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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1962

Page

11

Would Be Jumper Gives In To Pleas

James Leonard 32 of Point Pleasant climbed onto a steel girder beneath the Silver Bridge and threatened to jump into the swollen Ohio River. After two hours of pleas from relatives and officers, he surrendered and was jailed on a drunk charge as fire boats and a towboat stood by with search lights.

James Leonard Point Pleasant Silver Bridge Ohio Leonard Pepsi-Cola Wtvn Radio East Gay Street Columbus

Miss Plants Engaged to Edward Kincaid at Point Pleasant

Mary Sue Plants of Point Pleasant Route 1 will wed Edward Kincaid son of Wayne and FE Kincaid of 436 Viand Street Point Pleasant. Kincaid a Point Pleasant High School graduate and U S Navy enlistee stationed at Little Creek Virginia. Wedding plans are incomplete. Also Mrs Bertha Filson and club members travel to White Sulphur Springs for Federation of Women's Clubs Convention at Greenbrier with Governor Barron speaking.

Point Pleasant Wilbur E. Plants Mary Sue Edward Kincaid Wayne FE. Kincaid Viand St Kincaid Point Pleasant High School U. S. Navy Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek Bertha Filson Point Pleasant’s Belva Farley W. S. Waldie White Sulphur Springs Federation of Women’s Clubs Greenbrier Hotel

Five WSCS Circles Hold Meetings Tuesday Evening

Five circles of Trinity Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service met Tuesday evening. Each circle held devotionals and programs led by members such as Miss Mary Brannon and Mrs. Carol Johnson, with numerous attendees from the church and community.

WSCS Point Pleasant Women’s Society of Christian Service Trinity Methodist Church Martha Circle Wirt Perry Mary Brannon G. A. Biggs C. C. Stone Robert Wolfe Elmer Grueser W. C. Bird Carl Gardner Charles Wamsley Royce F. Stoops Mary Circle Ralph Crump Troy Holstein Clyde McLane Kitty Brentley Richard Johnson Leonard Miller Lionel Smith John Devault William Voight O. B. Meadows Dorcas D. L. Cottrill Ottie Forsythe Curtiss Saville John Brown Stanley Waldie Harry Berkely Chester Roush John Carpenter Rebecca Circle Eunice B. Beller J. L. Wiggins Austin Johnson Charles Johnson R. D. Oseland Clair Cheuvront

Point Pleasant Kiwanis picks high school duo for month

Sharon Diane Burris and Robert Bresenham of Point Pleasant High School are named Kiwanis Boy and Girl of the Month. Burris is active in chorus Future Homemakers Thespian understudy and editor of the school paper. Bresenham sings in chorus joins German and Spanish clubs and the Science Fair and runs on the track team.

Point Pleasant Kiwanis Point Pleasant High School Sharon Diane Burris Clarence Burris Lincoln Ave Robert Bresenham John Bresenham Nate Washington Miss Burris Robert

Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Haner of Gallipolis welcomed a son. Admitted: James R. Spears Mt Alto. Mrs. Okey B. Thomas Point Pleasant. Mrs. Dan Woolcock New Haven. Marvin H. Robinson Gallipolis. Discharged: Charles E. Connor Ravenswood. Oden Pearson Point Pleasant. Paul Rodgers Point Pleasant. infant son of Mr and Mrs Bruce Bingham Middleport.

Jerry Haner Gallipolis James R. Spears Mt. Alto Okey B. Thomas Point Pleasant Dan Woolcock New Haven Oden Pearson Paul Rodgers Bruce Bingham Middleport

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