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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1949
Page
10
The two year old son of Mr and Mrs Brooks Sturgeon of 2225 Jefferson Blvd is seriously injured after being thrown from a bicycle. He is a surgical patient at Holzer Hospital and is expected to return home this weekend.
Wendell McCoy of Lafayette Post 7 American Legion told members that about one third of anticipated veteran hospitalization facilities are being lost. He cited Toledo and Cincinnati hospitals shrinking capacity and warned many will lack care without war service connections. The talk accompanied Lafayette Post’s quota achievement of 471 members toward a 465 goal.
Advertises KLORONOL as a quick solution to misery from nasal congestion hay fever and sinus headaches. Claims relief for clogged nostrils earache and sneezing. Priced at $3.00 with money back guarantee from Athens Pharmacy 128 Court St. Mail orders filled.
GALLIPOLIS L H Nelson 65 of 906 Fourth Ave retires from the New York Central Railroad after service as fireman and engineer on trains 2 and 3. Retirement effective Jan 11 1949 his birthday. He joined in June 1904 and moved here with family from Dexter in Meigs County. His son William Reynolds Nelson earned a B Sc in education at Ohio State and studies law. Mrs Nelson is Maude Reynolds of Addison. Nelson will pursue farming and conservation interests. He is a Mason, Eastern Star member and Presbyterian.
Mrs. Mary Margaret Willis, secretary in the Gallia county extension service, resigns effective Feb 15. She is succeeded by Betty Lincoln of Gallipolis who last year graduated from Rio Grande High School.
The body of Sgt Merrill Elmer Niday killed in action near Elrich Germany in 1945 arrives for services Sunday at Grace Methodist Church with the American Legion. Born Oak Hill December 22 1924 he attended Gallia Academy High School Ohio State University and joined the Army in 1943. He served with the 104th Division Timberwolves in Belgium Holland and Germany earning the Silver Star and Purple Heart. He is survived by parents Mr and Mrs E S Niday a brother and sister Lloyd Niday and Mrs Paul Williams. Interment in Mound Hill Cemetery.
Gallipolis reports a century celebration at First Baptist Church with a long distance address by Rev. George Sagen of Greenville Texas to highlight the anniversary events. Former pastor Rev. Robert Pierce of Philadelphia will also speak as part of the commemorations. Special music comes from Gallia Academy High School a cappella choir and Mr and Mrs Charles Pugh touring to South America.
Gallipolis municipal court jailed Lonnie Hatfield for five days and fined 15 dollars after he failed to answer a state patrol citation and did not appear for arraignment. Patrol also charged Robert Koerner of St. Cloud Minnesota with DUI, fining 75 dollars and costs and suspending his Ohio driving rights for six months. Charles Carter of Crown City was fined 10 dollars and costs. All three were arrested by the patrol.
Gallia County Home Council schedules a morning session at the Baptist Church on Feb. 9 with a film by Mrs. Keith Suiter and a talk by Dr. Jacob Weinberger of Holzer Hospital about the new Cancer Detection clinic opening Feb. 16. Afternoon program features Dr. H. Creed of Athens. A potluck dinner follows. open to all home makers.
Calvin Holbert 36 of Jackson Route 1 is at Holzer Hospital with a concussion of the left shoulder after losing control of his car on Route 75 three and a half miles south of Jackson. His wife Maudie B. Holbert was not injured. The accident occurred Wednesday.
Mrs. Har old Somerville, Mrs. Gail Faires and Miss Juliet Smith hosted the Christ Church Service Guild February luncheon at the parish house. Rev. Robert Findlay Thomas opened with a prayer. Plans were announced for a benefit bridge at 7 30 p m February 10 with more than ten prizes and refreshments.
The Heights EUB Church held its monthly business and social meeting on Tuesday night with Mrs. Lawrence Mattox presiding. Hosts included Mr. and Mrs. James Morrison and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cottrill, with games and a radio program providing recreation. Refreshments were served to a long list of attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lewis Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Mack Bennett Jr., and many others.
The Anne Bailey Farm Woman's Club held a Tuesday afternoon meeting at Mrs. Roy Kincaid’s Ripley Road home. Girard Fowler led devotionals and Mrs. Oak Thomas led the discussion on the lesson Simplifying Your House Work. Refreshments echoed Valentine season. Attendees included Mrs. Milton Lewis Sr. and several named members and guests.
Mrs Harry D Roush entertained the Five Hundred Club at Viand Street Tuesday evening as vacations reduced at home attendance. Players included Mrs N A Park Mrs Cary Howard Rayburn Mrs Gertrude Halliday and Mrs Walter A Windsor with Mrs Windsor taking high score.
Mrs George H Overholt will entertain her card club at the home on Ohio River Road this evening.
Mrs Eustace Wilson and Mrs William Biffle visited in Pomeroy on Wednesday afternoon. Ralph Rumfield riverman residing on Sand Hill Road returned home Tuesday evening from Holzer Hospital where he underwent an appendectomy. Miss Reba Beale returned to her home on Main Street Wednesday from Holzer Hospital where she had been a patient for ten days.
Emmett Bostic of 925 Third Ave. is confined to his home in critical condition. Mrs. Matt Payne of 33 Garfield Ave. is convalescing after about five weeks of illness. Lee Parsons has returned to duties as a City Cabs driver after more than a week of illness.
Mrs Homer Martin, visiting Port Arthur Texas, reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. James David Collins on February 1. Mrs. Collins is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin of Jefferson Boulevard.
Pvt. Murrell L. McKinney killed in action at Kassell Germany April 5 1945 was brought to Chapman funeral home. Funeral services Sunday at 2 30 p m Mt Zion Church Ripley Road with full military rites burial in church cemetery Rev Charles Parrish of Orlando West Virginia officiating pallbearers Allen Pickens Robert Lee Virgil Edwards Charles Love Buddy Thomas Owens Plants. Survived by parents G W and Lydia McKinney three brothers Junior Orlando McKinney Russell McKinney of Columbus two sisters Mrs Evelyn Nowlin Pliny and Miss Maxine McKinney. He entered Army July 18 1943 arrived European Theater December 1944 with Company F 319th Infantry born April 30 1921.
Harold Shadle of Mt Vernon Farms Arbuckle District is hospitalized at Holzer Hospital with a compound leg fracture after stepping into a depression on his farm Saturday evening. Reports say the fractured bone will need re setting.
Three inmates of Lakin Industrial School for Boys escaped Tuesday night and were caught near Camp Conley by school authorities and state patrolmen alerted to follow them as they entered the city.
Miss Doro thy Watkins stated she has no information about an epidemic of whooping cough or pneumonia. She reports only two pneumonia cases in the county and says general health appears good based on physicians' reports.
Gallipolis list of admissions includes Mrs. L F Cavendish Huntington and others from Jackson Mullins Oak Hill and Kanauga. Births record a son born to Mrs. Oscar Crabtree Jackson. Discharges include Miss Reba Beale Seldon Moore J N Withers Mrs Carl Price and Mrs Wayne Brown.
Locks expected to open around 1 a.m. Thursday as river levels show a slow rise and falls across the Kanawha district. Vessel movements include Solvay, Ernestine, Brandt, Sohio State at Gallipolis and Senet, Marmet, Coombs on the Kanawha with shifts in level readings.
The Point Clinic notes a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Tracy Wool fingbarger of Henderson. Mrs Willard Long and her infant daughter Patricia Darlene were discharged and returned home to Apple Grove.
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