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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1943

Page

10

Stag camp plans set for Camp Pass-Hocking session

Logan Hocking County extension agent James Smoot announces two day stag session July 31 to August 1 at Camp Pass Hocking near Adelphi Londonderry. Fred Keeler will direct the program featuring volleyball swimming boating fishing trapshooting and water polo at a 1 1 2 acre lake. Reservations due by July 26 at the county extension office with a cost near three dollars for the period.

LOGAN Camp Pass-Hocking Adelphi Londonderry Ty James FR Smoot County Fred Keeler Ross County Direttor Smoot Mid Gibson Gibisonville Hocking County Billy Barringer Paul Carr OPA

Scarcity Will Change Livestock Feeding

Logan reports scarcity of grain will force Hocking County farmers to alter feeding practices. Livestock will receive more supplementary foliage and pasture. Hogs should be fed to lighter weights as corn becomes scarcer for deficit areas. Carry-over feed grains at the end of 1943 will be reduced to a minimum.

Last rites for Miss Clarice Palmer in Logan

Miss Clarice Palmer aged 78 died Tuesday at her West Main Street home after a long illness. Last rites were held Thursday at 2 p m at Heinlein Funeral Home with Rev A N Grueser officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were Harry Stevenson John McBroom John Bownes James Hutchinson Frank St Clair and Charles Barthio w. A native of the Gibisonville community she had lived in Logan many years.

Logan Heinlein Clarice Palmer West Main Street A. N. Grueser Oak Grove Harry Stevenson John McBroom John Bownes James Hutchinson Frank St. Clair Charles Barthiow Palmer Jibisonville

Blood Donor Drive Reaches Peak Demand in Logan

The mobile unit’s third visit on July 19 20 collected nearly 190 donors toward a 280 goal. About 300 can be accepted daily, but 385 have been registered and placed on a waiting list for future visits. The unit, with one physician and several volunteers, will be at Logan High School. Persees donors who cannot give now are assured the unit will return soon. Pvt. William Micke Durant of Camp Davis NC visited Logan to spend time with his parents Mr and Mrs George Durant prior to deployment.

Logan — Hocking Auota Perkins Wis Sever Logan High School Perse Logan William Micke Durant Camp Davis N.C George Durant J. E. Moore

State Examiner Visits County Vendors on Sales Tax Return

Logan Charrles Donnelly of the Ohio Department of Taxation inspected the Court House in Logan and Hocking County to audit vendor semi annual sales tax returns for January 1 to June 30. He will return July 19 20 24 and 29 at the Hocking County commissioners headquarters. Vendors must file by July 31 or face a one dollar per day delinquency penalty.

Logan Charrles Donnelly Ohio Department of Taxation Court House Logan and Hocking County Hocking County

Logan Minister To Preach at Morristown

At Morristown Holiness Church Rev Willie Maffin will preach Friday and Sunday at 8 p m Rev Charles Buckley will preach Saturday 8 p m and Sunday morning following Sunday School The weekend services occur during Rev Ray Pidcock absence as he and Mrs Pidcock visit Akron with daughters Adrian and Sylvia.

Chauncey Morristown Holiness Church Willie Maffin Logan Charles Buckley Mineral Ray Pidcock Pidcock Akron Adrian Sylvia

37 Attend Meeting at Baker Settlement Farm Bureau

Mrs. John Shafer attended a meeting Tuesday night at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Harold Brown Baker Settlement of the Community Farm Bureau. There were 37 present and after an interesting program Mrs Brown served sandwiches salad pie and coffee.

Chauncey John Shafer Hame Harold Brown Baker Settlement Community Farm Bureau Brown

Honor Roll Board Planned for Plains School District

Plans for erecting and dedicating an Honor Roll Board in The Plains Community School district to be unveiled Labor Day with flag raising and an appropriate program. About 170 local servicemen are listed. Dude Grandy leads arrangements with Delmar Buffington Sell Buffington Harry Rollison and Luke Hardy assisting. Fred Nida Herbert McDonald and Herbert Grandy design and build the board.

Chauncey Plains Community Dude Grandy Delmar Buffington Sell Buffington Harry Rollison Luke Hardy Fred Nida Herbert McDonald Herbert Grandy

Charles Dornberg named new minister at Chauncey SDA Church

Charles Dornberg, from Washington Missionary College, becomes pastor for Chauncey Glouster and Chillicothe SDA churches. He will preach Saturday morning and conduct services every two weeks, succeeding Elder Lester Stauffer as local pastor.

Chauncey Charles Dornberg

McKinney Son Released From Atlantic City Hospital

Chauncey Mr. and Mrs. Andrew McKinney report their son Pvt. Paul McKinney has been discharged from the station hospital in Atlantic City New Jersey after a 27 day confinement. He underwent an appendectomy and later developed pneumonia requiring blood transfusions.

Chauncey Andrew McKinney Pvt Paul McKinney Atlantic City

Chauncey Area Residents and Notables in Brief

Mrs Hazel Chal fan left Chauncey to be near husband Pvt Harry A Chal fan stationed at Indiantown Gap Pa. Francis Bulloch on furlough from Great Lakes Naval Station Ill visits parents and relatives. James Mullins of Chauncey undergoes appendix operation at Osteopathic Hospital Marietta and is reported favorable. Carrie Chan nell to lead Sunday School at The Plains Nazarene Church. Rev Frank Noel to preach both services. Rev Clarence Way to lead Church of God Chauncey services with Young People meeting led by Flo Kelzenburg.

Chauncey Hazel Chalfan Lebanon Harry A. Chalfan Indiantown Gap Francis Bulloch Great Lakes Naval Station Ill Blaine Bulloch Bailey Run James Mullins Osteopathic Hospital Marietta Carrie Channell Plains Nazarene Church Frank Noel Clarence Way Church of God In Young People's Meeting Flo Kelzenburg Joseph R. Dunn Robert Junior Dunn Great Lakes Naval Training Station George Gribble Wheeling West Virginia John Lee Lancaster Bob Jewell Columbus United Brethren Will McBroom Logan

Chesterhill News Notes

Local items include Bower Carpenter 55 stricken with cerebral hemorrhage while staying with nephew and niece. A barn on Route 377 north of Todds burned in a lightning strike. seven loads of hay burned, no insurance. Several residents visit family and travel plans noted, including Bertha Love and Bertha Moody visiting Columbus, E. M McGinnis ill but improving, and Forrest Totman returning to Apalachicola. Navy recruit Cline McCurdy ill with measles at home.

Chesterhill—Bower Carpenter Carlos Carpenter Brett Charlotte Wiley Camp Ground Lancaster Bessie Carpenter Jean Edgar Michener Hope Ark Wayne Bertha Love McConnelsville Hettie Woodward Bertha Moody Laura Riley Moody Chesterhill Columbus Ella McPeak Flora Roberts Forrest Totman Apalachicola Fla Ohio Fuel Gas Company Harold Wood Wood J. A. Wood Cline McCurdy Navy R. C. McCurdy

Logan Brief Social Notes

Members of the Among Ourselves Club hosted by Mrs. Paul Dollison with Mrs. Rudolph Brandt presiding and Mrs. Harley Gooding presenting a paper on General Douglas MacArthur. Lunch followed as Mrs. Dollison’s sisters served. guests included Mrs. Tor Price and others while several members attended. The Daughters of Dorcas Circle met at United Brethren Church with Mrs. Mack Dalton hosting and plans for an August picnic discussed along with readings and poems by Judy Dell Turner and others.

Carl Brown Merritt Worn Rudoph Brandt Kate Bort Roy Crawford Ida Steinman Gooding Clayton Schelde Mack Dalton Daughters of Dorcas United Brethren Church John Keller Loomis Dalton Luke Charles Loomis Judy Dell Turner Orla Wolfe Albert Donaldson George Roberts

Otterbein Guild Meets At Betty Sheeler Home

Betty Sheeler hosted the Otterbein Guild gathering on Walnut Street with Myrtle Glass presiding. Dues were collected, Central American neighbors discussed, and a camp at Westerville planned. next meeting at Martha Kelch with a potluck. Also noted birthday celebration for Nathan Starr and various local visits and travels.

Betty Sheeler Otterbein Guild Walnut Street Myrtle Glass Guild Westerville Janet Sweazy Wanda Brown Shirley Futchison Mrs. Grueser Central America Martha Kelch

Peaches in Short Supply at Local Market

Local store warns of a likely single shipment of peaches this season with market price near seven dollars per bushel. Article notes broader fruit scarcity including raspberries and cherries and mentions artificial icicles used in films.

Pomeroy

Chauncey Soldier Transferred Between Camps in War News

Staff Sgt. Thomas Dew of Chauncey, part of a motor vehicle inspection unit, is transferred from Camp Forest Tennessee to Camp Breckenridge Kentucky. The move was relayed by his wife Mary Ferrel Dew and follows visits at Camp Forest with Dr and Mrs Kenneth Nye Capt and Mrs Glenn Gardner and Pvt Dix Pickering, all formerly stationed there.

Chauncey Thomas Dew Camp Forest Tenn Camp Breckenridge Mary Ferrel Dew Kenneth Nye Glenn Gardner Pvt Dix Pickering

Parish Services Listed in Chauncey Church

Church School and Communion of the Lords Supper will be held at the usual hour across the Parish including Chauncey Millfield Greens Runs Taylor Ridge and Trimble. Preaching by Gilbert Courtney at Greens Run 9 30 a m Chauncey 10 30 a m and by Glaze Thompson at Taylor Ridge 9 30 a m Millfield 10 30 a m. No night service in any parish churches.

Chauncey Church of Christ Millfield Greens Runs Taylor Ridge Trimble Gilbert Courtney Greens Run Glaze Thompson

Nephew of Helena fireman dies in South Pacific action

Mrs Eldred Shaf er of The Plains is notified that her nephew Donald Hensler son of Mr and Mrs Edward Hensler of Columbus was a fireman on the U S S Helena which was sunk in recent naval action in the South Pacific.

Chauncey Eldred Shafer The Plains Donald Hensler Edward Hensler Columbus U. S. S. Helena South Pacific

Suttons announce birth of Peggy Ruth in The Plains

Mr and Mrs Emmett Sutton of Chauncey reveal the birth of a daughter named Peggy Ruth at their home in The Plains on Thursday July 15. Grandparents include Mr and Mrs McGrew of Lancaster and Mr and Mrs Mark Sutton of Mill Street Chauncey.

Chauncey Emmett Sutton Peggy Ruth the Plains McGrew Lancaster Mark Sutton Mill St. Chauncey

Suffers Minor Injury In Dive at Pool

Logan youth Robert Sheeler suffered minor head and shoulder injuries Wednesday night after diving from the pool's north end and striking another swimmer who had dived from a stand. He was knocked unconscious and dragged from the water by Joe Gabriel who gave first aid. A physician treated him before he was sent home.

Logan Robert Red) Sheeler Fred Sheeler Joe Gabriel

U S Route 33 Resurfacing Moves Fast Through Logan

Resurfacing on U S Route 33 between Haydenville and Three Mile Creek advances quickly with main artery complete within the village and side excavation near Pattonville School finished. The contractor will resurface part of Main Street from Orchard to Gallagher Avenue once the highway is done and city work is expected to start next month. A note adds a Massachusetts bakery law prohibiting fowl in bakeries.

LOGAN Haydenville Three Mile Creek Pattonville School Main Street Orchard Gallagher Avenue

Camp Ross Hocking staff advisers meet to plan session

Logan James R. Smoot and Mrs Ruth Bennington attended Thursday's meeting of Camp Ross-Hocking staff advisers at the camp. Smoot will serve as general camp manager for the year. Other extension officials from the district attended the meeting as advisers.

Dixon volunteers for immediate duty in U S armed forces

Army officials report Glenn Arvid Dixon of New Straits ville has volunteered for immediate duty. He will undergo a screening physical examination and be included in a future contingent of inducted personnel.

Logan Glenn Arvid Dixon New Straitsville U. S

Logan-Robert Gano Begins Active Army Duty at Ft Hayes

Logan, Ohio born Bob Gano reported at Ft Hayes Columbus Thursday to begin active duty with the U S Army after a two week furlough. He was part of the June 23 Hocking County contingent but was held over for more examination at the induction center.

Logan Robert Bob) Gano Ft. Hayes Columbus U. S. Army Hocking County

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