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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1945
Page
3
Mason County plans a final wartime scrap paper collection Sunday afternoon led by chairman Imer Grueser. Proceeds go to the area War Bond Center and 4 H clubs aim to fill a car with paper from points across Mason and surrounding communities. A Jericho Road boy, seven, recovers from rheumatic fever after a week long illness.
Gov. Meadows named F. Daniel Phillips of Garrison Boone County as superintendent of the Lakin Industrial School for Colored Boys in Charleston. The school has been led by A. C. Spurlock since the resignation of H Brady Briggs. discipline has been a major challenge for school heads.
Sheriff Ernest Hesson and Deputy Toral Morrison will begin early next week a drive to collect delinquent personal property taxes in the county. The effort targets tickets of 15 dollars and up, aiming to recover several hundred dollars quickly after years of little tax collection.
A Tri-State Asphalt Co crew has arrived to lay the bituminous top course on the remaining Route 17 from Pliny to Winfield. About 17,000 tons of mixture are expected to finish the highway in roughly 90 days. Frank Barker of Martins Ferry leads the project for the contractor.
State trooper H D Coyner investigated a meat theft at a Kaylong area home of tenant Burris on Lew Roush farm. Two hams were among items taken. Little progress reported by Coyner as of last night.
Mrs. F. E. Hutsinpiller, 90, died Wednesday night at her daughter Mrs. Lewis Weller’s Bainbridge home after illness that afternoon. A longtime resident of Gallipolis, she celebrated her 90th birthday June 2 and planned another visit in October. Surviving: Mildred Hutsinpiller Weller, a Charleston son Will, two sisters Miss Letitia Mills and Mrs. Mary Schneck, eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services Saturday at Grace Methodist Church followed by burial at Mound Hill Cemetery.
Pioneer Farm Women's Club gathered 25 Mason County members for an August visit to Mrs Forest Reed in Winfield. A hay ride turned problematic when a truck battery died, prompting a bus transfer to reach Pliny, then again a bus to Henderson for the return. Plates of fried basket dinner on the lawn accompanied a business and inspirational session on Family Recreation with games. Attendees included Mrs Byrd Blain and many others.
Sergeant John Smith returns to POINT PLEASANT for a 30 day furlough after serving with the 20th Armored Division in France and Germany. He carries three fur lined jackets and other captured items from a German officer. He also gave his father a German officer’s pistol. Smith expects to be sent to the Pacific when furlough ends.
Governor Meadows names Thomas O Brien Flynn editor of the Wheel ing Intelligencer to the state racing commission. Democratic leaders cooperate with Republican editors in appointing Brooks Cottle of Morgantown Post and the Huntington Herald-Dispatch editor to posts. W S Morgan of Pliny, about 80, suffered a paralytic stroke, a leading Kanawha Valley farmer.
Miss Bess Liter hosted a dessert bridge party at 707 Main Street with Five Hundred Club members and guests. Awards went to Mrs. A. L. Rossiter of Detroit and Mrs. Milton L. Miller. The notes list numerous local residents visiting, traveling, or on vacation in Point Pleasant and nearby towns, including arrivals from Gallipolis and Cleveland, and births and hospital notes.
Mrs. Leslie Burnside and children from Athens spent Sunday with Mrs. Florence Burnside. Fort Wayne nurse Miss Lou Pidley stayed with Miss Anna Reuter and Mrs. Lawrence Leonard. Charles White, on leave from Great Lakes basic training, visited his parents. Eugene Humphrey’s birthday dinner included relatives from Kerri Run and Pomeroy. Various residents traveled for visits, with Norman Grueser and Mrs. Goetz noted among others. The piece ends mentioning Andrew Joba's original tailor shop now a brick museum in Greeneville, Tennessee.
W. C. Cotton, long time operator of a general store on Route 141 between Cadmus and Waterloo, has sold the business to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McDaniel. The McDaniels will dispose of their cattle and furniture at a public sale, then live on a nearby farm adjacent to the store. Cotton says he is retiring from active business.
Gallia County AA A chairman John R Russell announces 15 authorized agents to sell Federal Crop Insurance in Gallia County. Agents include James Roush Ches hire Jonas M Conkie R Pearlie McCarley Gallipolis Hollis Saunders R 2 Gallipolis Emiel Thomas Rodney Raymond Davis Gallia Clyde Smith Bladen Homer H Porter R 2 Gallipolis Roy Holcomb Vinton Earl George R 2 Vinton Homer Elliott Bladen Clarence Petrie Gallia David Williams Rio Grande Edwin Sprague Bidwell Jerry J Gleason Patriot. Agents will start calling on farmers to offer crop protection for wheat under the new program before the September 15 filing deadline for the 1946 crop. Russell notes at least 50 farms must be covered to activate county participation and urges farmers to sign up promptly.
Gallipolis society notices list Lieut Earl Tope and Rose Ethel Thomas visiting from Hondo Air Field Texas before reporting back August 19. Mary C Ewing joins son Van in Columbus for Chicago visit. Osa Baird returns from Baltimore visit with Capt Paul Baird. Paul Davies and family depart for California post after two weeks with relatives. Margaret Shuler attends Davis Shuler Department Store business in Columbus. Jarvis Frye Cherrington families return from Columbus vacation. W K O’Brien of Columbus visits his mother Mrs O Reatha O’Brien in Gallipolis.
GALLIPOLIS The Farm Bureau Women’s Home Council and Advisory Councils and their families held their annual picnic Wednesday night at Chicamauga Park. About 225 persons attended. After dinner a program featured stunt numbers by each Advisory Council and a group sing led by Mrs. Ethel Robinson. Vernon Jones returned to the office after a week-long illness, resuming full duties following an acute stomach attack at home on Jericho Road.
Gallipolis churches list Sunday programs with denominations and pastors. First Baptist led by J Edward Hakes offers Bible School at 9:15, morning worship at 10:30, B Y P U at 7 and evangelistic service with a sermon on The Effect of the Atomic Bomb on Bible Prophecy. Grace Methodist and First Presbyterian note vacation and service changes. Church of God Nazare ne Paint Creek Baptist and John Gee AME provide morning worships and Sunday Schools with varied start times.
Gallipolis livestock feeders must keep all bills of sale scales tickets receipts and records to prove eligibility for beef production payments on cattle sold on or after May 19 1945. John R Russell County AA A Chairman announced a 30 cent per hundredweight subsidy for sale of good and choice cattle weighing 800 pounds or more. Applications for sales from May 19 to June 30 must be filed by August 31 1945.
Mr and Mrs C E McCulloch of south of the Kanawha announce their daughter Miss Jean McCulloch has arrived in Paris to begin work at the American Embassy. She trained in Washington for a position in embassy service after being assigned to Paris. educated at Point Pleasant High School and an early secretary for the county board of education. She was employed in Charleston in an industrial office and most recently served as a secretary in an air base office at Palm Beach Florida.
Volunteer firemen tested fire plugs in several sections of Point Pleasant Wednesday evening. Only one was found from which water failed to flow. In a few other instances minor repairs were needed. A report will be submitted to Mayor Krodel and City Council.
Local residents in Point Pleasant Ohio report business as usual at Chesapeake cafe with cars around the casino. Patrons claim it remains possible to gamble or play piano despite Governor Lausche's ukase, indicating continued activity in the area.
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