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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1941
Page
4
A new WPA project in Gallipolis assigns 12 men including a supervisor and time keeper to the surplus commodities warehouse. They assist H. D. Smiley and Ernest Davis in receiving and preparing food and weighing and parceling shipments for distribution to more than 1,000 eligible families each week.
Rev. J Edwin Orr visits First Baptist Church Gallipolis for two weeks delivering travelogues of foreign lands. He plans a full length color film from China's 1938 war years and portrays missionary welfare efforts. Orr, born in Belfast, is a Royal Geographical Society life fellow and associate pastor of a major Canadian church.
Walter Miller pleaded guilty to exhibiting a slot machine in his Adamsville business. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs after the impounded machine, smashed on the courthouse lawn by Sheriff E. E. Hatfield, yielded 7 dollars in coins, which were returned to Miller.
A vintage ad describes Penetro Nose Drops promising fast relief and cold prevention when used at the first sniffle or ache. It recommends a regular “stitch-in-time” precaution with a generous 25 cent supply.
Rio Grande College Redmen, 12 wins and 4 losses, meet Tiffin College on its home court Thursday in the final Rio Grande game of the season. Earlier Monday they duel the Waterloo Wonders in Washington Auditorium, Gallipolis, then again next Thursday at Jackson.
Goldie White reports her son Floyd White has been promoted to sergeant and is stationed at Fort Knox in the army motor division.
Gallipolis Motor Co. receives new auto tags and will distribute them Saturday morning by registrar H. B. Ecker. The first plate is Z 51 H and the last Z 600 L. Other registrars in Vinton and Crown City also report receiving plates.
A series of social events in Gallipolis includes Dorothy Lawson turning 18 with cakes and gifts at her grandmother’s Addison home. Mr. and Mrs. Elza O. Russell celebrate 40 years with a family dinner in Vinton. Rosebud cake centerpiece noted. Numerous February birthdays honored by Gallia Council D of A. Surprise parties join birthdays for Frank and Bernice Dickey, Mary Alice Kelton, and more. Local residents travel and visit, including Dyer Saunders in Gallia County, Dr. Leo Bean’s Mayo Clinic study return, and Lieut. Albert Ingels arriving in Columbus after a Seattle departure.
Logan Band Boosters Club held a business session at the senior high Music room with a covered dish supper. President Harry Heinlein guided the meeting. The group will back a March 6 concert in the auditorium and a volunteer committee will collect dues for the coming year.
Gallia County Engineer E N Leonard says wood piling will be used for the foundation of the proposed West State Street bridge. He notes steel would add about 18000 to the project total and delivery delays may arise due to national defense orders. Construction may not start before April 1.
Miss Frances Harlow of Huntington, youngest member of Rio Grande College faculty, will start an evening course in banking money and prices labor transportation government finance taxation foreign exchange business cycles and controlled economics. First session Thursday at 7 in Science Hall per registrar Mrs Clarence T Sharpton.
Flag raising and lowering exercises are observed each school day at Gallia High School. Official custodians are Robert Mackenzie and Robert Wetherholt, both Boy Scouts and sophomores. The scout ritual is closely watched by faculty and students.
Election selects Jack Knight Rex Lineberry Carlos Niday Henry W Cherrington Stanley Evans and H W Walter as new chamber of commerce directors Holdovers include H E Beckett Gilbert Bush John McNealey Harry Miller John Mootz and Paul Mossman
Engineer Charles D. Warner reports excellent progress on the city project to cover the reservoir with concrete. Pouring of footers around the basin began this morning and WPA workers have reached 79 men with more to be added.
Miss Margaret Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Smith of Logan was taken to Grant Hospital Columbus Monday evening for observation and treatment. She became ill two weeks ago while employed at Newark and returned to her parents home in this city for care.
Gallipolis reports the United States Department of Agriculture has set a weather recording and precipitation station at the municipal waterworks pumping station. Engineer Paul Myers serves as official recorder and sends daily reports to a district station in New Philadelphia Ohio. Public access is available at all hours by telephone requests.
The Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative reports work ongoing on a smaller line project in Gallia and Lawrence Counties amid lack of formal word from Washington about a possible $300,000 allowance for a rural electric line serving several counties near Gallia.
George Faulkner age 80 dies at his home in Gallia County. Surviving children are John in Gallia Ada Faulkner in Oak Hill Edward in Bladen Albert Noah in Akron and Belle Patton in Wellston.
An old advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a simple remedy for eczema pimples red blotches and external skin irritations. It claims rapid itching relief improves skin appearance and soothes tired feet and cracked toes with a money back guarantee.
Oldest Huntington Township resident Miss Hannah Dyke 93 died at her Vinton home yesterday. Funeral services will be at Vinton Baptist Church Thursday at 2 PM led by Rev. George Sagen of Gallipolis. Interment at Danville. Born in Columbiana County, she lived in Vinton 73 years.
Gallipolis draft board reports 91 volunteers for military training. Latest enrollees include Raymond Wells of Crown City Samuel B. Barry from Bidwell Harold Co Harrison and Donald Wolfe of Gallipolis.
In a partition case filed by Emily F. Caudill against Harry A. Boston a court order appoints Samuel Littrell Alonzo Wise and Clyde Saunders to make an appraisal of the property.
Sheriff Hatfield recovered a 12 cylinder car stolen from Dr. James S. Clumpp in Huntington. The vehicle was found abandoned near Bladen with an empty tank and returned to Huntington. Dr. Clumpp is on army duty in the south. Two men were seen driving the car in the area but no identities are known.
An Ohio doctor endorses Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to improve bile flow and relieve constipation. The ad promises daily morning relief, noting tablets stimulate bile for better digestion and elimination. Available in 15 30 and 60 cent sizes at all drugstores.
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