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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1963
Page
7
The 4-H Leaders Meeting will be held Thursday at 7:30 p m at the Krodel Park Building. Mrs Alma Turner will lead the second of four units with recreation included as part of the training session. All leaders, council members, assistants and parents are invited.
Point Pleasant housing authorities met with Philadelphia Housing and Home Finance Agency representatives Glen Miller and Richard Bauer to view sites for a 50 unit low income rental project. The plan includes 20 elderly and 30 family units on 5 to 6 acres, costing about $400,000 with a playground and elder rest area. local leaders including Mayor Virgil Siders and committee members discussed appraisals and site costs.
Children Theatre a project of the Point Pleasant Junior Women’s Club will be held January 18 and 19 at the Point Pleasant High School auditorium. Over 100 county youths participate with Pamela Buffington as narrator and the Point Pleasant High School chorus and Big Blacks band taking part. The production features material from county school contests and is part of a state centennial sponsored effort. Admission is free.
Last rites for John McKinney of Gallipolis Ferry will be held Friday at 1 p m at Jordan Baptist Church with Rev Raymond Kelley presiding. He died Tuesday at his son Paul McKinney's home. burial follows in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Paul McKinney's home. Handkerchiefs are easier to iron with light starch.
Otis Randolph of Route 2, Point Pleasant, reports his cow Peachy yielded 19 627 pounds of milk and 597 pounds of butterfat in 305 days ending in 1962, averaging 64 pounds daily and over 8 gallons. Records show steady yearly gains from 1959 through 1962 under the Mason County Dairy Herd Improvement Association system.
Court approves a $2500 settlement in the civil action of Francis Jordan guardian for Shirley Jordan an infant injured as a passenger in a collision involving Marcella Callicoat and the Jackson Cab Co taxi driven by James Young The cab company agreed to pay the settlement. The Ray Fields Paint and Body Shop vs Frank Reynolds suit was settled without trial.
Twenty five Mason women met with Mary L Ball acting director of school lunches to learn about the type A lunch pattern and program scope. The session at Krodel Park covered participation in West Virginia among 1500 schools in 54 counties and included a quarterly Mason County Farm Women's Council meeting with a covered dish dinner and attendees listed.
The Service Guild of Christ Episcopal Church met for a monthly luncheon and meeting at Appalachian Power Auditorium. Gail Faires presided, with devotions by Mrs. Harold Somerville and reports from secretary Faires and treasurer Ingram. Plans were made for congregation dinner help and a list of attendees included numerous guild members and guests.
Funeral services for Mrs Birdie Thomas 88 of the Long Dale community will be held Thursday at 2 p m at Foglesong Funeral Home. The Letart Methodist Church member died Tuesday at a son’s home. Burial will be in Letart Cemetery. Survivors include her son Clarence and a grandson Bob. The late Ward Franklin Thomas was her husband.
The Pleasant Valley Hospital notes report births for Mr and Mrs John McDaniel Mason and Mr and Mrs Harry Lucas Point Pleasant. Admissions include Tamela Meeks Gallipolis Chalmers Ferguson Point Pleasant. Discharges feature Sylvia Cundiff Mason and several others. The Dominican Republic capital is Santo Domingo.
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