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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1966
Page
10
Col Charles Yeager guest spoke at the Point Pleasant Mason County Chamber of Commerce twenty first anniversary dinner at Pleasant Point Resort. About 300 attended as Yeager outlined the aeronautical future using slides.
Rio Grande College trustees have hired Donaldson Donaldson and Wittenmyer to design a new physical education building and renovations for the Allen House. Plans include remodeling the Allen House into a 30-student dormitory with the adjoining store into a college bookstore. Construction may start by this summer.
MASON bail raised to free a prominent citizen from solitary confinement. Saturday will support Wahama High School Teens Against Polio. Max Brown of the March of Dimes Wahama program said bail for the unidentified prisoner is set at 200 dollars. Donors may call 9 am to 6 pm at WY 2-5355 Meigs County or 675-1309 Mason County.
Mrs. Emily L. Plymale, 79, of 232 First Ave., was admitted to Holzer Hospital Wednesday morning with a sprained ankle after she fell down stairs at her home.
Point Pleasant editor J Knox Dye leaves the Point Pleasant Register after 12 years to join the Thompson newspaper chain. Announcement came at the Chamber of Commerce dinner by Charles Lanham. Dye will depart February 28 with his wife and two children remaining until term end. no successor named.
Meigs County Judge Frank W Porter reported January receipts totaling 1034.25. Clerk Betty Hobstetter itemized allocations: 180 to the state for fines, 103 to the sheriff in fees, 549.21 to the county general fund, 122.24 to the county law library, and 79.80 to the auto license and gas fund.
A history of early concrete ships built for the United States Shipping Board and the Sapona, a famous 8078 ton concrete steamer launched in 1919. From its sinking to use as a liquor warehouse and later a Bahamian entertainment ship, the Sapona endured storms and war, finally becoming a landmark for deep sea fishermen near Bimini.
Mayor Fisher urges patience for residents on uncleared side streets while village crews and hired equipment clear downtown and dump snow into the Ohio River. Water shortage in Rutland worries residents as wells run and pipes burst, with school closures and birthday greetings noted. Tommy Baker, Middleport High senior and church organist, plans to study ministry and music at a Methodist college next fall.
Milton Marmor notes Britons celebrate anniversaries from Hastings 1066 to the 1966 Abbey milestone. The piece lists dates for Edward the Confessor, the London Fire Brigade, Malthus, August Wassermann, Rizzio, the Atlantic Cable, and other notable births and deaths, all highlighting a culture fixated on historic anniversaries.
Meigs Countians bought 77 new and 144 used vehicles in January per deputy clerk Mrs. Nellie Brown. New stock included 8 trucks 1 motorcycle 4 trailers and 64 passenger cars. Used stock consisted of 132 passenger cars 9 trucks and 3 motorcycles.
Snowy conditions left a lumber truck driven by Clarence B. Stout 33 Bidwell with minor damage after it veered to the right to let a car pass, skidded to an embankment and rolled onto its top on County Road two tenths of a mile south of Route 124. The driver escaped injury and no charges were filed.
Births reported for Mr and Mrs William Hayes Middleport a son. Admitted Clyde Reitmire Pomeroy Mrs William Hayes Middleport Norman Wood Harrisonville and Gary Bumgarner Letart WV. Discharged Paul Clay Mary Clay Charles Werry Vernon Munich and Beatrice Nice.
Middleport emergency squad responded to Harris apartment on Beech Street at 9 35 a m Thursday. Mrs William Hayes received no on scene treatment and later entered Veterans Memorial Hospital where she gave birth to a son.
Vicki Casto a 19 year old Beckley resident with blue eyes was named State National Beauty Salon Week Queen at the state convention of the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association at Pleasant Point Resort. Mayor D B Morgan placed the crown. Casto edits the woman’s page of the Raleigh Register. The event featured models in the new dickie bird hair trend.
In McArthur Ohio a foot of snow reduces crime says Vinton County Sheriff Harold Steele. No serious crimes reported since January 22. Early Tuesday a disturbance at the Atwood home in Skunk Hollow revealed a torn house bloodstains and a neighbor’s dog breaking windows and injuring itself while trying to reach the Atwood dog left inside.
The unofficial estimate from Mayor Charles Legar places snow removal costs around 5000. He returned from Washington and ordered two privately owned front end loaders and two trucks plus village vehicles to clear streets. Work focused in the business district with snow hauled to a village lot in Sugar Run.
Meigs County Common Pleas Court records show two divorce actions. Orgae Casto of Harrisonville charges extreme cruelty against Carl Casto and seeks custody of a minor child. Paul Parsons of Racine Route 1 alleges gross neglect and extreme cruelty by Etta Mae Parsons of Lewisville.
Mayor Charles Legar and Councilman Leslie F. Fultz flew to Washington to press for a 60 percent grant for a sewage disposal plant as snow slowed operations. They were aided by Economic Opportunity Act officials.
The speaker cautions against overexertion during heavy snow shoveling and notes there have been no fatalities so far. They urge readers to avoid injuries by staying cautious and not overdoing activity in the extreme weather.
Meigs General notes list names including Thomas Rhodes of Racine Florence Theiss of Leon WV Wilbur Leifheit of Pomeroy and Helen Hicks, reflecting patient or staff entries.
The Pomeroy emergency squad was summoned at 3 56 a m Thursday to the residence of Claude Reitmire. He was admitted to Veterans Memorial Hospital as a medical patient.
A Holzer Hospital notes column records numerous newborns to families in Point Pleasant Bidwell Circleville Long Bottom Wellston Cincinnati Pomeroy Oak Hill Ravenswood Gallipolis Ironton and other nearby communities. Names include Larry Lane Michael Emerson Peggy Hoffner Curtis Taylor Emily Plymale and many more with contributing parents listed.
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