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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1943
Page
10
Obituaries and notices mention names and dates with familial ties and local events. Community roles and affiliations are noted alongside listings of time and place for services and memorials.
AAA advises growers to notify local board after threshing to trigger inspector visit and loss appraisal for crop insurance payments. Notify by mail or in person. if wheat will not be harvested, notify before turning in hogs or making hay. Pearl McClelland is county inspector and adjuster for F C I C.
Funeral services were held at 2 p m Tuesday at the residence on West Second Street for Mrs. Willie May Bush 73 wife of William Bush who died Saturday evening at a daughter’s home Mrs. Edgar Hillyer near Logan Rev Stanley Wiant officiated Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville She and her husband were West Virginia natives longtime Logan residents who ran a West Main Street restaurant Survivors include husband son Howard Murray City four brothers and four sisters with listed names and hometowns
Logan Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons announced new officers at a recent meeting led by high priest Jay Nimon and king Frank Larimer. Other officers include scribe Carl Harsh treasurer J W Woodard secretary Harry Smith captain of the host Leroy Conkle principal sojourner Neal Shaw royal arch captain Leon Eichel master of the third veil Andrew Rheinscheid master of the second veil Charles Lyke master of the first veil and Charles Kleinschmidt sentinel.
Probate Court attaches records show two licenses issued. Clarence Clifton McIntosh 24 of Logan Route 3 and Martha May Spring Jones 28 of Logan Route 3. Carl Raymond Jr 21 of Lancaster carbon worker and Beryl Figgins 21 of Lancaster.
Logan County potato growers are urged to attend a special meeting tonight at the Court House with Earl Tussing of Ohio State University in charge. James R. Smoot says the session is arranged under his supervision. Visiting parent Paul Schrader is spending a furlough with his mother and father before returning to Lakeland Florida and his U S Army Air Corps base.
Members of the Presbyterian Guild met on the lawn at Mrs. Charles Heine home with Miss Jessie McManigal presiding. Wedding of Miss Helen Margaret McDermitt and Thomas James Smith performed at St. John’s Catholic Church Fenton Michigan with Claire Smith maid of honor and Arthur Barnard best man. The couple to reside at 14202 Darts Landing Fenton Michigan.
Sunday marked the termination of the Daily Vacation Bible School at St Matthew Lutheran Church with a farewell ceremony attended by students and instructors. Peak enrollment reached 40, with an average daily attendance around 32, according to officials. The staff included Rev Amos L Heyde and Mrs Dorothy Vore, Mrs Eugene Miller, Mrs Robert Brown, and Miss Mona Mowery.
Owen Canter of Logan files for divorce from Florence Canter of Wellston citing wilful absence for over three years. Married in 1939 with no children, petition filed Monday.
Nancy Ann Cherring ton of Logan was admitted to Cherrington Hospital for treatment over the weekend. George Wonn of Jackson, a medical patient, was dismissed from the hospital on Sunday. Mrs. Leo Devol of Columbus was admitted Monday for a tonsillectomy.
A state highway crew started resurfacing State Route 664 between Ash Cave and U S Route 33 at Logan on Monday. Lewis E Price, Hocking County maintenance superintendent, said the project approved earlier will use black top on this principal travel route.
Members of the Hocking County Republican executive committee will hold an important session Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in the Probate Court. Chair Phil Swackhammer urges all members to attend as plans for the fall election and other business will be discussed.
Logan. A meeting to study operation and maintenance of combines will be held Thursday at 10 a m at the John Dougherty farm on U S Route 33 south of the city. R D Barden of Ohio State University will lead the session, arranged by James R Smoot. About 13 combines are expected.
The Ohio Fuel Gas Company serves thirty eight plants in its Mol aging area that earned Army Navy E Navy E or Maritime Commission M awards for production excellence. Firms include American Blower Columbus American Rolling Mill Central Works Middletown Bauer Brothers Springfield Columbus Belt Works Cooper-Bessemer Mt Vernon Couth-Uthe Elyria Desmond Stephan Urbana DeVilbiss Toledo Doehler Die Casting Springfield Eagle Tool Springfield Electric Auto-Lite Toledo Fostoria Screw Fostoria Jeffrey Mig Columbus.
Housewives can help the war effort by saving waste fats from cooking. Strain drippings and grease into a wide-mouthed can, store in a cool place until you have a pound, then sell it to your meat dealer regularly.
A roster of Ohio manufacturing companies including Kilgore Mfg Co Westerville K and S Tool Mfg Co Elyria Marion Steam Shovel Co and National Machinery Co Tiffin and others from Columbus Sandusky Mansfield Toledo and Vermillion appears in a regional business notice. The list features steel foundries machinery makers and electrical equipment firms such as Westinghouse Electric Mfg Co in Mansfield and Willys Overland Motors in Toledo.
This summer is the best time to ready homes for winter as fuel shortages loom. For gas heated houses too, storm windows and doors, roof and wall insulation, weather stripping, and calking can reduce consumption and costs. Conservation aids the war effort and should be applied in every home.
The Gas Company will display The Gas Company Five Foot Shelf of War time Home Canned Foods at its office next month. The exhibit in the company’s experimental Home Service kitchens shows fruit and vegetable samples canned by water bath pressure open kettle oven dehydration and pickling. The display aims to guide home canning with timely examples and methods.
This first issue explains the wartime gas service campaign on home and war industry fronts. It notes industrial demand and domestic use rising since Pearl Harbor and outlines expanded home economist services to aid housewives with food prep and preservation.
The Gas Company's July Nutrition Bulletin offers tips on canning, meal planning, rationing, Victory gardening, home canning and oven drying. It provides authoritative condensed guidance for housewives, with a full page on canning tips and use of kitchen fats. Free copies are available at Home Service Nutrition Centers.
A compact summer table lists fresh vegetables to ease rationing and heat. Sauteed Surprise Tomatoes with cream cheese and crumbs makes a meatless main, served hot with a tomato cheese sandwich.
The Gas Company Home Service Department launches a comprehensive food preservation program for housewives. Demonstrations and expert answers on canning drying freezing and pickling will be offered at Nutrition Centers with free literature and a season long schedule.
The Gas Company offers a free 16 page, three color booklet titled Home Cation in Wartime. It covers water bath pressure cooker oven and open kettle canning plus drying freezing and storage. Complete canning times for fruits and vegetables are included to help housewives manage home food preservation.
Late flash announces a cann ing contest with Liberal cash prizes and hundreds of premiums. The Ohio Fuel Gas Company will host the event in September open to customers with classifications to be announced. Housewives are urged to set aside jars and watch for complete details in upcoming issues.
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