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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1944
Page
15
Athens County bonds report lists each district quota subscribers and total purchases as of last night, compiled for county headquarters. The table details district by district commitments reflecting individual subscriptions in the drive.
Bond sales in Athens County for the Fourth War Loan Drive totalled 360 09575 dollars up to last night. 3 284 persons have purchased bonds. Chairman F H Sands urges reporters to report all subs to credit and backs the drive with a slogan urging extra bonds. Institutional subscriptions go toward a countywide quota of 526000.
John Martin age 27 of Parkersburg West Virginia admitted stealing a 1940 Buick sedan in Parkersburg and was jailed in Athens County after FBI involvement. The theft involved moving the car across state lines and followed his arrest by Sheriff George Bateman in Coolville.
Paul C. Gillilan Athens jeweler was appointed by Mayor Franz Woodworth to the Athens Civil Service Board for a six year term. He replaces Seth Lewis whose term expired and declined reappointment. Other board members are Warren Ross and W. B. Drake.
Republican Mr Bobo announces he will seek a second term and run for one of the two Republican nominations in the May primary. He is the first Republican commissioner candidate to announce. A Lodi Township native, he was elected in 1940 and took office the next January.
Eliza Earnheart of Logan visits with Haas and family. Paul Bennington inspects school water supply. Judge Arlo Chatfield and Wallace Cline visit Heinleins. Geigers and Fuller family guests. Mrs Minnie Cherry and others visit Logan. Junior Heinlein inducted into the U S Army. Glen Harris to be inducted in Columbus. Community visits include Mowery, Cherry Hospital operation, and a large party at the School Building with guests from Columbus Swan and others.
Recognition of bluejackets and soldiers in training assignments across Army Air Forces, Navy, and Marine reserves. Names include Charles Franklin Carpenter and James E. Gaston with home addresses and service details plus Lt. Robert B. Covert at Midland Army Air Field and Richard Schloss at Brooklyn Navy Hospital.
Masquers presented Not Quite Such a Goose at the Athens High School assembly. A baseball star reunites with a former acquaintance who has become a lovely girl revealing changes of heart and mind. Cast includes Jean Dow Deanue McPherson Mark Biddison Betty Heavener and John Deissle directed by A A Nellis with Jim Hallett presiding.
About eight and a half tons of waste paper were collected in Athens City on Wednesday by the Junior Army of Athens High School. Don Peden reported the effort and praise flowed from W. H. Wakefield and Supt. H. C. Pendry for the students and many contributors. The drive follows an 11 ton haul in November and profits will help Boy Scouts via a share of the proceeds.
Pvt. Gerald Mills son of Mr and Mrs Harry Mills of Marietta was seriously wounded in Italy. Mills graduated Bartlett High School in 1940 and captained the basketball team his senior year. His parents now live in Marietta where his father works for the State Highway Department.
Mrs. Adam McClary of Athens files for divorce from Ross McClary alleging gross neglect. She seeks possession of household goods and furniture custody and support of their four year old son and alimony. They married January 2 1939 in Pometoy.
Ohio Michigan Kentucky Indiana West Virginia ration roundups list processing foods stamps A through K etc with expiry dates February through March. It covers meats cheese butter fats canned fish canned milk brown stamps V W sugar stamp 30 shoes airplane stamp gasolines tires inspections fuel oil liquor period and allotments specifics for each item with state notes and coupon values.
Athens County extension agent Ross Wright announced completion of poultry records for the year ending Sept 30. Highest egg yield per hen was 184.9 in R C Dodd’s Coolville flock, followed by Henry DePue and Cecil Watkins. Wright noted the figures show costs and prices, not a contest, with flocks totaling 56 to 404 hens and all using white leghorns.
The Franklin County Red Cross unit will visit Athens County Feb 14 18 to meet a local blood quota. Dr. Carl A Frey urged immediate registration by calling 955 noting rising need for plasma as more men go into action.
Mary May of Glouster visited Jes sie Wilson last Friday. Lucy Kirkbride of Canton visits near Bishopville and oversees a 1943 alfalfa hay crop. Local residents, including the Pedicords and Watkins family, exchanged calls and hosted guests. The Get-Together Club near Bishopville held a meeting with letters from local boys read aloud. Also noted, food science claims meat frozen twice is more tender.
Fifteen Mason County men are new recruits at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Names include Everett Grimm Arbuckle William L. Henry Dewane P. Casey Gallipolis Ferry William B. Sayre Grimms Landing Cecil D. Roush Kayleng Henry L. Shinn Millard L. Rice Leon William L. Neville Mason City Virgil L. Stalnaker Point Pleasant James M. Sturgeon Sidney FE Hudson Robert A. Smith Philip T. McGuffin Warren H. Love Point Pleasant.
R L Wolf the Ohio Grand Lodge grand master announced George M Neffner former secretary of state will serve as temporary grand secretary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Ohio to replace Charles T Cross who died in Lebanon Ohio Cross held the post 16 years Neffner will serve until a mail vote by 78 Grand Lodge representatives elects a permanent secretary and will not seek the post in that election He plans to run for secretary of state in May and cannot take a position that interferes with his candidacy.
The 12 Messenger carriers in Athens who won places on the honor roll the past week by giving perfect service to all customers are Herbert Harris, Jimmy Westfall, Roger Gilkey, Tommy Dowler, Gene LaBan, Merrill Thomas, Danny Morrison, Dick Clippinger, Charles Gilkey, Benny Roberts, Don Carr, and Carlos Bean.
A group of Athens County teachers will meet at Ohio University Saturday morning to form a class to study juvenile delinquency with Dr H J Jeddeloh in charge. The class will meet weekly.
A medicated liquid named Kleerex claims to dry pimples overnight. Users report clear complexions after nightly application and Athens Pharmacy markets the product with a 50 cent price and money back guarantee.
Principal C L Wood announced 53 students at Athens High School earned honor roll status for the recent period with B average required. Seniors include Betty Heavener and Jim Cum ley. juniors include Sallie Armstrong and John Pence. sophomores include Katherine Farley and Mary Blaker.
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