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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1944
Page
8
Mrs. Emma Kincaid of Viand Street received a telegram from her son Petty Officer Mc Wayne Kincaid saying he will spend a furlough at home arriving in a week or so. The message was sent from Seattle where he landed after 14 months in the Pacific with the Navy.
A new compact device enables liferafts to produce fresh water from salt water at the rate of one ounce per hour. The unit is held against the stomach to utilize body heat in the distillation process.
Big Blacks at Poca defeated Point Pleasant 48 to 30 after trailing 24 to 19 in the prior meeting. Key moments include Byus, Knapp, Brewer and Homer Martin scoring for Poca with solid free throws and field goals. Final tallies show Byus 15, Knapp 13, Brewer 13 for Poca while Miller 8 and Rose 6 led Point Pleasant.
Navy crews walk on decks covered with a gritty non skid made from pulverized garnets. The coarse grains form a protective abrasive layer across ship decks to improve footing on warships during action.
Diagram from Flying Magazine contrasts the Boeing B 29 with the B 17 Flying Fortress to illustrate General Arnold’s claim that the Flying Fortress is the last of the smaller bombers and highlights the B 29’s larger silhouette.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met in Trinity Church social rooms to honor Lincoln and Washington with a February program. Mrs. J. B. Couch presided. Miss Iva Wise presented a Lincoln reading while Miss Roush read selections from Washington's notebook. Music by Elsie Bardin and Alice Ann Roush included patriotic songs. Decorations featured red white and blue. tea service displayed ship replicas and silver.
POINT PLEASANT It is unofficially reported that 60 men will be sent to Huntington on Feb 22 for preinduction examination. A group of Army selectees will be inducted Feb 25 and a group of Navy selectees Feb 26.
Clarence Patterson Stout, 72, was honored at Bruce Chapel in a Tuesday funeral. He had lived in Ben Lomond 32 years, leaving many friends in Point Pleasant and Kanawha shore areas. Attendees included relatives from Clarksburg Parkersburg Huntington and Point Pleasant.
A local notice calls on residents to collect waste paper for recycling. It promotes a program encouraging boys to participate and says saving waste paper benefits the community.
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