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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1969
Page
13
Mason County Fair will host a doubles horseshoe pitching contest chaired by Guy McWilliams on August 9 at 2 p.m. Prizes are 10 dollars for first, 7.50 for second, and 5 for third with ribbons and a trophy. Entry fee is 1 dollar. contestants must be over 12 and official scorers present.
Admissions include Woodrow Kapp Point Pleasant Dwight Greer Point Pleasant Sharon Durst Leon Mrs Oakey Roush Letart Mrs Thomas Miller Leon. Dismissals include Mary Lewis Mrs Leo Stearns Diane Stanley Larry Derenge Mrs Marshall Slayton.
Apple Grove Plant of Goodyear Tire seeks a temporary injunction against Local 644 United Rubber Workers with a 9:30 a.m. Friday hearing in Mason County Circuit Court Judge James Thompson presiding. Evidence included property damage rock throwing mass picketing and plant entry exit blockages. An earlier strike agreement signed June 5 was alleged violated with Atty Ray Musgrave for Local 644 and Cecil B Dean for the company.
William R. Knight and Troop 257 will travel Sunday to the 7th Annual Boy Scout National Jamoree in Farragut State Park Idaho for July 22. West Virginia Buckskin Council plans 67 boys and six leaders, with the tri state Area council from Point Pleasant Huntington and Ashland sending 54 scouts.
Point Pleasant Moose lodge announces its annual picnic at Gerlach picnic grounds on Sand Hill Road. The event runs Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. for Moose members and their families with a special program planned.
In Point Pleasant Mason County bankers led by Citizens' National Bank cooperate with farmers and county extension agent Carl Cook to test sod planting. They leased a special corn planter and used chemicals to kill cover crops, seeding over 300 acres without plowing. Cook will assess costs and yields to judge profitability.
Miss Janice Eskew daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Eskew of Pomeroy married Sgt Robert Schuster son of Mr and Mrs James Schuster also of Pomeroy in a July 7 double ring ceremony at the Pomeroy Church of Christ. They plan a short wedding trip and she will live with her parents until nursing school graduation on September 5 after which she will join her husband serving with the Marines.
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Albert H. Sealy of Dayton urged fair state tax reforms before the Ohio Municipal League in Columbus. He called for fair taxation and equitable distribution of revenue among local and state governments and school districts. Sealy formerly chaired the House Bipartisan Select Committee on Tax Revision.
Rainbow Order Founders Day picnic set for Saturday evening with a hayride and cookout. Members assemble at the high school parking lot at 6 30 p m and travel to Gerlach Park with Brucella Chadwick Diane Fisher Teresa Williams Luanne Blankenship and Linda McKinney directing, joined by advisory board members and guests. Mrs Janett Capehart serves as mother advisor.
A Circuit Court judgment for $765.21 was awarded to Seaboard Finance Co. against George and Yvonne Dabney on Thursday.
Mrs. W. S. Waldie received a life membership pin from the WSCS of Trinity United Methodist Church at the July meeting. A panel on A New Discovery led by Mrs. J. A. Blankenship featured Mrs. John Kauff Mrs. Louis Rossi Mrs. Tom Fisher Mrs. Richard Melrose Mrs. C. J. Hyer and Mrs. Rodney Pullins with Dorcas Circle serving refreshments.
Point Pleasant Junior Women's Club sponsors the prettiest baby contest at the Mason County Fair August 6 to 10. Ages span birth to 5 with five divisions. Entries must be Mason County residents. No entry fee. Registration 8:30 to 9:45 AM, contest at 10 AM in the main show building. Judges from out of county. final in all divisions. One first place and one runner-up per age group. ribbons for all entrants.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wallace of Laurel, Maryland, formerly Point Pleasant, left for London to visit relatives and plan two weeks in Holland with George and Ruth Borrer, who are stationed with the Army. Their son Billy stays with grandparents during their trip abroad.
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