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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1944
Page
20
Willis Ayeshire announces a February 10 pop concert at the Junior High Auditorium featuring 48 student instrumentalists from the Pomeroy School Band. The program includes patriotic pieces, Sousa marches, and popular selections with no great technical difficulty.
Pomeroy High School drops to Class B athletically due to enrollment decline from 150 minimum for Class A to 128 boys in the four upper grades. Scholastic standing remains First Class. only basketball tournament alignment changes.
Racine James Circle of the Racine Future Farmers won the local chapter 1 pest hunt ending Jan 11. On December 8, 1943, the circle killed 124 pests including sparrows mice a starling a rat a mole and a pigeon.
A Tuesday evening class begins in Rutland high school for farmers in Rutland and Salem township. It welcomes residents with machinery they wish to repair and aims to teach practical repair techniques.
Funeral services for Estella Huffman age 49 were conducted at the Chester Church Sunday with burial in Chester Cemetery. She is survived by her husband Peter Huffman seriously ill in St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg a son Paul three grandchildren her mother Mrs Betzing and several brothers and sisters.
Meigs County Common Pleas Clerk Beards details 1943 activities with total county receipts of 2669.97 and 52 divorce suits of which 28 decreed and 20 pending. Civil suits total 36 with 12 concluded, 44 notary commissions, 10 broker licenses, 72 fishing licenses, 39 hunting licenses, four ferry licenses, two Justice of the Peace licenses. Grand Jury indicted 14 cases. 11 by information. Title office issued 1181 titles with 2260.45 in receipts. county 1637.35 and state 623.10.
Blanche Hudnall is held in Meigs County jail on a charge of receiving stolen money with a $1000 bond set by Justice of the Peace Percy Peoples. The case involves Charles Sargeant allegedly stealing funds from his grandfather Liberty Hudnall and confiding portions of the money to Hudnall and Donald. Sargeant admitted taking funds over four months and both youths were jailed for Juvenile Court hearings.
Pomeroy High School launches a pre induction training course in radio code for seniors who will be 18 by September 1944. The course teaches International Morse Code with a goal of at least ten words per minute, preparing graduates for advanced radio code training upon service induction.
William Tracy Moore age 82 died Sunday at his Chesapeake home after a career as traveling auditor for American Express Company. He formerly lived in Newark and Huntington with wife Frances Flesher Moore surviving him plus a daughter Nancy Polan and two grandsons Charles and Bill Polan. Funeral services set for Tuesday morning with Mr. and Mrs. Brown and niece Mrs. O P Klein to attend.
Alpha Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma met Beta Alpha Chapter for a dinner program and officer installation at Island View Inn Gallipolis. Guest speaker Mrs Scott Westerman addressed Education and Customs of South American Countries. Officers installed were Ruth Drake president and others named.
Pomeroy Senior High School announces the honor roll for the third six weeks. Seniors include Willis Giles Willie Carr Millford Mowery Danny Rovxen baum Roth Brickles Patricia Bride Phyllis Brown Betty Couch Margaret Holmes Iris House Sarah Howard Betty Jacobs Doris Leifheit Mary McCallum Martha Myers our Marie Nease Annette Seyfried Claire Titus. Juniors listed are Jack Rosenbaum Charles Stanley John Thomas Charles White Carol Leibrand Ruth Nease Barbara Scholl Elaine Young Jane Clifford Evelyn Grueser Ruth Harbrecht Earline King. Sophomores include Edgar Atkins Howard English Roy Holter Ralph Michael Junior Seyfried Shirley Clement Dorothy Duckler Nancy Gilmore June Canaday Rosalie Parfitt Eleanor Smith Dorothy Wogan. Ninth Grade names Patricia Karr Jean Lee Wilma Neutzling Dorothy Reed Dick Rosenbaum Barbara Roush Charlene Smith Elizabeth Tedrow Horton Thomas Evelyn Feiger Evelyn Cook Billie Jean Barnitz Freda Grueser Betty Heilman Mary Curtis Charles Baird. Eighth Grade Margaret Jean Bryant Betty Lou Custer Joe Foster Ann Smith June Whaley. Seventh Grade Don Betz ing Joan Conway Geo Dallas Wyllis Davis Jo Ann Gilmore Jack Gold Walter Green John Hannel Omagene Zahi Richard Young William Tubbs Eugene Thomas Patsy Shields Bennett Rice Barbara Phillips Katherine Bachtel.
Miss Amy Kingsland from Jackson High School led an Ep is copal War Relief tea at the rectory with maps and displays about Old Mexico. Proceeds will aid War Relief and Army Navy Chaplains. ARE TO WED Mil ton Spires announces engagement of daughter Marvel Nell Spires to Sgt Robert Durant of the U S Army. Durant is stationed at Camp Maxey Texas. No wedding date set.
Young people from county Methodist Churches gather for the fourth County Youth Fellowship meet at United Methodist Church. Previous meetings were at Racine Methodist Church. Middleton Youth Fellowship members provide refreshments for the social period.
Grace Eislestein leaves Chester after her mother Mrs Abe Eislestein dies. She heads the Women's Division Tax Exemption Bureau in New York City and resides at the Henry Hudson Hotel.
Albany area obituary. Mahala Carsey aged 68 dies at home near Albany Saturday night. Survived by husband Charles Carsey four children Elda Harrisonville Joseph Dayton Thor Fort Benjamin Harrison. two daughters Katie Wells Dayton and Bery Wyatt Harrisonville. One daughter Pyners cervices set for Teochaw at two p m with interment at Anerweus Cemetery.
Logan society notes recount the Ruth Bible Class meeting at the Methodist Church with Miss Olive Linn presiding and thirty members attending. Delta Theta Tau members held an informal social with contests and prize drawings for Joan Gosling and Faith Wright, plus a monthly soldier gift box drawn for David Devol.
Mrs Helen Holzsapfel Logan became the fourth Eaton family member to enlist in the U S armed forces. She joined the Air WACS at Columbus and will report for basic training at the First WAC Center Iowa between February 15 and March 1. Her sister Jean Eaton is in the WAC, and brothers Charles and Kenneth Eaton serve in the U S Army.
Earl Elberfeld, chair of the Hocking County War Finance Committee, reported over the weekend that the Fourth War Loan Drive sales exceed 64 thousand dollars. The tally covers Series E and G bonds since January 1 and since January 18, with a county quota of 389 thousand dollars and 324,756.25 still to sell.
Two motorists from outside the city were fined after arrest by state highway patrolmen. Ray E. West of Springfield pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was fined 10 dollars plus costs for offenses on U S Route 33 north of the city. Curtis Bauman of Lancaster pleaded guilty to permitting a minor to operate a vehicle and paid 5 dollars plus costs on Route 33 north of the city.
Mrs. Mary Ann Dupler aged 71 widow of Elmer Dupler died Sunday at her home near Logan after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are pending. Survived by three sons Russell of Enterprise, William of Ashland, Carl of Pleasant Hill, one daughter Inez Wille of Columbus, two brothers J. C. Byers of Amanda and Wesley Byers of Logan.
Dr J R Gentry professor of psychology at Ohio University preached at the First Presbyterian Church Logan on Sunday morning while Rev Cecil H Jones was ill and confined to the manse.
At Logan Hospital admissions to Cherington Hospital over the weekend include Mrs Minnie Hobert Glouster Mrs Carol Bisnaugie Jackson and Mrs Mary Papercerlin Hollister Dismissals include Mrs Myrtle Mitchell and Mrs Mildred Turner both of Murray City
Mr and Mrs Pearl Starner hosted a Friday night miscellaneous shower in Rockbridge for Seaman 2-c and Mrs William Barron of Corpus Christi Texas during a 14 day leave. A luncheon followed the gift gathering with many relatives and friends in attendance and sending gifts.
Miss Grace St Clair and Miss Claire White visit Logan from Columbus and Athens respectively while Mrs Louise Hite of Baltimore visits Mound friends. Military personnel Corporal Willard Wells and Corporal Wilson on furlough from San Antonio and Greenville join family gatherings. Local clubs plan meetings this week at homes on Hunter Street and with nearby sororities and tourist groups.
The article notes that oboe players must pause often to exhale during performances. It explains that the instrument’s design necessitates regular breathing breaks to maintain tone and control, affecting phrasing and rehearsal planning.
Prisoners from Ohio Penitentiary assisted in removing machinery tools meat and equipment from NYA shops over ten days. Workers described as trusted s ate officials planned to keep valued items in state custody. Local residents provided meals and courtesy amid the operation.
Robert Shaw 65 a veteran furniture worker dies at his Logan Route 2 home after declining health. He owned Shaw Furniture Manufacturing in South Logan, later worked at Owens Manufacturing and Glow Industries, and was known as a skilled craftsman. Funeral services are to be held at Roberts Funeral Home with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements are being completed for St. Frederick Mason 1 month old son of Mr and Mrs Homer who died Sunday noon at home after a brief illness. Survivors include two brothers Clarence Junior and three sisters Anna Marie and Bernice all of the home. Burial will be in Grove.
City police reported two arrests for disorderly conduct during the weekend as officers investigated a suspected vehicle incident. One unidentified car collided with a Goodlile vehicle parked in front of a home on Third Street Friday night, causing minor damage.
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