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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1958

Page

5

4 H Leaders Plan Attendance at Jacksons Mill Conference

POINT PLEASANT The May 4 H Leaders Association meeting at Point Pleasant High School laid plans for members to attend the 4 H volunteer leader conference at Jacksons Mill. Attendees include Mrs Fowler Mrs McConshay Mrs Schultz Mrs Slayton Mrs Cottrill Bill Priddy Thomas Williams Hattie Jordan Margaret Bowser Waldren Roush. The group discussed aluminum name plate signs and activities for June 5.

Point Pleasant Leader’s Association Jackson's Mill Robert Fowler William McConshay Clara Schultz Ira Slayton Olive Cottrill Bill Priddy Thomas Williams Hattie Jordan Margaret Bowser Waldren Roush Mrs. Schultz South Side McConshay Bowser Joyce McCoy Earl Henry Nancy Fowler Emmett Mitchell Ohio Valley Experiment Station Charlie Sperrow William Gregory Carol Biffle Mountain Climbers Club William H. McConihay, Jr Shawnee Braves Club Judy Getty Busy Bee Club Howard Garland Trail Russell Jones Elizabeth Jones Melva Stalnaker Shawnee Braves Joyce McCoy Earl McCoy Earl McCoy Leon Luckies Miles Darst Clara Shultz Happy Hustlers Charles Sperrow Old Town Mountaineers Fern Mitchell Elsie Fowler West Virginia Ramona S. Holliday William F. Gregory

Area Dairy Princess contest to choose winner Wednesday

The Area Dairy Princess Contest will be held Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Appalachian Power Office. Mason, Clay, Jackson, Roane, Putnam and Kanawha counties will be represented. Finalists win an expense paid trip to Parkersburg and prizes. the Virginia princess gets a $5000 wardrobe and a trip to the American dairy association meeting.

Point Pleasant Appalachian Power Office A. E. Sommer Mason, Clay, Jackson Roane Putnam Kanawha Mason County Judith Ann Wilson Pat Wilson Charleston Rd Mary Mae_ Roush Howard Roush Letart Wilson Point Pleasant High School Miss Roush Wahama High School Parkersburg West Virginia American Dairy Association Janice Jordan Gallipolis Ferry Kathleen Thompson

Hospital bids set to open June 10 in Point Pleasant

Dr. Jack A. Buxton, president of the Mason County Hospital board, said bids for a new 40 bed facility will be opened at 10 a.m. June 10 at the Chamber of Commerce offices. A board meeting follows at 7:30 p.m. at the same location. all trustees are urged to attend.

Point Pleasant Jack A. Buxton The Mason County Hospital, Inc Chamber of Commerce

Man Fractures Arm in Floodwall Slip

Robert McGuffin floodwall superintendent of First St. slipped on wet grass and fractured his left elbow. He was treated at Holzer Hospital and released.

Point Pleasant Robert McGuffin First St Holzer Hospital

4-H Youth Camp Plans Screen Improvement

POINT PLEASANT The Mason County 4-H Youth board used remaining funds to build a screened serving area for the camp kitchen. A. E. Summer will purchase materials. Volunteers are sought to erect the screen and move into the new kitchen and to donate time through the county agent’s office.

Point Pleasant Mason County 4-H A. E. Summer

Bids Open Soon for Surfacing Project on Route 62 Area

Bids will be opened June 10 for surfacing 7.157 miles of secondary 1 on the Point Pleasant and Letart Road. Work begins at Route 62 and Sand Hill Road after prior grading drainage and widening. New homes are already built and more plots are being developed.

Point Pleasant Letart Route 62 Sand Hill Road

Point Pleasant Churches Map Sunday Worship Schedules

A list of Point Pleasant church services includes Sacred Heart Catholic Mass times on Sundays, Church of Christ in Henderson and other congregations with their worship, Bible study, Sunday school, prayer meetings, and youth activities. Notable entries include Christ Church Episcopal with Holy Communion at 7:30 a.m and morning services at 11 a.m.

John O'Reilly Sacred Heart Church of Point Pleasant St. Joseph’s of Mason Church of Christ Henderson Clifford Shaver Church of the Nazarene J. S. Bramon Eub Leon Donald Pringle Rockcastle Yaugh Shiloh Mt. Zion Promise Land Warren Harmony Baptist Warren Dean Concord Baptist Seventh-Day Adventist — Bible Chapel Howard Avenue Bell Meade Robert Kessinger Ervin Patrick Roy McCoy Church of Christ In Christian Union Main St J. P. Keeler Henderson Tabernacle Orville Walker Spencer Christ Church Episcopal Jerome D. Rodgers Holy Communion Young People's Fellowship First Church of God George Osler Main Street Kenneth Chandler Robert Ray Paul

Grant Beaver to Place Flags on Soldiers Graves Again

Grant Beaver, 91, will place flags on graves of Civil War to Korean War soldiers for the 58th Memorial Day in Leon Cemetery, adding small metal markers this year. He has placed flags yearly since 1901, starting with his father and five Civil War veterans, now tending 36 graves with help from his family and American Legion Post 23.

Grant Beaver Leon Beaver Mary Hyre Point Pleasant Kanawha River Mr. Beaver Grant G. W. Beaver Joe Hurndam American Legion Post 23 Messenger Carrie Kathryn Beaver

Four Circles Host Circles at Trinity Methodist Meetings

The Dorcas Priscilla and Martha Circles of Trinity Methodist Church held meetings on Tuesday at home and church venues. Leaders presided, programs featured Memorial and war song selections, and members exchanged gifts and refreshments. Dorothy Watkins was remembered at a funeral attended by the Martha Circle.

E. E. Buffington Jefferson Blvd Dorcas Trinity Methodist Church Lena Carr Elmer Martin D. M. Harshbarger T. J. Damron George Williamson Getwell Marjorie Stevens C. C. Spencer Bessie Johnson Ottie Forsythe John Carpenter Harry Berkley Priscilla Circle George Keener Mary Hellems C. L. Head Keener Katte Bentley Martha Circle Trinity Church Dorothy Watkins

Trinity Methodist Women Plan Meeting on “Widening Circle”

The Women’s Society of Trinity Methodist Church will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the church dining room. Mrs Ralph Crump arranges the program on the topic Widening Circle with participants Mrs James Darby and Mrs W W Johnson. Devotional by Mrs William Voight and business session presided by Mrs Gene Crow.

Ralph Crump Martha Trinity Methodist Church Maxwell Rd Nelson Jeck Eunice Beller Hanly Sibley Oma Stover Ora Kerwood Esther Thomas James Gibson Perry Gibson Clyde McClain Women’s Society of the Trinity Methodist Church James Darby W. W. Johnson William Voight Gene Crow

Service Guild of Christ Episcopal to Meet and Lunch

The service guild of Christ Episcopal Church will hold its monthly meeting and luncheon on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the church parish house. Mrs. William Meade will preside, with hostesses Mrs. George Hervey Mrs. W. S. Hyre and Mrs. Jerome D. Rodgers assisting.

Service Guild of Christ Episcopal Church William Meade George Hervey W. S. Hyre Jerome D. Rodgers

Pioneer Farm Women's Club to Meet at South Side Home

Mrs. Andrew McCausland will host Monday evening for the Pioneer Farm Women's Club. Mrs. Ray Crank will preside. Mrs. J. A. Kay Jr. will present the lesson Protect Your Family's Health.

Andrew McCausland South Side Pioneer Farm Women’s Club Ray Crank J. A. Kay, Jr

Two Men Sentenced To Ohio Reformatory

Logan two men receive indeterminate sentences in Common Pleas Court at Mansfield. Paul E. Malone 19 of Logan Route 4 and John Weston 21 of Nelsonville were sent to the Ohio Reformatory. Malone’s sentence was suspended then invoked for a 1957 theft case. Weston pleaded guilty to burglarizing Old Man's Cave concession stand and later to a 1956 unlawful entry charge after prior military delays.

Logan Ohio Reformatory Mansfield Common Pleas Paul E. Malone John Weston Nelsonville Malone Reformatory Oren Smith Frasure-Helber Harley Meyer Shriff Dennis Wilkes N. M. Brown Common Pleas Court Weston Old Man’s Cave Pilgrim Holiness Church Longstreth

Five Youths Get Hearing in Murray City Burglary Case

Five Murray City boys ages 10 to 15 faced Juvenile Court hearings Thursday for complicity in the Dyker's store burglary on May 17. A sixth boy, alleged ringleader, was sent to Athens County Juvenile Court. Stolen items included cigarettes, soft drinks, candy, cookies and about $1 in change. One boy was unrelated to the burglary and admitted stealing eight cigarette cartons from an abandoned mine where others hid them.

Hocking Valley Hospital Notes Highlights Patients and Dismissals

Miss Winona Tabler of Rockbridge Route 2, medical. Nancy Lee Leffler of Logan Route 4, medical. George Hart of Logan Route 1, medical. Dismissed Mrs. Edward Dougherty of Logan Route 3 and daughter. Judith Kay Blankenship of Logan.

Hocking Valley Hospital Winona Tabler Rockbridge Nancy Lee Leffler Logan George Hart Edward Dougherty Judith Kay Blankenship

Logan Junior Chamber Elects John Saving President

Logan Junior Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in the Logan Clay Products Co recreation hall elected John Saving as president. Internal VP George Tucker external VP Charles Fitzgerald treasurer Roger Johnson secretary Don Farrow directors Glenn Vanatta William Harwood and state director Glenn Hemsworth were named.

LOGAN Logan Junior Chamber of Commerce Logan Clay Products Co John Saving Saving Hardware Co George Tucker Charles Fitzgerald Roger Johnson Don Farrow Glenn VanAtta William Harwood Glenn Hemsworth

4400 Students On Vacation

Logan and Hocking County schools closed for summer with over 4400 pupils sent home on Thursday. Logan High School held commencement for 108 seniors while Hocking County’s seven high schools staged diplomas for 103 graduates. The Logan pool opened for the season with moderate early patronage and will run daily until Labor Day.

Logan Logan and Hocking County Logan High School Hocking County

Rabid Skunk Located on Falls Township Farm

A skunk killed on a Charles Heine farm near Logan was found rabid after brain tissue tests at the Athens District office of the Ohio Department of Health. The animal, killed by Richard Bowers of Logan Route 3, was the farm’s second rabid skunk this year. no human contacts were reported.

Logan Falls Township Athens Ohio Department of Health Richard Bowers Charles Heine Charles Fitzgerald Health Department Fitzgerald

Policemen and Firemen Attend Columbus School Training

Four city police officers and two firefighters attended a resuscitation equipment class at University Hospital in Columbus on Thursday. Patrolmen Lloyd Frazier Albert Shannon Gerald Morrison and Ronald Schultz joined assistant chiefs Robert Courter and Daniel Lightfoot in receiving hands on instruction on emergency gear.

Logan Columbus University Hospital Lloyd Frazier Albert Shannon Gerald Morrison Ronald Schultz Robert Courter Daniel Lightfoot

New Bowling Seasons Start at Point Pleasant Center

Point Pleasant reports the summer bowling league at 22nd Street Bowling Center starts next Thursday. The prior winter season ended with a banquet and awards last week.

Point Pleasant Bowling League 22Nd Street

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P.m Bellemead Jack Higgins Youth Fellowship Adult Christian Endeavor WSCS Service Guild Oxfords Belk's Court ST Athens, Ohio Junior Chamber John Saving President Wade Pools Hickory Taber Kris Kringle Kanauga Mi. S. of Silver Bridge Heroes OF Freedom Bunker Hill Belleau Wood Gettysburg Guadalcanal San Juan Hill Saint Lo America Hocking, Athens Fairfield Counties Keller & Weltner Monument Go John N. Eberst W. Hunter St Logan, O
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