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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1954
Page
3
A small audience witnessed the dedicatory ceremonies for Point Pleasant's $120000 high school auditorium gymnasium. C H Withers described the project as the fulfillment of a dream and highlighted plans for a well balanced program including sports and community theater.
Mrs. D. L. Hannigan hosted a Linda Litton 16th birthday party with games and refreshments attended by Woodrow King, Jackie Peyton, Chester Roush and many Litton relatives. The same page notes local Missionary Circle visit, plus numerous brief town notes about residents moving, visiting, or recovering from illness.
Two Huntington men were fined $20 and costs each for carrying loaded guns in a vehicle. Arrested by Mason County Conservation Officer Miles Darst were Thurmond D. Rice, 30, and Eli B. Hysell, 63, by Justice of the Peace A. M. Goodwin in Point Pleasant.
Mrs Lona E Selby 78 of 2205 Jackson Ave Point Pleasant died Monday at 145 pm after a yearlong illness and a Saturday cerebral hemorrhage She born March 6 1876 to Levi and Mary Coleman She survived by two daughters Edith Simkins Arn Ellis three sons Sydney Emmons and Raymond all of Point Pleasant one sister Delia La Rue three grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral at St Pauls Church Thursday at 2 pm Reverend Ross Marys and Reverend Paul W Bergstresser presiding Burial Lone Oak Cemetery Friends may call at the Jackson Ave home and at the church one hour before the services
The Mason County Farm Bureau board will meet at the county extension office on Saturday at 10 a m. The announcement was made yesterday.
Dora Barnes now 75 and Fannie Rise Waters 69 renewed a childhood bond after a long separation. They married last Friday at the Christian Baptist Church in Gygandotte, with Barnes returning from Oklahoma to unite with his former sweetheart. The couple plans to establish home in Dawson Oklahoma, with family from Cleveland and nearby counties in attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Schultz announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Alice to John William Morrison son of Mr. and Mrs. RB Guy Morrison of Ninth Street Both graduates of Point Pleasant High School Morrison studied at Ohio University and Marshall College and works in his father’s business Miss Schultz works at Philip Sporn The Rev R W Marrs will perform the double ring ceremony at St Paul Methodist Church January 1 at 7 30 p m Open church will be observed.
The American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a bake sale and bazaar at the Point service store on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. Members with items to donate or arrange pick up may call Mrs. Carl Fruth at phone 634 before 8:30 a.m.
Buck Fruth and George Wamsley with son George travel from Mt. Vernon Ave and Park Drive to Upshur County for deer hunting. Other locals relocate and join hunts. Dilley and Smithers shift addresses, while patients and workers move in Barboursville Princeton and Wheeling. Names include Carl Smithers, Rob ert Dilley, Paul Rairden, and Dave O'Neal among hunting Mason Countians in Trucker County.
Hugh Wamsley aged 46 of Gallipolis Ferry was placed under a peace bond by Justice of the Peace A M Goodwin. The bond lasts one day and if he defaults, he faces commitment to Mason County jail.
On opening day 53 deer were bagged by first day hunters in Mason County. Miles Darest reported 547 hunters checked in at McClintic Wildlife Station near Point Pleasant, with 26 deer bagged. Charlie Johnson of Muntington yielded a 19 pound six point buck. Richard Morrison of Pleasant claimed the first deer. No injuries reported among the large number of participating families.
A settlement agreement was approved in Mason County Circuit Court by Special Judge F E Pennybacker. Dorothy Price Messick will receive 750 dollars from Mr and Mrs Frederick D McCallister for injuries from a Route 17 accident in 190%. Mrs Messick's husband was killed in the crash and her suit claimed the event led to his death. The McCallisters also offered 29 dollars for damages to Messick's auto.
A catalog of residents and correspondents from Evans and nearby towns in West Virginia and Ohio. The list includes Edward Carder James Morrison Garnet Grily Cleo Reynolds L W Daniels Rody Marden Duane Northup and B A Blain of Gallipolis Ferry Virgil of Mason P F Thomas Donohew Paul McIntyre all of Evans C Hoffman Leon Georges Uneewich Pliny Hotlin Fauver Leon Route 1 Ernest Compaon William Van Meter Clifton Herman Van Meter West Columbia Donald Cremeans Glen Penny wett Franklin Wyrick H T Whitten D G Adkins Charles Erb Johnson Huntington NM A Morton Nitro lip Jones Rand George Maynard Wayne Raymond Sims Parkersburg Carter O Welsh Canton Ohio W T Carpenter Letart D W McParland PR O King New Haven.
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