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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1943
Page
8
The Federal District Court commission awarded the state $35,000 for roads taken and closed in the ordnance works area and for damage to roads outside. The state sought about $100,000, and whether the government offered settlement was not disclosed. Either side can demand a jury trial with notice within ten days.
POINT PLEASANT C E Mil ler a former ordnance works employee from Middleport was arrested on a charge of stealing government property including an electric fan totaling 78 dollars. He has been released on a $1,000 cash bond.
W. Springston has served Mason Jackson and Putnam counties for ten years and is reassigned to Jackson and Wood counties. He visited Mason County yesterday and will start in the new district after August 1. He will keep his Ravenswood home while working mainly in Parkersburg. Springston, once a local grocer, is well known in Mason County and no Mason Putnam successor has been named.
Hod Edwards aged 29 died at his Spencer home after a long illness. He once visited Point Pleasant often while employed by Woodyard Publications, owner of several West Virginia weekly papers including the State Gazette. Many locals recall him.
Additional evidence of the Washington trip's success reaches the tri county area though leaders withhold public comment. The gathering tonight at the Point Pleasant courthouse aims to elect two directors for the newly forming industrial association and to discuss goals and methods. Trinity Church women extend a rummage sale two weeks more in the church annex on Viand Street.
Mrs. Paul Hollen spoke on conditions for service members around the world at the Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary gathering on the lawn of the H. A. Johnson home in Point Pleasant. Hosts and attendees included Mrs. Johnson and many named local women and visitors. The same source notes a state road contract for Route 35 resurfacing from Arbuckle to Cross Creek, 6.12 miles at $6,129.50, awarded to L. S. Hanna of Charleston.
Relatives in Gallipolis report Sgt. John P. Wetherholt Jr. is stationed in India with the American Air Force. He is grandson of Mrs. G. J. Wetherholt and Mrs. Bertha Dailey of Athens. He notes India is less glamorous than pictured due to local conditions.
Mrs. C Rogers and her sons James and George from Ashland Kentucky and Mrs. Mont Oliver with daughter Justine from Detroit have come home after visiting the William Woolfitts in Country Club Addition. Mrs. Willis Miller from Davison Michigan arrived to spend the weekend with the Woolfitts. F W Ingraham and Milton L Miller from Marietta shipyard officials returned from a business trip to Cincinnati.
The Wo mans Society of Christian Service of Trinity Methodist Church met in the church social rooms Tuesday evening. Mrs A E Tulloh opened with prayer and Miss Bessie Johnson read a Chiang Kai shek essay I confess my faith. Plans were made for the annual Rugged Rocks picnic near Miss Vera Fadeley s farm home on Charleston Road.
City council decrees Fifth Street will be two way. Parking meters on the south side move to Main between Third and Second. Parking is prohibited on Fifth between Main and Viand.
Bertha Harrison sues Harry Harrison for divorce in Point Pleasant Circuit Court. Bertha alleges separation since April 10 1941 and desertion, with two children ages 14 and 13. The filing lists Attorney William H Bardin and notes the 1927 marriage in Mason County.
Mrs. Charles Knapp, 4-H club leader, reports a small cot stock in Parkersburg suitable for the annual Recreation Center camp. Cots cost 3.98 dollars plus shipping. she proposes leaving them at the center for future use due to available storage space.
County Agent Anderson emphasizes kale as a hardy leafy vegetable fit for nearly every garden. He notes two West Virginia varieties: Dwarf Blue Scotch and Siberian, with the latter being hardier for wintering over. Kale needs cabbage-like culture and improves with freezing, suitable for December harvest and winter greens.
The Willard Grover Real Estate Agency reports the sale of a 14 acre farm owned by Lawrence Carter to Cecil W. Rice of Gallipolis. The property on Raccoon Creek in Green Township near Astory Church and Blessing Bridge includes a five room house and summer homes nearby. Carter, serving in the U S Army overseas, authorized his father to negotiate the sale in his absence.
James Hay man and Lloyd Wamsley, local youths, were held to the next grand jury after arraignment before a magistrate. Bond set at $1,000. unable to post bond, they were ordered detained in the county jail.
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