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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1944

Page

2

Transformed Homes sermon at Church of Christ in Nelsonville

The Church of Christ in Nelsonville continues its series with Rev L E Evans delivering Transformed Homes at 10 30 the morning service and Bible school at 9 30 under George Barrows. Guest Rev C A Freer of Columbus will speak at the 7 pm service and Week of Compassion activities run February 20 27 with dinners and a morning service on February 27.

Nelsonville Church of Christ L. E. Evans Bible School George Barrows C. A. Freer Columbus Compassion World Brotherhood Joseph P. Daab First Christian Church McArthur

Buchtel Bruins Sweep Glouster in Doubleheader

The Buchtel Reserves won 17 to 11 as Sheskey scored 13 points. The Varsity topped Glouster 27 to 18 led by Graham with 14 points. Buchtel advances to Jacksonville Trimble for their final regular game before the tournament.

Buchtel Buchtel Bruins Glouster Sheskey Buchtel Varsity Graham Jacksonville- Trimble Freda Wright Miss Lux Winifred Schively Jones Fern Martin Harris Meade Highly Darling Grace Locke Berkley Sis Sanders E. C. Bond Wolfe Roberts Oneeeewer Enews Nelsonville

Teachers Association To Meet on Monday

The Buchtel York Teachers Association will hold its regular February meeting Monday night February 14 in the high school auditorium. Mr. Koehler will direct the program featuring a one act comedy First Aid for the P T A with Jazchelle the colored maid played by Mrs Gladys Wade and the hostess Mrs Evelyn Taylor with Mrs Blanche Smith in the cast.

Methodist Institute To Be Held Saturday

Nelsonville youths gather for the eastern Chillicothe district event at the local church registration starts 9 30 a m lunch at noon and an evening banquet served by the Women s Society of Christian Service members planning for the mid winter institute with a full day of activities

Nelsonville Youth Fellowship Mid-winter Institute Chillicothe Methodist Church the Women's Society of Christian Service

Methodist Program Is Announced in NelSonville

Nelsonville First Methodist Church announces Sunday events for Feb 13. Sunday School at 9:30 under Superintendent Floyd Pence. Morning worship at 10:30 with Rev. Charles Freer as guest speaker formerly of the Church of Christ. Youth Fellowship at 6, evening service at 7 led by Rev. Wm. M. George. Honor Roll dedication planned for Feb 20 at 10:30. Public invited.

Nelsonville First Methodist Church Floyd Pence Charles Freer Wm. M. George

York Servicemen and Evans Brothers Overseas Service

Mr. and Mrs. Charles DeWeese report their nephew Staff Sergeant Robert Bircher is somewhere in England and says mail from home is not reaching him. Pvt. Arthur S. Evans has arrived in Italy. he is the fourth Evans son in overseas service. Other Evans listed include Walter Evans, a carpenter's mate third class, Pvt. Alfred B. Evans in a Honolulu hospital, and Albert Earl Evans, petty officer third class.

Charles DeWeese Robert Bircher England Arthur S. Evans James Evans Nelsonville Italy

Cattle Truck and Automobile Collide near Canal and Adams

A cattle truck and an automobile collided near Canal and Adams Streets Thursday causing minor damage. Patrolman Charles Thompson investigated. The Azbell car from 923 Poplar Street Nelsonville headed east and the Fletcher truck from Lewis County West Virginia driven by Orville Barnett, also of Lewis County, collided as Azbell turned left while the truck passed. No injuries reported with damaged cab fender and rear end.

Nelsonville Canal and Adams Sts Charles Thompson Charles Azbell Poplar St Ralph Fletcher Lewis County W. Va Orville T. Barnett Azbell Canal Adams St

Murray City Cagers Defeat Carbon Hill

Murray City varsity beat Carbon Hill 42 35 at Murray. The Murray City Reserves won 19 13, handing Carbon Hill its first reserve loss in 16 games and its varsity loss in 10 games.

Murray City Carbon Hill Mur City Murray

Ralph Jewett Rites Planned At Carbondale Church

Funeral services for Ralph Jewett will be Sunday at 2 p m at Carbondale M E Church with Rev. Carroll Chesser and Rev. William Brown officiating. Burial is in Athens Cemetery. Surviving are wife Lottie three daughters Maurice Lorraine Phyliss Anna Jean and son Robert of the home and Mrs Billie Johnson of Akron three sisters Mrs Mary Nesbit Barnesboro Pa Mrs Anna Muir Elnora Pa Mrs Sadie Greer Clymer Pa and two brothers Jane Joe and William of Elnora Pa.

Nelsonville Ralph Jewett Carbondale M. E Carroll Chesser William Brown Athens Carbondale Lottie Maurice Lorraine Phyliss Anna Jean Robert Goldie Johnson Akron Mary Nesbit Barnes

Service Club Meets Monday Evening in Nelsonville

Nelsonville York Township Service Club meets Monday Feb 14 at 7 PM in the American Legion building. Guests welcome. members to bring two prospective members and a dozen cookies. Light refreshments, a program, nominating committee report for 1944 officers, and a Valentine box will be available.

Nelsonville York Township American Legion

Water Light Office To Close Saturday

NELSONVILLE The municipal electric light and water works office and City Hall will be closed all day Saturday February 12 in observance of Lincoln's Birthday a national holiday announced by Mayor Miles Howe.

Nelsonville Municipal Electric Light and Water Works Lincoln Miles Howe

Nelsonville Fourth War Loan Drive Subscriptions Total

The Nelsonville committee announced the grand total of subscriptions reached 91355 dollars and 62 cents this morning. A balance of 6938 dollars and 62 cents remains to be subscribed before Tuesday February 15, the campaign closing date.

Nelsonville

Epiphany Church Plans Morning Prayer Service

Epiphany Episcopal Church in Nelsonville will hold Morning Prayer on February 13 the 6th Sunday after Epiphany at 9 30 oclock.

Nelsonville Epiphany Episcopal Church

Revival at Carbon Hill Church Begins February

The Carbon Hill Methodist Church opens a revival on February 14 led by Pastor Jaive's Shifflet with oe Duse Snyder in charge.

Carbon Hill Carbon Hill Methodist Church Oe Duse Snyder Jaive Shifflet

W C T U Meeting and Local Socials Highlight Nelsonville Notes

The Nelsonville social column reports the Woman's Christian Temperance Union hosted a meeting at Mrs P N Miller's home with devotional leadership by Mrs Sam Starkey. Reports showed 72 visits to the sick and 700 pages of literature distributed, plus articles on citizenship juvenile delinquency and temperance in Army camps.

Nelsonville Woman's, Christian Temperance Union P. N. Miller Chestnut St Sam Starkey Thomas Spencer Fannie Williams Starkey Ida B. Wise Smith Union Signal Fay Howard Frances Willard Miss Willard W.C.T.U Rosemary Reynolds Valentine

Concord Union Church service near Jacksonville

Nelsonville reports pastor William M. George will preach at Concord Union Church three miles east of Jacksonville Sunday at 2 30 p m. The public is invited. Floyd Hartman of Gore pleaded guilty to operating an improperly loaded coal truck and was fined 10 dollars plus costs after an arraignment in Mayor Miles Howe's court with affidavit on file by the State Highway Patrol. A benefit party for Pocahontas is planned by the Degree on February 14 at 8 p.m.

Nelsonville William M. George First Methodist Concord Union Church Jacksonville Floyd Hartman Gore Miles Howe State Highway Patrol

Brewers Will Move to Rutland Village Home

E. S. Brewer, who sold his Springfield Township farm near the Old Brick Church last fall, has bought a sixteen acre tract with a modern house in Rutland village from Rey Roy Tillis. The Brewers will move March 1, with Willard Grover and Son Agency handling the negotiations.

Gallipolis Brewer Springfield Township Rutland Rey Roy Tillis Willard Grover and Son Her

Mother of Gallipolis Man Dies in Stevens Alabama

Mrs. George W. Cowan of Gallipolis and mother of J. H. Cowan of Grape Street died Monday night at her Stevens Alabama home after a long illness. Mr. Cowan had left Saturday for Stevens where his wife had been caring for the mother for six weeks.

Gallipolis South Gallipolis George W. Cowan J. H. Cowan Grape St Stevens Alabama Cowan

Mason 4-H Clubs Plan Projects and Activities

Mason 4-H clubs led by Mrs Clarice Knapp prepare for new projects including baby chicks seeds and shrubs pigs calves tools feed and fertilizers. Clubs such as Mountain Climbers Early Bird Pine Ridge Co-Workers Eight Mile Workers Hill Climbers and Bird Alarm Clock discuss projects events and leaders with members and guests noted.

Point Pleasant Clarice Knapp Early Bird Club Ivalee Wears Virginia Wears Louise Litchfield Gevieve Adams Juanita Spence Pine Ridge Junior Canterbury Canterbury Kathleen Honaker Vonna Mae Burris Keith Cox Robbie Lewis Eileen Honaker Dottie Lewis June Caudill Virginia Cox Anita Camp Bernadine Sayre Gloria Gibson Dallas Caudill Dorothy Is Knapp Eight Mile White Oak School

Veterans To Apply For Special Pay

Point Pleasant Adjutant R F McGuffin said the local American Legion post has blanks to apply for mustering out pay. The forms aid men discharged since the start of the present war.

Point Pleasant R. F. McGuffin American Legion

Scout Rally Planned for Next Monday at Junior High

Scout Rally will be held Monday evening at 8 in the auditorium of the Junior High School in Point Pleasant Mason County. E D Brown district scout director announces a program with C H Withers principal address Why Scouting moving pictures and performances by Scouts and Cub leaders including Dennis Lilly and Harold Somerville.

Point Pleasant Mason County Boy Scouts E. D. Brown Withers Brown Dennis Lilly Marietta Troup Harold E. Somerville Christ Episcopal Church

Pt Pleasant Social Notes Highlight Club Meetings

Four O clock Club hosted by Mrs William Meade on Main St featured a talk by Mrs Robert Cutting of New Orleans on Australia and India life and colonial settlement. Other items include Christ Church Service Guild dinner plans, Concord Church Ladies Aid Society officers, and local visits plus an Australian ant fact.

Point Pleasant Four O'Clock Club William Meade Main St William Steenbergen India Robert Cutting New Orleans Australia Cutting Steenbergen Louis Bateson Peter H. Steenbergen John William Steenbergen Hamilton A. Johnson William H. Vaught

More Than 50 Mason Men Headed to Huntington for Pre-Induction Tests

In Huntington on Thursday a group of over fifty Mason County men prepared for pre-induction exams. Two buses failed en route causing delays. locals arranged transportation and some men traveled by private car. Rev. C. G. Billups spoke brief words of encouragement as coffee, doughnuts, and cigarettes were provided before departure to the induction center.

Huntington Point Pleasant Mason County C. G. Billups Doc McKinney L. W. Getty William Adkins Harry Bonecutter Richard Cook Glenn Sayre Cecil Huddleston James Selby Charles William Durst Harry Ray Sayre Robert Earl Grant Charles Bechtle Carter Franklin Edward Jackson Miller Boyd Pearson Guy Jeffers Robert Knopp Howard Selby Charleston Charles Holley Ashton Neal Wray Earl Ray Stover Ivan Wayne Plants Apple Grove Ira Trippett Richard Meadows Hershel Jeffers Garrett Powell Glenwood Carl Chattin Eunice Loftus Rollins Richard McDade Martin

Mrs. Lydia Wilson Dies at Son's Home in Henderson

Mrs. Lydia Henderson Wilson of Gallipolis Ferry dies at her son Lou Wilsons home in Henderson after months of illness and a fall. Funeral at 2 PM Sunday from the sons home with Rev. Ellis and Rev. Gregg. burial in Henderson Cemetery. Born July 11 1858 in Mason County she was over 85. Survived by four sons J N Wilson Lou Wilson Charles Wilson and Otto B Wilson a brother J S Henderson six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Member of the Methodist Church and active in local religious work.

Point Pleasant Lydia Henderson Wilson Gallipolis Ferry Lou Wilson Henderson Wilson Mason County Samuel Bruce Lydia George Henderson Joseph Wilson J. N. Wilson Charles Wilson Otto B. Wilson Huntington J. S. Henderson

Reed Withdraws From State Senate Race

State Senator E. Ray Reed of the Fourth District withdrew as a candidate for renomination to the Senate before filing for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. Harland Staats of Ripley now has no opponent for the senatorial nomination.

Point Pleasant E. Ray Reed Harlan Staats Ripley

Garden Soil Tips and Fertilizer Advice by Floyd Rothlisberger

Floyd Rothlisberger advises on choosing a garden site with deep well drained sandy or silt loam. He recommends 20 tons per acre of barnyard manure, fall application, and deep plowing to improve air drainage and soil food supply. Lime when soil is sour but not overdone. apply two tons per acre with ground limestone. Use a 5 10 10 fertilizer, about 1000 pounds per acre, broadcast before planting and incorporated by harrowing.

Floyd Rothlisberger Point Pleasant

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Methodist Institute Methodist York Jewett Service Club Episcopal Services Naval Air Transport Service Navy OWI Nea Nelsonville Social Notes Mary Leu Jones Sunshine Club the Orbiston Union Sunday School June Glancy LaDonna Poling Mary Lou Jones Dana Bookman Danny Carsner Jack Bookman Kenneth Johnston Dean Glancy Jack Yates Ray Johnston Victor Glancy Jimmy Smith Delores Carsner Helen Bookman Arch Locke Shirley Joan Locke Eudora O.E.S. No. 72 Masonic Temple Eastern Star Association C. E. Washburn Emma Cook Hattie Hickman Elizabeth Riley Helena McCune Pfe Paul A. Hall Fort Jackson S. C Myers St Carl Patton Hugh, Duffy Logan Albany Willard Simonton Ann Simonton Concord Pocahontas Grace Shaffer Rutland Village Mason J. D. Canterbury Iguild S. C. Moystin Moustin Tol Stribling F. W. Ingraham Grace and Mabel Gibbons Juliet Smith Concord Church Ladies Aid Society Mervin Chapman George E. Byus Chapman O. J. Byus Harry Childers Childers Lona Burks Loyal Wright Imogene Blain Captain Loyal Wright A. E. Chapman C. O. Weissenburger Parkersburg Rena Rainey Marie Arthur Charles Barr Winfield Kanawha C. M. McCray Princeton Roy W. Eschenaur Point Clinic Dr. McCray Kirksville College of Osteopathy Kirksville, MO Reed Vinson High Vinson High School Big Blacks Vinson TVS Een Sd Rem AU For All Whitmore’'s Babe Mechems Dry Goods Nelsonville, Ohio Ohio Merle Oberon George Sanders Laird Cregar The Written By Charles O'Neal and DeWill Bodeen Allen Jenkins Bat Man Africa Arthur Wayne Apa
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