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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1959

Page

15

Couple Seeks Marriage License in Pleasantville Ohio

Leo Ot Sanders 34 of Pleasantville son of Ellis and Mary Elisabeth Sanders and Lydia Lockwood Sanders 28 of Mason daughter of Thomas and Clara Elliott Lockwood apply for a marriage license in Point Pleasant.

Point Pleasant Leo Otto Sanders Pleasantville Ohio Ellis and Mary Elisabeth Jones Sanders Lydia Lockwood Sanders Mason Thomas and Clara Elliott Lockwood

Celanese Annual Report Shows Rise In Income

Celanese Corporation of America reports 1958 net income after taxes of 16.69 million dollars or 2.05 per share, up from 1957. Sales reached 223.71 million dollars, the highest since 1950, with fiber sales up 20 percent and amyl acetate and new derivatives driving diversification.

Celanese Point Pleasant Harold Blancke

Television Listings Mix of Programs and Times

WSAZ TV Huntington NBC schedule lists multiple shows across day parts. Color programs boldface. entries include news weather sports movies talk and various serials with times. The list is a partial schedule with many overlapping entries and some unclear items.

Evening TV Schedule Fragment With Various Shows

A crowded TV listing shows times for Buccaneers Sunset Stop Annie Oakley U S Marsh Top-State Troop Nightbeat Rin Tin Tin Walt Disney Jalopy Races Dick Clark and more. It includes movie slots, news segments, special acts, and multiple show titles across a late afternoon to midnight window.

U.S. Marsh Walt Disney Bengal Lane Chan Alice Rin Tin Tin

Nightly TV and Movie Guide Highlights for Friday

Long listing of late afternoon and evening broadcasts across channels with show names and times. Notable items include Love on the Run and Cyrano de Bergerac among films, plus baseball and wrestling segments and news updates.

Love Clark Gable Joan Crawford Ray Milland Mary Murphy Jose Ferrer Mala Powers Gene Tierney Vincent Price Laurence Harvey Susan Shantall David Niven

TV Schedule Fragments Show a Dense Day of Programs

A garbled broadcast grid lists daytime and evening shows with times and titles such as Perry Mason Gunsmoke and Lassie. The fragmentary page refers to sports and weather blocks and contains ads and program notes without clear context.

TV Key Previews and Friday Night Fights Highlight ABC NBC CBS

TV listings preview The Man From Bitter Creek from Walt Disney Presents on ABC at 8 p m with John Slaughter. Close-Up on Violence on ABC at 9 p m with Mike Kovac. Rawhide at 8 p m on CBS stars Margaret O'Brien Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood as a cattle drive faces a terror epidemic. Stand-In for Murder stars Jan Sterling on Lux Playhouse at 9 30 p m CBS. Ellery Queen The Chemistry Set on NBC at 8 p m. Friday Night Fights at 10 p m NBC features Gaspar Ortega versus Stefan Red at Madison Square Garden.

Mike Kovac ABC Rawhide Margaret O’brien Eric Fleming Clint Eastwood Gil Favor Rowdy Yates CBS Lux Playhouse Jan Sterling Ellery Queen Lee Philips Gaspar Ortega Mexico Stefan Red Passiac New Jersey Madison Square Garden New York

Board Meeting Set for Monday in Point Pleasant

The Point Pleasant board of education schedules its March meeting for Monday at 7:30 p m in the board offices. Mrs C P Stout will preside.

Point Pleasant Board of Education C. P. Stout

Meeting Set On Country Club Plans in Mason County

Mason County residents invited to a pre organizational meeting for a Mason County Country Club. Jack Fruth chairs the session at 8 p m Tuesday at the Moose Home Point Pleasant. Committees will present research on golf course sites swimming pool clubhouse and other facilities.

Point Pleasant Mason County Mason County Country Club Jack Fruth Country Club Moose Home

Chauncey Personal Notes From Columbus Visitors

Chauncey area residents hosted and visited relatives in Columbus and nearby towns. The Brookins family from Chauncey stayed Monday to Wednesday with Neil Tippett’s family. Fred Ross hosted relatives including Joe Smith and the Hall family. Vernon Trout attended Stella Markins’ funeral in Glouster. Blackford, Searles, Cope, Sorrells, Myers, Pavasich, Muzio, and Leffler families formed visiting groups across Circle Hill, Columbus, Nelsonville, Millfield, and Chauncey with multiple gatherings and a burial in Maple Hill cemetery.

Chauncey Guy Brookins Neil Tippett David Susan Elizabeth Colum Fred Ross Joe Smith Glen Hall Columbus Vernon Trout Stella Markins Wiley Funeral Home Glouster Maple Hill Cemetery Clarence Blackford George Omen Gerald Sorrell Greg Joann Orndorff Tama John Sorrell Murray City Guy Gabriel Bobby Lawrence Myers Mike Pavasich Horace Smith Nelsonville R. 2 Smith Ethel Evelyn Birchfield Richard Leffler Teresa L. D. Muzio Millfield Charles Leffler

32 From County Attend 4 H Clothing School

Mason County 4 H Club girls leaders and guests join about 150 attendees from Cabell Lincoln Wayne and Mason counties at Huntington for the annual regional clothing school. Sharon Nibert narrates the Be Sharp in Fashions style show with two girls from each county modeling outfits.

Point Pleasant Mason County Huntington Cabell Lincoln Wayne Mason Counties Sharon Nibert Willing Workers June Spencer Good Luck Clover Violet Schultz Happy Hustlers Sue Wray Becky Martin Busy Mildred Fizer Janet Eschenaur Mary Kay Stephenson Ruth Knoch Helen Waters Monongahela Power Home Wylene Dial Lincoln County Gertrude Graham Cabell County Violet Brandon W. B Newcomb Eloise McGinnis Harry Apple Anderson

St Pauls Methodist Meets at Mrs Kelly Home

Members of St Pauls Methodist Church met Tuesday evening at Mrs Jessie Kellys home for singing scripture and a business session. Next meeting at Mrs Robert Ackermans. A rummage sale by Point Pleasant Womens Club is planned Friday and Saturday at the Legion Building on Viand St.

St. Paul's Methodist Church Jessie Kelly Christ Robert Lewis Lewis Donald Nott Richard Henderson Roy Amburgey Bernard Morgan Carrie Caudill Cora Morgan George Bellos Millard Seard Barto Durst, Jr Paul Harbrecht Carl Irvin Donald Taylor Melvin Boardman Herman J. Morgan Legion Building Viand St Point Pleasant

Food Facts Lesson Leads Anne Bailey Farm Club Meeting

Mrs Gay Casto presented a lesson on Food Facts at the Anne Bailey Farm Women’s Club monthly session at Eckard Church on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Powell Reynolds presided, bake sale planned for March 28 at Firestone Store.

Gay Casto Anne Bailey Farm Women's Club Eckard Powell Reynolds Firestone Marshall Fowler Reynolds

Mr and Mrs Oshel Return From Florida Vacation

Mr and Mrs John Oshel of Route 17 have returned from a vacation in Florida.

John Oshel Route 17 Florida

Child Injured When Hit By Passing Auto

Beverly Burns 12 daughter of Mr and Mrs George Burns of Clifton was listed in fair condition at Holzer Hospital after being struck by a northbound car. She suffered bruises and cuts to the mouth broken ribs a broken collar bone and a back injury. Beverly a Wahama High School seventh grader and glee club member had stayed after school to practice for an operetta with teacher Mrs Marcellene Buell. Beverly and Ann Johnson left the Buell car and Beverly ran into the path of the approaching vehicle. the driver stopped and assisted.

Point Pleasant Beverly Burns George Burns Clifton Holzer Hospital Beverly Wahama High School Glee Club Marcellene Buell Ann Johnson Buell Ann

Gene Brown Improves After Car Wreck In West Virginia

Gene Brown aged 46 of Ravenswood, formerly of Point Pleasant, shows slight improvement after a serious auto accident en route from Parkersburg to Ravenswood. He is hospitalized at Camden-Clark in Parkersburg with a broken back lung injury four ribs and multiple leg fractures. Brown runs a Ravenswood drug store and is survived by his mother Mrs. R. N. Brown and sisters Mrs. Kathleen Emerick and Mrs. Donald Getty of Point Pleasant.

Point Pleasant Gene Brown Ravenswood Parkersburg Camden- Clark Hospital Brown R. N. Brown Kathleen Emerick Donald Getty

Louisiana physician and family relocate to Point Pleasant

Dr Leonard Brown and his wife and children move from Louisiana where he served with the Army at Camp Pec a to Point Pleasant. He is a former local physician and his children have enrolled in the schools here. His future location is not announced.

Point Pleasant Leonard Brown Louisiana Brown Camp Peca Army Armed Services

Happy Stitchers Club Quilting Party at Poston Church

The Happy Stitchers club of the Poston Church held an all day quilting gathering at Mrs. Elizabeth James home. A noon potluck dinner accompanied the event and Phill Weakley celebrated a birthday. Attendees included Mrs. Faye Brookhart Mrs. Carrie Augustine Mrs. Gladys Harriss Mrs. Geneva Gabriel Mrs. Edith Bruce Mrs. Joyce James Mr. and Mrs. Phill Weakley and Phill James. The note recalls the first transatlantic telephone service opening in 1927.

Chauncey Happy Stitchers Club Poston Church Elizabeth James Phill Weakley Faye Brookhart Carrie Augustine Gladys Harriss Geneva Gabriel Edith Bruce Joyce James Phill James

Kiwanis Hears Hott Discuss Five Aims in State Plan

Kiwanis members and guests heard C P Hott of Morgantown state agricultural stabilization and conservation commission speak on five of the commission’s 13 basic aims. Topics included limestone as fertilizer tree planting dam pond construction forest improvement and springs and seeps development for livestock. Guests included John Kay Floyd and Dave Rayburn Keith Orndroff and Garett Green presiding. Plans announced for a March 14 pancake sale at the Moose Home.

Point Pleasant Kiwanis Club C. P. Hott Morgantown Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Commission Moose Home Mason County John Kay South Floyd Rayburn Keith Orndroff Dave Genneill Bill Lewis Garett Green Dallas Texas

Chauncey Churches Parish and Area Church Activities

Local churches list service times and events across Chauncey Morristown Millfield and Trimble. Rev. Courtney and Rev. Zug speak at regional parishes with a 1:30 to 3:30 planning session and 4 o clock baptismal in Chauncey. Week of Compassion observed March 8 to 15.

Morristown Helen Tatman Millfield Fred Thorn Chauncey Methodist Church of Christ Gilbert Courtney Hal Zug Courtney Taylor Ridge Chauncey Zug Greens Run J. A. Long Trimble Chauncey Church Herald Monroe Cleveland

Point Pleasant Clinic Discharges and Admits

Mrs. Esther Lemaster of Point Pleasant admitted to the clinic. Mrs. Leonard Noble of Point Pleasant discharged from the clinic.

Esther Lemaster Point Pleasant Leonard Noble

Scout Court of Honor Held by Dover Troop 78

A Boy Scout Court of Honor was held Wednesday by Dover Two Troop 78 to pass second class requirements for Lee Bridgewater and Bill Toth. A troop and committee meeting accompanied the court, with Scoutmaster Don Anderson in charge.

Chauncey Dover Two Troop Lee Bridgewater Bill Toth Don Anderson

City Council Meets Monday in Regular Session

Point Pleasant officials announce a regular city council meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in the city building with Mayor B W Krodell presiding.

Point Pleasant B. W. Krodell

Mason Couple Exchange Vows In Simple Church Ceremony

Miss Bea Burton and Mr Gay Bush exchanged wedding vows in a single ring ceremony at Mason EUB Church attended by a small group of relatives and friends. The bride daughter of Eugene and [illegible] Burton of Columbus is a North High School senior and the groom son of Lucille Smith and the late Marvin Bush is a 1957 Athens High School graduate employed in Columbus. They plan a short wedding trip and will reside at 1755 North Fourth Street in Columbus after returning.

Mason Bea Burton Gay Bush Mason Eub Church L. R. Mahoney Eugene Burton Columbus North High School Lucille Smith Marvin Bush Athens High School No. Fourth St

Former Local Couple Welcome Their Third Child

Mr and Mrs E L Jacobs of Minerva Ohio announce the birth of their second daughter Amy Ann born February 25 at a hospital in Minerva The Jacobs formerly resided in Point Pleasant where Mrs Jacobs worked as a nurse in the health department

Point Pleasant E. L. Jacobs Minerva Ohio Amy Ann

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