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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1949

Page

5

Ninth grade promotion at Junior High School ceremony

Virgil W. Siders presented 151 freshmen to C. H. Withers for sophmore entry next term. Promoted students received certificates, with invocations and performances by Mary Jo Carrick. Awards honored include Sally C. Jordan, Bel, Faculty scholarship, history study, and John McNedly for boys to Jack Smith and Donald Waldie.

Point Pleasant Virgil W. Siders C. H Withers Mary Jo Carrick Sally C. Jordan George Smith Bel Dale Roush James Eugene Thorne Norma Jean Taylor Donald Blessing Gertrude Halliday Eunice Beller Col Charles Lewis Dar Anna Lou Dunn American Legion Ruth Ellen Bisine Annabelle Yarbrough Margaret Graham W. E. Dunn John McNedly Leon Putz Jack Smith Donald Waldie

Point Pleasant Hosts Biennial City Election

In Point Pleasant the biennial election is set for Saturday amid floodwall construction. Voters will decide mayor and city clerk on party and Citizens tickets, with council seats in five wards filled by paired candidates across both tickets.

Point Pleasant

Head of Point Clinic Elected Trustee

Dr. R W Eshenaur, head of the Point Clinic, was elected to the board of trustees of the state osteopathic society at the annual meeting in Huntington this week. Mrs Eshenaur and daughter Ruth attended the society banquet in the Hotel Prichard Monday night.

Point Clinic Point Pleasant R. W Eshenaur The State Osteopathic Society Eee Ge Huntington

Pleasants to Relocate to Milford Del During June Move

Mr and Mrs R T Jaquette of 105 Pleasant Street plan to move next week to Milford Delaware where Jaquette will manage the local store of Southern States Cooperative He has been a traveling representative for the firm The family of four children ages four to ten is well known here The Jaquettes previously lived in Delaware

Delaware Point Pleasant R. T. Jaquette Pleasant St Milford Del Jaquette Southern States Cooperative Jaquettes

Son Is Born in Coronado to Ensign McGuffin

Mrs. Okey Bragg learns her brother's wife has given birth to a son named Thomas Williams in Coronado California. Ensign Ray McGuffin, an 11 year Navy veteran and Air Corps pilot, is the father. The birth occurred Tuesday.

Point Pleasant Okey Bragg Liberty St Thomas Williams Ensign Ray McGuffin Coronado Calif Ensign McGuffin Navy Air Corps

Walter Yeager Jr. Mason Man Dies at Kirkland

Walter Yeager Jr. died unexpectedly Monday morning in Kirkland. He was a patrolman there for years. Surviving are his mother Orillia Yeager, sister Ed Fry of Letart, and brother Arch Yeager of Letart.

Mason Walter Jr Yeager Kirkland Til Mr. Yeager Orillia Yeager Ed Fry Letart Arch Yeager

Blackwood Rites Today in Christ Episcopal Church

Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Neale Blackwood of Sayre Pennsylvania will be held today at Christ Episcopal Church. The Rev. Thomas will conduct. Burial follows at Lone Oak Cemetery. She was born July 18 1872 in Ben Lomond and leaves a daughter Mrs Attarah Cady and a son FE Neale Blackwood.

Point Pleasant Christ Episcopal Church Margaret Neale Blackwood Sayre Robert Findlay Thomas Lone Oak Charleston Blackwood Charles Lewis DAR Christ Church Attarah Cady Joseph B. Cady FE. Neale Blackwood A. L. Neale FE. C. Waggener Owens Roseberry Milton L. Miller Harold EB. Somerville C. C. Lewis

Mason County Band Concert Scheduled for May 23

The Spring Concert of Mason County School Band will be held in the Junior High School gym at 7 p.m. Monday May 23 directed by John H Martin. Featured pieces include a piano concerto Con certo in Janz by Mary Jo Carrick and a trumpet solo Raul by Ralph Raike with selections from the State Band Festival program in Huntington.

Point Pleasant Mason County John H Martin Mary Jo Carrick Raul Ralph Raike Martin Huntington

Charles E. Knapp Rites Set Monday at Trinity

Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 30 p m in Trinity Methodist Church for Charles Edgar Knapp 77 of 310 Main Street who died Tuesday evening The Rev Holly Shamblin will officiate Burial will be in Lone Oak Cemetery He was a native of Union District longtime Point Pleasant resident and former West Virginia Malleable Iron Co employee He was a Mason active in Junior OUAM and Methodist Survivors include his widow Birdie McDaniel Knapp a daughter Lona Lowrie of Akron and a brother Verner Knapp of Cadillac Michigan

Point Pleasant Trinity Methodist Church Charles Edgar Knapp Main St Holly O. Shamblin Lone Oak Cemetery Mr. Knapp Union District Samuel and Rachel (Smith) Knapp West Virginia Malleable Iron Co Ulness OUAM Birdie McDaniel Knapp Lona Lowrie Akron Verner Knapp Cadillac Mich

Man Refuses Fine and Is Sent to Jail

Perry Kerr mith Heenthorn of Canton Ohio arraigned on a charge of intoxication. He pleaded guilty and was committed to the county jail after refusing to pay a five dollar fine and costs. Nelson Myers arraigned on the same charge pleaded guilty and was sentenced to twenty days and a ten dollar fine plus costs. It was Myers second arrest in four days.

Point Pleasant Perry Kermith Heenthorn Canton Ohio Costa Nelson Myers Myers

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