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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1946
Page
7
Gomer Phillips purchased the Marie Shepard Yost property on the 200 block of First Avenue above H B Ecker. The deed shows a price around $8,000 in stamps.
W. W Sigler retires Wednesday from the Gallia County Selective Service Board where he had continuously served as chairman since its inception. George H Leal has served as vice president over the same period. Both received citations and Ispell buttons for faithful service. Mrs. Stanley A Saunders, former clerk of the Gallia County Board of Elections, is recovering satisfactorily after surgery at Holzer Hospital.
Gathering in Columbus May 22 and 23 will include four Gallia County residents Dr Paul Foster secretary Ernest Riggs Anne Gates White and Alice L Bradbury. Tuberculosis control lectures by national authorities will highlight the two day program with speakers from Michigan the National Tuberculosis Association and the Christmas Seal network.
Gallipolis lists 13 vicinity men discharged from military service including James R. Franklin Frank Clark Wetherholt James H Finch and others from Crown City Jackson E Amos Ewington Andrew J Walters Asel Searles Jr from Cheshire and Camp Atterbury Indiana names Billy Houck Perry Fillinger Carlos Evans and Dempsey Knoa from Crown City and Galha.
Harrisonville area notes describe a Saturday party honoring Sharon Joyce Atkins on her birthday with guests Sandra Kay, Brenda Sue, Judy Chase, Darlene Smith, Billy and Jerry Seiple, Gordon Ray, and Gloria Ray Atkins. Also mentions Hattie McKenze accompanying Dwight Seiple to Dayton for weeks, Sunday School at Presbyterian Church for Mother’s Day and Family Week, May 18 alumni reception with pot luck at 6 30 p.m followed by dance, and visits by C L Blackwood of Portsmouth, a Raven Rock Airport flight instructor.
Gallia Academy High School elected Creighton Ghrist president and Pat Dayton vice president as senior student body leaders. Both have held offices during their three years at the school.
Gerald Haffelt and Marion McGuire visit Columbus households. Prof Floyd Hinerman of Ironton, with 31 years teaching, renews acquaintances. Young Irvin Walters receives medical care after bow and arrow injury. Eustace Jeffries sends a Japan parachute son James. Sanda Sue Simms dies after a week illness. Emmett Beaver listed seriously ill in Springfield Hospital. Jack Johnson reports 15 months overseas miss. Frank Carpenter funeral at Waterloo. Local figures Baldwin and Neal families noted with health and travel updates.
Gallia Academy High School student Jimmy Woodward completed eight hours of dual flight and soloed in a 1946 Aeronca Champion monoplane at Gallipolis Airport. Instructor Pollack notes three older men have soloed, with Woodward among the budding pilots alongside James Shamblin, K T Wood, and Garnet Mace. Other high school aviation students include Bob Dayton, James Hackworth, and Bob Maddox. Altman Department Store displays a 24 foot parachute by Reliance for dropping medical supplies, ammo, food, and other items from the air.
The Gallia Academy High School annual party honored senior members sponsored by Mrs. Aldeth Robinson. Helen Wood was elected president Arreta Mae Brown vice president Jean Northup secretary and Sylvia Hull treasurer. Offiers retiring included Agnes Clendenin Helen Wood and Betty Lou Baker. The Riverside Study Club held its final meeting of the year with papers on Belgian Congo Land and People history and economics and education and social welfare. Pembroke Club hosted a meeting with Mrs. George Bush as hostess. An advertisement offered a fungicide Teol for treating athletes foot with local availability.
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