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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1956

Page

18

Point Pleasant Honor Roll List Published by School

Point Pleasant Senior High School released the fourth six weeks honor roll. The list includes Senior Girls Bonnie Blessing and many classmates across senior, junior, sophomore and freshman levels with numerous names, reflecting academic achievement. The article also notes that the shrimp industry remains the most iterative American commercial fishery, producing about 225 million pounds valued near 30 million dollars per the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Point Pleasant Point Pleasant Senior High School Benjamin Franklin IV Bonnie Blessing Batty Jo Burr Mons Dam Marilyn Lanham Sonya Mayes Cal Phyllis Miller Sue Rhodes Suzanne Rothgeb Barbara Russell Carol Walters Lynn Wartenburg Minnie White John Mann Jimmy Mitchell John Howard Price Harry B. Rhodes Richard Startzman John Sterrettt Nellie Jean Blessing Beverly Cottrill Rosalie Fletcher Linda Hatch Mary Ann Rogers Judith Mae Wedge Jo Ann Browning Joan Cooper Judith Rae Copley Kay Grueser Barbara Johnson Cora Ann Proffitt Darlene Schwarz Judith A Wilson Ronnie Lee Nichols Eddy Skidmore Walter Sturgeon Inanette Carpenter Bette Parsons Son Blake Ernest W. Call Robert Dabney Carter Franklin Len Hamilton Henry Richard Herrig John Johnson Gary Nichols Kenneth Roush Walden B. Roush Robert Swann Barbara Barr Nancy Ann Blain Myrtle May Blessing Mona ' Gae Bowles Shirley Casey Leah Ann Copley Charlotte Damron Berneal Duncan Betty Gibeaut Nellie Glover Jo Anne Henry Madeline Higgins Juanita Hudson Robert Lynn McCoy Nancy Carolyners Betty Jean Roach Cl Maureen Rollins John Burdette William R. Dowell John Franklin Edward Hassell Lewis Sutton Dannie Mayes Dencil Reynolds Hilda Bateman Lucrechia Bone Myra Calloway Pansy Casto Charlotte Cole Mary Esther Cole Ann Cottril Loretta Horn Bonnie Holliday Elizabeth Jones Elizabeth Ann Johnson Alison ‘Lee Kirk Mary Long Virginia McGraw Judy Peppies Jo Ann Powell Patricia Reynolds Carolyn Sayre Linda Sue Smith Mary Ann Somervil Sandra Taylor Wilma Tyler Lucille Kay Warner Lynne Wedge Rebecca White Janet Williams John Baker Roy Buckalew Charles Chattin Jackie Crank Dexter Dowell Monroe Fowler Orville Hamilton Charles Henson James Hopsom Joe Ingerick Jackie E Sherman Long Stephen McGir Jerry Moore Francis Mullen Jesse Plants Owen E Plants James Rayburn John Parker Ross Jack Selby Rusty Wamsley Pete Yarbrough Paulette Akers Mary Buck Patricia Cotney Cunningham Connie Zoolema Escue Retta Suewrolyn Haught Roberta Jivid U. S. Fish i ‘and Wildlife Service

POINT PLEASANT Survey For National Guard Funding

Point Pleasant hosts the first National Guard funding survey to determine financial needs of technician programs. Col Heater announces the nationwide effort to collect unit data, covering operations, maintenance, supply, and admin roles to justify federal budget requests. Officials from other states conduct the week long inspection to support increased funding.

National Guard Proram Point Pleasant Guard Col 0 Wikapp Propery West Virgini Cal'Ga Col Heater

Youth Rally Planned at Trinity Church Point Pleasant

The District Youth Fellowship rally will be held Saturday at Trinity Methodist Church in Point Pleasant. Rev. John Bowyer of Parkersburg will conduct the meeting assisted by Rev. and Mrs. Bowyer and Mrs. Jesse Carpenter. Sessions cover program planning areas and recreation. Registration at 10 a.m. the gathering ends about 4 p.m. A noon lunch will be provided. All Methodist youths in the district are invited.

County School Heads Discuss Their Work

County education officials announced finals for Mason County spelling and Golden Horseshoe tests. Eighth grade students with 90 percent on the county exam qualify to enter the April 6 spelling finals in the board of education conference room. Four county winners advance to the Charleston state event on May 11, with one representative per school at the county elimination.

Point Pleasant Mason County Hunt Education Eighth St Charleston

PTA Units Push Okay To Extend School Levy

Local PTA units discuss extending the school levy on April 10 with panel discussions at North Point Pleasant and Ordnance, urging voter turnout. Central PTA hears Gerald J. Rood explain the levy, with broader reminders of tax impacts and the need to inform and mobilize voters in two precincts.

PTA Jive Rueasant Ast Ordnance Cen North PC Hyer North Point Pleasant Bill Buffington Paul Teard Fay Hilson Milton Scott Central Gerald J Rood Eric C. Haddox Manford Blessing

B&O Freight Derailment Near Parkersburg

Nine of a 25 car B and O freight derailed eight miles north of Parkersburg on Tuesday after a broken rail is suspected. Two derailed cars fell 25 feet off an embankment with no injuries. The south bound train to Point Pleasant derailed about 6 am between Boaz and Williamstown in Wood County. A second derailment occurred nine hours earlier at Benwood near Wheeling with nine derailed cars and no injuries.

Parkersburg Baltimore Ohio Point Pleasant Boaz Williamstown Wood County B&o Ohio River Benwood Wheeling

Voting Registrars to Visit Precincts in Mason County

Mason County voting registrars will sit one day next Monday to register eligible citizens. Two registrars will sit in each precinct with all registrations after Monday to be made at the county clerk’s Sixth Street office. Registration books close April 7 according to the clerk’s office.

Point Pleasant Mason County Sixth St

Chester area social rounds and visiting notes

Local social calendar notes Mrs Henry Beaver and Mrs George Pyles hosted the Past Councilor Club. The Chester Lew and So 41 Club gathered at adviser Mrs Howard Knights home with six members present led by Kathryn Smith. Other items list guests and weekend visits among local families and residents including the Beavers Vanmeters Fick and Wolf households. Also a brief science note mentions early Americans possibly slaying a large horned bison weighing around 250 pounds.

Chester Henry Beaver George Pyles

Catholic High School meeting draws 300 women

Three hundred women from 22 counties attended a Catholic High School program at Pt Pleasant. Miss Marion E. Gillett said 400 registered and 150 were turned away for lack of space as Civil Defense exhibits and a prayer service opened the day.

Sacred Heart Guild Marion E. Gillett Gillett Joachim Cane Sastor Sacred Heart Church West Virginia American Charleston John T. Copenhhaver Charles R. Fox West Virginia Civil Defense Clayton Lytle Wilmington Federal Civil Defense Administration Olney Melvin McBride J. Stewart Lloyd Calvin G. Maloney Clifford Durst Powell Reynolds

Local Hospital Patients and Home Returns

Mrs Barb returns home from Holzer Hospital after surgery at Holzer Hospital. She works in Dr J Stewart Lloyds office. Mrs T Stribling on Main Street is slightly improved at home after a September stroke. Her daughter Mrs Lester Getz of Columbus has returned home after several months here. Ben Tracy of Mt Vernon Avenue is a patient at Holzer Hospital.

Taylor Ridge Arthur Antle Amesville John Ante Betty Russell Greens Run Dwight Smith Shirley Smith Athens Inlaw Donald Russell Basil Vore Columbus Iciley Vore Niversity ‘Hospital James Ball Michael Jane Marie Melville Glen Chalfant Rolland Della Lynn Trimble P. B. Chalfant Var St Holzer Hospital Barb J. Stewart Uoyd T. Stribling Main St Lester Getzoe Ben Tracy Mt. Vernon Ave

Mason Man Held to Jury

A 38 year old Mason man, Robert Dudding, was held to the May grand jury on an assault charge and posted $500 bond. He is accused of attempting to assault a Mason woman along U S Route 13 in Mason and was arraigned before Justice A P Goodwin. State Police investigated the case.

Point Pleasant Mason County Robert Dudding Mason Thorn Dudding Justice of the Peace A Goodwin

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