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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1950
Page
3
Britannica declares the canning method the greatest invention in historic times. The note emphasizes food preservation in tins or other containers as a landmark achievement.
Edward Wovan 58 died after a collision on Route 17 near Point Pleasant. Funeral services will be Tuesday at his Southside residence with Rev. C F Haney and Rev. Daniel Dorsey officiating. burial in Pinegrove Cemetery. Surviving family includes wife Winnie Roberts Woyan and several stepchildren and siblings. Bols of Logan, driver of the other vehicle, was injured and involved in a separate incident when a Beech Hill car side swiped Trooper Dilley’s parked unit.
Jean Burdette of Point Pleasant was elected treasurer of the Lambda Chi Omega sorority at the state convention held at the Moose Home. Margaret Ernest of Huntington was named president, with Harmorene Fuller of Charleston as vice president, Marjorie Jacobs of Parkersburg secretary, and Joan Carol Jackson of Charleston sergeant at arms. Parkersburg will host next spring’s state convention. A national convention is set for Charleston in July 1952. A social hour and candlelight buffet followed, with music by Dr. Dan Glassman on the organ.
American Legion Commander Carroll Kennedy urged members to attend the regular meeting tonight at 8 p.m. Arrangements for an Armistice Day dinner and a Thanksgiving Day dance will be made. He invited eligible veterans to visit the Legion home at 515 Vland to join.
Modern readers in discomfort after meals are urged to try Udga for acid indigestion heartburn sour stomach and stomach ulcers. The ad claims three fast-acting ingredients and a money back promise after two doses.
Senator Joseph McCarthy will be the principal speaker at a Republican rally in Point Pleasant on Saturday October 28 at 11 45 on the courthouse square. Former U S Senator Rush D Holt the GOP candidate for Congress will share the platform. Cap's Melody Boys will provide square dancing music and Wahama and Point Pleasant bands will march at 11 30 a m.
Mrs Irene Brooks and Mrs Walden Roush served as delegates to the State Parent Teachers Association convention in Martinsburg West Virginia on Thursday and Friday of last week. They represented the Ordnance School PTA with Mrs Brooks as treasurer.
Garland Nibert leader of troop 203 took 18 members to Huntington on Saturday to act as ushers at the Marshall College football game.
The Tip Toppers 4 H Club will present a United Nations flag to the Ordnance School PTA at 7 30 tonight Barbara Barr will present to Gordon Blessing PTA president The flag was made by the Tip Toppers for United Nations week
Miss Anna Dare Smith and Fay Alton Cherry were wed Friday Oct 20 at The Church of Christ Ohio Riv er Road. Rev A M Gillespie officiated at 7 p m with gladioli mums and ferns in the altar. They will reside in Detroit Michigan after a northern wedding trip.
The Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 731 dedicated its new Point Pleasant lodge hall in a four hour ceremony. F Roy Yoke gave the address as 125 new members joined, the largest class in the lodge's history, followed by a chicken buffet for women guests and members. Another initiation is planned for absent members. The article also notes hens and feed relate to egg production.
Holzer Hospital notes list newborns and admissions including Mrs Vernon Deweese Pt Pleasant a son and Mrs Arthur Suttle Mason West Virginia. Other names: Frank Fugate Pomeroy Ora Lee Farrar Jackson Clarence Jackson Gallipolis Robert Rutherford Gallipolis Charles Eugene Martin Jackson Robert Cantor Jackson Paul Litteral Jackson and several mothers from Pt Pleasant Rutland Patriot Bidwell Walden Willard and Arnold Helm plus Mrs J W Legg and Mrs John McKean.
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