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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1944
Page
5
Work will be resumed tomorrow, April 19, at Mine No. 71 Bailey Run, after a brief pause. The notice confirms preinduction testing and continued operations for the site.
The second group from Athens County Selective Service Board No. 1 left Athens by bus for Clarksburg West Virginia for pre induction physicals. The contingent, from Athens Dover and Trimble Townships, trails a previous crew by five days and is expected back tonight except for any needed clinical holdouts. Eligible men will be classified for Army general or limited service or Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard. A separate note mentions a slot machine vending oiled paper umbrellas in Berlin.
The Columbus district office gains authority to process priority assistance up to 25000 and construction up to 100000 with exceptions. Former limits were 2500 for WPB 541 applications and 25000 for construction. Amendments to increase project cost beyond 100000 may be allowed if the rise does not exceed 50 percent of the prior estimate.
Frank Hadley Dalton age 73 native of Athens and Spanish American War veteran died in an Akron hospital. Funeral services and burial will be in Akron Thursday. Surviving wife two daughters Anne Ruth in WAC Helen Black and Lewis son plus brothers and sisters across Ohio and Florida. He long worked as engineer at multiple Athens plants and for 30 years with Goodrich Rubber in Akron.
Funeral services for Ralph G Wright, former Canaanville resident, who died Sunday in Columbus, will be held Thursday at 2 PM in the Canaanville Methodist Church with Rev Warner officiating. Burial follows in W Union St Cemetery in Athens. Friends may call at the Ashcraft home in Guysville.
State highway patrolmen arrested Clyde H. Camp 52 of Oreton on Route 75 south of McArthur Monday afternoon for improper loading of a truck. He was fined $5 and costs by Mayor John Crow of McArthur.
Soldiers and sailors from Ohio and Chauncey are featured in a bulletin on early wartime training and assignments. S Sgt Thomas J Davis at an England air service station receives an orientation to life in a combat theater, while William A Gould Jr completes basic training as a torpedoman’s mate in New London. Other families report letters home from Corporal Carsey in New Guinea and sons James William and Charles Gaston in the Pacific and England. Cpl William R Cartwright earns the Good Conduct Medal in the South Seas.
Victory Gardens advises gardeners to delay plowing until the soil crumbles and to fit and harrow soil promptly after turning it. Wet soils can bake and reduce moisture absorption, especially on clay. use available manure as surface mulch. Part of ongoing Victory Garden Committee series by Enid Swarner Wolfe Wright.
Athens city council met briefly to discuss the recent resignation of Dr. B B Backley as city county health commissioner and the process to select a successor. The joint city county health program has been financed for years by Athens City and Athens County. A Charleston supplier demonstrated a portable resuscitator incubator aspirator as potential equipment for fire departments and hospitals, which council members considered merits of adopting. Savannah Lodge No 466 F and A M Guysville set regular meeting for 8 pm Thursday per secretary Harvey Person.
Mrs. Fred Luchs spouse of the First Presbyterian pastor spoke at the Athens Rotary Club noon meeting. She outlined postwar church plans for America and England and urged world brotherhood as the foundation for lasting peace. Ralph Miller noted a recent Southern Ohio Rotary district conference in Cincinnati.
The oldest running Army vehicle, a four by four reconnaissance car nicknamed a peep, traveled from Fort Knox to Washington with Major Ted G. McDowell and three sergeants. It paused overnight at Pat B Burns' service station in Athens after a trip along US Route 50. The piece traces the peep’s origins at the 1940 test program and its distinction from a jeep.
Washington discussions explored opening a campaign headquarters in Washington for Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio, Republican presidential hopeful. Ohio treasurer Don Ebright and Ohio Congress members, including Rep. Walter E. Brehm, indicated campaign workers desired a Washington office.
Athens Kiwanis Club dinner heard C. B. Nye describe a postwar planning committee studying local needs with another meeting planned. A showing of The Alaska Highway was arranged by Castle Distributors Corp. Guests included Capt. William R. Lee, Pfc. R. E. Dawson, and P. H. Fosnaugh.
An advertisement touts ERB HELP claiming drastic body cleansing after three days of use. It reports relief from headaches pimples rheumatic pains and skin eruptions and urges readers to try the 12 herb formula at Athens Pharmacy 7 N Court St.
Mr. F. E. Dowler of National Brands Stores tours California, visiting two branch offices while promoting a consumer ad for St. Joseph Aspirin. The message urges readers to demand St. Joseph Aspirin as the faster, stronger pain relief sold for 10 cents.
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