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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1960
Page
12
Point Pleasant FFA held its annual parent and son banquet at the high school cafeteria with 110 attendees. President Rawson Campbell called the meeting to order and Lanny Williamson offered the invocation. Cooks Mrs Nellie Bennett and Mrs Marjorie Rif were thanked for the dinner.
Mrs. Robert Sumner of Henderson announces the engagement of her daughter Leah Ann Copley to Wyatte Martin son of Mr and Mrs M B Martin of Bidwell Ohio. Copley a 1957 Point Pleasant High School graduate will finish Holzer Hospital School of Nursing in September. The couple plan an early summer wedding with F F A and local officials honored at the program featuring music by the Danny Hendricks Trio and a career talk by Denny Barker.
Colonel Hazen H. Fair of the West Virginia State Police says traffic deaths have stayed steady as vehicle miles rise. He notes 1935 had 509 deaths for 1.8 billion miles with 250,000 vehicles, while 1959 saw 395 deaths for six billion miles with 290,000 vehicles. He urges individual and community action to improve road safety and courtesy.
Wesley Jackson, 47, of Bidwell, was fined 50 and costs, given five days in Gallia County jail, and received a three year license suspension by Judge William H. Jones in Municipal Court. William Ward, 50, of Rainelle West Virginia, also fined 50 and costs, five days in jail, with a six month license suspension.
Gallipolis Judge William H. Jones fined three residents ten dollars and costs each for disorderly conduct in municipal court. Named defendants were James J. Saunders, 38, and Martha Saunders, 26, both of Gallipolis, and Don Stevens, 25, of Gallipolis Route 2. Charles J. Keller, 27, of Letart Falls, also paid ten dollars plus costs for intoxication after city police arrest.
Frank Haught charity ball ticket chairman asks P.V.H.A. members to turn in money for tickets this week. The notice stresses prompt payment to support the fundraiser and ensure smooth event planning.
Betty Wallace of Gallipolis Curtis Connolly of Point Pleasant Mrs Lee Hamphill and daughter Northup Larry Ackerman of Point Pleasant discharged from Pleasant Valley Hospital.
Nellie Foreman Point Pleasant and Mrs Worthy Denny Apple Grove admitted. Mrs Donald Flinn and daughter Syracuse. Mrs Roy Newell and daughter Cheshire. George Knapp Leon.
A mixed list of birth announcements for families in Point Pleasant Gallipolis Chillicothe Wellston and surrounding areas. Names include Johnson Wright Mc Cray Honaker Lynch Picciano Taylor Stiles Searberry Fisnaugie Hunt Harre Drummond Hall Smith Litterest Salts Denney Cook Jenkins Carman Johnson Fitzpatrick and others. Several dismissals noted and a BiCod used Tuesday 2 pints.
Mrs. Lloyd H. Cline of 1412 Kanawha Street announces the engagement of her daughter Rilla Emogene to W. Ferrell Wamsley son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ferrell Wamsley of Ohio River Road. The wedding is set for 3 p.m. May 28 at the Heights EUB Church with an open ceremony. Both graduates of Point Pleasant High School. Miss Cline works for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co and Mr. Wamsley is an announcer for Radio Station WJEH.
Transfers include Joe D Rulen to Fannie Rulen in Clendenin District. Garland and Frances Young to James and Virgie Stewart in Waggener District. Minnie and A F Watterson to Okey R Watterson in Clendenin District. J H and Ella Worley to Elza and Josephine McGraw Virgil and Vivian Siders, Virgil Siders Jr and Marianne Siders to Donald and Julia Hayes in Robinson District. Virginia Allison to Torres and Maxine Williamson in Arbuckle District. Mary Williamson to Torres Williamson in Arbuckle District. Harry and Gladys Taylor to Doris and Betty Jarvis in Lewis District. John and Nancy Adkins to Clyde and Nevada Long in Hannan District. Alexander Graham Bell adopted his middle name Graham from a friend.
William Gregory announced the DHIA honor rolls for April. Russell Jones of Point Pleasant led the test with 11 cows producing 1029 pounds of milk 3.86 butterfat and 40 pounds fat per cow. The ED P honor roll was led by E B Jones with 29 cows producing 1192 pounds milk 3.7 butterfat and 44.1 pounds fat per cow.
At Point Pleasant High School, twenty students were tapped into the National Honor Society during a candlelight ceremony led by John Miller. Speakers addressed scholarship leadership service and emblems, with ten percent of eligible students tapped now and five percent to be inducted next term.
Gallipolis report of a side swipe collision at 12 25 p m Tuesday three miles north of Route 35 junction. Cars driven by John W Barcus 30 and W Hobart Wilson Sr 63 were left of center, both vehicles left the road into ditches, medium damage, No injuries. Barcus cited to appear in Municipal Court Friday.
Gauge readings show Gallipolis and Montgomery crests with river rising two tenths foot per hour between Dam 13 and Gallipolis. Locks and boats on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers list numerous vessels with up or down movements and times through Lock 34 to Lock 35 as crests and falls continue.
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