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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1961
Page
16
The Trinity Methodist Church circles Dorcas Martha Miriam Mary and Rebecca held Christmas gatherings with chairmen Mrs. Stanley Waldie Mrs. Grace Lefrit Mrs. G A Biggs Mrs. O B Meadows and Mrs. Henry Sibley directing. Members and guests attended programs and readings across church and homes.
John R. Heiskell of WSAZ-TV defended the commercial aspect of Christmas during a Kiwanis Club address in Gallipolis. He praised a commercial culture as spiritual and physical, while noting the holiday’s holy basis, and underscored love charity and serenity as its adornments. The event featured Kyger Creek Keyettes and Key Clubbers with musicians and introductions from club presidents and guests.
Five senior Girl Scouts of Troop 36 at Point Pleasant received the five point pins, the top rank in senior scouting. Recipients were Kenda Derrick, Marilyn Smith, Audrey Smith, Frances Kooken and Judy Wallace. Mrs. William H. Rardin Jr presented the pins. The new members attended the meeting and refreshments were served to several named attendees.
Mason County dairyman Marcus Weaver will join a Channel 13 panel on Saturday at 1 p m about farm to market roads. Also on the panel are John T Johnson agriculture commissioner Gus Douglass assistant commissioner J O Kapp WVU agriculture dean’s assistant and Paul Nay WV Farm Bureau president. The program is moderated by John Heiskel WSAZ farm program director.
Dr and Mrs Oliver Eshenaur announce the birth of their first son and fourth child on Wednesday morning at Point Clinic. Grandparents are Dr and Mrs R W Eshenaur of Jefferson Boulevard and Mrs Grace Sefrit of 515 28th Street.
Navy Lt. Cdr. T. E. Gibbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Gibbs of Point Pleasant, serves at the Electronics Supply Office Great Lakes Illinois as assistant to the director of the equipment support division.
Naomi Bible Class of the Belle Meade EUB Church will hold its monthly meeting and Christmas partyThursday at 7 30 p m at the church.
A hitskip driver damaged two parked cars owned by Willard Nibert and Layrie Nibert at 50 Neil Ave. The pickup came from Neil Ave. end turned around and struck one car pushing it into the other. Police filed the report at 2 18 p m Wednesday. investigation ongoing.
Gallia County judge sets 9 a.m. January 3 for the non support trial of Clyde Putney 41 Henderson West Virginia in Gallia County Common Pleas Court. Putney indicted by the January 1960 grand jury and arrested in April, charged with failing to support six minor children. He pleaded innocent at arraignment in May and was released on a $300 bond.
Point Pleasant couple Mr and Mrs Robert Jackson welcomed a son. Gallipolis couple Mr and Mrs Wilbert Nibert reported a son. Dr and Mrs Oliver Eschenaur listed. Apple Grove resident Mrs Mattie Dunn admitted. Mrs Wilbert Nibert also listed. Paul Thomas Jr discharged from Point Pleasant facility.
The circuit clerk and county clerk offices will be closed Saturday and Monday for the Christmas holiday and reopen Tuesday morning.
Gallia Academy High School held a Christmas assembly for grades 7 through 12 featuring 136 student vocal groups. Solos by Tom Folden Terry Griffin Tom Hunter and Ted Trotter plus ensembles led by Mrs. Shirley Jo Crothers highlighted performances from seventh and eighth grade boys and girls glee clubs and the freshmen-sophomore boys group and the a cappella choir.
Loraina Rutherford born November 16 at Holzer Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. William Carl Rutherford of Gallipolis. Grandparents include Mrs. Elizabeth Mulford of Cheshire and Mrs. Philip McGuffin and Forest Clark of Point Pleasant, with Carl Rutherford of Middleport and great relatives Mrs. Blagg and Oscar Knopp noted in the family lineage.
Leonidas Lonnie Cossin 89 of Cottageville Mason County died Wednesday at a daughter's home in Wheeling died after a year of ill health. Funeral service at Creston EUB Church Sunday at 2 p m with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs Jane Hunt and Mrs Nellie E Lines, a sister Mrs Lora Stone, three brothers William O Cossin Theodore and seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Friends may call at Stevens funeral home after 6 p m Friday.
City officers in Point Pleasant now wear new black uniforms with Eisenhower style jackets marking the first city purchase of uniforms in its history. The change introduces a standardized look across the department.
In Gallipolis several dozen persons took the State Highway Patrol preliminary driver license exams and three took behind the wheel road tests on Wednesday. Ronald G. Lambert, the examiner, said all applicants passed. This week Lambert conducted 12 preliminary exams, granting 11 temporary learner permits, and nine road tests with eight applicants earning operator licenses.
William Garhart 44 formerly of Middleport died Monday of a heart attack at University Hospital Columbus. Last rites were held Wednesday at 2 p m in the Church of Christ in Christian Union Columbus. he was a nephew of Mrs J P Keefer Point Pleasant.
State Police Trooper C. L. Yost recovered a stolen vehicle owned by Frances Corbin of Ripley. The car was found parked in Mason near the Monday night theft scene.
Keep opened jam and jelly jars tightly covered to prevent surface sugar from hardening. Proper sealing slows mold growth and preserves texture and flavor longer.
Birth announced for Thurman Harrell and spouse in Gallipolis. Other listings include W A Bryan Ashton Lucy Jane Bulmer Hartford Donald Gibson Leo M Davis Harrel Miller Jenifer Kearns Mrs Arnold Jiiden and Orville Redman in Mason Gallipolis. A note on a grated orange rind enhancing canned cranberry sauce.
Point Pleasant notices list George Otis Fisher and Herbie Sayre at Fort Polk Louisiana visiting families for the holidays. L H Silvers of Akron Ohio spends holidays with son Elza Martin in Clardy Spencer’s home at 13th Street. Seventh Street resident Clardy Spencer vacationing with son Ross Spencer in Cincinnati. Elizabeth Johnson of Ohio Street travels with son Stanley Neal Johnson and Stanley’s children from Fort Wayne Indiana to Florida to visit another son Jimmy Johnsen.
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