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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1942
Page
5
Athens Civilian Defense officials stress nationwide policy to strengthen communities by registering citizens for over 100 activities. Registrants choose work classifications and times, with offices at East and West Side Schools, Athens High, Hotel Berry, Logan’s, McGuffey Hall, and McBee Co. Open times cover mornings, afternoons, and evenings. Volunteers already in other jobs are not reassigned.
Athens City Board of Education re-elected officers Prof Gullum president E R Walker clerk treasurer and W B Drake Loring Connett Homer T Baird as four year term holders. Custodians were named and a new secretary Lois Mariner replaces Dolly Cunningham. Doris Buck retained as junior high secretary.
Payments totaling 6104.73 for the support of broken families in Athens County were made last year through the office of Prosecutor Harry A. Mettler. The 69 non support cases and five miscellaneous accounts were supervised by the prosecutor's office to protect all parties. September 1941 saw the highest monthly total at 602.80, while May had the lowest at 392.35. Elberta Bussey, secretary to Prosecutor Mettler, administers all accounts.
The K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion unanimously approved buying a $1,000 Defense Bond. The purchase will occur Saturday at the Post Office, as announced by Commander James P. Cumley. Plans are underway for a civilian defense scrap iron drive. General WSCS meeting at First Methodist Church Friday at 2 pm with Dr. Wilfred Smith speaking on China. executive committee at 1 pm.
Athens County leaders and teachers met at the Grange Hall to push immediate inspection of farm machinery and timely parts orders. The program aims to prevent excess stock and ensure machinery is ready for use, given labor shortages and higher demand this year.
Scouters from Nelsonville Athens and Glouster gather for the second session of the Boy Scout Emergency Training Course Friday at 7 30 p m in the Athens High School building. Carl J House explains arterial bleeding tourniquet use while George Fee demonstrates rope work. J P Trepp presides and leads body building exercises and a discussion on clothing for winter service.
State Patrolman C H Baker from the Athens sub-station addressed more than 100 Syracuse parents and teachers on safe driving. He warned against speeding on slick roads passing on hills and crowded highways and urged proper signaling and cautious stopping.
Dennis Ours 33 of 436 Richland Ave drove a damaged car after skidding on icy pavement at W State and Congress Streets at about 9 45 this morning. His car hit a truck driven by Russell Pritt of Columbus. the Kroger Baking Co truck was not damaged per police reports.
Civil Aeronautics Administration Inspector R C Hutton led the reinstatement of thirty pilots in the Athens area at Athens Municipal Airport. Birth certificates and FBI identification were verified, with two pilots from Crooksville and one from Springfield also approved. Delays in certificates delayed some applicants. others must reapply at Port Columbus.
Stockholders of the Security Savings Bank of Athens and the First National Bank of Amesville elected directors for 1942. Clifford R. Glazier named president of the First National Bank, succeeding W. E. Thompson who retires after serving since 1939. New officers include E. F. Glazier as vice president and F. L. Thomas as cashier.
J. R. Stratton of the Hock Hocking Area announced that scouters registering for Athens Civilian Defense and Red Cross programs this Thursday Friday and Saturday will be exempt from other defense work if they volunteer for scout classification. The order comes from the Office of Civilian Defense via James F West. Registration for Recreation and Informal Education will free scouters to continue emergency training. Men interested should register at Athens offices.
Under Bureau of Navigation orders the Athens recruiting substation ends 24 hour duty. It will open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. through further notice.
The Ath ens Retail Merchants Association will host its annual banquet at Hotel Berry Thursday night at 6 30 o clock. Byron Wolfe president announced the event and Police Chief Joseph B Grogan will speak with music and entertainment planned.
At Sheltering Arms Mr and Mrs George Booth of 98 W State St are the parents of a son born Tuesday afternoon at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Mrs Edna Shafer of 25 Race St and Everett McNutt of Massillon were admitted Tuesday night for medical treatment. Mrs Lillie Goins of Athens Route 2 was admitted today for a major surgical operation and Mrs Maggie Runnion of the Courthouse was admitted today for a blood transfusion.
Technical Sgt. Charles H. Fair, recruiting officer for the Army at Ohio University, announced that all men applying for enlistment must bring birth certificates and high school diplomas if they are graduates. The notice was given from Room 105 in the basement of Carnegie Hall.
Belford O. Bobo son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Bobo is in medical training at Fort Barrancas Florida after a 12 day furlough with his parents. He has served at Camp Lee Virginia William Beaumont Hospital Texas and his current address is 152 Station Hospital Fort Barrancas Fla.
James and Blanche Cassels waived the issuing of a process and confessed a judgment of 299.99 in favor of the Athens Buick Co. The Buick Company says the amount is due on a promissory note signed September 22, 1939. The note originally totaled 350 dollars, per the Common Pleas Court petition.
Corpolar Calvin E. Mace of Carbondale has served a year in the armed forces. He spent time stationed at Kelley Field in Texas and is the son of Mr and Mrs Home Mace of Carbondale.
In the United States the magnetic poles do not align with geographic poles except along a corridor from the Great Lakes to Florida where a compass points toward true north.
Mrs Florence Porter age 73 died early today at her home in Amesville after several months illness. Born in Bethel she lived in Athens County all her life. Survived by husband Ed Porter and numerous children grandchildren and siblings. Funeral arrangements not yet completed.
The Rev. L F E Guffy of Zanesville will preach at the Free Methodist Church at 16 Campbell St Friday and Saturday evening and at both morning and evening services Sunday. A prayer meeting is set for Friday at 7 30 p.m. and the Sunday School meets at 9 30 a.m. on Sunday.
The high noon temperature reached 41 degrees, the warmest since January, with observed reading by Mrs. C. N. France. Tuesday's high was 39 and the overnight low was 20.
Fifteen Athens high school students will assist in volunteer service registration for the Civil Defense and Red Cross programs. Registration occurs tomorrow through Saturday at East Side and West Side Schools Athens Senior High School Hotel Berry Logan Book Store and McGuffey Hall. Teachers and mothers of the Athens PTA will train as counselors at the high school Little Theater.
Athens County Commander Frank Harvey calls a specials meeting for all American Legion posts in the county. The Sunday gathering at K. T. Crossen Post meeting hall in Athens will include posts from Nelsonville and Glouster.
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