakers.
Mr and Mrs Andy Hall Ar buckle welcome a son. Mrs Peter Parsons Crown City adds a daughter. Mrs Paul Dowell Winfield shares a birth, and Mrs Joe Patterson with daughter from Gallipolis Ferry.
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