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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1942
Page
13
The Hocking County selective service office will conduct physical examinations for 25 registrants on Wednesday evening January 7. Local physicians dentists and opticians will assist. This replaces part of the Class 1-A examinations and supports the Fort Hayes induction plan on January 23 with Legionnaires helping with clerical tasks.
Thelma Keyes, the newly named clerk of courts, said she will appoint Miss Mildred Blum as deputy after commission and oath. Blum, who has led the certificate of title office deputy, is the sole deputy this year due to reduced appropriations.
Mrs. Leona Woodard 71 widow of Ephriam Woodard died Sunday at her daughter Mrs. Clifford Courter’s home in Union Furnace after a period of failing health. Her husband and one son preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at the Woodard Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. C. H. Bennington presiding. Burial is planned at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Sergeant Richard Manter of Camp Shelby Mississippi arrived in Logan on Saturday for a short furlough to spend with relatives. He had served in the National Guard before being called into Federal service and joined Camp Shelby nearly a year ago.
Maysville in Green Township will offer hot lunches under the Surplus Commodity plan for Hocking County schools. A cook stove will be installed at the one room school and meals will be prepared there by students Miss Novella Griffith and Miss Edith Hazlett. Fred Smith of West Logan underwent an operation for chronic appendicitis at St Francis Hospital in Columbus.
Logan police chief Lew Reynolds warns motorists to come to a complete stop before turning right on red as required by the traffic code. He notes that children cross on green lights and drivers must wait for traffic to clear. arrests will follow noncompliance.
Logan notes a reduced county appropriation but indicates the Hocking County Fair is planned for next fall. St Melvin Heft was elected secretary, succeeding James H Barker who declines further service after two years in that role.
C. W. Ziegler of Logan visited Ft Hayes and Columbus on Saturday for business. He offered to rejoin the army but was declined due to age. Ziegler is a veteran National Guard member and a longtime county public school teacher.
Logan Mrs H E Ringhiser dies this morning after a long illness at her Enterprise home. She is survived by her husband LOGAN W Hull of Rockbridge, a former county election board member, confined at home and over 80 years old. Harry McCoy of Cook bowling team posted a 242 late in the week. Miss Glessie Florence Knipp and William Orville Amburgey wed in Columbus at Magistrate Frank St Clair’s office. Mature luffa pulp yields fibrous material usable as dishrags or sponges.
Opening session of the Union Furnace Farmers Institute will be held at the high school gymnasium in Logan on Thursday January 8. Two additional sessions follow on Friday. Lecturers include Mrs Herbert White and Howard E Hamlin of Columbus. Pupils and local talent participate. Lunch will be served at noon Friday.
Weinrich of the Logan Chamber of Commerce was told by an Akron official that the Akron plant will stay in Akron. The plant had considered relocation to Logan but workers in rubber factories being laid off and wartime orders kept it in Akron.
E R Lama sales tax examiner for the district will be in the clerk of courts office in the courthouse each Friday and Saturday during the month to assist vendors in completing tax returns by Jan 31.
Gallia County marriage license applicants include Charles Davis 23 and Lillian Mitchell 21 from Charleston plus William Auferheid 35 with Rosella Landerbaugh 36 from Pittsburgh and Harry Ellis 23 with Stella Workman 17 from Proctorville and Charles Buxton 22 of Washington DC with Dorothy Lee Jones 18 from Huntington Eva L Roberts 17 and J R Kegley 3 with Charles ton’s Eva Roberts 17 and Willis Dagon 44 with Louise Parker 36 of Worthington
In Gallipolis Ohio police report nearly all items stolen from Miss Hattie Finnigan’s home during New Year’s Day absence have been recovered. Items sold to second hand dealers were found and returned. The ten juvenile offenders will be cited to appear in probate court.
Friends from the west section attend funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan 88 at Vega Church west of Thurman. She died in a hospital from complications after a hip fracture suffered at her home.
Gallia county reports Mrs. Ernest H. Davis convalescing at home after back and arm fractures from a fall in a barn. She was taken from Holzer Hospital to her family residence Saturday.
Gallipolis reports the St. John’s Bible Class will hold a social meeting Tuesday night. Loren L. Stone and Anderson Robinson head the committee in charge. Gallipolis also notes that Eloise Wolfe has been appointed court stenographer by Judge W. R. White after probation.
Logan Hocking County received several inches of snow from a weekend storm that lasted into Sunday night. State and county highway crews and city workers treated danger spots and intersections to keep traffic moving as temperatures dropped and church attendance declined.
The January 1 W.S.C.S. meeting included Mrs. Ara and Pauline Myers with quilting and devotionals by Mrs. Mary Matlack. Riverside Garden Club held its Christmas party with 36 attendees, songs and games, lunch served. A mobile collision near Christmas left Mrs. Homer Jaccand fatally injured and her husband and 15-year-old daughter seriously hurt in Delaware. Several local residents, visits, and travel notes are reported, including births and workers returning to duties on boats and steamers.
Howard B. Stitts of Middleport was fined $25 and had his driver license suspended for six months after being charged with driving while intoxicated in Gallia County municipal court Saturday.
A truck driven by Howard Church of Crown City skidded through a guard rail on First Ave near the waterworks pumping station Saturday night. No one was injured.
Robert A. Lewis of Harrison Township suffered a heart attack in Gallipolis on Saturday. He received medical treatment and was later returned to his home. A separate note observes that a crocodile’s windpipe only reaches to its nostrils, not its mouth.
Harold Bartlett Jr. died at Cherrington Hospital Sunday night after a shotgun wound to the left upper leg inflicted by his older brother near South Bloomingville Saturday. Also noted are hospital returns and furloughs for local residents from Logan R.F.C. and Camp Shelby, with ongoing injuries from a Nelsonville motor accident.
Roscoe Evans of this city received a message from his son Harry stationed at Pine Camp New York describing temperatures as low as 18 degrees below zero and snowfall up to three feet.
Logan C. E. Brehm Logan has assumed duties as a member of the Falls Township board of trustees succeeding Charles H. Frasure. Brehm previously served as trustee years ago and did not seek re election then.
LOGAN Sterling B. Smith president of council resigns from the City Board of Health to Mayor Denzil Weltner. A successor on the health board will be announced soon.
Mrs Homer Black of Logan Route 4 sustained a fractured left ankle Saturday after a fall. She was taken to a local physician for medical attention.
The East End Needle Club met at Mrs. S. H. Brights home with Mrs. Charles A. Bright assisting. Awards were given to Mrs. John St. Clair, Mrs. Joe Brooker, and Mrs. Paul Fox. table prize to Mrs. Russell Poling. Two absentees noted. next meeting planned at Mrs. Charles Brights. Also reports on Glenna Graham and Eugene Chesher wedding at the Hoskins home with reception. couple to reside in Murray City.
School bus drivers in Hocking County faced snow covered roads as they returned to routes after two weeks off. Buses ran on time for the most part despite hazardous highway conditions.
Albert Leonard resumes studies at Ohio Wesleyan University after holiday visit with Logan parents Mr and Mrs Walter A Leonard. He will rejoin varsity basketball practice as a team member and played for Logan Alumni against the varsity during the break.
Logan bowling leagues resume after holidays with five leagues including Delta Theta Tau Sigma Phi Gamma Catholic Business Men and Industria. Industrial and Delta Theta Tau maintain schedules while the Business Men and Industrial plan officer elections to comply with Logan Bowling Association rules. ABC tournament in Columbus later this year may admit teams with 850 game averages to the regular competition and lower averages to Booster division.
Local race horse owner and trainer Logan H. D. Walker has traveled to Hot Springs Arkansas for a winter meeting. He left at the start of the year and will remain for several weeks with Mrs. Walker and their son Harry accompanying him.
Don Ziegler son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ziegler of this city is located in Miami Florida starting his training for the naval air service. He is a Logan high school graduate and a graduate of Ohio State University.
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