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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1955
Page
10
Volunteers are urged to donate at Trinity Methodist Church Friday from noon to 6 pm to secure priority blood for families over six months. Red Cross officials deny any charges for blood or products and note each pint costs about 5.12 dollars to collect and process for 3500 hospitals nationwide.
The Mason Canty chapter of the Disabled American Veterans welcomed Arvin Watson of Long Bottom as a new member, raising total chapter membership to 186, the second largest in West Virginia. Commander Robert Lee led the meeting at Mason Civic Center. The group will purchase two more wheelchairs for public use and has 14 loaned chairs available via W. M. Pancake and Dell Plants. The Forget-Me-Not Sale sponsored by the DAV last week was declared most successful.
State Police arrested a truck driver for overweight hauling near Letart. Wayne R. Abbott, driver of a Woodrow King vehicle, fined $60.80 by Justice of the Peace A.4. Goodman. Kenneth Roberts of Parkersburg paid $10 and costs on intoxication charges. Suzie Lunsford of Charleston faced operator costs for license issues.
Thirteen members of the Wo men of the Moose met at the Moose Home for a regular meeting led by Mrs. Wilma Melrose. The chapter will sponsor a Youth Canteen Dance October 1 at the Moose Home with Falling in Love With Love and Summertime to follow the business session. Sue was accompanied by Alex Cruick shands Jr. The program concluded with a report on the national convention of the Congress of Parents and Teachers in Chicago last spring by Mrs. Ance Carder.
Louis McDaniel president of the Ordnance PTA opened the new year with a welcome address at the grade school. A later business session approved the annual budget, reported 174 members enrolled, and announced committee updates. Upcoming items include a program talk by Miss Jennie Backus in October and county council delegates elected.
Mr and Mrs Elmore Casto of North Main Street hosted a wiener roast for their daughter Jeannie on her ninth birthday at Harmon Park Tuesday evening. About thirty guests attended the gathering.
Orpha Rebekah Lodge 210 invites members to gather Tuesday evening at the Fourth Street hall for a lodge meeting and related activities.
Point Pleasant personals list movers and visitors among local families. Homer and wife along with daughter Nancy relocate to near Kaylong. relatives Dana Wright Edward C Jackson family plan to occupy the vacated Smith home. Miss Mary McCulloch, retired Mason County teacher and patient at Holzer Hospital, is reported in critical condition.
Four circuit court cases concluded with judgments against defendants. Sayre owes 847 dollars plus interest and costs to Clyde B. Wiblin. Shoff wins 12752 dollars claim from George Norvell Jr J E Vance and Jan Mining Co. Mason County Bank prevails against Mason County Tractor and Implement Co and Robert Corrie for about 921 dollars plus interest and costs. James H and Jacqueline Lilly ordered to pay 451 dollars to H H Rayburn.
Five new members of Point Pleas ant Junior Odd Fellows Lodge No. 12 were formally initiated at a ceremony in Poca last night. Herbert Sayre, John Franklin, Hollis Cahoun Jr., Rupert Rice and John Heiskell Jr. joined 22 attendees from the local lodge, with accompanying Chapter 33 Lodge members Cahoun Sr., Walter O. Rice and G. A. Biggs.
Glaciers on Mount Rainier contain about 60 square miles of ice with thickness ranging from 50 to 500 feet. In the Andaman Islands fewer than 100 aborigines remain today.
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