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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1951

Page

12

Point Pleasant City Eyes Radio Upgrade And Charter Review

City council moves to install police radio equipment with a 25 mile radius, fund generators for cruisers and the fire truck, and study the aging charter. Armory recreation center pending state approval. street lights planned on English Court. floodwall pumps and motors being sourced. several public works projects advancing with bids and permits.

Senor Cnater Miya Clay Hutessen Erty Hutchinson Coun Point Pleasant Charles J Hye Gen Charles Fox Charleston Hyver Gen Fox Armory Board West Virginia Hier English Court Route 62 Appalachian Electric Power Co Slaughterhouse Hollow

Two Contracts Awarded By Board of Education

The Board of Education approved two contracts and accepted plans for Letart four room school upgrades. A delegation sought guarantor credit to settle uniforms balance of 3105163, contingent on the board’s legal advisor approval. Resignations and replacements were discussed, including a teaching position at Wahama High School and board member changes.

Board of Education Mang Wea Ama Apa Rohart AH Teteiusan Say and Shaw L S. Corneh Dee Rathgeb John Hens Wailin Board Prosec Ding Letart Clarenece Blessing Taft Boston Roush Ray Thompson Walter Brown Adiuian Lathe Ed Fry Boswell Gerald Rood

Farm Bureau Meeting Set at Mason County High School

Mason County Farm Bureau announces its annual membership meeting to be held at the Junin High School Auditorium at 1 pm with elections of officers and business on the agenda. A noon dinner will be served at the Heights United Brethren Church area near Lar Edar Plant. C P Stout oversees dinner. Harry Varney of West Virginia University Morgantown will speak. members urged to reserve for dinner and return ballots to the county extension office, PO Box 02 Point Pleasant.

Point Pleasant Mason County Form Bureau Junin Courtyre Heights Brethren Church Lareda Mason County Farms Omens cl Bs Mes P Stout Kirk Harry Varney College of Agriculture West Viruma University Morgantown Farm Bureau

Firemen Plan Talent Show For Jan 24

Point Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department announced a talent and motion picture show for January 24 and 25. Chief Vernon Miller urged all musicians singers and performers to join. A film Rookie Fireman will be shown. Proceeds fund new equipment. members meet January 7 at 1 pm to prepare. Sheldon Hill reinstated. Attending members listed.

Point Pleasant Vernon Miller Killer Voller Fie Sheldon B Hill Ini- Tet Koy Jackson Ball Lenort Bill Elhiall Leo Choquette Haris Flowers Richard Thomas 1 Parsons Paul Woods VoHarsh Barge Everette Schwarte Chessey Sullivan

City crew pumps water from church basement

City workers were called Wednesday May 19 to Trimix Methodist Church after a sewer backing from heavy rain flooded the basement with about a foot of water. A portable pump was used to remove the water.

Point Pleasant City Trimix Methodist Church

Circuit Court sentences five men in Grand Larceny cases

Five men were sentenced to terms from one to ten years each by Judge Tudge Lewis T. Waller on the second day of the circuit court session. Richard Taylor Van Matre Ar chia Aimes Jr Charles Franklin Van Peter and Howard Curtis Stewart pled guilty to grand larceny arising from a Nativity scene heist on Dec 29, 1950 at Liver for Salt Cn Hartford. two others were released on bond and await a Thursday hearing. Clarence Roosevelt Smith was found guilty of breaking and entering after a jury trial begun around 11 am and continued all afternoon. he faces charges for the Mason hardware store break-in on Aug 12. Marvin Leport received three years probation for felonious assault on William Graham. Larry Meade and others faced related charges. several cases and trials were scheduled for Jan 20 and Thursday, with additional West Virginia cases listed for the docket.

Point Pleasant Tudge Lewis T. Waller Circuit Court Richard Taylor van Matre Archia Aimes Jr Charles Franklin van Peter Howard Curtis Stewart Finfax Salt Cn Hartford Harry Roush Robert F Chatin Clarence Roosevelt Smith Bean Smith F Beavas Mason Charles J Hyer Marvin Leport Walliam Graham Aftar Ne Johnson Lepat Johnson Lawrence Hall Ville Poc Muserave Hall State of West Claxton Byus Virginia Firmett William Phas State of West Xingnia

Fragmentary note of a local pay or debt event

A damaged OCR fragment references debts or payments, listing unclear names and figures. The readable parts mention an owed amount and a date or period but lack full context or identifiable entities to name a concrete event or outcome.

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