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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1963
Page
8
Zelda Knapp reports Mason County schools improved in the 1962 testing program. Elementary grades through four meet or exceed the national norm in reading spelling and arithmetic though grades five six lag behind. Overall the county shows a plus 0.07 deviation for elementary grades despite influenza bad weather floods and other disruptions.
The Point Pleasant High School Band returns Saturday at 9 p m with a police escort after a Good Will Centennial Tour of the southern states and West Virginia. They performed in Buckhannon and Elkins area and opened the Strawberry Festival. Band director James Andrews notes the group received keys to the cities and presented gifts to mayors along the 10 day tour.
The New Haven group met at the Alex Quillen Memorial Building choosing Linda Lathey to Camp Caesar for home economics excellence. They will sponsor stands at Dr Bryant Day and Mason July 4th events, with organizers named for August progressive dinner and library tribute plans.
Mr and Mrs Patrick Johnson of Middleport formerly of Mason announce the birth of a son Robert Eugene on May 23 at Meigs Memorial Hospital Grandparents are Mrs Marjorie Ball Margate Florida and Mr and Mrs H E Johnson Clifton W Va Also mentioned are relatives visiting Mason and Lawrenceburg Indiana including Mr and Mrs L E Piersall and Miss Sally Yeager
Letart PTA completes plans for a Saturday festival and country bazaar at the school. Homemade pie ice cream soup sandwiches and other refreshments will be served starting at 5 p.m. Aprons pin cushions and clothespin bags will be sold.
Chesterhill Mr and Mrs Charles Kennard Mansfield visited for the funeral of Alva Newton. They called on aunt Mrs Hettie Woodward. Lucile Lochary returned from a visit to Columbus Zanesville and Todds. Ruth Henry dismissed from Bethesda Hospital to Todds with sister Bessie Bundy. Harley Calendine Parkersburg Ronald Starling and two children Virgil Starling Mari etta visited. Twyla Starling returned to Columbus after vacation with the Starling family.
Seven Mason County 4H adult leaders attended a state volunteer leaders conference at Jackson's Mill this week. The theme Building Fires addressed school dropouts and the 4H Club program as a possible solution. Speakers included Dr Delmas F Miller West Virginia University Dr B L Coffindaffer and Dr Ernest J Nesius.
Nellie Athey and SelvaSpencer with Eric Pa visited Clarence Grover. Poe Bradbury family and Tom Bradbury visit Garfield Searls who celebrated his 83rd birthday June 3. Numerous relatives from Atlanta Pt Pleasant Columbus Crooksville Portland and Logan linked to area families. Garfield Searls also visited Clarence Searls and Terry Searls.
Mason County records list transfers of real estate in Cooper Hannan Lewis Graham Waggener Clendenin and other districts to various individuals including the Holleys Edmonds Huffman Kincaid Ben nett Mulford Varian Austin Stevenson Rollins Brinker Embleton and Rol lins. Marriage licenses issued to couples from Carbondale Gallipolis Ferry West Springfield Point Pleasant New Haven and Huntington with ages in the mid twenties.
Pleasant Valley Hospital administrator Carl E. Cline announces accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals following an evaluation conducted May 16 by Harland I. Metz MD. The commission commended the hospital for maintaining standards and ongoing quality improvements.
Ralph Sayre, principal of Wahama Junior High and former coach, named assistant superintendent of Mason County schools at a salary of 8800 for two years pending acceptance. Clifton School issues discussed include deteriorating 1871 bricks and water damage. plan to move Clifton pupils to West Columbia for 1963 64. West Columbia will house Clifton students. Richard Wilkes hired as Wahama math teacher. bids for Hartford school and new junior high admin wing reviewed. gas and oil contract for buses awarded to Standard Oil.
Lynn Cruickshanks a Point Pleasant High School sophomore will spend July 14 to 20 at Cedar Lakes Ripley as a delegate to Our American Heritage Week sponsored by the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR. She is active as a cheerleader chorus organist and church director. Mrs S J Maynard directs the week for the West Virginia DAR.
Hospital records list multiple discharges from Pleasant Valley Hospital. Names include Mrs Charles Burrows and Roy Keefer Jr both of Point Pleasant, Mrs Roscoe Greenlee of Point Pleasant, Mrs Charles Thomas of Leon and daughter, Mrs Albert Parsons of Leon, and Mrs Leland Vanmeter of West Columbia with daughter.
WSCS of the Methodist Church met in the American Legion auxiliary hall in Wilkesville. Guests included Mrs. Hoke Robinson and Mrs. White. Prayers and devotions were offered by several members, with music by a local trio and solos by Ruth Wells and Hazel Harmon.
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