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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1957

Page

2

Traffic Changes Considered by SRC and Point Pleasant

West Virginia State Road Commission representatives met Point Pleasant officials and Chamber of Commerce Traffic Committee to study proposed downtown traffic changes on state highways. Further surveys and a thorough study will precede SRC recommendations to the city, with directional signs and signals to be acquired and a likely January start considered prudent. Attendees included H B Colebank, Harry Schindler, Robert E Titus, Mayor B W Krodel, Carroll Casto, John Hushion, and John Sayre.

Point Pleasant West Virginia State Road Commission Chamber of Commerce Traffic Committee State Road Commission SRC Chamber of Commerce H. B. Colebank Harry Schindler Robert E. Titus B. W. Krodel Carroll Casto John Hushion Chamber Traffic Committee John Sayre

City Council Holds Special Meeting on Sixth Street Work

A special city council session authorized Mayor B. W. Krodel to acquire right of way and relocate utility poles on Sixth Street between Vland and Main. The state road commission will widen the street by 11 feet and add an 11 foot sidewalk in front of the new courthouse.

Point Pleasant B. W. Krodel Sixth St Vland Main State Road Commission Court House

Kansas to mark 100th state anniversary on January 29

Kansas will celebrate its 100th anniversary as a state on January 29, 1961. The milestone highlights a century of statehood and regional heritage across communities.

Kansas

Tag Day Set by Wahama Band Saturday in Bend Area

Wahama High School Wahama White Falcon Band schedules Tag Day for Saturday October 19. Members, with help from the junior varsity band, will visit West Columbia Clifton Mason Hartford and New Haven to perform short concerts in each town.

Point Pleasant Wahama White Falcon Bend Area West Columbia Clifton Mason Hartford New Haven

Barbara Harris 96 Dies After Seven-Year Illness

Barbara Eileen Harris of Point Pleasant Mason County died Tuesday night after a seven year illness. A 1947 Point Pleasant High School graduate and Heights EUB Church member she was born March 5 1930 to Clair Lee Cottrill and the late Enid Somerville Cottrill. Funeral Friday at 10 30 a m at Heights EUB Church with Rev Roy McCoy and Rev Kenneth W Chandler officiating. She is survived by her father Luther Harris Jr a daughter Barbara Jane 6 sisters Mrs Jack Shifler and Linda Cottrill brothers Clair Lee and Mike Cottrill. Burial in Suncrest Cemetery.

Point Pleasant Barbara Eileen Harris Burdette Adda the Heights Eub Church Roy McCoy Kenneth W. Chandler Harris Point Pleasant High School The Heights Eub Church Mason County Clair Lee Cottrill Enid Somerville Cottrill Luther Harris, Jr Barbara Jane Jack Shifler Linda Cottrill Mike Cottrill Point Pieasant Crow Funeral Home Suncrest Cemetery

Point Clinic Notes Admit Harold McGuffin and others

Admission notes list Harold McGuffin from Gallipolis Ferry Raymond McCarty from Apple Grove and Edith Wolfe from Buffalo as current patients with clinic intake details.

Point Pleasant Chamber Plans Action On Guard Move

WEP board met at the Point Pleasant Chamber offices to plan blocking the National Guard U S Property and Fiscal Office move to Buckhannon. Gen William Blake announced the final Washington decision at a Monday Moose Club dinner. City map corrections were completed and go to press this week. Fall membership dinner set for Oct 9 at 6 30 pm at the Moose home with Dr Warden Lane WV conservation director as speaker.

National Guard U.S Point Pleasant Buckhannon Chamber of Commerce Washington William Blake Moose Home

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