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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1943

Page

8

Former registrants called for immediate U.S. military duty

Hocking County residents Charles William Vancurren and Ralph Alvin Couder of Columbus, formerly of Logan, are listed for screening and will be included in future army contingents. The notice also details a public sale of rural Athens County land parcels with multiple tracts, coal rights, and oil and gas lease provisions, features property descriptions, openings, and measurement specifics.

Logan Hocking County U. S Selective Service Board Charles William Vancurren Ralph Alvin Couder Noth Columbus Promate Court Athena Athens Ohi Harge More Lowe Weld Choevenor Henry Ose Ward Noah Norria Sald Ing H. Hibbard Ikis Frank J. Deasley L. Stephens Marietta Ohio Eaxid Maine Hadley Tatler Jesse Tabler, Jr Wilam Xkiniier Rome State of Toewit Henry Hall Aris Sarah Brethon State of Ohio Olio Bection Ohimde Countie Rteck Road Eala Ate Colm Deca Jones and Williams Orneys Tole

Nickel Plate School to be Abandoned

Falls Township board announces Nickel Plate School will be closed in the coming year. Students will transfer to Calico Ridge School. Extended contracts granted to teachers at Enterprise Webb Summit Calico Ridge West Logan and Calico Ridge. Vocal music will be taught by Gladys Orr.

Gladys Lee West Logan Josephine Sayre Florence Lanning Doris Turner Gladys Orr

Logan High School Star Enlists in Navy Ensign Baker

Jack Baker son of County Commissioner Stanley Baker is to be sworn into the U S Navy in coming days. He will be commissioned ensign in the supply department and sent to Sampson New York for training before Harvard University. A Logan High School and Ohio University graduate he formerly worked for RCA in Camden New Jersey. His wife and daughter Sherry will live with her mother Mrs Roy Ruble in Mr Pleasant Michigan during his absence.

Logan Jack Baker Stanley Baker U. S. Navy Supply Department Sampson N. Y Harvard University Logan High School Ohio University Radio Corporation of America Camden N. J Sherry

Youth Fellowship Institute Attended by Logan Group

Nine delegates from the Youth Fellowship of Logan First Methodist Church attend a Youth Fellowship Institute at Lancaster Camp Grounds. They travel with Mrs. Arlie Brimner and Mrs. James L. Young. Attending members include Marilyn Brimner Barbara Hall Harold Haas Luther Brimner Audrey Young Ruth Hansley Irene Struble William Mack Mary Jane Lanning and Jimmie Young.

Logan Logan First

Husband Files Court Action for Divorce

Robert Newlen files for divorce from Retta Newlen in the Court of Common Pleas charging wilful absence for over three years. He says he left the home in spring 1929 and did not return. they married January 14, 1914 at Pomeroy and have four children, all adults.

Logan Robert Newlen Retta Newlen Court of Common Pleas Pomeroy

Marine veteran Logan Emmett C Stephen visits mother

Logan Emmett C Stephen formerly a U S Marine sergeant received an honorable discharge and is visiting his mother Mrs Viola Stephenson. He arrived in Logan Monday from the Marine Barracks and Naval Ammunition Depot in Charleston D C where he was stationed as a guard.

Logan Emmett C. Stephenson U. S. Marine Corps Viola Stephenson Marine Barracks Naval Ammunition Depot Charleston D. C

Logan Kinnison Divorce Granted in Logan District

Frank Kinnison and Carmen Kinnison obtain a divorce near Logan on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Judge Phil A. Henderson grants the decree in the Court of Common Pleas.

Logan Frank Kinnison Carmen Kinnison Phil A. Henderson Court of Common Pleas

Dicken Addition Man Is Fined by Court

William Amos Logan of Dicken Addition was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 3 days in Hocking County jail after pleading guilty to assault and battery arraigned by Magistrate Frank St. Clair. The arrest affidavit was filed by Mrs. Hattie Allison. the alleged victim was his wife Roxy. Sheriff Floyd Duffy arrested him the day before.

Logan William Amos Dicken Hocking County Frank St. Clair Hattie Allison Roxy Floyd Duffy

Shaw Funeral Held Tuesday In Logan

Funeral services for John D. Shaw age 69 retired farmer were held Tuesday afternoon in Logan. Rev. Stanley Wiant officiated and burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Anna Bachus Shaw three sons John Lancaster Joe Columbus and Vernon Logan three daughters Lawrence Courter and Harry Meldrim and Joe M Brown all of Logan Route 4 one sister Alice Day Indiana and seventeen grandchildren.

Logan John D. Shaw Stanley Wiant Oak Grove Hocking County Anna Bachus Shaw John Lancaster Joe Columbus Vernon Lawrence Courter Harry Meldrim Joe M Brown

Budget Board Mulls Sales Tax Distribution in Hocking County

Logan The Hocking County Budget Commissioner and three county officials held hearings Monday on how sales tax funds should be allocated to city, township, village and school sub-divisions. Representatives from the subdivisions met with the commission at the Court House as additional conferences are planned in the coming days.

Blight Reported in Victory Gardens

Logan James R Smoot county extension agent reports anthracnose blight and mosaic prevalent in bean patches across city and county Victory Gardens. Seed from eastern sources and mixed seed blamed for spread. western seed from Colorado and other western states is fungus free. Soil can harbor fungus for two years. Inquiries at the county extension office offer effective treatment.

Logan James R. Smoot Victory Gardens Colorado

Native of Gore Dies at Buena Vista

Funeral arrangements are being completed for Lucy Marie Taylor 72 wife of Elza Taylor who died at her home in Buena Vista near Rockbridge Monday after months of ill health. A Gore native and lifelong Hocking County resident she is survived by her husband and brother M F Walters of Columbus and was a Gore Methodist Church member.

Logan Lucy Marie Taylor Elza Taylor Buena Vista Rockbridge Cherrington Hospital Gore Hocking County M. F. Walters Columbus Gore Methodist Church

Union Social and Family Notices at Rock Springs

MT UNION Mr and Mrs An drew Davis of Rock Springs were Sunday guests of M A Epple family. Charles King and daughter Anna attended Sunday School at Bradbury. Bob Richard and Mary Epple hosted Sunday guests Bessie McGee Lineal Jordan Edgar Jordan Arthur McGee Don Cotterill and Carl Turner. Harrisonville 4 H Club met at M A Epple home Monday night with ice cream and cake after. Eva Steward visited her aunt Elma Steward while Ezra Darnell of Columbus is spending days with his wife and children here. P F C Willis M Wiseman, son of Mr and Mrs O W Wiseman, is now somewhere in North Africa.

MT. Union Andrew Davis Rock Springs M. A. Epple Charles King Anna Bradbury Bob Richard Mary Epple Bessie McGee Lineal Jordan Edgar Jordan Arthur McGee Don Cotterill Carl Turner Harrisonville M. A Elma Steward Ezra Darnell Columbus P.F.C Willis M. Wiseman O. W. Wiseman North Africa

Corning Social Notes and Local Developments

Corning notes report Clarence Esselstein entering nine months officers training at Michigan State University Lansing. Sunflower Eastern Stars plan July 26 and August 30 meetings. Town water plans include Pikes Peak reservoir. Visits to relatives noted and youth church event funds to Lancaster Camp. Submarine duty assignment for Jack Dawson. Gannett resigns as Corning superintendent to Eaton Schools. Custodian Herold Rodgers hired. Leon ard Baird enlisted. Local marriages include P F C Herold A Pedicord and Grace Evelyn Foura.

G. P Gannett Corning Board of Education Eaton Schools Preble County Delmar Foraker Herold Rodgers Leonard Baird

Carbondale Social Notes Highlights Weekend Visits

Local society brief notes several residents visiting family and friends over the weekend. Lorraine Jewett stayed with Madeline Starrett in Nelsonville while Gerald Williams and Richard Williams spent time with relatives in New York and Athens. Also listed are Mildred Barber in Columbus, Inez Stump in Columbus, and Army Pvt. Hughes Landis visiting relatives in Pennsylvania, plus the Lowry and Davis families visiting others in town.

Carbondale Lorraine Jewett Madeline Starrett Nelsonville Gerald Williams New York James Pollack Richard Williams Athens Ralph Williams Mildred Barber Columbus George Barber Jasper Cox Inez Stump Vess Stump Pvt Hughes Landis Pennsylvania John Landis Junior Taylor Carroll, Coonville Raymond Davis Oak Grove John Stanley

Edwards clan reunion held on Ohio River near West Virginia line

Mr and Mrs Donley Edwards and daughter Janet attended a reunion of the Edwards clan along the Ohio River near the West Virginia and Ohio line. Death message says James Bell’s uncle died prompting Mr and Mrs Bell to depart for New Lexington on Thursday.

Donley Edwards Janet Edwards Ohio River Virginia Ohio Line James Bell New Lexington

Reedsville couples visit over Fourth weekend

Lieut. Charles W. Teed and Mrs. Teed spent the Fourth weekend with Mrs. Teed’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion A. Hall, while Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. of Mount Vernon Ohio visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Pickens.

Reedsville Charles W. Teed Charles W., Teed Irene Hall Teed Marion A. Hall Charles H Mount Vernon Ohio Clyde Pickens

Thistle Oil Drills Second Well on Weaver Property

The Thistle Oil and Gas Co drills a second well on Charles Weaver’s Pikes Peak property after the first near the Weaver home proved a dry hole yet yielded a good water supply. Water from the first well was analyzed in Columbus and the Corning cor- (text truncated).

Thistle Oil and Gas Co Charles Weaver Pikes Peak Weaver Columbus Corning Cor

Robin Moor Sinking Admitted by Nazis

Berlin radio admitted the German submarine sunk the American merchant ship Robin Moor in the South Atlantic on June 9, 1941. The vessel was the first U S. ship torpedoed in this war and all aboard were saved. The German claim had previously denied responsibility and US damages were lodged.

New York Berlin Robin Moor South Atlantic CBS U. S

Dexter area social notes list local visits and guests

Dexter residents share visitor reports as Mrs. Shirley Andrick and daughter visit Dayton relatives. Mrs. Russell Musser and children visit near Springfield relatives. Elsie Danny guests of Ruth Davis. Numerous local families host and visit across Mud Fork Leading Creek Gallipolis Rutland Lancaster and Huntington with garden club activity noted. Osler rents Hewitt property and moves to Rutland.

Dexter Shirley Andrick Dayton C. H. Amos Russell Musser Springfield W. R. Amos F. C. Folden Elsie Danny Ruth Davis H. J. Marchington Mud Fork Howard Folden Carol Folden Leading Creek Donal Marchington Lancaster Loyal Folden Gallipolis Ernest Martin Huntington H. C. Smith Robert Blizzard S. S. Minor Max Smith Garden Club Fred Winn Rutland Ronald Marchington Mr. Osler Clarence Hewitt

Crops Fall Short of 1943 Ohio Harvest Forecasts

Ohio crop officials report favorable June weather but expect lower yields from late planted grains. July 1 projections show corn at 41 bushels per acre, total 141,450,000 bushels. winter wheat 26,367,000. oats at 44,410,000, all below 1942 output.

Columbus Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service

Social Notes of Syracuse Ohio Visitors and Local Gatherings

Social notes list visits by Mr. and Mrs. David Cuckler and family in Syracuse and Canton, with relatives in Columbus and Cincinnati. Several residents and guests attend W S C S events, picnics at Syracuse Methodist Church, and weekend trips in Ohio and beyond.

Visiting Parents of WAVES Storekeeper on Leave

Phyllis Nixon of the WAVES stationed in Boston is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Burr Nixon during a brief leave. She will return to be assigned to the naval air base at Clinton Oklahoma for the duration of the war. Castor and Pollux, the heavenly twins, are slowly drifting apart.

Logan Phyllis Nixon The WAVES Boston Mass Burr Nixon Naval Air Clinton Okla

Bread Baking Contest Set At Marion Grange Hall

Logan Marion lodge announces annual bread baking contest during the January meeting at the grange hall. Judges to be announced. Members urged to enter. After the contest there will be entertainment and refreshments. ladies asked to bring sandwiches meat pies.

Logan Marion «J. Wll Organisi Grange Hall Mem

Brooks Rites Held Tuesday

Funeral rites were held Tuesday at 2 30 p m for Mrs Ona Brooks widow of John Brooks who died Saturday night at the home of her daughter Mrs Rugg Brandt in Logan Stanley Wiant officiated the burial took place in the local cemetery Survivors include the daughter with whom she made her home a sister Mrs Lucy Gy near Logan

Logan Rq Dence Ona Brooks John Brooks Rugg Brandt Ry Stanley Wiant Oa Grove Daug Lucy Gy

Methodist Sundy School Officers Elected In Jacksonville

Jacksonville notes report the election of officers for the Methodist Sunday School on Sunday July 11. Wilbur Housholder is superintendent and Mrs Walter McCaskey assistant superintendent with Arlene Davis as primary superintendent and Anna Rasp as assistant. Changes also include secretary Chlpela Southard and librarian Barbara Lent with Eloig Eisnaugle treasurer and Waknetia Exenkamper pianist. The Pettits Ruston and Florida visits are noted as returning home from West Carrollton after a week with Davis and Pettit relatives and friends in Barberton and Millfield.

Jacksonville Methodist Sundy School Wilbur Housholder Walter McCaskey Primay Arlene Davis Anna Rasp Chlpela Southard Eloig Eisnaugle Gloria Ann Exenkamper Wakneta Exenkamper Whbur Householder Barbara Lent Anna Paulin Exenkamper Courtney Pettitson Ruston Flah West Carrollton Gerald Vernon Barberton R& Davis

Sewing Susies meet at Margie Campbell home

The group met at Margie Campbell's home in Haydenville. War Stamps totaling 18.60 were sold during the week. A hay ride was planned and refreshments were served. A stray line notes rats reacting to tar or whitewash.

Haydenville Margie Campbell

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