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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1950
Page
3
Point Pleasant High plays Huntington East in a Class A Section 26 basketball game at Huntington East gym on Friday March 10 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Monday at the Point Pleasant High School office. 400 total with 225 adults and 175 students.
Meigs County health and recreation facilities for school children will be surveyed by a county sub committee of the Children and Youth program. The group discussed the White House Conference and plans more meetings including a March 3 Pomona Grange gathering at Rocksprings Grange Hall as part of a nationwide canvass. The 1944 note mentions the first hybrid onion from the U S Department of Agriculture.
Preliminary checks before the spring fire season opening on March 20 are under way in Mason and surrounding counties. Roy Williamson and A A Smith discuss organizing about 45 local protectors across the district. In Point Pleasant area, protectors include Charles Stephenson Leo Sayre Byron Roush and O E Stalnaker with more names expected.
Mr and Mrs Herman Hall announce the marriage of their daughter Margaret Hall to William Russell son of Mr and Mrs John Russell of West Columbia. The wedding was held at Trinity Methodist Church on Tuesday at 630 pm Rev S D Rexrode officiated. Margaret wore tan crepe with brown accessories and red rosebud flowers. Attendants were her mother and Geraldine Bennett. Margaret is a Point Pleasant 1948 high school graduate. Russell recently discharged from four years in the Navy. They will reside at the Hall home.
Meeting with the local volunteer firemen last night the Auxiliary was formally accepted into the department and granted privileges of a fireman. First aid classes are planned weekly by auxiliary members. Preparations for the next July 4 celebration include a parade float. Members present were Mrs. Otto Shobe Mrs. A. E. Hartenbach Mrs. Glen Goodman and Mrs. Vernon Miller.
The Ladies of the Moose will gather at 8 p.m. today in the ladies lounge of Moose Hall for their meeting.
The PTA of Central School will meet at the school Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. Students in the second and third grades will lead the program.
Dinner guests at multiple households including the Fowler and Atkinson families are listed with attendees from Huntington Jackson and Winfield. A legal notice from Carthage Township seeks a 1500 transfer from General to Road and Bridge Fund with a hearing set after March 24, 1950.
Point Pleasant hosts a trio of band concerts featuring the Ohio University Symphonic Band conducted by Charles Gilbert a Michigan graduate and Curtis Institute alumnus. Gilbert has led university ensembles and served as Army Band School commander in Europe before joining OU in 1948. Season tickets available from Band Boosters and high school bands.
A district parish list details Ash Wednesday observances at St. Pauls New Haven and multiple congregations. It covers schedules for St. Pauls Zion Trinity Church of the Nazarene Evangelical United Brethren and others, with sermon topics, Sunday schools, youth programs, and upcoming feast days.
Local Meigs General Hospital lists Miss Allie Mauck 93 and Mabel Eakin as patients from Middleport in the latest roster.
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