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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1961
Page
11
Mrs. Clarence Donald Stamper, formerly Patricia Ann Ellis, was honored at a bridal shower hosted by Miss Ruth Love. The event occurred Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James G. Ellis on Jackson Avenue.
The Booster Sunday School class of the Baptist Church gathered at Blanche Watterson’s house with scripture read by Isabel Simpson and prayers by Bertha Sayre. Guests and attendees included Clara Powell Maggie Shain Isabel Simpson Gretta Simpson and many others as trips and visits to relatives and nearby towns were noted.
The Carpenter Albany Baptist Missionary Society attended a Temple WSCS meeting on Wednesday. Five new Temple members were welcomed. The program featured devotions led by Mrs. John Ingram and a program led by Mrs. Arthur Crabtree. A large local turnout joined a 4-H hayride and wiener roast for the Carpenter boys club, with a birthday celebration for advisor Carl Greenlees and 62 attendees. Local resident Manning Farley from Dayton visited Fern Giggolgy’s home.
Wason County transfers show multiple real estate conveys across districts including Lewis Hannan Waggener Clendenin and Union. Transfers name buyers such as John and Jean Devault William Crawford Har old Stanley and others, with various sellers including Carl Wood Hester Lee and Iris Beaver.
The annual Mason County singing convention will be held Sunday at 1 30 p.m. in the Point Pleasant Junior High School auditorium. The event invites public participation and all singers are urged to attend.
Conservation officer Miles Darst reports two additional deer deaths on Mason County highways since early Tuesday. A yearling doe on U S Route 35 near Leon was found in poor condition after being chased over a cliff by youths. A second deer, a 150 pound doe, was hit on state Route 17 near Roy Yeager Farm by a vehicle driven by Dennis Frankhouser of Blacksburg Virginia.
State Highway Patrol reports a Route 33 collision in Hocking County a mile south of Route 595. Vehicles driven by Leslie Richardson 54 Lockport IL and Mary Jean Dalton 19 Nelsonville involved. Dalton cited for conditional speed. Both drivers sustained minor injuries.
An annual X ray mobile clinic funded by the Mason County Tuberculosis Association will visit Mason County October 17 to 20. The unit will be at the courthouse October 17 18 and 19 from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. It will be at the New Haven EUB Church October 20 until 4 p.m. No night hours. People must schedule X rays during the visit.
Jim Comstock editor of the West Virginia Hillbilly and the News Leader spoke at the Federal Land Bank Association of Ripley and Ripley PCA annual stockholders meeting at Cedar Lakes camp near Ripley. He entertained the capacity crowd with satirical remarks on government and state woes as officials reported over 800 members and about 1.5 million dollars in farmer loans last year.
John Kincaid of Middleport attended the Tu Endie Wei Garden Club meeting in the Appalachian Power Auditorium as a guest critic. Mrs. Kincaid spoke on member flower arrangements from the workshop followed by a business session led by Mrs. H. O. Francis. Hostesses were Mrs. C. R. Shurman and Mrs. Charles Gammon, with numerous members present.
Dragonflies prey on large numbers of mosquitoes gnats and flies both as larvae in water and as flying adults, helping reduce pest populations and potentially limiting disease vectors.
Miss Pamela Lloyd daughter of Dr and Mrs J Stewart Lloyd Mossman Circle enrolled at Columbia University to study for a bachelor of science and RN degree. She graduated last spring from Mt Vernon Academy with honors and was on the school annual staff and a typist for the school panel. Her parents accompanied her to Columbia and also spent time in Washington DC.
Jean Rardin chair safety talk at Juniorettes meeting as plans start for Christmas dance. Jane Crump presided. Barbara Devault leads arrangements. Suzi Call named publicity chair. Meeting at Mrs. Tom K. Fisher home on Marquette Avenue. Juniorette pages to serve at the Junior Women’s Club convention in Point Pleasant on Oct. 21.
West Virginia University 4-H announces a five district series of conferences with first session September 29 30 at Summers County 4-H Camp and October 13 14 at Kanawha County 4-H Camp led by C P Dorsey and Bill Coffindaffer. Counties Boone Cabell Calhoun Clay Jackson Kanawha Lincoln Mason Monroe Putnam Wayne attend.
Mr and Mrs Dawson Kapp of Point Pleasant announce the birth of a son. The brief notice confirms the newborn adds a new member to the Kapp household.
The Vanadium Corporation of America and Philip Sporn Plant in Graham Station sponsor the Mason County Chapter Red Cross bloodmobile on Oct. 2. The unit will be at the Vanadium offices from noon to 6 p m and open to all county donors, per Elizabeth Liter, Red Cross executive secretary.
Point Pleasant hosts its annual fall festival Saturday from noon to 8 p m at the Ordnance School. Indoor and outdoor events include a tea room and a concert and parade by the Point Pleasant High School band. Activities feature tractor and pony cart rides, fish ponds, a country store, bakery and concessions.
A person was killed by a lightning strike causing a short circuit in the nervous system and organ failure. Artificial respiration can sometimes revive a victim, but in this case the outcome was fatal.
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