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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1942
Page
9
Hocking County voters were told by Frank Harden that August 6 at 6 30 p m is the last time to cast absent and disabled ballots for the August 6 primary. Ballots issued by mail for applications will be accepted until noon Friday. A total of 70 absent and disabled ballots had been recorded.
Logan Ohio guards begin a training week at Camp Hocking with the First Separate Company led by Captain George Gardner. The unit of three officers and more than 50 men will drill in routine operations, firearms use, and guerilla warfare, mirroring other Ohio State Guard companies.
Logan County AAA Chairman Wolf said Ohio wheat crop losses in 1942 will be about twice 1941. Ted E Rupert estimates over 200000 will be paid to injured farmers as cash or commodity credit loans under new crop insurance. Major losses stemmed from winter kill storms floods and insect infestation. He urged locals to learn details of the 3 year crop insurance contract starting 1943. Wheat crop insurance protects the farm home. Farmers should be prepared when nature strikes.
Logan Hocking County selective service officials announced that Golden Camp Logan Route 2 and Raymond Harold Brown Haydenville have volunteered for service with the U S Army. They will undergo physical examinations and be sent to Fort Hayes for induction with a group leaving Logan in the first two weeks of August. Wallace Fetheroll seeks a writ of partition in the Court of Common Pleas against Edith Weaver and others. petition filed with county clerk Thelma Keyes.
Mayor Weltner announces C. Wood Bowen city attorney will chair the Logan Defense Council salvage committee, succeeding William G. Martin. Bowen previously served on the panel, with Walter Prather as the other member, and Bowen will select a new local- resident subcommittee.
Logan Ohio Mrs Joe Rowley chairman of the American Legion Auxiliary drive reports more than 2000 old records collected in Hocking County toward a 5575 quota. Records will be remade for distribution to fighting men. residents urged to contact Mrs Rowley or Auxiliary members with donations.
Funeral services were held at Leonard Funeral Home for William H. Mowery a former Logan youth who died in a San Francisco hospital after a long illness Burial followed at Fellowship Cemetery Survivors include his father Ben Mowery and two sisters Mrs Ed Fickel and Mrs Arthur Jones of Logan Also note: Mr and Mrs Leonard Mower of Lima were discharged from Cherrington Hospital after motorcycle accident injuries near Logan Sunday
United Brethren Choir members and guests held a picnic at Buckeye Lake with many attendees listed including Miss Helen Allen Mr Richard Price and families. Sub Deb Club guests gathered at Lake Hope and various birthday gatherings occurred with gifts for Jack Foss now in the Air Corps.
Sheriff and Mrs. Floyd Duffy hosted their daughter Jean from Dayton. Dr. and Mrs. Walter hosted their son Tom a student at Ohio State University. Eddie Cole visited Newark with Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Cole. Wanda and Eugene Brown visited Logan from Parkersburg West Virginia. James McNamee and family received visitors Charles Azabell Addgell Reginald Spencer and John Check with a Lake Hope picnic. William Miller resigned.
Apple Grove residents share weekend visits with relatives and friends. T. C. Fowler, Huntington, stayed with sister Mrs. M. W. Shank. Gladys Hayman and Kathryn Sharpnack, Bliss College students, Columbus, visited with parents. Delores Wolfe, Columbus, vacationing with her parents. Mrs. Howard Johnson joined Sunday with her parents. Ruby Hayman also visited. W.S.C.S. to meet with Mrs. Daisy White. Russell Lee Westchester enjoying vacation with wife and her parents. Wilson Slaughter and daughters left for Newton Falls to visit their daughter Mrs. Chester Durst.
At Logan Hospital George Cherry of New Plymouth was admitted to Cherrington Hospital for treatment and observation. Mrs Joe Rarick and infant daughter were discharged from Cherrington Hospital Sunday. William Slavens of Camp Hocking was discharged after influenza treatment. Robert Welch of the city was admitted Monday for treatment and observation.
Hocking County Recorder Herman Bratton released monthly figures showing July receipts of 113.61 with 62.45 from recording fees and 44.76 from filing fees. Cancellations reached 450 and searches plus sundries amounted to 1.90.
Logan sheriff and deputy nabbed a 17 year old boy in front of City Hall less than a half hour after a 9:45 AM theft report. The stolen car owned by Adam Owney of Hamden Route was spotted on Route 75 and stopped by Logan officers. The suspect, Dwight McHenry of Adamsville, was held in the Hocking County Jail awaiting Vinton County officers.
Mrs Marion Douglas and son Garry of Ann Arbor visit J A Bell family. W S C 8 social on church lawn Aug 7 at 6 30 with rain site in church. Henry Dillinger stationed at Camp Carson Colorado. Esther Phillips visits from Mountain State College. Community birthdays visits and travels noted. Navy enlistment for Robert E Hedges. Local visits and guest lists among area families.
Blossom Valley notices report Arthur Hutchinson a World War veteran gassed in France died at his Ewington home leaving a wife and large family. Other items mention visits by Ralph Canter and family in Washington DH, Chalfan relatives from Chauncey, Kessler from Barboursville, and callers like Elenore Long and William Spires visiting local relatives.
Henry Gaddis and Agnes D. Gaddis of New Straits ville were fined five dollars and costs each by Mayor Denzil Weltner for driving without a license and for permitting an unlicensed operator to drive. Patrolmen cited them to appear before the mayor.
Mrs Winifred Daly Hocking County health nurse spoke to the Logan Rotary Club at the White House on Monday night detailing the county health department’s work with crippled children. Lawrence Harden led the arrangements committee.
Rolland Carr has filed suit for divorce from Ruth Carr in the Court of Common Pleas charging gross neglect of duty. No children are involved in the action according to the petition.
Logan Cherrington Hospital said Monday evening that James Barker, city insurance agent, remains in serious condition after an emergency appendectomy performed Saturday afternoon.
Services were held Tuesday at 2 p m at Leonard Funeral Home for Mrs. Ruth Evans 23 daughter of Mr and Mrs Merle Kimble who died Sunday at Mercy Hospital Columbus following an operation Survivors include two daughters Sherry Ann and Sue Elizabeth two sisters Marietta Kimble and Mrs Margaret Rose two brothers Don and William and foster parents Mr and Mrs E V Cherry
A Logan report states that 25 marriage licenses were issued in Hocking County during July per the Probate Court. The figure marks a slight rise from the prior month as officials released their monthly tally. Notice: John Gillett of Rural Route 3 Athens Ohio appointed Administrator de Bonis Non with the Will Annexed of the estate of Benjamin Gillett deceased of Athens County. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated June 25 1942 by Probate Judge Francis D White.
Logan Mingos won 9-3 over Meade Paper at Chillicothe in the Ohio State Semi final round. Abe Leonard struck out 16 Meade batters, Mark Wye pitched six innings for the win as Mingos advance to face the Columbus Beat Brew winner. They now stand 2-1 in the tournament after a 2-1 win over Columbus Belt Works last Thursday.
Bobby Withem 11 son of Mr and Mrs Withem Nelsonville Rural Route was treated at Cherrington Hospital Monday afternoon for a fractured left arm from a fall from a fence near his home. He was released after the fracture was X rayed and set.
Millard Brown, city mail carrier and Marine veteran, left Monday to enter the Marine Veterans Hospital in Cleveland for several days of treatment and observation.
TONJON is sold at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store on Union Street in Athens Ohio. The druggist welcomes questions about this remedy and advises taking Tonjon strictly according to the label directions.
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