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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1952
Page
8
West Virginia farm bureaus push for rural education reforms to boost teacher quality and facilities. A resolution urges county leaders to lead local efforts, seek salary differentials, and ensure adequate living conditions for rural teachers, while opposing one room schools as training grounds.
Mason sections from Wahama High School band joined a Mason PTA meeting arranged by Russell Capehart. The program featured Elaine Sayre with Mary Lawrence at piano, flute by Sandra Roush and Jane Lawrence, and a Billy Davis solo with Miss Lawrence. Mrs. Irene Brooks spoke on art in daily life, a children’s emotion film was shown, and a December bake sale was planned.
The column invites readers to submit mailing addresses for service members. It lists several names with ranks and addresses including Alton P. Douglas, Vern E. Bratka, and Kenneth Wood, with units and locations such as San Francisco California Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland and Fort Knox Kentucky.
The Cherokee Farm Woman's Club met at the home of Mrs. Olivier Roush. Devotions were led by Mrs. Vice Roush and a prayer by Mrs. Ivan Bush. Mrs. Lawrence Parsons taught a lesson on cultivating creative abilities. A bake sale committee was named for December 12 in New Haven.
Bellemead Evangelical United Brethren Church members will take their annual Thanksgiving offering next Sunday to reduce building fund indebtedness. Rev. Harry Eckels announced that the church, unique in the area, hopes to be debt free in about five years if offerings continue as in the past.
Birth report from Mason Clinic lists Mr and Mrs Clyde Tucker of Pomeroy welcoming a daughter. Other entries include Mrs Vivian Powers of Pomeroy and Mrs Gene Hartford, plus discharge notes for William Mills and several mothers with newborns.
The Ladies Aid of Brighton Methodist Church sponsors a needlework sale at the Point Service Store on Main Street in Point Pleasant starting Saturday at 10 a.m. Proceeds support church missions and community work.
The West Virginia Education Association presented its state legislative program to Mason County teachers at four after school meetings. Proposals include a 180 day school year, 18 days for planning, free textbooks to grade six, uniform entrance ages, kindergarten regulations, expanded vocational courses, and school-building funding. Kenneth Shaffer urged contacts for information and discussion with informed teachers or citizens.
Mrs. Pearl McBride led a Prayer and Praise service with the Sunshine Makers Class the Teenagers Class and Rev Ruppert as guests. Junior choir performed with Mrs. Don Lisle at the piano a reading by Mrs. Lloyd Spencer and refreshments by hostesses in the social rooms. Various locals hosted and attended parties and weekend visits referenced including families of Meeks Crooks Lisle Cundiff and Slack with guests from Parkersburg Letart Falls and Bainbridge among others.
The Langston PTA sponsors a Tuesday evening festival at 8 p.m. at Point Pleasant School. Community members are invited to attend and enjoy activities organized by the PTA.
Maxie Pearson of Gallipolis Ferry was held to the January grand jury on a $1000 bond after a magistrates court hearing. He is charged with breaking and entering the home of Boyd Jones with intent to commit a felony, namely assault. The incident occurred November 1 at about 7 p.m. near the Jones residence, where Jones testified Pearson entered and an altercation followed, during which Jones struck Pearson three times with the butt of a shotgun.
Mr and Mrs Eddie Dearth visited their son Pvt Lincoln Dearth serving as mail clerk at Fort McPherson near Atlanta Georgia. They were joined by Mr and Mrs Carl Harner and Mary Virginia near Albany and Mary Lou Perry. Jamace was a business visitor in McArthur. Recent guests of H F Dearth included Dale Dearth Wellston and Ruthann Clemens Columbus other Dearth relatives and friends in Creola New Marshfield and Rodney Gladys and Ernest Moore Columbus visits. Edna Daft spent a weekend in Columbus. Linda Brooks daughter of Thomas and ______ Brooks returned from Children's Hospital Columbus after weeks of polio treatment.
Geoffrey Moore pleaded guilty to an intoxication charge before a local magistrate and paid $10 plus costs.
Seven city pastors will assist in a union Thanksgiving service at Heights Evangelical United Brethren Church on North Main Street. Rev John W Largent will preach on Spirit of Thanksgiving. An offering supports local ministerial relief and Care for Europe. The program features hymns prayers and readings led by local pastors.
A detailed roster of area church schedules across Pt Pleasant including Hickory Chapel and St Paul Methodist with worship times, Bible study and youth programs, Baptist Harmony Concord to Harmony and EUB circuits with services in Bellemead Eckard Krebs Mt Olive and more, plus Presbyterian Eighth and Main services and Union Thanksgiving plans.
United Nations reports Russia has paid 2,168,217 toward 1952 assessments but still owes over four million dollars. The United States and Britain led nations paid in full for 1952, with the U S contribution totaling 23,682,125.91 dollars.
Churches in the Chauncey parish will emphasize Thanksgiving in worship and collect offerings. A parish-wide Thanksgiving service is set for 7 p.m. at Trimble church with more than 50 taking part in a musical program.
The Earl Pyle family, moving to Sandusky for work, expects to ship household goods once a residence is found. Athens visitor Loretta Byers and her mother Mrs Jessie Fulton tour with Mrs Viola Howard. Elizabeth Robinette visits her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs William Sisson. Emma Heffken visits Hattie Mingus. Donald and Gerald Handa visited Charles Handa in Millfield. Glenn Mingus and children visit his mother Hattie Mingus. G B Courtney Irene Davis and children visit W G Davis as he prepares for surgery at White Cross hospital Friday morning.
Sam Curtis of Henderson waived a hearing in magistrate court on arson charges. He is held to the grand jury under $1000 bond for allegedly setting fire to a house owned by C. C. Mayes on October 31, while Curtis was living in the home. The complainant is R. Cobb, assistant fire marshal for West Virginia.
Cottage gathering to be held in the home of Mrs. Goldie Crippen in The Plains for the Morristown Holiness Church prayer meeting.
The apartment above the Christian Churen parish house, recently repaired, will soon be occupied by the Jim Gretz family.
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