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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1943
Page
2
Ross Wright Athens County farm agent will address Nelsonville residents on Community Victory Gardens at City Hall Tuesday evening at 7 30 continuing a weeks long series. Two river bottom fields may be used for the gardens if registration suffices as requested by the local Defense Council committee to register with Roy H Sayre.
This week volunteers will visit every home in Buchtel to raise funds for the Red Cross War Relief drive. Donors receive an emblem. those contributing $1 or more get a membership card. Named solicitors include Mrs. Winifred Shively and others. Also notes PTA meeting postponed and a high school band concert and minstrel show Wednesday at 8 pm with public invited.
Sanford Free man 87 died Saturday evening March 6 at his daughter Edna Warren’s home Nelsonville Rt. 2. Survived by six daughters including Esther McLaughlin and Alice Halderman and two sons. wife and two sons and two daughters predeceased him. One sister Lois Napper 93 in Oreton. Funeral Tuesday 2 PM Mt Olive Church Vinton County. burial Mt. Olive Cemetery. Calling at Warren Funeral Home until the hour.
Mrs. Jessie Clagg reports her son Pvt. Shelby F. Clagg was seriously wounded in North Africa with a letter dated Feb 28 indicating he is improving and that a five word telegram may be sent. Pvt. John William Koontz is listed missing in action in North Africa since Feb 2, in a telegram to Mr. and Mrs. William G. Koontz of Morral.
The Ohio State Nurses Association moves the state convention from Cincinnati to Columbus due to transport limits. May 13 to 15, headquarters at the Deshler Wallick Hotel, with a streamlined program to fit wartime needs. 1,500 nurses are expected to attend per the April Ohio Nurses Review.
Two new patients were admitted to Holzer Hospital on Friday night James Mahaffey of Ilkesville and Mrs Daisy Davis of Wellston both described as fair. Additional admissions include Jack Albert Davis 15 months son of Elma Sheets Bidwell R D Mrs Charmis Davis Rio Grande Mrs Pearl Reynolds Point Pleasant Jack Johnson 6 son of Merriman Johnson Mercerville Route and Ed Filson Point Pleasant Mrs George Woodyard Crown City admitted Friday night.
Emma Sines 73 longtime Nelsonville resident dies at 184 Columbus St after a lengthy illness. Survived by husband Harvey A. Sines two sons Lawrence R. and Harry M. Lines two daughters Florence Figgins and Redempa Goodrich three sisters two granddaughters three grandsons one great grandson and one son Walter preceded her in death Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 pm at Lawrence Sines home 26 E Columbus St burial Greenlawn
Nelsonville notes the death of Myrtle Rogers 68 at a son Ernest Rogers home in Hamley Run. She leaves husband James and four sons Ernest Carl James and Oscar all serving or living away, plus two brothers. Funeral at Oak Grove Church Tuesday 3 pm with Rev. Ossman. Burial Greenlawn. viewing at Stout Funeral Home.
Two charges of unsafe operation of motor vehicles filed by the State Highway Patrol were heard in Mayor Herman Oggs court Sunday. Thomas Allen Taylor of Nelsonville was fined 10 dollars and costs and Robert Patton of Columbus was fined 15 dollars and costs. Frank Brown of this city arraigned Sunday on an intoxication complaint and was fined 5 dollars and costs on plea of guilty.
Linda Lou Andy two months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Andy died Sunday at the family home New Plymouth Route 2. Survived by parents one brother Ralph and two sisters Flora and Rose. Funeral Tuesday at 10 AM at Hope Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery.
Gallipolis Rotary Club will meet at 6 p m Tuesday at Island View Inn with Clyde Mitchell in charge. Lieut Odet Montesi will be the speaker for the evening and three other Navy officials will be guests of the club following the dinner.
Gallia County and Gallipolis received more than a half inch of rain Saturday. Charles Lanier, chief engineer of the Gallipolis waterworks pump station, said melted snow from Friday night combined with Saturday rain produced about three quarters of an inch of precipitation.
Gallipolis reports Hillis Dillon 52 of Huntington a West Virginia Ordnance plant worker died late Friday at his home. Survived by wife four sons a daughter two brothers and two sisters.
Beginning Saturday March 13 the Nelsonville Post Office will revert to a noon Saturday closing after afternoon hours. One city mail delivery will occur on Saturday mornings. Postmaster J B Preston says similar steps are being taken at virtually all offices.
Grocers nationwide were urged by the Office of Price Administration to secure official Point Value Tables from post offices. A field poll shows many grocers have not obtained the posters, though they clipped the value lists printed in newspapers. The official placard back page instructions are essential for the first month of rationing.
The Hyperion Club met Saturday afternoon at Little House with Mrs. W. H. Badger as hostess. Mrs. L. A. Whitmore spoke on the Romance of Rubber and Mrs. J. H. McKiddie discussed War time Activities of the Red Cross. Neighbors from Massillon and Columbus visited Grace Kelch’s relatives in Nelsonville at week end.
The Comstock Lode in Nevada was famed as the richest silver mining center. Reports claim nearly 1 billion dollars in gold and silver had been extracted from the mine alone.
GALLIPOLIS The State Highway Patrol made four weekend arrests. Henry Tarter a Gallipolis taxi driver was found guilty of driving while intoxicated fined 25 dollars and costs and ordered to spend five days in the county jail. William Norman Jr. of Vinton pleaded guilty to drunken driving fined 25 dollars and costs and license suspended for six months. Russell Bucklew of Kaylong West Virginia posted bond to appear before the mayor of Pomeroy. Grandville Blanton of Gallia pleaded guilty to driving without a license and was fined 5 dollars and costs.
A Friday night parish house event followed the Ravens wood Point Pleasant basketball game at the gymnasium. The Young People's Fellowship cup sponsored the dance with music by recordings and it drew one of the season's largest crowds. Registrants included numerous local residents and Gallipolis attendees.
The Mason County Nutrition Committee subcommittee met in the board of education office to outline continued school lunch service after the WPA program ends. Miss Dorthy Watkins chaired. Walden Roush outlined school board cooperation for the remainder of the year. Attending were Miss Watkins Miss Martha Atkinson Miss Margarite Asher Miss Alice Roach Mrs Gretchen Kenny Miss Garnette Tillis Mr Roush and Delbert C Staats.
Mason County War Price and Rationing Board chairman John E. Brown recounts watching a fire destroy the health department office and a stranger wishing the ration board office across the street had burned instead. The incident underscores local wartime controls and tensions in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
About 75 members and guests attended Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR luncheon at the Presbyterian Church social rooms. Speaker Mrs. O S Montesi discussed Glad To Be a Citizen, with music by Miss Martin and Miss Bell. Charter members were honored. numerous out of town guests attended.
Morgan Township bus drivers planned a strike effective today over eight months of unpaid salaries. County Superintendent B Bradbury noted the district uses a single fund for teachers and drivers, causing pro rata payments and partial salaries for both groups.
Arthur Imes Higgins died at 75 after years of illness. Funeral services were held at Heights Mission, with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Surviving children include William Thomas and Argo Higgins, plus several daughters and a large extended family.
Ernest L. Byrnes 74, longtime Vinton County schools superintendent and former Buckeye State Secretarial College president, died Friday in St. Petersburg Florida after a fall that fractured his hip. He served in WWI with the YMCA and was survived by two sons, a brother, a sister and three grandchildren.
The Point Clinic reports the birth of a daughter weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces to Mr and Mrs Clair Cottrill of Point Pleasant on Friday and another daughter weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces to Mr and Mrs Albert Keffer of Leon on Saturday.
Spencer funeral services are scheduled this afternoon from the Gallipolis Ferry home for Louis Spencer born May 20 1928. He died Saturday after a three week illness. He is survived by his parents Fred and Mrs Spencer and by two brothers Ralph and Paul and two sisters Mary and Carrie Spencer. Burial will be in Suncrest Cemetery.
Robert H Ferguson hosts dinner at his new County Addition home for daughter Nancy Ferguson birthday. Theater party to follow. Guests include Mervin Chapman Henderson Charles Green E W Early Columbus Mrs Harry Childers and Mrs Edward Green Gallia. Ed L Filson relapsed sent to Holzer Hospital for treatment. J A Caufman ill on Silver Bridge duty. condition improved later.
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