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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1943
Page
2
Nelsonville voters will cast ballots Tuesday August 10 with polls from 7 30 p m to 7 30 p m Eastern Standard War time per official notice. Officials note time adjustments between local Nelsonville time and Ohio time.
Ted Voigt son of Mr and Mrs Fred Voigt stationed at Hastings Neb led reception activities during Miss Grace Moore s tour of training camps. Photographs show Voigt with the famed operatic star at Hoodletts auditorium and a jeep ride with Moore recounts a playful show off mood during the trip to the auditorium.
Mrs Parker argues OPA mileage limits aim to save trucks and autos as passenger cars supply most war workers and few new cars remain. With aging vehicles and WPB truck limits, continued frugality prevents waste and hoarding while helping speed end of rationing as war progresses.
A Sunday family gathering and basket dinner were held at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Corwin near Reynoldsburg on August 1. Music came from Earl Stevens on an electric guitar. Attendees included Montrose Corwin and Nelsonville, Ed Stevens and Margie Stevens from Powhatan Point, Gerald Corwin and children, Chuck Geyszer, Margaret Gerarades from Columbus, Venus Turner, Earl Stevens and daughter, Vera Figgins from Lancaster, Jack Figgins from Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Bob Corwin, Doris Corwin, Harry Corwin of Buchtel, and Nile Eddy and Wayne, the hosts’ two sons.
Eighty nine of the 104 men called up for induction left by bus for Huntington Center as part of an Army test. Many supporters saw them off with cheering as wives, sweethearts, and parents watched. Most will return home tonight and stay three weeks before military training. those rejected will remain home.
GALLIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS approved appropriations for limestone and gravel and funds for township road repairs at the regular meeting Monday. Roads to be repaired include White Oak, Centenary Fair Field, Northup Patriot, Northup Yellowtown, Krans Beck, Flag Springs Cross Road, Tick Ridge, Clark Evans, Lincoln Pike, Mercerville Swan Creek, with sewer work planned for two of the roads.
The steamer Gordon C. Greene laid over in Gallipolis Tuesday evening for two hours during its weekly Charleston run. Mr and Mrs A W Davis and Rev and Mrs F E Brinenstool of Mannington West Virginia boarded the boat for the Louisville round trip.
Edward C Johnson Jr son of Mr and Mrs E C Johnson of Nelsonville Ohio married Florence Elizabeth Parker daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Parker at First Community Church Nelsonville The ceremony began at 7 30 pm with a white satin backdrop and seven branch candelabra The bridal party included maid of honor Alice Parker and best man J B Cope A reception followed at the Parker home with family and close friends The couple will reside at 836 West Broad Street Columbus Ohio
Harry Layne of New Haven is appointed deputy state tax commissioner for Mason and Putnam Counties succeeding W T Springston who moves to a Jackson Wood Counties district. Layne, former baseball player and longtime beer tax official, chairs the Mason County Democratic committee and has eight House of Delegates wins.
Master Douglas Wetherholt son of Mr and Mrs Harold W Wetherholt sustained a fractured collar bone in a fall at Camp Lazarus north of Columbus. He returned home by train Tuesday and expected to spend two weeks at the camp but only enjoyed about one week of vacation before the accident.
Mrs. Ruby Nease a Charleston widow of H E Nease died at her daughter’s Montgomery home from a heart attack. Funeral services were at Buffalo Methodist Church with burial in its cemetery. Survived by three sons and three daughters including Mrs Marston Mrs Hazel Harder Mrs Sarah Simmons Gifford Nease Harvey Nease and David Nease.
Grand jurors for the special term of circuit court to meet August 23 are W. S. Guise Arbuckle district Thomas McGuffin I. S. Dabney Clendenin Odus McDermott Cooper F. M. Edwards Cologne Ed Roush E. O. Nease Graham Elmer Deal Hannan Waldo Miller W. C. Bird Milton L. Miller Lewis Powell Reynolds Robinson G. W. McCoy Union Otto Bumgarner Emil Knight Waggener.
The state road commission reports a 15 percent drop in auto license sales from 257,117 to 222,782 for the year ending July 30, and revenue fell from 4,472,152 to 4,114,051 dollars, a loss of 358,101 dollars.
Officer Toral Morrison arrested Lester R. Isner of Charleston as he stepped from a local bus Monday evening. Authorities investigate charges that Isner is a deserter.
City Auditor E F DeVore reports totals for Nelsonville across all funds at 35194.81 as of July 31 with beginning balance 24594.42 Receipts for the month 6308.12 and disbursements 5767.73 General fund receipts 2257.50 including liquor tax about 1400. Disbursements 1786.85 Balance start month 662.80 and close 1133.45 Gasoline tax fund balance 3175.60 Auto tax receipts 18 with balance 4648.82 Electric light fund balance 17700.27 Water works receipts 245.62 Disbursements 723.35 Misc balances listed including sewer bonds 4680.58 and deposits 267 880 238.77
Jaspey pays tribute to Stanley Nate Thomas of Rio Grande College who died in a Willoughby Ohio plane crash on August 1. The note recalls his football leadership in 1940 and his Navy cadet prospects, offering sympathy to his parents and sisters and noting the community grief.
County Agent C. C. Anderson warns of a 15 percent feed shortage next winter due to heavy livestock increases. He says WV will be hit harder than feed-surplus areas and outlines steps to ease the problem. These include reducing grain use by marketing livestock, hogs at lighter weights, and saving harvested grain while boosting roughage and pasture production.
William Brumfield of Gallipolis had surgery at the Point Clinic yesterday. A daughter Nancy Margaret nine pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Leonard Alexander Dowell of Robertsburg Monday evening.
Mrs. Clar ice Knapp county leader says the 4 H camp at the Recreation Center in two weeks will be the largest on record. She credits local generosity for improvements including fresh water and new buildings enhancing camp life. The Lucky Clover Club met with Miss Julia Pearl Thomas and attended a showing of My Friend Flicka.
Nelsonville notes Dr. 3 M shows slight improvement after a few days of illness. The report mentions at the home of Frank Minner and indicates the patient, Mrs. A. B. Johnson, remains unable to receive visitors.
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