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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1945
Page
3
Shelley Hart of Ripley Road sold an eight weeks old bull calf at the local livestock auction for 334. The calf weighed 245 pounds and was described as one of the biggest of its age offered on the market.
Huntington Advertiser cites T. J. Klauenberg aides noting a mile and a half long bridge across the Kanawha at Point Pleasant on the Ohio River Division main line. Cost exceeds one million dollars. weighing need to replace the aging crossing. Hearing set for May 11 in Point Pleasant City Hall to receive evidence before War Department approval after V-E Day.
Obituary and social notes from Point Pleasant report the death of Mrs. Katherine Stanley Leftwich at 87, burial in Point Pleasant, and social prominence of the Leftwich family. Also noted are Mason County cancer society chairmanship for Mrs. W D Curry, local personal items, a Boy Scouts meeting at Main Street Baptist Church, and a license to marry for Billy Joe Howard and Lona Gold Layne.
The Old Church at Gallipolis Ferry was opened yesterday with services led by Rev. L D Kard pastor of the Point Pleasant Circuit of the Methodist Church. Built by Presbyterians many years ago it was recently taken over by Rev Teard and others for the new congregation.
Murray City notes and visitors populate a local page with relatives serving abroad and returning home. Pvt. Robert Dugan, wounded in Germany, is convalescing in Tennessee. Don Ald Martin serves in the Philippines with U. S. Army Engineers. many residents travel and host others, including the 4-H Club organized with officers Adram Hoskins president and Marilyn Stone vice president.
Buchtel social notes detail visits among residents and church members from Glouster to Columbus, with multiple families hosting gatherings and singing at the Buchtel M E Church. Local hospitalizations and announcements include Wanda Sue Smathers’s appendix operation and Virginia Yates’s upcoming marriage to Cpl John Hayden at Fort Benning.
New Plymouth notes record visits among residents including Fred Scott of Starr and Earle Heinlein family contacts. W C T U plans a May 3 meeting at Mrs. Earle Heinlein. Local marriages, showers, and post duties are noted along with school and church activities and moving pictures at Creola and local classes.
Community briefs from Reedsville list visiting relatives, troop movements, and war service. Names include J B Smith family with Pvt Hetty Smith on furlough, Pvt Richard A Smith in England, Robert Raiguel stationed at Camp Atterbury, and others visiting or traveling. A clothing drive response is noted, plus a local hospital patient Okie Connolly for an ear ailment. Spencer event recalls death of Mrs. Wilson, grandmother of Mrs. Creech.
Crown City notes James Gorby returned Tuesday evening after two years in Iraq and three years since induction. He has not seen his two and a half year old daughter Susan. He spent the night with his wife’s parents then planned to visit relatives in Proctorville and Crown City.
The Rev. W. A. Groge pastor of Trinity Methodist Church in Point Pleasant was reported in serious condition last night. His daughter Mrs. E. Perry of Huntington arrived and a son Burke Gregg, employed in Washington, was expected. The Rev. Groge fell ill in 1844 but continued his work until recently when his illness worsened from revival activities at his church.
Gallipolis note: the Riverside Study Club hosted a birthday table for organizer Mrs. Julia S Conklin at the Presbyterian Church during the Women in Christian Service dinner. Rev Theodore Valenti led in singing, and a cake baked by Mrs. Marcia Dyer graced the table. Conklin now lives on Island Side after residing at Island View Inn.
George Carter rites were held Sunday. Lewis C. Bean Sr. enrolled as a University of Michigan medical student under the Army program and visited from Ann Arbor to spend a vacation with his mother, Mrs. L. C. Bean. Mrs. William Danner traveled to Green Cove Springs Florida to be with her mother Mrs. Frank Wright who, after surgery, remained a patient at Holzer Hospital. Mrs. Lewis Stevers of Columbus visited with her parents-in-law Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Stevers.
Radcliff e Personals reports visits and family news from Havre Chevrolet staff and Ravenna relations. It lists Miss Bette Leaver, Mrs. Darlene Leaver, and Columbus guests along with servicemen and families connected to Port Hueneme, California. Local moves and gatherings include Junior-Senior skating, Fireman l, US Navy, and Army air corps updates with names, places, and events.
Gallia County Board of Elections divided Gallipolis First Ward into two precincts with Chickamauga Creek as the boundary. North and east of the creek up to Court Street become First Ward One, south and west including Garfield Avenue Portsmouth Road and Brandsteller Heights become First Ward Two. The change gives four wards with two precincts each, boosting total precincts to 32 and aiming to speed up vote tabulation amid past high turnout.
The Pine Street Cemetery Association voted Friday night to incorporate with Municipal Judge William H. Janes as legal advisor. Corporators include Mrs. Byrd Rose, Mrs. Frances Dunbar Caldwell, Mrs. W. P. Beall, Mrs. E. P. Mullineaux, and Dr. D. C. Priest. The group plans extensive improvements to the historic burial ground, which holds many early Gallipolis settlers and Civil War soldiers. A memorial gateway at the main entrance, completed in 1943, was funded by unexpended balance of a $10,000 Congress appropriation from the 1940 Sesqui-Centennial Celebration.
Gallipolis is opening a full time United States Employment Service office to serve Gallia County. Kevin William Davis will head the new office located at 28 East Locust Street, formally opened April 30. The branch expands veteran and unemployment claim services and provides GI Bill assistance.
Mr and Mrs Joe Voreh of Bidwell R F D 4 received the Purple Heart awarded posthumously to their son Cpl George Voreh for wounds suffered in the invasion of a Philippine island He sent the medal home and they also heard from another son Petty Officer First Class Frank Voreh believed to be in Okinawa Patrolman Otis Noble arrested three men for intoxication in Gallipolis with suspects John Sauer Tom Reynolds and James Calvin Roberts against local and nearby districts.
Pvt Ronald B Trout 20 received Oak Leaf Cluster to the Purple Heart after a second wound while serving with Allied forces on the Western Front He was treated at the 14th General Hospital England and is recovering In six brothers all serving the country one brother with Field Artillery another with armored unit a third in Belgium with an anti aircraft unit and two more in Africa and with the Navy Their parents are Mr and Mrs James Trout of Gallipolis Ohio
Private Stanley Casto of Esington was killed in action April 13 in Germany per War Department notice to his parents Mr. and Mrs. W G Casto. He had been overseas two months and had a wife Betty Dunfer and infant son. He leaves six brothers and three sisters. one brother in a Texas hospital, another in Hawaii, and a third in Georgia training.
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