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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1942
Page
2
Sa Li Hoe sat with thei on the bus. Ben was present in the scene as a passenger or nearby figure. The fragment hints at a casual bus ride setting with several names but lacks clear actions or outcomes.
Gallia Countian Bailes named director of Point Pleasant defense rental area with a $3,800 salary. He will oversee four counties Meigs and Gallia in Ohio and Mason and Jackson in this state. Responsibilities include residential properties hotels tourist homes and rooming houses with authority to set rentals based on March 1 figures. Bailes, a Republican, passed the civil service exam. Appointment from Leon Andersons Office of Price Administration.
Gallia County prepares for a wartime blackout tonight from 9 to 9 39 as all lights go out and streets halt traffic. The alert will sweep from the Gallia Meigs line along the river to Crown City over about 44 miles with church bells signaling the siren. Police expect heavy crowds and 100 civilian defense enrollees assist under army officers inspection in Columbus.
Names of persons eligible for jury duty were drawn in the clerk of courts' office Saturday. Grand jury selections include Tanner Wood Greenfield Georgia Leonard Elizabeth Robb son Margaret Pickens Spring field Sallie McCormick Green John M. Williams Carl Rathburn Gallipolis Roma Hively Harrison C J Price Walnut Mary Garlic Tittie Halley Guyan Charles Neal Corbie James Raymond Stover Radison James Clark Clay. Petit jurors include Alta Stewart Walter Allison Hib bard Hill C M Kerr Gallipolis: Mrs Bert Call Carrie Shires J H White Raccoon W W Phillips Charles Call J H Shaw Stanley Mooney Ohio: Elmer Jenkins Greenfield Joe Stewart Nelson Rice Walnut Ruth Cremeens Harrison B J Mooney Cora Watts Guyan Ruth Freshcorn John Freshcorn Huntington F O Walters Clay.
Oberlin M. Carter of Chicago, Patriot native, was honored at Patriot Callipolis Home-coming. A church afternoon program followed a church lawn picnic. Carter recounted his life and the court martial that sent him to Leavenworth for five years over a Savannah harbor graft charge.
Granted licenses to wed are Guy Hyre 21 and Ruth Waybright 21 Letart Falls Britton Mann 21 and Mary Eloise Ferguson 21 North Ke neva Gerald Allbaugh 19 and Betty Lanning 16 Carbondale Howard Meadows 18 and Ruth Sturkey 21 Glenwood John Pfast 21 and Betty Staats 21 Ripley Harry Hobart 21 and Edna Lathrop 21 Richwood William Westfall 24 and Kelen Brown 21 Medina Wilmer Grison 21 and Zella Bird 21 Winfield Harland G Saunders 19 and Betty E Caldwell 17 Crown City John Kirk 21 and Freda Hartwell 21 Buffalo"}
Edwin E Higgins, superintendent, says the milk program begins Sept. 21 and runs all year. A joint effort by the federal government and American Legion Post will supply each child a half pint of milk daily for a penny. more can be bought at the same cost. Program under Agriculture Marketing Administration, with bids from local dairies. Legion plans to extend aid to all indigent students. about 300 served previously, with expectations of a large increase. Government funds cover the penny plus part of the dealer cost.
Gallipolis chief advocate Dr C F Holzer moves to form a development company to build 80 to 100 residences for war workers and families this fall. Projects may rise on the hillside west of the city or Evans Heights with sewer water gas and electricity, first a single long street, then homes on both sides. The plan aims to address postwar demand as city growth continues despite the war.
Saturday night and Sunday arrests by the state highway patrol included Osborne Masters of Gallipolis for insufficient lights Howard Kirby of Gallipolis for disregarding a flasher light George Pillsbury of Conway Springs Kas for driving while intoxicated George Ernie of Charleston and Cash Johnson of Middleport for no license
Gallia County resident Mrs. Mark Swigert has joined the WAAC after passing all examinations. She will train in Des Moines Iowa and is the first Gallia County native accepted. Formerly Miss Corrine Black she is from Apple Grove West Virginia and taught locally for years. She has been granted leave from teaching for the war period.
Gallipolis reports the 225 foot brick smokestack at the state hospital was completed Friday. Workers are lining the stack, installing a lightning arrester, scraping excess mortar, and preparing to connect boiler fires to the new structure.
Holzer Hospital bulletin board today reported a total of 65 patients, far exceeding credited capacity. The count underscores strain on services and possible need for relief or transfer options.
Mrs Rupert L Kayser and son Robert and Joseph visited her mother Mrs Burgess in Chesapeake West Virginia. Mr A W Wilson from Atlanta Georgia spent the weekend with Rev and Mrs C G Billups. Mr and Mrs Henry Edwards of West Columbia were dinner guests of Sheriff and Mrs F B Lieving. Mrs Lillian VanMatre of Kaylong visited Mrs Lieving in the afternoon.
Rites for Mrs Natura Blanche Carter were held at Franklin Funeral Home, with burial in Clarksburg following a brief service. She moved to Point Pleasant with her husband in 1917, outliving him since 1920, and was renowned for culture and wide friendship circles. Her daughter and son are both deceased, and she was remembered as a gracious local figure who enjoyed literature and family support in her later years.
Fred C Waugh of Ashton was arrested weekend by Deputy Sheriff Ernest Hesson at home. Accused of deserting the Army at Ft Thomas Ky on July 30 he was inducted a few days earlier. Held in county jail awaiting Ft Thomas authorities instructions.
Gallipolis social items note furloughs, visits, and gatherings across the area. Glendon Massie is honored at a center point home. families in Patriot Athens Columbus and Mt. Vernon are mentioned with dinners, trips, and guest speakers. Community groups report a Rio Grande Garden Club meeting and Elizabeth Chapel Ladies Aid activities.
Mr and Mrs Rafe Gee both 27 and their three year old daughter Phyllis were in a Saturday accident near Patriot Wilkesville when their truck left the highway and careened over a bank. They were taken to Holzer Hospital. injuries not serious. State patrol cited Gee for operating with a driver's license.
Mrs Turley George age 26 died at the family home in Columbus during the weekend. She formerly was Dorothy Victoria Wilt, daughter of John Wilt of Moran Township. She leaves twin daughters aged 13 months. Funeral rites were Sunday afternoon in Morgan Center Church.
Registration for new pupils began at Washington grade school this morning and will continue through Tuesday and Wednesday. A large increase in enrollment is anticipated.
Members and friends of First Baptist Church plan a Wednesday night reception at the church to honor the new pastor Rev. J. Edward Hakes.
Members of the Coughenour family along with friends and affiliates will meet in a reunion in September at the home of Mr and Mrs Lincoln Butcher near Cheshire.
Ben O'Dell sues for divorce from his wife after six years of marriage and no children, citing neglect as the cause.
F M Meadows of Fayetteville was arrested at the weekend by Patrolman Morrison in Pt Pleasant for drunkenness and released to Mayor Krodel for trial.
A son weighing 3 4 pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Osborn Stewart of the city at the Point Clinic on Saturday Mrs Albert Boyles, a medical patient, was discharged from the Clinic on Saturday as were Mrs William Hall and her infant son of this city
Mrs. A. B. McCulloch resigns as principal teacher to join Cammack Junior High Huntington as instructor of mechanical drawing. Beulah Bechtle, longtime county teacher, succeeds her at Central Grade School in Point Pleasant.
HURRICANE native C H Withers arrived Friday to assume duties as principal of Senior High School in Point Pleasant. He is assisted by former principal Peter H Steenbergen in reviewing the school's records, methods and program.
W D Kelton long time general agent for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad here has resigned. He will be succeeded Wednesday by C W Rife of Jackson, former railway agent at Cheshire until that stop was discontinued.
Miss Zenia Shaw resigns as college treasurer to become a book keeper at the state hospital succeeding Mrs Gomer Phillips who also resigned.
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