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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1945
Page
2
Lt Hc Rodgers arrived Thursday morning from the Army Air Base at Walla Walla Washington to call on his mother Mrs of 2ith Lt. Mrs Rod but will stay only a few days. His wife Miss Alah Purdum did not accompany him on the long air trip home.
A Pleasants area meeting involved state road officials and local leaders who set the Shadle Bridge release date but pledged not to disclose it. A farmer later corroborated the long held rumor that details are tightly guarded until official announcements.
Dr John G Schwartz longtime Ohio Hospital for Epileptics official died at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis following long illness He served as superintendent after 1943 until retirement earlier this year Surviving include wife Elsie Thomson Dean two sisters Catherine and Hertha and brother Dr Wilbur Schwartz in Cincinnati Funeral services set for Sunday at 4 PM at George J Wetherholt Sons Funeral Home First Avenue with burial Monday at Vine Street Cemetery Cincinnati
Gallipolis residents and relatives are noted in a series of brief updates. Nelson Wheeler visits from Annapolis to spend leave with his family while Mrs. Taber and Mr. Taber, former local residents, are seen at town events. Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Davison, and Mrs. Powell Fletcher, among others, travel to Columbus or Cincinnati for visits. Military and civilian relatives, including Sgt Millis and others at Fort Thomas and Panama Canal, are mentioned with travel and leave details. Magnetic Springs and Boston stops are recorded as minor health and family visit notes.
Point Pleasant reports the Zanior play Aunt Abby Answers lan Ad will be staged Saturday April 21 at 8 oclock in Hanlan High School Auditorium. Cast includes Nellie Shank Edna Chapman Chester Young Adeline Deal Vivian Meadows Billy Steele Harold Glenn Mildred Lewis Betty Taylor and Earl Holley. Director is Lessor Lee Toler Singlish instructor. Lucille Sanders custodian of properties. Buses will run on school routes. Judge John W Hereford of the Sixth Judicial Circuit will speak at Han nan High commencement exercises May 18 at 8. Mrs Chester Roush will lead the musical program. A school service flag displays a draped photograph of the late president Roosevelt. A sophomore class assembly will be held soon.
Pfc. Alton Johnson of the Third Army, with two companions, entered a German town by error. He ordered the mayor to warn residents to destroy weapons, and civilians surrendered tools and knives. The town lacked defenders as troops had been moved. Johnson's parents live in Kayjong W Va. his wife and two daughters visited Pt Pleasant.
Social pages from Point Pleasant report Mrs. Gertrude Halliday hosting the Five Hundred Club on Main Street with guests including Mrs. Wi H Morgan and Mrs. Ora P Biddle. High score belonged to Mrs. Windsor. The Married Ladies Bridge Club met at 1006 Main Street with guest Mrs. Lester Getzloe. high score awarded to Mrs. T Stribling who received defense stamps. Next meeting planned at 1213 Viand Street. Also noted are local movements of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Steele to Apple Grove and a Mason Clinic visit for Mrs. John Coleman after a fall.
The Women's Society of Christian Service met in April at the home of Mrs. Francis Worthington near U S Lock No 21 with Mrs Mattie Henderson presiding. Members and visitors attended as telegrams note hospital arrivals and military postings in Kentucky Virginia and Italy. A pie social was planned in the church parlors for Thursday evening.
Principal Manford Blessing of Wa ihama High School Mason City has announced the term’s graduation program. Baccalaureate will be May 13 at 8:00 p m class night May 14 at 8:00 p m and commencement on May 16 at 8:00 p m Judge H Clay Worth retired of Huntington will deliver the address. The list of graduates includes Hiseane Brinker Elbert Brown Catherine Click Jean Ferguson Margaret Fleashman Kathleen Grimm Elizabeth Hollman Naomi Hudson Blanche James Charlotte Johnson Lorna Johnson Hester Lieving Loretta Rickard Claire Lou Roush Joyce Lee Roush Ruth Edna Roush Eleanor Sayre Betty Sprouse Juanita Vernon Norma Lee Weaver and many more.
The Port of Huntington Propeller Club plans its May meeting in Point Pleasant with a 4:15 departure from the shipyard gate. Members will tour the great plant and Then visit West Virginia Ordnance Works followed by dinner at the Moose Club.
Citizens in First Ward formed a bucket brigade to supply water to a booster tank when no nearby hydrant could reach the blaze at the Fatty home on Wednesday night. Residents kept the tank full as firefighters fought the flames and returned the truck to the station with a full tank.
Frost was heavy in parts of Mason County Thursday morning with reports of young corn and some vegetables damaged. Farmers say the damage does not appear serious.
Rutland residents and visitors populate a busy social note. Mrs. Will Deem left for Fort Benning Georgia to visit Lieut. Hubert Deem and family, while Mr. and Mrs. Joe Phillips hosted relatives. Florida trips, property sales, and sermons frame a weekend full of travel and family ties.
Holzer Hospital reports new admissions including Mrs Paul McGhee and Mrs Jackson who arrived Wednesday night and welcomed a daughter Thursday morning. Mrs A C Higgins Jackson and Charles Smith Ewington Route 22 entered Thursday morning. Mrs Joseph Conroy 533 Second Ave arrived Thursday afternoon. Also admitted is Mrs Gilbert PF Hager after a leg fracture from a car tractor collision near Route 4 late Wednesday. Miss Margaret Shuler attended Monday and left with satisfactory care.
Rev J Edward Hakes of First Baptist Church proclaims next Sunday Mission Day. Reverend Hakes, and Mrs William Peck long‑time Hawaii missionaries awaiting passage to India, will deliver messages alongside guest speakers. Morning service starts 10 30 AM with special music. Dr Samuel Fisk, former Manila pastor, will preach in the evening.
Gallipolis Ohio Mrs Gilbert P Hager 55 suffered pelvic and hip injuries when a car driven by Mrs Harrison Berry Addison collided with a tractor driven by Mr Hager knocking Mrs Hager from the tractor into a concrete area. Doctor O E Helzer and Lawrence Day arrived and transported her to hospital. Neither Hager nor Berry was hurt though Berry’s car sustained front end damage.
In Point Pleasant a $10,000 damages suit was filed in circuit court by Opal Parsons, administrator of the estate of Herbert B. Parsons, against A V Romito and his wife Marie Margaret Romito. The action arises from a highway accident that killed Parsons while he was riding with a neighbor in Burdette. Parsons had exited to push from the rear when Mrs Romito, en route to fetch her husband, struck the car. Parsons died shortly after. No charges were filed against Mrs Romito.
Pte James Skidmore, long in an Army hospital in Memphis after wounds in Luxembourg, has returned home to his parents Mr and Mrs L M Skidmore. He has served 38 months, holds the Purple Heart and Combat Infantryman badge, and enjoys furlough after serving with General Patton in the Third Army. Delmer Skidmore, another son, is stationed with the Army in Texas.
State liquor authorities report lower earnings for Point Pleasant stores for the year ending. Revenue dropped amid changes in sales and taxation.
Mrs Charles Warner of Buffalo, a surgical patient at the Point Clinic, was discharged yesterday. Mrs Arnold Barnett and infant son Wilbur Eugene of Gallipolis Ferry were also discharged.
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