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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1959
Page
10
West Virginia State Police Colonel Hazen H. Fair warned that holiday activity raises highway risk for motorists. He urged care and cooperation, noting many hospital cases come from careless driving during Christmas shopping, parties, or travel, and asked everyone to take time for safety.
Thirty motorists were fined after arraignment before Justice A. M. Goodwin on speeding charges. Nine others faced fines on separate offenses. Notable fines included Clyde Durst at 95 mph for $55, and several drivers at $10 or $20 with costs. Other penalties covered drunk charges, an assault and battery case, defective exhaust, a broken stop light, no license, and shooting at migratory birds.
Mrs. and Mrs. William Norris of Cheshire welcomed a daughter. Michael Edwards was discharged at Point Pleasant. Jerry Myers from Gallipolis, Ohio, and Mrs. John Withers and her son of Point Pleasant are noted in clinic records.
G C and Jane Hodges transfer real estate in Cooper District to Aaron Hughey for 1000 dollars. Bartow and Neda Jones sell city property to Brenton Jones. Atha and Louise Rayburn sell Lewis District land to Bartow Jones and John McNeill for 4000 dollars. Marie and Robert Archer transfer city property to Otto and Freda Rodgers. Herman and Norene Layne sell city land to Lloyd and Mary Roush. Oscar and Mary Jordan transfer Cologene District property to Lyle and Ruby Jordan for 600 dollars.
Martha Circle of the Trinity Methodist Church will meet at Mrs. George Smiths home on Spruce Avenue at 7 30 p.m. Miriam Circle also meets at Mrs. J A Blankenships home on Main Street at 7 30 p.m.
The Pleasant Valley Hospital admitted a series of patients including Don Hatten II of Point Pleasant J William Frazier of Gallipolis C Dixie L Click of Cottageville Douglas Adkins of Point Pleasant Dorothy Mitchell of Point Pleasant Dorothy Jenkinson of Middleport Don Thompson of Letart Alma Hill of Point Pleasant Jimmie Thompson of Huntington Mrs Robert Mathews and her daughter of Point Pleasant Fay Pancake of Point Pleasant.
All county offices in the Point Pleasant courthouse will close Thursday at noon and reopen Monday at 8 30 a m for the Christmas holiday.
The Good Luck Clover 4-H Club met at the Mason Methodist Church social rooms for a Christmas party with a grab bag gift exchange and a vote to send one dollar to the International Farm Youth Exchange Program. Several dozen members and attendees registered and the Sunshine Class also held its gathering with refreshments.
Five couples filed for marriage licenses per county clerk records. Gene Carroll Oiler and Goldie Marie Ohlinger of Cheshire, James Elmer Edmonds and Violet Evelyn Turner Fisher of Apple Grove, John Marshall King and Dolores Jean Bond of Mason, Kenneth Paul Harmon and Wilma Fay Stutler of Elmwood, and Robert Bruce Ohlinger and Marion Winifred Kearns of New Haven are listed as applicants.
The West Virginia Farm and Home Safety Committee warns of higher post holiday accident risks from fires and falls. Key guidance includes safer toy storage on low open shelves, avoiding chest hazards, burning wrappings in small amounts, and removing dried greens before the twelfth night to prevent fires.
County Clerk Orville Sturgeon states that holders of class A hunting or class B fishing licenses or both do not need a bow and arrow license in the state. Non residents require a bow license class L at a cost of 15.15 dollars.
Heights church schedules a Sunday School Christmas program at 7 30 p m on Wednesday and Thursday eve Christmas Eve The Youth Fellowship Christmas program is set for 7 30 p m The Rev Roy McCoy pastor delivered a Christmas message in morning services and the annual Quincy Orphanage and Home offering was received Sunday night the Senior Choir sang with Mrs Janet Capehart directing
Mrs. Jack Fowler, executive secretary of Mason County Tuberculosis Association, reported that $1,378.77 has been received from Christmas seal sales and urged all noncontributors to send in their gifts.
The National Safety Council warns Christmas’s sentimental allure fuels risky driving and alcohol use, urging church leadership to promote practical religion through safe driving. A nativity scene and live animals unfold at Trinity Methodist Church as decorations spread citywide, while the Point Pleasant Fire Department plans toy and food baskets for needy families and a Santa visit at Gun Park.
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