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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1942
Page
3
State patrol assists in weekend traffic flow amid heat and parking shortages in Pomeroy. Officials report more arrests for violations but fewer per vehicle as patrols increase. Two minor accidents occur Saturday night with injuries but no severe damage.
Miss Marcia Hyser and Miss Ora Mae Burton left Sunday for a two week vacation visiting in Youngstown and Ravenna. Various relatives and friends from Dayton Kentucky to Marietta were noted visiting here or traveling home after weekends with local families. Island state population fact closes the column.
Middleport notes describe Jean Anne Wiseman turning five with a party for thirty eight children at Lincoln Street. Guests included grandparents and a wide circle of relatives and friends with pink and white decorations and a war bond gift. The notes list numerous local families and social groupings and mention other summer activities and visits around town.
Nellie Ann Clements 69 of Columbus wife of Herbert RB. Clements retired barber died at home after months of illness. She belonged to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Survived by sister Mrs. Clara Kiner Columbus and brothers Clyde and Carl Nelson Columbus and Samuel Nelson Middleport. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Denton Donaldson Kuhn funeral home with burial Union Cemetery.
Middleport residents planned picnics, hamburgers, trips to cabins, and visits to Gallipolis pool to escape the heat. Ice cream bars sold briskly, hand fans were scarce, a relic of merchants past. Defense workers arriving from New England complained of extreme humidity.
Wallace M Riggs of Meigs County has met the mental and physical requirements and is admitted to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He took his oath at noon on Wednesday. He will be 19 in August and is the youngest of 10 children born to County Commissioner Herb Riggs and his Bedford Township wife. He graduated from Pomeroy High in 1941, was an honor student and class president in both junior and senior years, active in 4-H Kingsbury Club, and attended Rio Grande College the past year.
County Commissioner Dan Hartinger donated two tons of cabbage for the Meigs County school lunch program. Canning centers in Harrisonville Portland and Pomeroy produced three barrels of kraut and about 800 quarts of green beans Swiss chard peas and beets. The WPA provided 2000 tin cans for the effort and readers are asked to donate vegetables for canning through listed local coordinators Morgan Triplett Virginia Jewell and Artie Gardner.
Meigs County 1-H clubs met across Pine Grove Eagle Victory Laurel Cliff Keno and Flatwoods. Goals included first aid training ice cream socials and July 23 24 25 30 events with hosts Miss Hilda Cook Miss Virginia Fenner Miss Vivian Karr and Miss Jean Pooler guiding sessions.
The Red Cross Standard First Aid Course taught by Everett Davis remains open for those seeking credit for the 20 hour program. The class meets tonight at the Legion Hall at 7 p.m.
Softball fans are reminded that tomorrow night the undefeated Colegrove Super markets will meet the Athens Lawyers at the high school stadium. Game will start at 7 30 p m.
Cecil Blackwood, son of Mr and Mrs R S Blackwood of Harrisonville, is transferred from Patterson Field Dayton to Aberdeen South Dakota to inspect airplanes.
Middleport farmers report cows produce less milk in extreme heat as flies plague herds and cows refuse to feed.
Funeral services for August Zahl age 80 were held at his Beech Grove Cemetery home with Rev James Taylor officiating. Zahl worked in local salt works his life and is survived by two daughters Ada Ohlinger Middleport and Mayme Zahl at home and Aaron Zahl a Pomeroy High School teacher. Five grandchildren and one brother Fred of Minersville also survive. Burial was in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Meigs County real estate transfers show numerous parcels and lots changing hands. Several affidavits and certificates record transfers in Pomeroy Letart Rutland Chester Lebanon Township Salisbury Village Colum bia Township and other areas to individuals including the Sayres McCulloughs Hellers Priodes and Gluesencamps with amounts like 6 12 acres 1-4 acre and 117 acres noted.
John Elbert Standley Jr. 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Standley of Rutland Ohio, reports for duty at the U S Naval Training Station Great Lakes as he starts boot camp. After boat crew training he will be assigned to a navy ship or sent to a service school for further training.
Homer Gus Rice died Saturday night in an Athens hospital after two weeks as patient. Survived by wife, daughter Helen, father Charles Rice Sr, siblings. Rawlings Coats Funeral Home to conduct services Tuesday at two with burial Gravel Hill Cemetery.
Meigs County Fair scheduled for September 16 to 18 is canceled per fair board. Notification sent to the Ohio Department of Agriculture as counties decide fair status. Some fairs will proceed. Meigs aims to resume in the future.
Members of the Red Cross Standard First Aid Course completed 20 hours under Mrs. Guy Reynolds in the high school building and presented her with a chenille bedspread. Recipients include Supt. L. W. Mee Comas, Mrs. Nan Moore, Miss Mildred Hawley, Mrs. Harold Chase, Mrs. Jane Stover, and others.
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