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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1963

Page

7

Point Pleasant School Board Hears Special Education Debate

Paul Wedge was named board president for two years at the Point Pleasant school board meeting. Superintendent Powell reported two new 60 passenger buses, and the district discussed special education staffing with Ida Eastburn urging reinstatement as supervisor.

Point Pleasant Paul Wedge Board of Education Paul Powell Ida Eastburn Eastburn Mason County

Grand Jury Convenes Fined Findings Tuesday

POINT PLEASANT The grand jury met Monday at 1 p m to begin duties in the January Circuit Court Special jurors were George Hervey and Peter H Steenbergen They selected jurors Russell Stone Bart Monteigel and Robert Johnson Other members include Roy Yauger J S Baird Herman Shinn Earl Keefer Albert T Roush Pete Roush Everett Gillispie Aurilla Miller C G Baurle Mary Elizabeth Adler Otis Rice Kermit Little Lawrence Stewart They expect to return findings on Tuesday The civil appeal of Arthur Pullins vs Edwin Rayburn was withdrawn and remanded to Justice of the Peace Court for judgment Divorces dismissed include George William Knapp vs Daley Mae Knapp Glenna Mae Harmon vs Clarence Edwin Harmon Sylvia Irene Barker vs Ronald Eugene Barker Edna Mae Neville vs John W Neville Beulah Em mora Bocook vs Paul H Bocook Garnett Louise Pickens vs Charles William Pickens Judgment rendered in Degnan et al v John A Little for 1170 7 and Mason County Bank v Harold Van Meter for 482 25 with interest The Circuit Clerk reported 294 actions filed in 1962 including 79 divorces 14 juvenile 125 civil and 76 criminal actions

Point Pleasant George Hervey Peter H. Steenbergen Russell Stone Bart Monteigel Robert Johnson Roy Yauger J. S. Baird Herman Shinn Earl Keefer Albert T. Roush Pete Roush Everett Gillispie Aurilla Miller C. G. Baurle Mary Elizabeth Adler Otis Rice Kermit Little Lawrence Stewart Arthur Pullins Edwin Rayburn Circuit Court A. M. Goodwin Justice of the Peace Court George William Knapp Daley Mae Knapp Glenna Mae Harmon Clarence Edwin Harmon Sylvia Irene Barker Ronald Eugene Barker Edna Mae Neville John W. Neville Beulah Emmora Bocook Paul H. Bocook Garnett Louise Pickens Charles William Pickens

Gallipolis Ferry Woman Dies At 82

Mrs. B. E. Pearson 82 of Gallipolis Ferry died Monday at Pleasant Valley Hospital after a fall at her daughter’s home on December 29 left her with a broken hip. Survived by husband B. E. Pearson three daughters two sons twenty grandchildren and forty five great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by L. G. Mohr funeral home.

Point Pleasant B. E. Pearson Gallipolis Ferry Pleasant Valley Hospital Pearson Paul Flint Gallia County Ohio Alexander Sarah Rife Gordon Zion Baptist Church Leslie Belle Steubenville Flint Belle Charles Goodwin Coal Grove Earl Pearson Columbus Everett Pearson Charleston L. G. Mohr Funeral Home

Council Seeks Enforcement of Gross Sales Tax Laws

City council moved to apply gross sales tax to contractors and enforce from Jan 1 1961. Previous use saw tax paid by businesses but not contractors. Also approved Camp Conley garbage service on a one month trial for about 40 families at $1.50 monthly. A code review committee for low rent housing was proposed with planning commission appointed. A road grader purchase was authorized at 12000 with 373 monthly rent and trade in of old grader. Other items included street paving resolution and council members present.

Point Pleasant Camp Conley Siders Planning Commission Gladys Neal Louis Rossi Lawrence Plants C. J. Hyer Dick Allen A. E

Bloodmobile Visit Planned for January 31 in Point Pleasant

Elizabeth Liter of the Mason County Red Cross announced the Point Pleasant Women’s Club will sponsor the Red Cross Bloodmobile on January 31. The unit will be at the American Legion Building from noon to 6 p.m. Blood supplies are needed badly.

Point Pleasant Elizabeth Liter Mason County Red Cross Point Pleasant Women’s Club Red Cross American Legion Liter

TV Previews and Prime Time Highlights

WOUB-TV listings feature 7 p.m. What's New and 7:30 Ceramics with evening blocks including Of Mines and Mills at 8, The Red Myth of Communism at 8:30, and Margaret Mead at 9. Empire-Ray Panton guest stars in Four Thumbs the Indian brave. Dick Powell Show 9:30 hosts Gregory Peck with Project X cast. Combat at 7:30, Hawaiian Eve at 8:30, The Untouchables at 9:30. Lloyd Bridges Show 8 p.m. The Wonder of Wanda, Jack Benny 9:36, Garry Moore 10 with Eydie Gorme Dorothy Loudon.

the Messenger Wsaz-Tv NBC WLWC Wtvn-Tv ABC Wchs-Tv CBS Wbns-Tv Whtn-Tv Huntington Columbus Charleston Bat Masterson NBC News Amos ‘N Andy Lucky Sabel Dick Powell Jack Denton Jane Wyman McCoys Jane Wyman Pete Gladys Ernie Ford Camouflage Guiding Light Ann Sothern Mer Hiway Patrol Sea Hunt Weather ABC News World Giants News Dodie Gillis Perry What's New of Mines and Mills Margaret Mead Writers of Today Empire Ray Panton Four Thumbs Gregory Peck Michael Rennie Steve Forrest Gena Rowlands Lloyd Bridges Wanda Jack Benny Max Bygraves England Garry Moore Garry

TV Movie Guide Tuesday

Channel listings show Imperfect Lady at 11:20 p.m. on one channel and Jets Over the Atlantic at 11:20 p.m. Harriett Craig airs 5 p.m. Where Danger Lives at 1 10 p.m. Good Fellows airs 9:30 a.m. A few other titles include None But the Lonely Heart and Man About Town.

Hong Kong Elmer Elsie A.m Harriet Craig

Circuit Court Sets Hearing On Two Somerville Indictments

Circuit Court will hear arguments Monday on motions to squash the Cabell County indictments of W L Somerville and B L Somerville. Attorneys Johnson and Anderson will argue demurrers claiming misfiled venue and insufficiency of embezzlement facts.

Point Pleasant W. L B. L. Somerville Attys J. G. F. Johnson John Anderson Cabell County

Mrs. Miller Dies At 61 In West Virginia

Mary Woodall Miller aged 61 of Gallipolis Ferry West Virginia died Monday evening at her home. She was a daughter of the late John and Lula Adkins Woodall and a member of the Nazarene Church in West Hamlin. Surviving are her husband Floyd a daughter Jane a son Robert Miller five stepsons and four brothers and a half brother. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Stevens Funeral Home.

Point Pleasant Mary Woodall Miller Gallipolis Ferry Lincoln County John and Lula Adkins Woodall First Church of the Nazarene West Hamlin W.va Floyd Jane Robert Miller Pontiac Mich Eugene Miller Raymond Miller Charleston Denver Miller Oak Hill Carl Miller Houston Tex Cabell Miller Jim Frank Woodall Hamlin Durge Woodall Ona Ralph Woodall Huntington John S. Woodall Terra Alta Stevens Funeral Home

Census Planned in Point Pleasant Area by Religious Groups

The Point Pleasant Ministerial Association organized a multi church census to identify residents outside the Christian Fellowship. The interdenominational survey, led by Rev. Harold S. Knoll, will run Feb. 17 with teams drawn from participating churches and shared costs.

Point Pleasant Christian Fellowship Harold S. Knoll Nastor St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Territorial Kenneth W. Chandler Main Street Baptist Church Milford Teard St. Paul’s Methodist George Nibert St. Peter’s Lutheran L. Curtis Saville Trinity Methodist Bernice Facemire Church of Christ In Christian Union Blessing Heights Efub Jack C. Higgins Bellemeade Eub Church Joe Jordan Richard Patterson Presbyterian Charles A Pitzer Christ Episcopal J A. Blankenship Clyde Asbury Heights Gaston Boyle, Jr William Barton Ity Mr. Knoll Ministerial Association Kanawha River Henderson Route 35 Sand Hill Rd Sandy Heights Otho Mattox National Guard Armory Raymond Musgrave Camp Conley Rd Ohio River

Mrs Farley To Lead Mason County Heart Fund Drive

Mrs Belva Farley of Main St will lead the 1963 Heart Fund drive in Mason County The campaign starts in February and ends with a house to house canvass on Heart Sunday Feb 24 Farley is active in Point Pleasant civic groups and works at WJEH radio station Committees and workers will be announced soon.

Point Pleasant Belva Farley Main St Mason County Jack Lewis Bluefield Heart Farley

Farm Accounting Training For Gallia Farmers

Gallia County Agent Bill Smith will lead a training for farmers on keeping farm accounts at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the county extension office. He will show two types of account books and give instructions to set up and maintain year long records.

Gallipolis Bill Smith Gallia County Smith

Goodyear grant to West Virginia colleges announced

West Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges received a 500 grant from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co to support the Aid-To-Education Program for 1962 63. The award honors graduates of West Virginia schools and links to scholarships and fellowships in rubber chemistry industrial economics aeronautical engineering and highway engineering. The same notice includes a training invitation for Kenneth Smith at Kingdom Ministry School Ithaca New York beginning January 19 and reports two Gallia County arrests for indecent exposure and intoxication with hearings set.

Point Pleasant West Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co Oka Carlson Goodyear Chemical West Virginia Goodyear Co Goodyear Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Kenneth Smith Kingdom Ministery School Ithaca N. Y Smith Jehovah’s Witnesses

Also Mentioned on This Page

Point School Board Eastern Walden Roush Powell Zelda Knapp William Absten Leon Rebecca Smith Beale School Milton Burdette Central School State Health Department Bill Howard New Haven Robert Adkins Kenneth J. Degnan John A. Little Mason County Bank Harold van Meter Circuit Clerk’s Office Texas Atlantic Cape Cod Air Force Council Carl Murray Sam Fowlkes WOUB Hanley Buddy Kupikio Tom Lopaka Untouchables Ness TV Movie Guide Athens Tusky Jal Charles Sperow Episcopal Glenn Cunningham St. Paul Bellemeade Lily Duncan Wilbur Dickson Hale Blessing Mrs. Farley Jackie Gleason Gigot Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer Presents Puget le Anthony Franciosa Jane Fonda Jim Hutton Lois Nettleton Edd'e Atkins Wjeh-Fm Whirlin' Wheels Skating Rink Hunter Street Logan Peter Sellers N.Y. Post Comedy N.Y Toreadors Athens-Ohio
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