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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1945
Page
2
The Athens Messenger reports a possible July 1 freeing of Shadle Bridge after legislation allowed bond purchases to join the state road system. Mason Countians praise the move as beneficial to farmers and business south of the Kanawha.
City officials meet at the courthouse tonight at eight o clock with B Walter Krodel the mayor and Acting City Clerk John E Brown expected to be nominated without opposition. Local arrangements and party slate unclear as the selection proceeds.
Gallia County Conserva tion Association board met in the County School superintend ent B Lewis Jones office to discuss revisions. Claude Miller presided with Sheriff E E Hatfield Lewis Jones and Frank Brothers present. William P Cherrington was absent. Recommendations include adding a vice president, separating secretary treasurer duties, and bonding each officer at 2000 dollars. The association will meet May 17 with Jim Wetherholt in charge of arrangements. Miss Virginia Mackenzie, longtime missionary in Japan, will speak at events around the meeting, including the Young People’s Bible Reading Hour. Church notices follow for St Pauls Episcopal Nazareth and Gallipolis Mission services.
Prison labor under the state road commission resumes surfacing Route 17 from Henderson to Winfield. The stone base is completed five miles east of Mason County’s prior section, extending into Putnam County near Pliny. Paving began fall 1943 with a two year schedule, aiming to offer an alternate to Route 35 between Point Pleasant and Charleston.
Port of Huntington Propeller Club members receive notice of a tour in Point Pleasant on Saturday after noon April 23. Attendees meet at Marietta shipyard gate at 4 15 pm for yard and ships under construction, then tour West Virginian Ordnance Works and dine at the Moose Club at 7 pm with Huntington and river city members attending.
Mrs. Walter A Windsor hosted the Mare tied Ladies Bridge Club at Ingleside with two guests. Mrs. Robert S Meyer won the club prize defense stamps for high score. Guests included Mrs. Dewey A Windsor and Mrs. George H Overholt.
Red Cross director Mrs Virginia A Roth announced the Mason County disaster relief program will finish rehabilitating 40 families affected by the Ohio and Kanawha rivers floods. About $950 was spent locally to repair homes furnish essentials evacuate and shelter families, with volunteers aiding emergency and rehabilitation efforts.
Homer W Daugherty 85 died at home near Georges Creek after a paralytic stroke. He left Marietta plant a year ago due to illness. Survived by two wives extended family including children Cecil and Woodrow Daugherty and Charles Daugherty serving in Italy. Funeral planned Sunday pending relatives’ word.
Four marriage licenses were issued Wednesday in Meigs County Probate Court. Named couples include Joseph R. Young and Mary Haynes of Rutland, James Kelly and Eleanor Miller of Rutland, Abe Sayre and Myrtle Morrison of Mason County and Dexter, and Grove C. Klein and Trent Faulk of Pomeroy.
The Mason County Agricultural Adjustment Association reports 6000 tons of crushed limestone ordered with more in progress. Secretary Hamilton A. Johnson said orders are arriving in large volume and delivery will start shortly after May 1.
Mrs Fred Lear aged 70 mother of George Lear. She suffered a fractured hip in a fall in her room in Gallipolis last Thursday evening and was removed to Holzer Hospital.
The First Baptist Church hosts Bible School and a 10:30 morning worship with sermon on The Inner Conflict by Raverendi Haken The evening evangelistic service features God s Dynamite with special music for all ages up to high school At Grace Methodist Church Sunday services begin at 10 with youth fellowship at 5 30 including supper and discussion Freshmen and Sophomores in the youth group meet at 9 30 a m
Local notes report Chief Petty Officer John Griffin and wife Eve Moore arriving from New York, with Eve Moore recently discharged from WAVES and remaining in Gallipolis. Griffin plans a week here before returning to Chicago. Several residents, including Nan Deardorff and Delia Grube, visit relatives in Columbus and Kananga. Mrs O Brien travels to Cincinnati to join Captain O Brien.
The tri county chamber of commerce plans a meeting at the ordnance works cafeteria on April 18 at 7 pm. Governors Lausche of Ohio and Meadows of West Virginia are invited, with Dr Viva Boothe of Ohio State University to give the principal address. Senators Revercomb Kilgore may attend. Attorney General Ira Partsow will. Tickets cover Point Pleasant and nearby towns. about 300 are expected.
John Blain sold a 50 acre tract of bottom land near the Newman farm at Beech James Hopson, a nephew of Bud Lainer who owns nearby land. In Point Pleasant, John Barnett, county court president, was hospitalized but improving and not expected to need surgery. The Hutchinson Insurance Agency was sold to John Clay Hutchinson as the highest bidder.
Forty boys and twenty girls of the Ohio Valley club will receive achievement awards next Sunday afternoon at the Grange Hall in Me Garleyville. County Agent Ki G. Roger and home demonstration agent Miss Clara Belle Motter will conduct the program which includes a picture. Rev. Re P. McCarley is visiting the class, noted as the largest in the county.
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