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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1948

Page

3

Ilahee Farm Women's Club Met At Mrs Hester Lee Home

POINT PLEASANT The Ila hee Farm Women's Club met at the home of Mrs Hester Lee on Ninth Street Wednesday evening. Highlights included devotionals led by Mrs Leland Forrest and reports on a farewell party for Miss Mabel Best, the new home demonstration agent Ruth Ann Neale was introduced, and health talk stressed the mobile X ray unit to be at Mason County Health Center October 11 14 for free chest X rays. Officers were elected: President I A Blain Vice President Lyle Austin Secretary Garland Mohr Treasurer Oakley Faudree.

Point Pleasant Ilahee Farm Women’s Club Hester Lee Ninth Street Leland Forrest Ruth Ann Neale Lester Caudill Mason County Health Center Earl Mohr I. A. Blain Lyle Austin Garland Mohr Oakley Faudree Garland Bostic Ogden Stevens Reginald Archer C. P. Stout Eldridge Sayers Bonnie Yester Howard Daugherty Howard Garland

13 Per Cent Completion of Flood Wall Reported

Point Pleasant engineer Ralph P. Davis told a Rotary Club meeting that the flood wall project is 13 percent complete and would be 20 percent if materials were available. Army engineers studied the plan and deem it sound to proceed. Guests included Milton Lewis, Ralph P. Davis, Richard D. Gould and B. M. Duncan. Governor Clarence Meadows, Emmett Bush and Ernest Bailey will attend the Democratic Rally Saturday afternoon in Point Pleasant.

Point Pleasant Ralph P. Davis Rotary Club Kenneth Roush Davis Army Milton Lewis Richard D. Gould B. M. Duncan Clarence Meadows Emmett Bush Ernest Bailey

Christ Church Parish News and Services

The Rev. Robert Findlay Thomas presides at Holy Communion at 9 am with church school at 9 40 am. Choral Morning Prayer and sermon at 11 am. St Monica's Guild meets Tuesday at 8 pm. Bruce Chapel church school at 10 am.

Christ Church Robert Findlay Thomas St. Monica's Guild Bruce Chapel

Burley Tobacco Meeting Set for Huntington

A group of 652 Mason County tobacco growers will attend a Burley tobacco improvement meeting at the Cabell County Courthouse in Huntington. Russell Hunt of the University of Kentucky will discuss Essential Steps in Burley Production and Harvesting and Curing Tobacco. The program aims to improve production and marketing methods in the area.

Point Pleasant Mason County Cabell County Huntington Russell Hunt University of Kentucky

Point Pleasant High names Oh Kan staff and editors

The Senior Class of Point Pleasant High School selected the Oh Kan staff. Editor Janet Stanley. assistant editor Audra Treadway. business manager Ora Mae Durst. assistant business manager Jo Ann Plants. circulation manager Elizabeth Summers. assistant circulation managers Wanda Withers and Charlotte Keister. advertising manager Chester Wamsley. assistants Roger Butler, Charles Chambers and Roy Kincade Jr.. feature editor Virginia Wears. assistant Zeritha Woyan.

Point Pleasant Point Pleasant High School Oh-Kan Janet Stanley Audra Treadway Ora Mae Durst Jo Ann Plants Elizabeth Summers Wanda Withers Charlotte Keister Chester Wamsley Roger Butler Charles Chambers Roy Kincade, Jr Virginia Wears Zertha Woyan

Two Births Reported From Point Pleasant and Buffalo

A son named James Arthur was born to Mr and Mrs Alva Lane Point Pleasant Route 2 on October 5 at the Point Clinic. Another son was born to Mr and Mrs Edwin Parsons at their home in Buffalo on Thursday morning.

Point Pleasant Alva Lane Point Clinic James Arthur Edwin Parsons Buffalo

Halloween festival Is Planned

POINT PLEASANT The Finance Committee of the Ordnance PTA will sponsor a Halloween festival at the Ordnance School Oct 29 to raise money for playground equipment and a refrigerator. The evening opens with a spaghetti supper at 6 p.m. with movies a fish pond a bake sale and other novelties. Committee members include D R Browning chairman William Woolfitt Leon Ash Harry Rhoades Clair Cottrill David O Neal Mrs William Kennedy Mrs Manford Blessing and Mrs Dana Durst.

Point Pleasant The Ordnance Pta Ordnance School D. R. Browning William Woolfitt Leon Ash Harry Rhoades Clair Cottrill David O'Neal

Residents listed as traveling to hear Stassen talk in Huntington

The notice lists Mrs Hattie J Coffman and Mrs C P Stout planning a trip to Huntington for a Harold L Stassen talk. Other locals visit, recuperate, or travel with family as several names and addresses appear in a community diary style. A wartime note mentions the Buskee, first enemy ship captured by the U S in WWII off Greenland in September 1941. An appointment notice names Glennie Morris of Athens Ohio as executrix of Benjamin K Morris and sets claims filing deadlines.

Hattie J. Coffman C. P. Stout Huntington Harold L. Stassen P. E. Burt Roy Eschenaur Jefferson Blvd Atlantic City D. M. Dorsey Dee Dorsey Charleston J. D. Swords Park Drive Orville Olsen Karen Chicago A. J. Moore English Court Abe Sayre North Carolina South Carolina United States Buskee Coast Guard Greenland Glennie Morris Athens R. 4 Ohio Benjamin K. Morris Athens County Francis D. White Cprah B. Tigner William R. Badwell Eleanor A Benjamin F Alwilda Martin Wilda Martin W. D. Witham Eliza E. Merry F. L. Groves Thomas N. McDaniel Verna F. Hand Emma Payne Ella Morrison Bernadine Gwendolyn Sawyer Rolland Willie Elizabeth Willie

Point Pleasant AAUW Branch to Meet at Mrs Rayburns Home

The Point Pleasant AAUW plans a 7 30 p.m. meeting at Mrs. Cary H Rayburns home with program committee members Mrs Rayburn Mrs Clifford Dunn Mrs Judson Brake and Mrs Douglas Rouse. West Virginia Division president Mrs Douglas Tomkies will speak at the session. A directors meeting is set for 6 30 p.m.

Point Pleasant AAUW Cary H. Rayburn Rayburn Clifford Dunn Judson Brake Douglas Rouse Douglas Tomkies West Virginia

Registrants Take Physical Exams At Huntington Center

Four Mason Putnam Selective Service registrants reported to the Huntington center for physical examinations. Those who pass may be eligible for induction within 21 to 90 days. Officials seek the whereabouts of two men from Scott Depot and Point Pleasant Route 2. Father W C Bowie accompanied Mr and Mrs John W Kirk to Erie Pennsylvania as delegates from the Diocese of West Virginia to the Provincial Synod.

Point Pleasant Mason-Putnam Selective Service Board Huntington Center William Paul Steven Joseph Raleigh Higgins Everett Bright Buford Harrison Smith SYNOD

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