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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1957
Page
2
Practical home guidance on thawing frozen pipes without causing splits or fires. Tips cover safe methods using heating cables hair dryers heat lamps and kerosene with cautions about electricity fire danger and gas hazards. Also offers gum removal method with denatured alcohol and carbon tetrachloride cautions.
Seven cases were heard by Justice of the Peace A. M. Goodwin. John William Denny was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. Rose Marie Belle was fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication. Charles Jones and Charles Henry of Gallipolis Ferry were fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication. They were arrested by city police. Herman Steven forfeited a 19 dollar bond and Ernest Wright a bond of 18 dollars for intoxication charges.
Mrs. James Mink and her infant daughter from Gallipolis were discharged. Mrs. Boyd Lewis and her infant daughter from Lincoln Ave City were also discharged.
Miss Ramon a Starcher 23 of Grantsville will become the Mason County home demonstration agent starting September first. A West Virginia University home economics graduate and daughter of Mr and Mrs Alton Starcher she succeeds the post held last by Mrs William Gregory who resigned last September.
Hollister EUB Church group held a family picnic at Glouster Park. Recent visitors included Mr. and Mrs Hiram Deem and children from Detroit Michigan. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Langfield and six children of Pontiac Michigan and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Thompson and son of Columbus.
Mary Frances Blain of Gallopolis Ferry has taken a position with a beauty shop in Norfolk Virginia.
The Point Pleasant Lions Club hosted the Rotary Club at Harmon Park with a steak fry and a softball game as entertainment. Plans were announced for District 29-A Governor Frederick Weimer to visit on October 21. Weimer is connected with Weimer Meat Packing Co. of Wheeling.
Mrs. Vernon Deweese was installed as president of Post 23 American Legion Auxiliary at the Legion Home. New officers include Mrs. Carl Fruth as first vice president and Mrs. Norman Perry as second vice. Delegates Mrs. Deweese and Mrs. Waldie reported on Charleston convention. A buffet dinner followed with guest Mrs. Manford Buaer.
POINT PLEASANT The two day Mason County Farm Youth Show at the National Guard Armory Route 62 features Friday Registration from 1 to 4 p.m. with exhibit placement and cooking judging at 4 p.m. A county square dance and recreation runs 8 to 10 p.m. Friday. Saturday judging of all exhibits other than cooking and livestock begins at 8 a.m. with ribbons. Educational demonstrations for homemakers and livestock judging start at 1 p.m. The show ends at 10 p.m. with a style revue and removal of exhibits.
The Shawnee Public School system will begin Tuesday September 3 with all-day sessions and pupils taking lunches. Athens ordinance actions include building numbering requirements and a check writing statute, both approved in August 1957.
Council No. 63 will hold its annual picnic Thursday at 6 p.m. at Harmon Park for members, families and guests. Arrangements committee chaired by Mrs. Jewell Boardman includes Mrs. Cora Morgan, Mrs. Ora Higgins, Mrs. Lucy Barnette, Mrs. Dorothy Mitchell and Mrs. Winnie Morrow.
Haven Bumgarner and fiancé Richard Earl Dotson of Mason plan a Saturday 5:30 wedding at New Haven Evangelical United Brethren Church. The Rev. D. D. Dotson of Spencer will officiate, assisted by Rev. K. J. Scott. A reception follows at the bride’s parents’ home.
Miss Donna Lee Bumgarner is highlighted as the daughter of Mr and Mrs Claud Bumgarner of New Haven in the community notice. The piece notes her family background and ties to local residents.
Judy Mitchell of Park Drive and Richard Blazer of Gallipolis attend the state fair in Columbus today. The note ends with mention of Richard's sister.
Mrs. Marshall Stiltner and children of Oakland Calif spent weeks with her mother in Windsor Court and flew home from Charleston. Mrs Lionel Smith Mossman Circle returned from Morgantown for a funeral and visited her father a Clarksburg hospital patient. Tina and Gina Norville visited Charleston and Huntington. Neal Wilson, Pittsburgh employee, weekended with his family on Van Sickle Court. The Head family Park Drive spend a week at Jamestown and Williamsburg Va. Tom Hunt family Mt. Vernon Ave returned from two weeks in St Petersburg Fla. Harvey Morgan and granddaughter Beverly Morgan Burdette Addition visited Charleston families for a week. Paul Bland Pleasant Street is a Holzer Hospital surgical patient. James Rayburn family Park Drive returned from two weeks with relatives in Kitanning Pa. Carroll Casto family Park Drive weekend at Fallensbee W Va. Valentine Mueller returned from Holzer Hospital. W H Chase Monroe Avenue attended Kenny family reunion in Gravesville Ohio. John Piatt family Columbus returned home after visiting Piatt relatives and vacationing in Washington and Richmond.
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