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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1947
Page
9
Mason County farmers embrace diverse water systems from gravity to direct pumping. One farm uses a 125 ft well powering a 5 hp motor to feed a 24 000 gallon storage tank. The W. W. Brown farm near Letart features a 17 ft well yielding over 250 gph with automatic controls for dairy and poultry operations.
Bobby Woolfitt recovers at home from tonsillitis. Mrs. H A Roseberry visited Charleston relatives before returning home. Emma Clark resumes life in town after Marshall College summer term. Donald Rairden returns to Leon after Marshall College term as his father and sister travel to Huntington to bring him home. Chicago residents Mr. and Mrs. Robert L Hogg visit family here. Mrs. O L Easley at Park Drive is homebound with an ankle fracture from a WVOW grounds picnic. L A McMillin attend Thomas Field Company store reopening in Charleston.
Family reports John Musgrave remains in the same medical state several months after a stroke, with no apparent improvement or deterioration according to relatives.
POINT PLEASANT M D Shiflet state road commission employee and minister tends the Lowe Hotel rear garden. He picked several ears of sweet corn Thursday, possibly the first home grown roasting ears in the area, while his 500 tomato plants suffer fall blight but are being treated with extension service spray.
Last rites for 72 year oldJohn W. Rice were conducted at Bellemeade EUB Church with Rev. Harry Miller presiding. Burial followed in Suncrest Cemetery as many townspeople and relatives attended including daughter Miss Katherin Rice and several Rice family members. Mr Rice born near Flat Rock resided in Robinson District before moving to Point Pleasant. He and neighbor James Stewart died on successive days this week and were buried nearby. He was uncle of City Clerk John E Brown.
Mason County delegates selected for the State Farm Bureau meeting at Jackson's Mill November 11 to 14 are W. E. Kirk Hogsett John Sommer South Side C. E. McCulloch Henderson and J. B. Cullen Letart Sommer Cullen and McCulloch eligible for 20 year Farm Bureau pins. Gus Douglas Jr Grimms Landing national FFA president will report on Mason County bureau activities.
Several church women volunteered at the inter denominational 4 H youth camp grounds project in Point Pleasant this week. Mrs C D McGarry Mrs William McKinley Mrs Richard Thomas Mrs Everett McCartney and Mrs Hugh Barr attended on Wednesday representing Main St Baptist Church.
POINT PLEASANT An electric pump has been installed in the well at the 4-H camp grounds. The pump was presented to the camp by D. W. Rothgeb, local dairyman. Following installation of the pump a movement is afoot to construct a small reservoir and install showers.
Mrs. H. H. Guthrie will host the Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary annual picnic at her home on Ohio Route 7 north of Silver Bridge next Wednesday at 6 30 p m.
J. C. Hick has rented the former dental office of Dr. Will H. Stone on Sixth Street next to Hicks restaurant to open a jewelry repair shop. The business is expected to start in about a week.
Mrs Pauline Wamsley of Viand Street was admitted to the Point Clinic on Thursday for a tonsillectomy.
A jumbled snippet lists numerous monetary amounts with decimals and commas, interspersed by stray letters and numbers, ending with a repeated total of 734 488 18. The readable items suggest a financial record or account ledger fragment.
The Rev. L. A. Nihizer will speak at Fairfield Church at 9 30 am Sunday Centenary at 11 am Sunday Alexandria Church at 8 pm Sunday and deliver youth meetings at Rodney 8 pm Tuesday and Alexandria Thursday night. A prayer meeting is set for 8 pm at Rodney Thursday and the quarterly conference will be held at Cora Church at 8 pm Wednesday.
In Gallipolis the Ray Simmons case from Rodney on selling fireworks was taken under advisement after a municipal court arraignment. Simmons waived jury trial and pled guilty to the charge.
The Rev. L. H. Stebbins will preach on The Yielded Will at 10 30 a m Sunday at First Presbyterian Church Gallipolis. Sunday School follows at 9 30 a m.
Gallipolis report shows four miles west on Route 141 a traffic check examined 52 vehicles with 21 warnings for defects. A second check on Route 279 near Oak Hill examined 15 cars with seven defect warnings.
GALLIPOLIS The State Highway Patrol investigated a traffic accident north of Jackson on Route 75 at 2 p m Thursday. The car driven by Paul E Walton 23 Wellston skidded on wet pavement crossed the highway and went into the ditch causing only property damage.
Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR members tentatively plan to attend the annual luncheon Saturday at 1 p.m. in Jackson's Mill. Attendees include Mrs. Clyde Tallman Mrs. Louis F Bateson Mrs. Edward Biddle Mrs. Holly Simmons Mrs. Eunice Beller local Mrs. A Keith McClung of Hartford and Mrs. Ray Proffitt of Mason City. The Elizabeth Ludington Hagans Chapter Morgantown will host.
Mason County Rod and Gun Club president E M Foglesong announced a $50 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer of a doe and a fawn on WVOW land near Point Pleasant.
City Clerk John E. Brown said an extension of the water bill discount period is now until noon Saturday to compensate for the July Fourth holiday closing of the office last Friday and Saturday.
Marriage licenses issued to Vernal Dale Johnson and Effie Jane Hoschar, both from long West Columbia Kay. to Guy Webster Bush of Gallipolis Ferry and Emma Louise Burris of Hogsett. and to Stanley Harbour of Hogsett and Ann Noble of Mason City.
Holzer Hospital admitted Mrs. Isaac Scott Gallipolis Mrs Hugh Gillian Bidwell Ida Lanier Beech Hill W Va James Paul Baird Gallipolis Mrs Kerr Blain South Side W Va and Virgil Moss Point Pleasant Discharges included Mrs Leslie Beck Mrs Raymond Trout and son Mrs William Cassill and daughter Mrs Harold Russell Mrs Emerson Eless Mrs Dale Minners and Eleanor Swindler A carnival at Gallipolis featured 150 Children from the Children's Home chaperoned by Mrs George H Lear American Legion auxiliary treasurer and hosted Thursday afternoon
At Albany Grange a program directed by Jean Van Dyke featured a Tom Thumb Wedding with Martha Baughman, Jean Van Dyke, Sue Enlow, Johnny Stinson, Johnny Wiseman, Virginia Wilcoxson, Terry Clark, Patty Clark, and Lynn Chesser. An accordion solo by Ronda Russell and performances by Wade Jef fers, Alfred Lindsey, and Frank Pugh plus others followed.
Bartlett Boy Scouts hosted a camp on the Hughes River in West Virginia with Girl Scouts and local families. Merit badges were presented to William Ormiston from Scout Troop 14, and Kenneth Bowman was named the best Scout amid praise for Troop 14’s neatness.
Light traffic along the Ohio River with most lockages at Gallipolis locks Eur eka. Gauges read 18.3 and 10.8 feet and five and a half feet on rollers. Vessels listed include William Penn Shirley E. D. Kenna Down up Progress Ivan Harris and others with times noted. Kanawha Falls gauge 1.91 feet rising as Winfield locks report Ernestine and Shirley passages.
Classified ads explain how to answer blind ads use full box numbers and not reveal advertiser identity. Ads must be received by 10:00 a.m. for same day. Sunday edition by 3:00 p.m. Saturday. Cash with orders. errors corrected after first night. three or six day runs charged by appearances.
In loving memory of Mrs Ruth Martin who died July 11 1939 Not dead to us who loved her Not lost but gone before She lives with us in memory And will for ever more W T Martin and daughters
A reader asks the Lady-Who who spoke about shade trees to contact them. Also request to clear in-the-way furniture via a Messenger For Sale ad and to dial 0242 for a courteous ad-taker.
Cincinnati market notes show mixed price shifts across eggs poultry butter hogs cattle calves and sheep. Prices move higher for some hogs and cattle with ranges for live weight beef and lambs noting strong demand for truck lots and steady to higher tone on select cuts amid broad grade listings.
Funeral services for Winifred V. Lewis aged 72 were set for 2 p.m. today at Millers Home for Funerals. Burial would follow at Mound Hill Cemetery.
Regular Army raises maximum enlistment from three to five years announced by S Sgt Gordon E Pennington at the U S Army recruiting station. Further details available from S Sgt Pennington at the post office.
A Canal Winchester woman writes to her sister that she finds the flying saucers clearly from another planet. She notes the scene as logical yet does not explain why even sober observers report seeing the saucers. The item reflects local curiosity about unidentified aerial phenomena.
Ida Hill hosted a Busy Bee Sunday School class picnic at the McDaniel home with Carolyn Heffkin leading a program and ice cream served to listed members. Various residents visit relatives in Crooksville and Athens area while others travel south and for hospital or family events. The piece notes church Bible School times and several local residents’ illnesses, travels, and family visits.
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