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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1943
Page
12
Gallipolis marks the New Year with dances at the Eagles and Fiks Club and a Watch Night Prayer service at First Baptist Church. Residents travel to Point Pleasant to welcome 1944 then return for local celebrations. merchants plan gifts for the first baby born in 1944.
Mrs Mina Stirl ing Hansen aged 85 founder of Mina Chapel Church on Neighborhood Road died at her daughter Mrs James Hayden home in Salem Ohio Burial will be at Salem A niece Mrs Ezra Spears of Gallipolis is among her relatives The church was named in her honor.
Two divorces were granted and one new divorce suit filed Thursday. A. W. Sowards was granted a divorce from Dealia Opal Sowards. Clifford M. Wheeler received a decree in his suit against Thelma P. Wheeler. Edward C. White asks for divorce from Rosemary White, married July 9, 1939, charging gross neglect.
Martin, a vocational agriculture teacher at Gallia Academy High School, buys seven acres from John E. Evans in Evans Heights, stamps showing about 3500. Max Eno sells 42.5 acres in Mor ae Township and 13 acres in Bringfield Township to K M Casto, around 1500.
George E. Bush, on active duty overseas, has been promoted to colonel in the United States Army. A West Point graduate, he served in the south Pacific since Pearl Harbor. His wife Helen McDade and daughter Jane reside in the Bean Apartments, State Street. Col Bush has a three week leave and is spending it in New Zealand.
Mrs Boyd Thomas was discharged Tuesday. New patients include Mrs Clair Spires 88 Pine St city admitted Thursday Gladys Dill 15 Pomeroy admitted for surgery Wednesday in good condition John Slater 63 Oak Hill for treatment of injuries condition good Betty Jane Neville 13 Pt Pleasant medical good condition Elbert Clark Bidwell and Mrs Edgar Thomas Pomeroy each had a good post operative night sentence to the hospital repost Mrs Nannie Taylor city Bobby Walker Henderson W Va and Patty Smith Hartford are hang as only fair Walter Blazer city remains in a critical condition.
Charlie White aged 45 longtime Gallipolis resident died Thursday at his mother's Fourth Avenue home after an illness beginning on Christmas Day. He was the son of the late Henry White and Mrs Amanda White. Funeral plans pending arrival of his brother Guy White, working in Elyria.
Funeral services conducted by Rev. W Scott Westerman were held at the Entsminger home at 2 PM for Miss Entsminger. Pallbearers named were H W Dexter Ed C Berridge Stewart Clendinen William McKnight H W Carman and Dr L B E Smith.
Reports received by the Kayser family Thursday evening indicate Rupert Kayser Jr. shows some improvement from spinal meningitis. His father, who left Wednesday to be with him, is at his side in Fort Belvoir Army Hospital, Virginia.
A S Lloyd manager of the Ohio Produce Co. and clerk of the City Board of Education, who has been seriously ill since Thanksgiving Day from coronary thrombosis, is reported to be slowly improving.
Rev. Vernon C. Shafer, pastor, leads Sunday School at 9 15 morning worship follows. Young People’s service set for 6 45 p m.
The Philadelphia Assembly circulated playing cards as invitations to attend a birthday hall honoring George Washington, inviting prominent citizens to participate in the event.
The War Bond dance at the Point Pleasant Senior Womans Club in the main street gymnasium drew a large crowd and raised extra funds to extend the music one hour. Patriotic decor by Legionnaire Bob McGuffin complemented the war bond theme as numerous local residents attended the event.
Betty Jane Newell daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Newell was removed from her home to Holzer Hospital yesterday suffering from pneumonia.
Point Pleasant Kiwanis Club met in the Masonic Temple Thursday evening to install officers for the new year during ladies night. About 79 attended. Officers named: C. H. Wither governor, Ernest Kincaide vice governor, C. G. Billups secretary, J. A. Adie treasurer, and others. Dr. Leonard Riggleman of Morris-Harvey College spoke on The Abundantness of Life. A turkey dinner followed. ladies received favors and carnations.
Gallia Baptist Association schedules a week of prayer across multiple county churches led by Rev. Jennings Cremeens Rev. Bar Cremeens and Rev. W Z Coffey with services nightly January 3 to 8 at Mercerville Yellowtown Mina Chapel Northup Eureka Methodist Mount Zion Sunday worship at 10 30 and a Watch Night service December 31 Friday. A Missionary Society all day meeting January 7 includes luncheon.
The Church of Christ on Garfield Avenue led by Rev. Tad Waller invites members to a Sunday Bible study at 10:00 a.m. followed by worship at 10:45 a.m. Evening services start at 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday prayer meeting convenes at 7:30 p.m.
Rev. George A Tipton pastors the church with Mrs. Billa Stephenson as superintendent. Sunday School at 10 a m and Sunday Worship services follow. Evening service at 8 o'clock. Prayer meeting at 8 each Thursday evening. Special prayer meetings for men in the armed forces on Friday afternoon.
Miss Mary Van Horn hosted a holiday party at the Van Horn home on Main Street with games prizes and refreshments. The guest list included Ann Ferguson Maureen O Harra Charlotte Weissenburger Ella May McKinley and several others.
Point Pleasant Mayor B W Krodel asks all residents to observe Saturday January 1 1944 as a special day for prayer. He cites national unity and religious foundation and urges families to pray at home or attend church for the wartime effort’s success.
The shipyard in Point Pleasant will be closed Saturday for New Year’s Day. Announcement came from Jason T. Weissenburger, assistant to the president, with no disclosure of a possible Washington directive.
William J. Kenny aged 84, retired journalist and Point Pleasant native, is gravely ill at 205 14th Street. Son of Prof William J. Kenny, he began as a printer's devil at 16 in Huntington and rose to editorship, a lifelong reader of newspapers before illness.
George A. Rairden of Leon Mason County, member of the lower house, is able to be about after influenza. Other townspeople listed include C. H. Hill and family, Miss Betty Jo Brown, O. B. Burns, T. H. Cossin, Dale Bailes, and H. A. Buxton.
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