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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1946
Page
6
Funeral services for A. P. Henneman age nearly 80 will be held Thursday at 2 30 pm in Ewing Chapel. The Rev L M Mohrhoff will officiate with interment at Beech Grove Cemetery. He died after a week long heart ailment at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Survived by wife daughter Mrs Louis Ennis of Charleston and a sister in Portsmouth.
The Kiashute District Boy Scouts of America will hold a Board of Review and Court of Honor at the Bethany Building Thursday evening at 7. Scout officials met last week at the Boy Scout Cabin in Chester to discuss steps to avert disastrous consequences from a nearby slipping hill.
Berlin correspondent Rosette Hargrove reports that many Germans and others refuse to believe Adolf Hitler is dead. Despite evidence of his death in the chancellery shelter, rumors persist of his survival or hope he may return, while memories of his regime linger amid the ruined city.
Syracuse notes list Herbert Stoberts assisting John Stobert in building a new house at Plants A 3. Crooks visits with his son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Andreas Turnbull. Dick Winebrenner moves into Clara Hess property and various family hosting and visiting events occur across Cadmus Racine and Huntington.
Meigs County Council of Church Women will hold a May Fellowship Day at Bethany Methodist Church at 10 p.m. on May 3 with the theme Our Families. Topics will be discussed by Mrs. H. A. Rothrock Mrs. E. A. Wingett and Mrs. Baird. Luncheon will be served.
Mr and Mrs William B Chaney will mark their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday May 5 at their home near Darwin They will not serve open house to relatives friends and neighbors Sunday afternoon at their home Mrs Chaney was formerly Flordia Hawk of Garden
At Meigs County Justice Court Judge L B Higgins presided over multiple intoxication pleas. Edward Schaefer of Pomeroy received 30 days jail and a $100 fine plus costs for operating a vehicle under influence. William Saxton and Emil Daugherty of Middleport were fined $50 and costs each and jailed for nonpayment. James Weyersmiller of Pomeroy pled guilty to intoxication and paid $10 plus costs. Marriages performed this week included George Ner and Irene Hillyer, and Ray R Woodall and Ruby Williams.
The Messenger corrects a Monday political item from Pomeroy noting the incumbent should be Benjamin F. Turner rather than Jacob Turner. The correction clarifies the representative's proper identity and party alignment in local coverage.
Middleport reports Mr and Mrs R J Jones of Greenfield as weekend guests of Mr and Mrs T H Davis. Mr Jones recently returned from army service in Hawaii, son of the late Dr and Mrs R J Jones. Mrs Edwin Hull, wife of Lieut General Edwin Hull, left the Davises to return to Washington DC.
Two divorces were granted Tuesday in Meigs County Common Pleas Court by Judge Edzar Ervin. Clara M aranted a Pavis on cruelty and gross neglect. Lawrence Luckadoo was granted a divorce from Elizabeth Luckadoo for wilful absence and gross neglect. DAMAGE SUIT FILED Dorothy Vineyard sues Niel Roush over an automobile crash. Judgment sought is 446.64 as of March 17.
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