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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1943
Page
4
Gallia County Community Committee men of AAA met at the Gallia Court House with district field man Glenn E. Moore as speaker. The group debated Congress action and incentive payments to farmers, selling feed wheat, and sustaining organized agriculture during the wartime crisis.
A Mason County Agricultural Adjustment Association committee will meet in the circuit court room on Monday March 15 to hear survey results and discuss farm production programs for 1943. The group aims to pledge farmers to programs and assess needs for machinery labor and financial help. A consumers' advisory group is invited.
The Queen Bee Hotel and restaurant opens Sunday March 13 under Robert Queen local justice of the peace and jeweler. A dance floor and lounge will be available for patrons as gas rationing boosts local entertainment demand. The Queen Bee sits in the former French City Hotel.
A 12 year old boy, Danny Caldwell, was struck Wednesday by a truck driven by Walter Fields in Gallipolis. He sustained bruises and was treated by Dr. Paul Foster.
Gallia social column covers Burma study group meeting with Mrs Lexie Belcher and others, engagement announcements for Elizabeth Lewis to Raymond Gump, planned Galloping Bee and Fellowship Tea events, naval Reserve guest Mr James Hammond, and two local marriage license applications for Elva Nibert with Henry Myers and Jennie Mae Lewis with John W Myers. Also lists probate accounts and public notices in Athens County Ohio.
A truck loaded with coal and a taxi collided at Olive and Third Ave in Gallipolis Thursday afternoon. The truck driver said he stopped and saw no car. the taxi driver’s bumper and the truck’s front plate were damaged. The taxi spun about 100 feet before stopping. no injuries were reported.
Gallia County update shows Red Cross War Fund Drive auditor Max Bunce reporting $1208.52 collected by Thursday toward a $10 000 goal.
About 130 persons attended the Gallipolis Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2290 first benefit party. Special prizes complemented cash awards with Gilbert Meal of Chillicothe Road Gallipolis winning the door prize.
Parents in Maple Shade and Kananga receive consent blanks for tuberculin patch tests to be signed and returned Friday. City school nurse Miss Margaret Jones announced tests will run the week of March 22 with next week spent vaccinating pupils.
Lieutenant Carroll McCauley of Waterloo formerly with Rio Grande studies is assigned to foreign service. His wife has moved back to Ironton after a West Palm Beach posting. They lived in Florida while he served abroad. Private Richard Boster, nephew of Roxie Boster of Gallipolis, studies at Army Air Force Technical Training School in Chicago, holding the rank of first sergeant.
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis lists patients D Henry Cromwell ill with a kidney ailment Mrs Daisy Davis of Wellston in poor condition Mrs Ben Raike of Kananga listed as fair Discharges include Norma Dodrill of Vinton William Lowery of Gallipolis and Mrs James Mahaffey of Wilkesville
Mr and Mrs Charles Faust of Grape Street returned Thursday evening from Martins Ferry where they were called due to the serious condition of Mrs Thomas Dobbins. Mrs Dobbins was reported considerably improved. Five per cent of the hen eggs produced in the United States never reach the consumer.
The War Department announced six Ohio soldiers are POWs held by Japan in the Philippine Islands. Among them are Pvt. Lewis H. Kirby of Gallipolis and his brother James Kirby, sons of Mrs. Lucy Tolbert of New Philadelphia.
Gallia County's USO fund drive reached and passed its 3500 dollar quota. Dean Davis notes ongoing contributions as Col. H. B. Ecker urges continued giving to support servicemen, with donations directed to Harry Maddy Hubbard Carnes or Dean Davis.
Gallipolis reports Palm Sunday to Good Friday services at First Baptist Church with speaker Wendell Loveless of Chicago and studio WMBI. St. Peter's Episcopal conducts a Lenten service led by Rev Charles G. Baird who serves in Gallipolis and Pomeroy.
The advisory committee of Point Pleasant Trade School decided at its meeting to apply to the state advisory committee for vocational training equipment for machine shop classes.
POINT PLEASANT The first of several nursery schools to be established in and near the city will be at Trailer Park on the ordnance works reservation. It is planned to open after April 1 and will admit children of working mothers.
Mr A K Merriman chairman urges all institutional users to file their registrations at once with the local board to comply with wartime controls.
Report on the West Virginia Ordnance Works near Point Pleasant with Majors Van Ness and Brown and Captain Deutschle inspecting the plant. The facility, run by General Chemical Defense, produces TNT via Du Pont process and features beehive igloos for storage, a sprawling complex with 36 miles of roads and a 200 mile power line grid, and a hospital and large cafeteria. Guards perform daily searches to prevent accidents from static electricity.
County Superintendent Roush travels to Cleveland early next week to submit the North Point Pleasant school plans to the regional FHA office. The Richmond FHA office has approved the plans and $60,000 is allotted under the Lanham Act for the project.
POINT PLEASANT Charlie Woodall of Kananga and Norman Cox of Gallipolis were arraigned before Magistrate Sam Taylor on intoxication and disorderly conduct charges. Each was fined $15 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Sheriff Lieving and Deputy Blessing arrested them.
The new meat and dairy ration plan eliminates public registration and limits, with blue coupons for fruits and vegetables and red for meat. Canned goods changes allow change in coupon payments and new point values set to the nearest whole point.
Mason County taxpayers can pay the last half with a 2 1 2 percent discount before May 1. Sheriff Lieving reports a mobile collection schedule across districts including Waggener Clifton Ma son City Valley City Cooper Graham New Haven Cologne Leon Union Tribble Arbuckle Nat Shadle Clendennin Mohr Beale Henderson Hannan and Lewis districts with dates ranging March 29 to April 8. Taxes may also be paid at the courthouse office on business days.
POINT PLEASANT An update reports that Mr. and Mrs. S. H. McNeill of Hickory Chapel, both critically ill, have shown improvement. Mrs. McNeill remains at the Point Clinic but is expected to return home by the weekend.
Miss Ida Jane Sommer resigns after two years as bookkeeper at Citizens National Bank to take a stenographer job with a Charleston supply company.
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