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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1954
Page
5
A Mason County 4H Club leaders meeting will be held tonight at 8 pm in the Home Economics room. President Mrs. Mitchell will preside and officers will be elected as the highlight of the gathering.
The Wohelo Farm Women’s Club will meet Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs Orville Sturgeon in Hogsett. Mrs Joan Watterson Jr will be eo.
A kickoff dinner for the Tri-County Concert Drive was set for Monday at the Lafayette Hotel Gallipolis to mobilize 750 memberships. Captains were named for Point Pleasant Mason Gallipolis Pomeroy Middleport with Angelaires and Departed Infantry Chorus scheduled as early attractions on Nov 8 and Nov 26 respectively.
Two burglaries were reported on Main Street in Point Pleasant. Thieves stole five cases of whiskey, cigars, pennies, and juke box nickels, damaged the liquor store safe, and rifled the upstairs Eagles Club music box. Deputies Durbin, Knapp, and state police investigated.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Emish entertained nephew and wife George and wife from Phoenix Arizona. Nannie Addis visiting friends and relatives. C. V. Hester attended granddaughter Diantha Lou Hester Dowdell wedding in Windsor Canada. Myr tle Sidders funeral attended by Mina D. Fry and Emishs. Minnie Shingler injured hand in door. William Clark returns to B and O Railroad after vacation. N. B. Saylor and wife visit Athens. Mrs Saylor returns to Hamden to care for sister-in-law Zellman Kennard recently discharged from Helter Hospital.
Mrs Hallah Eads Garfield Ave served as hostess Monday evening for the Past Noble Grand Club of Orpah Rebekah Lodge. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Mary Wilson, Mrs Columbus Biount, and Mrs Violet Bowyer. Also present were Mrs Sarah Kimbrel and Mrs Fannie Piatt.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Rollins of Columbus returned from a weekend visit with her mother Mrs. Frank Carpenter in Bellemeade. Florence Robbins of Middleport visited sister Mrs. Frances Clark in Henderson. Mrs. John Ord of Mason returned from Holzer Hospital. their daughter Mrs. Wirt Robbins of Vi and St. joined Sunday guests Mrs. John Vandall of Ruth, W. Va. Libby Summer and Barbara Fidler attended West Virginia University Homecoming in Morgantown. Ann Treadway and Ruth Forbus flew from Charleston. The group stayed with Bertam Dunn, formerly from here. Mrs. Bess Moore and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Van Horn traveled to Spencer to hear the Osirus Chanters at First Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Noble and children visited Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Walters of Henderson moved to Columbus after his Coast Guard discharge.
Members and guests register for the 20th anniversary program of the Point Pleasant chapter of the American Association. The event highlights community fellowship and chapter milestones with anticipated attendance from local leaders.
Eight Mason County educators join about a hundred West Virginia teachers in the West Virginia Educational Association all teacher Chorus. They will perform Friday at 10 a.m. in Charleston municipal auditorium as part of the WVEA conference. Participants include Sarah Roush Garnet Kimberling Marceleen Buell George Kooken Alice Nease C R Yoho A L Head and Chester Haddox. The program features mixed chorus and separate women and men’s groups.
The Erie Railroad said its final eight steam locomotives finished their last trip to the junk yard. Once a 1545 locomotive fleet, the line has been diesel since two years ago and has spent millions on new diesels and servicing.
The University Women group listed dozens of members from Huntington and nearby areas, naming committees for Education Fellowship Status of Women Social Studies Legislative Creative Arts Membership Finance Publicity Radio Scrapbook and hosting chairs. The long roster includes Mrs A T Bragonier Miss Edith Castleberry Miss Virginia Foulk Mra C R Davis and many others.
Twenty seven Greek soldiers captured during the Communist guerrilla war in Greece were returned at the Bulgarian frontier near Svilengrad on Monday. They are the first troops returned by a Soviet satellite country, as more than two thousand Greek civilians have already been repatriated from Romania Czechoslovakia and Hungary in the past year.
The first long distance iron pipe line delivering natural gas in the United States extended five and a half miles from a well to Titusville Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1872.
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