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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1947
Page
8
The notice reports a show featuring Izaak Walton scheduled for tonight with exciting local interest. It notes Theodore Roosevelt, described as the youngest U.S. president at 42, in connection to the event.
Middleport readies the Izaak Walton Minstrels at the high school auditorium after a full dress rehearsal. Director Ed Condon praises the show’s promise as opening number at 8 15 with orchestral support from Lillian Stieff and a cast including new Mason County and Harrisonville performers. A second performance is slated for Thursday in Pomeroy.
Pomeroy shoppers paused Tuesday afternoon to view a National Boy Scout Week display in Elberfeld store windows. The left lean-to tent and sleeping bag, grounded on artificial grass, sit beside a work table, cooking gear, an axe, a portable range, knapsacks, and a duffle bag. The Silver Jubilee Certificate and a large American flag accompany a hand lettered poster. National Boy Scout Week runs February 7 to 14.
William Walters and Lionel Boggs of Point Pleasant played at St Marys West Virginia Sunday afternoon, defeating the St Marys team by a large score. After the game a banquet was served to the players in the gymnasium.
MIDDLEPORT The training meeting for Cub Scouting planned for Thursday at Heath Methodist Church has been postponed to Friday evening. Scout Executive Edwin Goodwin of Athens will show motion pictures of Cubbing. The meeting will convene at 4 30 p m and prospective Cub Scouts and their parents are expected to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Morris Jr. announce the birth of a son on February 6. The child is named Harold Lee. Grandparents include Harold Bryan of Steubenville and Mrs. James Miller of Pomeroy. Great grandparents listed: Beecher Kessinger, Mrs. W. R. Morris, L. M. Peters, and others.
Grange will meet Friday at 8 p.m. in Pomeroy Rocks-prings. A Valentine party will be held for subordinate and juvenile members.
A deed covering eight thousand plus acres in Mason and Putnam counties transfers all coal and minerals except oil and gas. Signed by the Putnam Company with Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation as grantee, the document includes eighteen Mason County tracts and about two hundred Putnam County tracts. Revenue stamps total $187.
Ordnance School PTA held its second meeting in POINT PLEASANT with safety as the theme. Sgt. Paul F. Thomas spoke on youth education for safety in a motorized world, and a play fundraiser was planned to buy an electric refrigerator for the school lunch kitchen. The next meeting is set for March 10 at 8 p.m.
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Fields 81 who died Monday will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Hartford home. The Rev. Harry Miller of New Haven will officiate and burial will be in Browns Hill Cemetery. She was born in Hartford daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gibbs and lived there all her life. Surviving are her husband William Gibbs two daughters Mrs. Bertha Dailey of Pomeroy and Mrs. Dorothy Peoples of Columbus Ohio and two sons David and William Field Jr of Hartford.
Rupert L. Kayser, a Point Pleasant dealer, received a Tuesday inquiry about a self-operating farm. He fears he may be unable to satisfy the potential buyer.
Pt Pleasant notices reveal the local AAUW chapter met at Christ Episcopal Church to review state and national conference programs and current education bills. Mrs James McComb chaired the session, with hostesses Mrs Garrett Green Miss Emma Clark and Miss Laura Caldwell. Attending were numerous members including Mrs William Bardin Mrs John Steenbergen and other locals.
Rupert L. Kayser reports the sale of a four room cottage at 2014 Jefferson Blvd Huntington from William R. and Belva L. Smith to D I L and Emma Peters. Mr Peters is linked with Keeley Construction Co has a Route 2 grading and paving contract near Mt Alto. The home will be lived in by Earl Miller and his wife the Peters daughter and son in law. He will be timekeeper on the paving project.
West Virginia conservation commission will distribute 13 000 quail this spring. About 6 000 birds come from the Huttonsville quail farm and the rest are purchased. It marks the state's largest quail distribution to date. The Huttonsville farm will produce 10 000 quail annually once equipment is installed.
Worthy Burris, a local member, received the rank of knight at the Knights of Pythias lodge in Point Pleasant Monday evening. Two former members applied for reinstatement. Visiting lodgens included C. C. Libby Claude Miller Russell Smith A W Biffle of Gallipolis Charley Stone Floyd Barnette and P H Thomas of Leon.
Marietta Manufacturing Co employees furloughed due to extreme cold were asked to return to work today or as soon as possible. About 250 men had been idle a week, with erection teams and outdoor staff affected. shop and office work continued.
Hoosier of DeLaval Co and Porterfield WVU extension dairyman will lead a managed milking demonstration on February 13 at 7 30 p m in the Senior High School vocational agriculture building. The program opens with a film Correct Milking from the New Jersey College of Agriculture followed by illustrated talks and an actual milking demonstration.
Jane Love of Point Pleasant files for divorce from James Love on cruelty grounds. The couple married November 21 1946 in Greenup Kentucky and separated in late January. She asks restoration of her maiden name Jane Baker.
Marriage licenses have been issued to Albert Mortimer Gilley Jr of Stewart Va and Neida Jane Brewer of Point Pleasant and to Marion Clair Wiseman and Betty Jane Cline both of Gallipolis Ferry.
The Tip Top Pointers 4-H Club hosts a Valentine dance in Christ Episcopal Church parish house on Saturday from 7 30 to 11 p m. Proceeds go to club activities and community projects.
Riley, alleged AWOL from a California Army base since November 6, was arrested Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Toral Morrison. He was located at his West Columbia residence.
A Glenwood man, J. H. Duncan, had a petit larceny charge dismissed by a local magistrate after his attorney moved, noting that W. T. Tooley failed to substantiate that Duncan stole a battery. Tooley had claimed Duncan took an automobile battery but later amended his statement.
Chapman's ambulance took T. C. Pratt of Lincoln Avenue to Holzer Hospital for examination after a hip fracture worsened his slow recovery. Mrs. William Henry and child were moved from Point Clinic to their Gallipolis Ferry home.
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