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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1943
Page
2
Navy Recruiting Party To Visit Gallia April 28
Ensign I J An and a six member Navy WAVES and SPARS recruiting party will visit Gallipolis on Wednesday April 28 arriving on a special auto cruiser from Cincinnati. City officials will welcome them on Second Ave opposite the Park with a public address and music. The tour continues to Ironton on April 27 and Jackson on April 29. Women ages 20 to 36 with two years of high school or business training can enlist. older women 20 to 49 with college education may seek commissions. Benefits include up to 126 monthly, subsistence and living allowances, clothing, hospital care, and training at top colleges. Men 17 to 50 may seek Sea Bees information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
I. J. Annear
Cincinnati
L. E. Oehring
Second Ave
Stewart Clendenin
Annear
Navy
Gallia County
the Waves
U. S. Navy
SPARS
U.S. Coast Guard
Continental
United States
Ironton
Ohio
Jackson
George Lear
Pastors Plan Easter Week Services in Gallipolis
Announcement says special Easter services will be held Monday through Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church with invitation to all denominations. Monday Rev W Scott Westerman of Grace Methodist speaks On the Way to Gethsemane. Tuesday Rev J Edward Hakes of First Baptist speaks Cross Bearing. Wednesday Dr Charles G Baird of St Peter's Episcopal preaches The Gospel of the Whosoever. Thursday Rev Vernon Shafer of Nazarene speaks The High Priestly Prayer of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
W. Scott Westerman
Grace Methodist Church
Gethsemane
J. Edward Hakes
First Baptist Church
Charles G. Baird
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Vernon Shafer
The
Nazarene Church
State Patrol arrests in Gallipolis district fines issued
Vernon Holderman of Columbus cited for speeding by Patrolman DeWalt and fined 10 dollars plus costs in Municipal Court. Geraldine Faught of Wellston fined 10 dollars plus costs for driving without a license before Mayor Steele. Sherman Stewart of Coalton fined 10 dollars plus costs for reckless operation by Magistrate Lesser. Avis Hughes of Gallipolis fined 5 dollars plus suspended costs for operating without a license. Pauline Lee of Bidwell arrested on similar charge and fined 10 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Vernon N. Holderman
Columbus
D. M. DeWalt
William IL Jane's Court
Geraldine Faught
Wellston
Steele
Sherman Lewis Stewart
Coalton
J. A. Lesser
Jackson
Avis
Lucille Hughes
Jones
Pauline Lee
Bidwell
Navy Yard Worker Pays Two Fines
William Green of Mississippi, employed at Point Pleasant navy yards, was fined 100 dollars plus costs in Gallia County Common Pleas Court for attempting to set fire to the Gallia County Jail. He also faced six months in the Dayton workhouse, suspended upon payment of fines, and was fined 50 dollars for resisting an officer and 50 dollars for intoxication. City Solicitor J G F Johnson left for Washington on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William Green
Gallia County
Common Pleas Court
John Howell
Dayton
Green
Point Pleasant
T DeWitt Jenkins Elected To Board Of Directors
Jackson County farmer T DeWitt Jenkins was elected to the board of directors of the Ohio Wool Growers Cooperative Association in Columbus. Representing District 26, he serves Jackson Gallia Pike Lawrence Scioto and Adams counties, replacing Dr Don Allard of Portsmouth now in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
T. DeWitt Jenkins
Jackson County
Ohio Wool Growers Cooperative Association
Columbus
Jenkins
Oak Hill
Ohio Shropshire Breeders’ Association
Jackson
Gallia
Pike
Lawrence
Scioto
Adams
Don Allard
Portsmouth
Workers Needed for Red Cross Dressings Drive
Gallia Chapter of the American Red Cross boosts production of surgical dressings as turnout drops to eight or nine workers per session. Mrs Everett G Royer notes 75 volunteers have produced over 9 000 dressings, Rio Grande reports 4 900 in two sessions, and Vinton is producing 10 000 two by two sponges. The workroom will open Monday nights at 8 o clock from April 19 and run all day Wednesdays to meet the April quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
American Red Cross
Everett G. Royer
Roger
Rio Grande
E. W. Edwards
Vinton
Grow Own Gallipolis Gallia County Plans Peanut Planting
Gallia County residents led by Rev. R. P. McCarley plan to plant 40 to 50 peanut plots by May Day to boost local peanut production. Early September frosts threaten yields, with potential losses up to half. Peanuts thrive in sandy loam after soaking water and prefer flat ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
R. P. McCarley
Gallia
McCarley
Happy Home Club April meeting in Campaign Church home
Gallipolis notes report the April Happy Home Club gathering at Ernest Carpenter home with a social forenoon and potluck lunch. Members and guests enjoyed scripture readings, talks on cancer control and civilian defense, and a $5 Red Cross donation before adjourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Happy Home Club
Campaign Church
Ernest Carpenter
Garnet Lawless
John McCleish
Jessie Brothers
Joe Rife
Mabell Thaxton
Vera Fulton
Marie Thomas
Lawless
Rena Rife
McCleish
Red Cross
Rife
Mason County 4 H Juniors To Attend District Round Ups
Mason County 4 H Clubs hold spring round ups at six locations from April 20 to May 4. Miss Wilmie Beyers state girls leader will attend New Haven and the Recreation Center events to lead activities including project exhibits and contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason County ‘Arm
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Clarice Knapp
Wilmie Beyers
New Haven
South Side
Recreation Center
Calhoun
Henderson
Yanger
Cologne
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Highlights From Weekend Visits
Pt Pleasant social notes list residents and visitors over the weekend. Names include Mrs Jack Hare and Mrs Ralph Johnson in Niagara Falls New York where their husbands serve overseas. C T Withers of Hurricane. VI and St George L Gardner of Chicago. Samuel Waggener of Columbus. Dan M Hope a Pittsburgh war plant foreman. Ed Price of Henderson. Miss Edna Burdette of Leon. Okey Roush Banty Barnett and Mrs Ralph Lee with Miss Anabell Lee in Morgantown for a speech contest. Sam Park a V P L student in Blacksburg. Mrs Howard Garland and Mrs Charles Wilson in Gallipolis. Miss Dorothy Watkins and Miss Blanche Armstrong visiting Morgantown. Mrs W D Curry visiting kin in Wichita Kansas. Mrs Paul S Thomas and son David in Cameron W Va. Mr and Mrs Dick Varian and Mrs Emmett Keesey and son Richard of New Smyrna Fla for the funeral of Rev Homer Howard Shaw of Parksley Va killed in a car train collision. Mrs Carl Fruth and Patty in Pomeroy with Mike Whipples. J Sanford Rhoades and Misses Frye and Wartenburg visiting Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan M. Hope
Pittsburgh
Gallipolis Ferry
Ed Price
Henderson
Holzer Hospital
Edna Burdette
Leon
Charleston
Okey Roush
Banty Barnett
Ralph Lee
Anabell Lee
Morgantown
Sam Park
William Curry
Wichita
Kansas
Paul S. Thomas
David
Cameron
W. Va
Dick Varian
Emmett Keesey
Richard
New Smyrna
Fla
Homer Howard Shaw
Parksley
Varian
Keesey
Carl Fruth
Patty
Pomeroy
Mike Whipples
J. Sanford Rhoades
Alice Marie Frye
Hilda Mae Wartenburg
Montgomery
Hutchinson Rites Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for Charles Andrew Hutchinson 87 were held at Franklin Funeral Home. He died in Detroit after a life in the printing ink business. Survived by one brother John H Hutchinson, with connections to Henderson and Mason County. burial in Suncrest Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Frannklin
Charles Andrew Hutchinson
Detroit
F. Chalmers McCutchen
Suncrest Cemetery
Mr. Hutchinson
Virginia
John L
Mary E. Hutchinson
Henderson
Eva Charles
Mason County
John H. Hutchinson
Main St
Hutchinson
Robert Hutchinson
Wonders Why Mason Plant Was Abandoned
A riverman asks why the nearby navy yard on the Upper Mississippi was dismantled after dredging an 18 mile channel to float vessels. He wonders why the yard was abandoned when a ready made channel exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Point Pleasant
Upper
Mississippi
Navy Yard
Lunch Work or Schools Discussed at Point Pleasant Meeting
The Friday meeting of teachers and school officials at Point Pleasant focused on unraveling red tape in the hot lunch program. Assistant Superintendent Staats chaired as Mr Nuccitelli of the federal food administration spoke from Charleston, with a large turnout of representatives from numerous schools and a roster of attending teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Staats
Nuccitelli
Federal Food Administration Office
From
Charleston
Joe Gerlach
Letart
Grace Brown
Vernon
Leslie Rayburn
West Columbia
Leola Wolfe
Clifton
Grace Childs
Ambrosia
Sara Roush
New Haven
Gretchen Kenny
Eight Mile
Ethel R. Sayre
Cloverdale
Marguerite Asher
Sunnyside
Mildred Roush
Clay Lick
Gladys Smith
Foresthill
Lela Jiiden
Leon
Louise Sommer
Henderson
Hattie Jordan
Sebrell
Ethel Grimm
Broad Run
Alice Rulen
Woods
Louella Sawyer
Langston
Abilene Glenn
Point Pleasant Mission
Smith Plans Mason County Times Weekly Paper
Carl E. Smith, local printer, will begin publication of a Republican weekly in about 10 days. He rents the Candy Company Building for five years from Dr. A G Arnett, and will publish an eight page tabloid named the Mason County Times. He has worked in Fairmont Clarksburg Wheeling and Pittsburgh and ran The Wetzel Countian at Hundred West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Carl E. Smith
Candy Company
A. G. Arnett
Smith
Sixth St
Hundred
W. Va
Wetzel Countian
Mason County Times
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Two Arrested After Weekend Fight in Point Pleasant
Alfred Pearson of Henderson and Walter Howard a Kentuckian in town were arrested for fighting. Howard was released after investigation. Pearson was held for arraignment today before Magistrate Sam Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Alfred Pearson
Henderson
Walter Howard
Howard
Pearson
Sam Taylor
Desertion Hold Placed on Waddel at Point Pleasant
Waddel of Charleston is jailed in point Pleasant county awaiting arrival of military authorities after being arrested by military police for desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lawrence
Waddel
Charleston
Students To Buy Jeeps At Senior High School
A Jeep a Week program at POINT PLEASANT Senior High led Principal C H Withers to ask students to raise funds for a $900 Army jeep. By Friday the school held bonds and stamps totaling $1,450 face value, purchased for $1,031.25. Captain Jack Locke US A inspector will address students to explain the war and their role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. H. Withers
Jack Locke
U.S. A
Aged Woman Kidwell Dies at Home Near Brosia
Services for Mrs. Narcy Evelyn Kidwell 70 died at her home near Brosia were held Sunday at Mt. Zion Church with burial in the church cemetery. Daughter of the late Samuel and Evelyn VanSickle, she is survived by husband Edward W. Kidwell two daughters Mrs. Elizabeth O'Dell and Mrs. Thelma White five sons Samuel E Levi I Garland D Lester B and Franklin C Kidwell 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She belonged to the Methodist Church and spent her life in Mason County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Narcy Evelyn Kidwell
Brosia
Mt. Zion Church
Franklin C. Kidwell
The
Methodist Church
Mason County
Will Enter Navy at Point Pleasant in Naval Air Corps
Three Point Pleasant high school seniors J. C. Pauley Jr Jimmy Love and Edwin Coblenz passed examinations in Charleston and await a call to join the Naval Air Corps in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J. C. Pauley, Jr
Jimmy Love
Edwin Coblentz
Charleston
Naval Air Corps
Athens Bride-To-Be Clarice McDaniel to Wed Gaston
Announcement notes the marriage of Clarice McDaniel of Athens to Glenn A. Gaston on Sunday April 11 in Dayton. The couple recently hosted dinner with the groom’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gaston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanch Bails
John Alichney
the Plains
Paul Kinn
F. E. Cobb
Charles Green
Carson Boggs
Athens County Farm Bureau Council
E. W. Swisher
Earl Cowen
Shade
John Chevalier
C. M. Swartz
Swartz
Harry Carleton
Coolville
Parkersburg
Clarence Swartz
Columbus
Native of Mason Returns for Visit
Elmer Stephens a native of the Flat Rock community returns to Point Pleasant after 14 years in Texas. He visits father Sherman Stephens who sold his Flat Rock farm and bought property in Middleport. Stephens, a barber, sold his Sanford Texas shop and may start a new business here. Point Clinic reports the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Burgess weighing eight pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Elmer Stephens
Flat Rock
Texas
Sherman Stephens
Middleport
Stephens
Sanford
The
Point Clinic
Thornton Burgess
Arrests Reported by Gallipolis Officers
Gallipolis police report arrests on charges of intoxication with releases on bond for Curtis Ivan Swick Fremont Brandum Ed Mehl and Loamma Crouse. Joe Cating reported bicycle theft at 516 Third Ave a black frame with green fenders occurred about 11 o clock Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Curtis Ivan Swick
R.D
Fremont Brandum
Ed Mehl
Loamma Crouse
Eureka
Joe Cating
Third Ave
Gallia Hits Halfway Mark in War Bond Drive
Gallia County reaches halfway to bond quota as over 1400 residents buy U S War Saving Bonds. Sales total climbs to 216,950 dollars, about 55 percent of county goal, announced Sales Manager E S Spear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia
Bond Drive
Gallipolis
E. S. Spear
Gallia County
U. S
Spear
Gallia Seaman Reported Missing in Action
Gallia area reports say Paul Edward Ferguson seaman first class U S Naval Reserves is missing in action. He enlisted last August and was to reach his majority in June, with a last letter six weeks ago noting upcoming active sea duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
U. S. Navy Department
Homer P. Ferguson
Neil Ave
Paul Edward Ferguson
U. S. Naval
Gallia Woman Freed On Bond Saturday
Mary Halley local furniture dealer was released from Gallia County Jail Saturday when D C Landthorn and Earl Vance became sureties for her two bonds of 400 and 200 dollars for appearance in court to answer two charges receiving stolen property and failure to keep required records of a second hand dealer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary Halley
Gallia County
D. C. Landthorn
Earl Vance
New Patients At Holzer Hospital Include Two Admissions
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis reports Sunday admissions of Dorothy Jo Burnette 17 of Middleport for a tonsillectomy and Mrs George Higgins of Cheshire. Discharges include Mrs Edna English of Gallipolis and Mrs Oscar Shuff of Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Dorothy Jo Burnette
Ralph Burnette
Middleport
George Higgins
Cheshire
Edna English
Oscar Shuff
Oak Hill
Laurel Cliff Club Hosts Shower for Daughter
Laurel Cliff Health Club gathered fifteen members and three guests for a shower honoring Mrs. Sammy Lewis. Prizes went to Mrs. O. E. Colmer and Mrs. Joe Evans. Blood donations aided infant Charles Colmer, hospitalized at St. Joseph for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Cliff
Orville] Allen
Sammy Lewis
John Guinther
Clarence Ackley
Glass
O. E. Colmer
Joe Evans
Melvin Tracy
Junior Litzner
Clarence Curtis
Pomeroy
Clifford Jacobs
Margaret Hysell
Columbus
Sanford Elliott
Shade
Hagy
Eastman House
Elliott
Vern Ackley
Athens
Davis
Bob Neal
Miss Charlene
Dale Congreve
Charles
Bertie Biggs
Parkersburg
St. Joseph Hospital
Colmer
Corning Social Notes on Civil Defense Meeting
A Corning social note reports a recent civil defense meeting at a home on Main Street. Local leaders appointed precinct captains and lieutenants across precincts A B and C with committees formed for literature and potato gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottery Gardens
Good Friday services join multiple churches in city
Several churches plan a combined Good Friday service led by pastors from First M E First Brethren Church Church of God and other congregations. Readings and messages will address faith and reflection as the community is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First M. E. Church
First Brethren Church
Church of Will
W. E. Riebel
United Brethren Church
E. Tucker
The
Fire Church
A. R. Cromlish
Church of God
Will
New Book Selection Arrives at the Li Library
An excellent mix of fiction and non fiction titles has arrived and is available for borrowing. Many are new and require no special stamps. The library hours are unchanged 9 to 1 and 1:45 to 5:0 0 Monday through Saturday excluding Thursday. Mrs Louise Wemmet is in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Wemmet
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