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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1954

Page

8

Point Pleasant Honor Group Names 18 In Class Day Activities

Eighteen Point Pleasant High School students were named to the National Honor Society during class day ceremonies. New members include Ruth Blessing Nina Keener Doris Wellman June Rodgers and others selected for character scholarship service and leadership. The event also inducted Quill and Scroll members with ceremonies led by school and district advisers. A tea at the Episcopal Church followed and the yearbook Oh Kans was presented with special dedications to two juniors polio survivors.

Point Pleasant Point Pleasant High School Ruth Blessing Nina Keener Doris Wellman June Rodgers Jack Rogers Rich Ard Austin Freddie Thorn Otho Newell Shirley Prunty Jean Smith Bill Blessing Lucille Legue David Somerville Virgil Burris Clair Lee Cottrill Nancy Sayre Barbara Peters Alice Mae Katherine Woolfitt Clara Graham Eva Hill Wayne Gammon Dwayne Kidwell James Call Beverly Wedge James Capehart Mary Esther Tennant Mary Ann Aten Sandra Proffitt Leah Love Ruth Eschenaur Betsy Knapp Mitzi Gibson Robert Castor Leon Putz Helen Sterrett Oh-Kan Car Mickey Whalen Episcopal Church Parish House Glenville Jewell

Auctioneers And Officials Meet at Point

POINT PLEASANT The Point Pleasant Livestock Co hosted a meeting of auction market operators and state agriculture officials in Gallipolis discussing interstate feeder cattle transport. Ohio and West Virginia veterinarians led talks on simplifying Ohio rules guiding cross state shipments.

Point Pleasant Point Pleasant Livestock Co Ohio West Virginia Departments of Agriculture Lafayette Hotel Gallipolis J. R. Haye T. C. Green J. RB. Haye J. E. Doran R. L. Knudson Walter Hampton West Virginia Department of Agriculture R. Q. Smith Independent Livestock Assn Carl Harker Roy McCulty Association of West Virginia Fred and Everett Gill Marietta William Mace Point Pleasant and Union Washington Do. H H. James Johnson John Timothy Evans Gallia County

Thespians At Point Pleasant To Hold Initiation

Troupe 88 of the National Thespians at Point Pleasant High School will conduct initiation ceremonies Friday at 8 p m at the Moose Home. A formal dance will follow open to the public with music by a band directed by C R Yoho. Mrs Lavina Jackson sponsors the Thespians.

Point Pleasant Point Pleasant High School C. R. Yoho Lavina Jackson

Local Families Visit and Dinner Gatherings Across Tonight

Mr and Mrs Car FE McClure and relatives from Athens and Columbus visited Marion McClure. Louis Boggs and son Mickey were in Charleston. Bert Davis hosted guests including Everett McKnight and the Sweeneys. Green and Brogan families shared meals and attended a funeral. Lawrence Brogan visited Mickey Boggs.

Grass Run Car FE. McClure Billie Diana MecClure Athens Claire Dale Stansbury Columbus Marion McClure Louis Boggs Mickey Charleston W. Va Bert Davis Jesse Sweeney Everett McKnight Toledo W. FE. Green Lola Ruby Jerry Green Beckley J. W. Brogan Floyd Cleland James Cleland Letart Falls Louis McGuire

18 Awards To Be Made At Point Pleasant Graduation

Commencement exercises for 123 Point Pleasant High School seniors will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in the Main Street gym. Dr. Ray O. Duncan of West Virginia University will deliver the address. Valedictorian is David Walters and salutatorian is Wayne Gammon. Eighteen awards include Joseph Friedman memorial Faculty Alumni Two River Motors Agricultural Rotary Kiwanis Men of the Moose Women of the Moose Mason County Farm Women's Council Dramatic Club Senior Men's Bible Class Trinity Methodist Ruth Bible Class Lambda Chi Omega Sorority Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR and American Legion and Auxiliary.

Point Pleasant Point Pleasant High School Mason County Farm Women's Council Dramatic Club Trinity Methodist Church Trinity Church Lambda Chi Omega Sorority Charles Lewis DAR Home Economics Good Citizen American Legion American Legion Auxiliary

Last Day of School Set for Next Monday in Mason County

Mason County last day of school will be Monday May 24 per county superintendent Kenneth W Shaffer. Final activities end in the morning and schools dismiss at noon.

Point Pleasant Mason County Kenneth W. Shaffer

Local Socials Highlight Weekend Visits and Club Meeting

Mr and Mrs Bas il Coleman of Dayton and others visited family in Kanauga Over the weekend. Several couples spent a day with relatives in Athens Jackson Middleport Ironton and Charleston. The CIC Club met at Mrs Harold McKensie with fourteen members present Kristine Black attended.

Kanauga Basil Coleman Dayton George Coleman Robert Leedy Jackson Ralph Walker Marvin VanSickle Columbus Clyde Taylor Middleport Farnest Bowen Ironton Bowen Clyde Shamblin Betty Raike L. Lanham Cook Charleston CIC Club Harold McKensie Fastern Ave Kristine Black

Hollister News and Local Social Visits

Hollister notes Tenpie McGee returns home after a Hemlock visit. Mr and Mrs George Strausbaugh and daughter Christy hosted the Lannings of New Philadelphia. Mrs Mary Dew to Mount St Mary Hospital Nelsonville. Sonia Slater visits Bessie Slater. Charley Morgan and Bobbie Harner guests of Mount St Mary Hospital grandmother Leona Thompson.

Mrs Osa Martin rites planned in Gallipolis

Funeral services for 75 year old Mrs. Osa Martin will be at 10 a.m. Friday at King's Chapel in Gallia County with Rev. Earl Cremeens officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. She was born Sept 6 1878 in Gallipolis to Jess and Sarah Ann Emory. Survivors include a half brother Joe Cox and half sisters Mrs. Mary White and Mrs. Eva Bashore. husband Charles Martin. two daughters Florence Caldwell and Gladys Casey. Died Tuesday at 6 30 a.m. Friends may call at her Bulnville Road residence back of Addison.

Gallipolis Osa Martin King's Chapel Bladen Earl Cremeens Church Gallia County Martin Jess Sarah Ann Sowards Emory Joe Cox Mary White Eva Bashore Friendly Ridge Clay Township Charles Martin Florence Caldwell Bidwell Gladys Casey Bulnville Road Addison

Flags Available For Vets Graves In Point Pleasant

Veterans flags for Memorial Day gravesites are offered by the Point Pleasant American Legion Post. Commander J A Ferrell urges contact, with Fruth's barber shop also supplying small flags. A Legion meeting led by Ferrere set plans for the Eddy Chapel Memorial Service at 1 p.m. Memorial Day.

Point Pleasant American Legion J. A. Ferrell Fruth Ferrere Eddy Chapel

Alfred Church Sunday School Service and Grange Meeting

Sixty one attended the Alfred Church Sunday School service led by C F E Woode at 11 o'clock. The Grange met Thursday evening with twenty three members present and refreshments served by the Arthur Spencer and Gerald Douglas families.

Alfred Alfred Church C. F E. Woode Grange Arthur Spencer Gerald Douglas Great Bend Jack Follred Pomeroy Follred-Robinson Arthur Atherton Silas Taylor Everett Taylor Hemlock Grove J. M. Gaul Delbert Gaul Nile Koehler Guysville Bob Martin Torch

GAHS Band Portrait at Washington School

Academy High School band gathers for a formal group photo at Washington School. Drum major suits include Kimball Suiter and Julian Caldwell, joined by a long list of players and student leaders in four rows with director Carol Jean Fowler and several staff members.

Gallipolis Kimball Suiter GAHS Washington School Marilyn Lloyd Carolyn Arnold Greta Thomas Peggy Steinbrunner Ann Halliday Nancy Blazer First Row Eleanor Elliott Roberta Johnson Ella Mosley Beverly Webb Maureen Stewart Barbara Null Yvonne Elliott Eleanor K Stephen George

Walter Windsor Named District Scout Chief

Walter Mills Windsor was elected chair man of the Mason Gallia Meigs district Boy Scouts of America at a meeting Monday evening at the Philip Sporn plant. Windsor succeeds C O Kell with J S Porter and Wayne Swisher named district vice chairmen.

Point Pleasant Walter Mills Windsor Mason-Gallia-Meigs Boy Scouts of America Philip Sporn Windsor Marietta Manufacturing Co C. O. Kell J. S. Porter Gallipolis Wayne Swisher Pomeroy Clifford Stalnaker Peter Steenbergen, Jr John Elwood Larry Mohr Jack Frey Garrett Green Lorain Sterrett Paul Nease Bob Wilson Louis Koontz George Houck Don Nease Robert Coates Raymond A. Klees Howard Ruppelt C. D. Richman Harold Lohse Pat Lochary William Knight Howard Andrews William Woolfitt Don McFarland George Hobstetter George Ely Miles T. Epling O. W. Clarke Wilbur Dickeson Edwin McCormick Maurice Bane Sherow Truman Morris F. F. Simmons Don Foglesong Russell Ebiin J. Knox Dye

Stork Shower Honoree Elsie Anthony in Huntington

Mrs. James Dunkle of Huntington hosted a recent stork shower at her mother Mrs. Henry Anthony’s Jackson Avenue home for Elsie Anthony Dunkle. Attendees included Mrs. Cleo Reynolds, Mrs. Joseph Antal, Mrs. Daniel Muth, Mrs. Charles Anthony, Miss Velma Neal, Miss Marjorie Cappellari, Miss Pamela Anthony, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Likens, and Naida Likens. Nearby, the Mason County Family Reunion Association plans Memorial Day activities at Nelson Hope farm near Gallipolis Ferry with a noon picnic and program. Directors include H. L. McDaniel Columbus, M. Austin Smith Huntington, B. O. Blain Gallipolis Ferry, and others.

James Dunkle Huntington Henry Anthony Jackson Ave Dunkle Elsie Anthony Cleo Reynolds Joseph Antal Daniel Muth Charles Anthony Velma Neal Marjorie Cappellari Pamela Anthony Ralph Likens Naida Likens Mason County Nelson Hope Farm Gallipolis Ferry Family Reunion Association H. L. McDaniel Columbus Marjorie Austin Smith McDaniel H. O. Austin A. É. Reinwald Kenova B. O. Blain Dallas Roe D. M. Hope Henderson F. A. Shiflet Middleport Ohio

Spring social at Hickory Chapel draws church women groups

The WSCS of Hickory Chapel Methodist Church hosted a Friday spring social at the church with guest societies Beech Hill Leon and Vaught Memorial. A parcel post and needle work sale accompanied a program including call to worship, scriptural reading, poems, a mother themed reading, a solo, and prize giving.

WSCS Hickory Chapel Methodist Church Beech Hill Leon Vaught Memorial John Oliver Kermitt Daniel Paul Taylor Charles Oshel Ruth Oshel A. L. Stewart G. C. Fowler Ed McCulloch

Birthday Party Honors Jimmy Lewis at Home

Jimmy Lewis son of Mr and Mrs Ames Lewis Burdette Adda was honored with a birthday party at his home Monday evening by his parents The guest list included Pat Young Johnnie Musgrave Benny Somerville Jim Bragg Nile Minton Kay Lewis Phyllis Frances Jean Guff Balba Jo Perry Lyn Wedge Rebecca White Barbara Pace Kay Grue ser Nancy Kard Dianne Lewis and Sharon Flowers

Jimmy Lewis Ames Lewis Burdette Adda Pat Young Johnnie Musgrave Benny Somerville Jim Bragg Nile Minton Kay Lewis Phyllis Frances Jean Guff Balba Jo Perry Lyn Wedge Rebecca White Barbara Pace Kay Grueser Nancy Kard Dianne Lewis Sharon Flowers

Austin Hope McLeod Family Reunion Annual Affair

The Austin Hope McLeod family reunion continues as an annual gathering. Kin from multiple generations converge to share memories, stories, and updates on family milestones and goals for the coming year.

Austin-Hope-McLeod

Local families host guests in Rutland area

Dexter Dexter-Galen and Mr and Mrs Claude Delaney with Nancy of Rutland were guests of Mrs Mary Will. Athens visitors Mrs Geraldine Thomas and son Earl stayed with Mrs Thomas' parents Mr and Mrs Gerald Minor. Numerous relatives from Dex ter Springfield Cols Rutland and Huntington visited family hosts including Mrs Mattie Halliday and Elmer McKaskey and Waid Musser with Allen and Ivan. Rutland seniors joined a Washington trip with Donna Bolen Jo Ann Nelson Norris Goff Donald King Ronald Nicholson and James Nicholson.

Lil Minor Arline Davis Gerry Bradbury Davis Nellie Nelson Everett McKnight Toledo Jess Sweeney McKnight Viola Halliday Upper Salem Elaine Steele Frank Nelson Wilkesville Phylis Nelson Alice Cain Columbus Peter Nelson J. F. Radekin James Nicholson Ronald Estie Arrowood Patty Jo Huntington Ray Nicholson Nile Strait Wheeling Chloe Fink Sidney Handkerson Rutland Archie McKinney Rutland High School Washington, D. C Donna Jean Bolen Jo Ann Nelson Norris Goff Donald King Ronald Nicholson

Resting Behaviors of Asiatic and African Elephants

The Asiatic elephant often lies down to rest and sleep, unlike the African species which does so rarely. Africans typically lie down only to roll in mud or rub against a tree.

Out-of-town visitors to local families noted

Mrs. F H McNeill of Charl ton visits her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Charles Osher in Charleston and son and daughter-in-law Mr and Mrs John McNeill in Marquett Ave Mrs John Crump of Ashley Ohio visits Mrs Claude Brown and other relatives The Rev and Mrs J P Keefer and daughter Patricia of Viand St return home after visiting their son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Ann Allen Leroy Mr and Mrs Floyd Taylor 102 Smith St host this week Mr and Mrs Elmer Glover Groveport Ohio and Mrs William Gibeaut and daughters Patricia and Lola Canan Winchester Ohio Mr and Mrs FE A Berry Canton were guests of Mrs Bessie Berry and daughter Miss Betty Berry of Main St

F. H. McNeill Charleston Charles Osher Read John McNeill Marquett Ave John Crump Ashley, Ohio Claude Brown J. P. Keefer Patricia Viand St Ann Allen Leroy Floyd Taylor Smith St Elmer Glover Groveport Ohio William Gibeaut Lola Canan Winchester FE. A. Berry Canton Bessie Berry Betty Berry Main St

Holzer Hospital Notes Births and Admissions

Holzer Hospital notes report a birth to Mr and Mrs Willard Sheets of Crown City. Admissions list many patients from Crown City Bidwell Jackson Gallipolis Oak Hill Ches hire Wellston and others receiving medical and surgical care.

Willard Sheets Crown City Richard Lawhorn Bidwell C. S. Bingman Jackson Roger Gladman Surgical Clara Bugg Gallipolis Deffie Swisher Cheshire Arch Lambert Oak Hill Fred Hill Edwin Thomas Truman Sauders Wellston Forrest E. Smeltzer South Point Richard Dunkle Huntington Eugene Fisher Ray Christine Mercer Walter Beckley Wilkesville Fanny Overly Anita Bruniardi Chauncey Shoemaker Marvin Wicker

Arctic Murmansk Remains Ice Free All Year

The Gulf Stream keeps Murmansk in Soviet Russia ice free year round, allowing harbor access despite Arctic conditions.

Arctic Murmansk Soviet Russia

Rio Grande grads urged to live with purpose and attitude

Rio Grande High School graduates heard Dr Charles E Holzer Jr say four questions about attitude toward self others work and God give life meaning balance and purpose He warned that attitude, not action alone, drives outcomes and cited McCarthy era hearings as a cautionary example.

Rio Grande Charles E. Holzer, Jr Rio Grande High Schoo Holger Hospital Dr. Holzer Washington

Lafayette Day Program Arranged In Gallipolis

Miss Carolyn Wooten of Holzer Hospital School of Nursing will perform piano selections for Lafayette Day in Our House yard at 2 p.m. Sunday. The event honors Lafayette's 1825 visit, hosted by French Colony NSDAR Chapter with a Washington School fifth grade play and refreshments.

Gallipolis Carolyn Wooten Holzer Hospital School of Nursing Our House Yard Holzer Hospital Charles E. Holzer Ohio Historical Society French Colony National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution Marquis de Lafayette Lafayette John A. Epling Paul M. Niswander Grace Methodist Church L. H. Nelson NSCAR Washington Mary T. George Faye Alban Mildred Wise Gay Circle

Gallipolis Centerville eighth graders hear Rev J Davis speak

Gallipolis Centerville School will hold its eighth grade commencement at 8 p m Thursday with Rev John B Davis of Rio Grande as principal speaker. Valedictorian Freda Jane Morris led county eighth grade test results and salutatorian Wilma Jane Brown ranked ninth. The class includes Wilma Jean Fritz Judith Kay Hayes and Robert Findley. The graduates will tour the Gallipolis offices of The Messenger The Tribune WJEH Favorite Bread Co and other local businesses.

Gallipolis Centerville John B. Davis Rio Grande Freda Jane Morris Wilma Jane Brown Wilma Jean Fritz Judith Kay Hayes Robert Findley the Messenger the Tribune WJEH Favorite Bread Co

Ann Halliday Elected Thespian Troup Chief

Gallia Academy High School in Gallipolis held its annual induction for Troupe 593 of the National Thespian Society. Ann Halliday was elected president with Eleanor Black named secretary treasurer and John Louis Preston as best actor. Mrs Ruth T Gillingham serves as troupe sponsor.

Gallipolis Ann Halliday Troupe National Thespian Society Gallia Academy High School Eleanor Black John Louis Buddy) Preston Ruth T. Gillingham

Telephone Recordings Banned as Evidence

A jury case against Warren L. Stephenson former executive secretary of President Eisenhower's Inaugural Committee was dropped temporarily after a ruling that a telephone talk recording cannot be used as evidence. The appeal to higher courts will largely determine if the case resumes.

Washington Warren L. Stephenson Eisenhower

Point Clinic Admits Bertha Dunn. Discharges John Matthews

Clinic records show Mrs. Bertha Dunn of Apple Grove admitted and Mrs. John Matthews of Gallipolis Ferry discharged during the reporting period.

Bertha Dunn Apple Grove Medical John Matthews Gallipolis Ferry

Falls Breaks Arm At Courthouse Yard

Ed Bates a courthouse janitor fell Tuesday afternoon in the courthouse yard and sustained a broken left arm.

Point Pleasant Ed Bates

Funeral rites for Nora Kerr Vanden in Gallipolis

Mrs. Nora Kerr Vanden 85 long time hostess at the Dayton Country Club died at her Gallipolis home. Funeral set for Friday at St Peter s Episcopal with Rev. Richard H Ash officiating. Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. She was born in 1868 and married Edward W Vanden who died in 1916. She had a sister Mrs Ella K Fuller of Searsale New York who arrived today.

Gallipolis Nora Kerr Vanden Thursday Club First Ave Dayton Country Club St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Richard H. Ash George F. Bovie John E. Halliday Harold MacKenzie Robert Mackenzie William Cherrington Charles Rathburn Paul Myers William Sigler Miller's Funeral Mound Hill Cemetery Vanden James Morrison Kerr Isabel Mills Kerr Edward W. Vanden Ella K. Fuller Searsale N. Y

Ten High Students Pass Driver's Exam

Ten students in Gallia County earned driver's licenses after final examinations administered by State Highway Patrolman G L Bryan at Gallia Academy High School. Names include Patti Jenkins Barbara Jenkins Margaret Steinerunner Dolores Carroll Billie Harmon Larry Lee Kuhn Willard Kuhn Ronald Green Janis Persinger and Kathryn Miller with ages 16 to 18.

Gallipolis Gallia County G. L. Bryan Charles Swanson Gallia Academy High School Patti Lou Jenkins Barbara Ann Jenkins Kanauga Margaret Maye Peggy) Steinerunner Garfield Ave Dolores June Carroll Waterloo

Communist Jet Flies Across South Korea

A Communist plane crossed the neutral zone and flew south toward Seoul while U S Defense Secretary Charles Wilson and South Korean President Syngman Rhee watched a U S Eighth Army review near the northeast. Radar tracked the jet but it was not seen visually. officials said it likely was a jet.

Seoul U.S. Defense Charles Wilson Syngman’ Rhee Sth Air Force

Saint Louis De Montfort life review by club

Remo Rocchi led a Book Review Club discussion for the Altar and Rosary Society in Gallipolis. He described Saint Louis De Montfort as appointed missionary by the pope to oppose Jansenist belief that only a few souls are saved. Refreshments followed the meeting.

Gallipolis Remo Rocchi Saint Louis de Montfort Book Review Club Altar and Rosary Society Rocchi Saint Louis France

Local Woman's Cousin Publishes New Book

Gifford Irion of Gallipolis cousin of Mrs. Oliver G. Lyle publishes Windward of Reason. Lyle, formerly Bessie Bell, is niece of Irion's father Harry Irion. Gifford Irion works for the Federal Communications Commission in Washington.

Gallipolis Gifford Irion Oliver G. Lyle Third Ave

Local Homes and Summer Visitors Reach Langsville Area

Rutland Langsville notes show Laura Folden returning home from winter with Rollin Stiles in Columbus. Susie Crouser of Charleston visits grandparents near Langsville for summer. Maynard Dav is family guests from Charleston with Anna Miller and Margaret Combs. Clarice Longstreth hosts Raymond Smith and daughters Debby and Janice from Rutland. Jean Barr visits Alpha Barr family in Columbus. Raymond Crouser marks birthday with W. E. Crouser family. Betty Siders and Dunbar relatives join nearby guests.

Maynard Davis Charleston W. Va Anna Miller Margaret Combs Clarice Longstreth Raymond Smith Debby Janice Rutland Jean Barr Columbus Alpha Barr Raymond Crouser W. E. Crouser Charles Bayless Dunbar Betty Siders

50 Year Pin Presented By Ohio Pythian Chief

Frank L Quickel of Vinton received a 50 year pin from Grand Chancellor George H Thompson at Naomi Lodge 55 in Gallipolis Ohio. The ceremony included a life membership card and a $150 donation for the Pythias youth program. Speakers praised Quickel for adherence to Pythian principles as attendees noted his long service across multiple lodges.

Gallipolis Ohio Vinton Lodge Knights of Pythias Wilkes Lodge Wilkesville Quickel Vinton Naomi Lodge Quicker W. E. Swisher Cheshire F. L. Mills Joseph D. Donnally David W. Davis Columbus Glendon W. Roberts Portland Ore W. E. Mullineaux Knoxville Tenn Charles O. Porter Mercerville

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