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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1950
Page
2
New Bedford reports mass produced 24-foot plastic cabin cruisers built with Laminae, polyester resin and Fiberglas. One-per-day production could beat four to six weeks for wood or metal boats, with seamless hulls, built in molds, and integrated tanks. Price around 4500 to 5000 dollars.
The Point Pleasant Woman's Club meets at the Presbyterian Church as national theme Citizenship and state focus Citizenship through Friendship are outlined. New members are welcomed as district and club officers are named and plans for a fall festival and 4 H picnic are discussed.
POINT PLEASANT The Setember session's largest one day batch of cases was heard by circuit court. Warder Wilson Arnold was found innocent after defense and prosecution sparred over fight details at a beer establishment. Other cases included Dooley on embezzlement probation, McDonald arson dismissed with probation, Prince grand larceny removed, and Fletcher intoxication verdict upheld with 60 day sentence.
Twenty four Mason County bachelors were named Friday by the Selective Service Board for the 40 man draft examination at Charleston Thursday. The list includes James B. Sayre New Haven Jack S Colley Jr Henderson Emmett A Rawson South Side Charles S Criner Gallipolis Ferry Henry J Reitmire Letart Gene W Smith Point Pleasant Verner L Dewees Leon Harold R Shirley Leon Walter G Cartwright Clifton Ottie M Stewart Nat Clifton M Douglas Grimms Landing Elmer E Parsons Leon Roscoe Parsons Cottageville Harold E McAfee Arbuckle Arnest I Biffle Letart Robert W Fisher Jr Point Pleasant Osher A Patterson Gallipolis Ferry Jerry W Snyder Letart Charles R Duncan Henderson Charles W Crawford Gallipolis Ferry Harold E Hartley Hartford Billy Nevelis Point Pleasant Charles C Reynolds South Side
In the State against Marvin Leport reported Friday defense attorney argued that witness William Graham was intoxicated, not Wade Dye, aiming to cast doubt on the testimony.
E W Dill of East St Louis claims vitamins and minerals in HADACOL cured his dizziness and nervousness after a 1947 railroad accident left him in hospital. He urges others to try the product with a money back guarantee and highlights trial sizes of $1.25 and $3.50.
A main sewer stoppage between 21st and 23rd Streets on Main Street was removed early Saturday by Street Commissioner R. V. Robbins and a crew of four. Had it not been cleared, basements in two blocks could have flooded during a heavy two hour rain from 5 to 7:30 a.m. Robins and his team worked from 1 a.m. until 6 a.m. locating and clearing the blockage.
Nesta Duncan 74 of Gallipolis Ferry died Saturday at her daughter’s home in Huntington. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Jordan Baptist Church with burial in Bealechapel Cemetery. Survived by husband Sherman three sons W B Duncan Lewis M Duncan Leland Duncan one daughter Mrs Walter Lambert one sister Mrs Leetha Roberts 12 grandchildren four great grandchildren. Four sisters preceded her in death. Rev Brady Duncan to officiate. Friends may call Chapman Funeral Home before services.
Harriet and James H Donovan transfer portions of lot 19 and parts of lots 21 23 in Mason to E R Keig with later conveyances to Mildred and Arnold Grate and others in the Waggener District. William H Bardin trustee transfers 82 acres plus 30 8 and 538 acre parcels in Hannan District to Charles Conrad. James C Layne to Clara F Burris transfers a lot in New Haven Graham District.
Two inmates fled Mason county jail Friday night using a sawed bar and a rope made from a mattress cover. Lawrence Earl Clench faced pending state charges for automobile possession while Bernard Smith had already begun a 15 year sentence for breaking and entering and stealing from Bertha Bails. They remained at large as Sheriff F A Morrison reported the escape and noted the inmates hid their absence in the cell.
Forty three new street markers were installed in Point Pleasant over two days. The effort included 25 stop signs eight 25 mph signs eight keep right signs and two one way signs. Frank Biffle and his waterworks crew completed the backwork within 24 hours. Locations receiving stop signs included Second and Lane Second and Main Fourth and Main Twelfth and Viand and many Ohio River Road junctions. 25 mph signs were placed at several Ohio River Road intersections and around Mount Vernon. Keep right signs went up at multiple Mount Vernon intersections plus Second and Lane and Second and Main. One way signs were added at Second and Main and Fourth and Main.
Two youths from Point Pleasant were shaken up in a Route 2 motorcycle crash near Gallipolis Ferry Saturday night. Driver Charles Spencer and passenger Warder Arnold Bothare sustained superficial abrasions, treated at Point Clinic, and released at 9 p.m.
Five men Lewis Wamsley Frank Morrow Elsey Martin Grover Hazelwood and Arnold Bush were arrested on intoxication charges by Point Pleasant police and released on appearance bonds set by Mayor John Clay Hutchinson over the weekend.
Miss Mary Lucille Harris of Reedsville Route 1 became the bride of Dwight Peel of Chicago with Rev. Wm. Dunlap officiating. The couple will reside in Chicago. Read in this column are lists of attendees at the Lock 20 annual picnic and visits from Reedsville residents to relatives and friends in nearby cities.
Two auto collision victims near Leon Saturday were improving Sunday. Arnold Anderson of Rand, West Virginia, was in fair condition after head lacerations treated at Holzer Hospital Saturday night. His co passenger Robert Harrison of Charleston was released from Point Clinic after brief treatment.
POINT PLEASANT The Rev and Mrs J P Keefer 206 Tenth St report their son Sergeant Dogie Keefer in the U S Army has been sent to Alaska after being stationed at Dayton and had expected to go to Korea.
Public health nurse Dorothy WAS announced a September October immunization schedule for Mason County schools. Parents are urged to ensure two doses of diphtheria tetanus toxoid and to consider the triple vaccine for whooping cough diphtheria and tetanus. Clinics run at multiple locations on dual dates with times listed by school.
Nancy Vaught daughter of Mrs Elsa S Vaught of 901 Main St recently left for Washington to join the Transportation Corps U S Army in the Pentagon Building as a civilian employee writing for department publications. She earned the job through experience writing for her high school paper Tu Endie Wei and is a Point Pleasant High School graduate from June 1950.
Completes apprenticeship at LaMarce Beauty Shop after graduating Point Pleasant High School and Martz Beauty Academy Huntington. She will continue as a licensed operator in the state and pursue postgraduate work in September.
In the Northern Hemisphere cyclones rotate counterclockwise, while in the Southern Hemisphere they rotate clockwise. The reversal reflects the Coriolis effect shaping large-scale air flows in each hemisphere.
Lowell Jewell and Jerrico Read of the Big Blacks announced Jewell re injured his right hip after an August 31 fall at Holzer Hospital. He previously dislocated his left hip and now must remain in bed for two months as his physician orders.
The Mason County Post 23 of the American Legion plans a large recruitment push. Commander Care Kennedy says turnout will exceed previous years, with the drive launching at the Legion building on Monday at 8 p.m.
Local Athens residents report CERTA-VIN relieves gas and bloating after meals. The ad claims the formula mixes Ten Great Herbs with vitamin B and iron to enrich blood and strengthen nerves, with a waistline reduction noted by a user. Sold at Athens Pharmacy and Betts Cut Rate in Nelsonville.
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