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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1954

Page

7

Point Pleasant Dance Class Presents Springtime Revue

The Point Pleasant-A dance recital titled Springtime Revue will be staged June 4 at 8 p.m. in the Junior High School Auditorium. Suzanne Ryce leads a program of ballet tap and acrobatic numbers with many named students performing solos and group dances including We’re Going on Stage and The Charleston. A high school band majorettes group, two sister acts, and a series of piano solos cap the evening before the finale Ballet in Pastels.

Point Pleasant Suzanne Ryce Beau Shertzer Sue Ellen Diane Lewis Jeanne Carpenter Maxine Eary Janet Osborne Shirley Shobe Sonya Mayes Phillis Miller Sarah Burdette Carol Heiskell Huberta Costen Frances Kathy Heiskell Tootie Betsy Quillin Gallipolis Ann Elizabeth Morgan Susan Lee Morgan Dora Elizabeth Brady April Joyce Brandeberry Christiana Holzer Sandra Lee Foster Virginia Schaeffer Indiana Nancy Brake Patty Knotts Chet Haddox Patty Ellis Melody Haddox Carol Sue Somerville Clarence Parsons Joe Rhoades Cher Ann Somerville Brenda Roseberry Sue Ebien Cal John Jay Johnson Ballin Jack Jeanette Sayre Tom Thumb Barbara Adkins Vickie Lynn Morrison Paula Brake Carol Ray Null Sarah Jane Heater Deborah Meadows Sheila Dawn Beaver Rickey Lamber Nancy Somerville Keith Morrison Lana Roush Sue Ellen Call Barbara O'Neal Miss Ryce Marilyn Smith Betty Quillin Kathie Heiskell Mary Ann Nobel Jeannie Casto Julie

Pleasant social gatherings span weekend in Point Pleasant

Events include a sixth birthday party for Poe Burdette in Leon with many Point Pleasant guests, a Reading Club meeting at the Sterrett summer cabin, and multiple weekend visits and homecomings across nearby towns from Charleston to Huntington and Columbus.

Milton Burdette Leon Poe Burdette Burdette Charles Knightstep III Ronald Knightstep Douglas Beaver Stephen Cadle David Shinn Jeffrey Holstein Warren Dale Keefer Wayne Graham Rene Jackson Charleston Adele Greenlee Dunbar Suzanne Crump Diane Crump Carolyn Costen Point Pleasant Linda Stewart Sandra Thomas Jamesette Beavler Paula Dean Shinn Judy Keefer Mary Lee Douglas Herman Shinn Robert Crump Edna Burdette Maude Cottrill Jerry Rollins Kirkland, Il Reading Club Eugene Sterrett South Side Sterrett J. E. Sommer Peter Wolden John Kay A. E. Sommer B. W. Lambing C. L. Head C. G. Bauerle Joseph Cook J. Sanford Rhoades John Carpenter Wallace Burdette A. F. Wilson Norman Foss I. G. Wolden

Wahama High School Announces Summer Band Training

Bandmaster George Kooken lists a June 1 start for Wahama High School summer sessions. Instruction runs five days a week with morning periods at 9 10 and 11 a.m and 7 30 p m on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The varsity practices Tuesday evenings and the White Falcon Band Thursday evenings. Interested people may contact Mr Kooken in the band room or call the principal's office.

New Haven George Kooken Wahama High School White Falcon

Lucille Durst Dies Sunday in Washington Court House

Lucille Durst 23 of 1319 Lincoln Ave Point Pleasant died Sunday morning while visiting friends in Washington Court House Ohio. She had been ill seven years and worked at Point Pleasant Union Mission ten years. Born May 22 1918 she was the daughter of Wallie and Eula Cheesebrew Durst. She is survived by her parents one sister Helen Love Point Pleasant and two brothers John and Leroy Durst at home. Funeral services Tuesday 2 p.m. Crow Funeral Home. Burial Lone Oak Cemetery. Friends may call at Crow Funeral Home.

Vicent Harold Spencer Paul Thomas Orpha O'Connor Finley Ohio Shirley Thomas Guy McWilliams Winfield Road Toronto Canada Visi Jefferson Ave Daniel Simmons Donald W. S. Waldie Marjorie Waldie Smoky Mountains North Carolina Russell Shank Hogsett Vernon Archer Pontiac, Mich Harry Bright Winfield Dam James M. Gray James III Gallipolis Ferry Milton Burdette Leon Jerry Rollins Kirkland O. F. Reiker Liberty St James Lovell Stevie Parkersburg Dewey Deal Michael Huntington Ben Isaac N. R. Gunn Otis Rainey Linda Bleemeade Ave Charles King Dunbar George Sprenger Fourth S&t Babylon N. Y Fr. McMillin Hartford Point Pleasant Robert Steenbergen Falls Church Hugh Reiker Henderson Dan Nichols Roanoake F. W. Quillin Ohio River Road Nichols Edith Quillin Lucille Durst Lincoln Ave Washington Court House Durst Pilgrim Holiness Church Mason Helen Love John Leroy Durst Crow Funeral Home Clarence Detty Carl Leiving Lone Oak Cemetery

C M Douglas Rites Slated

Funeral service for Clinford Mason Douglas will be at 10 am Tuesday in the Oma Chapel EUB Church with Rev. Dallas Buck officiating. Burial follows at Suncrest Cemetery. Douglas, killed Saturday in a Route 35 highway accident near Robertsburg, was employed by Weirton Steel Co. He is survived by his father William Douglas and four brothers and three sisters. Friends may call at Ryan Funeral Home in Buffalo.

Point Pleasant Clinford Mason Douglas Oma Chapel Eub Dallas Buck Suncrest Douglas Robertsburg Weirton Steel Co Weirton W. Va William Douglas Brillant Ohio Alma Adkins Grimms Landing Violet Stover Arbuckle Marguite McCartney Leon Bricel Douglas Windy James Dencil Lloyd Douglas Brilliant Ryan Buffalo

New trailer tenants reported at Sayre Acres Park

Four new trailer tenants are listed: Mr and Mrs R C Cremeans Jr, Mr and Mrs Harl Mann, Mr and Mrs Joe Maddox, and Mr and Mrs Marian Costa. The men work for Collier Construction Co building steel towers for high power transmission to Kyger Creek plant at Cheshire.

New Haven Sayre Acres R. C. Cremeans, Jr Harl Mann Joe Maddox Marian Costa Collier Construction Co Kyger Creek Cheshire

Three destroyers return to San Diego from Far East tour

The USS Uhlmann carrying seaman Frank A. Rice arrives in San Diego May 23 after seven months with the UN Peace Patrol in the Far East. Rice is the son of Mrs. Edith Rice and husband of Mrs. Kathryn Rice of Mason.

Point Pleasant San Diego Far East Frank A. Rice Edith Rice Kathryn Rice Mason Uhlmann

Beauty on Beasts gives Hastings College weekly a new columnist

Barbara Rochlitz of Alliance takes over the Col legian sports page at Hastings College and writes a column titled Beauty on the Beasts. The move shifts a traditional male stronghold in campus sports coverage to a female writer.

Hastings, Neb Barbara Rochlitz Alliance, Neb Hastings College the Collegian

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