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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1951

Page

8

Graft Classes Recreation Fill 4-H Camp Schedule

A detailed 4-H camp timetable lists morning classes including singing and a three-activity requirement, with afternoon recreation and evening vesper services. State instructors include Jim and Betty Pyle, Al Holland, and others. daily assemblies cover safety, posture, demonstrations, crafts, and reviews. Activities span archery softball volleyball croquet races and daily dodgeball with a long roster of organizers and supporters.

Roberts Jim Betty Pyle al Holland Rena Jean Cartrider Rice V. Siders R. Kincade Helen Irvin Sgt A. Assemblies Committee J. H. Brannan Sally Lou Crafts Ae Hazel Ushner Virgil Siders Rena Jean Caltrider Lionel Smith Sally Lou Durst Herman Hoschar Jim Darby James Fisher Howard Garland Bill Jewks Decall Jo Ann Sommers Mra Howard Garland W C Roberts Tim Preedkern Betty Pre Arthur Bidlent Sinv Helen Ir Dorothy Watkins Sally Low Oe Rene Jean Caltriter Nanny Mouth Mile EH Brenjem Wilfong C Dilley RB Sonithers Summer Lory Rice Janet Millie Tim Darty Jon Spizcie Bierce L. Austin Arnett Rous Rena Grimm Katy Embietom Bill Lewis Roy Kincade Albertee Jo Lou Keener Virgil Burris Charles Osler Woodie Mace C. P. Stout Libby Calloway

First Friends Class Meeting at Hickory Chapel

Pt Pleasant notes describe the First Friends Class of Hickory Chapel Methodist Church meeting at the Fowler home on Ripley Road. Activities included worship, scripture, a poem, and a plan for a picnic in August at 7:30 pm hosted by the Marshalls. Needing church updates, a new electric stove was planned for the church kitchen.

First Friends Hickory Chapel Methodist Church Girard Fowler Ripley Rd John Marshall Alice Hoschar Nellie Fowler Willadean Moss Marshall Fowler Robert Love A. L. Stewart Herman Hoschar Junior Newell J. R. Black Dottie Jean Hoschar Marshalan Fowler Nelson Lee Newell Gary Black Charles Hoschar Steve Fowler Three Polly Marshall Hazel Moss WSCS St. Paul

Stone Rites Thursday Stone Rites

Funeral services for Mrs. Madeline May Austin Stone 22 who died Monday evening at her mother’s home will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Henderson Pentecostal Tabernacle conducted by Rev. John Carr. Friends may visit from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the mother’s home and church. Stone, employed at the Sylvania plant during World War II, leaves husband Basil two daughters Bessie Ann and Karen, sister Jean Caudill, brother Don Austin, two half brothers Jay and Larry Supple, father Loys V, parents Mr. and Pearson and stepfather.

Point Pleasant Madeline May Austin Stone Harold Supple Henderson Pentecostal Tabernacle John Carr Cancel Basil Bessie Ann Karen Stone Jean Caudill Don Austin Jay Larry Supple Loys V Mr. and Pearson

Leon Home Makers Club Holds July Meeting

Mrs. Bessie Sayre presided at the Leon Home makers Farm Women's Club July meeting held Monday evening. The service was provided by Miss Kathryn Beaver. A family picnic at Mrs. Everett Bissell's home will be the next gathering with Leon 4 H Club members invited. Afterward, Mary Agnes Upton, a recent bride, received a miscellaneous shower. Other attendees included Mrs. Roberttte, Mrs. Phil Thomas, Mrs. E. S. Rairden, Mrs. James Morgan, Mrs. George Rairden, Mrs. P. A Sayre, Mrs. Herman Shinn, Mrs Charles Holstein, Mrs. Perry Sayre, Mrs. Pat Wilson Jr., Mrs Charlies Burdette, Mrs Alien Thomas, and Mrs Gus Douglas Jr.

Bessie Sayre Leon Homemakers Farm Women’s Club Kathryn Beaver Everett Bissell Leon 4-H Club Mary Agnes Upton Othe Roberttte Phil Thomas E. S

Mason County Farm Women Host Tea for Point Pleasant Club

Members of the Mason County Farm Women's Club will host a tea honoring the Point Pleasant Women's Club at the recreation center on South Side Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Mason County Farm Women’s Club Point Pleasant

Legion Auxiliary to Install New Officers Monday Meeting

The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Monday evening in the Legion building. New officers will be installed.

American Legion Auxiliary Legion Building

Rainbow Girls Plan Thursday Bonfire and Hayride

The Rainbow Girls announce a Thursday evening wiener roast and hayride meeting at the Masonic Temple at 7:30 p.m. This social event aims to gather members for fellowship and planned activities.

Rainbow Girls Masonic Temple

Mountain Climbers 4 H Club Meeting Tonight at Beale School

The Mountain Climbers 4 H Club will meet today at 7 30 p m at Beale School. Members will discuss upcoming projects and share progress with peers and leaders.

Mountain Climbers 4-H Beale School

WSCS Meeting Highlights at Hickory Chapel Church

The annual WSCS gathering featured a lawn pot-luck dinner on the church lawn followed by games. At 8 p.m. the group met in the sanctuary for a program led by Mrs Girard Fowler with the theme Come Unto Me and a worship sequence including Lift High Your Eyes and poems by Mrs Grace Stewart.

WSCS Hickory Chapel Girard Fowler Polly Marshall Grace Stewart

Visitors and guests list from several families

A long notice lists guests visiting or visiting from multiple households in Grafton and nearby towns. Names include Alfred Zunbro, Calvin Parkhill and children Jane Judy Sonny Bobby, Nina and Margie Keener, Randall Hogsett, Sterling Dunlavy, Bill Pickens, Wayne Kincaid, Odel Thorp, M Malcolm and family, Paul Ritter, Kathleen Stephenson, Reta Jo Spencer, Vaughn Spencer, Edward Lozier, Carol and Elizabeth Lozier, Isaac Thornton, Loys Gree, Georgia Martin, Lucy Cash, and Laura Davis with their home towns and the dates of visits noted.

George Keener Jerricho Road Keener Alfred Zunbro Calvin Parkhill Jane Judy Sonny Bobby Grafton Nina Keener Margie Keener Randall Hogsett Huntington Flora Myers Main St Sterling Dunlavy Chauncey Ohio Bill Pickens Baltimore Maryland Wayne Kincaid Viand Sr Odel Thorp M. Malcolm Paul David M. M. Jr Winfield Road Paul Ritter Buckhannon Kathleen Stephenson New Martinsville Siste Charlestephenson Eight Mile Reta Jo Spencer New York City C. C. Spencer Seventh Spencer Bariton School of Fashioning and Modeling New York Miss Spencer Vaughn Spencer Lebanon Edward Lozier Carol Elizabeth Brownsville J. W. Lozier Jefferson Ave Isaac Thornton Loys Gree Akron Georgia Martin Fifth St Lucy Cash Buffalo Laura Davis Elmwood

Kanauga Visitors and Vacationers Share Time Across States

Mr and Mrs Les lie Deem and their Florida family, formerly of Kanauga, toured with friends and relatives including a stay with Mrs Deems father W H Sowards in Kanauga. Jackie Sue Wamsley visited her grandmother at Point Pleasant while other locals hosted guests from Ohio and beyond during recent weeks.

Kanauga Leslie Deem Florida James Stineback Toledo Charleston Clennie Lanham Roy Wartenberg Columbus Cora Black Kenneth Black Karen Huntington Byron Ward Kentucky

Black and Parker Win Marriage License in Gallipolis

Dan C. Black aged 23 and Gladys R. Parker aged 21 both of Gallipolis obtained a marriage license. The record lists their names and ages as the couple commences marriage formalities in the city.

Dan, C. Black Gallipolis Gladys R. Parker

Perry County Court Notes Highlight Local Estates and Cases

Perry County court entries list executors for John Churry Sr and others, with estate values including ten thousand dollars in personal property and five thousand in real estate. Guardianship, accounts, appraisers, and realty transfers are noted, plus several marriage licenses and guardian sales petitions. Local arrests and fines are mentioned along with several divorce and alimony actions and a charity-behavioral case in Thornville.

New Lexington Julius Churry John Churry Jr William Churry John Churry Arthur A. Page R. R. Page Zema Page Benton Eppley Dorsey Mohler W. A. Hite Guardian Harry Sharp Vincent J. Neah

Legion Meets at Point Pleasant Busy Legion Meeting

The American Legion held its regular meeting in Point Pleasant with a post business session followed by a surprise birthday dinner for Mrs. Margaret Kelley. Attendees included Gene Crow Leland Duncan Buck Fruth Paul Lucas Vernon DeWeese Rev. Co G Billups Reba Caldwell Doris McMillin and Mrs. Kelley.

Point Pleasant American Legion Legion Margaret Kelley Gene Crow Leland Duncan Buck Fruth Paul Lucas Vernon DeWeese Co. G. Billups Reba Caldwell Doris McMillin Keley

Pe terry and group trip and local social notes in Athens area

The article lists Pearl Webb Zaleski joining a bus trip to Cohey Island with Athens carriers and covers a Wiener roast at Lake Hope attended by local residents. It also records deaths, church society meetings, and visits among residents including McKibben family and multiple regional travelers and guests.

Zaleski Pearl Webb Athens Cohey Island Margaret Leach Rose Marie Christian Joan Lenigar Nellie Grant Wellston Clara O'Leary Lake Hope Charles E. Vansky Charleston W. Va Everett McKibben Richard O’leary Sarah Vanderford R.N Columbus Joseph McKibben Flomaton Ala Pleasant Valley Lewis McKibben Parker McKibben Vinton Marion Flomaton Baptist Church Society of St. Sylvester's Jctary Max Rathburn Richard O'Leary John Bedinghaus Mary Serenenae Gary Clark Genevieve Kelley Rose Cottrill McArthur William Goodin Celia Clara Cavanaugh Nelle O'Leary Celia Cochran William Tripp Arthur Ward Arcadia Ernest Tripp Tripp R. Springer Zelma Carpenter Toledo James McKibben

Chemical Weed Control for Corn at Agronomy Field Day

More than 300 visitors toured the Ohio Valley Experiment Station Farm displays on Route 62, seeing chemical weed control tests for corn and alfalfa fertilizer trials, hybrid corn varieties, fertilizer placement, and corn planting rates. WVU agronomists explained six inch high post emergence 2 4 D results, eight chemicals tested, tobacco varieties and diseases, and soybean and corn rotation studies at Lakin and Wardensville plots.

Point Pleasant Ohio Valley Experiment Station West Virginia D. R. Browning Dean H. R. Varney Omist Collins Veatch WVU Wardensville O. J. Burger Wvii Sam Little Lakin Gordon Pohlman Wabash Lincoln Mingo Viking Pohlman Charles Campbell State Department of Agriculture Kentucky

Three Men Leave Area For Induction

Three men left Point Pleasant at 11 05 a m by bus for Charleston to be inducted into the armed forces. The men named are Billy Woodrow Robbins James Irvin McCoy and Kenneth Gerald Kearns. Mrs Alma F Bailey selective service clerk announced that college student files must be completed by Aug 20 and that registrants must have applications signed by the dean or registrar to prove admission and status.

Point Pleasant Charleston Billy Woodrow Robbins James Irvin McCoy Hogsett Kenneth Gerald Kearns Letart Alma F. Bailey

Fishermen Return Home From Canada Trip

Acting assistant school superintendent Garrett Green returned Sunday with a tub of fish after a ten day Canadian fishing trip with twelve men. The largest catch was a 32 inch eight pound pike. One Kamper Sarrett car was slightly damaged on the way home. This was Green’s first Canada trip as he departed Monday for the annual school superintendent meeting at Jackson’s Mill. The group included Dr. M J Lilly and others from Upland, Huntington, Milton, Corning, and Gallis.

Point Pleasant Garrett Green Upper Quebec Canada Kamper Sarrett Corning N. Y Green Jackson's Mill M. J. Lilly Upland D. H. Wallace James Sarrett Huntington Russell Sarrett Gallilis Arden Mitchell Milton Er. P. A. Mitchell David Sarrett Charles Meadows

Baudouin I Proclaimed King of the Belgians

Twenty year old Baudouin I was formally proclaimed king of the Belgians as Leopold III abdicated after a 17 year reign. Leopold argued his surrender to Germany in 1940 came after the army fought valiantly under extreme pressure amid accusations of pro German leanings and criticism of his marriage to Mary Liliane Baels.

Brussels Belgium Baudouin I Leopold III Leopold Mary-Liliane Baels

Point Clinic Notes Admits Mrs Jones After Surgery

Mrs Delta Mae Jones was admitted for surgery at Point Clinic. Mrs Frederick Casto from Liberty was discharged with her infant son after care.

Delta Mae Jones Frederick Casto Liberty

Round of Visits and Travels Across Ohio and Nearby States

Mr and Mrs Orland Cutler spent a day with their daughter in Columbus. Lloyd Remely returned home from a short vacation to Niagara Falls and Cleveland. Robert McAtee and son of Smithfield NC vacationing with Pearl McAfee and family and Lyle Basim and son Gene with Gerald Root family from Zanesville visited Cincinnati. Richard Wells and children of Circleville visited Ivan Blauser family. Garnet Barrett of Columbus spent days with Ray Goddard. Dean McAtee and Vienna West Virginia visited Pearl McAtee household. Mrs Lyle Basim.

Cincinnati Richard Wells Circleville Ivan Blauser Garnet Barrett Columbus Ray Goddard Dean McAtee Vienna W.va Pearl McAtee Lyle Basim

Two Fined By Magistrate in Point Pleasant

Two men were fined by Justice S. A. Simmons on Tuesday with one case dismissed. Glenn Arthur Jones paid $25 plus costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving while Hershel Ferguson of Huntington admitted intoxication and was fined $5 and costs. Dorthey Ann Kent dropped a non-support charge against her husband Roland Lee Kent after a squire ordered $50 monthly support and placed him under a $500 bond. the case was dismissed.

Point Pleasant Justice of the Peace S. A. Simmons Glenn Arthur Jones Hershel Ferguson Huntington Dorthey Ann Kent Roland Lee Kent

Man Arrested Near New Haven on Escape Warrant

Deputy T L Morrison and State Police arrested a man near New Haven on a warrant charging escape from Huntington State Hospital. Authorities prepared for his return.

Point Pleasant T. L. Morrison New Haven Huntington State Hospital

Shawnee Circle 5 to Host All Day Meeting and Potluck

Circle 5 will hold an all day meeting in the Methodist Church parlors on Thursday, July 19, with a noon potluck. Breatha Porter leads, Mrs Althea Heidelbaugh directs the program. Several locals visited Logan on Sunday, and others spent weekends with relatives in Elyria and Glouster. The Reverend Hughes returns to the pulpit after two weeks away, having joined Red Ryder in a parade. Miss Ethel Wilcox visits Dayton.

Shawnee Circle 5 Breatha Porter Althea Heidelbaugh Nelle Morgan Oliver Peyton Edward Hopkins Margaret Logan Harry Roberts Wayne Simpson Kenneth Simpson Elyria Tom Gibbon Glouster Fannie McDivitt J. N. Neer Lumbus Laddie Spencer Mayme MacIntyre Rosafarm Jake Fitch Mount St. Mary Hospital Harry Baker Walter Fiouri Hughes Methodist Church Colorado Wisconsin Red Ryder Ryder Ethel Wilcox Dayton

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