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8RtifdWhereTheWaters MingleBy MARY HIREdThe year 1966 has ended and j publican, and Clarence AdkinsYearwe have started a New with new steps to climb as we 'f j are living in a j world and all must meet new e j challenges.rt We are starting to live in that Space Age. I often hear remarks that so much that you read in comic books has come true and if this is true perhapscan tell us moredds**• j theV ; about the Space Age than any of the adultsila democrat.The Mason County jail is un-a study for securitymeasures Meanwhile, the * lt;••house annex, the old Legion building, is being repaired for r.ew office space for the welfare department.fBelva Mae Farley, managing j director of Point Pleasant Ma-son Countv C hamber of Com-ffly - ’■ -TO *. ' .s that the charmginSt a (prciatiPuphiVeerr4hMason County has had a fine year with the expansion ot the jtioodyear Plant at Anne GroveConstruction is nearing comple tion that will employe additional people, and it is growing into a very large plant with space to expand if desired.The Vanadium Plant atr6.JOidillGraham Station also is in the process of building bigger and more modern furnaces. It also is an Industry that has grown!merer, re!xjr had a good year and lame Lewis, retiring president, did an outstanding job. She noted that they had several inquiries about new industries of whichthe chamber hopes will develop in 1967.A New Jersey firm has taken i Anoption on several acres (if land ! m in the Gallipolis Ferry area Ro with the option expiring Jan. j pj-26. ft is hoped that this will be pu another plant, the first for 1967 (Hj to be added to Mason County’sit hi$ *since if started in Mason Cour.One of Mason County’s oldest ir.dustries, the West Virg i n 1 aIron Co in Pointhas increased produc-! tion and put on a night shift Uiis year while the Marietta ManuCo. hasn’t had anyI big contracts for ships or boats, ilt; has had plenty of work on rennnjSlt idi gmwiii-Although Coach Ware of Point Pleasant High School didn’thave the best football season in 1966 He feels that the 1967record will be much different,while Pick Horton’s B i g Black’s Basketball team has arecord of 2 1 he says that he%rfools that the 1967 season will'tiogotalofedshew some good plays.pair of boats and barges.Stauffer Chemical Co is another plant that keeps the economy up in the c unty although they didn’t have an expansion program in 1966, neither did the P«ntasote Co , one of the new-Mason County had a recordI of 14 highway fatalities as ofFriday night, Pec. 30, with onedav of the holiday left.intoJaHrVliest plants in the county. At its■j opening ceremony one of the; 1 Company officials stated that he “hoped within two years this plant could be expanded ” Ifthis be true perhaps it will be done in 1967 as the two yearfall.Mason County, as well as Gallia County, has also expetienced a strange year with “The Creature” arid strong objects being seen by many In Mason County, “The Creature.”! the red eyed monster createdaBtst«Drdes.period will be up in latePleasant Valley Hospitalbroke ground in early tall for an $60(100(1 addition wliich wall indude a long term care unitneeded since t h e1| which is Medicare program went into effed It wall also add a new front to the hospital and other faeili ties and rooms.a lot of excitement, after it wasreported seen by several andwas said to chase ears up to 100 miles per hour. Several have reported seeing lights in the skv ! at night, but they were not fall-1 ing stars nor were they planes. 1 Just across the Ohio River in nilthe Cheshire and Addison area cu families saw this object w i i hstrange lights on the West Virginia shore line and then saw it go up in the The samesoI);Milton Burdette, superintendent of Mason County screports that the school system; is in good shape financially al though this doesn’t mean that we lean build all new schools in the county However, an addition to the new junior high school is under construction and federal aidseveralhas helped withpr-iigrams.The town of Point Pleasanthas three new stores Shop AMinute, Moore’s Store and oneof the finest new structures fora store is now under construction to house the c C. Murphy Co.air, out of sight morning a Chesire boy said he saw a huge thing close to the Ohio shoie line about an hour earlier Ho saidsaid it was as big as a housewith windows, which looked like it had curtains that weremussed Another women in the Cheshire area saw some’h i n g that resembled a bouse with lights across the highway from her home in the a re a0(1ctlBTBileSirulelllt;lt; iallip o 11NSiOn the political side for 1966, Republicans sent Brerry Jones back as a delegate to the 1 egis-luture and he also was named minority leader of the House. Thev also took control of them Wcounty court when they seated^ w ^ tr ~'r' *Lawrence Gerlaeh Jr., who will serve with F H Bissell. a RevcT1UAr\friedlt;\ woman and her hiUhen ; Li saw an object that was odd in Mcolor travel beside them I o rabout a mile, while an F.ureka family saw this strange object just above the Gallipolis dam The object had colored lights and crossed the river and went along the West Virginia shore Several families in the rural areas have reported seeing twojK bright objects in the ^kv very w often and that thev meet and In then a jet plane will approach i'll and they part and disappear It ar is a mystery to many vv h 11 e ! : I others do not believe that any i thing like this can happen Blit ! if you talk with these people, j they will tell you if you see itvou sure will In* a txdilt;w»veraMaybe the new year will solve some of ihis mvsterv I wish to thank the people for their cooperation this past year. Without your help it would be impossible to report the newsIt is greatly appreciated and Iwish each and everyone a progressive year and a happy year.
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Athens Sunday Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Sun, Jan 01, 1967
Page 8
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