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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1943

Page

2

Nelsonville Eagle Lodge presents past worthy president certificate

Robert Green received a past worthy president certificate from the Grand Aerie and local lodge at a Nelsonville Eagle meeting. Ward Phillips presented it. James Warren deputy grand worthy president spoke on Aerie 391 progress. Lieut. Harry A. Mettler on leave also spoke. A spaghetti and meatballs feed followed.

Nelsonville Robert Green Grand Aerie Nelsonville Eagle Ward Phillips James Warren Aerie No J. G Harry A. Mettler

York Township Club Shares North Africa Letter

The York Township Service Club presents a letter from North Africa by John D. Juniper son of Mr and Mrs Harley Juniper of this city. Juniper expresses appreciation for local support and describes life abroad including language barriers and limited liberty while promising that action will come when needed. He mentions his brothers also serving and notes his nerves under fire in a lighthearted tone.

Nelsonville York Township North Africa John D. Juniper Harley Juniper States

York Grange to Convene Friday With Degree Work

York Grange will hold its regular meeting Friday evening July 16 at 8 30. Albany Grange will perform degree work. A large attendance is expected. Serving committee includes the Millard and Ed Howard families and the Vern Cage family.

Nelsonville York Grange Albany Grange Millard Ed Howard Vern Cage

Doanville Navy Son Honored at Lang Home

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lang hosted a Sunday gathering in Doanville for their son Walter Lang Jr who serves in the Navy. Guests included C L Champlin Thurlow Davis Bernard Millen and others with families and children present.

Doanville Walter Lang C. L. Champlin Thurlow Davis Bernard Millen Charles Davis Carol Bobby Bertha Rodgers Clarence Davis Andrew Loudner Linda Lou Harry Lee

Tips for Tired Eyes

Reading tips advise holding material 14 inches from the face and avoiding poor light. After driving or exposure to dust and wind, bathe eyes with Levoptik to soothe inflammation burning itching and granulated lids. money back. Thousands praise it. 26 years of success claimed. Diet Lavoptik today at all drug stores.

Ail

Gifts Sent to Convalescing Donald George

The W. S. C. S. of the Methodist Church will mail a box of gifts to Donald George who is recovering at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station hospital. He is the son of the local church pastor Rev W M George. The box ships July 19 with gifts collected by July 18.

Nelsonville Donald George Great Lakes Naval Training Station Hospital W. M. George

Nelsonville Social Notes Choir Picnic Set for Lake Hope

The First Presbyterian Church choir plans an annual picnic at Lake Hope tomorrow Thursday July 15 with arrangements by Glenn Haines Peg Barber and Imogene Sayers. The group meets at the church at 5 o clock and transportation is arranged by committee members.

Nelsonville First Presbyterian Church Lake Hope Glenn Haines Peg Barber Imogene Sayers Committee For Transportation

Codys To Meet At Beverly July 18

Nelsonville Ohio July 18 annual Cody Family reunion set for Island Park Beverly hosted by Dr A K Walker president and Mrs Mary Dearth secretary Local International Cody members join with Daniel Cody branch though international reunion not held this year All descendants invited Picnic dinner at 12 30 Families provide own table service and food An interesting program planned

Nelsonville Cody Island Park Beverly Ohio A. K. Walker Buchtel Mary Dearth Marietta

Entertain Soldiers At Home Near Canton

Mr and Mrs Pearl Lones Sr former residents here hosted at their home near Canton Ohio in honor of their son Pfe Pearl Lones Jr and their son in law Pvt John W DeLong A chicken dinner was served to many local former residents and guests including the DeLongs Lones Pickett Pancake Shultz Cheeseman Barrows and others Pfc Pearl Lones Sr left for Chanute Field Illinois and Pvt John W DeLong headed to Fort Belvoir Virginia for military duty

Nelsonville Pearl Lones Canton Ohio Pfe John W. DeLong Pearl DeLong Stanley DeLong Charles DeLong Dayton

Elks Leader Jack Call Attends National Convention

Nelsonville lodge leader Jack Call travels to Boston Massachusetts this week to participate in the Elks national convention heading a small delegation from Nelsonville.

Nelsonville Jack Call Nelsonville Lodge of Elks Boston Mass

Scouts Plan Overnight Hike From Nelsonville Troop 63

Troop 63 of Boy Scouts will hike overnight tonight meeting at the Central School building at 7 o clock. The trip aims to build endurance and camaraderie among scouts in Nelsonville.

Nelsonville Boy Scouts

Straitsville Personal and Social Notes

Straitsville notes announce birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Blanken ship of Barberton and list grandparents. The column records visits and illnesses including Cpl T Bill Lanning and Mildred Gaver, Mrs Alph Matthews Sr improving, Sgt Thomas Frasure furlough, and local residents traveling or working in Columbus Patterson Field Fort Hayes.

New Straitsville Robert Blankenship 250 7Th N. W. Barberton Blankenship Ruth Richer Deavertown John Richer Fred Blankenship Lancaster Cpl T. Bill Lanning Mildred Gaver Annabelle Lanning Alph Matthews John Shuttleworth Columbus

Youths Reunited With Juvenile Court Officer

Calvin Lee and Elmer Smith, Kanawha County youths, were released to a juvenile court officer yesterday after spending the week end in escape from the court custody.

Point Pleasant Calvin Lee Elmer Smith Kanawha County

Resurfacing underway on TNT Reservation roads

Resurfacing is in progress on roads within the TNT reservation at Point Pleasant. A bituminous mix is being applied to main roads while gravel remains for other routes.

TNT Point Pleasant

Yanks Push Front In Sicily As Patton Stresses Advance

Allied forces deepen the Southern Sicily front from Licata to Ragusa, repelling enemy counterattacks as Canadian units seize Modica and Bastille Day signals French resolve. Soviet fronts report heavy fighting at Belgorod-Orel-Kursk with German losses rising.

George S. Patton Seventh Army Sicily Licata Ragusa Montgomery Hermann Goering Italy London Daily Herald Algiers Pachino Silicy Modica Ispica Ross Munro Belgorod Red Army Belgorod-Orel- Kursk

Williams Interment at Lone Oak

Miss Louella Williams is buried in Lone Oak Cemetery after a graveside service led by the Rev. Cc. G. Billups in Point Pleasant. She died in a Huntington hospital and was the daughter of the late Rev and Mrs Hayes Williams, once living here when her father preached locally. She was related to J. S. Henderson of south of the Kanawha.

Point Pleasant Cc. G. Billups Louella Williams Huntington Lone Oak Cemetery Hayes Williams J. S. Henderson Kanawha

Court Hears Quo Warranto Motion in Mason Co. School Case

A Ripley court heard a quo warranto petition challenging Russell Starkey’s election to Mason County’s board of education. Judge Lewis H. Miller reserved ruling until July 19. The hearing drew a crowd of Starkey supporters and local officials, including Mayor Krodel and Superintendent Staats.

Mason Co Ripley Point Pleasant E. H. Burdette L. L. Caldwell Russell Starkey Board of Education Lewis H. Miller Burdette and Caldwell Lucien Blankenship Huntington Starkey F. G. Musgrave Boggess Scott and Drucker Scott Blankenship Miller B. Walter Krodel Hildreth Armstrong Board Ernest Hesson John McCausland Ivan Bush Fred Rice Staats Clyde McDermitt W. B. Barnett F. B. Lieving Frank Morrison John Wheaton

Potato blight not started by heat says expert

County Agent An derson quotes Dr. J. G. Leach saying heat is not the direct cause of potato blight but worsens prior injuries from early blight or leafhopper burn. He notes hot weather and low humidity worsen damage while cool rainy weather spreads the blight fungus. Prompt spraying is the solution.

Point Pleasant Anderson J. G. Leach

Attending Meeting of School Chiefs

POINT PLEASANT The state meeting of school superintendents began in Charleston Tuesday afternoon and will close this evening. Mason County Schools are represented by Superintendent Roush Assistant Superintendent Staats Miss Hildreth Armstrong financial secretary and Clyde McDermitt director of attendance.

Point Pleasant Charleston Roush Staats Hildreth Armstrong Clyde McDermitt Mason County

Real Estate Suit Filed in Court

A chancery suit filed in circuit court by William H. Bardin for Frances R. Cook and others targets Rosa Long and 38 defendants. The case seeks to sell the late Fred Burks’s real estate, with the property value described as not large.

Point Pleasant William H. Bardin Frances R. Cook Rosa Long Fred Burks Rardin

Point Pleasant Clinic Reports Unchanged Condition

At Point Pleasant, condition of Miss Vera Cornell remained unchanged yesterday after a dog bite possibly rabies two weeks earlier led to her admission on Sunday. The clinic also reports the birth of Carolyn Lee to Mr and Mrs James Jores of Gallipolis on Tuesday weighing 6 34 pounds.

Point Pleasant Vera Cornell Miss Cornell Point Clinic Carolyn Lee James Jores Gallipolis

Mrs. F. Jackson Ill at Son's Home

Mrs. F Jackson remains in serious condition at her son's residence on Ohio Street after illness.

Point Pleasant

First to register for liquor rations in Point Pleasant

Freddie Roseberry led registrations at the Sixth and Main Street liquor store where Mrs. W. F. Machir Miss Juliet Smith and others process applicants. A 25 cent fee was charged. about half county residents have Food Ration Book No 3 and must present Book No 2 for liquor permits. Registration sites in Henderson and New Haven are expected to stay open until August 1.

Point Pleasant Freddie Roseberry W. F. Machir Juliet Smith N. A. Park Stuart Burdette Earl Gibbs Boyd Casto Henderson New Haven

Dave Dickens to celebrate 86th birthday in Point Pleasant

Dave Dickens marks his 86th birthday while denying rumors of his death. Miss Dickens says he is well and plans a quiet day at home at 2213 Main St. in Point Pleasant after reports of his passing circulated downtown yesterday afternoon.

Point Pleasant Dave Dickens Mark Twain Dickens Main St

Stone Family Return After Visit to Point Pleasant

Dr. Frank Stone returns to Akron with his mother Mrs J H Stone and brothers Dr Will Stone and Captain C C Stone following a visit to Point Pleasant.

Point Pleasant Frank Stone Akron J. H. Stone Will Stone C. C. Stone

Kiwanis Bi weekly Dinner Meeting At Masonic Temple

The Kiwanis Club bi weekly dinner meeting will be at the Masonic Temple at 6 30 pm Thursday. The club sponsors Boy Scout Troop at the Lakin Industrial School which already has 37 members under C M Brown area director. Mr Brown will move his family here after August 1 following training in New York.

Point Pleasant Kiwanis Club Masonic Temple Billups Lakin Industrial School C. M. Brown Brown New York

Friction Sq To Conting In Labor Day Post

Report from Point Pleasant says Marietta Manufact contract changes were to be decided by the War Labor Board. Union spokesmen claim no real effort to organize employees of Chemical Defense Corp. War Labor Board had not moved on the dispute. A travel distance note reads 12 miles reference.

Labor Day Point Pleasant Marietta War Labor Board Ganize Chemical Defense Corp Behailf Ions

Peterson's Ointment Ad Soothe Itching Pies and Cracked Feet

Quick relief for eczema itching and irritated skin. Peterson's Ointment promises soothing care for irritated, cracked toes and tired feet with a satisfaction guarantee and 35¢ price.

Peterson Ady

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