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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1945
Page
2
City council held a special meeting to review a sidewalk protest by five of seven property owners on the 2200 block fronting Jackson Ave. Instead of building at the curb, the council authorized one or more owners to construct walks on a grade line set by the city at their expense.
Eighteen Mason County men have been ordered to report at the Haynes Building board office at 8 am Thursday July 19 for induction. Miss Virginia Rice says hours are 8 30 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday and 8 am to noon Saturday. Inductees and selectees listed include Theodore W Dick ason of Lakin and several Point Pleasant volunteers and transfers from Savannah Georgia.
Mrs Nelson A Park of Jackson Ave hosted the Five Hundred Club meeting with Mrs R J Heslop and Miss Bes Liter as guests. Prizes went to Mrs Martin for high score after contract. Stunts and games guided by Mrs Laula Lewis followed a Presbyterian Church Woman's Auxiliary supper on the Guthrie lawn. About eighty attended including out of town guests and Mr Monroe Bush led devotionals. Also included are Point Pleasant personals and a Greene stopover in the city with the Gordon C Greene steamer visiting Thursday afternoon, plus a chamber campaign planned for membership next week.
Arch Hudson, a 62 year old farmer of Ripley Road Mason County, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home Wednesday morning. Funeral services will be held from Morgan United Brethren Church Saturday afternoon. He was a son of the late Preston and Rebecca Hudson and never married. Survived by two brothers S S Hudson of Country Club Addition and James Hudson of Letari. Archie S Hudson of 2625 Lincoln Ave is his nephew. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge and United Brethren Church.
Mason County 4 H camps at Recreation Center near South Side, with about 250 youths expected Monday through Saturday. Coordinated by County Agent Anderson and club leaders, the event features instruction in charting, clothing, crafts, agriculture, wildlife, nursing, safety, and more with speakers from Morgantown to the Appalachian Electric Power Co. and state police.
United Brethren Church plans two week revival starting next Sunday in Tulsa 14 with Home-Coming Day on July 29. Camp ground near New Haven, trees surrounding, Rev George Thomas evangelist, Misses Wayline and Jitte Gnas to provide music, L A McMillan leader says turnout expected strong as visitors from West Virginia and Ohio counties attend. Parents announce birth of son to Mr and Mrs William Stover born Wednesday.
In Gallipolis at the First Presbyterian Church a marriage joined Cpl. Baxter Fife and his bride, the daughter of William Amsbury of Van Nuys, Calif. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Theodore Valenti with only immediate relatives present. Best man was Cpl. Thomas, and the couple plan to split time between relatives in Gallipolis and Columbus after a brief honeymoon.
Clifton social columns report residents at home after service overseas and visiting relatives. Notables include Cecil Sleeth returning from overseas, Prc. David Harrison visiting his mother, Mrs Kate Harrison, and many locals hosting kin from Chillicothe Columbus McDonald Dayton and Glouster.
Broadwell residents and relatives share illnesses travels and visits. Arch Sprouse and Lean Vernon at Luhtig illness. White returns from Sandusky to stay with his children. Mrs Clarence Rathburn and family visit Columbus. Mrs Elia Ogg returns from Cleveland. Barbara Cummings with Simon Layton family. Connie Van Dyke with her ill father in Marietta. Hazel Burke with Warren Munn y in Athens. Philip Ross family near Malta visit Cook Van Dyke. Garret Christy family visit Joe Young home with granddaughter Lizzie and Roy.
California legislative committee will cooperate with a House committee to probe for evidence of Communist activity in Hollywood. State Senator Jack B. Tenney, chair of the UnAmerican Activities panel, said records are being offered to the congressional committee led by Rep Rankin, whose district was referenced as Mississippi.
Eight year old Freda Louise Fowler was struck while crossing toward a mailbox near Eureka. She was hospitalized at Holzer Hospital with serious injuries but expected to recover. The driver L L Diehl of McKesson Robbins reported the crash to Sheriff Hatfield. no arrests contemplated as the event was deemed an unavoidable accident.
McArthur notes report Nellie E. Leach resumes full time work in her print shop after seven weeks as editor of The McArthur Democrat Enquirer. Engagement announced for Sarah Hamilton to Frank Douce of Columbus. Multiple entries list visits, travels, and events of local residents including Phoebe Cassill, Mrs. Dean Aber, the Reed family, Abele family, and military postings across Ohio and Kentucky.
Gallipolis churches post Sunday schedules with worship times and sermon topics. First Baptist led by J Edwards Hakes offers Bible School at 9 15 am morning worship at 10 30 am with theme The People That Sit in Darkness and 8 pm evangelistic service Singspirational feature. First Presbyterian led by Theodore Valenti shows Sunday school at 9 30 am and worship at 10 30 am with The Parable of Leaven. St. Peter's Episcopal with Rev Charles G Baird holds service 7 am every Sunday except first Sunday 11 am holy communion. Grace Methodist under W Scott Westerman worship 10 am with class times and youth programs. Church of Christ Garfield Avenue morning Bible classes 10 am worship 10 45 am and 8 pm. Church of God Third Avenue H M Smith 10 30 am morning worship 6 30 pm youth 7 30 pm evening. John Gee A M FE Chapel Mary Lou Henderson Sunday school 12 noon, evening worship 7 30 pm. Paint Creek Baptist Fosser L Covington Jr presents The Church With a Welcome for All with 6 am prayer, 9 15 am Sunday school, 10 30 am worship, 8 pm service.
Norma V. Johnston resigns after 16 years as librarian and Latin teacher at Gallia Academy High School to become a librarian at Findlay Junior High. Mary Ball Vickery leaves GAHS English teaching post for a northern state job, prompting a possible special board session to fill the vacancies. The article includes stray animal trivia about toads and frogs.
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