Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Athens Messenger in Athens, Ohio

We have 16,378,606 pages in Ohio

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1952

Page

5

Sale Procedures Outlined For School Property Sale

At a Mason County Board of Education meeting Superintendent Kenneth W. Shaffer presented the attorney general’s opinion on how school property may be sold. Bidders are to be rejected if former owners claim rights. urban versus rural status will be decided when land is sold. buildings may be removed within 90 days after approval. Several lots and buildings were authorized for sale to highest bidders with specified amounts. others were tabled for later sale. Resignations and new hires for janitorial, principal, band director, and teachers were noted, along with a stalled fire insurance settlement for the junior high gym earlier this year.

Point Pleasant Mason County Board of Education Kenneth W. Shaffer Leon New Haven Dale Myers Virgil Love Daisey Fairview Gallipolis Ferry Dunlavy Hope Date Mt. Flower Shadie Smokey Calhoun Sizemore Letart Sebrell W. O. LeMaster Roosevelt School Rome Harbour Beale Marvin Lanier Beech Hill Bill Hart Charles Carr Floyd Meadows White Oak School Richard D. Andre Point Pleasant High School Betty Burris Wahama High School General Adjustment Bureau Inc Point Pleasant Junior High School

Notice to Bidders and Contractors for Ohio University property sale and highway bids

Sealed proposals for four barns and two sheds to be removed for Ohio University off Ullom Street and McKinley Avenue are due by 2 00 p m July 23 1952 with bond and bid forms from the Purchasing Agent Athens Ohio. State Highway bids cover multiple county projects with various bridges and roadways. proposals close July 22 1952 and bids may be rejected.

Ohio University Athens Ohio Ullom Street McKinley Avenue North Ayres Barn South Ayres Ullom and State OF Ohio Department OF Highways Columbus

Leon Baptist Church Bible School Slated

Vacation Bible school starts July 21 at 9 am at Leon Baptist Church. Mrs Sherwood Costen will supervise with Rev Herbert Capehart Mrs Milton Burdette Miss Edna Burdette and Mrs Gerald Sayre assisting. Children over four years old are invited to attend.

Point Pleasant Leon Baptist Church Sherwood Costen Costen Herbert Capehart Milton Burdette Edna Burdette Gerald Sayre

Mrs Beatrice Whitt Dies at Point Clinic

Mrs Beatrice Whitt of Redmond Ridge died unexpectedly Sunday at Point Clinic where she had been a patient since Saturday evening. She is survived by her husband Isaac Whitt a daughter Marilyn Whitt and son Edward Shelton from a former marriage. Her mother and brother also survive. Funeral arrangements are with Stevens funeral home.

Point Pleasant Beatrice Whitt Redmond Ridge Point Clinic Isaac Whitt Marilyn Whitt Edward Shelton Stevens Funeral Home

Walter S. Hallanan Named Eisnhower Campaign Vice Chairman

Walter S Hallanan of Charleston West Virginia was named a vice chairman of the Eisenhower campaign. He joins McIntyre Faries of Los Angeles Consuelo Northrop Bailey of Burlington Vermont and Mrs Daniel J Schneider of Mount Morrison Colorado as vice chairs in the national committee lineup.

Point Pleasant West Virginia Walter S. Hallanan Charleston Eisnehower California McIntyre Faries Los Angeles Consuelo Northrop Bailey Burlington Daniel J. Schneider Mount Morrison Colo

Record Attendance For Fair Predicted In Ohio

Ohio's 1952 State Fair will be bigger with 100 added acres and enhanced facilities. Director Howard S. Foust expects attendance between 600000 and 700000 for the fair running August 22 to 29. Glouster McCann Frederick Post American Legion to meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Columbus Ohio Howard S. Foust Foust Glouster McCann-Frederick Post American Legion

Miss Eloise Bonecutter Honored in Park Shower

Miss Eloise Bonecutter bride elect of Seton Rody Harden Jr. received a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs Nelson A Bark at the Park home on Mason Blvd. Guests enjoyed dessert and canasta. The group includes Mrs George Reynolds Mrs Kenneth Byas Mrs Buddy Miller Mrs George Gardner and many others. They plan leave July 23 for a camp in New Jersey then travel to Germany with their mother Mrs Leona Jones Henderson.

Eloise Bonecutter Rody Harden, Jr Nelson A. Bark Mason Blvd George Reynolds Kenneth Byas Buddy Miller George Gardner Robert Miller Mary Ann Gibbs Norman Lieving William Gardner Leona Jones, Henderson New Jersey Germany

Captain James Purdum Promoted to Major in Air Force

Mrs Marie Purdum of Main Street reports her son Captain Jim Purdum has been promoted to major in the U S Air Force. He is stationed at McGuire Air Base near Pemberton New York and resides there with his wife and two sons Jim and John.

Point Pleasant Marie Purdum Main Street Jim Purdum Major Purdum U.S. Air Force McGuire Air Base Pemberton N.Y Jim John

Farm Club Meetings Set

Jericho Homemakers Farm Women's Club meets Wednesday at 1 p m at Mrs Wartenburg home Jericho Road. Anne Bailey Farm Women's Club hostess Tuesday at 1 p m by Mrs Roy Kincade Main St. Columbus OH visitors Mr and Mrs Arnold Cossin and son Charles. Several Leon residents at Holzer Hospital and others visiting kin. soldiers stationed at Fort Jackson.

Jericho Homemakers Farm Women’s Club Wartenburg Jericho Road Roy Kincade Main St Anne Bailey Arnold Cossin Charles Columbus Ohio Helen Cossin Leon James Morgan Holzer Hospital George Cottrill Charles Harmon Carrie Beaver Douglas Bruce Beaver Jack Moody Stalnaker Nitro John William Stenbergen Tenn William Steenbergen John Collins Steenbergen Jock William Williams Weston Josephine Howard Gertrude Howard Jack Weber Ann St. Mary’s D. M. Dorsey James Shade Linda Lee John Dale Jones Lawrence Jones Fort Jackson S. C

Glouster Area Personal Notices and Legion Auxiliary Meeting

Glouster notes list visits and travels among residents from Nash ville Trimble Athens Columbus and Dayton with multiple family ties. The Glouster American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will meet in Legion Hall on Thursday at 7 30 pm.

Glouster Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion Legion Hall

General Ike Eisenhower Early Life at Abilene and West Point

The piece recalls Ike Eisenhower’s boyhood in Abilene, his strict religious parents, and his path to West Point after choosing the Naval Academy. It notes his knee injury in college, his practical jokes, and an early forecast of a modest career, with a hint at his rise to command in Europe in a later installment.

Ike Abilene Annapolis Topeka West Point Naval Academy Non Eisenhower Military Academy Omee Arette Kevin McCann Eisenhower Academy Eveat Pett Fisenhower Europe

McCarty Visit Place Of Boyhood Days

Evansville Indiana residents Mr and Mrs George McCarty vacationed in Glouster on Friday night and Saturday. George grew up with the Wells family on Main Street, later spent nine years in Europe and married a Belgian woman. He now represents the Hoosier Cardinal Co. an aircraft firm and has moved from flying to ground work in recent years.

Glouster George McCarty Evansville Ind George William Wells Main St Furoepe Hoosier Cardinal Co

Assault Charged in Point Pleasant Case

Jimmy Carey was fined five dollars and costs in the royal justice of peace office after a charge of assault and battery on Russell Ferguson. Deputy Sheriff Robert Kayser led the arresting officers.

Point Pleasant Jimmy Carey Royal Justice of Peace Russell Ferguson Robert Kayser

Bond Sales in Mason County June Totals

Mason County residents bought 16162 in Series FE and H bonds in June per a release from the United States Savings Bonds Division in Charleston.

Point Pleasant United States Savings Bonds Division Charleston Mason County

Sportsmen's Club Meeting at Burr Oak Camp Site

CADASTER The Chub will hold a club none at the Burr Oak Lake camp site Thursday evening. At a recent meeting members voted to require a day's work on the new club house or pay a $3 assessment. Members wanting to contribute labor on the clubhouse should see George Mudrie for instructions.

Chub Lake Burr Oak George Mudrie

Son Ix Honored GLOUSTER

Mr and Mrs Chr les Parks received a letter from Pte Arthur D Parks stationed in Furth Germany since August 1961. His squad of five men won First Division Day contests and took first place earning a silver cup as prize.

Glouster Chrles Parks Pte Arthur D Parks Furth Germany

Man Visits Hometown After 44 Years

Fred H. Johnson of Tulsa Oklahoma returned to Glouster Saturday to reconnect with old friends he left behind 44 years ago. He recalled familiar faces, met several who remembered him, and visited his sister near Athens.

Sunday Humidity Makes Day Uncomfortable In Glouster

Sunday brought peak humidity that left residents uncomfortable despite the temperature not reaching extreme highs. Thermometer marks were not fully clear, but readings showed a hot afternoon and a drop to 78 degrees by 9 p.m.

Hospital Stay For Dorothy McKnabb In Columbus

Dorothy Waltole daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert McKnabb was taken to St Francis Hospital in Columbus for observation and treatment. She expects to stay about ten days and is in room 311.

Glouster Dorothy Waltole Bert McKnabb St. Francis Hospital Columbus

Also Mentioned on This Page

C. W. Sommer College Hill Kathryn Daylong D. D. Wetherholt Myrtle John Wheaton Plainview Helen H. Austin Mt. Rose Virgil Flint H H. Plants Union W. H. Herbert Wilbewwill Ing Cor Ames Bern Athens County Pennneet Way Wrep Ove Gallia County Morgan Township Meigs County Lebanon Township Doevyperean Letart Township Vinton County Wilksville Eagle Township Tinton County Swan Township Erss Tment T. J. Kauer Leon Baptist Church Bible School Slated Legion James Purdum William Halfhill Nashville Trimble Isaac Vaughan David Carol George Thomas George Antle Mildred Edna Easier Erland Coffman Frances Clark Vera Somplatsky A. W Kasler Larry Morrison Chillicothe Harold Morrison Robert Bryson JoAnn Billie Ann Robin E. K. Bryson John Bryson Jack Trace Effie Lewis Paul Souders Kay Connie Sharon Nancy Springfield Willard Craig T. Riley Chester Hayden Roger Lee Ethel Scharr Mabel Martin Dayton McCarty Sportsmen's Club Burr Oak Son Sohio
Search Courier

Search the Athens Messenger Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Athens Messenger?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication