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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1955
Page
13
Shawnee Pool near Point Pleasant Junior High, run by the Kiwanis Club, will officially open Memorial Day at 1 p.m. Pool chairman J. L. Twitty announced last night. Richard Horton, Point Pleasant School head basketball coach, is noted in the report.
Patricia Ann Schenk, a 2 year old Marietta College graduate, becomes Mason County home demonstration agent, the first in a year and a half. She will handle a full workload while awaiting diploma at Tune commencement, with training at Princeton and Elkins. The pool season at Mason County continues seven days weekly through mid August, with swim hours and class schedules set by athletic director Robert Shertzer. Admission prices include 35 cents for adults, 12 dollars for family season tickets, and 3 and 15 cent rates for other entries. Kiwanis plans for a bathhouse are deferred until after pool closure.
Lions of Pleasant Point elected Harold Adams as president and a slate of officers for July. Bill Foster and Bill Fulwider as vice presidents, John Sprigale as third VP, Tom Stansel secretary, George Roberts treasurer, Jim Staats tail twister, and Les Williamson Lion tamer. Three new directors Tommy Holland Floyd Taylor Berfitt Jordan to serve two years. Outgoing president James Darby. Meetings set up for Rotary Lions steak fry June 6 at Harmon Park. Bake sale planned at Appalachian Electric Power Co. June 10 and 11.
POINT PLEASANT Two Ohio motorists faced drunken driving charges after last weekend arrests by state police. Tan Cart Benson of Sidney posted an $80 bond, while Walter M. Barrett of Middleport was fined $50 plus costs, sentenced to five days in county jail, and received a six month license suspension. Wendell Ashworth of Hamlin and Kerman Jordan also faced fines for intoxication and highway violations. Community notices reference Poppy Day planning, a Roosevelt School PTA meeting, cemetery-cleaning efforts, a chicken dinner for Gallipolis teachers, and a forthcoming wedding in Gallipolis. the report weaves through local events and obituaries.
Mrs. Minnie Linders of Viand Street reports the death of her sister Mrs. Ethel Core of Coral Gables Fla after a long illness. Born in Winfield she was daughter of the late W. H. Enick. Survived by a daughter Maurine Frutkoft of Coral Gables two sisters Mrs. Linders and Mrs. Mary Crawley of Charleston two brothers E. S. Enick of Winfield and R. C. Enick of Lancaster Ohio Funeral services and burial will be in Winfield.
Funeral services for Orville J. Click 72 were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Baden Baptist Church with Charles Teets officiating and burial in the church cemetery. He died Sunday morning at Point Clinic. A retired cattleman and deacon, he was born October 26, 1873 at Mt Alto, son of Jacob and Amanda Canter.
Fragmentary OCR item references Chester Tigh Shop and Colum, with names Drowal, Lary Eugene Andrew, Silyean, Tika Beason, George Hudson, and Middleport. Vague vowings suggest a meeting or pledge. Needing clearer text for precise summary.
Pt Pleasant social column reports Ruth Louise Sallaz daughter of Mr and Mrs A D Sallaz of 2007 Lincoln Ave engaged to Clarence Ray Holland son of Mr and Mrs Tennat Holland Engagement referenced as forthcoming marriage Both graduates of Point Pleasant High School Miss Sallaz employed at the City Building and Mr Holland works in Barberton Ohio
Sayler was picked up by the Mason County Sheriff's Department yesterday on a non-support warrant. He is wanted by authorities in Meigs County and will probably be taken to Ohio today waiving extradition yesterday.
Federal tax line shows 4-01 and 3-01 with a price of 60 cents each for a BEL package, indicating a small catalog or receipt item. The fragment implies a listing or pricing note, likely from a mid-century bulletin or store ledger.
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