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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1954

Page

2

Point Pleasant to host Tri County Talent Show on July 5

Point Pleasant announces a Tri County Talent Show for July 5 on the Courthouse lawn at 2:30 PM. First prize is 50 dollars, with 15 and 10 dollars for second and third, and winners may join the Moose Home floor show during intermission. Open to all ages and acts from Gallia and Meigs counties.

Point Pleasant Carroll Casto Tri-County Caston Chet Haddox Gallia Meigs Coun P.O W. Va The Messenger

Community Visits And Local Socials In Tuppers Plains

Mrs Charlies Spencer and daughter of Belpre visited Mrs Evelyn Brickles. The Keno Grange hosted C G Williams Grange at Keno. Mr and Mrs J S Davis and family were guests of Mr and Mrs Harvey Davis in Columbus. The Williams Grange program was presented by guests Mr and Mrs Frank Cole. The Koehler family attended the wedding of Trene Riggs and Dave Leonard in Columbus. Nadine Newland of Gallipolis spent the weekend at her home.

Tuppers Plains Charlies Spencer Belpre Evelyn Brickles J.S. Davis Harvey Davis Columbus Keno Grange C. G. Williams Grange Keno Williams Grange Frank Cole William Lee East Liverpool Linnie Bragg

Sixteen Sixteen Dalley Wood Returns Home from Hospital

Sixteen Dalley Wood, a patient at Veterans Hospital, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs Marion Hutchison visited family in Marion and Columbus. Mrs Irene Jackson spent an afternoon with Laura and Caddie Reed. Mr and Mrs Leo Davidson and Mr and Mrs Paul McElroy of Wolfpen visited the Wood family.

Dalley Wood Veterans Hospital Marion Hutchison Marion Columbus Irene Jackson Laura Caddie Reed Leo Davidson Paul McElroy Wolfpen Dailey Wood D. E. Wood

Coolville Visitors Report Local Travel and Clerical Moves

Justice of the Peace Tom F. Cecil and Mrs. Cecil with Elma Ladd visited John and Mary Humphrey in Albany. The Rev Harold M Hugus shifts from Coolville circuit to New Vienna and will attend Dayton seminary this fall after serving at Ohio University last year.

Coolville Tom F. Cecil Evang Jackson Florida Albert Davis Wellsville N. Y George Ford John Jacobs Charles Montana

4-H Leaders to Meet in Point Pleasant Saturday

The Mason County 4-H Leaders Association will meet Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Appalachian Electric Power Co. office on Main Street.

Point Pleasant Maslon County Appalachian Electric Power Co Main St

Camp Ground Opens July 3 in Lancaster Area

Lancaster Methodist Camp Ground near Lancaster hosts its 82nd opening Saturday July 3 with Homer Rodehaver and Colin Bray on the platform. Rodeheaver, Logan native and notable Billy Sunday associate, appears July 3 at 8 p.m. and July 4 at 2 30 p.m. The Chillicothe District Youth Institute runs July 4 to 10 with Rodeheaver directing a community sing July 4 evening.

Lancaster Homer Rodehaver Billy Sunday Colin Bray Logan Rodeheaver Ohio Sesquicentennial Commission Chillicothe District Youth Institute Buckeye Camp Ground SCS Ted Hightower Louisville Kentucky Jo Brookshire C. E. Turley Lawrence County

Reds Study Languages For India Invasion

Tatao News Agency reports 100,000 Chinese Communist troops in Tibet are studying the languages of India and Pakistan as a prelude to invasion. The outlet says it has contacts on the Red-held mainland.

Taipeh Formosa Interior Ministry Tatao Tibet India Pakistan Ino

New Officers Lead Garden Club Here in New Haven

New Haven Garden Club installed new officers led by Clyde Foley as president with Phil Wol ll as vice president and Paul Henderson secretary. A film on Williamsburg flowers was shown and a prize for best yearbook cover was awarded. Other social notes list many members and events including a Methodist church youth gathering at a farm home.

J. L. Stewart New Haven New Haven Garden Club J. Stewart Clyde Foley Phil Wol Paul Henderson Donald Roush Floyd Carmack Old Williamsburg Stewart Harry Layne Harry Dyer Andrew Hume F. A. Batey Maryony R. F. Bryant Ward Cunningham Donald Foglesong Martha Juling Edwin Stein W. T. Stone Nolan Swackhamer B. R. Vance Mark Waid N. O. Wein A. B. Woodrum Goldye Hart Selah Powell

County Native Dies in Indiana

John Thomas Pullin 92 native of Mason County died June 3 in Yorktown Indiana after 60 years residence including 30 on his Yorktown area farm. Survived by wife Sophia LeMaster and three children Daisy Williams Maude Pullen and Howard Pullen with six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. He was the Yorktown Odd Fellows oldest member and belonged to Union Chapel Church. Almost four million babies were born in the United States in 1952.

Point Pleasant John Thomas Pullin Mason County Yorktown Ind Indiana Sophia Lemaster This County Clinton W. Williams Daisy Muncie Maude Pullen Howard Pullen Middletown Charles Pullen Edith McKinley Florence Tuttle Pullin Odd Fellows Lodge Union Chapel

Chinese Red Schools Raided by Siam Police

Bangkok police raided three Chinese schools in the Bangkok area on Monday to gather evidence of Communist propaganda. One Thai and 26 Chinese individuals, mostly merchants and teachers, were arrested in raids on 100 homes. The Education Ministry closed a Siamese-run school as untrustworthy. police cited the New Junior Democratic Group as a Communist organization.

Bangkok Ministry of Education Phote Bhakanand New Junior Democratic Communist Party

Burt Coined Solar Compass Found Vast Iron Deposits

William A. Burt, inventor of the solar compass, noted strong compass fluctuations during a surveying expedition in 1884 that led to the discovery of new iron ore deposits near Lake Superior.

William A. Burt Lake Superior

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