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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1945
Page
3
Gallipolis city schools will re open Tuesday morning as Superintendent E E Higgins announced. Classes were closed for a week due to road conditions and high water. There will be no attempt to makeup the lost time, and few rural district students are expected to help with spring planting and wartime work.
Gallipolis news notes that Corporal Baxter Walker once listed as missing in Germany on December 17 is now believed alive. A January 12 letter to his mother from his company captain said Walker and an officer were sent forward to aid a strategic target capture, the town was surrounded, and Germans later reported taking them as prisoners. The next day a German broadcast named Walker as a prisoner, but the captain’s letter praised him and said promotion was imminent, with hopes he would soon rejoin Allied lines.
New Plymouth social notes report Mr and Mrs Brent Geiger of Union Furnace and Mr and Mrs George Geiger of Lancaster visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Fuller. Mrs Irene Gibbons in poor health with Stella Arthur of Gallipolis visiting her sister. Dr J T Gibbons recently returned from overseas. Mrs Irene Gibbons admitted to Gibbons Hospital Celina for treatment. Marion Frantz of Columbus visited family. Board of Education members attend McArthur meeting. Colleagues travel to Columbus for family health issues.
Corning social notes list hosting and visits across families. Martha Benedict hosted Ace-Hi Euchre Club. Henry Hermey and Alan Fellows visited Akron then Canton PA with Mr Fellows transferred. Gladia Morgan left for St Anthony's Hospital in Columbus for observation. Thomas Gerlica Jr at 30 day leave with parents. Various visits include Shawnee, Columbus, and Cincinnati family ties and weekend stays.
Funeral services for Miss Emma Wherle former Gallipolis resident who died Friday at Columbus home of her niece will be at St Louis Catholic Church at 8:30 Wednesday morning. Burial will follow at Mound Hill Cemetery. Body to be brought Tuesday to G J Wetherholt and Sons funeral home.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a frame building behind Layne Produce Company between Second and Third Avenues, and a shed in C. S. Catzen junk yard. Smoke from burning straw and stored paper drifted over the downtown area as firefighters battled the blaze for hours. Loss estimated at 1000 to 1500 dollars for Layne stock, plus 500 dollars for Catzen property. Catzen plans a two story brick replacement.
Gallipolis Municipal Judge William H. Jones resumes practice in the first floor Locust Street suite near the Court House. Magistrate J.H. Shato moves back to his former second floor rooms after six months there. Jones left to join the U S Navy six months ago, attaining Ensign rank before a medical discharge.
Gallipolis Ohio State Guardsmen of local Company L, called to Portsmouth last Thursday to assist in the flood emergency, expect to return home Monday evening. Capt. Craig D. Slagle was in Columbus when the emergency call came but was delayed by flood waters and a cold. The local company was led by Second Lieut. Morris Haskins, with Lt. E. B. Higgins, head of the Gallia County Red Cross, directing the relief program.
Chester central and Reedsville districts list honor roll recipients by grade, naming multiple students such as Darlene Bailey Patsy Clark Norma Hawk Rosemary Rose Richard Gaul Esther Hayes Anna Jean Rose and Vernon Bahr Donna Well Betty Mora Elizabeth Crary across grades from 1 through 12 with several grades showing extensive lists.
Albany residents share visits and family time as Norma Taylor and Rhoda Poli of Columbus stay with W. S. Gibson family. Charles Shaver attends Ohio Vocational Association meeting in Columbus. Seaman Marvin Knowlton visits home on leave with family. Mrs. Brooks Russell undergoes major surgery at Grant Hospital. Multiple locals visit Columbus, Newark, McArthur, and Troy for work, family stays, and business.
Carbondale social notes list Sunday callers including Loren Fierce and daughter Greens Run, Will Myers of Nelsonville, and J M Callahan with a shoulder injury. It notes illness of Addie Gabriel and Carl Frank, plus Henry Frank. Military guest Pvt Floyd Barber visited with family en route from Arkansas to Maryland.
Amesville Grange met on Wednesday evening instead of Tuesday because of flood conditions. The program featured group singing, Louise Linscott's History of St Patrick, an Irish story by Pannie Matteson, The Village Gro jeer read by Hattie Inman, and a contest where the ladies defeated the men. Euphemia Chapter of Eastern Star will meet Tuesday March 12.
Hockingport WSCS plans a March 14 meeting with Mrs. Arena Blake amid social notices. Local families host weekend guests from Vienna West Virginia and Camden Clark Hospital patient updates. Cadet nursing class arrivals, rheumatic fever illness, and family visits feature alongside recent marriage of Thelma Snider Swiers and Lon Snyder and Elyria trip notes.
Wilkesville residents share news of visitors and events including Emery Bishops from Marion, Navy trainee Donald Penn at Great Lakes, a Wellston skating party for Junior Garvin, and a Vinton County basketball tournament Feb 22 24. Local groups plan inspections and welcomes at the Eastern Star. Recent visits from Stella Wilcox, Vera McGinnis, and others, plus family news from Smyrna Tennessee and Cincinnati. Beethoven birthplace in Bonn heavily damaged as Allies advance in the war.
Hooper Ridge hosts mark annual wedding anniversaries with Mr and Mrs Harmon Kasler hosting a Sunday dinner. Guests include the Kaslers’ families Minear Eddy Easler Sealock and others. Delbert Kasler’s wife visited Athens for a sister’s operation recovery. A large crowd attended the funeral of W V Hasler, longtime area resident.
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