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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1945
Page
8
A fragile note mixes an odd peace message with wartime jargon as a school Santa serenely marks Christmas amid a landscape of steel rails described as an aspara gas bed. The piece mentions death and community figures in Point Pleasant and nearby towns.
Kenneth Dale Russell, S 2-c, returns to active duty in Shoemaker California after five months in hospital. Celebration in Pomeroy marks peace with a large electrified star visible across Meigs and Mason counties, hung on the site of the cross at the highest point.
The Rev Ralph Kuether of Federated Church inspired a holiday decor project on Lincoln Hill. Ohio Power Company workers erected a star visible through Christmas season. At Senior High School, students under Aaron Zahl built a life size Santa in a sleigh with reindeer and a Peace on Earth backdrop. Crosses play over PA to enhance the display and several homes on Union Avenue Mulberry Avenue and W Main Street Terrace feature outside lights and Christmas trees.
Three youths were injured when a car driven by Robert F. Chattin struck a vehicle stopped on Route 62 near Wahama High School in Mason City. Lewis Capehart, about 18, suffered a leg injury requiring amputation after admission to Holzer Hospital. Chattin, of Clifton, admitted faint headlights and a frosted windshield contributed to the crash. he faces reckless driving charges, arraigned on bond. Robert Harrah of New Haven sustained minor injuries.
Hamilton Stewart and Clayton Albert Hes son of Robinson District were arrested Friday night by Sgt. Paul Thomas for intoxication. They pleaded guilty at arraignment Saturday and paid fines of 5 dollars plus costs. The New Zealand moa, a bird twice the size of an ostrich, became extinct in 1800.
Dr Ulyses Grant Arnett a Pt Pleasant physician and businessman died Sunday night at his home at 1210 Viand Si after a two month illness. He was born Irene Spencer on a farm and practiced in Spencer, Henderson, then Point Pleasant. He served in World War I as a captain in the Army Medical Corps. Survived by two wives, three sons and two daughters, four grandsons and three granddaughters. Burial at Lone Oak Cemetery after service at Christ Episcopal Church. He was a longtime Republican, Mason County Coroner, and Legion member.
Funeral services for Kenneth Rose son of Walter K Rose and the late Mrs Rose were conducted at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev Frank Cady officiating. Relatives from Letart West Virginia Akron Permony Kananga Charleston attended the service.
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