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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1943
Page
4
Ohio Legislature approved a ten percent pay hike for state employees retroactive to January 1, 1943. Gallipolis Hospital for Epileptics staff received checks Monday reflecting the raise, with salaries now ten percent higher than before.
J B Wetherholt a Navy Chief Aviation Mechanic's Mate known as Blazer on a fifteen day leave arrives in Gallipolis. A World War I veteran now in his first post enlistment leave, he visits family including sisters Marie Wooster Cleo Wetherholt Winnie Wetherholt in Huntington and Gallia County.
Gallipolis report: John Titus Russell, youngest son of Mrs Helen Robinson Russell, was injured after diving into a shallow swimming hole. He is recovering from cuts and bruises. Russell had just passed exams to become an air cadet and is stationed at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville studying chemical engineering.
Harry Day, a well known Gallia County resident, was moved to the home of his son Clyde Day in Huntington after a stroke last week. He had been living with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wood on Court Street for the past four years.
Gallipolis social column notes Vivian Iron sails to Oakland to wed John Ivor Richards a Navy chief petty officer on arrival Richards after duty in Alaska now at Camp Parks Calif. Several locals join Navy and WAVES recruitment updates plus weddings and travel by Mrs Lutz Mrs Gilmore and family notice. Four candidates filed election petitions named Wu Rogers.
The Messenger reports land at Graham Station near Pt Pleasant Mason County may host a steel mill or a machinery factory. Prices around 300 an acre top the county’s farmland sales, with potential large impacts on wealth and population. A former farm owner who sold the Wilkinson farm netted about 15000 in profit after a brief ownership.
Gallipolis report says the produce market near finish as crops decline. Harold H. Kastner, manager, left for Mt. Pleasant Pa to tend his own business. With early tomatoes winding down, John Everett Evans Jr acts as market manager while the local market runs until produce is cleaned up.
SUFFERS STROKE POINT PLEASANT West Virginia Mrs. E. H. Burdette of Leon is reported critically ill after a paralytic stroke several days ago.
Pt Pleasant notes residents on leave and travel. Carol Benedict resumes lab duties in Point Clinic after vacation in Southern West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. E J Somerville and sister Nora head to Columbus for several days. W J Kenny visits relatives in Charleston. The Schneider and Somerville families vacation at Buckeye Lake. E E Heiner hosts Miss Mary Sullivan and Mary Eugenia McCulloch from Sharon Pa. The group spends Sunday with the Lawrence Heiners in Rutland Ohio. Dana Rayburn travels to Baltimore for Johns Hopkins Hospital. He works at a Marietta shipyard. Delores Ann Blessing undergoes tonsil operation at Holzer Hospital. Emmett Fowler returns from Huntington Veterans Hospital to resume shipyard work soon. Russell Sutton visits family from a Louisiana training camp. James M Love furlough with parents. he trains at Michigan State College. Doris Johnson on vacation in Alton Illinois. replaced by Helen Ose.
Point Pleasant resident L. L. Caldwell, insurance man and school board member, showcases a 10-foot tomato plant with about 30 tomatoes on the vine and several pulled as ripened. Gardners report unusually favorable season with other giant tomatoes weighing up to two pounds. Caldwell may claim the tallest plant championship.
At Point Clinic Hazel Pickens and infant Brenda Lou were discharged. E S Matheson Mrs Orlando Wallis and Mrs McKee Denny plus Opal Taylor were discharged or admitted for surgery. A son weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces was born to Foster Van Sickle and wife Linda Lou to Irvington Harper and wife Linda Lou weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces.
The 32 year old Clarence Ray Markham arrived at his Pliny home from Uniontown Pennsylvania after being killed on a motorcycle Saturday. He was a Dravo Contracting Co employee and leaves wife Maxine Carter and three children John Clarence Amanda Jane Patricia Ann plus two sisters Mrs Homer Brown of Pliny and Mrs William Birchfield of Portsmouth Ohio.
The Friendship Class of Heights United Brethren Church will share a chicken dinner tonight at 7 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Parsons on Charleston Road. Assisting with the service are Mr. and Mrs. Hale Blessing, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Noble, Mrs. Faye McDaniel, Mrs. C. C. Toms and Mrs. Bonnie Krebs. A business meeting will conclude the evening.
Fire department members hosted a farewell for Captain John Oliver of the Fifth Ward who has been accepted for Navy service. Oliver, with 15 years in the department, will leave for his Virginia base today after receiving a handsome wrist watch as a gift.
William H. Mathews, employed at a Gallipolis Ferry farm, was severely bruised and cut about the head with a back injury after a horse thrice kicked and struck him while he attempted to place it in its stall Saturday evening. He received treatment from a local physician and is recovering. He recalls the horse becoming fractious and throwing him to the ground before the animal attacked.
Paul S Jones son of Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones and Mrs Jones of Jericho Road visits home before reporting for Navy service at a Virginia base. Former tool and die maker in a Detroit defense plant, he earned a substantial wage for Mason County residents.
Mason County churches gather at the Leon Methodist Church for a two session convention themed Our Share in World Peace. The day includes devotions by Rev Rex Anderson talks by Z B Edworthy and C C Anderson reports from county and district officers and a two part program with music and an illustrated film.
In Point Pleasant West Virginia the Open Door Mission of Henderson held its annual picnic on Wyoma Ridge Sunday. About 100 children and adults attended the grove gathering with Elder Otto Lanham of Huntington delivering the evening sermon. Elder James E. Mikes serves as pastor.
In Pomeroy Miss Anna Waterman age 94 known as Auntie was honored at United Methodist Church services. She received a warm ovation in Sunday School with a birthday greeting and corsages as youngsters sang Happy Birthday. A dinner followed at the local restaurant.
The Twilight Garden Club will meet Thursday evening August 12 at the home of Mrs Pearl Hysell Mulberry Street with Mrs Marion Radford and Miss Ada Hoskins assisting. Many local residents and visitors share family updates and travels in Pomeroy.
O. B. Burns, guard on the Silver Bridge, resumes duty after a two day absence. He sustained a back injury last Friday evening when he stepped from the sidewalk onto the bridge floor to avoid pedestrians while carrying a heavy ladder.
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