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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1942
Page
3
Pomeroy officials face growing automobile congestion as workers commute to West Virginia Ordnance Work. Many park cars in town and ride with coworkers or take buses. Bus rates will drop as service expands, with two buses currently operating daily. a parking center on the bus line is under consideration.
Final arrangements are completed for the initiation of 150 candidates from the Pomeroy Middleport Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose on Sunday at 2 30 PM. Williard D Campbell deputy supreme governor will deliver the address. Invitations went to many lodges and after the ceremony lunch and entertainment are planned. One candidate will be Mayor Fisher and the class is named the C O Fisher Class.
Homer Blosser 74 of Middleport died Thursday afternoon at his home after a stroke. He leaves three sons Raymond Middleport Harold in Australia and urging of California a daughter Grace Dew Toledo a sister Fannie Davis Pennsylvania and a brother John Blosser Kansas. Funeral plans pending with Rawlings Coats Funeral Home for Saturday at 1 30 p m with burial at Eno Cemetery.
In Pomeroy many housewives line up at the Meigs County Courthouse to register for canning sugar. Starting Monday next week registrations will be held three days a week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with hundreds registering daily.
The FFF Club held a picnic supper Wednesday at Bartels Park in Syracuse. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Guy Mutchler, Mr. and Mrs. George Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wickham, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Ball, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vaughan, Mr. Asa Hoskins, Miss Ada Hoskins, Mrs. Verlie Conway with daughter Joan, Miss Lucy Gibbs and a guest Lucy Scovill.
Point Rock 4-H Club met Tuesday at Zella Rupert home with seven members present. A social hour followed and the next meeting is set for Dorothy Gillogly home on Tuesday June 9. A separate 4-H Club formed Wednesday at Tuppers Plains with Hilda M. Stiles as leader and Twila Brooks as advisor. Eleven members attended and officers elected include Leah Jean Arbaugh president Patty Torrence vice president Betty Stiles secretary treasurer Linnie Osborne recreation and Iretta Arbaugh news reporter.
Ed and Beulah Hysell announce Beulah's marriage to Maywood Autherson. The couple left for Ravenna where he works. Birth announced for T A Downie and wife of Lincoln Hill a son at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis weighing eight pounds. Grandparents listed and great grandfather noted Mrs Alex Downie. Gerald Hartung on 10 day Texas Army furlough with parents in Pomeroy Athens Road. Bridge club notes for J Fauber and Meyers Shields. Lances and Evelyn Jones return home from Syracuse after visit with Potts family.
Curtis Rice, who moved to the Frecker property on Grant Street, suffered a severe injury at the Marietta Plant yesterday. While operating a large crane his right hand and part of the arm were amputated after his hand was caught in the machinery. An alert engineer saved him from being drawn into the mechanism.
Mr and Mrs R McBride of Middleport announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret to Quin Hayes son of Everett Hayes Chester schools superintendent. The wedding is planned for early June with both families in Meigs and Athens counties.
Simpson Methodist Church in Pomeroy opens Sunday with Sunday School at 9 15 am and worship at 10 15 am. Theo Smaith new superintendent succeeds Emil Ball who served for years. C E Blakeslee speaks in Rev Nobel M Rompel’s absence. F Guy Mutchler leads worship. No evening service or prayer meetings in June July August.
Local social notes list weekend visits and gatherings among residents of Union Furnace and nearby towns including Logan, Columbus, Newark, and Bellville. Entries mention multiple families visiting relatives, wedding announcements, Memorial Day travel, and a senior class bus trip to Cincinnati.
A Sunday farewell party at Oscar James home honored Horace Parsons upon Army induction and noted moves of Lyle White family to Warren. Numerous Broadwell residents attended. Other calls include Amesville visitors Charlotte Keirns and Lucille Westbrook, plus multiple local family visits and a Ladies Aid meeting at Cook Van Dyke’s home.
Merchants in Pomeroy publicize new consumer credit rules. Payments due by the 10th of the second month after purchase will bar further credit for listed goods until default is cured. Defaults may be settled in full, via six month installments, or a twelve month plan upon a Necessity statement. Regulation takes effect July 10.
Mrs William Ely returns from Charleston where she stayed with Mrs Mary Williams at the home of her daughter Mrs Harry Schoen. The Schoens' son Dick age 17—seriously injured in an automobile accident two weeks ago—remains a patient at Mountain State Hospital. A bystander credited with saving his life thanks to prompt first aid training. Dick is the grandson of Mrs Mary Williams of S Third Ave. Garrett Childers, the car driver, was uninjured.
The Pomeroy District Home Council will meet at Jackson in the Christian Church on June 16. Group singing led at 10:30 a.m. by Mrs. Amy Chase with accompanist Mrs. Adrian French, both from Meigs County. Other Meigs County women are asked to contact the County Extension Office.
Hite and Beards return from three day furloughs to Patterson Field. Pomeroy Kimble Hite son of Mr and Mrs John Hite previously worked for New York Central Railroad. Beards son of Sheriff and Mrs George Beards has also enlisted in the air corps.
Middleport Volunteer Firemen met at their quarters and booked the Keystone Attractions carnival for early July. The event features 10 rides and is billed as one of the largest to come to Middleport. After the meeting, members enjoyed ice cream and friendly cards. CAMP ROBINSON Sergeant William H. Shaffer, 29, son of Mrs. Effie B. Shaffer of Amanda Fairfield County Ohio, died yesterday from burns after a stove exploded in his apartment.
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