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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1959
Page
2
An alert bus driver spotted a fire spreading from a fence row to a chicken house at the Hogsett home of Mrs. Inez Newman on Route 2 south of Point Pleasant. The chicken house burned. a fence row and another building were saved by the Point Pleasant fire department. Estimated damage $300.
George Richards 39 of New Haven Conn died after brief illness in a hospital there He was the brother of Mrs Lyle Austin of Hogsett He is survived by his wife two sons his mother Mrs Jessie Richards five sisters and a brother Mrs Austin had visited him last week.
Births and discharges reported at Point Pleasant Clinic include a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. James Durbin of Point Pleasant and a list of patients admitted or discharged such as Mary Elizabeth Mayes Henderson and Judith Ann Beegle Rock Castle. Discharged include Mrs. Virgil Byus and her daughter of Point Pleasant and Mrs. Joe Pickens of Point Pleasant.
John M Adkins 73 a former Point Pleasant resident and retired roofer and sheet metal worker died after a long illness in Ohio Valley General Hospital. Funeral services were held in Wheeling. Born in Mason County in June 1885 he is survived by his widow Stella Baltz Adkins and four sons John of New Orleans Alban of St Clairsville Charles of Wheeling and Wilbur of Moundsville.
Mrs Howard Tully will host the Reading Club at 8 p.m. Thursday. Mrs Joseph Cook will review the book Green Grows Ivy by Ivy Baker Prist.
Easter services announced for Coolville with sunrise 6 30 at the Methodist and 10 45 at the Congregational. Breakfast to follow at the school plus metho dist and Sunday School schedules. Community notices include PTA treasurer election Jim Thomas, skating party May 11, and basketball tournament progress at Coolville School.
Funeral services are planned Friday at 2 p m at Stevens Funeral Home for Columbus Blount a Kanawha County native who lived in Mason County 52 years and died early Wednesday at Hol zer Hospital Friends may call at the funeral home Erich Raeder former Nazi admiral was convicted as a war criminal in Nuremberg trials but received about 550 dollars monthly pension.
Mrs. John Collins spoke at the March Women of the Presbyterian Church meeting in Pt. Pleasant about her two years in Spain detailing native customs churches weddings and notable cathedrals. Several members hosted refreshments and a large group attended including family visitors and WVU students home for Easter.
State Police report a bassoon valued at 650 dollars stolen from a car linked to Point Pleasant High School student Sammy Hardman. The instrument was in the band director Norman Coffman’s car parked at the Hardman family home on Main Street and briefly in Pomeroy Ohio, with the time frame unclear.
Three Tulsa city garbage collectors faced three to five days of suspension after speeding through duties and taking the rest of the day off. The incident surfaced as the workers attempted to implement a new work plan, which backfired and led to the disciplinary action.
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