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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1950

Page

8

Gardner Rites To Be Sunday

Funeral services for Sandy Lewis Gardner 38 of Gallipolis Ferry will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. in Jordan Baptist Church Gallipolis Ferry with Rev Bill Higgins of Point Pleasant officiating under Post 23 American Legion Point Pleasant and National Guard. Gardner a former chief petty officer died at U S Naval Hospital St Albans Long Island. He survived the Coral Sea and Pearl Harbor battles. Friends may call at his Gallipolis Ferry home after 6 p.m. Friday Interment will be in Jordan Cemetery.

Point Pleasant Sandy Lewis Gardner Gallipolis Ferry Jordan Baptist Church Bill Higgins American Legion National Guard Gardner U. S. Naval Hospital St. Albans Long Island Coral Sea Pearl Harbor Jordan Cemetery

4-H Agent Relocates After Three Years Of Service

Mrs. Justine Foglesong ends a three year tenure as Mason County 4-H agent to move to Morgantown with her husband. Kenneth Bragg Gilmer will replace her, bringing updated 4-H club and member counts and noting resumed pre war activity days.

Point Pleasant Justine Foglesongey Storgantown Braxton County Mason County Foglesong Jackson's Mill Morgantown Star City

Mason County Land Transfers

A list of real estate transfers in Mason County naming multiple pairs of grantors and grantees. Properties include parcels in Mt. Vernon Heights Point Pleasant Union and Graham District with acreages ranging from 0.12 to 49.14 acres and rights of way across C. H. Warner land.

Mamie E John W. Cook Katherine A J. B. Couch Esther Belle O. W Pearson Helen R. Mayes M. Henderson Mabel Lloyd Oldaker Dorothy Ralph Garrison Martha Millard D. Buck Macy Merlin Stover Ellen George Dudick Gladys Medors Opal Medors Garnet H. Medors C. H. Warner Union Nedra E. B. Jones Jacqueline C Hiram W. Daugherty Mt. Vernon Heights Point Pleasant Lewis District Frieda Earl Henry Elsie Otha Lieving Eunice Stanley Hart Vannie Hazen Roush Fannie Carl Clark Lawrence Clark Louise Dallas Gibbs Irene Ferris Justis Alma Roush Raymond Roush Broad Run Graham Eva Eugene Weigand Mary Earl Johnson John W. Martin Adamsville Mason Waggener Aris James O. Langdon Pearl Langdon Harvey F. Langdon Woodrow Langdon Robert L. Langdon Hannan E. Bartow Jones John W. Dawkins Clendenin S. O. Hart State Road Commission

Walker-Robbins reunion to be hosted in Henderson

The Walker-Robbins reunion will be held at the home of Mrs. Frances Clark in Henderson on Sunday. A picnic lunch will be served at noon and a memorial service will broadcast from 2 to 2:30 p.m. for Rev. L. D. Seard and Scott McDermott. Guy McWilliams will serve as master of ceremonies and Mrs. Eric Nystrom Gallipolis will lead the program.

Walker-Robbins Francis Clark Henderson L. D. Seard Scott McDermott Guy McWilliams Eric Nystrom Gallipolis

Lambda Chi Omega Meeting Set for Monday Evening

Lambda Chi Omega sorority plans a gathering at the American Legion Building on Monday at 8 p.m. Members are reminded to attend and bring needed materials for the session.

Lambda Chi Omega Sorority American Legion

Burnside Reunion Holds 27th Annual Gathering at McGuffin Home

The 27th Burnside reunion convened Sunday at Harold and. Mrs. McGuffin's Bellmeade residence with a noon picnic. Officers elected: Mrs. Earl Arnett president and Mrs. Rhoda Hixon secretary treasurer. Next year hosts to be Mr. and Mrs. Okey Blagg. Attendees included numerous McGuffins and extended families from Point Pleasant New Haven Bladen Gallipolis Middleport Pomeroy and other nearby locales.

Burnside Harold McGuffin Bellmeade Earl Arnett Rhoda Hixon Chillicothe Okey Blagg J. E.mcguffin Edna Robert McGuffin Dorothy Joan Lorena Shifler Juanita Eleanor Spaungler Earl. Arnett Judith Ann Janice Faye Harriet Thomas Tom McGuffin Point Pleasant

Three Youths Attend Junior Farmer Week in Morgantown

Six senior high boys and their home economics teacher Clifford Lunn returned from a three day Junior Farmers Week program at West Virginia University in Morgantown. Three boys joined the dairy judging team Eddie Sommer Henry Kay Donald Henderson and the livestock judging team Leroy Stevens Leo Rogers and Richard Rogers.

Point Pleasant Clifford Lunn West Virginia University Morgantown Eddie Sommer Henry Kay Donald Henderson Leroy Stevens Leo Rogers Richard Rogers

Excuse for Deferment Is 15 Months Late

A Point Pleasant registrant appeared before the Selective Service Board with a 15 month late deferment excuse. Shelby A. Garnes of Liberty Route 1 claimed four years of naval service as legitimate deferment qualification. He served from 1943 to 1946 and 1946 to 1947 and should have registered since May 1949.

Point Pleasant Selective Service Board Shelby A. Garnes Liberty Route 1 County Board

Local Families Share Visits and Moves Across Towns

Bidwell and nearby residents report a day of visits between Junction City and Rio Grande families. Several households host relatives from Columbus Gallipolis and Porter, and moves include Asa Rucker relocating to a Crown City farm and Myers family to Willard Grover’s farm. Gloria Shoemaker appears among attendees. Larry Dewitt is ill with rheumatic fever.

Clarence Hail Jimmie Junction City Luther Glassburn Daisy C. B. Robinson Bradford Garland Robinson Columbus Elmer Sherritt Vinton Norman Martin Stevie Hal Shoemaker David Wickline Evan H. Evans Rio Grande Bill McBride Porter Carl Phillips Agnes Clendenin Gloria Shoemaker Gallipolis Betty Fillinger W. C. Fillinger Larry Dewitt Webster Dewitt Asa Rucker Crown City R. C. Myers Willard Grover George Hunt

Local Church Services Menu for Pt Pleasant

The list details worship times across Pt Pleasant churches including Trinity Methodist Presbyterian Christ Church Parish Evangelical United Brethren and others. It notes ministers service times church schools youth fellowships prayer meetings and suspended mid week services.

Trinity Methodist S. D. Rexrode Methodist Youth Fellowship Presbyterian Orie Co. Landrum Pioneer Fellowship Evangelical United Brethren F. H. Capehart Heights Youth Fellowship Christian Builders Bellermead Christian Endeavor Krebs Chapel Young Co Main ST Daniel M. Dorsey Vaught Memorial Beech Hill Henderson Mt. Union Pine Grove Christian Science Mason County George C. Werrick St. Paul's New Haven Zion Broad Run Luther League Prag Mark's Upper Flats

Manville Maxville area social notes reflect family visits

Vernon Bourne in Columbus spent weekend with parents Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bourne. Miriam Edson New Lexington librarian left new adult books with Mrs. Rosemary Nutter. Children’s books to be at the schoolhouse when school opens. Several families attended Beougher reunion at St. Mary's Lake. 4-H Club members and advisers toured Columbus zoo. Various residents visited Logan, Bremen and Circleville. Scout troop plans to attend Ohio State Fair Buckeye Lake. Repairs and hospital visits noted for Rose mary Nutter Emma Wilson.

Maxville Vernon Bourne Columbus Earl Bourne Miriam Edson New Lexington Rosemary Nutter Lara Wolfe Dan Otiis Sheets D. W. Mohler Judy Beougher St. Mary’s Lake St. Mary's Ohio Maxville Homemakers and Conservation 4-H Club Columbus Zoo Patty Stimmel Aileen Mohler Dorothy Angle Claude Strawn Lester Kenneth Bell Hal Stimmel Dale Wolfe Herman Wilson Minerva Nixon Amanda Wilson Logan Bremen Frank Reynolds Peggy Ann Billy Pontiac Mich Emma Wilson Doctor’s Hospital Herman A. Wilson Willard Sheets Circleville Boy Scouts Troop 53 Ohio State Fair Buckeye Lake Roy Hiedlebaugh Betty Jo and Lary

Driver Hunted After Crash at Sixth and Viand

City police hunted a Huntington contractor's truck and driver after a collision at Sixth and Viand at 11 a.m. The other car belonged to Clarence Carson and family from Santee Nebraska visiting Mrs. Walter Crooks. In the Carsons' car were Luella, Luanne, Carolyn, Clarence Jr. and Clarence Sr.

Point Pleasant Huntington Sixth Viand Clarence Carson Santee Neb Carsons Walter Crooks Mt. Vernon Ave Carson Luella Luanne Carolyn Clarence, Jr

Drainage Conversion Completed at Gym

POINT PLEASANT The storm line conversion for the junior high gymnasium was completed Thursday by Street Commissioner R V Robbins and city crews. They connected the second rain spouting on the roof to the new rainwater drainlines guiding water over the floodwall at Tenth Street. In high water, rainwater is flushed to Crooked Creek bed in the South Side.

Point Pleasant R. V. Robbins Tenth St

Man Building Garage Injured in Fall at Home

Pete Wallace of 2409 Monroe Ave Point Pleasant was injured Wednesday afternoon when he fell from a scaffold beside a garage he was building for himself. He sustained a cracked rib and was treated by a physician.

Point Pleasant Pete Wallace Monroe Ave

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