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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1944
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment mentions wills and dates with scattered names and terms like “June” and “2:15” alongside references to officers and places, suggesting a partial public notice or probate item.
Gibson rites set for Mrs Mary Jane Peggy Gibson who died Tuesday night Funeral services Sunday at 3 pm at the Gibson home Chillicothe Road Rev J Edward Hakes officiating Burial in Mound Mill Cemetery
Roy Ratliff of Williamson West Virginia has bought A. M. Blake & Co. hardware in Gallipolis. He plans remodeling a new storefront, fixtures, expanded stock, and will keep current staff. The firm, started March 1 1909 with Nan Deardorff and Mrs. Cadet as minority stockholders, will be named Ratliff Hardware Store. Blake retires after over 62 years in the hardware trade. The Ratliffs will move to Gallipolis once a residence is found.
Fay L. Coder 56 a clerk at the state liquor store died suddenly at his apartment 936 Second Ave Gallipolis He had a long heart condition Born Feb 19 1888 Union County He leaves one survivor Mrs William Westfall of Marysville First wife Alma Golden died 1922 Second wife Georgia Phillips Other survivors include four sons from first marriage Elden Lee Dale Fay and three sons from second marriage Kenneth Paul and Lanette Funeral plans tentatively set for Saturday 7 pm at Flins Wetherholt Funeral Home with burial in Marysville.
Gallipolis reports Eureka merchant Charles Bodimer sustained a fractured right arm in three places below the elbow after a limb broke while he picked cherries at his home. He was treated locally for the injuries.
Gallipolis residents gathered at Miss Virginia Belle Fisher's home for a games night ahead of Burdell Bradbury's Navy departure on May 28. The social page lists numerous attendees and notes continued visits, travel plans, and local engagements around Memorial Day and nearby weekends.
Sam Hogan a color ed veteran city worker suffered multiple injuries when a limb broke while he and his son Harold were removing a large tree at 110 First Ave Gallipolis. He fell about twenty four feet to the ground and was taken to Holzer Hospital by ambulance. Doctors could not confirm the full extent of injuries Thursday night but reported fractures to the right leg in three places and multiple fractures to the right arm and shoulder.
The Ohio Conference closed its annual session in Columbus this week and reappointed Rev. W. Scott Westerman pastor of Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis for an eighth year. The sole Gallia County change was Rev. Julius Chandier moving to Miller from Cheshire, with Rev. L. Taylor covering Cheshire.
Sunday observances listed for Gallipolis churches include First Baptist with 9:15 Bible School and 10:30 worship led by Evangelist Phil Taylor through June 11, while Grace Methodist reports 10:00 worship and 11:15 adult sermons with a guest supply minister June 4. St Peter's Episcopal notes 11:00 Holy Communion on first Sunday.
Gallipolis native Joe Corn 39 died in Bakersfield California while undergoing treatment for a throat ailment. He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Frank Corn and is survived by his wife Mary Virginia Walker a son Joe two brothers Art and Frank Corn both of Bakersfield and sister Mrs Gertrude Ripley Cleveland. Interment was made at Bakersfield.
At Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis the condition of Mrs. James D. Oliver and Mrs. Evan E. Rees is unchanged after several days of critical illness. Mrs. L. W. Getty of Pt. Pleasant had a good post operative night and H Lee Moore of 611 Fourth Ave city remains fair.
Mason County oil dealers plan a June 6 meeting at the Point Pleasant courthouse at 7 30 p m to discuss tax and legislative issues affecting the oil industry and its highway users. Jancis Skeets Farley of the West Virginia petroleum association says a permanent local group will be formed to mirror similar counties and elect officers for the year. Retail and wholesale dealers and other oilmen in the county are invited to participate in a nonpartisan program.
Mrs Gertrude Halliday hosted a Five Hundred Club dessert bridge at the Liter home on Main Street. Laula Lewis won high score and guest prize. Milton L Miller won the defense stamps regular prize. A list of club guests and members followed with travel and event notes including commencement attendance and local society notices.
John H. Crooks Jr., 36, formerly of Point Pleasant and now a Huntington civilian employee, is charged in a federal complaint with stealing bridge toll tickets for Silver Bridge use. He pleaded not guilty and was released on $1,000 bond. hearing set for June 10.
Last rites for Mrs S Roger Tyler wife of the Huntington rector were held at Trinity Episcopal Church with Bishop Strider presiding and the Rev Frank Cady assisting in Huntington. Cecil and James Nowlin of Apple Grove were fined 10 dollars and costs each for intoxication by a local magistrate.
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