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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1954
Page
3
An estimated 18 year old man held up Lowe Hotel desk clerk Bobby Spears at 2:36 am Sunday in POINT PLEASANT. He fled with about $59, leaving $16 untouched, and may have had a getaway car waiting outside. Police Rancel Jiiden and Toral Morrison investigated.
W C Roberts resigns as Mason County agriculture agent effective September 1 to become associate county agent in Columbia County Ohio with offices in Lisbon. He served eight and a half years here and will focus on dairy and 4 H club work. He is a WVU graduate with an ABS in agriculture. The Roberts family lives on Jericho Road. no successor named.
Effie A. Rainey of Point Pleasant died Sunday at Holzer Hospital after a 12 day stay. She was born November 8 1880 in Mason County and is survived by four daughters three sons 29 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. Heights EUB Church. Burial Lone Oak Cemetery. Friends may call at 2210 Madison Ave.
Wide Awake 4-H Club meets at Dane s Recreation Hall with four of ten members attending. Nancy Mitchell and Ellen Richards present final demonstrations on sewing buttonholes and safety. A square dance followed the regular meeting.
Barbara Hulshorst chaired as Brenda Roberts led the Centenary Merry-Maids during a roll call on hardest task completed in the 4-H summer. An achievement day was planned for August 20 at Centenary Grange hall with Northup Lassies 4-H Club, featuring ice cream cookies and a beverage.
Charles Lewis Jr of Point Pleasant was elected president of the West Virginia Artificial Breeders Cooperative at its annual meeting during the West Virginia Dairy Cattle Show in Jackson's Mill. Elmer Hicks of Ohio County became vice president and Lewis Campbell of Clarksburg retained as secretary treasurer. The group expanded coverage to 41 counties with new headquarters in Moorefield and Peterstown, and chairmen were named for Holstein Jersey Ayrshire and Guernsey divisions.
In Gallipolis Naom Lodge Knights of Pythias, owner of a three story building, plans to turn the steps for a future initiation. An announcement by trustee Tom Comer says the steps will be turned, exposing the unworn side. Handrails will be installed on both sides for the two story climb to meetings.
The annual summer Christmas program by the children of Heights EUB Church will be presented at 8 p.m. Sunday in the church sanctuary during the worship service. Proceeds go to aid under privileged children in a foreign land. Mrs. Robert Crump is chairman. Public invited.
A Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce membership meeting is scheduled for September 21 at the Moose Home with President Dr. Rey W. Eschenaur presiding.
Sunday night river traffic on the Gallipolis locks shows multiple vessels with varying loads and empties. Reported readings include 12 feet upper gauge and 18 to 35 foot lower marks for several boats, with names such as Montgomery Blazer and Jefferson in movement and others awaiting entries or departures.
Arnel E. Childers 76 of Oak Hill Route 4 died in a one car crash Sunday about 1 p.m. on Route 233 within Oak Hill city limits. He was born April 8 1878 in Jackson County and lived on a Gallia area farm before retiring to carpentry. Survived by wife Tishie Lee and daughter Mrs Raymond Shelton and son Walter Childers. three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at Gallia Baptist Church Wednesday at 2 p.m. with burial in the church cemetery.
The Pt Pleasant Junior Womans Club holds its 1954 55 year kickoff meeting September 14 at the Moose Home with a ho bo party. New members will be honored at an October initiation dinner. Officers and chairmen announced include Mrs Lonnie Safford and Mrs Chet Haderman. A cancer film highlights November, December hosts the Christmas party, January and February feature talks and elections, and May ends with Husbands Night.
Births include six newborns: a daughter for William and wife from Point Pleasant. a daughter for Rudy Beaver of Mercerville. a son for John Conger of Wellston. a daughter for Dale Burnette of Gallipolis. a daughter for Paul Roush of New Haven. a son for Gail Bradford of Racine. Admissions list numerous patients in medical and surgical categories from Wellston Crown City Ironton Rutland and other towns. discharges named. A miscellaneous shower honors Mrs. Alfred Short with a long guest list from Gallipolis Ferry and surrounding areas.
Mr and Mrs T Stribling of 1009 Main St will mark their golden wedding August 25. A reception at the Episcopal parish house Wednesday 8 to 10 p m follows their 1904 Christ Church Episcopal ceremony. Their children Susan James Taliaferro and Dr Getzloe join relatives from Harrington Park New Jersey and Columbus for the celebration.
A Friday evening dessert bridge event was held at the Catholic Parish. Prizes went to Mrs. Herbert King of New Martinsville, Mrs. Carroll Casto, Mrs. Milton L. Miller, Mrs. E. E. Heiner and Mrs. Woodrow Kapp. Hostesses were Mrs. J. M. Foglesong, Mrs. Grant Stanley, Mrs. William Raddin and Mrs. Carry Howard Rayburn.
Mrs Ed Lewis and others from Main Street and Gallia area report returning from Ce dar Point Ohio while several families travel from Jackson Avenue to Huron for vacation. F W Quillin and spouse left for Roncake Virginia to tend a critically ill sister Edith Nichols formerly Edith Quillin.
Gallia County correspondent J Sherman Porter spoke at the Rio Grande bean dinner praising Rio Grande College as a youth center. He disputed C H Harris and Johnny Jones on bean dinner topics and noted World War I and II shaped politics. The event, sponsored by the Rio Grande Memorial Association, honored Civil War veterans buried in Calvary Cemetery and featured ceremonies, music, a 4 H style show, and baton routines at Rio Grande College.
Deeds recorded in Gallia County show transfers across Green Cheshire and Huntington townships. James Walker and Eva Ann Walker to G W Moodispaugh 24 acres for 1000 dollars. Weldon Strait and Mary Strait to Hobart Eskew 0.4 acre for 500 dollars. Pansy Shires to W W Webb M F May and A D Haney trustees of the Church of God of Prophecy Cambridge 0.25 acre for 500 dollars. L B King and Effie King to Minnie B Shinn 80 acres for 8000 dollars.
Invitations have been mailed for the Holzer Hospital School of Nursing commencement exercises. The ceremony is set for Thursday evening September 9 at 8 00 p m at Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis.
An advertisement claims SKIN EEZ clears mange dry chron ic dermatitis and fungal skin orders in dogs after a few applications. It says the non sticky preparation destroys mites and provides prompt relief for sores and itching, with postpaid mailing from D. T. Veterinary Laboratory in Mansfield Ohio.
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