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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1945
Page
3
A proposed $12,000,000 Elk River dam to be built one mile above Sutton would relocate ten miles of railway track and require land flooding. The U S Engineers Office Huntington will hold a Sutton hearing in early December to support fish propagation for sportsmen and residents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Morgan acquired the Economy Market at 326 Main Street from Capt. T. J. Reynolds. Reynolds plans to resume operating his showboat The Majestic, idle in the harbor since early wartime days.
Bernard L. Stump aged 61, a state coach commission employee at the Pliny prison camp, died suddenly Friday night of a heart attack in quarters at the camp. Dr. Long responded. The body was moved to Arnett Mortuary and Saturday taken to his former Buckhannon home.
Misses Joan Jewell and Alice Marie Frye hosted a dinner and shower for Mrs. William Cruickshanks, a recent bride, in the Moose Club ladies lounge Saturday. Attendees included Laula Lewis Alexander Cruickshanks Jr. William Gygax Sullivan Henry Stone Raymond Spear Richard Peek Cosby Meadows Virginia Lewis Phyllis Pauley Florence Krodel.
Robert Peck a young riverman leaves Point Pleasant for Pittsburgh to enter the Marine Hospital there for treatment of a heart condition. His mother Mrs. K. A. Peck and his uncle Earl H. Arnett accompany him.
S A Simons argues health improves with nourishment and housing, opposes nationalized health or pensions funded by wage taxes, notes limited medical staff, criticizes government control. He recalls mixed trains, laments sermon audiences, warns property owners against state socialism, and questions human industriousness and politics’ meddling.
Pt Pleasant notes list many residents visiting relatives over Thanksgiving and upcoming plans. Miss Louise Stone of Oxford and friends spent Thanksgiving with her Stone family in Pt Pleasant. Several locals announce moves, hospital stays, and returns from service or school, including Zertha Rodgers WAVES discharge and vacation plans in New York. Additional guests include Mr and Mrs Hoge of Chicago and Miss Ferguson of Ohio University visiting Huntington and Marietta connections.
Fire alarm sounded at 3 on Sunday afternoon at the Ohio River Bus Company line building on Jackson Avenue. Volunteers were soon canceled when a call reported the blaze already under control and extinguished.
A divorce action was filed by Joseph Francis Marion Wheeler against Marie Wheeler. She is charged with adultery. The couple married in 1943, separated several months ago, and they have one child.
Funeral rites for Pat M. Wilson were held at Christ Episcopal Church Pt Pleasant with Rev. Harry Longley and Rev. Frank T. Cady officiating. Shriners from Beni Kedem Temple and Knights Templar attended. Masonic ritual read by Clyde Powers. Pallbearers listed. out of town mourners named. family updates include sons John A. Wilson and George A. Wilson. One arrest reported during weekend: Joe Wright of Ashton for intoxication.
Miss Margaret Lee Thomas and Sergeant Thomas Stuart Burdette plan a December first wedding at First Presbyterian Church Point Pleasant at 7 30 PM officiated by Rev Monroe Bush Jr. The WAVES member resides in Washington DC while Burdette will be discharged at Fort Meade. Reception will follow in the church dining room hosted by the bride’s parents A E Thomas and wife.
POINT PLEASANT GP Musgrave and Levi Casto attended the public sale of the Broughton Dairy herd near Manella last Wednesday and bought four head including a bull and two cows. The Holsteins were pedigreed and imported from Canada. Casto, who recently sold his dairy herd and planned retirement, has decided to return to the business.
The Portsmouth Times broadcast news on a local radio station for 15 minutes plus additional time as printers strike to demand higher wages from the current rate of 1.25 to 1.32 an hour. Grover Barr, president of Local 637, International Topographical Union, said the walkout began to support the wage increase demand.
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