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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1947
Page
5
State papers list Mason County Fair at Point Pleasant for September 1921 but indicate the event is tentative. No definite location or date is set. Secretary J Marion Foglesong says plans are not abandoned and Harmon Field exhibit plans were dropped after board objections.
Mrs Hawk and Mrs Sands hosted a daytime social for bride Mrs Russell Bush Mary Katherine Daum on Saturday July 26 at 11 Elmwood Place. About forty guests attended from 3 to 5 PM with Mrs Clark Cleveland Mrs George Starcher and Miss Anne Mumma assisting in the dining room.
About 42 relatives attended the Harvey family gathering at the James Dorr residence near Athens. Officers elected for 1947 include Frank L. Harvey president and Marion Boggs secretary. Floyd Nye outgoing president. The 1948 reunion is set for the last Sunday in July at the Dorr home. Ice cream was served after the noon picnic.
A long list of individuals and families connected by the Dorr surname appears, including Richard and Carol Dorr of Guthrie Center Iowa, Helen Brown and daughters Ruth and Doris, Columbus residents the Gieseckes, and numerous relatives and spouses from Utica Crooksville and nearby areas.
Mrs Francis Wyckoff hosted a handkerchief shower Saturday night at her Cornell Apartments home honoring Miss Phyl Carter of Colchester England visiting Athens friends. More than forty guests called to meet Miss Carter and a buffet supper was served late in the evening.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Eagles met at Eagles Hall Thursday at 8 p.m. to mark their 20th anniversary. Oldest charter member Mrs. Bessie Cooley received an award. Charter members Clara Edmundson Elsie Cook Edith Cooley and Ora Haning attended. The evening featured music speeches and refreshments after a brief business session.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Mace of 442 Richland Ave. marked their 60th wedding anniversary with a family reunion and reception at the home of their daughter Mrs. G. C. Herron in New Marshfield. Relatives from Athens The Plains Palatine Ill and Cincinnati attended and extended gifts and cards.
Mr and Mrs R Dwight Dyar of Lowell announce the engagement of their daughter Genevieve to H Duane Brum of Marietta. Genevieve, educated at Lowell High School and Ohio University class of 1944, teaches in Little Rock and Hilliards schools. Duane Brum, Marietta High School and Ohio State alum, served in Europe and now teaches vocational agriculture at Frankfort. The wedding is set for August 10.
Mrs. Lewis McBride and son Leland return to 19 Curran Drive after a 6000 mile Western States automobile tour. They visited the Pacific Ocean in California Meramec Caverns Ozark Mountains Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore and the Grand Canyon Painted Desert. They passed through Navajo country and saw Indio Long Beach and Los Angeles then toured Lake Mead Hoover Dam Great Salt Lake Mormon Temple and Salt Lake City museum. They also visited Boys Town in Nebraska.
Mr and Mrs W O Kisor and sons William LaVern and Owen conclude a cross section of the west with visits to Gas City Indiana relatives and Prescott Arizona kin. They toured Indiana Illinois Iowa Nebraska and Wyoming then Utah Arizona New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Indiana in a journey featuring frontier sights and scenic landmarks.
Mrs. Robert G. Brown and daughter Barbara of Brownsville Texas leave tomorrow after visiting Mrs. Evan Jones at Park Place. Numerous relatives and friends from Baltimore Fairmont Cincinnati Worthington Columbus Hartwell Cadiz Ashland and other places stayed with local families over the weekend before returning home.
Friends and relatives gathered at Seel Cabin near Albany for a picnic honoring Mrs. P. B. Seel Sr on her birthday dated Sunday July 13. Attendees included Lois Radu Cleveland Willard Seel Sidney Vern Kempton Robert Kaylor Willard Walton Maude Marks Cecia Clark Wendell Seel Archie Mansfield T W Gaston and Helen Seel Cincinnati.
Mrs Frank Sands longtime charter member returns Saturday from Pontiac Michigan after three weeks with daughter and son in law John H Karr and daughters Constance and Margaret Jane. Mr Karr works at the Business Institute in Pontiac. Guests included Mr and Mrs Glenroy Ewing of Pomeroy.
Hollywood star Eddie Robinson discusses living beyond means to gain success, recalling a life of luxury from his early days, art collection, Beverly Hills home, and pricey cigars. He notes occasional nerves after 18 years in film and memories of a ten dollar coat that sparked his taste for quality. The piece also mentions a Presbyterian Women’s meeting and a GAR memorial luncheon in Ohio.
Announcement of the marriage of Nora Kelley of Athens Route Three to Lewis E. Everett of Athens Route Three on Wednesday July 16 at Pomeroy. Attendants were Wilbur L. Everett and wife. The bride wore a navy blue sheer street length dress with white accessories. She attends Coolville High School and works at The F. W. Woolworth Company in Athens. The groom is a 1946 Ames-Bern High School graduate and farms with his father.
Miss Marcella Marie Peck and Mr. Angus Gillis Jr. announce their engagement in Charleston. The Aug. 30 wedding is to be at Christ Church Methodist with Dr Joseph Clare Hoffman officiating. Bridesmaids include Maxine Fisher and Mrs W A Cole. best man is Sidney Gillis. The couple will reside in Raleigh after the ceremony.
Charles LaRue of 102 Pleasant Street is assisting at the West Virginia Ordnance Works while awaiting a new assignment from Fos ter-Wheeler Boiler Co of Carvette New Jersey. He aided dismantling lines for Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co of Charleston and recently helped install boilers in New Orleans. He expects to work at the Philip Sporn power plant at Graham Station when boilers are installed late in 1948.
Orpha Orr of Ontario will speak at the Mason County Old er Rural Youth gathering at the 4-H Camp near South Side on July 29 at 8 p m. C C Anderson and county agent W C Roberts are on the program and refreshments will be served.
Progress continues on a new six room single floor brick veneer home for Mr. and Mrs. Lee Johnson of Windsor Court. J. M. Fogelsong, local carpenter, serves as superintendent on the project.
Mrs E E Heiner of 1006 Main Street entertained guests Sunday Mr L J Heiner from Rutland and Mr and Mrs E J Somerville from Jackson Avenue during dinner in Point Pleasant.
Harry Simmons of Madison was arraigned on non support by his wife Dorothy Simmons. On her motion the case was dismissed and the couple returned home to Madison.
Councilman and Mrs. Claude Cheesebrew depart for Steubenville to visit his brother Clarence Cheesebrew. The councilman is on vacation from his role as carpentry supervisor at the local shipyard.
Point Pleasant L D Seard manager of Point Pleasant Products Co. reports rising output from Camp Conley workers. A car load of finished work was shipped last week as thirteen workmen currently produce sewing machine covers and display stands for a national pump manufacturer.
In New Haven at the State Road Commission Park crowds gathered for Sunday picnics. The Dyer family marked birthdays for father Harry L. Dyer, daughter Mrs. Harry Layne, and grandson James 15 all on July 27 with a family dinner in the park.
Victor W. Turner and J. W. Coleman purchased the roller skating rink at Second and Viand from F. Leslie Heck and the adjacent land from Mrs. E. E. Heiner. They intend a used car and parts business and junk dealing on about four acres from Viand Street to Crooked Creek between Second and Third Streets. The rink site has hosted carnivals and road shows and was built by Heck about four years ago.
Mr and Mrs Earl H Arnett and Mrs Emma Burnside departed Point Pleasant for a New England tour visiting Portland Boston and Hartford. They expect to return in about two weeks.
Nine arrests were reported over the weekend in Point Pleasant. City patrolmen Kayser and workmen arrested Caudill and Yeager on intoxication charges, while Sheriff Hesson detained Workman and Walker pair from Kentucky and Virginia. Additional arrests included Moore Harris and Wilson for intoxication as local residents noted loitering along Crooked Creek.
War Assets Administration representative Frank Ridout of the West Virginia Ordnance Works travels to Richmond to handle business at the regional office. He will return early next week, with Mrs. Ridout joining him for August at the Johnson Apartment.
John Mc Neill H C White J Milton Lewis Sr Ray and Kenneth Roush retired Sunday after a ten day trip to Cheyenne Wyoming for the annual rodeo. They spent six days on the road and four days at the show. Lewis brought a Wyoming Tribune 128 page copy featuring the rodeo to the Messenger correspondent.
The T. B. Roush farm well at New Haven was shot in the Berea sand and tested out as a six barrel oil well with 65000 cubic feet of gas daily. The New Haven Gas Co. owns 600 to 700 acres of leases in the area between town and the Philip Sporn power plant at Gra ham Station. Officials expect a good field may develop as Ohio oil men pursue leases in the vicinity after the recent drilling.
A home fat loss plan promises rapid results with Rennel Concentrate and grape juice in a pint bottle taken as two tablespoons twice daily. It claims painless weight loss across neck, chin, arms, abdomen, hips, and legs with money-back guarantee and no starvation.
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