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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1944
Page
3
Dairy feed payments for February are now available to farmers in Meigs County. Call the local AAA Office to file applications as part of efforts to boost dairy production and meet a 2 percent increase goal for 1944.
Mrs. Charles Gross and Mrs. Frank Wilson hosted the P. M. Club for a farewell gathering for William Hobstetter who departs for Navy service. A social hour preceded refreshments and a large cake inscribed Happy Landing Bill. Mrs. Hobstetter and their son will relocate to Gallipolis after securing a home.
Mr and Mrs C M Hennesy and daughter Melissa Hennesy gathered at the elder sister Mrs Gordon Harris home in South Bend for a birthday dinner Sunday. The Heath Methodist Class No 12 will meet Wednesday with hostesses Virdie Burk Leo Kennedy D S Harold and Glenn Lambert. ANNOUNCING BIRTH Ellen Rae Topliff born March 5 to Mr and Mrs Ed Topliff Charleston former locals. They have another daughter Sue. CLASS IS GENEROUS Middleport Baptist Bible Class postponed a meeting to a later date after donating ten dollars to Red Cross and five dollars to Magazine Lady Mrs McGraner for the Service Men's Fund. Names of ill members reported with flowers and cards sent. LOCAL NOTABLES Charles Lucas, honorably discharged from U S Army, employed in defense work in Columbus. Mrs Lucas Evelyn Jones and baby reside with her parents. G Osborne Oscoda Mich and Lemoyne Osborne hosted weekend visit. Virginia Russell returns to Columbus after visit with parents. Donna Maguire returns home after a year at Ohio State University. Frank Maguire at Great Lakes Naval Station visited. Mrs Maguire and granddaughter to move to Washington state by May first. Mrs Clyde Winebrenner employed in Columbus weekend here. Neva Walker Washington D H weekend at home. George Mourning Portsmouth visiting cousin Ida Mourning. Sally Schaaf ill with measles. Bettie Wise weekend in Cleveland with Nick Nicholson. Mildred Wise Charleston weekend with parents. Ruth Pickens returned from Columbus to work at General Chemical Defense Corporation. Dan Farmer and baby from Dayton weekend visitors. Mrs George Conde Jr Dayton and Miss Mary Baker Athens weekend with parents. Ray Farmer recovering in Columbus after medical specialist visit.
Mrs Paul Davis enters Mayo Clinic for observation after a month of illness. She is accompanied by Dr and Mrs Keig of the Mason Clinic. Mrs Davis is the wife of a serviceman and has a son Dorothy Darst in the family.
Continuation of Columbia Township service records by A V Howell for the Ohio War History Commission lists Meigs County and Carpenter Township service members. It details names birthdates enlistment dates training locations and assignments across Army Air Corps Army and Navy units including pilots gunners and engineers with notes on injuries deaths and family ties.
A stark line imagines the fallen of World War I marching past in single file two seconds apart. The speaker contemplates needing about 460 days and nights for all to pass, using a powerful visual to honor those lost.
Meigs County Commissioners received the annual report of County Home Superintendent Allard Pratt. The report lists salaries total 1200 dollars, operating costs 5579.57, receipts from farm stock 689.95, population 48 with five discharged five died and one runaway. A motion approved contracts with five counties for prisoner payments at one dollar each and the board ordered payments totaling 3 528.67 for auto licenses and gas plus 327.21 county bills 13.95 relief.
Pomeroy Red Cross War Fund chair Frank H. Johnston says donations must double to meet this year's double quota. Solicitors target businesses and homes as volunteers work to reach the goal. The article notes radium usage in industry and radiation testing in metal castings.
Social notes record Contract Club host Mrs. Fred Blaettner with guests including Mrs. Roland Neutzling and Miss Marguerite Meier. high scores by Mrs. R. L. Jacobs and Miss Ruth Huber. News of Jeanne Roller and F. C. Charles Gibbs wedding in Great Bend, Kansas. DAR conference in Columbus with Mrs. E. W. Kingsland as alterna te. Naval and military movements include Gail P. Buck in the Pacific, tech corporal Chester Knight on furlough, and Pvt. Malcolm Hartley visit. Other items mention travel, furloughs, and local family updates including Paul Beegle, Wilhelm Zwilling, and Connie Seyfried.
No whistling aboard ships to prevent confusion with the boatswain mate pipe used to attract attention and signal orders. Sailors should rely on established signals and voice commands for communication.
Portraits of former pastors and service members will be displayed at the First Baptist Church in Middleport during World Parish Day. The event includes a family dinner at 6, a discussion on Facing the Churchs Cooperative Tasks, devotion, a recognition service for armed forces members, and speeches by Dr. J C Robbins and Rev L S Snell.
A dinner at 6 30 p m Wednesday in Legion Hall dining room will begin the annual American Legion birthday observance by Feeney Bennett Post state officers will attend and a program will follow in the upstairs meeting hall a gala time is planned by the local group
Mrs. Gilbert Hayes and her son accompanied Mr. Hayes home from Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus where he recently underwent another bone grafting on his leg. Injured nearly three years ago, he is thought to be convalescing slowly with his leg again in a cast.
An old regional ad copy promotes San-Cura Soap to wash tired feet and San-Cura Ointment to soothe itching and minor cuts and burns. It promises relief and mood improvement, with prices 25c for soap and 35c/60c for ointment, available at all druggists.
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