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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1964
Page
5
Miss Constance Sherri Biddix married Rolland Clifford Gibbs at Love Memorial Baptist Church Point Pleasant. The couple, with family lines from North Carolina and Letart West Virginia, plan to reside in Carey Ohio after a mountain tour.
Three Gallia County farms are included in the November 30 Gallia Washington County beef cattle tour. The 10 a.m. start begins at Denver Walker's Hereford farm on Route 554, east of Porter, with visits to Bob Evans Hidden Valley Ranch before lunch and another stop at Triple EE ranch on O. J. White Rd after lunch. Bring a sack lunch. coffee provided.
Brady Lee Hughes, 25, of Ashton, injured Saturday on Homer Watterson farm Ashton Upland Road while rabbit hunting. Good condition at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Shot accidentally by Delbert Waugh of Ashton with a 12 gauge. Pellets struck forehead hands arms and thighs. Sheriff’s department investigated with no charges filed.
Pleasant Valley Hospital notes list new admissions including Thomas Cockerell Eleanor Alta Camp Henderson Brady Hughes Ashton Mrs. William Ault Middleport Mrs. W R Doolittle Point Pleasant Mrs Martin Durst Point Pleasant and daughter Mrs Jon Pelfrey Point Pleasant David Christy Apple Grove Edgar Hackney Leon Elmer Heck Buckhannon Mrs Franklin Smith Bidwell Mrs Glen Ward South Side and daughter Mrs William Leport Henderson and daughter Ellen Roush Rutland.
The Messenger notes it is not responsible for errors in program listings when stations fail to provide corrected schedules. Bold type marks color programs.
Monday evening schedule lists Major General George Om stead as speaker on the United Nations Two Decades topic at 6 30. Tuesday features sessions on Olympic sports abroad at 9 00 and 9 45 a story of education focusing on Spatan education and child Caden. A Civil War piece titled One in Ohio Perryville is set for 10 00.
Gallia County sheep growers were reminded to complete marketing wool and lambs by December 31 1964 to receive payments for the current year. J Melvin Gilbert ASC County Committee chair notes that post date entries affect eligibility for 1965 payments and the wool year aligns to the calendar year.
The page lists a 5:30 block titled Kids' Stuff and a 6:00 to 10:00 lineup featuring Davey and Goliath The Mechanical Man TV Kindergarten Friendly Giant and Challenge plus NASA Clouds Venus and a Portugal Tag segment Viewpoint Mental Health and News. The schedule mentions British calendar and Black Amare White in the late evening.
Four Middleport youths and a Point Pleasant family narrowly escaped serious injuries in a two car crash on Route 17 about six miles east of Point Pleasant Sunday afternoon. Kenneth Eugene Harris 16 Middleport was driving a convertible north on Route 17 when his right rear wheel dropped off the berm and traveled 300 feet. Harris lost control and the car rolled on to the hood of a car driven by Leonard Smith.
A collision near Point Pleasant involved a husband and wife with two sons. The Harris car rear ended the Smith vehicle, destroying both cars. Passengers included John Blake 17 Allen Wallace 18 and Bruce Wallace 17. Allen was ejected through the roof. Middleport youths were treated and released at a Pomeroy hospital. Investigation ongoing.
The Trailblazers 4-H Club met at Mr and Mrs Thomas Bailey home in Point Pleasant. David Bennett president outlined plans for a Christmas basket for a needy family and an officers training school on December 5 at Point Pleasant Junior High. The group will meet at Bill Lewis home for a planning session. Devotions were led by Lynn Hartley and Roberta Heib read the thoughts for the day. Judy Halstead defined the 4 H s. Refreshments were served by Linda Bailey.
A Mason County Cancer Detection Clinic was held at Byrne Clinic with sponsorship by the Mason County Cancer Society. A follow up clinic is scheduled for December 10 and appointments can be made by calling Mrs. William Bardin Jr. Local workers listed include Mrs. Mildred Rayburn and several others.
Mr and Mrs Robert Hite announce the birth of their second son and third child Saturday at Holzer Hospital The Hites already have a son Stephen and a daughter Roberta Mrs Martha Vaught is the former Mrs Hite Grandmother Mrs Howard Stout is noted as a grandmother of the new arrival
Gallia County deputies investigated a breaking and entering at Eureka Methodist Church noting a rear window entry and damaged thermostat. A second B and E at the old Rothgeb homestead near Route 7 was reported by Chauncey Rothgeb. the residence was ransacked. Also in Point Pleasant, Eugene Bell family and relatives arrived to spend the holiday with George Sprenger and guests from Parkersburg Moundsville and Canton.
Sheriffs Department reports no bookings over the weekend and six inmates remain jailed. The facility undergoes a cell block cleanup with repainting and new mattresses on bunks. Readouts list John H. Carpenter 19 Apple Grove Virginia Sprouse 16 Point Pleasant Edward Bradley 19 Athens Nancy L. Uhl 18 Point Pleasant James D. Sturgeon 21 Ashton Beverly C. Tomlison 18 Ashton Curtis M. Hunt 22 Cottageville Judy V. Ball 18 Letart.
Point Pleasant ministers announce a Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Thanksgiving service at the Presbyterian Church. Rev. G B Moore of Main Street Baptist Church will preach the sermon and Rev. Gaston Boyle Jr of the Presbyterian Church will direct the service. The church choir will sing the Thanksgiving anthem.
Christmas seals have been mailed to residents of Mason County. Volunteers who helped staff envelopes include Mrs Hylton Longstaff Mrs Josie Hogg Mrs Charles E Fields Mrs John Glass Miss Carolyn Roberts Mrs Eva Miller Mrs Raymond Musgrave Mrs H C Pillsbury Mrs John T Roberts Mrs G F Kimbrel Mrs Ralph Crump Mrs Bennie Shafer Mrs Dale Roush Mrs Glenn Logan Miss Emma Wise Mrs G A Biggs Mrs D G Wilfong Mrs R W Eshenaur Mrs John Brown Mrs R D Oseland Mr Robert Greer and Mrs Beryle Redman.
Patty Fry was elected president of the Women Bowlers of the 22nd Street Bowling Alley at a Dec meeting hosted by Miss Goldin Pratt. Bonnie McCoy named vice president and Mary Ann Boyd treasurer with Jo Great House sergeant at arms.
The Bend Area Ministers Association asks all local families to attend Thanksgiving Worship on Wednesday at 7 30 p m at New Haven Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev Marvin Frame of Mason Methodist as guest speaker. Music by New Haven EUB Junior Choir and Youth Choir directed by Mrs Herman Ohlinger and Mr John Hoffman. John Wesley Wogan bonded out after peace warrant arrest by the Sheriffs Department.
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