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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1945
Page
16
Mrs Nancy Davis of 1066 Poplar Street reports her Dominick hen reacted to the national emergency by assaulting the home front and laying one large double yolk egg and two smaller soft eggs. The bird, once slated for a Sunday dinner centerpiece, has postponed the meal indefinitely.
Nelsonville social notes record the Mizpah Class of the Methodist Church meeting with Mrs. Nora Siddle as hostess and Mrs. Bessie Ball leading devotions. A short business session followed, prizes awarded, and refreshments served by Mrs. Siddle and daughter. Circle No 1 of WSCS met for their final meeting until fall with devotions led by Miss Elizabeth Linton and a study-book review led by Mrs. J M Hyde. Local residents include Staff Sgt Carl Campbell and Corwin Cookson families visiting, with Hattie Daft Baker of Columbus among guests.
Farmers and feeders in Dodge County Nebraska urged policy changes as government price stabilization proves unstable. Testimony cited high costs and shifting subsidy rules eroding confidence, with 1943 44 hog price supports failing to protect markets and prompting pleas for reliable promises.
Funeral services for Ruth Shields Romine 46 of Pittsburg were held Saturday afternoon at Chauncey Methodist Church with Rev. J N Lakin officiating. Burial followed in Nye Cemetery. Survived by daughters Hazel Fletcher and Marty Cox of Erie, son Francis Jr missing in action in the Pacific, mother Anna Shields, sisters Viola Davis Loretta Ogg Selah Writzel Raena Homer Shields, and other relatives.
Cpl Charles Shirley of the 15th Army Air Force is home on a 30 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Shirley in Nelsonville along with other relatives and friends He has been overseas about 19 months.
A reader reflects on the cost of war and the sacrifices of mothers. He notes boys going to fight, mothers awaiting news, and the burden carried by families left behind. The tone honors courage and calls for resolve as the nation faces conflict. Sergeant Ingram’s home is mentioned as part of the community context.
Chauncey Tippie and Mrs. Tippie hosted Sunday guests including Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bowman and sons Pvt Floyd Bowman and Ralph Bowman of Layman Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Beck of Marietta Floyd Bowman recently returned from two years eight months as a German prisoner Chauncey and Mrs Luther Cruikshank also hosted dinner with Merle Fenerhelm Ruth Cruikshank Cassibus Miss Paulite Bolm Ath Teste Cruikshank and De Witt Walker Chauncey George William son of Williamson Shaft Co is visiting with wife Gladys and children Ann and George Williamson Jr while Mrs Mary Hiller was omitted from a miscellaneous shower list for Mr and Mrs Broory Filien Millfield
A World War II veteran visiting York-Nelsonville with the 18th Black Hawk Division recently returned from Germany. He spends day leave at his Columbus home with his mother Mrs Louie Harie Stilson and his brother Jerry visiting Nelsonville relatives and friends. Lt Col Alden Srison, Sr. is on duty in the Pagile area.
A scientist states that cannon fire and bombings do not affect weather. He argues real change requires altering 199,000,009,000 tons of air, implying weather manipulation remains impossible with current methods.
Funeral services for Joseph Carpenter former Dover Township resident were held in Athens at Dowler Ferguson Funeral Home with Rev. C B Tignor officiating. Three hymns were sung and burial followed in West Union Street Cemetery. Survived by his wife Fern four sisters and two brothers.
Chauncey residents Chauncey Mrs DeWitt Walker and daughter Sharon Ann travel to Toledo for a 10 day visit hosted by brother in law and sister Har old Childress and children Linda and Lois. Floride Grinstead of Columbus weekend-visited John Shafer’s parents. William Lawrence Lima and flagant Shafer in The Plains hosted by Ray Shafer’s family. Merle Feuerhelm Columbus and spouse visited her parents Luther Crurkshank and wife in The Plains. Amos Matheny The Plains spent weekend with brothers Clyde and William Willard in Hebardsville.
Finance Committee of the Trimble Township Memorial Association urges residents of Glouster and Trimble Township to attend a program and dance at the high school gym Friday at 8 p.m. Admission is free but a free will offering will aid two park and monument projects honoring service members. Funds will finance a park shelter, tables, ovens, and other goals for a roadside park and a monument for those who served or will serve to preserve liberty.
Chauncey hosts a Sunday two course chicken dinner at the Shafer home in The Plains with guests including Mr. and Mrs. George Shafer Beaumont and Mrs. Dora Shafer Chauncey Mrs Ira Reeder Athens Rosalie Miller and Don Shafer also present. Mary Cox daughter of the late Mrs Ruth Omens arrived from Ene for her mother's funeral but could not attend and was later taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens for minor surgery. Lieut John Bernard Ley stationed at Austin Texas visits Chauncey with his parents Mr and Mrs John J Ley siblings James Richard Jo Anna Helen and Patricia Ley.
Funeral services for Lotis Dodson, who died Sunday, will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at John S. Blower Funeral Home with Rev. B. Tigner officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery in Blowing Rock.
Glouster residents hosted and visited relatives and friends from nearby towns. Mr and Mrs Chester Mavin and three children stayed with the Bruntons in the city then returned to Fostoria Sunday. Mrs Robert Williams and children from Chesterhill were guests of Emily and Marcella Jonas. Dorothy Higgins spent a week in Dayton after vacationing with George H Campbell and Georgie Higgins. Virgil Mates and baby Rodney Jan Akron visited Waterford Sprague family and James Mates in Glouster for a week. Dianne Blower, Ohio Wesleyan student, will spend summer at home. Anna Louise Logue of Columbus spent the weekend with friends here and returned to Columbus. William Leadbetter and spouse returned home after a week with R White near Athens. Don Carpenter received a letter from cousin Delmar Ahle of Neuhofen Austria describing a 1090 mile journey over 90 days with marching and fighting, sending German and French money. Delmar is son of Lawrenté and Mrs Ahle of Wrightstown.
The Past Noble Grands Club of Nineveh Rebekah Lodge in Jacksonville will meet at Odd Fellows Hall on Tuesday evening June 26 at 7 30. Members are asked to bring a covered dish and celebrate June birthdays at this gathering.
Valentine Bulanda of Glouster aged 82 died after a year long illness. He came from Poland in 1908 and is survived by his wife Catherine a daughter Mrs Michael Zalupski and five grandchildren. Funeral services at Holy Cross Church Shurs to be led by Rev E Yorke with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the daughter’s Red Town home until the time of service.
Sgt William Vaughan returns Friday for a 30 day rest with parents Ed and wife. He spent 13 months with the Eighth Air Force in England and will report to Camp Atterbury Indiana after the visit for reassignment. Andrew T Ginnan, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Ginnan, is promoted to corporal after nearly 20 months in service. Overseas since January he served with field artillery and fought in two battles in Germany near Frankfurt. Pte Glenn Jones, son of the late Mrs Jane Jones, Glouster, was killed in action on Okinawa. He had been overseas a year, survived by father and eight brothers in service including Harmon, William, Vaughn Jones, Lt Vaughn Jones, Panama, Francis, a Navy man, and Dale Jones, en route home from Italy.
Stockholm dispatch notes Tidningen claims Emmy Sonnemann has asked for divorce from Hermann Goering on grounds that no marriage ever existed. The paper says the union arose by order of Adolf Hitler.
On Okinawa near the island's southern tip the Sixth Marine Division killed 33 Nipponese, including two Japanese women soldiers fully uniformed and armed with serenes, who appeared to accompany men heading north on a sniping mission.
A fragmented notice claims a woman habitually threw her cooked meals to a dog, suffering sickness from food aversion. It mentions ERB-HELP and a new medicine from Betts Cut Rate in Nelsonville. The ad-style text touts herbs and relief from suffering.
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