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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1962

Page

10

Eleven People Pay Fines For Speeding In Point Pleasant

Eleven persons appeared before Justice of Peace A. M. Goodwin to pay a fine of 10 dollars and costs for speeding. Named defendants include Neil Harner and William R. Grate among others. Additional fines were imposed for defective headlights on Kenneth Brown and Warren E. Weaver, a stop sign violation by Boyd Eugene Picken, and improper passing for Paul Carruthers.

Point Pleasant Justice of Peace A Paul Carruthers

Services Set For Billy Dabney 11 Apple Grove

Funeral services for Billy Dean Dabney 11 of Apple Grove will be held Thursday at 2 p m at Ashton Baptist Church with Rev James H Casto officiating. He was a sixth grade student at Sunnyside School and son of Mr and Mrs Russell Dabney. He died after being struck by a car driven by Doris Jeffers 24 of Glenwood Monday night on State Route 2 near the family home. Burial will be at Beale Chapel Church Cemetery after viewing one hour before the funeral.

Point Pleasant Billy Dean Dabney Apple Grove Ashton Baptist Church James H. Casto Russell Dabney Sunnyside Billy Doris Jeffers Glenwood Beale Chapel Church

Local notes from New Lexington and Point Pleasant events

John Gill of New Straitsville will retire from Preston Oil Co after 39 years. Fourteen New Lexington High students join the National Honor Society. Lions Club minstrel nights set for March 15 16 at New Lexington High School. Miss Renee Kimball Ohio State graduate danced in The Round at Mershon Auditorium. Northern and Southern Local schools reopen after two snow days. Mrs. Catherine Steele celebrates 90th birthday. American Cancer Society Crusade opens April 1 in Perry County led by Roger Woolfe. Reverend Guy Fern to become pastor at Pine Glen Church of the Brethren near Lewistown Pa. Paul Evans of Huddle Auto Parts hospitalized in Columbus. Tractor maintenance 4-H training at Jackson's Mill March 29 30. Region III school superintendents meeting set for March 21 in Point Pleasant.

New Lexington John Gill Rt. 1 New Straitsville Preston Oil Co New Lexington High School National Honor Society Lions Club Bob Trochia Bremen High Schools Renee Kimball Wade Kimball University Dance Group Mershon Auditorium Columbus Miss Kimball Ohio State Catherin Steele American Cancer Society Perry County Roger Woolfe Guy Fern Olivet Church the Brethern Somerset Pine Glen Lewistown Paul Evans Huddle Auto Parts Inc Mt. Carmel Hospital Point Pleasant Camp Jackson’s Mill Waldo E. Bell Cooperative Extension Service of West Virginia University

Point Pleasant Community Notices and Local Meetings

Readable items cover admissions names from Point Pleasant clinic, school events on WSAZ Good Morning Show, and upcoming meetings. Judge James Thompson to speak at Point Pleasant Women’s Club, homemakers clubs host Cherokee and Pocahontas groups, Connie Jo Carpenter undergoes surgery, Paul Rairden improves after heart attack, Leon Baptist Missionary Society to meet Thursday.

Connie Jo Carpenter New Haven Holzer Hospital Connie Wahama John Carpenter Paul Rairden Mossman Circle Appalachian Power Co

Bailey Rites Set Thursday

Last rites for Mrs. Gladys Bailey of Jackson Route 4 will be held Thursday at 2 p m at the Heights EUB Church. The former Point Pleasant resident was killed in a Route 75 truck car crash near Hamden Monday afternoon. Friends may call at Crow Funeral Home. Burial will be in Suncrest Cemetery.

Point Pleasant Gladys Bailey Jackson the Heights

Mason County Land Transfers

Transfers list multiple property parcels in Mason County including districts Arbuckle Union Lewis Graham and Robinson. Transfers include Mattox to Starcher Grimm to MacAfee Smith to Smith Bradshaw to Point Pleasant Building and Loan Greer to Neal Neal and Hall Dabney Hart to Kelley Brown to Woodrow Bradley and Filson to Hall.

Edward Thelma Mattox Robinson Archie Starcher Mason Opal Grimm Arbuckle Harold MacAfee Margaret Smith Union James T. Smith Junia Jo Dana Bradshaw Lewis Point Pleasant Building and Loan J. W Carrie Greer James E. Neal Stella Neal Lera Hall Bill Augusta Chapman John Jo Ann Dabney Glen and Beulah Hart Graham Bessie Kelley Claud Daisy Brown Woodrow Ina Bradley William and Thelmas Filson Douglas Esther Hall

Cattle Testing Program Starts in Mason County

Veterinarians and crews from the State Department of Agriculture and the USDA will begin an area brucellosis testing program on March 15 in Mason County. The prior program led to a three year modified brucellosis free status with 13,554 cattle in 1250 herds tested and low reactor and herd infection rates. Retesting is needed periodically to maintain free status and prevent outbreaks. County agent William Gregory urges producers to ensure all cattle are tested if not covered last time.

Point Pleasant State Department of Agriculture Usda Agricultural Research Service Mason County William Gregory

Leadership Training Sponsored By Church

A leadership training school sponsored by the Teays Valley Association of American Baptist Churches is held at Main Street Baptist Church. Rev. Harry Miller serves as dean and association chairman, with teachers Mrs. A. F. Wilson Mrs. Warren Keefer Rev. Kenneth W. Chandler and C. H. Withers assisting.

Point Pleasant Teays Valley Association Main Street Baptist Church Harry Miller Concord and Harmony A. F. Wilson Warren Keefer Kenneth W. Chandler C. H. Withers

Cattle Testing Program Expands to All Herds

A free testing program will screen all female cattle aged six months and older. The initiative includes animals from accredited herds and aims to assess overall herd health.

Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes and Discharges

Pleasant Valley Hospital notes list new arrivals including a son for Mr. and Mrs. Everett L Caldwell New Haven and other births in New Haven Middleport Letart Mt. Alto and Point Pleasant. Discharged includes Mrs Dan Jones and son Gallipolis. A note mentions sugar beet sugar content rising from 2 to 4 percent in the 18th Century to 15 percent today.

Everett L. Caldwell New Haven Millard Collier Middleport Wandell Pancake Point Pleasant Charlotte Grimm Letart Melvin Clagg Gallipolis Ohio George McDermitt Mt. Alto Dan Jones

Point Pleasant bands to perform concert Thursday

Point Pleasant Senior and Junior High bands perform at 7 30 p m Thursday in the high school auditorium. Junior band plays Ballad for Bambi and Aria and Fugue. Senior band performs Madame Afarat and Scheherazade with Liberty Bell March under Dr C L Kingsbury. Proceeds fund uniforms and instruments. Tickets via band members or 852. James Andrews directs. Hart wife asks Johnson to end space program gender limit and aims to be first woman in space.

Point Pleasant Bambi Jackson Handel Madam Afarat Offenbach C. L. Kingsbury Marshall University James Andrews Washington Philip A. Hart Lyndon B. Johnson

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N. Lexington Mason, Cabell Putnam Lula Reed Jona Stover Ethel Fellore Harold Richard Hudson Henderson Shirley Jane Vansickle Ernest Roten Ashton Mildred Grace Allen Pliny C. L. Head WSAZ James Thompson Judical Luther Smith Gerald Clark Cherokee Homemakers Club Pocahontas Delmer Newberry The Leon Baptist Missionary Society of the John W. McGrath Newport N.H Francis McGrath Bailey Church Pleasant Valley Hospital All Good Brand Braunschwieger Atich Pies A&p Lenten Haddock Cap Iona A&p Joan of Arc Jona
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