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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1964

Page

5

Point Pleasant Young Republican Club names officers

Point Pleasant resident Gene Vaughan 36 was named president of the Mason County Young Republican Club at a courthouse meeting. Dr Oliver Eschenaur and Dayton Raynes were named vice presidents with Raynes also serving as mayor of Mason. Jim Watterson treasurer and Doris Deal and Wayne Burdette as secretaries. Raymond Barnette named parliamentarian. State leaders M A Peddicord and others spoke as the group heard of upcoming meetings in July and August.

Point Pleasant Gene Vaughan Meadowbrook Addition Mason County Young Republican Club Gallipolis Ferry Vaughan Masonic Lodge Oliver C. Eschenaur Wanda 29Th St Dayton Raynes Mason Raynes Jim Watterson Apple Grove Doris Deal Ashton Wayne Burdette Raymond Atty. Raymond Gerlach Musgrave William A. Peddicord Huntington Huntington Young Republican Club Young Republican Clubs Peddicord Elkins Clarksburg Jim Johnson Elvin “Pete” Wedge Republican Executive Committee

Church To Mark Its 150th Year Sesquicentennial Planned

Gallipolis First United Presbyterian Church announces a three day sesquicentennial in March 1965 to observe the church’s 150 years dating from the Old French City. Highlights include a history booklet by Mrs. Clarence Masters and multiple services and dinners with clergy and presbytery leaders. Committees for archives, decorations, parking, invitations, entertainment, and more are named.

Gallipolis First United Presbyterian Church Clarence Masters Glen R. Hueholt Presbytery Synod United Presbyterian Church J. Sherman Porter Wayne Ogdin Leo Bean J. Howard Neal L. H. Nelson Clara Worman Clayton Williams

Second Meet Set On Mason County Historic Society

L. L. Caldwell of the Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce said the steering committee will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at Hartford School to discuss forming a Mason County Historic Society. This will be the second meeting of this kind.

Point Pleasant L. L. Caldwell

Expenses Mount For Fairgrounds at Gallia County Junior Fair

Gallia County Junior Fair Board agrees a rest rooms and showers building at the fairgrounds will cost an extra 1120.56 dollars. The add on covers floor raise plumbing and sewage connections. Members discuss free memberships for exhibitors and advertisers and logistics for 4 H restaurant upgrades and fair operations for August 5 to 8 1964.

Gallipolis Gallia County Junior Fair Board Dan Notter Waldo Brown Arlene Roush Brown Raymond de Lille Maurice Forgey Forgey de Lille B. B. Mathews Matthews Bill Menshouse

New Route 33 brochure highlights regional history

Charles Lanham of the Point Pleasant Chamber announces a new brochure for the Blue and Grey Trail titled Lots More to See on Route 33. The guide lists Point Pleasant sites and Civil War era attractions across Mason County, with continued meetings planned including survey results and airport site updates.

Les Lanham Point Pleasant-Mason County Ohio River Mason Point Pleasant

Principal Named At Hannan Trace

Mrs. Margarite Hineman of Crown City has been hired as principal of Hannan Trace Elementary School, replacing duties after resigning from Bidwell-Porter Elementary in the North Gallia School District. The North Gallia School Board plans to accept her resignation at its Monday meeting.

Gallipolis Marguerite Hineman Crown City Hannan Trace Anne Belville Hannan Trace School Hineman Bidwell-Porter North Gallia Bidwell-Porter School

Births and notices from Holzer Hospital listings

Newborns are announced for numerous families in the Gallipolis area including Basham Mullihan Wooten Forester Thoma Dickess Abshire Rife Hunter Cox Adkins Houck Crank Miller John son Anderson Haney Nott Lovett Harper Schilling Strausbaugh Dixon Ball Lathey Clark Perry Wills Beard Dotson Woodard. Also Gallipolis marker Walter Hayes, 25, promoted to specialist four at Fort Bliss. Henderson Garden Club leader William Reiker to present violet care program Monday at Henderson tourist center.

Robert T. Wooten Gallipolis Beatrice M. Forester Racine Timothy B. Thoma Pomeroy Raymond Dickess Ironton Ross J. Abshire Cheshire Dallas J. Rife John C. Hunter Delbraton W. Va Louise E. Cox Gale Y. Adkins Point Pleasant Vesta M Clyde Haney Donald Nott Carol Lovett Bernard Harper Jane Schilling Jerry R. Strausbaugh Harold Dixon Thomas Ball Larry M. Lathey Russell Clark Raymond Perry Hershel G. Wills Billy S. Beard Richard D. Dotson Clancy E. Woodard Walter S. Hayes Sharon Youngs Trailer Ct Ohio Fort Bliss Tex William Reiker Henderson

Oak Hill man to face arraignment on burglary case

Eldon Keels, 34, Oak Hill Route 4, held on May term Grand Jury burglary indictment for the March 30 entry at Neva Warneke home on Patriot Route 1. Weldon Keels pleaded guilty earlier and drew 15 years in the Ohio Penitentiary. Loot recovered included a $300 TV, $0 radio, and $50 mixer.

Gallipolis Keels Weldon Keels Oak Hill Neva Lee Warneke Ohio Warneke B&e Jackson Common Pleas Court Robert M. Betz

Auxiliary Police Undergo Training in Mason County

The Mason County Civil Defense auxiliary police begin office work training at the sheriff and state police offices. Participants include Phil Underwood Carl Sibly and Glen Goodman with additional recruits to start next week.

Point Pleasant Mason County Civil Defense Phil Underwood Carl Sibly Glen Goodman

Youth Cited After Crash Near Vinton

Danny T. Chick, 17, of Bidwell Route 1, was cited to Juvenile Court on a State Highway Patrol charge of speed in excess of road and weather conditions after an accident on Route 160 near Vinton. He was uninjured as his northbound car lost control on a left curve, struck an embankment, rolled onto its top, with medium damage reported.

Gallipolis Danny T. Chick Bidwell State Highway Patrol Vinton Chick Route 160

Pleasant Valley Hospital Births and Discharges

Pleasant Valley Hospital reports births for several families including a son to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Yester of Ashton and a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Edmonds of Apple Grove. Also listed are births for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pearson of Point Pleasant Connie Blas Terry Wayne Gray Heidi Barnette Gregory Hofman and Mrs. Rus sell Meadows and Hubert Myers. Discharges include Olin Campbell Hogsett Crotin Davis Roger Campbell Carl A. Gardner III.

Edward Yester Ashton James Edmonds Apple Grove Charles Pearson Point Pleasant Connie Blas Terry Wayne Gray Heidi Barnette Gregory Hoffman New Haven Russell Meadows Milton Hubert Myers Gallipolis Olin Campbell Hogsett Crotin Davis Roger Campbell Carl A. Gardner III

Priscilla Kapp to Attend DAR American Heritage Week Camp

Priscilla Sue Kapp, daughter of Mr and Mrs Woodrow W Kapp of 2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Point Pleasant, will depart Sunday for Cedar Lakes to join the American Heritage Week camp. A junior at Point Pleasant High School, she is active in Keyettes Thespians National Honor Society Student Council and church youth groups and holds several leadership roles. Applicants must be self reliant with leadership potential and endorsements from school officials and the local DAR regent.

Point Pleasant Priscilla Sue Kapp Woodrow W. Kapp Mt. Vernon Ave Col. Charles Dar

Lutheran Church Set For Construction Of New Building Soon

St. Paul Lutheran Church of New Haven hires Zando Martin Milstead of Charleston as architects to design a new church with educational facilities replacing the 1874 building. The project follows four years of parish planning and will involve aid from the Board of American Missions.

Lutheran Church Point Pleasant St. Paul Lutheran Church New Haven Zando, Martin and Milstead Charleston Jack T. Welch Haven Heights St. Paul National Department of Architecture Board of American Missions The Lutheran Church In America

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Court House Kaiser Aluminum Plant Ravenswood Nina Mathews Barnette Wymond Bradbury Jake Moore Oscar W. Clarke Frank Wetherholt Carl Myers George Hout Walter Walker Boy Scouts C. (Mac) McGinness Jim Hanson Lloyd Helrich J. Dean Eisel Don Gibson John L. Evans Donald R. Ware Jack F. Knight Harry Dexter Charles Lupton Charles Bush Dean Robert W. Sechrist Carmah Saxton Phyliss Howe David Laufer M. T. Epling, Sr Nancy Plymale Keith R. Brandeberry George W. Davis J. Gordon Gibert Tim Hickman Carl Cameron Merrill Evans Marineland St. Augustine Fla Libbey Nelsonville Ray Epperly Airport Authority William Bardin, Jr Chamber of Commerce Board of Bardin Robert Siler Lawrence Mohr Belva Farley King’s Drive-In Leon Gallia Academy Washington School Holzer Hospital News Sherman H. Basham Keith F. Mullihan Wellston B&e Pleasant Valley Hospital Priscilla Kapp Dar’s Rainbow Girls Presbyterian Senior High Youth Fellowship Presbyterian Church David M. Tawney Sharon L. Grose Sohio the Standard Oil, CO
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