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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1942
Page
10
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The Athens Messenger reports Gallipolis may join a federal housing area to secure building material priorities. The Chamber of Commerce lists available houses and apartments for rent to accommodate workers and potential TNT plant construction north of Point Pleasant. Prospects include land options above Point Pleasant and migration from Mason County.
Milk producers in the tri state region whose principal market is Huntington have organized an association to further their interests. Garland Caudill and James Sims represent Gallia County, T. C. Cole Meigs T. S. Edwards Jackson Dillon Fulks Lawrence James Kyle Cabell and Mason West Virginia Counties will participate.
Gallia district youths from Golden Adkins Bidwell Curtis Lear Mercerville Odis McCormick Ray Parsons Patrol Gallipolis Virgil Saunders Gallipolis Frank Woodall Kanauga will be taken to Ironton on Monday by Certification Officer M R Allen for induction into CCC camp service.
Gallia relief figures show 618 families certified for surplus commodities down from prior totals due to improved labor conditions. This week’s aid includes flour beans apples prunes and meat. A Gallipolis high school film screened on reconstruction era activities in Texas as an educational feature.
An advertised general system tonic made from roots and herbs. It claims to stimulate the appetite aid digestion and relieve occasional constipation for every member of the family.
The product promotes Tonto Snake Oil Liniment for neuralgia stiff neck pain from exposure and drafts muscular cramps stiffness and soreness from exertion bites and strains. It suggests use on back chest throat minor sprains and fatigue and claims Big Chief Tonic as a related remedy.
Exclusive offer at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store in Athens Ohio features two bottles priced at 79 cents each.
Crown City notes report family events and local concerns. Corporal Wood returns to Indiantown Gap after a brief leave spent with his parents and wife Thelma Swain from Mercerville. The Crown City Board of Education reorganizes with Emerson Truesdale and Sanford Brumfield. Rolland Rose named principal. Red Cross drive urged by school children. Amanda Shriver nears 94th birthday and improves from pneumonia. evangelistic services continue at Pilgrim Holiness Church.
In Gallipolis continued cold weather postponed installing the Red Cross thermometer in the city park. About $1100 had been subscribed, but the painter said it was too cold to paint the figures yesterday.
Wayne Booth has been appointed deputy auditor in the state department of liquor and has begun his duties.
A Zanesville woman reports extreme illness from side pain and nausea, hindering housework. She cites Ton Jon No. 2 as causing remarkable improvement, with pain gone and headaches reduced, prompting her to recommend it for lasting relief.
Mrs. B. D. Raike became ill Monday and was taken to Holzer Hospital in an ambulance. Engineer Homer Comstock visited his mother Saturday. He works on the Steamer Reliance en route to Paducah Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Allen are home from Springfield where he is employed. Mrs. Troy Russell and family visited relatives at Dickerson West Virginia. Mrs. John Vickers was in Charleston recently. Mrs. Joe Litchfield entertained the W.S.C.S. at her home last Wednesday evening. Devotionals were held at the church and the social hour followed nearby.
The Columbia High School Home Economics classes served lunch for all students amid WPA cook shortages. Board of Education appointed H B Pickett Jr acting principal for the rest of the year starting January 14. Various local residents are mentioned for health, family, travel, and community updates. Thermometers at the post office, depot, and store in Carpenter read 24 degrees below zero Thursday morning.
Notice announces Elmer E Jacobs of Athens Ohio appointed Administrator of the Estate of Foma Tipple deceased of Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated January 8 1942.
New Plymouth notes list residents and visitors including Miss Maude Stephenson in Lancaster, Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Fuller, Ruth Loomis, Miles Brooks, Elizabeth Heinlein, Vera Brashares, Stanley Miller family, Rosalie Haas Lee in Mansfield, Ray and Calvin Heinlein at Eglin Field, Fla., Arnold Lee in U S Army from Stratford, Conn., and other local movements. Several local events include school board re-elections with Ruth Hawk Anna Heinlein and S W Hardesty, plus a 20 degree below zero reading and hospital convalescence for Stella Huber.
A State Tax Department examiner will visit Logan to assist vendors with semi annual tax reports due January 31. Penalty of 1 dollar per day applies for delinquency. Dates: January 13 16 23 29 30 all day and January 17 morning.
Logan officials attempted to convert a swimming pool tennis court into an ice skating rink. Water leaked from the surface after an ice layer formed, prompting a second attempt by city workers to cover the courts with ice for skating.
The Ohio River remains navigable though ice in the Gallipolis pool extends from shore and hampers the river west of Gallipolis Island. Little current exists north of Eureka Dam with early freezes observed in that sector.
Mr. and Mrs. Ari Lloyd entertained the rock club with two additional couples, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Evans and Mr. and Mrs. William McKnight, on Wednesday. Prizes for high scores went to Mrs. Raymond Jones and Stanley Evans, and for low scores to Mrs. Evans and D. W. Reese. Refreshments followed at a late hour.
At Miss Madeline Campbell's home a farewell party honored N H Hume of G C Murphy Co who is moving to Pikeville Kentucky. L C Dayton presented a gift as Hume departs after serving as assistant manager. Mothers Club meeting featured Edward Wise with an educational movie and light refreshments.
Three heifers owned by Frank Coakley near Route 180 in Good Hope Township were injured when struck Wednesday by a truck driven by Charles S. Miller of Chillicothe. Deputy Forest Keck investigated. the driver was not hurt. Also notices list appointments of estate administrators in Athens County: Harry A. Mettler named administrator for Charles B. Funk. Ellen M. Parker named administratrix for C Emmett Parker. Elmer E. Jacobs named administrator for William Earl Tippie.
Gallia County records show 1080 marriage licenses issued in 1941 according to Probate Judge J S Clark. Monthly totals range from 39 in February to 174 in August, with peak 161 in July and 139 in June.
Executive heads of Granges AAA Farm Bureau Farm Security County Extension Service and other rural organizations meet in Gallipolis on January 13 to discuss farm machinery repairs and needed parts. Virgil Overholt of Ohio State University will address the group on a state wide effort to secure metal priority orders for farm machine parts.
A dinner meeting for those interested in the Boy Scout program in the district will be held tonight at First Baptist Church. Several speakers and Huntington officials will attend from the region.
Mrs. Donald Cramer files for divorce alleging extreme cruelty after her husband ordered her from their home. John E. Mayes also files for divorce in the same court, citing neglect.
Logan Library Board chose Hallie M Grimes as librarian for the coming year. Officers elected were Jessie Mc Manigal president Samuel H Dillon vice president and L K Showalter secretary treasurer. Carr resigns as secretary treasurer after long service since 1930. Grimes had led the library for two months after Hortense Gibson left and had previously been librarian at Bowling Green.
Logan area observers note that Jacob Bowers of Washington Township carried a horse collar on Main Street suggesting a growing need for horse power as farmers anticipate fewer motors. This sign points to broader use of equine work animals in the county in the coming year or two.
Jake Foreman posted a 253 series at Cook Alleys, top scoring over Maples. The veteran kegler has not bowled regularly this season with a team.
Gallipolis residents participate in a state campaign to send bound volumes to men in training camps or active service. The effort is funded by the Red Cross and United Service Organizations. Magazines and newspapers are not accepted. Mrs. Kenneth Davis leads the county Victory Book Campaign and coordinates the 14 library sub stations. Information on volume condition and collection sites to follow.
Mrs. W. H. Andrews formerly Miss Irene McCormick of Gallia County died at her son William H. Andrews home in Cleveland. Her husband was junior partner in Dages Andrews and Co., a wholesale dry goods and shoe firm moved to Columbus over 50 years ago. Funeral rites and interment in Mound Hill Cemetery will be held in Gallipolis in early spring.
Licenses to wed issued to five couples: Clyde A. Win bush 40 and Roberta Walker 38 of Charleston. Charles Henderson 21 and Celestine Sanders 21 of Gallipolis. Eugene Tinsley 22 and Reba Elkins 24 of Charleston. Forrest King 25 and Ruby Foglesong 21 of Point Pleasant. Russell Cavender 21 and Maxine Chapman 21 of Charleston.
Gallia County Society members now residing in Columbus and Franklin County plan an annual dinner at the Y.M.C.A. in Columbus on January 20. Harry C. Vaughn serves as president of the organization.
Hobart Dillon sells his Eureka business and moves with his family to Columbus to join a realty firm operating in the north. The report notes the relocation and new employment arrangement.
Gallipolis reports increasing state interest in national defense measures. Paul Myers, superintendent of municipal waterworks, notes the program’s reach and momentum as the state moves to organize instruction and mobilize resources.
Elmer Johnson colored is sentenced by Judge W. R. White to serve one to ten years in the penitentiary after conviction on an embezzlement charge.
The Probate Court of Athens County Ohio suspends hearings on multiple estate accounts until February 2 1942 at 9 a m. Names include Gordon B Gray administrator of John M Howard estate Ada J Christy guardian of Dale Bean Arthur Fitch Bean B F Ferrer guardian of Geraldine and Marilyn Parry Emma Gabriel guardian of James M Thorn Elmer F E Jacobs guardian of Arnold Nelson Brundige and Mary A Schuler guardian of James William Knox Written exceptions may be filed before five days prior to the hearing date.
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