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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1954
Page
12
The U S Naval Storehouse at Point Pleasant will have fire protection work opened to private contractors. Bids are to be opened in Washington on Monday as part of correcting deficiencies cited by manager H H Harmon.
Mrs William McFarland hosted a miscellaneous shower for Fay Marie Roush at Mrs Cliff Roushs home in Pt Pleasant honoring her forthcoming June 26 wedding at an open church ceremony in New Haven. Numerous guests attended from local clubs and families.
Mrs Dale Roush of 2618 Mt Vernon Ave hosted a Canasta Club evening with tables centered by flowers. Dessert was served and prizes awarded to Mrs Daniel Muth and Mrs Thomas Rose.
The Rhododendron Farm Women's Club welcomed the Mason County Farm Women's Council for a Thursday luncheon at the Rhododendron Club House Graham Station. Devotions by Mrs. Woodrow Brown centered on Kindness. Mrs. John Patterson received a gift from the host club. Geneva H. Nolan demonstrated salad making and spoke on salad health benefits. Attendees included Mrs. Waltiton, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Marshall Fowler, and Mrs. Charles Stephenson representing local clubs.
Mrs Al Briggs of Pleasant Street will welcome the Dorcas Circle of Trinity Methodist Church to her home Tuesday evening for a church group gathering.
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday evening at the Legion Home. New officers will be installed.
The annual Plants reunion will be held Sunday at the 4-H camp at South Side. A basket dinner will be served.
Phyllis Miller of Point Pleasant High School is one of five to contest Mason County’s queen crown. A junior, she is active in the Junior Classical League Thespian Understudies 4-H Tip-Top-Toppers Club and serves as Sophomore activity recorder. She placed third in West Virginia Forensic dramatic reading and is pianist for the Church of God. Her candidacy is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs Hilda Dabney discharged from Kanawha Clinic in Gallipolis Ferry. Birth notice for Mr and Mrs Ernest Wheat of Leon a daughter.
The list catalogs churches across Point Pleasant and nearby towns with ministers and service times. It includes First Church of God on Jefferson Avenue with Rev. George Osler, Seventh Day Adventist led by Rev. Melvin B. Hale, Leon Baptist under Rev. W. S. Billups, New Haven charges, Hartford groups, Leon Methodist Circuit led by Rev. Kermit Hypes, and many others with Sunday School and worship schedules.
A 15 year old boy Judson Norvell son of Mr and Mrs Jessie Norvell 1606 Jefferson Blvd was treated for a lip laceration from a swimming incident and a 19 months old baby Connie Mayes daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Mayes of Gallipolis Ferry was treated for a forehead cut after falling on a nursing bottle at Kanawha Medical Clinic on Wednesday
The Mason County 4-H Roundup took place at the Senior High School cafeteria with the Mason County 4-H Leader's Association sponsoring. Demonstrations covered bread clothing dairy foods dairy production safety rural electrification vegetables and miscellaneous. Public speaking featured one girl and one boy from each club. Winners advance to the regional Spencer contest and the State 4-H Roundup at Jackson's Mill in September.
John R. Jackson, 73, a former Mason County resident, died this morning in Springfield Ohio. Funeral services will be held in Springfield.
Ellis Williams of Point Pleasant was jailed 20 days and fined 15 dollars plus costs after petit larceny charges for stealing a pair of shoes from Biggs Department Store.
EWINGTON announces the engagement and forthcoming marriage of Doris Elizabeth Farley to Ernest Pridemore in Jackson. Both couples will reside in Columbus after the wedding, with the pair employed there.
Loyal Herman Beaver of Leon and Beulah Grimes of Robertsburg are listed with parents James E. Beaver Erna Tucker Beaver and Rhoda Mae Tucker Grimes Wil son Grimes. Charles Nibert of Gallipolis Ferry and Jacquelyne Bates White of Point Pleasant also appear with their parents.
A board of directors meeting of the Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce will be held Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. at the Chamber office with President Roy Eschenaur presiding. Also notes Elizabeth S. Carpenter named president of the Women’s National Press Club in Washington.
Eddie Cantor ends 23 years with NBC and signs a seven year Ziv deal reported in excess of nine million dollars. The move follows peers like Danny Thomas and Ray Bolger as Cantor shifts from live radio and TV to filmed television. Cantor recovered from a 1952 heart attack and recently appeared on guest NBC shows.
A newspaper classified ad rate card lists prices by duration from one day to four days with per word charges after a six word minimum and a cancellation cutoff at 9 a m. The notice specifies tiered pricing for longer ads and fees for words beyond the limit.
Sunday section notices include a campus barber shop ad with phone contact and two barber names, a meeting notice for Hocking Local 5096 UMW of A electing officers in The Plains. a rider recruitment line for AEC Plant in Pike ton with a contact, and a termite control line offering Marietta Chemical Products Co prices via W E Dicken at 297 W Union St.
Franklin Indiana two men face robbery charges for tying up four farmers and robbing three. Affidavits name John M. Perry 27 Columbia Missouri and Lawrence E Olcott 24 Akron Ohio as suspects. They were arrested Monday night.
A Racine area social note reports the Racine Band Booster Club gathering at Mrs. Lowell McNickle’s home. Attendees viewed moving pictures from Memorial Day services at Letart and Racine Cemeteries and other school activity photos.
USDA reports hogs steady with bulk hogs 170 725 lb at 25.50. larger lots 225 240 lb mostly 24.00. sows down 17.25 18.75. cattle and calves slow with mixed declines and steady bulls. cows weak. feeder lambs 12.00 15.00. poultry eggs butter and potatoes listed with regional price ranges. market activity uneven across categories.
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