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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1942
Page
7
All Nelsonville retail stores will stay open until 8 30 Friday night and close all day Saturday July 4 per Robert Kinney Merchants Association secretary. Boy Scout Troop 65 will meet Thursday night on the hill at 7 30 at the Elks home meeting room depending on weather.
Residents are directed to GEM PHARMACY in Nelsonville Ohio for further details about TON JONE products and their use. The message stresses consulting the local druggist for guidance and potential availability.
Athens County Draft Board No 2 reported 300 registrants aged 18 to 20 for the June 27 and 30 sessions, about 150 fewer than expected. Enrollment by center included Nelsonville 142, Albany 35, Amesville 22, Coolville 34, Shade 9, New Marshfield 35, Stewart 23.
Nelsonville Ohio Mr and Mrs P N Miller entertained Sunday honoring their son Lowell who will be inducted in service this week The picnic was at Mohican State Park near Loudonville Attending were Elgan Miller and children Joyce and Paul Charles Miller Marcia McKiddie Phil Russell Lee Terry Lee Phyllis Miller and Shelby Barber and families from Cleveland Columbus and Nelsonville
In Point Pleasant the final draft registration count is expected to reach about 750 men on June 30. Officials note many temporary war industry workers and legal residents from other areas registered here, boosting the earlier estimate of 600.
Nelsonville readers report Sunoco Service Station on Chestnut Street collected one and a quarter tons of scrap rubber, adding to the 51 tons already gathered in the Nelsonville area.
Five of six boys escaped from the State Industrial School at Lancaster were captured in Nelsonville with guards pursuing the rest. Officers found three in hiding along the Hocking River and jailed them, while two others were rounded up by the street commissioner. The ring leader remained at large and Charles Ward was picked up near the railroad yard and to be returned to the institution. The boys, all 17, included Glen Donahoe Bill Roselle Robert Welsh Glen Vandmine and Charles Ward.
Philip H. Hill the Charleston executive director of the Point Pleasant Housing Authority will stay at his office in Senior High School until the shelter project is finished. Secretary Margaret Thomas confirms he plans to continue in housing as a career.
Miss Dorothy McKinney of Chauncey heads to Beulah Heights Kentucky to take the superintendency of the Holiness Church Mission and Orphanage. She will be joined by her sister Elaine as assistant and by Dannie Mae Adkins as fellow missionary. The trio, daughters of Mr and Mrs Andrew McKinney and Chauncey-Dover High School graduates, have prior mission experience in Intersession City Kentucky.
Relatives reported the death of Granvis Kenney who entered Dayton's Veteran's Hospital. Local visits include the McNamees from New Lexington and the Kerns from Columbus. Junior Snyder enlisted in the Air Corps. The Pocahontas urges members to attend Friday's meeting July 3 for important business.
Helen Jane Crawford six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Pat Crawford underwent a tonsillectomy at Athens on Monday and is recovering at her home in the city.
A compact summary of top American League and National League players led by Williams of Boston with 75 RBIs and 17 homers, Spence of Washington 97 hits, and Mize of New York 82 hits and 12 homers. Reiser and Ott top NL and AL in runs, with Borony, French noted for pitching.
Chauncey events include Ruth Ann Coe visiting grandparents in Albany while staying with Mr and Mrs Perry Coe. The Sanders family from near Albany visited their Chauncey relatives. Charles Hambel returned from Elliotts after a visit with his sister Lara Tucker in Converse Street. Maude Brewer and Florence Brewer and Miriam Butts of Athens attended the funeral of Mrs Sarah Nye. William Oliver of Barberton and Luke Hardy of The Plains visited Chauncey relatives.
The Chauncey 4 Leaf Clover Club met Wednesday at Betty Blackford's home on May Avenue with advisor Jeanette Blackford presiding. Members prepared sandwiches as their project, including Shirley Russell Pauline Robinson Joanna Ley Susie Ferrer Donna Leiber Jeanie Cline and Betty Blackford.
Mr and Mrs Edward Linscott hosted Chauncey Mr and Mrs Frank Lands Frank Lands Jr and Lois Jean Lands for Sunday dinner in The Plains Eileen Lands. Recent guests included Betty Lou Lands of Columbus Ruth Ann Coe of Springfield Neva Morrison of Upper Sandusky and Mary Ferrel Dew of Chauncey.
Mrs Thomas Lowery of Chauncey is discharged from Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after three weeks and major surgery. She is slightly improved and returned home Saturday accompanied by her husband.
The regular meeting of Mazon Council Degree of Pocahontas Millfield will install officers Tuesday night with Mrs Carson Sanders as installing officer. A social hour and potluck supper will follow the ceremony.
Announcement states the Dover Township Board of Trustees will meet Friday afternoon at 1 o clock due to July Fourth on Saturday. Also listed is Morristown Holiness Church weekly cottage prayer meeting Friday at 8 PM at the home of Mr and Mrs Andrew McKinney.
W Hals Nelsonville resident H. Glenn, a former Third Ward city councilman, was transported to St. Francis Hospital in Columbus on Monday for treatment and operation. His room is 409.
Tom Blair of Carbon Hill pleaded guilty on arraignment in Mayor Herman Oggs court and was fined ten dollars plus costs. Guy Fellem of this city was fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to an intoxication complaint.
Kimberly Mrs. Thomas Par ry of Nelsonville Rt. 3 was fined $10 and costs by Magistrate Floyd Brown in Kimberly after pleading guilty to disturbing the peace and using profane language. The costs were paid and the fine suspended during good behavior.
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