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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1956

Page

8

Legion Honors Ex Chiefs And Plans Memorial Services

Point Pleasant LegionPost 2 honors past commanders and charter members at a Monday meeting. A Memorial Day parade and services at Tu-Endie-Wei Park were planned, with talks by legion officers and members. Col. Charles Lewis funeral details and a history of the local D A R chapter are included.

Point Pleasant Kerr Blain Manders American Legion Legion F Ice Tu-Endie-Wei Park Thon Bernetta Mander Powell Reynolds Legionnaires Yeaser Main St Charles Lewis National Society of Ing Marcus James William Hanna Rose Poffenbarger Vernon Deweese Berg Yeager Chester A. Roush Stanley Waldie Heights Eub Church Harry Childers L. C. Bickle R. C D. L. Sayre Lone Oak ‘Cemetery Crow Funeral Home

Sunday Social at Yonker Home Highlights Local Guests

Yonker home hosted eighteen guests for a Sunday social with co host Mrs Lewis Mueller and Dr C B Stewart. Attendees included Mrs Hale Stewart and daughters Joyce Lee and Dianna plus Miss Betty Williams visiting from Parkersburg and Mrs Lilly Moore of Columbus. Local patients and visitors noted include medical patient Charles Brown at Holzer Hospital and Jean Call’s graduation visit in Clarksburg attended by Mrs Hite and family.

Yonker Point Pleasant Lewis Mueller C. B. Stewart Oak St Covene Charley Rainey McCormick Evans W. Va Hale Stewart Joyce Lee Dianna Chase Lee Efferson Blvd Mueller Betty Wil Ilams Parkersburg Lilly Moore Columbus P. F. Burns Leon Charles Brown Main St Holzer Hos G. C. Hite Pital Maurice Hayes Daugh William Fields Ters Maurey James Margrette Ave Henderson Clarksburg Jean Hite

Two Outfits To Go To Pt Knox Camp

Ten officers and 136 members form the convoy of an ordnance detachment for a two week camp at Fort Knox. Detachment heads Owens Rosebetty and Roy Ry. Franklin lead with Capt Schroeder Lt Roseberry Lt Killingsworth and warrants Fisher Jenkins Reynolds. Headquarters detachment is led by Maj Tatterson with warrants Jenkins Pierce and McDonald.

Point Pleasant Aaith Ordnance Company Owens Rosebetty Cmm Ove Fort Knox Roy Ry. Franklin Charles Jenkins Ordnance Detachment Fred Schroeder Roseberry Dan Killingsworth George Fisher Cleo Reynolds Maj Richard Tatterson Eunice Pierce Edle McDonald

Montgomery predicts missiles will replace bombers within 10 years

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery told a news conference in Winnipeg that guided missiles will take over about half the wartime duties of long-range bombers within a decade and could supplant 70 percent of tactical air forces. He warned leaders to plan for future warfare, not the last war.

Winnipeg Man Britain Viscount Montgomery NATO Europe

Construction Activity Boosts 1956 Economy Outlook

Federal Reserve Board reports early 1956 construction remains a strong economic driver with April new building at 42 billion dollars seasonally adjusted. The article mixes recurring local school events and a distant Taj Mahal reference, reflecting eclectic clipping noise.

Washington Federal Reserve Board Radcliff Lord High North Wilton Gladys Smith Sion John Palmer, Jr Wallace Martin Susan Sorrell Serve Melvin Cottrill Charles Scheerschmidt Connie Perry Sonja Canade Audrey Rowe Julia Shiflett John Palmer Marvin Huston Board of Education

New Koppers Plant Planned Across Ohio River From East Liverpool

East Liverpool area firm Umion- Koppers Co Inc of Pittsburgh announced purchase of a 285 acre Hancock County site across the Ohio River for a micatoie acid and vitamin supplement development facility. Plant to start next year with early 1957 completion. No cost or worker figures disclosed.

East Liverpool Umion— Koppers Co., Inc Pittsburgh Ohio River Hancock County W. Va

Hamden Social Roundup Sees Distant Guests and Local Visits

Hamden residents entertained and visited over a busy period. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young with their sons Eldon and Lynne, plus Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson. Mrs. Edna Smith and Miss Rachel Smith attended Barbara Summers’s eighth grade commencement in South Shore, Kentucky. Hospital and school events featured births at Hocking Valley Hospital and a boy named Stevie McWilliams receiving weekly orthopedic clinic care at Columbus Children’s Hospital. Local travelers included the Gibsons of Blacklick and Columbus, the Kibbeys visiting Dr. and Mrs. Warner in Chesapeake, and many others from Allensville Wellston Lockbourne and Hamden assisting in hospital stays and weekend visits.

Hamden Richard Davis Cynthia Zell Davis Newark Robert Davis Columbus Ralph Young Leland Webb Hamden School Eldon Yne John Thompson Edna Smith Rachael Smith South Shore Barbara Summers Beryl Gibson Blacklick Robbert Gibson Minnie Gibson Robert Kibbey Lessie Kibbey Warner Chesapeake Otto Depue Charles Roberts Robert Sorrell Clarence Delong Eva McWilliams Geraldine Logan Ora Barker Esta Sorrell Allensville Paul Sorrell Wellston John Holtz Ham‘den John McGathey McGathey University Hospital Leland Matteson Hocking ‘Valley Hospital Mayme Crego Palm Springs Calif Carroll Whittington Franklin Nutt Owen Wilbur Holzer Hospital Clarence Higgins Harley McWilliams Bob Pittenger Dennis

Local visitors from Columbus on Charleston Road

Residents recall relatives as Mr and Mrs Sammie Doolittle and son of Columbus visit Mr and Mrs Moten Stanley on Charleston Road along with the wife’s sister and son and other kin in a family gathering at their home.

Keyland W. C. Bowie Sammie Doolitle Columbus Moten Stanley Charleston Road

Turkish Cypriot Killed in Ambush Near Paphos

A Turkish Cypriot constable was killed and two other Cyprus security force members were wounded when they came under gunfire from an ambush while riding in a convoy near Paphos on Sunday night. The incident marks the fifth Turkish Cypriot policeman killed in the 14 month old conflict. US Army scout dogs are deployed in Cyprus to detect alien scents up to distances of 200 to 300 yards.

Nicosia Cyprus Paphos

Committee Post Goes To Messick In Clendenin District

Dorothy Messick wins the Clendenin District committee post after defeating Lillian Arrington by two votes in a Mason County recount. Precincts counted include Beale Henderson Hammrick Wyoma Wood Buckle Hogsett Mt Olive Glenwood Palestine and St Joe.

Point Pleasant Dorothy Messick Clendenin Lillian Arrington Mason County Court Beale Henderson Hammrick Wyoma Wood Buckle Hogsett Mt. Olive Glenwood Palestine St. Joe

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