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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1966

Page

8

Two Held To Grand Jury For Kidnapping And Assault

Two Mason County men were arraigned and held to the grand jury on kidnapping and felonious assault charges. Russell Franklin Leach 20 of Point Pleasant and John Delano McCarty 20 of West Columbia Ohio were remanded to Mason County Jail. Attorneys were appointed and a Circuit Court appearance was set for Friday before Judge James Thompson. They were captured in Pomeroy and turned over to West Virginia authorities.

Point Pleasant Mason County Justice of the Peace Kincaid Russell Franklin Rusty) Leach Lewis St John Delano McCarty West Columbia Lorain Ohio Cecil Dean Leach Don James Thompson Pomeroy West Virginia

Police arrest motorist after two car mishap

Point Pleasant police charged Luther Holbrook 25 of 825 30th St with failure to control after his car rear ended Preston Love 19 on Jackson Ave. A separate Route 33 crash injured none when Richard Newell 18 struck a guard rail after a tire blew out.

Point Pleasant Luther Holbrook 30Th St Preston E. Love Jackson Ave Route Richard Lee Newell Leon Route 3

Soupy Sales Stars Visit Point Pleasant Armory

Hollywood funnyman Soupy Sales leads a group including Beverly Adams and Judy The Chimp to promote Birds Do It at the National Guard Armory in Point Pleasant at 7 30 p m DST. The tour runs for 10 days.

Point Pleasant Soupy Columbia Pictures Beverly Adams Judy the Chimp Ivan Tors National Guard Armory

Millstone Road Fire Destroys Mobile Home

A 55-foot trailer on Millstone Road 15 miles south of Point Pleasant was destroyed by a blaze started by a short circuit in fan exhaust. Point Pleasant Fire Department arrived at 10:05 a.m. with booster trucks to find the fire out of control. Owned and occupied by the Charles E. Powell family, the damage was estimated at $5000.

Point Pleasant Charles E. Powell Millstone Rd

Mason County Land Transfers List notable deeds across districts

Jacqueline Allen Bradley sells Clendenin District property to George and Shirley Watterson for 1800 dollars. Other transfers include B F and Flora Board to William and Jessie Sayre for 6500 with multiple parcels. Mamie and John Cook to Sylvia Spears for 6500. Wilma and Mary Meadows to Donald and Shirley Meadows for 5510. Edwards, Loudermilt, and Stewart groups to Earl L Stewart for 2500. E Bartow Jones to Jack Burris for 1650. Donald Austin to James and Emma Caufman for 800. Homer Lowe to Maxine Lowe. Gus and Anna Douglass and Fannie Douglass conveyance to Union Carbide Corp for 79000 covering 220 acres. Anthony family to William and Myrldene Litchfield for 12025. Edna Ellias to Michael Ellias. John and Hazel Ewing to Sam and Sandra Nichols for 2750. Cottrill family transfers to Sam and Sandra Nichols for 6000. Clyde and Villa Gerlach to John E Gerlach.

Jacqueline Gregory Allen Bradley Clendenin George Shirley Watterson B. F. and Flora Board Waggener William and Jessie Sayre Mamie John Cook Sylvia Spears Wilma Mary Meadows Hannan Donald and Shirley Meadows Lillie Carl and Beatrice Maxine Lowe Gus R Anna Lee Douglass Fannie Douglass Union District Union Carbide Corporation New York Cork Corporation Charles and Charlotte Anthony Lewis Myrldene Litchfield Edna Frances Ellias New Haven Michael Ellias John and Hazel Ewing Robinson District Sam and Sandra Nichols Lena Shumate Cottrill D. Lee Cottrill Dorothy Bates Cottrill Sam Clyde and Villa Gerlach Cooper District John E. Gerlach

Births at Holzer Hospital Reported in Brief List

A list of newborns and parents from Gallipolis Ferry Racine Gallipolis Jackson Wellston and other towns including Michael Barr Sara Wooten Leta Goodwin Steven Jones and Teresa Grover among others is recorded with many names and associated towns. The item presents a routine birth notice roundup from Holzer Hospital.

Jerry R. Barr Gallipolis Bill Wooten Kate M. Kearns Jackson Clyde Dalton Rutland Larry Thompson Wellston Harry Norton Calloway Henderson Oswell Durham Harrisonville Lovie Watson Albany Leon Russell Kennedy Joseph Martin Middleport Cary H. Rayburn Point Pleasant Carl Hilgenberg Rock Camp William Qualls Elaine Daniels Steven Jones Teresa Ann Grover Cincinnati Okey Simpkins William Barron George Stanley Ashland Teddi Ann Wooten Emerson V. Well Pomeroy

Church Worker Named To Supervisory Post

Miss Ethel Louise Riddle of New Haven has been named director of childrens work at the United Church Center in Harrisburg. She will start Sept 1 and supervise teachers, advise on methods and materials, and support Christian education. She has led in Vacation Bible School and the women’s society and served as national secretary of the Youth Temperance Council.

New Haven Ethel Louise Riddle United Church Center Harrisburg J. Paul Burkhart Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association New Haven Evangelical United Brothers Church Women’s Society Vacation Bible Youth Temperance Council West Virginia Elementary School

Cars Hit In Point No Injuries Reported

A Columbus man and a Henderson woman were in a two car crash at 10 20 p m Monday at the Viand and Sixth Street intersection. William Charles Stohl 54 of Viand St collided with Mary Lee Berk ley 23 of 3 Maple St Henderson. Damages were $200. No injuries.

Columbus Henderson Viand Sixth Sts William Charles Stohl Viand St Mary Lee Berkley Maple St

Pleasant Valley Hospital Birth and Admissions

Birth records note Mr and Mrs Virgil Patterson Henderson welcome a daughter. Admissions include Doris Jean Wamsley Point Pleasant Faye Halstead Point Pleasant and Sue Byus Point Pleasant. Dismissals list Robert Lutton and Mrs Jack Bazino.

Virgil Patterson Henderson Doris Jean Wamsley Point Pleasant Faye Halstead Sue Byus Robert Lutton Jack Bazino

Movie Guide Tuesday Evening Lineup

The guide lists classic films with showtimes and stars including Off Limits with Bob Hope and Mickey Rooney at 9 pm, Romanoff and Juliet, See You in My Dreams, Alone Against Rome, and Fly by Night, followed by Wednesday daytime and evening selections with Christmas in July and Night Plane From Chunking among others.

Bob Hope Mickey Rooney Romanoff Duliet Peter Ustinoff Sandra Dee Doris Day Danny Thomas Rome Jeffery Leng Rossane Podesta Eterencene Ingrid Bergman Leslie Howard Nancy Kelley Richard Carlson Dick Powell Ellen Drew Powette Geoodard Sonny Tufts Getly Dr. Dekyll John Agar Gloria Talbott Farley Granger Cathy O'Neil Elifton Webb Jane Wyman Jeffery Lang Rossana Podesta Humphrey Bogart Edward G. Robinson Plone Robert Preston Ellen Drewry

WSWS Session Set Tonight At Heights Church

Members of the Women's Society of World Service meet at Heights EUB Church Tuesday at 8 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study follow Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. senior choir practice at 8 35 p.m. Heights Church EUB Men meet Thursday at 8 p.m.

Heights Point Pleasant Women’s Society of World Service EUB

Ohio University Summer Concert Band Live Broadcast

WOUB Radio schedules a 7.30 p.m. live broadcast of the Ohio University Summer Concert Band concert from Memorial Auditorium. The program features brass and wind ensemble pieces with conductor leaders guiding the performance.

Ohio University Memorial Auditorium

Three Men Charged With Assault by Mason County Deputies

Deputies from the Mason County Sheriff’s Department arrested three men on assault charges Sunday night. Paul E. McDaniel, 42, of Point Pleasant, and Robert Bates, 29, and A L Perry, 37, of 224 Park Drive Point Pleasant, are named in the warrant with Bates and Perry charged with malicious assault after McDaniel’s complaint.

Point Pleasant Mason County Bates Perry McDaniel

Two Girls Injured in Separate Elbow Injuries

Teresa Ann Grover ten-year-old of Cincinnati fell from a pony at Carroll Caldwell's farm and fractured her left elbow. Leta L. Goodwin sixteen-year-old of Pom eroy Route 1 dislocated her right elbow while pitching horseshoes at home. Both are patients at Holzer Hospital.

Gallipolis Teresa Ann Grover Cincinnati Charles L. Grover Carroll Caldwell Leta L. Goodwin Pomeroy Route 1 Homer Goodwin Holzer Hospital

Entrants Sought For Horseshoe Tournament

Mason County Classic Horse shoe Pitching Tournament runs August 10 to 13 at the Mason County Fair. Hank Ron ey chairs. Woodrow King assists. Regional qualifiers occur before the fair at Gallipolis City Park Harmon Park Point Pleasant New Haven Community Building and Middleport City Park. Entry fee is 1 dollar. entrants must be over 12 and each class requires at least five entries. Official shoes courts judges and prizes provided. scorers must attend elimination matches.

Point Pleasant Hank Roney Woodrow King Gallipolis City Park Harmon Park New Haven Community Building Middleport the Fair Association

Mason County Fair Queen Contest Details

The Mason County Fair Association through the Point Pleasant Mason County Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Mason County Fair Queen Contest. Applicants aged 16 to 22 as of July 1 must be Mason County residents and single. Deadline is August 1. winner attends the fair August 10 to 13 and represents Mason County at the West Virginia Fair Queen Festival.

Point Pleasant Mason County Chamber of Commerce Belva Mae Farley Chamber Mason County Mason County Fair Association West Virginia The Fair Association

Laurelville Local Notes and Personnel Moves

Miss Sharon DeLong attends orientation at Ohio State University and will study there in the fall. PFC John Karr leaves Fort Carson in Colorado for Oakland California with the Army after a 30 day leave with his parents. EUB Missionary meeting at the church led by Mrs. George Reid. Teachers Charles Dean and Dale Wilson resign to take posts at Fairfield School for Boys in Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. I J Kohler return from seven weeks at a cottage near Curtis Michigan. Mrs. Hazel McNeal visits relatives in Marietta and Chillicothe. Betty Ippolitto visits Mrs. McNeal in Columbus. Harley Moss and family guests of C F Bradney in Vinton County.

John Karr Dick Karr Oakland Calif Army Fort Carson Colo EUB George Reid Charles R. Dean Dale Wilson Laurelville High School Fairfield School Lancaster I. J. Kohler Curtis Mich Hazel McNeal Ray Kerns Marietta Pike David Carnes Chillicothe Betty Ippolitto Columbus McNeal Harley Moss Vinton County C. F. Bradney

TV Guide Shift In Eastern Time Areas

Ohio viewers will see West Virginia station programs one hour earlier than listed. Huntington Charleston and Parkersburg now operate on Eastern Daylight Saving Time and are listed accordingly while Ohio stations remain on Eastern Standard Time.

Ohio West Virginia Huntington Charleston Parkersburg

County group to elect officers at courthouse meeting

Mason County Action Group, Inc. board of directors will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the jury room of the court house to elect officers Edwin Ray Thomas 19 Point Pleasant Route 2 and Lydia Margaret Durst Leon Route 1 Floyd Ray Worth 22 Hartford and Brenda Ann Gibbs 19 Hartford

Point Pleasant Mason County Action Group, Inc Court House Edwin Ray Thomas Lydia Margaret Durst Leon Floyd Ray Worth Hartford Brenda Ann Gibbs

Television Schedule Guide for Regional Stations

TV listing summary showing programs across NBC ABC CBS stations including The Riflemen, Walter Cronkite, Have Gun Will Travel, The Virginian, Lost in Space, The Green Thumb, The Tonight Show and Merv Griffin. Includes station lineup notes, timing blocks, and channel affiliations for WSAZ WLWC WIVN WCHS WBNS WHTN WTAP WHIZ and WOUB in Ohio and West Virginia.

Guide TO Wsaz-Tv NBC Huntington WLWC Columbus Wivn TV ABC Wchs-Tv CBS Charleston Wbns-Tv Whtn TV Wtap TV Parkersburg Whiz TV Zanesville Woub-Tv Ohio University Athens

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Grand Jury Kingery Raymond Gerald Musgrave McCarty James Stewart Chard Attenborouh Peter Finch Hardy Kruger Ernest Borgnine Ian Awwrn Comaa Raaser Christian Marou Ouryea Soury Sales Telmark ORK Dave Clark Jeffrey Hunter Murieta Joseph £. Levine Steve M Queen Karl Malden Brian Keith Arthur Kennedy and Suzanne Pleshette Nevada Smith Pananisein Athens-Ohio Kid Rodelo samAjays Otarts Universal Picture Fred Gwynne Yvonne Decarlo-Allewis Butch Patrick Sigi i Oury Moon Tee Jonathan Daly Turtles HE Astronauts SULAY Armory Holzer Hospital News Jason Pearson Gallipolis Ferry Robert Hart Racine R. D. Martin Jean Cobb Howard Collins Lu Ann Davis Anna L. Plymale William McCraw Herbert Ope Elisha Vintoe Rosco Ward J. Hollis Wood Ges Miss Riddle Fairmont State College Clarksburg W. Va Pleasant Valley Hospital Movie Guide Woub Radio the Messenger COFC Laurelville Celesta Hoy Sharon DeLong Ohio State University Eugene Emerson Eub Parsonage Messenger Television Guide the Munsters Ritlemoon Huntley-Brinkley Cheyenne Teles of Wells Forge Walter Cronkite John Forsythe Batman Comber Daktart USA Pittsburgh Symphony Man and His Castle Kildore McHales Navy the Hippodrome George Melies Peyton Place Berticoet Furetias CBS Reports CBS News Kyle Hil Ken Murray Hollywood Merv Griffin Dolly Ware Wilkes Family Bezo Mullins Buddy Storcher Captain Kargoree Fur School Reasonal News Kavyn Shew Jock Lolanne Buddy Starche: Shew Captain Kargaree Mike Douglas Paul Dixon Captain Kangeree Luci Paul Dixo Captain Kangaree Lucia Toyshop Ben Casey the Nurses NBC News McCoys Andy OF Mayberry Dick van Dyke Denno Reece Noormdey News Scarlett Hill General Hospital the Doctors Euth Sgt. Preston Mike Dovalos Arlene Ochi Mike Dovoies Canfllet Flippe Soupy Seales Shirley Temple Farty Show Lowmen the Riflemen ABC News Runtiey Brinkiey Tales of Wells Forge Kildare Richera Dramord the Virginian Dick Vor John Gary Kyle Hill Patty Duke Jazz Cosvert Blue Light Beverly Hillbillies Intertel ABC Movie Greer Acres John Gery Eddie CO Atkins Wieh
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