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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1960
Page
4
The piece notes consumer spending and government and business investment as props for good times. It reports an early-year stock market shakeout by skeptics of a booming economy. Analysts suggest the drop may reflect high stock prices and a market correction, not necessarily a lasting downturn.
Mrs. Joe Barr hosted a proxy baby shower Friday for Mrs. Paul Bennett now living in Germany with her husband. Guests, gifts in a bassinet, and a stork cake highlighted the event with several women winning game prizes.
Heights Evangelical United Brethren Church outlines a busy slate. The Point Pleasant district Youth Fellowship meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m led by Rev Roy McCoy. Choir director Janett Capehart injured in a car crash. James Lewis steps in. Friday visits Huntington for a Christian Education Institute. revival begins Sunday with McCoy delivering the sermon. Flowers honor Dorsel E Fisher Jr birthday. Louisa McCoy ill in South Charleston hospital. Dr T L Miles hospitalized in Huntington after a heart attack.
Washington Rep Harold D Cooley said administration plans a new sugar law could be a weapon of reprisal against Fidel Castro. The proposal would shift 200000 tons from Cuba to U S growers as Puerto Rico may miss its quota, though officials insist the bill aims at agricultural needs not retaliation. Athens Messenger March 15 1960.
Mason County Board of Education expands Point Pleasant Industrial Technician Training School to include adult evening classes across fields. The program starts mid April with its third quarter, aiming to train chemical and process control technicians for local industries in West Virginia.
Women of Moose meet at 7 30 p m at the Moose Home. Henderson PTA meets at 7 30 p m at the school. Beech Hill School PTA and North Point Pleasant Grade School PTA also meet at 7 30 p m at the school. Ordnance School PTA and Junior High School Chorus present the program at Central School PTA at 7 30 p m.
Mrs Hester Lee and family have returned from visiting Mr and Mrs M B Withers in Miami Florida Mrs Withers is Mrs Lee s daughter Mr and Mrs T L Morrison and Kenneth Ridenour plan a Florida vacation this week Morrison will take vacation from duties at the state road garage.
A Leaders Session for Point Pleasant Girl Scouts will start Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Clay Carter of Huntington Rocky Ledges Council will supervise the session with two council assistants.
Three defendants in JP Court pled guilty to various charges. Marvin Mayes fined 10 dollars and costs for destruction of personal property. Grover Leo Edmond fined 10 dollars and costs for failure to yield the right of way. Erich Boegh fined 10 dollars and costs for improper passing. Pete Boggs held to Grand Jury on assault and battery charge.
Families from Vinton and nearby towns spent Sunday with relatives and friends across the region. Emory Waugh recovers after surgery in Huntington at St Mary’s Hospital. Visitors include the Johnsons, Hills, Ward, Dav is, Tackett, Waugh family, Jackett family, McMillians, Goocks, Quickels, Cordwells, Justies, and Richardsons, with improvements noted for Mrs Goock.
The paper lists the top students by grade at Columbia Elementary School for six weeks. Notable names include Margie Jeffers Randy Tolley Barbara Brookhart Ronda Whittington Carolyn Rupe Brenda Teets Toni Pettit Kay Ellis Cheryl Ellis Jennifer Whittington Kathryn Turner Sharon Holland Denver Queen Julia Turner and others. Weekend and social visits are noted for local families including the Grim Cordray Jeffers Dye Gillogly and Douglas households.
William Wood aged 22 of 127 Park Drive has been appointed Deputy Sheriff subject to County Court approval. A Point Pleasant High School graduate, he served two years in the U.S. Army in Germany and succeeds Mark Harshbarger who resigned to become Safety Director at Marietta Manufacturing Company.
The stars indicate this day favors completing hard tasks and gains through cooperation. Congeniality should prevail in the afternoon making group activities enjoyable. For tomorrow’s birthday, expect progress on personal matters and long term finances, with caution in late October about spending. August offers good financial news while November and December highlight job achievements. January brings monetary and career gains and prestige. A birthday child will be sympathetic and intuitive but may moodiness.
Mr and Mrs Paul Riggs of New Haven welcomed a daughter. Mrs Riggs admitted. Pearly Sayre Leon Millard Hunt Point Pleasant James Faulkner Milton. Discharged Robert Wamsley Point Pleasant.
A meeting of Little League officials, parents and interested persons will be held Friday at 7 30 p m at the Senior High School per president Lawrence Plants. Officers will discuss summer activities and plans for the June season opening.
Birth notices from Point Pleasant list a daughter for Mr and Mrs Douglas Roush. Other entries note a birth for Mr and Mrs Roy Jarrell and for Mrs Dean Dickens in Point Sheldon Morrison Point Micah Lois Patterson in Point Micah and a birth for Mrs Hayward Rutt and her daughter in Springfield.
Four Point Pleasant Women's Club members and one Junior Club member will travel Thursday to the 54th annual West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs convention at the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs. Senior representatives are Mrs. D. G. Wilfong, Mrs. D. N. Connors, Mrs. D. M. Harshbarger, and Mrs. Gail Faires. Miss Bess Jones will represent the Junior Woman's Club.
The West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission seeks names of handicraft and novelty producers. Don Crislip says the office collects requests for a free listing of items like dolls, jewelry, leather work, wood carving, basketry and ceramics. Write to the publicity commission at the state capitol in Charleston.
The Langsville Congregational Church votes to start regular Sunday evening Bible study groups led by the pastor, with a public 7 30 p m start on March 6 and a preceding young peoples meeting. A Summer vacation Bible school is planned with Mrs Biddle as director.
A newly formed Committee for Retarded Children will hold a public meeting Friday March 18 at 8 p.m. in the Appalachian auditorium. A film No Less Precious will be shown followed by a business meeting and social hour. Psychological evaluations of 17 Mason County children were conducted February 26 and March 11 by Dr Alex J Darbes of Marshall College Clinic with three graduate students.
Fannie M. Rulen files a chancery suit for separate maintenance against Joe D. Rulen alleging adultery. The couple married May 4 1926 in Gallia County Ohio.
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