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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1942
Page
2
Nelsonville Local Board No. 2 outlines a new selective service policy effective July 1. Inducted men will be released from active service for about 14 days at the induction station unless choosing direct arrival at the Reception Center, with recall to active duty at period end.
Several members of Athens County Draft Board No. 2 received presidential certificates of appreciation for one year of service in the Selective Service System. The certificates bear signatures of Roosevelt Hershey Bricker and Noble. local recipients include C. G. Dew Clyde Gibson Clyde Parrish Oral Daugherty James Sharp Dr C. E. Welch Dr. W. E. Howe and Dr. L. D. Robinson.
Four City Twilight League games are set this week including three regular matches and one postponed. The Shoe Factory faces Carbon Hill tonight, Logan meets the Eagles on Wednesday July 1, the Eagles host the Shoe Factory Friday July 3, and a postponed June 30 game between Carbon Hill and the Eagles will be played Tuesday evening.
Fire inspectors report insulation burned from wiring inside and outside Darren Figgins home on Chestnut Street by a short circuit. An electric carpet sweeper was in use. no other damage occurred. A wire outside the residence burned through and separated into two pieces.
A group of high school girls formed an Odd Jobs Bureau in Nelsonville. In recent days they have been busy caring for babies washing dishes cleaning running errands and performing other small tasks around the city.
Charles Pedigo, son of Mrs Sylvia Pedigo, St Cross Street, enlisted in the U S Army Air Corps at Fort Hayes Columbus last Friday. After a six day stay at Fort Hayes he will be sent to an air corps technical school. Pedigo is a 1940 graduate of the local high school.
Point Pleasant officials report FBI agents recommend hiring 22 policemen during the peak of wartime activity. The city now has four officers, up from two before the West Virginia Ordnance Works opened. The proposed payroll would exceed the city’s average income in recent years.
In Point Pleasant a suit by George McDaniel and others against Elizabeth Wilson, executor with the will annexed of Morgan McDaniel, seeks to close the estate. In Mason County Circuit Court Gladys T. Peck administratrix of Kenneth A Peck estate sues The Ohio River Co. for damages from the sinking of the towboat G. W. Clark near Cincinnati earlier this year. Circuit Clerk Jones issued a law side summons.
Ed Ervin, former state highway department engineer, has been named senior engineer with the National Bureau of Public Roads and ordered to Alaska to assist the U S Army Engineers on a super highway project. He is a Stockport native and will leave his McConnelsville home during the assignment.
Gallipolis resident Pat Wilson, living near Point Pleasant, suffered a left leg amputation above the knee after a blood clot halted circulation. He underwent the operation at Holzer Hospital over the weekend and his condition is reported improved.
William Jackson files suit for divorce alleging cruelty and neglect by wife Hazel in Gallia County court.
Gallipolis merchants announce a 15 minute window from 12 to 12 15 p m Wednesday when all principal stores in the city will sell only war stamps and bonds. The program is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce merchants' committee.
Point Pleasant report notes Summer Brothers of South Side abandoned early potatoes due to labor shortages. The family had grown irrigation potatoes for years, prompting Mason County farmers to explore irrigation, though only a few pursued it experimentally.
Russell FE Starkey of Glenwood says his 20 acre Bermuda onion patch near Point Pleasant will yield well. He notes tending nearly 500 000 plants is a big task and that this crop differs by dirt management with soil pulled away from the plants rather than heaped up.
Harold Harmon of Jocal drove east on Spiht Street Saturday when his car collided with a truck at the Highlawn Avenue intersection. The truck had to turn left to enter Highlawn. Harmon and his passenger sustained only slight cuts. no serious injuries reported.
Point Pleasant reports the birth of two children. A son weighing nine pounds was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Jeffers of Beech Hill with Dr Lange in attendance. A daughter named Joan Marie weighing nine pounds was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. James Stallard of Beech Hill.
Pat M. Wilson, prominent farmer and head of the draft board at Point Pleasant, was admitted to Holzer Hospital Saturday for leg amputation. His condition is reported good after two months of illness as the circulatory system failed in the leg.
Manager Ross N. Filson announced the new State Theater in Point Pleasant would open on Wednesday evening July 1. The opening signals a fresh cinema venue in the area.
A marriage license has been issued in Point Pleasant to Benjamin Franklin Tracy Jr and Eleanor Elizabeth Lowe. The couple is now officially recognized to wed in the local jurisdiction.
A truck damaged an 11 by 20 foot concrete paving block at the Main Street end of the Sixth Street slab sometime between Wednesday evening and Saturday morning. Inspectors ordered demolition and replacement. removal took several hours.
There was greater than usual interest at the Point Pleasant Livestock Co market sale Saturday with several hundred head of cattle sheep and hogs in the pens at opening. Prices were reported strong as Auctioneer John McNeill bid up to 130 for two mules before attempting to sell them separately without satisfactory results.
Miss Jackie Casey returns from Pittsburgh with guest Miss Letty Jane McAuliffe. Local social figures host and visit relatives including Mrs. Gilbert Rogers and Mrs. Ernest Day, Audry Sayre of Apple Grove, and Amola Workman of Point Pleasant. A Holiness Tabernacle revival led by evangelist Willa Johnson is in progress at Beech Hill.
W H Gress of New Haven owner reports efforts to option land in Graham Bottoms continue. He says some farmers hold out for good prices and believes coal underlaying the land is the first objective of the prospective purchaser.
Large crowd attends Saturday services at First Methodist Church for Donald B. Lowden, industrial agent of the New York Cone Co. Rev. W. M. George presides, two hymns sung, Donald George at organ. Pallbearers from Philadeoran Lodge 157 F and A M. Burial at Greenlawn. Out-of-town mourners from Columbus Cambridge Crooksville Cincinnati and Pennsylvania listed.
Nelsonville social page notes a dessert bridge shower for Mrs. John Brooks with Misses Sharp Galvin White Barron hosting from 2 to 4 pm. Four tables played contract, Mrs. R I Barron high and Catharine Barron low. Gifts presented to Mrs. Brooks during dessert. Also announced are the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Glenn and birthday dinners for Mrs. Charles Glenn and her husband. M M Club held annual picnic at Coon Logan Cabin.
Nelsonville report: Ray Frederick Williams pleaded guilty on arraignment in Mayor Herman Oggs court for driving on the left side of the roadway. He was fined five dollars and costs. Williams drove a coupe owned by Harold Dupler on a highway near Floodwood. Duplers car was wrecked. Six intoxication pleas followed. Emma Kesterson and Fred Flowers fined ten dollars and costs. Tom Blair, Andrew McClain, Amos Collins, and Cecil Fellem fined five dollars and costs. Pat Naughton pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace and was fined five dollars and costs.
Gallia county workers start counting and inspecting hundreds of bridges 20 feet or longer. State and county highway departments cooperate under orders from the state planning survey and war department to strengthen bridges for heavier wartime mobility. Timber strengthening used due to steel shortages. 17 old wooden covered bridges already prioritized for replacement but blocked by war conditions.
The W. S. C. S. of the Methodist Church met in Letart Falls with Mrs. Hazel Allen leading a missionary program. Cora Webb spoke on the social influence of war on Chinese colleges. Miss Miller from Columbus discussed Ohio Institution for Feebleminded work. Several local residents were noted for travel, visits, and furloughs amid community notices and a Fourth of July planning session. John S. Saunders of Raccoon Island shipped ten bushels of cucumbers to Columbus markets on Saturday.
Social notes from Bradford report church attendance at 64 attendees led by Rev. Koch on Sunday. The column lists visits and illnesses including Mrs. Ella Hysell of Bradbury visiting with Mrs. Arthur Hendricks, Mrs. John Eskew recovering, and several family visits involving Eskew Buck Russell Gill and Burnside families among others.
William Walters of Morgan Township died at his home Saturday after long illness. Funeral rites were scheduled for today. Surviving him are his wife and several children, and a sister Mrs. James Smith lives in Gallipolis.
Dr. Benjamin E. Harrison aged 87, longtime Cottageville physician and Ohio State University graduate, died Friday night after a long illness reported in The Messenger. He practiced medicine for about 60 years in Cottageville and surrounding areas.
Glenford Dugan Post American Legion will meet at the Legion building tonight at unspecified time per adjutant Robert Kinney. The report also notes quartz often contains tiny water-filled cavities.
Gallipolis reports patrolman D H Cole leaves for Miami to join the Air Corps and await assignment as second lieutenant. Other patrolmen mentioned include W C Goodhes and Charlesoe of Marietta, with notes on increased traffic near war plant areas due to wartime workers.
C M Stanley of Ironton sues Gallipolis company alleging that its cab crashed his cattle near Asho in Gallia County. He claims the vehicle was speeding above 70 miles per hour and the car was badly damaged.
Three teenagers were hospitalized after a weekend automobile accident in Gallipolis. Tilden Vat 16 Henderson W Vallides Shepard 16 Jackson and Wils Lambert 20 of Vinton sustained injuries in the crash.
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