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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1969
Page
24
A list of individuals connected to Holzer Medical Center is shown, followed by a Monday picnic notice from Pomeroy. The WSCS at Hexh United Methodist Church will hold its annual June picnic Monday at 6 p.m. in the church basement dining room, asking attendees to bring a covered dish and table service.
Ellis Conley of Point Pleasant High School has won a 34500 four year Con ference Menor Scholarship from West Virginia Westeyan College. The Huntington district recipient plans to study business administration with a minor in education and is active in the Methodist church and Eagle Scouts.
Delaware Senator Andy Foltz complained the Senate tape recording system failed to retrieve last year's sessions. He argued delays hinder accountability, asserting the tape ran out during his critique before being interrupted by Senate President Pro Tempore Reynolds Du Pont.
A lightning storm hit near Mt Asto and Route 7 in Point Pleasant at about 7 p.m. An unoccupied house under construction burned, a second nearby home was saved, and damage totaled about 2000 dollars. Fire departments from Cotageville and Ripley assisted. New Haven crews helped with water shortages. A barn stored hay was also involved.
Hugh Leach, 26 of Point Pleasant, injured when his car left Sand Hollow Road and struck a utility pole after driving off the highway. He was treated at Pleasant Valley Hospital for facial injuries and a forehead cut. Sheriff’s Department arrested him for driving while intoxicated.
Meigs County Chapter of American Red Cross selects John Werner as emergency coordinator for Meigs County. Appointee may assign others and attends weekly project meetings. Bloodmobile visits June 23 at Pomeroy Elementary School from 1 to 2 p.m. Healers serve refreshments with Mrs Beles Quivey. next special session set for Thursday at 8:15 p.m. at the hospital cafeteria.
Mrs Leah Martha hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Vincent Anderson and son Ronnie from Slippery Rock Pennsylvania and others from Columbus Dayton Millfield Trumble and Owensville The entries list visitors to various towns and homes in a regional social roundup with multiple families named and places noted.
Fred Kabeen nine son of Mr and Mrs George Kabeen of Dayton was bitten by an unknown dog on Friday at Pleasant Point Rez. He was taken to Pleasant Valley for treatment.
Three Point Pleasant High School juniors are chosen to attend Boys and Girls State in Jackson next month. Sally Hyer 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs C J Hyer of Jeeroo Ad is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary unit 23 and is active in Keyette Club Pep Club Girls Athletic Club and National Honor Society. Roger Roush 18 son of Mr and Mrs Dennis Roush of Ripley Rd is sponsored by American Legion Post 23 and participates in Key Club Varsity Club football Thespian activities and Junior Class Play. Sally attends Girls State the week of June and Roush attends Boys State the week of June 2.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co and Local 4 union negotiators reached a pact regulating pickets and plant access at the strike bound plant. The accord permits a sheller on company property and was finalized in Circuit Court Judge James Lee Thompson’s chambers.
Jot Will a Pomeroy businessman joined the Middleport Pomeroy Rotary Club during the Friday meeting at Heath United Methodist Church in Middleport. President Wilbur Theobald introduced two visiting Rotarians from Gallipolis Frank Weatherbolt and Ford. Jackinson’s birthday was noted at dinner. Ladies Night is planned for Friday at Oscar's in Gallipolis with members and their wives at 6 20 p.m. The group donated 30 to the Meigs County Retarded Children's School projects.
Mrs Emerson Jones returned from Morristown New Jersey where she visited her daughter and family Mr and Mrs Lee Davidson and children Anne Elizabeth and John Andrew. Beverly Perria of Pontiac Michigan visited with his parents Mr and Mrs John Harrison and family. TSgt and Mrs James Bechtle moved to Lockbourne Air Force Base in Columbus. Mrs Bechtle and children stayed with Mr and Mrs Jack Bechtle during Sgt Bechtle’s assignment. Miss Sarah Bechtle and Miss Marty Nicholson returned from a week at Daytona Beach Florida.
Health Nurses from Mason county logged 207 visits in May including 41 TB cases and 103 child and adult health encounters. They held 31 school visits and numerous conferences with teachers, parents, and nurses. Immunizations, dental screenings, eye referrals, radiography, and tuberculin tests complemented the program.
Gallipolis fire crews responded to a vehicle fire at 6 19 p m on Friday on Second Street. Mrs. Robert Waugh of Gallipolis Route 1 drove the car which suffered 30 damage to the front end. Ten firefighters and one truck handled the call and returned by 7 p m.
Births list two newborns for Mr and Mrs Robert McDonald of Point Pleasant and Mr and Mrs Jot Crawford of Point Pleasant. Admissions include Mrs Meganisar Point Pleasant Edward Powell Ashton Mrs Charles Hang and daughter Mrs Harley Marcum and son.
The 1969 Soil Conservation Service annual report highlights a revegetation effort by the Pantasote Co four miles north of Point Pleasant on Route 6. Loraine Rogers leads a mule team in seeding operations while SCS plans a year round forage program with C Wesly Meadows at Chandler's Fudge. Meadows reports bales of hay from a 5½ acre ridge field, weighing about 50 pounds each, yielding near 5 tons per acre on first cutting. The SCS aided Robert Lanz of Apple Grove with pasture planning and water access. SCS members attended Point Pleasant High School Awards Day where top biology students James McCasland and Lora Nash received recognition. A conservation program was shown to the Happy-Go-Lucky 4-H Club with color slides of activity in Mason and nearby counties.
Mrs Ware Phelps, a 50 year member of the Marpelite Rebekah Lodge, was honored Thursday by ten Past Noble Grands at the home of Mrs Sophia Vegso. She received three veteran jewels and a rose corsage. Readings accompanied the presentation. Hostess Mrs Vegso served refreshments to members and guests Faye Nott, Bernice Lowery and Blanche Boner.
John Woyan, 57, of South Side, was shot in the arm during a family fight at home Friday night. His wife, Mrs. Woyan, said she wrestled a pistol away, retrieved a .22 rifle, and fired when he advanced toward her after he threatened her life. He received treatment at Pleasant Valley Hospital and was released. No charges were filed.
Two nine year old boys were injured in separate bicycle accidents. David Stewart of Middleport Route 1 suffered a head injury when he wrecked at Wayat!'s Store Middleport. Floyd L Satwart son of Mrs Evelyn Ro Stewart Mason fractured left arm on Main Highway en route to school. Both patients at Holzer Medical Center.
MEIDDLEPORT The Return Jonathan Meigs Chapter DAR will hold a Flag Day picnic Friday at the home of Mrs Dwight Milhoan. It will begin 430 PM on Sunset supper. New officers will be installed during the event and the Credle of Laberty Chapter DAR will leave the program. Hostesses are Mrs Dayton Parsons and Mrs James Brewington.
The Taylor Ridge Ladies Ad Society marked its 36th anniversary with dinner at Rotel Gordon hosted by Helen Stephenson using yellow dahlias and tall yellow tapers. The group noted founder Mrs Cora Davis of Taylor Fudge, organized the society June 1 1933, with Bertha Heffken as first president and Selah Welling as first devotional leader. A charter member gift to Mrs Heffken and a gift to Mrs Vernice Smith for her hospitalized mother were presented as members reminisced.
Meigs County Sheriff Robert Hartenbach reported two auto accidents. The first occurred Friday at 1:15 am in Racine when a truck driven by David Heigne, 20, Millfield, collided with a car driven by Robert Ashley, Racine, causing minor damage and no citations. A hit-and-run accident followed Saturday at 4:24 am on Route 124 in Witland as an unidentified car struck and demolished a parked car owned by Kenneth Haley, which was unoccupied.
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