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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1944
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Ohio, February dates, and individuals such as Mr Russell and Mrs. Lorence with unclear connections to a regional event or notice. The readable items show scattered references without a coherent event, date, or organization.
John A. Bastian warns landowners Athens County that the official forest fire season starts March 1. Burning permits are required, and failure to follow rules makes permits void. Fire lookout towers resume operation and aerial patrol will cover eastern and southeastern counties. Seven planes, including one from Ohio University Airport in Athens, will monitor conditions due to a six month drought. Wardens named by townships list numerous officials in Alexander through York townships and state forest service personnel.
Athens yesterday high 47 and low 21. At noon today 48. In Madison Wisconsin petitions were filed to place General Douglas MacArthur on the Republican primary ballot for April 4.
In England Ninth Air Service Command Air Depot announces the promotion of Cpl. Melvin S. Moore of Athens to sergeant where he serves as supply sergeant for Headquarters Squadron. Seaman first class Delbert A. Clark, of Glouster, joins Amphibious Forces after LST training. Private Raymond L. Withers from Athens spends furlough before California training, and Raymond Hayes learns his Pacific Navy posting. Also noted are Navy recruit training at Great Lakes for David Vincent Cooper, and Army updates on Pvt. John Wigal, Aviation Cadet Francis C. Bean, and Forest McCann with transfers and training progress.
Mrs. Laura N. Barstow aged 69 died Thursday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home with Rev. FE A. Brown presiding. Interment in W Union St. Cemetery. Survived by son Harry of Athens and brother C M Van Meter of Delaware. She was widow of William L. Barstow. She was born in Athens County and belonged to First Methodist Church.
An Athens Pharmacy advertises Kicerex as a safe medicated liquid that dries pimples overnight. It claims users saw clear complexions after nightly application and offers a 50 cent price with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
Athens County taxes on tangible and intangible property must be returned at the auditor's office with payment to Treasurer John H. Preston. Taxpayers may split payments, with half due by March 31 and the remainder by Sept 1. Incomes, inventories, and detailed listings are required for individuals, partnerships, and businesses, with specific rules for value, income yield, and inventories.
An Athens County Dairy Service Unit was formed at a Wednesday meeting with dairymen from 10 of 14 townships. Planned services include production records using owner sampling and artificial insemination, with testing at a central lab and results shared with producers. Local community meetings will introduce the program, Ohio State University economist C. F. Christian led the statewide update, and numerous local dairymen attended.
The OPA raises point values for various canned fruits and some vegetables to boost consumption. Number 2 cans of peaches pears pineapple and cherries gain points, while tomato juice and applesauce see increases, and grapefruit juice is assigned a one point value to improve distribution.
The Toreh Baptist Church hosts the World Parish Day program next Sunday March 5 as part of Northern Baptist Convention activities. Rev John E Geil former Congo missionary and Rev Irene Easter Lovett associate minister Broadway Baptist Parkersburg WV speak. Event runs 10 am to noon with an exhibit and a public opinion poll.
Allied leaders including General Maitland Wilson, General Harold Alexander, General Mark Clark and Prime Minister Churchill express confidence in sustaining the Italian beachhead. A protracted attrition battle and favorable weather for air power are seen as decisive, with Cassino remaining a key obstacle before broader progress.
Twelve Athens messenger boys named to the weekly honor roll for satisfactory service to customers. The group includes Lynn Sanford Pili, Roger Gilkey, Tommy Dowler, Gene LaBan, Merrill Thomas, Danny Watkins, Morrison Ny, Dick Clippenger, Charles Gilkey, Carlos Bean, and Don Carr.
The Rev Milne will be one of four speakers at the World Government conference at the First Methodist Church in Athens on March 9. He is pastor of the First Methodist Church in Columbus.
F. E. Dowler of Athens who is national president of National Brands Stores stood on a 12 inch window ledge on the 11th floor of the Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago for about 10 minutes to escape smoke from a fire on the same floor. Firefighters extinguished the blaze 15 minutes later and several people were treated for smoke inhalation.
International relations are to be debated in a practical Athens County conference on World Government at the First Methodist Church Thursday March 9. Ohio Council of Churches sponsors the sessions, with visiting ministers leading discussions on peace, sovereignty, and global law amid church participation from across the county.
Funeral services for Effie Baird 66 of Athens will be at Central Methodist Church Saturday at two oclock. Burial in Fairview Cemetery near Logan. Survived by husband Herbert Baird and children Homer Baird Lancaster Brown Athens Potts Whyte Gordon plus brothers Harley and Peter Clark. She had lived in Athens for years and was a native of Hocking County. Funeral director Jagers.
Mrs. Laura Rice Seaman widow of Rev. William Grant Seaman former First Methodist pastor in Athens died Wednesday night in Middletown Connecticut. Funeral services planned for this afternoon in Middletown. The Rev. Seaman was pastor here from 1936 to 1939. He was killed in a 1942 automobile accident in Kentucky. Her husband’s death, and her own injuries in the crash, affected their family including two sons and a daughter.
Pvt. Harry Kirke Wrench Jr of Minneapolis Minnesota and Lois Belcher 21 of Athens receive a marriage license in Athens County Probate Court. Wrench is in the ASTP Unit stationed at Ohio University.
Fragmentary item from Athens page near Union Street referencing a street or property topic, with limited readable context and no clear action or date.
Two people were killed and a third person critically injured when a car traveling from Fostoria to Tiffin failed to make a turn two miles west of town.
Director Elmer Davis directs the Office of War Information overseas staff to label presidential candidates clearly as such in OWI dispatches distributed abroad.
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