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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1963

Page

5

Leachers Placed By Mason Board

Point Pleasant board of education announces teacher placements at Point Pleasant Senior High School and junior high for the new term. Benjamin Franklin named principal, Charles Chambers vice principal, with a large list of teachers and half day assignments noted. West Columbia and Henderson grade school principals also decided amid bids for coal and bus use policy discussions.

Point Pleasant Point Pleasant Senior High School Board of Education Benjamin Franklin Charles Chambers Lavenia Jackson James Andrews Richard Austin Evelyn Brake Lowell Cook Clifford Dunn Clara Bell Dunn Leta B. Foglesong Violet Gerlach Freda Henderson Robert Shertzer Jane Smith Helen Sterrett William Vanhorn Richard Horton Norma McCulloch Leon Putz Elsie Bardin Jack Rogers Garnett Stanley Virgil Burris Marvin Dawson Margaret Withrow Wilbur Plants B. R. Workman Immogene Moore Sally Lou Durst Frank Capehart Elizabeth Seymour Paul B. Powell West Columbia Milton Burdette Burdett Powell Mason Grade School Bill Howard Robert Adkins Earl Keefer Patricia Durst Henderson Margaret S. Johnson Point Pleasant High School Lieving Coal Co Liverpool Coal Co Wahama and Hannan Mason County Fair

Aug 9 Fair Schedule at Mason County Fair

POINT PLEASANT The fair board outlines Aug 9 events at the Mason County Fair. Activities include a junior judging contest at 10 a.m., home making demonstration all afternoon, horseshoe pitching at 6:30 p.m., horse pulling at 7 p.m., dairy judging at 8 p.m., fat cattle show at 9 p.m., and a square dance at 10 p.m. Trinity Methodist Church sponsors an ice cream social on the church lawn starting 11 a.m.

Point Pleasant Fair Board Mason County Trinity Methodist Church

Telephone Manager To Speak At Kiwanis Club

A. F. White of C and P Telephone Co. will address the Kiwanis Club of Point Pleasant on Look To the Wealth of West Virginia. He will be introduced by Frank Clendenin of Ravenswood, formerly Point Pleasant. The Bum garner reunion set for Aug 11 at New Haven Park includes a basket dinner at noon.

Point Pleasant A F. White South Charleston C and P Telephone Co Kiwanis Club West Virginia Frank Clendenin Ravenswood New Haven New Haven Park

Church Unit Holds Picnic In Park

Families from the Main St Baptist Church gathered at Celanese Park in Gallipolis Ferry for a church picnic. Attendees included Rev. and Mrs. K W Chandler and many parishioners with children.

Point Pleasant

Suzanne Wolpert Weds R A Merkle in New Haven

Miss Suzanne Virginia Wolpert and Robert Arnold Merkle wed at St. Paul Lutheran Church New Haven on July 28 with clergymen John Barringer and Jack Welch officiating. Bride daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wolpert. groom son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf G. Merkle. They will reside in Columbus after August 3.

New Haven St. Paul Lutheran Church Suzanne Virginia Wolpert Robert Arnold Merkle John E. Barringer Edgebrook Lutheran Church Chicago Ill Jack T. Welch Philip Wolpert Merkle Rudolf G. Merkle Milford Center Ivy Mary Elizabeth Foltz Alexandria Eugene Mayer Marysville George Tomko Cleveland Philip Schlosser Columbus Vernon Renner John Layne Willard Calhoun Edward Losely John C. Foltz Judy Fry Judy Rausch Vicki Johnston Sharry Flesher Myra Raush Jack Welch Wahama High School College of Education Ohio State University Ohio State Southwestern Beacon Hill Rd

Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes

List of names appears to record patients or staff at Pleasant Valley Hospital including Mrs Charles Cain Leon Edward Blake Ashton Frederick Roseberry Point Pleasant Charles Kinniard Apple Grove Elizabeth Long Apple Grove James Gaskins Point Pleasant Mrs Edward Willett Middleport and her son and Mrs Russell Patterson Huntington.

Charles Cain Leon Edward Blake Ashton Frederick Roseberry Point Pleasant Charles Kinniard Apple Grove Elizabeth Long James Gaskins Edward Willett Middleport

Women's Group Holds Fellowship Dinner in New Haven

The WSCS of a Methodist Church held a Fellowship Dinner with Mrs. Kenneth Ridge leading devotions and the Junior Choir performing. Attendees included several couples and local families, and a men’s meeting is planned for August 13 to plan next year, with a turkey dinner to be served by the Martha Circle. Also noted: Sunday dinner guests at Mossman Circle and an Old Fashioned Festival by the Vernon Star Dusters 4-H Club at the Vernon Club House from 5 to 10 p.m.

Methodist Church Kenneth Ridge Yoho Don Bailey Donald Ray Laura Robert Herndon Diana Larry Terry Linda Chet Campbell Glenn Smith Debbie Cyle Mike Lyndon Taylor Tommy Point Pleasant Martha New Haven Vernon Star Dusters Vernon Club

Keel Laying Planned for Fair Weather Survey Ship

Walter M. Windsor president of Marietta Manufacturing Co announces keel laying for the Fair Weather, a Coast Geodetic Survey hydrographic vessel, Aug. 12 at 3 45 p.m. at the Marietta Ship Yard. Neal A. Baker will supervise construction. The Class IL ship measures 220 ft 8 in long, 42 ft 13 in beam, dead weight 426 long tons, displacement 1615 tons, and sustained speed 14 5 knots.

Point Pleasant Walter M. Windsor Marietta Manufacturing Co Fairweather Marietta Ship Yard Coast Geodetic Survey Fleet Neal A. Baker Maritime Administration

Rutland Gossip Highlights Local Visits and Trips

Rutland residents share small town updates as Jamie Thom as and Mike Atkeson visit grandparents in Columbus and take swimming lessons at Middleport pool. Families from Columbus tour Old Man's Cave and attend a book exhibit at Ohio University with Mrs Webster and friends.

Rutland Jamie Thomas James B. Thomas Mike Atkeson Dennis Atkeson Columbus Clair Taylor Middleport Pool Ernest Nicholson Mike Billy Charles Carson Debbie Gene Old Man’s Cave Bob Brown Dell Luckadoo Bill Hoppess Phoenix Ariz Myrtle Donahue Eugene Fink Jim Olive Page Margaret Parsons Elizabeth Ann Webster Athens Ohio University

Buses Damaged at Point Pleasant Maintenance Yard

Warren Keefer, supervisor of Mason County school transportation, reports tampering with parked buses at Point Pleasant maintenance shop. About 20 buses had their brakes released this week and two were jammed together, trapping riders who had to use emergency doors.

Point Pleasant Warren Keefer Mason County Point Pleasant Senior High School

Musgraves Return From Newburg and Boston Trip

Point Pleasant residents Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Musgrave Camp Conley and Mrs. F G Musgrave Oak Street return home Tuesday from a visit to Newburg New York with Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Musgrave and their son and daughter in law. The group also toured Boston. NEW HAVEN The WSCS of the Methodist Church hosts an ice cream social Saturday at 5 PM on Fifth Street lot site of the former church.

Raymond Musgrave Camp Conley F. G. Musgrave Oak St Newburg N.Y Johnny Musgrave Boston Methodist Church Fifth Street

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