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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1956

Page

3

Ravenswood Gets New MAN Area Manager at Point Pleasant Firm

Point Pleasant Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia announces a new management area at Ravenswood to oversee commercial and plant operations in Ravenswood Ripley Spencer Point Pleasant and Mason. Frank J Clendenin named commercial manager and A J Dyer promoted from Ravenswood local manager with long service in the plant department.

Point Pleasant Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia Ravens‘wood F. J. Clendenin A G. Dyer Ravenswood Ripley Spencer Point 4 Pleasant Mason Lo Parkersburg Mason Huntington Ripley and Spencer

Local church and club meetings report

Pt Pleasant society units studied foreign missions and Bible topics at Main Street Baptist and Presbyterian circles. Junior Women's Club discussed civil defense, a clothing shipment to Mather School, and planned bingo parties at State Hospital. PTA executive and monthly meetings, Circle Two at St Monica’s Guild, and Bishop Wilburn Campbell visit planned for mid January.

Foreign Missions Circle One Main Street Baptist Church H. J. Barr Foreign Mission Bess Moore Howard Tully Mather School Ors Leon Sampton Circle Two St. Monica’s Guild of Christ Church House Wilburn C Campbell Jeffery Grice

School Bus System Outlined to Rotarians

Mason County schools transport about 2900 children daily at 35 cents per mile for four months.Assistant county superintendent Manford Blessing discusses state laws, overloading issues, and safety standards including licensing and tri annual equipment inspections. Rotary meetings preview polio dinners and club attendance comparisons with Gallipolis and Point Pleasant clubs.

Mason Junty Rotary Manford Blessing Blessing Ate Beale School Gallipols Ferry Beech Hill School Knox Dye Roy W. Eschenaur Bill Night Jack Fruth Fred Norris Gallipolis Point Pleasant Donald D. Humphrey Kgger Creek

Celanese Chief Set to Speak at Chamber Dinner

POINT PLEASANT A R t wochran of Corpus Christi Texas manager of plant operations for Celanese Corporation will be principal speaker at the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner February 7 at the Moose Home open to the public This marks the 11th annual event Hyer to become president for a one year term following recent election and new directors to take office at the meeting

Point Pleasant A. R.t Wochran Corpus Christi Tex Chemical Celanese Corporation Chamber of Commerce C. J. Hyer Moose Home Hyer Tice Ohio Supreme Court James Garfield Steward Offi Ally W. W. Smith

Kiwanis Hears Celanese Men at Dinner Meeting

Kiwanis Club tonight hears Celanese Corp executives from Celanese Poles plant. John Hodges production superintendent and James Ragan chief engineer speak at 6 15 pm at the Moose Home. Hodges from Pam pa Texas with 16 years service, Ragan eight years with a transfer from Bishop Texas plant. Both are married with children.

Point Pleasant T He Celanese Corporation Gi ‘Polis Ferry T He Kiwanis Club Moose Home John Hodges James Ragan G. G. Patterson Hodges Pampa Texas Blackwood Celanese Ragan Comany Bishop, Texas

Burris Birth Of First Child Daughter In Point Pleasant

Mr and Mrs Carl D Burris announce the birth of their first child a daughter born Wednesday morning at Holzer Hospital in Point Pleasant Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Noah Gibbs of 130 Pleasant St and Mr and Mrs Worthy Burris Kaylong

Office Jobs Open at Point Pleasant Employment Office

Office manager Jack Smith said there are still openings in professional and stenographic fields and for live-in housekeepers and day workers, with unused positions and no suitable applications on file. Proficiency tests for typing and shorthand speeds are offered, and applications are taken Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.. a note on November claims shows 745 unemployment filings across Mason, Jackson, and Putnam Counties, down 87 from the prior year.

Smith Sn Smith Mason, Sackson Putnam Counties

Central Ordnance Pupils to Receive Last Salk Polio Shot

Mason County health nurse Dorothy Watkins announced that students from Ordnance Central and junior high schools will soon receive their final of three Salk polio doses. A total of 738 shots were given in the county, with a new clinic planned for ages birth through 14 in the New Haven area. Including Sunnyside December clinic, 778 children have been vaccinated and expectant mothers may also receive shots at clinics.

Point Pleasant Mason County Dorothy Watkins Ordnance Central Watkins New Haven Sunnyside School

Dairies Receive Grade A Ratings In Mason County

Milk regulations under West Virginia law set grade-A standards for sanitation and quality. Edwin C. De Barr, sanitarian, announced the ratings for Mason County dairies, naming Stoughton’s Farm Dairy Inc of Marietta Imperial ey’ Cream of Athens Spring Hill Dairy of Gallipolis and Valley Bell, Products Inc of Point Pleasant. Regular inspections and monthly checks cover pasteurization plants and milk-house cleanliness.

Runt Pleasant West Virginia Edwin C. de Barr Health District 3 Dairies Mason County

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