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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1941
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes mention hay valuation and station 63 with incomplete terms. The readable items suggest a local update or legal notice tied to agricultural goods and a station, but details are unclear. No named individuals or organizations are fully captured.
The report notes a daring Japanese air intrusion near San Francisco and a potential carrier off shore as the nation braces for war escalation. President Roosevelt prepared a major wartime address to outline the clash with Japan, while Congress considers large defense budgets and mobilization.
Puzzle style dictionary clue list featuring numbered across and down entries with varied definitions. Includes terms from astronomy geography language and mythology, interwoven as a timed word association grid.
At Camp Shelby Mississippi the provisional anti tank battalion of Ohio's 7th Division continues intensive anti tank warfare training. Troops fire the 37 millimeter anti-tank gun while 75 millimeter units also prepare on the firing range before Christmas to master the larger anti tank weapons.
Water mains cleaning will suspend service from 7 a m to 4 pm Wednesday in Nelsonville districts. East side of Public Square Hocking Street Myers from Hocking to Monroe Fayette Street Washington from Public Square to Jefferson and Poplar to St Charles are affected per Service Director Harry West.
Nelsonville Elks Lodge 543 will host the Charity Ball at the Elks Club on Friday December 19. Proceeds fund local charity including shoes stockings and Christmas dinners for underprivileged children. Music by Dick Wire and his 8 piece Ohioans with Earl Hilleary Joe Spay Sheldon Powell and David M Bennett on the charity committee.
Elks ladies plan a Christmas bridge party December 11 at 7 30 with potluck dinner and 25 cent gift exchange. Methodist Faithful Workers host potluck and gift exchange Friday at 6. Alice Sue Nelson born December 5 to Wendell and Mrs. Nelson, grandparents listed. Church of Christ Willing Workers meet December 11 with potluck and gifts. Band Boosters meet 7 30 tonight. Christmas dinner for Business Girls Club December 11 with gift exchange. H L Kilpatrick hospitalized in Detroit a former Nelsonville resident.
Nelsonville Frank Murphy 71 died of a heart attack at home 529 Poplar St. Monday night. A coal miner and former mine superintendent at Jobs Mine and Kimberly, he recently worked at Kimberly. Survived by wife Clara Finsterwald two daughters Mrs Ralph Howe and Mrs Joe Figgins seven grandchildren three great grandchildren plus sisters and a brother. Funeral arrangements pending. He belonged to the Church of Christ.
Samuel Keplar age 73 died this morning at his home on W Franklin Street Nelsonville. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. He is survived by children Lewis Brownsville Pa John Columbus Roy Wilmington N C Harvey Boone N C Mrs Abbie Porter Akron Mrs Mary Sparkam of this city and
Mrs Lucille Auflick at home and one brother Jacob Keplar also of this city are mentioned in a local family notice.
Nelsonville Neiman's beat Wolf Bowling three straight to seal the first-half title as Brooks Shoes now needs three wins to top Auto Supplymen. Tonight Brooks Shoes faces Mechems at 7.
Funeral services for Mathew Druzbackey will be held Wednesday morning at the Buchtel residence. Burial will follow at St. Patrick Cemetery. He is survived by wife Elizabeth and three children in Cleveland, plus a brother in Climer, Pa., and relatives in Austria Hungary. He became a naturalized citizen seventeen years ago.
Rufus Ray De Ford of this city pleaded guilty at arraignment in Mayor C. G. Dew’s court on Monday to operating a motor vehicle with insufficient rights. He was fined five dollars plus costs after an affidavit by the State Highway Patrol.
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