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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1942
Page
2
Gallipolis reports imminent changes to sugar rationing in the county. The three member county board H A Carnes C W Weaver and A K Merriman will be enlarged by added rural representatives. The county coordinator post will be discontinued and district head will oversee the office.
Gallipolis details show Superintendent E. E. Higgins receiving more applications for the vacant high school principal post. The district expects about six teaching vacancies due to wartime industry enlistments, with several teachers seeking leave of absence for the next school year. Consideration set for July 6 by the board of education.
GALLIPOLIS Bladen rural mail carrier William Davis and Gordon Edicott of Akron crashed on the main highway near Bladen Saturday afternoon. considerable property damage occurred with no personal injuries. Arrests for traffic violations over the weekend included Ray O Warren speeding Sherman Blanton William Sullivan and Charles L Jacks operating without drivers licenses.
D H Cole of the state highway patrol post attended a picnic at Athens on Sunday. The event included members of the auxiliary state patrol class whom Cole had taught for a period, along with their families.
Gallipolis reports Mrs. Lillian White held to the grand jury and released from county jail under bond of 100 dollars. George Easter is also jailed and awaiting grand jury proceedings.
Gallia County Probate Court has issued over 1000 marriage licenses since August 15, 1941, when health certificates for brides and grooms became required.
Kerr Memorial fountain in the city park, funded by Charles D. Kerr at an estimated cost of 10 000 dollars, will be rehabilitated by City Manager S A Clendenin after vandalism ended water service. The fountain, a marble gift to the city, will be restored for both practical use and aesthetic value for residents.
Gallia County prepares for the fifth enrollment with registration machinery complete. Enrollment centers will operate Saturday noon to 6 p.m. and Tuesday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. for men aged 18 to 20, as reported by the county selective service board.
Honor roll of men from the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics serving in the armed forces expands to 16 names and may grow. Listed are Dr. Samuel Bossard Robert Wilson Dr. David Yossur Clyde C Ingels Loyal ei Lawrence Carter Ambrose in Gordon L Edington Vernon French James Hook Jr Paul Kerns Hayward Lyman Raymond Shato Orville White Paul Williams John Alton Wood.
William G Bird aged 68 and a native of Gallipolis died at his home in Nitro West Virginia. Funeral rites were held there Sunday. He was the son of the late Colonel C W Bird and his wife. His wife and several children survive.
Gallipolis residents report Miss Cora Bowen was severely burned when she slipped and fell into flames while burning waste paper at her First Ave home near Spruce St during the weekend. She was hospitalized for treatment.
Dr. John E. Lutz of the Charleston navy recruiting office has been promoted to first lieutenant. He previously served on the staff of a Charleston hospital.
Mrs. Harry L. Elliott of Butler Kentucky announces the engagement of her daughter Esther Helen to Walling Corwin of Morrow Ohio formerly a Bidwell Porter high school teacher now at Kings Mills Duport Remington plant. Esther is a Covington Kentucky school faculty member. Wedding planned for early summer. The item also covers a Royal Neighbors picnic birthday honors and various social visits around Gallipolis with local families and clubs.
U S agency telegrams urge immediate resumption of work at the Marietta Manufacturing Company inland shipbuilding plant amid a five day strike. Union leaders and NLRB officials meet in Cincinnati to seek settlement while production remains at reduced rate. Strikers tear up a special edition of The Register and stage picket lines before police intervene.
Lightning struck the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Crooks at 2014 Mt Vernon Avenue during a heavy storm at about 11 o clock. The chimney burned a hole in an upstairs wall and curtains burned before the family quelled the blaze. No injuries reported.
POINT PLEASANT The state police detachment reports the following have successfully passed tests for automobile operator's license: Robert Jones and Trix Benson Gallipolis Ferry Mervin E Chapman John M Calloway and William Conkle Henderson Sidney Craig George Stanley Love Park D McDaniel Jr and J Carl Pauley Jr Point Pleasant Paul Eugene Jarrett Apple Grove Henry Albert King Beech Hill Homer Allen Longwell Middleport Donald Milton Legg Robertsburg Philip Leonard Hogsett Edward Oldaker Kaylong Randall A Roach Letart Eulanda M Reynolds Milme Hazel S Reynolds South Side
Walter Riggs of Pomeroy was fined $5 and sentenced to 60 days in jail by Magistrate Sam Taylor after a drunkenness arrest. He damaged jail windows with a mop before officers restrained him and placed him in a cell.
Recreation hours at Christ Church Parish House have been adjusted. Children under 12 may use the game room 2:30 to 5:00 P M. adults may use the room 7:30 to 10:00 P M. Arrangements can be made for parties in the afternoons.
Harold Mattox was arrested Friday night in Point Pleasant on drunkenness charges. He was fined $5 and costs by Magistrate Taylor at arraignment on Saturday.
Mrs Jason T Weissenburger and children return from a summer cottage near Bellfontaine Ohio. Numerous relatives and friends visit Huntington Charleston Columbus Mason and Lima for weekends and medical and family events. Mrs C O Weissenburger admitted to Holzer Hospital for medical treatment.
Point Pleasant reports the death of Mrs. George Kelbaugh age 70 from Ravenswood after sustaining fatal injuries during a practice blackout.
Virginia Doss released after a Friday arrest for fighting a Navy man. Eloise Jones and Edith Lemasters arrested with Doss and charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Chauncey Justice and Mary Williams held over weekend. Justice charged with drunkenness and Williams with breaking and entering.
Rev. Wilford T. Packer, formerly student pastor at Rio Grande College and minister at a village Baptist church, has been called to Marietta’s First Baptist Church. Since resigning from the college post he has preached at Painesville Baptist Church.
Karl Hatfield, son of Sheriff E. E. Hatfield and spouse, has enlisted in the Navy and awaits a call to service as war precautions continue.
Announcement by Rev. Charles G. Baird rector that church services at St. Peter's Episcopal Church will be discontinued during July.
Lieut. Paul Myers, a former waterworks engineer, has been moved from Aberdeen Maryland to Fort Benning Georgia.
Marriage licenses were issued to Robert Lawrence Grinstead and Genevieve Irene Grimm of New Haven, Woodrow Delford Pickens of Parkersburg and Mary Jane Birchfield of Henderson.
In Gallia County two teenage boys died after separate accidents. Junior Swain age 12 of Bladen died at Holzer Hospital from head injuries after a heavy truck struck him while he slept in the dooryard. Freeland Martin, year old near Oak Hill, died three hours after a car struck a small bridge he sat on, sustaining a fatal fracture.
For over six months guards patrol the Eureka Dam eight miles south of Gallipolis on the Ohio and West Virginia sides. Entry to the catwalk and dam approaches is restricted, fishing is banned, and armed guards with rifles patrol from the Point Pleasant area while powerful lights illuminate the site at night.
In Gallipolis a second class of auxiliary state patrolmen will start weekly instruction led by Corporal D. H. Cole. Legion headquarters will host classroom sessions. Upon graduation the 18 new enrollees will join 12 others completing the course. newcomers include Williams, Brumfield, Alexander, Robinson, Christ, Liddy, Clendenin, Stevers, Coffey, Lyle, Bachus, Shoemaker, Thomas, Saunders, Boogs, Drummond, Newton and Boston.
Gore Social column records many private trips and visits. W. E. Terre and son Dalton went to New Lexington. families from Gore, Buckeye Lake, Parkersburg, Chanute Field, Elyria, Logan, Athens, and other Ohio towns were listed as visiting relatives and friends or traveling for weekends. Several households wired for electricity and others shuttled for service or shopping.
Mrs. Bush wife of Major George D. Bush will present moving pictures from Hawaii. The program follows the monthly fellowship dinner at Grace Methodist Church Wednesday night.
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