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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1945
Page
14
A Gulf man reported good news saying Gulfpride and Gulflex TM will help keep my car on the road for a long time likely until I get a new one. The remark reflects optimism about maintenance products extending vehicle life.
Nelsonville local Lon Coakley escaped with minor bruises when his cattle truck stalled at the C and O Railroad crossing near his farm. A southbound passenger train struck the halted truck, demolishing its rear half and tossing the cab and driver aside. The collision stopped near the Coakley farm home.
Nelsonville area Eagles voted to donate 50 dollars to the Ministerial Association to promote the Junior Twilight League this summer. Three applications were presented for membership and two were approved. The floor show moved to May 26 and initiation to May 27 with Linden Aerie of Columbus. Round and square dancing set for May 19 and June 9 with Percy Lowry providing music.
In Nelsonville Mrs Don Simonton welcomed home her daughter Donnie from the hospital as her husband Sir Donald Simonton arrived on unexpected leave from France. Donnie is recovering satisfactorily and has thanked friends for flowers and cards during her illness.
Capt. Jack McLain of St. Louis Missouri died on April 18 from wounds suffered in the Pacific. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ivor McLain and a relative of Mrs Hazel Osey of Chestnut Street this city. He was the grandson of Mrs R B McLain of Stonington Illinois. His father Mel Lain was born and raised in this district.
Mrs. John Steenrod of Nelsonville reports a letter from her husband stationed in Manila. He mentions meeting several men from home including Terry Tignor Bill Warren Jack Whyte Roy Adams Connett and Donald Lowry from Carbondale and notes that Jimmy Linscott and Chuck McKée are in Manila. The men are said to be about three miles apart.
Nelsonville opens the Junior Twilight League season with a parade led by the high school band. About 90 boys ages 13 to 17 registered. The Giants beat the Reds 15 to 3 and the Yanks edged the Cubs 12 to 11 in the doubleheader. Mayor Miles Howe pitched the first ball.
Lt. Col. Clayton E. Crafts of 2194 Coventry Rd Columbus received the Bronze Star Medal for his staff work with the Fifth Infantry Division during the French offensive last summer. He maintained full combat strength by arranging timely replacements and reduced unit administrative load. His wife Ruth and two daughters are former Nelsonville residents. Mrs Jennie Lehman of The Diamond received a Mother’s Day greeting from her son Pvt Eugene Thompson stationed at Ft McClellan Alabama.
Nelsonville social column reports the Eudora Chapter No. 72 Order of Eastern Star inspection at the Masonic Temple with a dinner at the First Methodist Church honoring Worthy Grand Matron Mrs Roberta K Mindling. Also noted is Mrs James Keating hosting her son Eddie's sixth birthday with guests and prizes, club meetings, and Mother's Day greetings from serviceman Cpl 1 Charles N McKee in the Philippines.
Gallipolis residents report a string of leave visits and travels. Leo Mossman and family vacation in Columbus and Akron while he serves at Holzer Hospital. Lieut G W Acree spends ten days in Florida with wife and family. Bettine Yensen returns from Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Delmer Archer enjoys naval school leave with his parents in Eureka.
Gallia County Agent E G Royer announced a delay in the planned meeting with Gallia County farmers including Mrs Arthur Darhbrough and family. The visit, postponed to Thursday May 24, follows a local field assignment. Nearby, children returned from Ashore to visit their parents.
Rev. Helen W J Tatmann of Newtown Holiness Mission in Murray City announces Rev. Frank Hunter of Chillicothe will lead a 1 4 missionary service at the local church Friday night May 18. Hunter has just returned from a mission trip to Mexico. Funeral services for Henry Frank will be held Friday at 2 p m at Carbondale Methodist Church, with burial in Asbury Cemetery.
Nelsonville Elks invite members and guests to a dance at the Elks Home Saturday night May 18 with Byron Logan and his band from Zanesville providing music. The event marks the first dance under the new committee. Also noted is an WSCS Hartley Fisher Circle meeting at John Herrold's home Thursday May 17 at 7 30.
Gallipolis officials report arraignments in Gallia County Common Pleas Court Judge Lewis Ci Wardens presiding. William Van Meter admitted guilt in a prior case and was placed on one year probation with monthly reports to officer Cecil Halley and abstinence from intoxicants. Theodore Washington Jr pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a hotel storage room and theft, receiving 18 months probation with county residency and work requirement and hotel reimbursement. Jesse White admitted stealing 39 from Delia Kirkendall, also on 18 months probation with county stay and employment. Robert Deerfield and George Clench pleaded not guilty to stealing auto parts worth several hundred dollars, bond set at 500 each. Queen signed Deerfield’s bond.
Gallipolis reports Pvt Monroe Sheets, long a German prisoner, released from captivity and returned to military control. Sister Mrs Virgie Halley of Third Avenue announced the news from the War Department as Sheets prepares for return to the United States.
Mrs. Rena Ogg 63 Columbus died Monday night in St Anthonys Hospital. She was mother to two daughters Helen Gilkerson and Clea Whitmore and three sons Merril, Wesley, Garrett. She had two sisters and two brothers, all of Nelsonville. Funeral services Thursday at 2 PM at Warren Funeral Home conducted by Rev. W. M. George with burial at Greenlawn.
Joseph Parrish stationed with the U S Army in Germany sent a poem titled Welcome to Limberg to his mother Mrs John Parrish Nelsonville. The poem in German and English honors American troops who freed them. At a family dinner on Mother's Day relatives gathered including Mr and Mrs Paul Dunn and son John, Mr and Mrs Forrest Dunn, Floyd Barrows and daughters Judy and Linda. Other mentions include Sgt Charles Barrows at Fort Sill Oklahoma and various local family visits and promotions.
Lester Lyle charged with intoxication pleaded guilty at arraignment in Mayor Myles Howe's court. He was fined $5. Naomi Circle of the Methodist Church led by Mrs Bessie Bland will meet at Mrs J D Adamson's Clinton Street home Thursday evening May 17 at 7 30.
An old ad promises improved digestion by increasing a digestive juice flow. It claims Nature produces two pints of juice daily and Carter's Little Liver Pills work quickly, sometimes in 30 minutes, to counter indigestion. Available at drugstores for 25 cents.
In Hazel Davis v Denver Davis the court grants divorce and custody of five younger children and confirms an agreement from last March. The defendant must seek steady employment and pay one half of earnings to the plaintiff while she remains unmarried and any child under eighteen.
Gallipolis reports Miss Giorianna Foster daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Foster is recovering satisfactorily from an emergency appendectomy performed at Holzer Hospital Sunday night She is employed at the City Loan Office.
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