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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1944
Page
2
Fragmentary receipt and social notes reference Shirley Stone Barker and Mrs Barker among others. Mentions Easter visit, April events, and family connections across towns including Mississippi and Liverpool. Content is incomplete but preserves names, relations, and social context from a community column.
Nelsonville Senator Stan ley Mechem left for Columbus to join a special session called by Governor Bricker to amend the absent voter law. The proposed bill extends ballot timing for service members and simplifies their registration. Lawmakers expect quick passage and adjournment by Friday night.
Bernard Mc Graner was nominated for worthy president of the local Aerie of Eagles at a regular lodge meeting. Election is set for Tuesday evening, May 2. Other officers named include Walter Swain vice president, Willard Seel chaplain, Watson Wolfe secretary, Max Bartoe treasurer, Eugene James conductor, Kenneth Chaffin inner guard, Tom Raine outer guard, and Homer Adams and Millard DeLong trustees.
Mrs George Evans hosted a Sunday triple birthday dinner on Walnut Street honoring her husband, Mrs Grace Henry of Columbus and Mrs Ida Kentner of Nelsonville. Guests enjoyed chicken at noon, motion pictures, and a large birthday cake with ice cream. Other attendees included Mrs Clara Martin Toledo and Mr and Mrs O G Mumm Columbus. Presbyterian Missionary Society meets Thursday at 2 with Mrs Lloyd Evans. reports from Presbyterial in Gallipolis to be heard.
Mrs Leon Kellar and son Corn ing visited Miss Mary Bircher Tuesday at her home. Bircher had returned from Iowa City where she visited her sister Doras a WAVE who was there for advanced training.
Mrs Delia Lewis Mrs Goldie Brunston and Mrs Frances Polley attended the Woman s Republican convention at the Neil House in Columbus on Friday April 21. Nelsonville high school seniors plan a rummage sale at the old Batie building Hocking Street on Saturday May 13. Those donating items may call 369 or 340W.
Funeral was held at Drake’s Methodist Church on Monday for a local resident. The service drew mourners from the community and reflects on the deceased’s life and legacy.
An Army report recounts the Bougainville campaign with heavy shellfire, Japanese collapse, and the annihilation of the Sixteenth Army's forces. It credits aggressive US reconnaissance for overwhelming Japanese moves and praises American endurance and tactics.
Senator Reed cites food subsidies and manpower use to fault wartime efficiency. He argues the nation wastes money by an excessive 49 hour basic work week and notes 1943 manufacturing averaged 44.9 hours versus earlier years. He deems the 49 hour standard an outrageous perversity during war.
Dr David H. Griffith age 66 of Marion died in the London prison farm hospital from a heart ailment while serving a life term for second degree murder.
Nelsonville members who attended the district Rotary conference in Cincinnati early in April submitted highlights to the local club Tuesday evening Kenneth Orwiler club president Don W. Codding president elect William Martin Ralph Cook and H H Harding club secretary spoke on the conference notes
Pvt. Marshall Boggs returns from Ft. Thomas Ky on a first furlough with wife and son. Pvt. James Melton plans a visit to his California parents. Bobby Harrison, GAHS sophomore, dies in an auto accident. he was foster son to the Harrisons. Anita Belle Sheets and Phyllis Wooten return to school after illness. Edward Cofer, Alaska based, home on furlough. Families of Cofer, Sheets, Saunders, and others gather weekend in Gallipolis. Mrs. Ella Halley recovering from surgery at home. Bruno: military enlistees from Gallia County highlighted including Ethan Saunders. Eva Boster dies in Huntington. former Eva Wallace. The Burtons plan a move back to Kentucky. Milford Sheets in Arkansas camp returns home. Brady Sheets convalescent. Mrs. Stanley Church ill. Oma Williams conducting Hillsboro meeting.
Mrs Roy Donahue and son John Thomas returned home from Shelterin Arms hospital Athens. George Hayman taken to Grant Hospital Columbus for observation and treatment with daughters Ruby Hayman and Mrs Sidney Carpenter. Mrs Robert McKelvey improving after operation at Grant Hospital Columbus. Arthur Donohue of Hogsett West Virginia guest of Carl Wolfe family Sunday. Mrs Harold Hayman and Ruth Ann returned home from Holzer Hospital Tuesday. Technical sergeant Johnnie Graham returned to Camp Dix New Jersey after furlough. WSCS to meet at Daisy White's Thursday evening. Robert McKelvey returned home after accompanying wife to Grant Hospital Columbus.
The United States relies on overseas sources for seven key strategic metals including antimony chromium manganese mercury nickel tin and tungsten, essential to supporting wartime efforts and industrial production.
Mrs L A Parsons received a telegram from Ripley West Virginia stating her brother E L Wolf was found dead in his hotel room due to heart trouble. Oren Rhodes lost his brooder house and 275 baby chicks from a fire caused by a leaky oil burner last week. More than one fourth of the wheat in the United States is grown in Kansas.
In Nelsonville Paul Smathers of Buchtel was arraigned in Mayor Miles Howe's court Tuesday on illegal use of a farm motor license. He pled guilty and received a $100 fine with $50 suspended. An affidavit says the truck carrying beer was not used for farm purposes. Clarence Birtcher of Nelsonville was fined $5 for intoxication after pleading guilty in the same session.
Sgt Dallas Co Bay has returned home to Nelsonville after an honorable medical discharge following three and a half years in the Army including 19 months in the Panama Canal Zone where he battled malaria. In Haydenville, Staff Sgt Ivan D Rieder reported arrival in England. Robert H Auflick has been promoted to sergeant while stationed in Italy. Robert Mann of Nelsonville, now in Columbus, left April 17 to train at Great Lakes Naval Training School.
Mrs. Goldie Brunston announces a Republican rally at the First Baptist Church in Nelsonville on Thursday May 4 at 730 p m All candidates welcome Mayor Miles Howe to serve as master of ceremonies Guest speaker will be Mrs Anna Evans of Athens Social hour organized by several women Republicans All Republicans invited.
A week end series opens at Newtown Holiness Church with Rev J T Maffin of Marion as evangelist. Services start 7 30 p m each evening and a Sunday afternoon service at two o clock. Rev H W Taltmann pastor in charge.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that Federal Housing Authority projects in Cincinnati and Youngstown are subject to state taxation under Ohio law. The decision affects property tax obligations for these deteriorated housing programs and could influence funding and compliance for similar projects nationwide.
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