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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 29, 1957

Page

8

Gallia Kiwanis Quiz Highlights County Farm Figures

Gallia County Associate Agent Russ Priddy led a 28 question quiz for Kiwanis and guests at the Farmers Hotel. Dairy accounts for 34 percent of 5.8 million dollars in farm income, with tobacco, poultry, cattle and other activities following. details include farm numbers, acreage, fertilizer use, and rural electrification progress.

Gallipolis Gallia County Russ Priddy Farmers Hotel Gallipolis Kiwanis Club Priddy John Heiskel Gallia County Farm Bureau Co-Operative Mason County U. S. Department of Agriculture Land Grant College Ohio

Wedding of Nancy Beale Smith and Glenville Jewell

Nancy Beale Smith and Glenville Jewell wed on Thanksgiving Day at Christ Church Episcopal. The ceremony featured a lace gown, prayer book bouquet, and a reception in the parish house with family members and church society guests.

Nancy Beale Smith Glenville Jewell

Gallipolis Area Churches Weekly Worship Schedules

List of church services in Gallipolis and surrounding towns with masses and worship times. Includes Saint Louis Catholic Garfield Avenue Church of Christ Simpson Chapel Methodist Rio Grande and other congregations with pastors and weekly programs.

Polio Drive Chairman Named in Gallia County

M Harold Brown of the Gallipolis Clinic is named campaign director for the 1958 March of Dimes in Gallia County. Ohio officials praise the roll out as the foundation embarks on rehabilitative work and expanding health staff to meet rising costs and patient aid needs.

Gallipolis M. Harold Brown March of Dimes Gallia County Brown Bob Feller Ohio State Norman W. Pinschmidt Gal Lia County National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis United States

Lo is Virginia Houchens Weds Culburn Rex Yoho in Lexington

Miss Lois Virginia Houchens daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Houchens Sr Charlottesville Virginia married Culburn Rex Yoho Point Pleasant high school band director at Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church Lexington Virginia Thanksgiving Day 4 pm The ceremony featured white flowers greenery and candles The couple plan to reside at 819 Vi and St Point Pleasant after a wedding trip to Natural Bridge and Morgantown Attending guests from Charlottesville Parkersburg and Point Pleasant include family Houchens Bassett Walker and Ray

Lois Virginia Houchens Lewis Houchens Highland Ave Charlottesville Marianna Cash C. Howard Basset Parkersburg Lane High School Jefferson School of Commerce Virginia Telephone and Telegraph Office Yoho Point Plessant High School West Liberty College Ohio University Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church Nell Hileman Lexington Natural Bridge Morgantown Jean Richard Houchens Charles Walker C. H. Basset Ray Point Pleasant Darst Herman Stutler Patti Wedge Leonard Shobe Paul Wedge Mary Ann Darst Point Pleasant High School Portsmouth Business College

Two Arrests Made For Gambling In Gallipolis

Gallia County sheriff's department arrested three Jackson men Sammy Waugh Jr Darrell Pullens and Albert Taylor for gambling at the Gallipolis Auto Auction on Upper Route 7. All forfeited $100 bonds instead of appearing in Municipal Court. Nearby arrests over the holiday include Joe Reed 45 Point Pleasant for intoxication and fighting and George Wamsley 26 Point Pleasant who posted $25 bond for intoxication with hearings set Friday.

Gallipolis Jackson Gallia County George Wamsley Point Pleasant

Sub-Division Planned Near Gallipolis Opens Next April

Gallipolis Spring Valley Estates a 20 acre T shaped area west of Gallipolis developed by Emerson Evans and Sons Enterprises will open next April for 40 residences each valued at 10 000 dollars or more. Joe D Miller firm has hauled heavy equipment building 3300 feet of streets including a main ingress street and a parallel street along old Route 35. Eight hundred feet of the new Route 35 will be reserved for businesses meeting subdivision restrictions.

Gallipolis Spring Valley Estates Emerson Evans and Sons Enterprises, Inc Joe D. Miller

Route 2 Construction Contract to Be Let in 1958

The State Road Commission will let a contract in early 1958 for a three and a half mile section of new construction on State Route 2 in Cabell County replacing the existing road. The work will extend from Nine Mile Creek to Goose Run with subsequent sections toward the Mason County line.

Point Pleasant State Road Commission Cabell County Will FE. Neal Patrick C. Graney Cabell Nine Mile Creek Goose Run Mason County

Three Men Are Fined in Gallipolis Blotter

Gallipolis report: no accidents on Wednesday per Ohio State Highway Patrol. Three arrests and convictions noted: Mayor O A Dillon fined Jack Maynard 59 of Proctorville for speeding, Arthur Mack 27 of Huntington West Virginia fined for passing a double yellow line, Doyle Peoples 35 of Pomeroy fined for speeding.

Gallipolis Ohio State Highway Patrol O. A. Dillon Crown City Jack Maynard Proctorville Arthur Mack Huntington W. Va Doyle Peoples Pomeroy

Point Pleasant Students Spend Holiday with Parents

West Virginia University student David Somerville visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. Harold Somerville on Park Drive. Ohio University guests include Richard Ellis Nellie Blessing Judy Mitchell and Freddie Thorn with their families. Holiday visitors to Mrs. Lucy Cash and Miss Georgia Martin’s home on Main Street are Therman Bailey and family from Columbus.

David Somerville West Virginia University Harold Somerville Park Drive Ohio University Richard Ellis James’ Ellis Park Dr Nellie Blessing Gordon Blessing Ohio River Rd Judy Mitchell G. E. Mitchell Freddie Thorn James D .Long Winfield Rd Lucy Cash Georgia Martin Main St Therman Bailey Glen Jiiden Glendal Columbus

River Traffic and Dam Conditions Report on Ohio River System

Gauges show Kanawha and Gallipolis rivers at various roller readings with several dams listed. Ohio River movable dams are all up while numerous boats pass through Locks 13 to 34 with multiple vessels recording up or down movements and times.

Gallipolis Montgomery Kanawha Falls Hinton Pomeroy-Mason Point Pleasant Kanawha River London Marmet Winfield Ohio River A. L. Long Chandulier I. SP. Frieberger Indiana Shuttler Salvati DeSoto Stevenson Memphis Zephyr City of Huntington Lock Beckford Calhoun Alton Zephyr W. S. Rhea Hawkeye Bayou Billens City of Kanawha O. F. Shearer W. C. White Herbert FE. Jones Aliquippa Ohio Winchester Price Semet Mr. Criss

Gallia County appoints county judge forms in special session

The Gallia County Board of Commissioners ordered printed forms for the new county judge’s office, awarded to Heer Printing Co. of Columbus. The project is estimated near 1000 dollars with no fixed total. County Judge Robert S. Betz will assume office January 1 as existing justices of the peace fade away.

Gallipolis Gallia County Heer Printing Co Columbus Robert S. Betz Oscar Baird Buckeye Sheriff's Association Clerk of Courts Frank Jennings Ohio River Colleries Coal Co Little Kgger Rd

Judith Wedge Weds David L Darst in Point Pleasant

Judith Mae Wedge and David L. Darst wed at St. Paul Methodist Church on Thanksgiving Day. The double ring ceremony was at 4:30 with Rev. George E. Porter officiating. The couple will reside on Ripley Road after December 1.

Point Pleasant St. Paul Methodist Church Judith Mae Wedge Charles C. Wedge Jackson Ave David L. Darst Frank Darst Ripley Rd George E. Porter Albert Stephens William Vanhorn Parsons W. G

Meigs Native Dies at 85 Rites Saturday

Susan White Shenefield 85 a Meigs County native and former Vinton resident died at 3 a.m. Wednesday at her son Playford’s home in Columbus after a cerebral hemorrhage. Surviving: brother Selby White of Vinton Route 1. sons Claire and Playford. daughters Mable Payne of Marion and Ethel Thomas of Jackson. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Vinton Methodist Church with burial in Vinton Memorial Park.

Gallipolis Susan White Shenefield Meigs County Vinton Playford Lincoln Rd Columbus Shenefield Finley Sarah Butcher White Selby White Hiram Wesley C. J. Lemley Thomas Wilson Vinton Memorial Park McCoy Funeral Home

Point Pleasant Man Arrested After Wreck

Point Pleasant James Morrow was arrested by Officer Rancel Jiiden after a Sunday wreck at 5 30 p m at Jefferson and Mt Vernon Ave Morrow traveling north on Jefferson struck a car driven by Mr Yoder of Hurricane Damage estimated at 200 to each vehicle

Point Pleasant James Morrow Rancel Jiiden Jefferson Mt. Vernon Ave Morrow Yoder

Farmers Receive 1957 Tax Guides in Point Pleasant

Farmers in Mason County may obtain the 1958 edition of Farmers Tax Guides from the Agricultural Extension Office to assist with 1957 income tax forms. The guide covers 17 chapters and is free. The office, PO Box 402, phone 207, also offers salvaged fertilizer information for local farmers.

Point Pleasant Internal Revenue Service Agricultural Extension Office William F. Gregory Gregory South Point Ohio Mason County

Forest Fires Reported Near Industrial Rayon, Toney Farm

Point Pleasant fire department battled two forest fires on Wednesday at 5 p m. One fire occurred on Industrial Rayon Corporation land along Route 62 and the other at Wallie Toney farm on Route 35. Cause remains unknown.

Point Pleasant Industrial Rayon Corporation Wallie Toney

Churches of Point Pleasant West Virginia Schedule

The list provides worship times and pastors for Point Pleasant churches including Sacred Heart St. Joseph Mason Christ Church Episcopal First Church of God Main Street Baptist Nazarene EUB Shiloh Mt Zion Harmony Baptist Concord Baptist Bellemead EUB Seventh Day Adventist Bible Chapel Point Pleasant Mission Heights EUE Church of Christ in Christian Union Henderson Tabernacle with service times ranging from morning 9:45 to 11 a.m. and evening 7:30 p.m. on various Sundays and midweek studies.

St. Louis Catholic Adolph Golubieski GSI Garfield Ave Church of Christ Bill Heinselman Simpson Chapel Rio Grande George Holcombe Vinton Paul Stoltzfus Calvary Baptist Luther Tracy Assembly of God Robert Howard Church of the Nazarene Vernon C. Shafer Church of God Satterfield Triedstone D. L. Latham BYPU First Church of God Hershel McDonough Young Peoples Meeting Glen Hutsel Pearl Elliott First Baptist William H. Green Gerald Smelser The Cleveland Hebrew Mission Missionary Committee St. Peter's Episcopal Albert S. Chappelear, III Episcopal Young Acolyte Grace Methodist Warren H. Wilson Trinity Church Portsmouth Commission On Education Grace WSCS John O'Reilly Sacred Heart Church of Point Pleasant St. Joseph’s of Mason Henderson Clifford Shaver Christ Church Episcopal Jerome D. Rodgers Young People’s Fellowship George Osler Main Street Baptist Kenneth Chandler J. S. Braman Eub Leon Donald Pringle Rockcastle Yanger Shiloh Mt. Zion Promise Land Warren Harmony Baptist Warren Dean Concord Baptist Bellemead Eub Jack Higgins Youth Fellowship Adult Christian Endeavor Robert Kessinger Seventh-Day Adventist Bible Chapel Howard Avenue Bell Meade Ervin Patrick Heights Roy McCoy

Also Mentioned on This Page

Fred Miller L. Claude Miller Rio Grande College Dick Brown Gallia Academy High School Richard Neal Paul E. Watson Jay Bradshaw Homer S. Smith Glenville A. Jewell Thomas Jewell Juliet Smith Alex Cruickshanks Jackie Durst Donald Waldie Paul Bennett Jewell National Honor Society Daughters of American Revolution Weaver Airline Kansas City W. B. Sturgeon Joseph Buffington Gary Bane Fred P. Schroeder David Walters Mrs Glenville A. Jewell M. H. Brown SRC Route 2 Judith Wedge Meigs E. E. Byrne E. State St Athens, Ohio Athens Keller and Weltner Monument CO Logan, Ohio North Pole Taber Kris Kringle Kanauga Kanauga, Ohio
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