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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1941
Page
10
The County Women's Home Council, with 75 members, will hold an all day meeting on Wednesday March 12. Dr G G Kincon superintendent of the state hospital will speak in the morning and a tour of the institution follows lunch. The council is a highly active rural group in the county.
Miss Minnie Arthur, proprietor of a Gallipolis millinery store in the Theater building, suffered a fractured arm from a fall in front of her shop. The break is near her left shoulder. Her sister Miss Stella Arthur remains in charge of the business.
At Gallipolis City Commission meeting a plan from the chamber of commerce urged that business district parking be restricted to daylight hours, freight and deliveries move to alleys, and cooperation with enforcement. A special traffic officer and a day supervisor would issue summons and receipts.
John Ellis Evans, 26, professor of physics chemistry and mathematics at Rio Grande College, received a ground instructor's certificate from the Civil Aeronautics Authority in Washington. He teaches student air traffic rules and related aviation regulations. Jerry Verdon, Gallipolis Airways superintendent, serves as flying instructor for the class.
Gallia Rotary Club will honor 33 4-H clubs at a March 18 dinner designated as 4-H Club night. Presidents of all clubs will be invited, and the Rotary Club cup will be awarded to the outstanding club president. A moving picture titled Under the 4-H Flag will be shown at Harris tonight and at Eno Wednesday.
Nine Gallia volunteers began training by bus in Huntington this morning. The draft board expects a call for 12 men on March 21 and anticipates larger April calls, with more men to be summoned later in March.
Gallia Pol is state highway engineers search Sugar Creek Hill area for stone to build a rock wall enclosing two acres to become a roadside park. NYA labor will be used for construction.
Gallipolis school representatives include Carl Byers Garfield Griffith Marshall Boggs Harold Brown Charles Swanson Dwight Wetherholt and Robert Cornwell at tonight's spring dinner meeting of the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League in Pomeroy's Legion Hall. Charles Dennett and Mrs. Leonard Pigman released from Holzer Hospital yesterday while John Richards remains for treatment after a crash Saturday night near the city.
Funeral services for Mrs Julia Kovach Haydenville were changed and will be held at St Matthew Lutheran Church at 2 p m Wednesday. A son Joseph who was in Massachusetts when informed will be present. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Gallia County farm security participants report 9,496 quarts of vegetables fruits and meats stored by 21 sampled families from 102 enrolled. Total storage includes 610 bushels of fresh produce and 187 pounds dried fruits and vegetables to protect cash income.
Mrs. Frank Wetherholt hosted French Colony Chapter D A R members at her First Ave home with Mrs. James S. assisting. Guests included Mrs. Robert, Mrs. Selwyn White, Mrs. Mossman, Mrs. Otto Carter, Mrs. Clarence Masters and Mrs. Carl Byers. A program on a popular play was presented and tea service followed. Also, Mr. and Mrs. John Gwinn hosted a family dinner for S. O. Payne’s 89th birthday with C. C. Ingels and Harry Gwinn attending.
Miss Anne Bradbury entertained the Kil Kare Klub with two tables of play on Garfield Ave. Miss Eulah Williams achieved high score and won the club prize. A salad course followed the games. Books club also met with Mrs. J. C. Butz in charge and Mrs. Halliday hosting. A buffet supper concluded the program. Dorothy Rinehart, Hawaii nurse, joined the Army as a lieutenant after hospital training at Holzer Hospital School of Nursing.
Representing Moriah Council at a dinner and lodge meeting in Athens Thursday night were Blazer Wetherholt Homer Kerr Gomer Phillips H W McHenry Harry Dexter and A C Safford. Clarence O Betz Mr and Mrs Robert Betz son Bobby and Miss Lena Belle Sheets spent Sunday in Portsmouth for a birthday celebration honoring Mrs C O Betz and Mrs E C Waugh twin sisters at the Waugh home.
Andrew Jasper Herscher 37 and Gladys Mae Decker 21 of Point Pleasant have been granted a marriage license in Gallipolis. The couple plans to wed soon following the permit approval by local authorities.
In Gallipolis Rev. George Sagen will serve as army chaplain after 12 years as pastor of First Baptist Church. He reports to Fort Bragg on Monday and leaves Sunday. The church board extends housing for Mrs. Sagen and two sons during duty and pursues Rev. J. W. Hoyt to begin May 1, with interim pulpit supply by local Baptist ministers.
Mrs. W. E. Farley, 71, Cadmus resident, died Monday at Holzer Hospital. Funeral services will be held at Olive Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday. A daughter, Mrs. Virginia Smith, of Cadmus, is her only near surviving relative.
Henry Johnson was tried yesterday in Gallipolis on a charge of non support of an illegitimate child preferred by Emily Younger and was found not guilty by a jury.
Frances F Evans files for divorce in the Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio case number 17716 against Griffith L Evans residing at Orland Hotel Orlando. Hearing set on or after April 1 141. Attorneys Jones Jones and Erskine represent the plaintiff.
Gallipolis Elks Lodge offers local prizes of 15 10 and 5 for an essay on What Uncle Sam Means to Me with 300 to 500 words. Grand Lodge prizes total 1000 500 and 250. Entries from city and county high schools welcome. posters of the Uncle Sam painting distributed and defenses committee coordinates rules and judging by Miss Anna Simmerman Harry R. Hurn and Major O G Lyle.
Gallipolis will receive questionnaires for completion by members of the Woman's Auxiliary, American Legion as part of the national defense program. Mrs. R M Farmer, president, says 86 members are enrolled and completion is expected by March 15 with special meetings called to finish by March 15.
In Washington Auditorium the Waterloo Wonders beat Rio Grande College 59 to 34 in an exhibition game. About 700 spectators watched the steady Wonders performance.
Homer Watts, son of William Watts a Gallia County native now in Birmingham Ala, died in Akron Sunday. Police report showed a bottle of chloroform in his hand indicating self destruction. Funeral services were held in Akron today.
Gallipolis reports the death of Hannah Tabit 89 at her Beirut Syria home. Her son George A Tabit received cabled notice. Other sons Joseph Tabit and Andrew Tabit reside in Montgomery West Virginia.
Large audience of students and townspeople witnessed an all male cast perform the melodrama How Law Came to Indian Creek during the 11 o clock assembly period at Rio Grande College today.
Extensive improvements are planned at Gallipolis Gallia airport. A new 50 by 50 foot hangar will hold five planes and the existing hangar will be refloored. Additional upgrades include a machine shop, improved fences, night landing flares, and better traveler accommodations guided by civil aviation authorities. In a separate note Rev. George Sagen baptized his Chicago nephew Howard Payne at First Baptist Church Gallipolis.
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