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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1942

Page

2

Nine Persons Are Fined in Court of Mayor Ogg of Nelsonville

In Nelsonville mayor Herman Oggs court Hubert F Nye of Chauncey was found guilty of reckless operation and fined five dollars plus costs. John Elliott of Athens pleaded guilty to assault and battery and paid ten dollars plus costs. Charles Wright was fined five dollars plus costs for disturbing the peace. Elma Manning, William Barron, and Tom Mulligan each paid five dollars plus costs for intoxication. Barron and Linton were sent to jail for settlement, others paid. Parry of Athens and Frett Ball of Springfield faced reckless operation charges and were fined five and ten dollars respectively plus costs.

Nelsonville Hubert F. Nye Chauncey State Highway Patrol Herman Ogg John Elliott Blanche Elliott Charles Wright Michael Pates Midnight Inn Elma Manning Buchtel William Barron Tom Mulligan Jerry F. Linton Barron Linton Athens Charles Walter Parry Frrett Ball Springfield

O V Benedum Dies Saturday at The Plains

Nelsonville Ohio area obituary for O V Benedum age 73 who died Saturday night after a long illness following a stroke. He leaves wife Lulu and four sons Charles Glen Ralph Cleve land and Kenneth. Funeral Tuesday at Rock Run Church near West Union with burial in West Union Cemetery. Funeral party departs Lower Plains residence at 9 30 Tuesday morning.

Nelsonville Oakey V. Benedum Lower Plains Lulu Benedum Charles Glen Ralph Cleveland Kenneth Camp Lewis Cal Rock Run Church West Union W. Va

Legion Will Name Delegates In Nelsonville Meeting

Delegates to the state convention of the American Legion will be chosen at the regular Nelsonville meeting on Tuesday July 7 at 7 30 o clock at the Legion Building. Members who have money for the chore balls are asked to turn them in at this meeting. A large attendance is expected.

Nelsonville The American Legion Nelsonville St Legion

Nelsonville Social Notes

Mrs. Elsie Fiske of 133 Myers may host Retta Howe Sunday School Class on Wednesday evening in July with assistants Mrs. Audrey Ogg Mrs. Charlotte Hubbell and Mrs. Janet Clark. A large attendance is expected. Mr and Mrs Don Smith of Columbus announce the birth of a son on July 4 with Mrs Jessie Smith and W D Wolfe of Nelsonville as grandparents.

Nelsonville Elsie Fiske Myers St Retta Howe Audrey Ogg Charlotte Hubbell Janet Clark Don Smith Mary Elizabeth Wolfe Columbus Jessie Smith W. D. Wolfe City

Holiday Guests Visit From Nearby Cities

Miss Nellie Reuter of Lancaster and Mrs. Martin Ohlinger host family visitors. L R Powell and family guest of Herbert Paulus at Lakewood. Glenn Oliver and children visit Mrs. R R Stalter. Dr N Hill with Capt William Sharp at Fort William Ky. William J Miller of Wheeling and family with Mrs C E Washburn. Rev and Mrs Stewart Radford visit Harrisburg Illinois with Mrs Betts. Mrs John Shetler of Bexley visits Columbus friends. Jack Grimm in U S service visits relatives. Mrs Frank Betts Jr of Columbus home for holiday. Mrs Betts recently returned from Fort Francis Warren Wyoming. Mrs John Zellar of Zanesville visits mother Elsie Ubrig. Zellar returns home with husband.

Nellie Reuter Lancaster Martin Ohlinger L. R. Powell Lakewood Herbert Paulus Glenn Oliver Columbus

William Schaeffer Removed To Hospital

William Schaeffer of Jackson Street was removed to St Anthonys Hospital in Columbus Saturday night for an appendicitis operation. He is employed by the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co.

Nelsonville William Schaeffer Jackson St St. Anthonys Hospital Columbus Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co

Meet the Bombardier: The U S Training Center Genius

The Midland Army Flying School in Texas trains bombardiers for mass production with a three week class cycle. Brigadier General Isaiah Davies stresses integrity and nerve as cadets learn to operate the bombsight under extreme conditions, from various civilian backgrounds.

Midland Army Flying School Texas Blitzkrieg Tokyo Cologne Essen Mediterranean Coral Sea Midway Rumania Pearl Harbor Sam Broad Plains West United States Berlin Tokio Europe Isaiah Davies Mander Air Corps

West Virginia motorists flock to Gallipolis for gas

West Virginia drivers cross the Silver Bridge to Gallipolis as gasoline costs rise at home. Ohio stations report booming sales with longer hours while defense workers in Point Pleasant buy fuel on the Ohio side and five gallon can sales surge.

West Virginia Gallipolis Point Pleasant Ohio

Civic Workers Discuss Rents In Gallia Area

Gallipolis civic committee sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce met at Dr. C. F. E. Holzer home to discuss rental conditions. War workers Col. Ford and Major Rodgers attended, noting complaints of high rents but few exorbitant advances. A CPA representative was to visit the area. Gallipolis was placed in the Point Pleasant defense area for 60 days, with hearings possible for tenants to file overcharges.

Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce C. F E. Holzer Col. Ford Major Rodgers CPA Point Pleasant Defense

Auto Tax Stamp Sales Rise Briskly in City

Gallipolis posts report brisk sale of $5 auto tax revenue stamps with plentiful supply but the local office sold out several times last week. No arrests noted for stamp law violations. Penalty up to $25 and 30 days in jail. Observed many county car owners lacking stamps.

Gallipolis

Grade Levee Area for City Recreation

Gallipolis stage levee grading 350 feet by 50 feet along the city park front to establish a site for a public recreation center. The grounds will be lighted and supervised with possible extension into a parking area. a roadway provides direct access to the underbank preserve and amphitheater used for the fall festival livestock exhibits.

Gallipolis

Fire Blight Cuts Hospital Apple Crop Dramatically

In Gallipolis Ohio the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics reports fire blight devastates its extensive apple orchards. Superintendent Dr G G Kincon estimates the usual 10 000 bushel crop will fall to about 2 000. The infection also affects nearby commercial orchards. The hospital has long shipped apples to other state institutions.

Gallipolis Ohio Hospital G. G. Kincon

Glouster High Band Booster Club Meets This Evening

The Glouster High School Band Booster Club will meet at the high school building this evening at 7 30 o clock. A large attendance is expected.

Glouster Glouster High School

Glouster Social Notes Highlight Local Club Meeting

Glouster Noble Grands Club of the Marcelile Rebekah Lodge met at Mrs. R. C. Galloway in Paris with ten members and two visitors. Prizes were awarded in contests and a refreshment course was served. Next month’s meeting will be with Mrs. Marie Dodson.

Glouster Noble Grands Marcelile Rebekah Lodge R. C. Galloway Paris Marie Dodson

Storage Building Blaze Causes Holiday Alarm at Point Pleasant

A frame storage building behind the Kanawha Dairy Co. on Fifth Street burned Saturday afternoon. Firemen confined the damage to the storage shed after wine bottles for the dairy were destroyed. A bystander crowd watched as smoke enveloped nearby structures and an elderly resident calmly observed from her second floor porch.

Point Pleasant Kanawha Dairy Co Fifth St

Pt Pleasant Personal Notices Show Weekend Visits and Health

Local column lists residents visiting relatives and friends in Charleston Huntington Ashland and Cincinnati. Entries mention Mrs Mattie Bowyer Miss Garnette Tillis the Burdette family Whaley Windon and others with health notes and a Holzer Hospital update about Mrs M A Mayes.

Mattie Bowyer Charleston Mervin Chapman Henderson Garnette Tillis Huntington J. Wallace Burdette Barbara R. P. Harpers Carl Whaley Detroit C. L. Whaley Vivid St Ed Windon Windon A. C. Morely The Ordnance Works Norwalk Gray Bingham Ashland Joe Burdette P. T. Burdette J. E. Lang Point Clinic Cincinnati J. H. Somerville Capitol Herman Kearns Chillicothe Ed Blessing Audra Blessing M. A. Mayes Holzer Hospital

Glouster group meets at Mrs Bingman home

Glouster WCTU will hold a meeting Tuesday at 2 pm at the home of Mrs. C. A. Bingman on Madison Street for an afternoon session.

Glouster Wct.u C. A. Bingman Madison St

Much Planning To Precede Housing Project for Workers

Mayor Krodel said work on the government 700 worker housing shelters will be preceded by extensive planning. The city will provide sewer and water mains from a federal allotment totaling 206000 dollars. Completion is expected by October 15.

Walter B. Krode Hill Charleston Krodel

Police Arrest Seven Men Over Holiday

POINT PLEASANT Pat Wiley and John McGee were arraigned before Magistrate F W Quillin Saturday after prior drunkenness arrests and fined five dollars plus costs. William Cline of Dayton was arrested Saturday on a capial from Circuit Clerk Jones but released on bond for September term. indicted for non support at May term. Harry Stanley and Carl Sayre were held in jail over the weekend on drunkenness charges. Carl Frailer and Charley McVickers were released to Mayor Krodel after drunkenness arrests.

Point Pleasant Pat Wiley John McGee F. W. Quillin William Cline Dayton Jones Harry Stanley Montgomery Hesson Morrison Carl Sayre Jiiden Redman Carl Frailer Charley McVickers Krodel

Family Involved in Automobile Accident Near Gallipolis Ferry

Howard Cheesebrew and Mrs W L Sayre with twin boys from Huntington were in a highway collision near Gallipolis Ferry while en route to visit. Oran Sayre, three and a half, suffered cuts to leg hip face and head but was treated at Point Clinic and found not serious. The Sayre car sideswiped a southbound vehicle on Route 2.

Point Pleasant Howard Cheesebrew W. L. Sayre Fourth Ave Huntington Gallipolis Ferry Oran Point Clinic Sayre

Returns Home After Vehicle Release In War Effort

POINT PLEASANT P. R. Barnes from Tennessee worked in a local war industry. He was jailed earlier in the week, fined 50 dollars and costs, and had his car impounded for six months. He paid the fine in installments and Trooper Harry Coyner released the car.

Point Pleasant P. R. Barnes Tennessee Harry Coyner Barnes Sam Taylor Coyner

Glouster Bandsmen Host Fourth of July Picnic in Athens

Glouster High School Band members held a Fourth of July picnic at the State Hospital grounds in Athens. They attended a day of softball games and entertainments chaperoned by their instructor Mr. Raymond Connett.

Glouster State Hospital Athens Raymond Connett

Seek Donations for High School Campus

Glouster Garden Club seeks California privet hedge donations to landscape the Madison School Building grounds. Interested donors should notify Mrs. Thomas W. Figley or Mrs. L. W. Ley. A club member said the hedge is badly needed for the major grounds restoration effort.

Glouster California Glouster Garden Club Madison Thomas W. Figley L. W. Ley

Injured in Fall Richards Recovering After Swing Accident

Jimmy Richards son of Mr and Mrs Albert Richards is recovering after a severe foot wound from a fall from a cable swing striking a rusty shovel. The accident occurred last week.

Glouster Jimmy Richards Albert Richards

July Fourth Observed At State Hospital Gallipolis

The Fourth of July observance at the state hospital proceeded on schedule and drew a large crowd. Superintendent Dr. G G Kincon hosted staff, executives, and friends during an outdoor picnic supper for about 50 people followed by a social period.

Gallipolis State Hospital G. G. Kincon

Orchid Tea Widespread Among Venezuelan Domestics

The lower classes in Venezuela commonly brew tea from orchids. Orchid tea is a popular beverage among domestic workers who believe it offers a sure cure for certain ailments.

Venezuela

Martin Bernard Dies At Jacksonville Sunday

Martin Bernard age 67 died at his home in Jacksonville Sunday morning after a six month illness. He was born near Ringgold, son of the late Mr and Mrs William Bernard, lived in Jacksonville 25 years. Survived by wife Anna and brothers John Millersburg George Dutch Ridge Aaron Greens Run Clarence Jacksonville. five sisters preceded him in death. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm in Jacksonville Methodist Church with Rev C E Palmer officiating. Burial Maplewood Cemetery.

Glouster Martin Bernard Jacksonville Ringgold William Bernard Anna John Millersburg George Dutch Ridge Aaron Greens Run Clarence Jacksonville Methodist Church C. E. Palmer Maplewood Cemetery

Enters Army Service Glouster Bricker Inducted

William Bricker son of Mr and Mrs James Bricker of near Utica and nephew of Mr and Mrs J H Henshaw has been inducted into the Army and is stationed at Keesler Field Mississippi.

Glouster William Bricker James Bricker Utica J. H. Henshaw Keesler Field Miss

Mollie E Clark Rites Held This Afternoon

Mollie E. Clark wife of Robert Clark died Saturday at a daughter’s home on Charleston Road after a year of illness. Services at Heights United Brethren Church with Rev. Fran Capehart. Burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Born November 27, 1875 in New Chattell Kansas. Survived by husband two daughters Ada Clark and Mary McDaniel and a daughter Mrs Parsons, and a son Bowser injury. A 16 year old Bowser son of Elmer Bowser rode fall broke arm treated Port Clinic.

Point Pleasant Jolie Elizabeth Clark Robert Clark Carl E. Parsons Charleston Road The Heights Dauters Parsons Mary McDaniel Nitro Ada Clark Addison

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