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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1957
Page
5
Pt Pleasant society notes list numerous Sunday visits among families and relatives. Rouse family from Racine Ohio visited Durst and Norma June. Jones family from Bellemeade joined Chapman and Stephenson households. Huffman spent weekend with Greer community kin. Allen ill but improving with Ravenswood ties.
Joe Jordan, manager of Capital Finance Company in Point Pleasant for five years, is being transferred to the Cincinnati branch. He serves as president of the Lion's Club and heads church groups. Howard Jennings of Charleston will replace him.
Willie Ec ward Burgess of Marion Indiana forfeited a $32.50 bond for reckless driving after a police report that he fell asleep at the wheel and side swiped a car driven by Lawrence Grady of Henderson on Route 17. Damage was about $40 to Grady’s car and $150 to Burgess’s car.
Mr. and Mrs Cash Braley returned home after attending the funeral of their son in law Guy Howell. Charles Handles visited Mrs Handley s mother Mrs Homer Spurlock in Culloden West Virginia who recently had surgery. Sam Nelson convalesces at the home of Bert Campbell and Dwight Brown and daughter of St Albans spent time with C C Bolin. Brown finishes basic training at Kessler Field Mississippi and heads to England.
Miss Branda Frazier of Point Pleasant and Miss Dorothy Edmonds of Apple Grove admitted for surgery. Births: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Nathan King of Columbus on February 16. Discharges: Mrs. Mary Vansickle and infant daughter, Point Pleasant, and Mrs. Charles Connally.
A drunk charge conviction in Point Pleasant sees John Davis fined $10 and court costs by Justice of the Peace A M Goodwin. Davis was jailed for non payment of the fine.
Point Pleasant reports Cub Pack No. 258 will serve a blue and gold dinner Friday at 6 30 p m at Ordnance School. The PTA of Ordnance School sponsors the event.
The Leon School PTA meets Tuesday evening at the Leon School with Mrs Dayton Shinn presiding. Slides taken overseas by Keith Shinn will be shown after the business session.
The February PTA gathering for Central, North Point Pleasant, Ordnance and Henderson schools will convene Tuesday evening.
Funeral services were held for Car ol Benedict in Culloden West Virginia. She previously lived in Point Pleasant and died at her sister's home in Morehead Kentucky after weeks of heart illness. She worked as a laboratory and x ray technician at the Point Clinic and aided nursing staff. She resided with cousin Mrs Lula Harper at 907 Viand Street Point Pleasant. Attendees from Point Pleasant included Mr and Mrs James Morgan Mrs R W Eschenaur Mrs Rose Sebrell Mrs Bertha Harmonon Mrs Evelyn Keefer Mrs Jamnita Arnold Mrs Ruth Hope Mrs Letha Queen Mrs Luella Wood and Mrs Hugh Barr.
Two new divorce actions charging cruelty were filed in the circuit clerk’s office. Marvin T. Roush seeks a divorce from Jo Ann Roush, married December 29, 1950, at Milburn Marshall County, with two children. Rachie Bissell of Mason seeks a divorce from Joseph A. Bissell, married July 11, 1949, at Gallipolis, with three children.
County clerk Orville Sturgeon issued two marriage licenses yesterday. Edward Folden 23 of Kentucky and Glenn May 21 of Point Pleasant received the first license, while Charles Frederick McCartney 22 of Point Pleasant and Elsie Ann Hutton 16 of Point Pleasant were issued the second. Application was made by Ivan Lawrence Gillispie 21 and Loretta Jane Lucas 18 of Point Pleasant.
The Point Pleasant High School PTA holds a regular meeting Thursday at 7 20 p m in the school library. A founders day skit by parents and students will be shown. The public is invited to view the long history of this home school and community organization.
Disabled veterans will meet Tuesday evening at 7 30 p m at their Mason home. The recently purchased property is under remodeling and the unit will meet upstairs. Plans include renting the first floor of the home.
The Mountain Climbers 4 H Club met at Susie Grimm s home in Gallipolis Ferry with readings, prayers, and a business meeting led by Jimmy Mitchell Plans were made for an April public meeting Demonstrations covered pattern laying on material and body measurement techniques New members were welcomed and next meeting set at Mary Lou and Charles Wayne Garland s home Refreshments served to a long list of members and leaders Twenty members attended the February American Leaders 4 H Club meeting at Roosevelt School Bob Stephenson presided with devotional by Betty Sue Neal and singing Let the Lower Lights Be Burning Plans for a skating party and a March public meeting were discussed A committee to plan the program was named and the group met at the Keener home Poems by Patsy Keefer Louise Plants and Marjorie Keener were read at Roosevelt School
Hemlock notes record twin birth to Mr. and Mrs. Edward VanMeter in Columbus Doctors' Hospital on Feb 9. Calif couple Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hodgson announce a son born Feb 8. Numerous visits: families from Hemlock and surrounding towns call on relatives and friends in Columbus Zanesville Lancaster Mansfield New Straitsville and Detroit. John VanMeter returns home after a Children's Hospital Columbus stay.
Virgil Siders resigned as managing director of the Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce effective Feb. 19. A former junior high school principal, he succeeds the late Warren T. King and plans to build houses in the spring. No appointment has been made to fill the vacancy. Mrs. Eustace Wilson will maintain the office.
An ad promoting Colonar as a new laxative claims it moisturizes and stretches the colon to stimulate normal urges and relieve chronic constipation overnight. It touts safety for pregnancy, no gas or cramps, and no interference with nutrient absorption, pricing 98 cents for 60 tablets.
A playful household gambit outlines five steps to invest together in stocks or bonds via the New York Stock Exchange. It suggests calm budgeting, seeking a broker, and reading a booklet on dividends, with a Monthly Investment Plan offering flexible purchase levels to build shared wealth.
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