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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1948
Page
6
Pomeroy high school band members meet at the senior high Thursday July 29 at 11 a m before leaving for the Farm Bureau Grange picnic where the band will perform. Transportation will be provided.
Somerville a Point Pleasant salesman for Roush's Motor Sales Co. admitted he built the modern two–street-fronting business building on Jackson and Jefferson Aves between 21st and 22nd Streets. The 15,200 square foot first floor houses three showrooms and two Jackson Ave rooms leased to Moore & Barton who will handle plumbing and heating supplies.
Vir. Smith, 56, died Monday at Holzer Hospital after a stroke. He was a night baggage man at Union Station for years. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Chapman Funeral Home with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. He was born in Point Pleasant in 1892 and survived by his wife Emma and a brother Wallace. He was an active dog breeder and real estate investor.
More than 150 farmers and families gather at Point Pleasant Junior High for the Southern States Annual Membership Meeting. A. Ray Roush and Rolfe Lee elected to the Board of Directors. Net savings for the year about 4750 dollars and the district reports show over 100 million dollars in patron services for the first 11 months of 1947 48.
A large hay barn burned on the Sandy Lewis farm at Gallipolis Ferry Tuesday morning. Volunteers tore down a shed to connect the fire and save a second barn. Chief Vernon Miller Bill Huddleston and Kenneth Keener led the fire department effort. A two-pump farm water system with an overhead tank helped keep booster water flowing.
Donald Getty was re-elected commander and Dolph Hill vice commander at Mason County Post American Legion meeting. Officials elected included Maurice A Mayes second vice commander Charles J Hyer adjutant James M Crump historian Rev C G Billups service officer and others.
Charles R. Perry of Carolina Lumber and Supply Co plans two new homes on a lot bought from Mr. and Mrs. Ray Greenler in Point Pleasant. One six room one story on Jefferson Blvd and one six room two story on Mt. Vernon Ave. Frame construction with basements. Jesse Eads and Buddy Cheesebrew laying cinder block walls. Perry, formerly of Williamson, will supervise the project in a premier residential area.
County Health Nurse Dorothy Watkins urges immunization of all children entering school for the first time. A 1937 law requires diphtheria and smallpox protection before or during the first month. Parents should obtain immunization certificates now. vaccines available at the health department Thursdays 1 to 3 pm and Saturdays 9 am to noon.
Five men from Point Pleasant Harry Simpkins William Martin Richard Myers Walter Meadows and Marvin Wamsley enlisted for military service at the local state employment office Tuesday. They were taken to Huntington the same day for examination and induction.
Deputy Sheriff Toral Morrison left this morning for Pruntytown to deliver Garland Lee Oldaker of Gallipolis Ferry to the boys industrial school.
Middleport social week features Staff and Officers Club meeting at Mrs. C F Hawkins home with prizes to Mrs C P Gallagher Mrs R B Laughead Mrs Lillian Stieff Mrs James Stevens Miss Mabel Aiken and guests. Many visitors from Gallipolis Dayton and Buckeye Lake extend to weddings and family visits across town and beyond.
The Variety Guild met at Mrs. Charldene Hanning’s home where her twin sons provided the entertainment. Plans to raise funds for the club were discussed. Refreshments and a social hour closed the evening.
Mrs George Johnson of S Third Ave hosted a Sunday dinner party for her husband’s birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs H O Shenefield and Mr and Mrs N E Nelson of Dexter.
Mr and Mrs Harold Chase and their daughters Dorothy Frances and Ruth along with Gerald Anthony and Harold Rice joined Mr and Mrs David Sailes at Lancaster on Sunday for a lake outing at Buckeye Lake.
Lindsley Lyon II is healing from a tonsillectomy at a Parkersburg hospital on Thursday. July 18 marked his fifth birthday and a party was planned at grandmother Mrs. Stanley Swan’s Long Bottom home. Family guests included his parents Lindsey Lyon Jr and spouse, sister Lyndall, and relatives Mr. Oscar Babcock of Long Bottom and Mr. Kenneth Biram of Parkersburg, among others.
John Mayer and family from Columbus visited with Mrs Mayer Chauncey Werner and others. Maurice Thompson and Hazel Lyons also of Columbus returned home after visiting Hart and Hazel Lyons. Robert McElhinny and family, on vacation from R V Ebersbach Motor Co, will spend time in Huntington and Columbus. Mrs Edison Wessa of Columbus guests of sisters Everett Bachner and Mary Schaaf. Mrs Leo Russell ill at home on Lincoln Street for two weeks. William Robson, newly employed at First National Bank, went west for health reasons.
Mrs. Ethel Diehl of Mt. Vernon Farms charged Denver Bates of Henderson with threatening to shoot her before a local magistrate. Bates requested a continuance to 10 am Thursday. He was arrested Monday night on an assault and battery warrant and was beaten by fellow prisoners in the county jail.
Lt. Commander and Mrs. E. E. Sleet of Jericho Road host Mrs. Sleet’s brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs Bert McNeil and son Robert of Alameda California. They traveled via Dallas Texas en route here. Commander Sleet commands the U S Naval Storehouse here.
Sheriff Ernest Hesson and his wife spent Tuesday in Columbus handling official duties and attending to county business.
The Junior Senior PTA announces a high school dance at 8 p m today in the senior high school for all high school teens.
Meigs County War Veterans Service reports veterans seeking reinstatement of National Service Life Insurance without a physical exam must act before week’s end. Beginning August 1 reinstatements require a medical examination.
Mr and Mrs John Thomas Peek announce the birth of their son John Thomas Peek Jr on June 23 in Kansas City Kan He is their second child following a daughter Vickie Lance Grandparents are Mrs Lela Flint of Pomeroy and Mr and Mrs Thomas Peek of Gore Texas
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