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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1970

Page

3

Busy Bee Class Officers Installed at Middleport Church

Middleport New officers for 1970 were installed by the Busy Bee Class of the Middleport First Baptist Church. Elizabeth Slavin was named president with Leora Sigman as VP, Beulah White secretary, Clyde Winebrenner assistant secretary, and Lettie Roush treasurer. Teachers include Dana Hamm and Fielding Hawkins. The group donated 25 to the firemen's building fund and new year prayers closed the meeting.

Middleport Nora Jordan Dimons Our Christ Middleport Firemens Butley Winebrenner Slavin White Pearl Hoffman Lillian McGhee John Lyons Charles Edwards James Souders B. F. Parmalee

Art Principles as Reflected in the Home Session

Pomeroy Meigs County women are invited to a Tuesday art session at Trinity United Church of Christ from 10 30 a m to 2 30 p m. Patsy Glass county extension agent will discuss reflecting art in homes. Bring saleable handicrafts displays and card tables. sack lunches required. beverages provided at cost.

Pomeroy Meigs County Trinity United Church of Christ Patsy Glass Gallia County Ladies of the County Homemakers Council

Vinton Social Notes and Local Cooperators

Mrs Vernoka Waugh and Mrs Sharon Tackett visited Mrs Anna Higgins in Vinton Bidwell residents Mr and Mrs John Payne and family called on Mr and Mrs Melvin Carter Thurman Opal Callahan visited his mother and sister in Wilkesville Walter McCarley employed in Columbus weekend with wife Mariam and children Bennie Cardwell welcomes baby daughter plus son and three daughters local posts John Cooper Soil Conservation Service reports two new cooperators Wesley Kelvington and Camden Campbell near Board Church Sandhill Road and Jackson County line on Route 87 seek planning assistance

Vinton Vernoka Waugh Sharon Tackett Bidwell Anna Higgins John Payne Melvin Carter Thurman Opal Callahan Nellie Sayre Gladys Wilkesville Walter McCarley Columbus Mariam McCarley Billy Kathy Bennie Cardwell Point Pleasant John Cooper The Soil Conservation Service Wesley E. Kelvington Board Church of Sandhill Road Camden H. Campbell Jackson County

Jack Dorsey Honored for Silver Memorial Bridge Work

Jack Dorsey area engineer of the State Road Commission received a certificate of appreciation from State Road Commissioner William Ritchie for outstanding work on the Silver Memorial Bridge. The bridge was completed and opened to traffic two years after the Dec 15, 1967 collapse. An album of construction photos was also presented. Attending were J. E. Burton Delano Randolph Ted Robson and Robert Kinney.

Point Pleasant Jack Dorsey State Road Commission William Ritchie Dorsey Silver Bridge J. E. Burton Delano Randolph Ted Robson Robert Kinney

Meigs Chapter DeMolay and PTA Meet Tonight

Meigs Chapter DeMolay holds a meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in the Middleport Masonic Temple. The Middleport PTA also meets at 7 30 p m at the elementary school with Rev Wilbur Perrin discussing child problems. Dad’s night doubles attendance on the room count.

Meigs Chapter Middleport Siasonic Temple Mother's Club Middleport Pta Wilbur Perrin

Law Agencies Arrest Five Over Weekend

POINT PLEASANT The Sheriff's Department this weekend arrested Buddy Egnor 40 Point Pleasant for intoxication Virgil Watson 23 and Arthur Gillispie 22 both of Point Pleasant on assault and battery charges State Police arrested Harold E Duncan 27 Henderson for intoxication and City Police arrested Charles hk Erwin 22 Point Pleasant for driving while intoxicated

Sheriff's Department Buddy Egnor Point Pleasant Virgil Watson Arthur Gillispie Tery Harold E. Duncan Henderson Charies Hk. Erwin

Two Mason Accidents Reported In Separate Collisions

A Saturday two car crash at 1 30 p m on Lieving Road near West Columbia school driveway involved James R Smith 27 of Tuppers Plains whose vehicle left the road and sideswiped Larry E Roush 25 of Mason. no injuries or citations. A second incident at 8 15 p m at Route 2 near the Silver Memorial Bridge involved Harold Edward Dillon 19 Huntington turning into Harold W Pearson 29 Columbus. Dillon cited for failure to yield. no injuries. The Mason County Sheriff's Department investigated both.

Point Pleasant Lieving Road West Columbia School Drive Way James R. Smith Tuppers Plains Smith Larry E. Roush Mason Mason County Sheriff's Department Silver Memorial Bridge Harold Edward Dillon Huntington Harold W. Pearson Columbus Dillon Mary Denny Rio Grande

Veterans Memorial Hospital Notes List of Names

A brief hospital notes segment lists patients and dismissals including Everett Watson Tuppers Plains Mary Fisk Mason Garrett Knorr Albany Lowell Henry Hartford Shirley Pyles Racine Charles Hatfield Dexter Aldena Collins Rutland Carolyn Reeves Pomeroy Patricia Lane Mason and Harry Leonard Pomeroy and a group of discharged individuals Bessie Rudisill James Owens Mary Grady Curt Stout Reginal Hill Ruby Beard Sylvia Lane and Molly Guinther.

Everett Watson Tuppers Plains Mary Fisk Mason Garrett Knorr Albany Lowell Henry Hartford Shirley Pyles Racine Charles Hatfield Dexter Aldena Collins Rutland Carolyn Reeves Pomeroy Patricia Lane Harry Leonard Bessie Rudisill James Owens Mary Grady Curt Stout Reginal Hill Ruby Beard Sylvia Lane Molly Guinther

Pleasant Valley Hospital Birth Notices List

A long list of births in Pleasant Valley area includes a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bledsoe of Point Pleasant and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Gillenwater of Point Pleasant, with numerous other named mothers and locations such as South Charleston Ashton Letart New Haven and nearby families.

Charles Bledsoe Point Pleasant Carlos Gillenwater Edith Lacy South Charleston Patricia Cowger Henderson Carol Vixen Ashton Christy Bonecutter Letart James Kirker New Haven Steven Tarbett Otho Thomas Ruben Goslin George Biffle Charlies Crump Hilda McCausland Roy Woomer Glen Rice Elma Huddlesston Charles Getty Richard Newell Rue Brown

Top Russian Policy Maker Offers Insight on China

Moscow based policy maker Mikhail Kapitsa argues in his unpublished book that Sino Soviet ties worsened from 1962 with Chinese border provocations on the Ussuri River and that Stalin opposed Maoist regional campaigns. The work, tied to Sino Soviet talks, questions Chinese leadership under Mao and Korean War dynamics.

L.A Stalin China Mikhail Kapitsa Foreign Ministry Alexei Kosygin Peking Chou-En-Lai Communist Parties Indonesia India Kapitsa Soviet Union Ussuri River Kirkinski

Vernon Isaac Of Vinton Is Injured In Collision

Vernon Isaac 23 of Vinton was listed in serious condition at Holzer Medical Center after a two car collision in Gallia County Saturday. Dennis Robert 17 of Wellston suffered a broken leg and facial lacerations. Isaac's head injuries left him unconscious Sunday.

Vernon Isaac Vinton Gallipolis Holzer Medical Center Gallia Ohio Highway Patrol Dennis Robert Wellston Isaacs Alice Road Gallia-Vinton County Robert McCoy Ambulance

Feeney Bennett Post Wins Three District 8 Awards

Feeney Bennett Post 128 of the American Legion in Middleport earned three District Eight honors at the winter conference in Amanda. Awards included the Annual Americanism Citation for community service, the 1970 membership quota award, and the post quota for 1970 year membership. Commander Marvin Kelly led rituals. Richard Pickens and Albert Roush attended. New members Orville Graham, Russell Miller and Norman Yeanger joined.

Middleport Feeney- Bennett American Legion Marvin Kelly Kelly Amanda Richard Pickens Albert Roush Lewis Long Don Roach Department of Ohio American Legion Jacob Turner Henry Clatworthy John Fultz Chester Erwin Legion

Car Rolls In Route 7 Crash Injures Youth Driver

Sheriff Robert Hartenbach reports a Sunday 3:62 a.m. one car accident on Route 7. Larry Chadwell, 21, of Chester, lost control, struck an embankment and overturned. He suffered a head bump but was not seriously hurt. The 1970 auto was demolished.

Point Pleasant Subler Transfer Co Grover Higgins Mason County Sheriff's Department Higgins Pomeroy Meigs County Robert Hartenbach Route Larry Chadwell Chester Chadwell

Europe Trip Meeting Planned At Wahama

A special meeting will be held Saturday at 7 30 p m in the Wahama High School cafeteria for Wahama students ages 15 to 19 interested in a Europe trip this summer. Organizer David Bennett drama and steel instructor at Wahama. contact at the school or call 773 5449.

MASON Wahama High School Europe David Bennett Wahama

Bookmobile Schedule Set In Three Counties

Meigs Jackson Vinton counties publish a week long bookmobile route with daily town by town times. Monday routes include Dundas Prattsville Zaleski New Plymouth Pagetown Harrisonville Wolf Pen and more. Tuesday Wednesday Thursday cover Southern Racine Gardens Rivers Forest Run Minersville and nearby towns.

Dundas Prattsville Zaleski and Vicinity New Plymouth Pagetown Harrisonville Wolf Pen Enterprise Southern Racine Wagners Gardens Syracuse Rivers Forest Run Minersville

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Busy Bee Class Mrs Eleanor White Soil Service Meigs Meetings Potts Mill Veterans Memorial Hospital Pleasant Valley Hospital John Pensis Willard Jeffers Raymond Ward James Wilson Joseph Smith Myrtle Bonecutter Jacob Gingrich Elmer Devault Pansy Lester Inez Gleason George Cummings Jeff McCallister Charles Herman Dev Murarka London Observer Watchmaker Wilson Baker Berry Hall N. Court James Hazelett Route 160 Lescoulie Avco Broadcasting Jack Lescoulie Aviation Hall of Fame Dayton Feeney-Bennett Post Ey Run the Post Buckeye Boys State Orville Graham Russell Miller Norman Yeanger Meigs- Jackson Vinton County Bookmobile Berlin McGhee Road Wellston Library Wellston Nursing Home Radcliffburg and Vicinity Pine Ridge Road Eagle Mills Alfred Burlingham Arnold’s Rutland Main Hysell Run Bradbury Radio eVhion.Shore F.d.1.c Athens Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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