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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1944
Page
2
A fragmented local notice reports an emergency gathering and election procedures. Officials including Mrs. M and Mrs. E are named with roles as secretaries and trustees amid calls for an immediate meeting and ongoing political activity.
Nelsonville obituary notes R E McClain a former mine superintendent and Nelsonville public service director died of a heart attack at Deanville, Illinois. He and his wife had returned from Stonington, Illinois four weeks earlier for the funeral of Mr. Osey. Funeral services will be held in Stonington. He leaves a wife, two sons Ivor and Francis Mickey, and four daughters Mrs Laird Newark Ohio Mrs Joe eet sara and E Ferguson Champaign and Mrs Jane Filson Stonington.
Mrs Anna Welch 69 wife of John Welch died Sunday at the family home on Chestnut Street She leaves daughter Mrs Mary Barber Columbus brother Mort Wickham Nelsonville and two grandchildren Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 am at St Andrews Church conducted by Rev Father William Kelley Burial will be at Green Lawn Friends may call at the Chestnut Street home at any time
Nelsonville community notes record Mrs Clarence White hosting Loyal Women's Class at 7 pm on Clinton Street. Mary Lou Hand and Charles Harden wed in Gallipolis on March 25. couple to live in Columbus. Dinner meeting planned for Business and Professional Women on April 11 at 6 15 pm in Tri Psi Sorority rooms with specified committees. Several Easter visits and guests listed including families from Nelsonville Zanesville Glouster and Columbus.
Nelsonville reports two servicemen actions. Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Davis has arrived safely somewhere in England. Pvt. Edward Stocklen, Nelsonville, released from an Army hospital in Atlantic City, will transfer to Aberdeen Maryland for six weeks of artillery training before heading overseas.
Nelsonville reports the engagement of Miss Mary Lu Howe daughter of Lt Col Charles E Howe Westerville Ohio to Lt William C Kiernan son of Mr and Mrs John Schildrecht Bay Shore New York. Kiernan a pilot in the U S Air Corps is stationed overseas.
Nelsonville Virginia 14 year old Coakley daughter of Mrs Zoe Coakley underwent an appendicitis operation at Cherrington Hospital Logan Thursday. She is recovering satisfactorily. Her father Sgt Dean Coakley is overseas in the South Pacific area.
Eight arraigned on intoxication complaints in Mayor Miles Howe's court in Nelsonville Sunday morning after Saturday night arrests by city police. All pleaded guilty and were fined five dollars plus costs. Named defendants include Barshel Hanning Lucius Fisk Edward Evans Myers St Floyd Denny Nelsonville. James Van Bibber Haydenville Mearl Johnson Dorr Run Lewis Clowes Carbon Hill Earl Carpenter Nelsonville Rt. 3.
Funeral services for Arthur Henry Nelson who died in a Saturday mine accident at Kimberly will be held Tuesday at 2 PM at the Pilgrim Holiness Church. Rev. Ben A. Awe will conduct. burial follows at Green Lawn Cemetery on Fourth Street in Nelsonville.
York Township Service Club holds its regular meeting at the American Legion Building in Nelsonville at 7 30 this evening. The gathering will discuss club affairs and community projects with members expected to attend.
Mrs Stella Mohr spent the weekend in Louisville with her younger son Donald who is with an orchestra on an engagement there the past two weeks. She then traveled from here to Franklin Ohio last Thursday where she joined daughter Miss Mary Louise Mohr music supervisor in the schools there for the trip to Louisville.
Newly elected Pomona Grange officers include Marguerite Moore Hineman Bidwell master O E Painer Vinton overseer Mrs Walter Neal Bladen secretary Mrs Charlies V Ward Bidwell Rt 1 lecturer Rev R P McCarley Mc Carleyville chaplain Deputy Master William Davis Bla den installing officer. Gallia County legislator Craig D Slagle spoke on Legislation Affecting Agriculture. Plans announced for Gallia Rural Life Service at Fairfield Church late May with a national grange representative expected.
Service members from Gallia District report arrivals and promotions. Cpl Sidney C Stewart writes from England. Sgt Stanford W Cremeens promoted to staff sergeant at Alexandria Army Air Field. Seaman 1c Janice M Cornell on WAVES leave in Washington. Pvt James Clark heads to Camp Maxey after furlough. James C Myers at Naval Air Technical Training Center Memphis. John O Dell arrives with Seabees in Hawaii after leave. John Caldwell back stateside from Alaska. Richard Trout in India hospitalized.
The Mason County Republican executive committee selected election officials for 47 precincts. The list goes to the county court for approval. Members present included Bartow Jones, Ernest Hesson, and numerous district representatives, with a mix of supporters for Funkhouser and Dawson noted.
Sebrell of Robinson District reported his wife Leona Rayburn Sebrell found dead in bed Friday after he returned from the shipyard. Funeral services set for 2 PM Tuesday at Heights United Brethren Church with Rev. Frank H. Capehart officiating. She was born August 31, 1894 near Peniel Church and survived by husband, parents, a daughter in Georgia, and a sister in Pomeroy.
Funeral services for George Jolly aged 74 were conducted Sunday at Mt. Olive Church Upland following a Thursday heart attack. A farmer and blacksmith he worked to the end. Rev Arthur Collins Milton officiated. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by wife Lizzie Waterson three sons and three daughters. He was the last surviving uncle of Mervin Chapman Henderson. Mr Chapman attended.
Bartow Jones, Republican candidate for commissioner of agriculture, plans a campaign run starting today from Point Pleasant. Local friends report growing support and believe his nomination is nearly assured as he vows to press on through the primary while balancing his dairy business experience with political ambition.
Mrs Carrie Somerville was taken from Holzer Hospital to the home of her daughter Mrs Nelson A Park on Jackson Ave. She fell and fractured her hip about three weeks ago and is now making a satisfactory recovery.
John Everett Rankin Jr of Gallia County received the Distinguished Service Cross for saving his captain under fire on New Britain Island. The action followed his captain being mortally wounded as Rankin carried him to safety through hazardous terrain. Rankin is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hardesty of Guyan Township and has spent over two years in the South Pacific with the Marines.
Point Pleasant notes the April meeting of the local AAUW chapter to be held this evening at 8 o'clock at 1919 Marquette Ave hosted by Mrs James A Adie with hostesses Mrs William Wollfitt Miss Mabel Gibbons and Miss Garnette Tillis. J S Jablonski of Marshall College will discuss etching and dry point through an illustrated talk.
T D Gray of the agricultural extension department at West Virginia University will address the April meeting of the Senior Woman's Club in the social rooms of the Presbyterian Church. Local soprano Mrs Howard Proffitt will sing several selections and New Haven Garden Club members are invited to attend. The Garden Department program is chaired by Mrs F W Ingraham with a long list of department members assisting.
Mr and Mrs Robert H Ferguson joined the Charleston event at the Daniel Boone Hotel where Senator Revercomb spoke about ending the New Deal this year amid opposed factions. Revercomb denied voting against poll tax elimination and said no vote has occurred in the Senate on that measure. State Chairman Robert H C Kay opened the meeting and introduced Revercomb.
Dr C W Petty of Mason City and his son Carl Petty of Wheeling visited Saturday. Wheel ing athletic director at Lindsay Military Institute and former Tri delphia High School coach spent Easter with his parents and his uncle and was accompanied by his son Haller Petty.
Roy Mullins of Point Pleasant was arrested over the weekend by Sheriff Lieving and Deputy Blessing on a charge of intoxication. Mullins is expected to be arraigned today.
Miss Merl Morris of Ohio State was a surgical patient for two weeks at Point Clinic. She was discharged over the past weekend.
HOCKINGPORT The regular meeting of the W S C S will be at Ora Randolph home on April 19 after a one week postponement to allow lunch service for Mr. Jackson's sale on April 13. Several local visits and weekend guests are noted including Miss Dorthy White returning from Camden Clark Hospital.
Lineman John Smith 49 died after touching a high voltage line atop a utility pole Saturday in Cincinnati. Authorities report the fatal incident is under investigation by local utility safety inspectors.
A vivid description of the art of short sheeting beds in military barracks. It explains folding sheets so a bed occupant enters feet first, discovering only partial entry and prompting ribald thrusts and laughter. The piece notes experienced soldiers target noncoms with dull humor.
Twenty five Mason County men are scheduled to leave tomorrow morning to enter the military service. Fifteen will go to the Army and ten to the Navy. Inductions to the Army will take place at Fort Thomas Kentucky.
A group from Mason joined the Port of Huntington Propeller Club charter presentation and dinner at the Governor Cabell Hotel. Honorary President Arthur M. Tode of the national organization in New York City presented the charter. Attendees included figures from Point Pleasant Portsmouth Cincinnati and Pittsburgh along with local men such as Robert J Heslop William Heslop F W Ingraham Milton L Miller C G Bauerele Paul Thomas Alexander Cruickshanks Jr Justin Johnson Okey Burdette Hamilton A Johnson G B Woodard Harry Cowan Lt T T Smith Nate Childers S C Wilhelm and Robert Jennings.
Harry and Bob Rutherford, brothers from East Gallipolis, met in an Oakland, California hospital last week. Harry, with the U S Army now at Fort Ord, visited convalescing Bob, who is recovering from shell shock from overseas service with the Sea Bees. Bob hopes to go home for a visit before returning to duty.
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