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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1945
Page
7
Sheriff George Bateman seeks information on a 1929 two door sedan, license X2TL, owned by Ezra Tabler Vor Stewart. The car was stolen on East State Street and is believed abandoned in the area. Anyone with knowledge should call Bateman.
Athens Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will initiate 30 new members this evening. William G. Watson mayor of Zanesville and state Eagles trustee will be the speaker. Lunch and refreshments will follow the meeting.
L C Staats was named campaign director for Athens Community Chest during a meeting of the Athens Community Welfare Association. The independent drive, set to begin September 20, will enlist workers from Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Child Health and Protective Committee Hospital Board Salvation Army YWCA and City Recreation Board. Headquarters will be established soon. Welfare Association directors include C Bird F H Sands Rowena Sprout D E Barr R D Williams O L Wood and Josephine Garvin.
Local Selective Service Board in Athens postpones pre induction call for Saturday September 1 and induction call for Monday September 3. Col Goble state director says revised dates will be set during the week of September 17. Each affected man is being notified by the local board.
The U S Revenue Offices will adopt a 40 hour work week five days a week Monday through Friday and will close Saturdays until further notice.
A. D. Townsend an oil and gas operator of 52 State Street is seriously ill in Grant Hospital Columbus His wife is in Columbus with him Friends may visit in room 221 The Rev C B Tigner of the Church of Christ in Gloucester will speak on Archeology and the Bible at Hooper Ridge Church on Thursday and Friday at 8 o'clock
A long roster notes University Elementary School at Putnam Hall opens Monday Sept 17 at 9 a m with staff including Janet Wilson Josephine Palmer Mabel Olson and others. Enrollment is limited to 25 per grade and reservations can be made by calling 316 Parents in remote areas may apply for school lunch hour privileges and even returning students must register anew in fall 1945 46. Attachments list local servicemen and missions with Rhodes and Fues.
The week of September 3 marks the start of a nationwide Grocer-Consumer Anti-Inflation Campaign announced by the local War Price and Rationing Board. A meeting was held in Athens County to plan boosting price ceiling compliance as food prices tighten. A Hotel Berry gathering on September 4 at 3 p.m. will feature an OPA district representative and the public is invited. Attendees listed include Mrs. William Stehr, Mrs George Merchant, John Belin, Arthur Kasler, Glen Scott, M. F. J McCune, Ross Wright, E. R. Proc tor, and Olive Rose.
Carl Douglas Howard, Chauncey native and Chauncey-Dover graduate of 1943, completed 13 months in the European theater. He earned the ETO Ribbon, Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman badge, and good conduct medal after battles including Brest and Berlin. He will report to Camp Atterbury for further duty after a 30 day furlough with his mother Mrs Louise Howard Stultz. A chicken dinner honoring Howard was held on the lawn at the home of Mr Raymond Sox with family and guests in Chauncey.
A woman reports her stomach no longer produces gas after meals and cites relief from headaches and constipation. She credits ERB HELP, a blend of 22 herbs, with cleansing bowels and easing gas, urging others to try it at Athens Pharmacy and Betts Cut Rate in W Nelsonville.
The Associated Press outlines ration details for fats and meats with book four stamps valid through late August to December, sugar stamps for five pounds across August to December, shoes stamps remaining valid indefinitely, and OPA stating no cancellation plans. Gasoline fuel oil oil stoves and processed foods blue points rationing ended August 15.
Cheshire announces opening of the school year with a half day on Tuesday September 4 and full classes beginning Wednesday. The town notes several local moves and weekend visits as residents resume routine after summer.
Rev Robert Phillips and Mrs Phillips with daughter Betty visit Chauncey and Sweeney family as a two week tent service ends at Six Mile Turn north of Glouster. Closing service Sunday features the sound picture The Man Who Forgot God at 8 p.m preceded by a 2:30 p.m song fest and nightly preaching with special music.
Mr and Mrs Harry W Moore of Lower Plains hosted a Sunday two course chicken dinner at home. Guests included Mrs Wendell G Moore and sons Roger and Rehard, Mrs Catharine Ford and Rosemary Bayley, Mrs Dorothea Baltz of Ravenna Ohio, Mr and Mrs W E Dicken and Mrs Florence Hysel and children Judy and Larry of Athens, plus the hosts.
Mrs Elizabeth Robinett of Millfield entertained guests at a dinner Sunday. Attending were Mr and Mrs Richard Hadden Lorena Mae Sisson of Columbus Mr and Mrs William Sisson and daughter of Trimble Mr and Mrs Verne Robinett and son Max of Logan and Mr and Mrs Ronald Robinett and children of Laurelville Ohio.
Chauncey district social and personal notes record Mr and Mrs Frank Cook and daughter Sharon of Toledo visiting parents Mr and Mrs Finn Cook in Lower Plains and relatives in Athens. In Millfield Mr and Mrs Catharine Ford and Lewis Adkins spend weekend with Rosemary Bayley of Ravenna and Ms Josie Adkins family. Mrs Dannie Mae Sharp visits kin. Jessie Fulton ill with heart trouble at home in Millfield.
Funeral services for Mrs Ernestine Tippett of Chauncey are indefinite due to her son Russell’s illness with streptococcus in an Oklahoma hospital. The body will reach Dowler Ferguson Funeral Home Thursday night. services may be Friday at 2 in the Church of Christ Chauncey. Burial is set for W Union St cemetery Athens. Carroll Tippett, their two children Carolyn and Russell and mother Mrs Mabel Mingus are delayed en route from Phoenix. The family expects Russell to be well enough to travel soon.
Chauncey Bingman and Mrs Everett Bingman hosted a steak fry Sunday honoring Hal Osborne recently discharged from service and Staff Sergeant William H Noble returning from overseas with his wife Mary. Val Osborne is a brother and Sergeant Noble is a nephew of Mrs Bingman.
Ralph Brown Junior Courtney and Richard Stalder returned to their homes Sunday from Camp Moores near Zanesville after spending a week at the Church of Christ Young People's Conference.
Listing of radio programs across networks with guests and dramatizations. Highlights include T. Jivelyn Wyckoff from Oklahoma on CBS-WBNS, a comedy on Wednesday With You on WLW, Curtain Time on American-WCOL, The District Attorney featuring The Case of the Traveling Rat on NBC-WLW, and The Human Adventure on WHEC with Thomas Paine.
Richard Moore of Ravenna spent the summer with grandparents Mr and Mrs Harry W Moore. He was entertained as the dinner guest Thursday of Mr and Mrs O O Mantz in Athens. He accompanied his mother Mrs Wendell G Moore home Monday. Mrs Shafer shows slight improvement after heart trouble.
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