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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1943
Page
2
Nelsonville Public Service Director Earl D Mender urges residents to inspect and clean alleys near their properties, stop placing grass cuttings and refuse in the streets, and improve city cleanliness ahead of his next inspection to impress returning service members with tidier surroundings.
Nelsonville area families receive notices on transfers. Pearl Lones Jr. moves from Chanute Field to Orlando for clerical schooling. John W. DeLong shifts from Ft Belvoir to Pittsburg California. Gerald Thomas on 15 day leave visiting Canton area relatives.
Nelsonville report states Fred Deer is dangerously ill at St Anthony's Hospital in Columbus after a surgical operation last Friday. His daughter Mrs. Harry Ball is at the hospital with him.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Williams announce the birth of a 9 pound son named Gary Lee on Tuesday August 3. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. W Collins.
Paulie M. Brown has filed for divorce from Homer Z. Brown on cruelty grounds. Married in 1997 they separated this year. They were twice married previously and share two children from a prior marriage, Mary Louise age 13 and Robert M age seven.
Murray City Eagles plan a fish fry and initiation at 2 p.m. Sunday August 8 announced by Horace Cunningham worthy president. Members are urged to bring prospective members.
NELSONVILLE The First Methodist Church hosts Sunday services with Sunday School at 9:10 under Superintendent Floyd Pence and worship at 10:30 led by Rev. Stanley Wiant of Logan. Wiant, former assistant editor of the Western Christian Advocate, delivers the sermon. Evening union service at 7:30 at First Presbyterian with Joan Cole from Chicago Presbyterian Seminary delivering the message.
Nelsonville social notes recount chicken dinners in honor of Pvt. Guy Hartman at home and at Fort Jackson. The section lists extended Hartman relatives from Nelsonville Akron Athens and Dayton with visitors from Willoughby Lancaster and Mt Vernon.
Don Juniper of Nelsonville writes from abroad about approaching enemy shores with troops during the Sicily invasion. He describes watch duties, deck cleaning, longing for home, relief about surviving the assault, and hopes for a furlough in the USA, noting his preference for the Navy.
Mayor B Walter Krodel will address Middleport Rotary at 6 30 tonight and the Pomeroy Chamber at 1 pm Monday after his Gallipolis presentation on a tri county industrial association. Leaders praised cooperation among Gallia Meigs and Mason counties and discussed funding and top notch secretary needs.
Illahee Farm Women's Club gathered at Crab Creek south of Kana wha with Mrs Gar land Mohr hosting. President Ogden Stephens led the session on Neighborhood Fun and announced a series of social meetings at members' homes for late summer and fall.
Constable Toral Morrison received a telegram from Walnut Bridge Air Field Arkansas advising guards were en route to Detain Corporal Lester R. Isner of Charleston who was arrested here earlier in the week for desertion.
The Mason County liquor store expects 1844 potential customers with a second ration book period after Oct 1. Only 15 percent of voters sought books. points include Point Pleasant 1492 New Haven 253 Henderson 99. Demand declined after Aug 31 with a monthly whiskey limit of one quart.
Funeral services for Mrs Roxa Remely lifelong resident of this community were held Wednesday at Doudna and McClure's and interment was made in the Decatur Presbyterian Cemetery. Pfe Cavada Lynch of Fort Dix NJ on eight day furlough with his mother and relatives here. Cadet Gale R Remely Schenectady NY visited with his parents.
Citizens National Bank President Cc. C. Lewis suffered a broken rib after slipping on a sidewalk in Ohio while on a business trip with Homer Smith. He was hurrying to his car when the fall occurred.
The American Legion Auxiliary will conduct a war bond and stamp sale here tomorrow in celebration of Mollie Pitcher Day. The group will also run a salvage campaign for phonograph records. Members at the meeting include Miss Lena Foglesong and several listed local members.
Prison laborers near finishing the stone base on the ten mile Route 2 section from Apple Grove to the Cabell county line. A contractor will add a bituminous top course after the base, using river gravel dredged from the Ohio River and crushed slag. When complete, Point Pleasant and Huntington gain an all weather link and Ohio Route 7 traffic shifts to West Virginia Route 2 with tolls moving to Shadle Bridge.
POINT PLEASANT The Cooper District Sunday School convention will be held at Eddy Chapel on Sunday. Don O. Aten, president, will direct the meeting. Dr. B. Vance Bragg of Charleston and the Rev. Russell L. Plants of New York, with local ministers, will address the gathering.
The Point Clinic reports the birth of a daughter, Shirley Jean Brumfield, weighing 7% pounds, to Mr. and Mrs. John Brumfield of Glennwood, on Wednesday. A Deusser of Leon was admitted for observation and treatment.
Delegates from the Junior Hi Camp conducted by the Ohio Christian Missionary Society will report during morning worship at 10:30. Speakers include Robert Barrows Lois Bateman Billy June Foughty Donna Huuchins Charles Mechem Lois Ann Ray and June Shafer. Judith Ann Betts and Jane Hickman were ill and unable to attend. Bible School opens at 9:30 and Union evening service is at 7:30 at the Presbyterian Church.
Gallia County Home Council will host a Friday picnic at Chickamauga Park for members and families. A 35 woman committee will organize the two day Tar Hollow camp with 250 members guided by President Mrs. Joe Miller Rodney and officers Mrs. D C Priestley and Mrs. Ernest Blazer.
Mr William Cook who has been employed in Haiti by the Society of Haitian American Development of Agriculture since last April is returning to the states for treatment for an infection worsened by tropical climate He spent eight weeks in a Port au Prince hospital Mrs Cook and baby left today to meet him in Columbus Mr Cook will meet his newborn son born after his departure for Haiti
Holzer Hospital welcomed several new patients including Eva Shriver of Gallipolis who gave birth to a baby boy at 3 56 a m. Sharon Preston of the city was admitted at 7 30 a m and Chuck Cheatwood of Gallia at 9 15 a m F M Jenkins of Ashland Ky admitted 10 30 a m Mrs Jenkins became a patient on Wednesday John Wesley Reeves of Pomeroy age 3 months was admitted at 7 30 Wednesday evening.
Dr Samuel L King of Nebo West Virginia visits his sister Mrs A E Tulloh in Point Pleasant. He spent two years in New Orleans at the Marine Hospital with the U S Public Health Service. On Aug 26 he reports to the Naval Base Norfolk Virginia to join the Naval Medical Corps as lieutenant. He leaves today for Nebo to visit his parents.
Mrs James Hall hosted the weekly bridge club at her Highland Avenue home in Pt Pleasant with guests Mrs Melvin Schmidt Mrs Marion Worley Mrs Richard H Melrose and others. Schmidt held high score and Melrose was second. Ensign James Maurice Dyer son of Mr and Mrs Harry L Dyer of New Haven has been advanced to the Navy rank after starting as an enlisted man.
Gallipolis report says the Youth Advisory Council decided to sponsor dances for youths every Friday evening in the Academy High School auditorium. Dr Otto S Carter presided in the absence of Rev J Edward Hakes, the president.
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