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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1944
Page
2
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The Gallia County Republican Executive Committee endorsed Raymond Davis to succeed C B Allen on the county board of elections. Allen’s resignation had been rumored since the May 9 primary. The panel also backed E A Neff to fill the liquor store staff vacancy after Fay Coder’s death, Charles A Ferguson as Division Highway Engineer, and J H Shato as deputy registrar of motor vehicles.
Gallipolis officials adopted a long anticipated building code at the regular city commission meeting. The measure grants broad powers to the city manager to issue building permits and to move buildings, with City Solicitor R M Switzer noting the document is lengthy.
Mr and Mrs Jack Knight bought the residence at 553 First Avenue from Mrs Elizabeth Biddle Lucas. The cottage now occupied by Mrs Alice Wolfe will be vacant July 1 when possession passes to the Knights. They reside in the first floor of a State Street duplex owned by Mrs Lewis C Bean facing City Park.
Eye Donts for War Workers instructs workers to protect eyes from dust wind and overwork and offers Lavoptik as a quick soothing remedy for inflamed sore burning itching and granulated eyelids with a money back guarantee. The ad claims thirty years of success and urges purchase at all drug stores.
Gallipolis Pat Wallace 73 died Tuesday morning in Condee Coal Company yards after collapsing following a truck drive. Heart attack listed as cause by coroner Dr. Paul Foster. Survived by wife, son William in the southwest Pacific, and five daughters Eleanor Armstrong Helen Carter Isabell Howell Madeline Lewis Carrie May. Funeral arrangements not set.
Gallipolis Rotary hears Ohio conservation official H A Rider speak on conserving minerals soil water timber and wildlife at Island View Inn. Twin Gallia Academy students Clyde and Claude Burnett presided. new member Prof Donald Pollock welcomed. invasion day program includes Psalms and songs.
Invasion Day marked by church bells and downtown flags in Gallipolis. Grace Methodist Church opens 8 AM to 8 PM for prayer with no services planned. Rev. Westerman urges united prayer amid the crisis. At First Baptist Church Rev. J Edward Hakes leads prayers for the Allied invasion and local men serving.
The body of Heber T. Barky Robinson arrived from Florida and will lie in state at George J. Wetherholt's Sons Funeral Home. Services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. Rev. W Scott Westerman and the Elks Lodge will officiate, with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery. Robinson, a former New York Central Railway employee, is survived by twin sister Helen Russell and C. T. Robinson, both of Gallipolis, and sister Mrs. Merle Darling of Florida.
The New Haven Garden Club gathers at Mrs. Martha Newtons Hartford home on Thursday evening June 8 at 8 oclock. The program titled Flowers in Poetry features each member presenting her favorite flower poem. Hostesses include Mrs W T Stone Mrs Wein and Mrs Martha Newton.
Chairman Ernest E. Kincaid of the salvage committee announced that the next waste paper and fats collection will occur Sunday afternoon, June 25, delayed to avoid clashing with the war bond signal opening.
Gallipolis French Colony Chapter of the D A R met at the Lafayette Hotel for a luncheon and patriotic program. Albert G. Giles spoke on The American's Creed, highlighting its relevance today. Miss Elizabeth Carnes, overseas with the Red Cross, was remembered by the chapter. Grace Guild picnic moved indoors due to rain. large turnout and final meeting of the season noted.
Major Ward L. Oliver, district health officer, heads a rat eradication campaign with the county health department and local committee. He warns rats spread disease including typhus fever and plague, and outlines suppressive and destructive control methods such as rat-proofing buildings and poison use.
Mrs Paul Jarvis hosted a dessert bridge evening at her Court Street apartment on Tuesday. Four tables of players enjoyed contract, with Mrs Mary Margaret Walker winning the high score prize and Miss Betty Mootz taking the house prize.
A collection of local residents return home or visit relatives this week. Miss June O'Dell comes back to Columbus from time with her mother. Lawrence Gates and son visit Columbus while Gates takes vacation from Gallipolis Department Store. Leota Vornholt returns home for summer from St Marys of the Springs Academy. Mrs. E J Rosener visits Athens with daughter and family. Carl B O'Dell and granddaughter return to Knoxville after relatives visit. Charles Arthur and Minnie Arthur join I L Arthur family in Ashland for a Sunday visit. Ella G Lupton travels to Parkersburg and then Cleveland with Rose Curry. Garnette Lupton hosts Curry's sister in Parkersburg during absence. Harlan W Northup resumes summer term at Ohio University. J S Webster and family return from Athens with grandson Joe Webster. Mary Alice Thompson, daughter of H E and wife, enters Grant Hospital for appendectomy and recovers well. engaged to be married with Esther Johnston as mother.
Bells rang at 5 a m as ministers were informed that the invasion of western Europe had begun. City churches filled with hundreds praying while radios and shops stayed on news anchor. In Union District Forest Hills School was burglarized and equipment destroyed.
The Mason County court began a hearing on Campbell Stevens petition contesting Republican nominee Ernest Hesson for sheriff. Ballot counts at Arbuckle District’s Black Branch Precinct showed 132 counted, 134 required, with 67 unused ballots returned. Witnesses testified from Beech Hill area while Hesson’s side prepared additional witnesses as the hearing adjourned overnight.
Out of town mourners gather in Point Pleasant for the funeral of Charles B Smith. Attendees include D H Martin of Toledo and Earl Willis with family from Catlettsburg Kentucky, Fred Smith from Akron, William Webb and children from Tampa, and Chick Vance of Pomeroy. Webb family to stay through Monday. pallbearers listed.
Mrs Clarice Knapp 4 H Club Agent says contributions for the Recreation Center are coming in as members show enthusiasm for the annual camp. Funds will aid in developing the educational program at the camp and any amount from clubs or individuals is appreciated.
Miss Hilda Mae Wartenburg of Jefferson Boulevard and Mr. William Howard Gygax of Main Street wed Sunday evening at the Presbyterian Church. Rev. Chalmer F. McCutchen performed the ceremony. Mrs. Gygax is a Senior High School graduate and popular with the younger set. Mr. Gygax also graduated and works as a clerk at the Point Pleasant post office.
Prison workers lay the first course of the stone base on Route 17 from five miles east of Henderson to Winfield in Putnam County. The base spans half the highway width at a time, with the other half to follow after.
In Parkersburg a Democratic meeting elected Joe L. Smith of Beckley as chairman and W. A. Paull Sr. of Wheeling as vice chairman. Arthur B. Koontz of Charleston was endorsed for national committeeman, Mrs. Carl Galbraith of Wheeling for national committeewoman, Charles L. Arnold of Parkersburg as secretary, and C. E. Nethken of Keyser as treasurer. Plans set for a Charleston convention on July 24.
Earl H. Arnett accompanied Flora Haskett assistant director of the Point Pleasant Mission to Holzer Hospital for medical treatment. Other patients from the Holzer Hospital were moved to homes on Jericho Road and Leon by family members.
Orville Evans and Eugene Hudson Hartford youths will be arraigned before a local magistrate Thursday at 10 a.m. on charges of breaking and entering the J. S. WIndon store at Mason City last Saturday night and stealing a 38 caliber pistol. State police arrested them.
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