Trustees and Commissioners Reach Roads Agreement
County commissioners and Green Township trustees reach a formal map based agreement assigning road responsibilities. A portable roller was approved for purchase at 3155 dollars.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1952
Page
2
County commissioners and Green Township trustees reach a formal map based agreement assigning road responsibilities. A portable roller was approved for purchase at 3155 dollars.
Kenneth W. Shaffer County Superintendent of Schools will speak on education at the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR spring luncheon in Pt Pleasant scheduled for Saturday March 1 at 1 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church dining room. Mrs. Edward Biddle chairs arrangements. a musical program is planned.
The February meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary is scheduled for Monday at 7 30 p m at the American Legion home.
The women of the Moose gather at 7 30 p m in the Moose Home for a program presented by chairman Mrs Marjorie Halley.
The WSCS of Vaught Memorial Methodist Church will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs James Long on Winfield Road.
Lambda Chi Omega held a mock initiation for three pledges Mrs Fredrick Staats Mrs Joe Thompson and Mrs Jack Tracy Monday at the Moose Home A business session led by president Mrs J W Burdette outlined formal initiation ceremonies on March 8 a commemorative sorority birthday dinner and a Moose Home dance Skeete Shaw of Parkersburg to play For refreshments many members were served including Mrs John Clay Hutchinson Mrs James J Hall and Mrs Dan Nickell etc Also noted are various Point Pleasant residents visiting and local social mentions including Miss Doris McMillin and Mrs Fritz Bonecutter with others.
Mr and Mrs Fred Waugh and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Brooks visited Waughs daughter Helen in Columbus. Beatrice Miller and Alfred Miller visited Mrs Florence Roush in Columbus. Ward Phillips spent a weekend in Vinton Mississippi. Jean Bail and Mrs Mary Sparks hosted guests. Elizabeth Moore’s granddaughter visited. A television party at the Daugherty home included Norma Shivers, Charlene Hopsuitter, Ruth Ann Daugherty, Judy Clouston, and others from Haydenville Murray City and nearby towns. The Methodist Youth Fellowship held a Valentine party with members from Haydenville and Murray City attending.
Holzer Hospital notes show numerous admissions and discharges. Names include Mrs Raymond Welch and daughter, Mrs Booth, Mrs Loucks, Mrs Penick, and others from Jackson Gallipolis Wellston Point Pleasant and surrounding towns. Discharged patients include Mrs Neville and several others with babies and family members among the listed names.
Claude Dray pleads not guilty to a secret indictment issued by the last grand jury on non support. A hearing is scheduled for February 29 at 9:30 am.
Local families and friends are listed visiting relatives in Mt Olive and Long Bottom. Notices include calls on parents and siblings, work locations in Parkersburg and Virginia, and a statewide draft board office closure announced by Alma Bailey.
A 75 piece Ohio University Symphonic Band will perform Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Point Pleasant Junior High School Gym under the Point Pleasant Band Boosters. Directed by Charles Minelli with William R. Brophy as assistant, the concert lasts about one hour and fifteen minutes and tickets are available from Point Pleasant High School band students, Carrick Drug Store, or at the door.
Mason County campaign to erect a cottage at the West Virginia Youth Camp and Conference Center in Ripley reaches 4664 dollars, announced by chairman John D. Spiggle. The goal remains 25000 dollars.
The State Highway Patrol recovered a panel truck stolen in Columbus. The vehicle was found abandoned after it ran into a ditch near Darwin.
Condemnation commissioners heard three parcels in Union District as Appalachian Electric Power seeks right-of-way easements for power lines. Awards totaled 65.91 to W. E. Hill, 12.50 to T. E. Lines, and 10 to Wanda Herdman and Verl Owens League. Commission members were George S. Love Herman Layne Henry White Harry Childers and Roy Blessing.
Susan M. King files for divorce from Irvin King in the circuit clerk’s office in Point Pleasant. The action seeks dissolution of marriage and related relief.
Gallipolis locks show boats moving in both directions with times for F W Banta Sturges Solvay Jefferson Kenna Laughlin Lehigh and others. Kanawha River reports include Semet Price up Winfield and multiple vessels such as Reliance Keystone Rand Frances Stevenson Atlas Indiana Alcott R W Lea Monongahela Tri State Pete Tampico J Marie Bruce with various up and down movements throughout the day.
Two Gallia County farms sold. Benson and Maxine Jones transfer 107.89 acres in Raccoon Township to A. E. and Lyle Stover for about 8500 dollars. Ettie and H Cremeans sell 181.49 acres in Springfield and Morgan townships to Worthy and Opal Cremeans for about 12000 dollars.
The log notes times p.m. for Donald B and Robin E with increases to 33 and 34, a 12:40 p.m. and 11:10 a.m. entry, and upper gauge at 18.5 feet with lower at 20.6 feet. Rivers show 34 feet at the rollers and Kanawha Falls at 4.91 feet and falling.
The 11th Mountaineer Baby Chick and Egg Show will be held at West Virginia University Morgantown on March 6 and 7. Sponsored by the Mountaineer Poultry Club, the event invites entry from any flock owner and offers special classes for 4-H and vocational agriculture students.
Miss Kay Woolfitt of 172 Park Drive Point Pleasant earned a top class ranking at Ohio University with a 3.5 average in her freshman first semester. She is active in Phi Chi Delta Presbyterian Sorority Scribes YWCA and Pi Beta Phi pledge. Woolfitt resides in Howard Hall serves as Freshman Projects Committee co chair writes for The Athena yearbook and works on a WATH radio program. She is a Point Pleasant High School honors graduate with a university scholarship.
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