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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1950
Page
8
Children enjoyed the first day of a free merry-go-round show presented by local merchants in Point Pleasant. Admission was free with tickets obtainable from any merchant or professional in the community.
The Mason County Selective Service Board 24 resumes operations after decentralization moving Putnam County registrants to Local Board No 39 in Winfield. Local Board No 24 continues for Mason County. 56 WV boards now operate down from 90 in WWII with one per county.
Pt Pleasant social notes show the program Search for the Christ Child with poems and dialogue and gift exchanges. Visitors Audry from Ripley Road were in Huntington Saturday. Many out of town relatives attended last rites for Martha Jane Smith. Krebs Chapel Community Chapel Church plans a Christmas program Sunday at 7 30 p m.
Mason County Superintendent Robert H. Ferguson proposes social studies focus on local government. Schools would study county offices and officials including assessor, sheriff, clerk, prosecutor, and judges, with best student essays published.
Wahama Point Pleasant alumni basketball game to aid sight conservation funds in a Dec 29 event at the junior high gym. Lions President W W Smith leads the committee in coordinating with Coach Bob Adkins and Marvin Wetzel for participation and fundraising details to come.
English Court Inc to Harry and Lillian Snead for lot 17 in English Court Addition Point Pleasant. Macy Cromley Edward Cromley Albert Cooper Velma Cooper to Eva Shirley for lots 16 17 18 Lewis District. Arthur Cheesebrew Irene Cheesebrew to T J Howell five acres Cooper District. Frank Kidwell Josephine Kidwell to Clyde McDermitt Kathleen McDermitt lot 3 Cooper District. L W Getty Grace Getty to Marguerite Faudree parcel 1 lot 2 parcel 2 lot 15 Lewis District. Marguerite Faudree Oakley Faudree to L W Getty Grace Getty 13 acres Clendenin District. Harold E Marquis Ina W Marquis to Helen A Somerville lot 110 Country Club Addition Point Pleasant. William Humphrey Clara Humphrey to Andrew J Sayre Adeline Sayre portion lot 14 Pt Carl Roush Elizabeth Roush to John Roush portion lot 39 town Mason.
Mrs. Stanley Neal Johnson Jr. of Ripley welcomed a son. Mrs. William Zuspan and their infant Mason also released home after birth.
Home demonstration on textile painting and stencil cutting led by Vivian Tope and Irene Jackson at Mrs. Cottrill’s home. Upcoming Jan 10 meeting at Mrs. Strong’s with a pot luck and foods topic. Mrs. Long’s family back from Columbus after her father’s death. J E Strong visited Columbus. Christmas party and gifts noted for Past Matrons of CES and Wilkesville Chapter OES with Grace Colwell honored. A remarkable Calf birth record reported in Greenville Kentucky with 47 calves born, 46 abnormal and all perished except one.
The encyclopedia notes about 72,000 steam traction engines were operating on farms in 1910 before internal combustion tractors became common.
A British firm reports it has developed a synthetic fibre from crude oil products that feels like silk. The claim highlights a new filament expected to rival natural silk in fineness and luster for possible industrial use.
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