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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1943
Page
5
On Monday grocers and meat dealers will issue two one point stamps per pound of salvage fats. Consumers may exchange points for meats butter cheese and canned milk. Ration stubs will be replaced by serially numbered strips as OPA expands coupon procedures for gasoline and nonhighway use.
Athens endured another warm December day with a noon reading near 57 degrees after a record high of 56 and a low of 41 overnight. Authorities note continuing mild conditions for the area.
Robert Hedges and family in Clarks Chapel receive a radiogram from son Rob ert confirming he is safe after serving as a torpedo man aboard the escort carrier Lis come Bay, sunk by Japanese forces during the Gilbert Islands operation.
Ross Wright Athens County extension agent urges farmers to haul manure now while fall work is underway. He warns manure loses fertilizing value if left until spring and recommends spreading on wheat land or new seeding, with older meadows also yielding strong returns. He stresses thin even application and notes sod plowed for corn as a good use.
A RAF commentator disclosed a sharp rise in British bomber activity with 4 500 night flights in November versus 1 600 for the same month last year. Those raids dropped 14 500 long tons of bombs, while medium and fighter bombers added about 1 000 tons more in expanded operations.
Disabled American Veterans Conrath-Bean Chapter No. 37 will meet Friday Dec 10 at 7 30 p m in the Armory club room. Refreshments served and all members urged to attend by Adjutant Daniel A Pierce.
Between 1690 and 1720 there were over 200 pirate ships afloat along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida. Their raids on shipping caused annual losses estimated in the millions.
Lt Evan E Williams receives a first lieutenants promotion at Camp Pinedale California joining a signal company. Pvt Wilmer Dale Harris and Pvt Lawrence Lewis progress in service with promotions and prior training at Camp Robinson Fort Meade and Cleve land. Several Athens area graduates from Ohio University advance to Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning with prior ROTC experience. Additional notes cover family letters from Ireland and Pacific theater assignments plus North Africa arrival and flight crew promotions at Turner Field and Fort Fisher.
Funeral services for Miss Stella Eggleston aged 37 of 202 N Ogden Ave former nurse at Athens State Hospital who died in Mt Carmel Hospital will be held at 2 30 p m Friday in Trinity Episcopal Church. She was born in Langham West Virginia and is survived by her father William Eggleston a sister Miss Ruth Eggleston and five brothers Vincent Peter John Archie and James all in West Virginia.
Miss Mary Jane Cox daughter of Mr and Mrs Hiram S Cox and Lieut Frederick Paul Zuspan USMC son of Mr and Mrs I G Zuspan of Richwood were married November 23 in the First Methodist Church Hillsboro with Rev G Glen Hughes officiating. The couple were unattended. The bride wore a blue wool street dress with a shoulder corsage of white roses and baby's breath and pearls given by the groom. The bride is a Hamden High School and Ohio State University graduate and a teacher in Xenia public schools. Zuspan is a Richwood High School graduate who attended Ohio State University before entering the service in 1942 and is a dive bomber pilot at Cherry Point NC. Several families and friends from Columbus Greenfield Pickerington and Xenia visited or hosted those listed in this social column.
President Paul Gillilan announced all stores in the Athens Retail Merchants Association will stay open Thursday afternoons except groceries which close at noon except on the Thursday before Christmas.
Chester society notes a miscellaneous shower honoring Mr and Mrs John Lodwick with 75 relatives and guests in attendance. Inductions and travel for local residents are listed along with garden club and church society plans for December events.
Announcement by Mr. John Woolley states the Boy Scout committee begins a drive to raise funds to maintain Camp Dupler in Athens. Letters have been mailed requesting donations and contributors are urged to give promptly to close the campaign. John Bolin leads the drive.
Athens firemen were called yesterday afternoon to the home of Mrs. Louis Houx at 44 Stimson Ave to extinguish a small fire caused by painters burning paint off the side of the house. Fire Chief C. A. Parker reported there was little damage.
Athens joined six other Ohio cities Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton and Toledo in civil service examinations for the State Division of Aid for the Aged and State Division of Social Administration. Results in Athens expected within ten days. Mooney urged college youths to consider social welfare work to fill ongoing personnel shortages. Over 300 state and county positions remain to be filled, including casework supervisors workers investigators managers field representatives and child welfare workers.
Pvt Elizabeth Story of Camp Kilmer New Jersey is spending a ten day furlough with relatives at Kingsbury Road. She plans a Columbus visit Saturday evening with Mrs Donald Mathews and a return to New Jersey Sunday. Her sister Miss Peggy Story of Ohio University stayed home and hosted Pvt Story in Athens Wednesday evening.
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