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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1941
Page
10
Gallia County officials learn from the Ohio attorney general that boards of education may not legally spend funds on free hot lunches for indigent pupils. WPA aid has kept Gallipolis and about ten rural centers afloat. without it, many programs could end.
Gallia county report states William F. Deem a 71 year old Kanauga merchant died Tuesday afternoon after a long illness. Survived by his wife and sons John of Athens and Leslie of Kanauga, the obituary notes his life as a longtime Kanauga resident with ties to the local business community.
Gallia county report states Mark Berry of Huntington Township was released from custody after posting a $300 bond. He faces a charge of striking Mary Hale, a neighbor. Before release Berry was fined for intoxication.
Gallipolis social column notes DAR meeting at Miss Anna Simmerman home with five guests from Joseph Spencer Chapter Portsmouth including Mrs. C. W. Wendelken Southeast District director. Marriages: Harmon Stevens and Mary Lee Bright wed in Grace Methodist parsonage. Willard Wickline and Evelyn Jarrett married with wedding dinner at Wickline home. Various visits and visits with family and friends across Gallia County, Huntington, Athens and New York City.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Ward and their son have returned to Vallejo California after a week with relatives. They were joined by Mr Ward’s sisters Miss Edna Ward and Mrs James King and son Keith Miss Ward will visit a month while Mrs King goes back to Long Beach California after a several weeks stay.
Dr. H. J. Brown visits his brother in law and sister in law then heads to Cleveland for the American Medical Association meeting before returning to Reno Nevada. Dana Davis and daughter Diane of Baltimore stay two weeks with Er nest H. Davis and wife. Jewell Burnett returns from Laurelville after visiting friends since her Chillicothe school closed. Lyman Lockwood and daughter Janis of Portsmouth were Sunday guests of Mrs.
Nelsonville resident Jake Smith describes severe kidney and prostate discomfort and uremic poisoning before using TON JON. After nine weeks he reports fewer nighttime urinations, improved appetite, gain in strength, calmer nerves, and overall better well being. Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store in Athens serves as the local Ton Jon contact.
Gallipolis Miss Margaret Noel has been continued as attendance officer for the Gallipolis school district with Mrs John Taylor and Miss Elva Nibert named as secretaries. Janitors listed include Mr and Mrs Kinzey Hill Elizabeth Peppers Frank Washington Fred Hill Steve Thivenin Wallace Smith James Rutherford Eugene Shaw and Robert Henke.
Twenty seven pupils from Vinton Rural High School who had perfect attendance for the year were bused to Cincinnati for a day. They toured downtown, visited Union Terminal, and spent time at the Cincinnati Zoo. The group represented 25 percent of the high school population, chaperoned by Supt. J. W. McGhee and Mrs. Alene Head.
Funeral services for James Tracy Weed were held in Grace Methodist Church this afternoon. Reverends Fred O. Weed and W S Westerman led religious rites with Knights of Pythias participation. Interment followed at Mound Hill Cemetery.
Gallipolis report details a two car collision on Highway No 7 one mile east of Kanauga. Driver William Safford of Gallipolis sustained head injuries while William Robson Mary Baker and Betty Becker of Middleport suffered head injuries body cuts and bruises. They were admitted to Holzer Hospital at 10 30 p m for treatment.
Gallipolis district enrolls 1265 pupils up 14 from last year. District records show growing attendance across city schools with steady enrollment gains noted by administrators.
Eugene Nibert is jailed in Gallia County on a charge of pointing a gun and threatening to kill Herbert Harrington. He eluded officers for two weeks while the search continued. Both principals are residents of Gallipolis.
A motorist named Park Yeanger near Cheshire was found guilty of driving while intoxicated. Judge W. R. White fined $50 and costs and suspended driving rights. The incident occurred yesterday in Gallipolis.
College students vote 92 percent to continue Government sponsored flight lessons in a national campus referendum by the Student Opinion Surveys of America. The Civilian Pilot Training Program, started in 1939, is seen as effectively promoting aviation training among undergraduates.
Edward Balch appeared before Mayor Kinser on Tuesday to answer two charges, drunkenness and assault and battery, in separate affidavits by police and Game Protector Edward Eberst. Pleas of guilty entered, total fine of 25 dollars plus costs, ten days in jail suspended on good behavior. Arrest made Monday night by Patrolmen Harrison Litherland and Pearl Derr.
Logan reports arrangements for an NLRB election to decide if about 400 Godman plant employees in the area will unionize. A board representative has secured Police Headquarters for the voting site and the process will be supervised by the board.
Friends of Rio Grande College receive invitations to the 65th annual commencement exercises on Monday June sixteenth. Baccalaureate exercises will be held the day before. Ira J. Topping, college alumni president, and Margaret Jones, secretary, announce that the annual dinner meeting will take place in the college dining room at 6 30 p m on June 14.
Announcement for the Pine Grove Church Bowlesville eighth annual home coming on Sunday June 15 with a musical and speaking program. Charles Shenefield and Isaac Strausbaugh are in charge.
Harmon Stevens, 28, of McArthur weds Mary Lou Bright, 24, of Gallipolis. William A. Lewis, 26, of Vanceburg, Kentucky, plans marriage to Wilma L. Gampp, 24, of Scilotoville.
Rev. W Scott Westerman spoke to the Rotary Club noting British coastal geography and hedged highways would hinder invasion by sea or air. He cited four million armed Britons fighting for home, and Britain's sea going tradition contrasting with invading foes. Westerman, who favors U S neutrality, shared impressions from ten weeks in Europe and praised British faith and tenacity. He was welcomed back to the Methodist charge in Gallipolis for another year.
Gallipolis reports plans to open a Red Cross sewing center at Washington School for summer with materials supplied. A Finnish letter to Mrs C W Booth thanks American volunteers for garments sent to Finland, praising knitted shirts and socks and recounting evacuation hardships and aid from Red Cross.
Chauncey Mazon Council No 93 Pocahontas will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in Millfield Lodge Hall Nominations and election of officers and other business The June birthdays will be observed and a potluck supper will follow Members asked to contribute to the menu
Chauncey officials issue another warning to dog owners to keep pets confined. Mayor W D Hines orders marshal Alva Karns to destroy any dogs found roaming streets or yards within the corporation.
Mr and Mrs Chauncey Kilmer Ferrer entertained Sunday guests including Mr and Mrs Mark Blackford Norma Jean Blackford and Billy Taylor of Dayton Ralph Jackson Greens Run and Frank Porter Sugar Creek. The Blackfords who spent the weekend here returned Sunday with Ralph Jackson and Frank Porter who will seek Dayton employment. Also present were Mrs Charlotte Southerton and daughter Tommie Lou and Mr and Mrs Ted Wood and son Billy of Sugar Creek.
Monthly meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of Millfield Church of Christ to be held Friday night at Mrs. Mabel Smith’s home. Greens Run Church of Christ Ladies Aid meets tonight at the Parish House with Mrs. Lena Leake president and Mrs. Clara Cannon secretary in charge. Dr. C N Sanders and colleagues from Athens County attend the American Medical Society meeting in Cleveland.
Logan city board of education met at the high school Tuesday without Harold W. Larimer and voted to hire teachers at the June 19 regular meeting. They conferred with architect John Schooley on the new heating plant and industrial arts building and with E. L. Heusch on state assistance for new equipment. Eldon Carr, first Eagle Scout in Hocking County, was named second lifeguard at the swimming pool, with Dick Robinson as the other guard. Prior to this, Bill Johnston served as substitute lifeguard.
Men and women students at Rio Grande College held a community canning party at the Gallia campus. They gathered 42 gallons of peas from the college farm and stored them in the school larder.
The suit by J. M. Layne of Crown City against the state highway department seeks compensation for lands used in a new road. Judge W R White sets hearing for June 25 in common pleas court with a special 16 jurors panel to be drawn Saturday.
William Ralston aged 87 died Monday. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Morgan Center Christian Church in Gallia County conducted by Rev. Herman A. Lewis. He lived in Meigs County communities Danville and Bowlesville before residing with son Charles at Morgan. Surviving children include Emory of Eno and daughters Madge Benham of Chicago and Anna Roush of Vinton.
Gallipolis records indicate Maurice Beaudry logged 85 red measles cases among students in May, each student missing more than a week of school attendance, reflecting a significant disease impact on the district.
Logan relatives report the death of Nancy Wilkinson Goodman 77 widow of A L Goodman a former C O railroad employee in Memphis. She died at her son Robert Wilkinson’s home after years in Enterprise and Laurelville Hocking County. Survived by sister Mrs John Bickel of Union Furnace and three grandchildren Robert Neil Wilkinson S A Wilkinson and Mrs William Cronin. Funeral and burial were in Ethridge Tennessee.
Logan reports May revenue of 514 dollars from the certificate of title office with the county taking 345.75 and the state 168.25. The month saw 57 new vehicles sold and many second hand cars transferred.
Logan reports Mrs Charles Pratt of Green Township near the city gathered the first ripe strawberries of the season on Thursday May 22 from her garden in Hocking County.
Logan attendees C. W. Johnston, Charles F. Pratt, Harold W. Larimer, Dr. Walter E. Brehm and Forest E. Weinrich journeyed Tuesday evening to Lancaster to join a district meeting discussing further improvements to U S Route 33.
Mr and Mrs Leslie Farrow of Nelsonville announce the birth of a son on Tuesday at Cherrington Hospital.
Mr and Mrs George Tingler of near this city are the proud parents of a son born Sunday.
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