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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1944

Page

2

Plans for Gallia County 4-H Summer Work Outlined

Gallia County 4 H clubs met at Island View Inn with 33 members as Assistant State Club Supervisor C C Lang urged emphasis on production and conservation livestock crops nutrition and clothing plus soil conservation. Farm and home labor credits for every 50 hours. health exams by Naomi Evans and Elizabeth Connelly. service activities include salvage drives and Red Cross support. field day contests and a style revue planned for late July. Camp Keystone picked for August 7 12.

Gallipolis Gallia County Island View Inn C. C. Lang Naomi Evans R. N Elizabeth Connelly Red Cross Farm Bureau Keystone

Miss Lanier Weds Army Corporal in Gallipolis Church

In Gallipolis at Grace Methodist Church Miss Dorothy Ann Lanier married Corporal John O. Supance U S Army in a 1 pm ceremony. The Rev W Scott Westerman officiated with a double ring service as Mrs Lanier’s mother played the organ. The couple planned a luncheon and a Niagara Falls honeymoon before they settle in Eaton and await overseas duty for Cpl Supance.

Gallipolis Dorothy Ann Lanier Stanley Lanier John O. Supance United States Army W. Scott Westerman Grace Methodist Church Billy Lanier Tim Evans Manning Wetherbelt William L. Cook Columbus Miss Lanier W. L. Robinson Cook John Supance Cleveland Niagara Falls Cpl. Supance Fort Bragg N. C Supance Eaton

Boy Scouts Camp at Fairfield Farm

Boy Scouts will hold a camp at Edwin Pete McCormick's farm in Fairfield starting Friday night and running through Sunday. Mr. Brown of Point Pleasant leads the event with several Point Pleasant Scouts. Improvements include a new well, screen doors, and a 55 foot flag pole.

Gallipolis Edwin “Pete” McCormick Fairfield Mr. Brown Point Pleasant

Gallipolis Social Notes Wedding of Eve Moore and Griffin

A double ring ceremony at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moore united Eve Moore WAVES seaman second class and John Thomas Griffin United States Navy in Gallipolis. Attendants included Mrs. Ebersbach and Russell Smith as the couple prepared to report for Navy duty.

Gallipolis Earl Moore Eve The WAVES John Thomas Griffin United States Navy Navy William Ebersbach Pomeroy Russell Smith Ebersbach Matilda Hall Griffin Marge Moore Moore John Cooney Mary O'Brien Mary Louise Mohr New York Cleveland Bureau of Supplies and Accounts Mr. Griffin

Honor Bride-Elect at Lafayette Hotel Luncheon

Miss Matilda Hall hosted an informal luncheon at the Lafayette Hotel to honor Miss Eve Moore on her marriage in the afternoon. Covers were laid for six guests.

Gallipolis Matilda Hall Lafayette Hotel Eve Moore

Gallipolis Church Services Schedule Change

Sunday church services listed for Gallipolis churches include First Baptist with Evangelist Phil Taylor leading morning and evening worships, Grace Methodist with 10 oclock service and youth events, Presbyterian with Dr F L Shoemaker at 10:30, St Peters Episcopal 7 pm, Church of God 10:30 am, Church of Christ 10:45 am, Nazarene morning worship, Christian Union and other congregations. Homecoming at Campaign Baptist next Sunday with 10:30 am Sunday School and 11:15 children program and noon dinner.

Gallipolis First Baptist Church J. Edward Hakes Earl Saunders Phil Taylor Grace Methodist Church W. Scott Westerman Church School Clarence Brumfield Manning Wetherholt H. W. Wetherholt First Presbyterian Church Allen Baker Young People’s Meeting Church OF Christ Garfield Ave Ted Waller Church OF the Nazarene Vernon Shafer Church OF Christ IN Christian Union Eastern Ave John Spires George A. Tipton Billa Stephenson A.M.E John Gee C. J. Irving John Casey Paint Creek Baptist Church Francis Maryland Story Hester Hill Goldie Hogan George Gilmore Youth Church of Tomorrow Elbert McGhee Mary Price Henry Doss Campaign Baptist Church FE. C. Venz Barbour

Blood Donor Caravan Planned for Jackson County

Gallia County Red Cross chapter announces June 28 as the date for a blood donor caravan to Jackson. Donors should arrive at Grace Methodist Church headquarters one hour fifteen minutes before their 1 PM appointment. The Gallia chapter appropriates 25 dollars to aid the Jackson County center’s expenses.

Gallipolis Catherine Heyward Gallia County Red Cross Jackson Grace Methodist

Gets Appointment As Instructor

Dr Charles E Holzer Jr has received an appointment as instructor in surgery at the Cincinnati University Medical School John J Rowe board of trustees member and War Finance Committee chairman confirms the action Holzer Jr completed two years in residence at Cincinnati General Hospital and has been in surgery at Holmes Hospital the private pavilion He will visit next week for a two week vacation with wife Roberta Wilhelm and their two children.

Gallipolis Charles E. Holzer, Jr Cincinnati University Medical School Charles E. Holzer John J. Rowe Cincinnati University War Finance Committee Holzer, Jr Cincinnati General Hospital Holmes Hospital Roberta Wilhelm

Residential Project Is Announced In Gallipolis

Gallipolis reports the French City Improvement Company formed with $25,000 capital and twelve shareholders to develop a residential subdivision on the Chickamauga Creek west bank. Officers elected Dr. Raymon T. Allison president and Stanley Evans vice president, Paul Jarvis secretary-treasurer. An executive committee will aid, and a 40 acre tract near Spruce Street, bought for about $8,000, is to be cleared and graded for 25 to 30 lots once building materials return after the war.

Gallipolis French City Improvement Company Chickamauga Creek Spruce St Raymon T. Allison Stanley Evans Paul Jarvis E. S. Spear Homer Beckett G. A. Tabit Leo C. Bean Robert Evans C. D. Slagle H. W. Wetherholt Hobart Wickline FE. N. Wiseman Dr. Allison George Ward Margaret Carleton

Mason Men Expected on Furloughs

Mason men in the Navy V-12 program project mid semester leaves around June 24. Cadets William Russell Smith Rob ert P Harper Jr and Robert Thomas visit families during furloughs after Great Lakes boat training. Also named are William F E Monroe Olen W Neal Stephen K Noble and Henry L Price.

Point Pleasant William Russell Smith W. R. Smith, Jr Viand St Robert P. Harper, Jr R. P. Harper Robert Thomas Paul F. Thomas Jefferson Bird Navy Smith Bethany College Harper Penn State College Thomas Duke University Great Lakes William FE. Monroe, Jr Main St Olen W. Neal Stephen K. Noble Henry L. Price Madison Ave

Lt Col Burtelott To Attend Kansas Staff School

Lt Col Arthur D Burtelott and family visited relatives in Point Pleasant before leaving for Fort Leavenworth Kansas. He will attend command and general staff school while serving with the Coast Artillery Division. A MIT graduate in 1935 he specialized in electrical engineering and works as an electrical engineer at General Chemical Defense Corporation.

Point Pleasant Arthur D. Burtelott Craig Faye Margo Arthur G. Burtelott Viand St Fort Leavenworth Kansas Command and General Staff Burtelott Coast Artillery Division Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston General Chemical Defense Corporation

District Committees Named for Mason County War Loan Drive

County Agent C. C. Anderson announced the district committees for the war loan campaign starting next Monday. Each magisterial district lists a chairman and multiple members including Arbuckle Clendenin Cologne Cooper Graham Hannan Lewis Robinson Union Waggoner with prominent women volunteers across the county.

Mason County War Loan Point Pleasant C. C. Anderson Cologne Charles Casto Bertie Keefer Bessie Cadle Minnie Hartley C. B. Cadle Cooper Otis Randolph Garnet Aten Elizabeth Pullin Bess Rayburn Violet Gerlach Dorothy Atkinson Cora L. Sayre Tom Stone Graham Velmar Roush Martin Ohlinger C. C. Blessing Andrew Hume Ray Thompson Hannan John Hanley M. J. Lilly Jay Keister Roy Ball Tom Walden Charles Vaughn Clyde Keister Lewis Girard Fowler W. D. Steele Vernon Jones Vera Fadeley J. Milton Lewis Edwin Schul. Robinson Mabel E. Roush Thelma Love Union Perry Sayre James Sherran Rhoda Farris Claude Williams Isabelle Wilson William Greenlee Clyde Anderson Waggoner N. P. Swackhamer Leonard Burris L. C. Roush Hazel Lieving Joe Gerlach

Dinner Party In Point Pleasant Hosts Notables

Miss Mollie Roush and Blanche Armstrong hosted a dinner Thursday at A. O. Roush residence on Viand Street. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Roush, Mrs. Helen Zeiher and son William Zeiher, Mrs. Bertha Filson and daughter Eleanor Filson of Hollywood Florida, and Mrs. R. P. Bell of DeLand Florida.

Point Pleasant Mollie Roush Blanche Armstrong A. O.roush Viand St Harry D. Roush Helen Zeiher William Zeiher Bertha Filson Eleanor Filson Hollywood Fla R. P. Bell DeLand Fila

Bell Welcomes First Child David Paige Bell

Lieutenant H. Paige Bell Jr and Mrs Bell announce the birth of their son David Paige Bell at Holzer Hospital at noon Wednesday. The baby weighs nine pounds ten ounces. Mrs Bell is the former Hortense Hogue of Pennsboro. Lieutenant Bell serves on a new super dreadnought.

Point Pleasant David Paige H. Paige Bell, Jr Holzer Hospital Bell U.S.N Hortense Hogue Pennsboro

Bartow Jones Wins Certificate of Election for Commissioner

Bartow Jones of Mason County has been certified winner for commissioner of agriculture with 60,905 votes. He led in counties across the southern tier and several northern agricultural counties, carrying Kanawha by 8,000 and Cabell by 4,500, while attending a Holstein-Freisan meeting in Columbus where 66 animals sold for high prices.

Point Pleasant Bartow Jones Jones Mason County Hall Lewis Stemple Barbour Bardall Marshall Mr. Jones Kanawha Berkely Panhandle Greenbrier Hampshire Hardy Jackson Roane Monongalia Pocahontas Randolph Tyler Tucker Wood Putnam County Cabell Columbus Neil House National Holstein-Freisan Association

Triple A Committee Meets at Courthouse

A Triple A committee meeting at the courthouse discussed tobacco allotments dairy feed bill payments under the price rollback plan and limestone allotments. Allen Miller Morgan town administrative assistant led the session with committee members Peter Hughes B P Roush C F Buckle P E Roush W E Rayburn Curt Rayburn J F Roush James Crump R E Terry Everett Jordan C S Hanes W E Kirk W E Fletcher J D Rollins Elza Litchfield and Charley Nance present.

Point Pleasant Agricultural Adjustment Administration Allen Miller Morgantown AAA Peter L. Hughes B. P. Roush C. F. Buckle P. E. Roush W. E. Rayburn Curt Rayburn

Office works in Point Pleasant aide unpaid

Mrs Walden F Roush wife of the executive secretary of the chamber of commerce assists her husband part time without pay. The organization is practicing economy and is not yet ready to employ a stenographer.

Point Pleasant Walden F. Roush Chamber of Commerce

Mona Dabney Sues for Divorce from Russell Dabney

Mona L. Dabney files for divorce from Russell C. Dabney alleging cruelty. The couple married in 1942 and resided at Gallipolis Ferry. no children are reported. Russell is currently in the Armed Forces.

Point Pleasant Mona L. Dabney Russell C. Dabney Gallipolis Ferry

Hand Caught in Press Costs Two Fingers

Miss Edna Jane Edwards a 17 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Edwards of English Court suffered the loss of the two middle fingers of her right hand at Holzer Hospital The Mason County Printing Co shop manager Carl Smith says she was feeding a small press when her hand was caught between the type form and press bed Two fingers were crushed beyond saving another was fractured She released the lever and freed her hand while learning to operate the machine

Point Pleasant Edna Jane Edwards Dale Edwards English Court Holzer Hospital Miss Edwards Mr. Smith

Arthur Stephan Named Church Organist at Christ Episcopal

Point Pleasant reports Arthur Stephan will serve as organist at Christ Episcopal Church while Miss Emma Clark studies at Ohio University.

Point Pleasant Arthur Stephan Christ Episcopal Church Emma Clark Ohio University

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