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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1942
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR outlines several budget related terms: general bond types totals receipts and expenditures, school salary sums, a tax route reference, and mentions of a county auditor board with sums like 3.2 and references to California documents. No clear events or names emerge.
West Virginia Ordnance plant construction near Point Pleasant starts with Ohio State engineers surveying 8000 acres. Gallipolis lodging firms report hundreds of job applications and high rents as officers and officials prepare housing near the site. A Cheshire survey fuels speculation of an airport or cross river bridge to the plant area.
Oscar Bastiani buys the three story Court Street brick from George J. Wetherholt & Sons, longtime undertakers. Frank Wetherholt says the business will move to his First Street residence near State, recently remodeled for the purpose. Bastiani plans the Second Avenue building as an addition to G C Murphy Co after its purchase from the Cincinnati heirs of C M Adams.
Miss Betty Lou Swain of Mercerville raised seven guinea pigs for Holzer Hospital for laboratory tests. The brown and white pigs, fed on vegetables and grains, will be used in experiments and are not given meat or salty foods.
City Auditor Robert P. Tompkins presents year ending 1941 finances for Athens Ohio detailing Water Works Fund Motor Vehicle License Fund Gasoline Tax Street Repair Fund and general and special improvement funds. Includes available balances January 1 and December 31, revenues interest and salaries with tax valuations and levy notes and summary totals for multiple funds.
Funeral service for J. W. Davis was held at the home with Rev E. L. Miller officiating. Interment followed in Coolville Cemetery. Christian Endeavor of Carthage Presbyterian met at the Willets home with 22 guests. next gathering at the Swisher residence.
Gallia County Game Conservation Association members met in the courthouse for officer elections and to discuss wildlife conservation plans. Officers chosen: Dr. R. T. Allison chairman, Cecil Denney secretary, James Mills treasurer, Frank Brothers sportmen's rep, Harley Denney farmer's rep. The group may start a drive against gray foxes with possible cash prizes and open it mid February. Merrill McCormick reported 400 pheasant pens available and funds to build eight more pens for spring release.
Local friends note the marriage of Mrs. Dallas D. Neal to Ernest Riggs in St. Petersburg Florida. They will live in Ithaca New York after April 1. Mrs Riggs previously lived in Gallipolis until Mr Neal died. Naomi Evans hosted Holz er Hospital Nurses alumnae gathering with Dr Paul Foster as speaker and a $10 Red Cross donation. Hostesses for next meeting are Mrs Robert Richards and Mrs Leo Mossman.
Rev W S Westerman led the mid winter Institute of Methodist Youth Fellowships at Rio Grande with Mrs Westerman assisting. Local youths and guests attended from the city including Wheeler Switzer Trotter Gilkey Sayre and others. A social and church events summary follows with multiple visiting relatives and friends noted.
Inquiries about absent and disabled ballots for the February 10 special election on a $9,500 bond issue for Good Hope township are rising. Applications for absent ballots are being received and ballots for disabled voters will be issued on and after January 27.
Dr. C. E. Holzer, president of the Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress, urged continuing flood control planning until war end. War conditions halted today’s meeting and postponed the annual gathering, though Roosevelt’s budget message signals support. He cited 50 floods in 50 years causing over 1000 deaths and more than a billion dollars in losses. Close contact with army engineers remains, with a future congress meeting planned when feasible.
Gallia and Vinton county boards clash as J D McKinley and W E Wiseman exchange superintendent posts. Gallia withholds salary approval and cuts clerical help while Vinton caps Wiseman salary at 1200, abolishes telephone service, and shifts staff as new boards take power.
Lafayette Post of the American Legion forms a permanent defense committee with five members in Gallipolis and two for each county township. They offer 24 hour service to all organizations involved in war activities and stand ready day or night.
Funeral services were held yesterday in Mason County West Virginia for Curtis Steele a 38 year old newspaper vendor who died Friday night at Holzer Hospital. He is survived by his wife several step children his father and several brothers and sisters one of whom is A M Steele of Gallipolis.
Robert Sheets a clerk at the Libby Hotel volunteered for army service Saturday and will go to Huntington Tuesday with 66 selectees for a physical examination.
Gallia County poultrymen are urged by County agent E. G. Royer to reach a 13 percent egg increase asked by the government. Cold weather and high feed costs delay chick starting, so poultry houses and other buildings should be filled to secure egg production.
Gallipolis reports the chairman J W Lee has not announced plans for the annual infantile paralysis fund drive. A campaign chance is said to be probable but remains indefinite.
Charles A. Reth burn received appointment as examiner in the sales tax division and is assigned to Scioto County. He began his duties today.
Robert White, son of Judge W. R. White, fractured his left arm from a fall during a school basketball game in Gallipolis.
Mrs. Vincent A. Pierotti wife of a Court street restaurant operator in Gallipolis began a divorce action Saturday alleging cruelty and neglect after only a few months of marriage.
Charlies Donnelly sales tax representative urges all vendors to complete reports by January 31. He will be in Logan January 29 and 30 at the county election board office to assist.
Mrs Willard Rice of Jackson was discharged from Cherington Hospital Sunday after a minor operation.
Dozens visit the Hamrick dairy farm on Route 35 to see a Jersey heifer calf born December 7, the day war was declared. The calf bears a large white V on its left shoulder. Its dam is a registered Jersey top producer in a 30-cow herd, with milk production up 23 percent and butterfat up 34 percent in the first quarter.
Mrs H P Bradbury of Gallia named president of the 14th district Ohio State Nurses Association at Athens meeting. The Gallia County unit includes many resident registered nurses and plans frequent meetings and refresher courses in first aid and related subjects.
Gallia High recalls science teacher Fred Stone for army service. Charles Swanson will be promoted to teaching post and replaced by Marshall Boggs. Kathryn Lutz Sheets elected substitute teacher for the remainder of the year. Stone reports to Fort Hayes and may be assigned to Fort Bragg N C.
Mrs. Amanda Rose Levi aged 81, formerly Miss Amanda Rose, wife of Jacob Levi, is reported critically ill at her son William Levi’s home in Addison Township. A longtime Gallipolis resident, she is in ill health at her residence.
Gallia officials consider expanding the police force as wartime industry activity increases in the Point Pleasant area and weekend visitors bring money. The present unit has three officers led by Chief John Fraley, with eight hour daily shifts and desk coverage lacking when on patrol. A civil service exam produced top marks for Tom Adams Dewey Sallar and Fay Coder but no appointments announced. It is reported Point Pleasant may hire ten extra patrolmen and nearby towns may follow suit to maintain order.
Gallipolis owner Dr. Charles F. Holzer offers the Gallipolis Airport, hangars and equipment for government use during the war. Flying activities are suspended and Gallipolis Airways ships are stored in a locked hangar. Former instructor W. H. Chevis joins Huntington Airport at Chesapeake.
In Gallipolis a daily line forms at the post office auto stamp window and sales are brisk. A second consignment of stamps has arrived and more ordered. Public autos are tax exempt, while privately owned buses require stamps. Stamps available at any post office.
Elizabeth Wilson files a damage suit against John Mootz seeking 150 dollars in recovery from an automobile collision claim.
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