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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1943
Page
2
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Nelsonville Ralph Barber of this city was named leader and Harry Evans of Nelsonville assistant leader of a 57 man contingent from Athens County Selective Service Board No 2. They left at 7:30 this morning for final exams at a Clarksburg West Virginia Army induction center. Those passing will be inducted into the armed forces with a choice of immediate service or a one week furlough. It is expected most will return home with furlough.
At Post No. 3467 in Nelsonville the Veterans of Foreign Wars elected Carl Duskey as commander Ray Ashby as senior vice commander Albert Brooks as junior vice commander Garrett M Hoch as adjutant quartermaster W Warren as judge advocate Rodney Reeves as chaplain Clifford E Barber as surgeon and Leonard A Myers as trustee. They will be installed tonight at 8 o clock.
Nelsonville notices Lighthouse Tabernacle at Poplar and Watkins with Rev. Ew art C Bond as pastor. Sunday school 9 30 a m supervised by Mrs Mable Call morning worship 10 45 with George Call in charge evening service 7 30 with a sermon Three Definite Things of the Holy Ghost. Tuesday 7 p m pastor speaks on Psalm 23 4 followed by Inter-Denominational Bible Class finishing Matthew 6. Thursday 7 30 prayer service led by George Call.
The Nelsonville Methodist Church schedules a Sunday program for April 4 with Sunday School at 9 30 under supervisor Arthur Kennedy. Morning worship at 10 30 features Rev William Martell George on Righteousness the Goal. Youth Fellowship at 6 shows John Hannahs as president. Evening worship at 7 presents Life Marred and Made Over.
In Nelsonville the Pilgrim Church at Chestnut and Harper announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m with Walter Primmer as superintendent, morning worship at 10 30 a m led by Pastor Rev B A Awe, Lord's Supper after the sermon, Young People's services at 6 30 p m and evening worship at 7 30 p m.
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza Gaskins will be held Sunday at 1 30 o clock at The Plains Methodist Church. Burial will be at Greenlawn cemetery with burial also planned in Nelsonville shortly after service.
Rev. Wm. M. George, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Nelsonville, will preach at the Concord Union Church three miles east of Jacksonville on Sunday afternoon April 4 at 2 30. The sermon title will be Contentment.
Nelsonville residents watched as Postmaster J. B. Preston reeled in a smallmouth bass from the Hocking River. The 15 inch fish weighed just under two pounds and was caught with a minnow bait on April 1, sparking local fishermen to try to match the catch.
Nelsonville resident Dean Coakley stationed with U S troops in the southwest Pacific sent native ornaments and shells to his mother Mrs Fred Coakley of Nelsonville. The collection is shown in Thomas Jewelry Store window and includes shell necklaces tortoise shell buckle and button set and coral reef shells.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Elizabeth Roscoe age 98 will be held Saturday afternoon at one o'clock at Stout Funeral Home conducted by Rev L E Evans. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time. Burial will be at Green Lawn Cemetery.
The M. M. Club meeting at the home of Mrs. Gladys Pierce is postponed for two weeks due to illness. Members may arrange another time by contacting the president. otherwise the meeting will be rescheduled in two weeks.
In Mayor Herman Oggs court on Wednesday two men pleaded guilty to intoxication charges. Peter Glass of New Marshfield Rt. 1 and Ed Windle of Nelsonville were each fined five dollars plus costs.
Nelsonville firefighters were summoned to Norman Ervin's Madison Street home Thursday for a spot fire with no damage reported. On Wednesday they tackled a grass fire atop Mason City Hill. A Tahiti cement mix recipe is given using coral rock water rock salt and brown sugar.
Robert Edward Williams, 76, of Salem Center, died Wednesday at his home. He was the son of Henry C. Williams and Phoebe Williams and worked as a farmer. He is survived by his wife Anna Castor Williams and two daughters from his first marriage, Faye Jordan and Ida Dennison. The body was moved to Don Vale’s home near Salem Center. funeral arrangements are pending.
The Rose Commandery Knights Templar conducted its annual inspection in Gallipolis with Grand Commander Lachlan M. MacDonald of Bryan as guest and Grand Warder Thom as inspecting officer Gibson from Athens. About 107 knights and wives attended dinner, served by Eastern Star members, with 50 visiting knights from Jackson Athens Marietta Logan Ironton Pomeroy Portsmouth.
The Gallia Chapter executive committee will meet Monday at 2 30 p m in the Red Cross Headquarters Grace Methodist Church. Chairman Edwin C Higgins announced. The War Fund Drive total reached 6541 55 with auditor Max Bunce reporting. Racoon Township surpassed its quota by 86 23 over 320.
Miss Vesta Fowler departs Gallipolis Thursday for Fort Oglethorpe Georgia to begin WAAC basic training. Mrs Virginia Finley Hill reportedly will leave today for Daytona Beach Florida to enlist in the same service.
Mrs H W Shafer and Miss Jeanne Allen left Thursday night for Rockford and will visit at week’s end with Donald Al Shafer Jr who is stationed at Camp Grant.
The Third Annual Spring Festival Concert directed by Miss Elizabeth Shough drew a large appreciative audience in Gallipolis. The program featured a 50 voice chorus a 50 voice girls club a 30 voice boys club plus the girls ensemble and boys quartet. A highlight was the dedication of the Kimball grand piano with Miss Eileen Wells as soloist. Patsy Haskins accompanied. Decorations credit goes to Mrs Otto Carter and a committee of Mrs Howard Neal Mrs John Baker and Mrs Carlos Niday.
Lieutenant Fred Langdon formerly of Gallipolis wed Miss Barbara Hufferner of St. Louis in Reno Nevada. The bride teaches Spanish at the Officer's Camp Scott Field Illinois and will resume duties after a California honeymoon. Langdon's past roles include Gallia Academy High School graduate Rio Grande College alumnus and former assistant manager at G C Murphy in Circleville.
The Emanon Club held its second anniversary party on Thursday evening at Miss Lucille Smith's home. Sixteen members attended a musical questionnaire program followed by spaghetti and a social hour. The organizing committee included Miss Ruth Maddy as chair, and Mrs. Richard Downs, Mrs. A. D. Lusk, Miss Helen McNealey, and Mrs. Robert Ruland.
Miss Martha Sheets daughter of Mr and Mrs Isaac Sheets married Charles Neal of the United States Navy on Wednesday night at the groom’s maternal grandfather Rev J D Craft home near Mercerville. Attendants were Miss Grace Irion and Delmer Archer Eureka a ship mate. Martha a Gallia Academy High School 1941 graduate works as a Beckett Oil Co book-keeper. Clyde Neal and wife are the groom’s parents. Neal enlisted in December 1940 and he and his best man returned Thursday to their ship’s port.
Julia Wood and Frank Clark Wetherholt of Miami University Oxford arrived Thursday to spend vacation with their parents. Mrs Frank Henson of Point Pleasant visited her parents in Gallipolis on Wednesday. Mrs Ray Grover left Thursday for Atlanta to visit her father. Mr and Mrs W V Lewis returned to their farm after wintering in Gallipolis.
Gallia Academy High School senior Richard Davis was awarded the State FFA Farmer Degree at the State FFA convention in Columbus. Instructor Harland Martin announced Davis as the second local FFA member to earn this honor, noting poultry, beef cattle, and tobacco as his farm enterprises and more than $1,000 in project labor income.
POINT PLEASANT Continued reports show large scale layoffs at the ordnance works. Many workers laid off came from construction departments now nearing completion and closure of projects.
Mrs Sam Harrington a surgical patient from Route 2 and Mrs A A Wogan medical patient of Henderson have been discharged and returned home Wilma Jean infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Andy Thornton of South Side also discharged after treatment Mrs Melvin Cobb of South Side admitted yesterday for observation and treatment Visiting in Mason Mrs R M Sheets and son Tommy of Charleston are guests of Mr and Mrs Carl S Lynch Charleston Road
Mason County Red Cross workers surpass 1943 War Drive quota with totals nearing 1 2 thousand dollars. Company plant workers at Marietta Manufacturing contribute 2515 surpassing its goal by 25 percent. County and New Haven reports push countywide total well above the 3400 target as motion picture showings plan final push.
Point Pleasant Mason County War Mothers Emergency Club meets at the Courthouse on Tuesday evening April 6 at 7 30 finding spring a good time to recruit. Officers call for names and addresses of men in service so a daily home paper can reach them. Parents often show little interest but a paper from home keeps soldiers’ spirits up and boosted morale.
Miss Margaret Asher, Sunnyside School principal, announced that Rev. Chalmers McCutcheon of the Presbyterian Church has accepted the invitation to deliver the commencement address on May 12.
POINT PLEASANT The navy yard work continues at a slow pace with the siding removed from a large building. A large amount of construction machinery is being removed from the area.
Pallbearers named for funeral of Mrs Horton Oshel include Captain Charles Stone Captain John R Douglass Hamilton A Johnson Robert J Heslop Paul Oshel and Russell Oshel. Services from Varian home 20 Main Street and burial at Suncrest Cemetery.
Point Pleasant High School seniors rehearse for the April 30 production of the play "Every Family Has One" at the Junior High School Auditorium under director Mrs. C. R. Schneider and assistant Julia Pearl Thomas. Responsibilities cover stage setting, properties, publicity, and ushers with a ticket sale start set for April 15.
The preaching mission schedule runs 11 meetings from April 5 to April 16 across five city churches. Each night a different church hosts an 8 pm session on topics about the Holy Spirit, including regeneration, gifts, fruits, and missions. A Good Friday service on April 16 closes the series.
City Solicitor J. G. F. Johnson returned from Washington after several days seeking expedited grants to cover fire and police protection sanitation costs and rising municipal expenses due to population growth and nearby war industries. He says promises were obtained to fast track approvals through regular channels.
Arthur Theodore Stephens Jr 29 native of Queens County New York and Margaret Corrine Meadon 26 native of Maspeth New York both residents of Point Pleasant filed an application for a marriage license.
Private Richard Bell son of Mr and Mrs R P Bell has departed Camp Polk Louisiana with the engineer corps He recently received a promotion to the rank of corporal The exact destination is not disclosed
The Marietta Log highlights rapid housing uptake in Country Club Addition near North Point Pleasant School and adjacent projects as workers seek shorter commutes. It notes planned area amenities including a supermarket athletic field bowling alleys and a children's play room. It cites Otho Huck Maye's near perfect attendance and mentions sympathy for Kenneth Newton missing in action in Tunisia. It also reports women welders returning to work and a trade school enrollment of 77 with 13 women.
Point Pleasant police report three men arrested this week. Frank Wilson of Mason was jailed on intoxication charges and held for arraignment after release on bond earlier. Arnold Barnett of Gallipolis Ferry faced burglary charges, released on $1,000 bond with his father as surety. Adolph Pulscia, a stationed soldier, also arrested for intoxication and held for arraignment.
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