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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1942
Page
10
Gallia County可能成Ohio首座為农村电气化服务的发电厂。 Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative的John R. Lusher表示REA在华盛顿办公室已向申请监督兴建该厂的工程师发出问卷。 传真称工程师在市内商议选址，或在Eureka Dam设发电设备，待军方同意后再定。若建成，该厂将成为俄亥俄州首个专为农村电气化服务的发电点。
Gallia County names for grand and petit jurors will be drawn Saturday by D. Elmer Jones and Levi White, members of the jury commission, for the Gallipolis common pleas court.
Funeral services for Mrs. E. W. Parker 86 will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at Entsminger Funeral Home with Rev. W Scott Westerman officiating. Interment follows at Mound Hill Cemetery. She is survived by daughter Mrs Garnet Erwin and grandsons Marable Erwin and Phil Eppens of Columbus. Son Dr Claude Parker died over two years ago. She had chronic arthritis and was partially paralyzed since October 1.
Gallia County engineer notes road conditions are excellent with a small maintenance force and few emergency repairs expected before spring thaw.
Rural residents will meet Floyd Delashmutt of Ohio State University at the county agent's office Thursday afternoon for discussion and instruction on maintaining farm records.
Mrs. Willa Bush traveled to Huntington today for funeral services for her mother Mrs. Matilda Huffman aged seventy two. Three daughters and one son survive.
John C. Butz county fire coordinator has been notified to appear in Columbus Thursday for a general meeting.
Gallipolis officials say government and others plan a six month residence option or rental for workers at the nearby TNT plant. They have checked Chamber listings and contacted homeowners. A contract for construction is said to be let and an influx of builders and plant workers is expected. Chamber officials say job applicant forms have not yet been received.
Gallipolis society notes report the marriage of May Avalon Gardner to Private Leroy Frederick Betz in Biloxi Mississippi where Betz teaches at the air corps base. The couple, both graduates of Gallipolis High School, planned the ceremony January 4 with Rev Clyde H Gunn officiating.
Mrs. Floyd Thomas hosts Cheshire Baptist Missionary Society. Visitors include Mrs. Byrd Rose from Cleveland and James Vornholt from Columbus. Local family gatherings occur with Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Smith and the Clendenin and Haskins households. Elizabeth Roush graduates from Roanoke business college with high honors. Northcup Missionary Society and Home Council meetings were held with meals and programs.
Funeral services for Hamilton V. Hinton who died Saturday in his automobile en route to Logan will be at Heinlein Funeral Home at 2 o clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Stanley W. Wiant will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Colorado family members are en route to attend.
Gallipolis reports a cold weather freeze damaged a city water line serving the Children's Home and about a dozen nearby consumers. Crews reopened the line and service is resumed.
Carl C. Byers will give a patriotic address titled Conceived in Liberty to Rotary Club members tonight. Dr. R D McNitt and three Wilmington College students will present the lie detector, with Miss Louise Fargis assisting, as Hilda Brock and Geraldine Spare provide music.
Two licenses issued over the weekend by Judge E L Ewing. Richard Arthur Bateman 22 a construction worker of Nelsonville and Emma Juanita Biggs 21 of Green dale obtained licenses. Donald Francis Noble 21 a machinist of Lancaster and Martha Jewell 20 of Logan also received licenses.
Heads of rural organizations gather in Gallipolis courthouse to prepare lists of machinery parts. The effort aims to press manufacturers for prioritized supply in the farm production movement.
Tim Evans sells his tire shop at Grape and Third to Ernest Day. Evans to take a post at the waterworks pumping plant starting Monday.
D. A. Beard sold his Kananga farm to Howard Guthrie of Pt. Pleasant and bought the Ralph residence on Second Ave north of Sycamore St from Henry Gardner. Corporal D. H. Cole of the state highway patrol attends a Columbus patrol school this week to aid in national defense.
Ed L. Mills shows improvement in a Huntington hospital after a major surgical operation. Medical staff report steady progress as he recovers.
President Wiant will preside at a Logan Kiwanis Club meeting tonight at the White House at 6 o clock. Rev Stanley W Wiant Kiwanis International anniversary talk.
Mrs. Kenneth Orwiler of Nelsonville underwent surgery after admission the previous evening. Jack Green of Nelsonville also had an appendicitis operation at Cherrington Hospital on Monday.
Mrs. William Jones, 76, died Sunday at her brother T. C. Thomas’s home in Gallipolis. Daughter of the late Judge J. J. Thomas, she was born in Center ville and had long lived in the southwest. Immediate survivors include her husband, their daughter Mrs. Nat James of Los Angeles, the brother, and three half sisters in New Mexico. Funeral services Friday at the Thomas home with interment in Mound Hill.
Weather conditions permitting about 50 rural county residents plan to attend Farmers Week sessions in Columbus January 26 to 30. Many are connected with farm organizations.
Gallia county report states 21 year old Merritt Clark of Wellston died yesterday at Holzer Hospital from a fractured skull after an auto crash. A companion named Stapleton suffered a leg fracture in the same incident.
D C Moyer, Ohio State University poultry specialist, spoke at a Laurelville meeting Monday attended by 24 poultrymen. He led a discussion on egg production early hatching pasture feeding cost reduction and disease control among poultry. A similar meeting is set for 7 30 this evening in Enterprise.
Dog owners in Logan show slow tag purchases with only a few days left before penalties. On Monday sales were 163 behind the year prior for the same date. January 20 remains the cutoff. The piece also notes a quote on preserving jujube by smoking, comparing to meat.
Red Cross campaigners in Gallipolis report donors slow to respond with about 1200 dollars recorded, under a 5000 dollar city county quota. Rio Grande village campaign led by E B Webb, high school principal, is first rural area to report and meets its 100 dollar quota.
James Cable asks for a new trial in common pleas court. Judge Phil Henderson previously found James Cable guilty of assault with intent to commit criminal assault. The defense argues errors in testimony, evidence, and sufficiency, and plans appeal to the court of appeals. The motion will be heard after Henderson's vacation, in two to three weeks.
Reductions continue at surplus commodities HQ in Gallipolis with 82 families dropped from the list last week. The current list shows 556 heads of families receiving white and graham flours prunes and beans. A shipment of 9000 pounds of squash arrives this week and free garden seeds will be distributed to clients with urged spring plots.
Jacob Wallace 74 year old native of Gallia County died Sunday at his home in Huntington Township. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Jackson and sisters Mrs. Emma Butsler of Gallipolis and Mrs. Ida McGhee of Vinton.
Mrs. Charles T. Robinson slipped on an icy Fourth Avenue sidewalk near the Gallipolis High School and fractured her left wrist on Sunday.
C. C. Byers, high school principal, addressed Grace Methodist Church Sunday morning in minister W Scott Westerman’s absence due to influenza. Byers linked religious living to patriotism and urged churches to embrace Bible and Flag, urged Red Cross support, and used the Good Samaritan parable to frame the discourse.
Southeastern Ohio science teachers plan an informal evening meeting at Gallipolis High School auditorium at 7 p m Thursday Ed Wise president and faculty member says about 30 members expected to attend. A snack supper will be served by home economics students.
Marriage license applicants listed include William Van Otey 22 and Josephine E Hamlin 21 of Longacre WV. B S Ballinger 21 and Naomi Robinson 19 of Charleston. Hansford Bailey 50 and Ernestine Harper 41 of Nitro WV.
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