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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1945
Page
2
Reported damage from a soot fire at a residence on South Bridge Street involved an automobile owned by H. Firemen were summoned by Mrs. E. J. Shannon of New Mexico at 10:30 p m Sunday but the fire was already burning and not extinguished upon arrival.
In Mayor Franz Woodworth s court two drivers were arraigned and fined for intoxicated driving. Linton Sickles 40 of 328 Shaffer and Carl Meeks 37 of 251 Highland Ave pleaded guilty to charges of intoxication and were fined amounts plus costs. Lewis Miller 22 of Athens pleaded guilty to fighting and quarreling and received a 10 dollar fine with costs. Everett Adams 55 of Murray City was fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication. A sixth man Frank McLogie 26 of Belle Valley was ordered to leave town by noon.
The mercury touched zero at 8 30 am Sunday before rising slowly. Mrs. C N France weather observer notes yesterday’s zero reading occurred about 90 minutes after two degrees above zero at 7 am. The day climbed to 24 degrees with a low of 15 degrees overnight.
The State Highway Patrol reports a head on crash Saturday night three miles north of Jackson injuring David E. Morgan 46 of Jackson. He suffered fractured ribs and facial injuries while the truck driver Arthur F. Mahle 26 Wellston was northbound. Both vehicles damaged at 11 45 p m.
Miss Ruth Martin 33 died Sunday morning in Gallipolis after a long illness. She is survived by her father Knowles Martin Nelsonville a brother Dale Martin Corning and a sister Mrs Vernon D Hines Newport Ky. Funeral services will be at 2 pm Tuesday at Hoodlet Funeral Home with burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Two youths, Charles Nicholson and Everett Coen, were arraigned before Mayor Franz Woodworth and fined 25 dollars plus costs for malicious destruction of property tied to damage of Albany’s Christmas tree. A third youth was committed to Juvenile Court custody. The sheriff noted missing lightbulbs and two strings of lights from a home tree.
The scene shows Mema managing post Christmas in Belgium with Alice the maid preparing the meal as Santa in tank clothes joins guests. Bearded Chicago Tribune correspondent Jack Thompson dances. neighbors marvel at American revelry while distant German guns fade into defeat by 1945.
Merchants in Bend area report thriving holiday business with shelves emptied of many items. Shoppers pick through remaining goods, noting shortages of Christmas tree trimmings hoses galoshes and flannel nightgowns. Children’s toys candy and ample meat fruit and vegetables dominate the offerings.
An urgent call for 606 kitchen workers to relieve a bottleneck at the Indiantown Gap Separation Center was issued today the reservation lists many Southeastern Ohioans receiving their discharges. Complete information is available from the Civilian Personnel Branch Office or Athens U S Employment Service Offices.
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