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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1943
Page
2
Nine men appear in Nelsonville mayor’s police court on Sunday morning following protests in Athens. The case stems from tensions between local groups and municipal authorities, with multiple defendants facing charges and possible penalties.
Fragmented OCR notes show multiple names including Judith, Enid, Clara, Mary and others, with references to traffic fines, divorce petitions, and marriage issues. Mentions of Palmetchi, Haddo, Hood, Lip s, and Navy May 3 appear amid legal and civic items.
In Nelsonville on Saturday night police made six intoxication arrests. Sunday morning in Mayor Herman Ogg’s court there were nine arraignments including three traffic cases. Luther Harold Mayles faced speeding charges while Rodney Thomas Buchtel Earl Carpenter Logan were cited for operating motor vehicles without licenses. Fines of 19 dollars plus costs were imposed for three guilty pleas. Six intoxication offenders including Ed Windle Albert Smith Thomas Hershel Blair William Sowards Donald Biffle and Alex Kitchen pled guilty and were fined five dollars plus costs.
Donald Sanders son of Mr and Mrs Jerry L Sanders of Nelsonville has been called to active duty in the U S Army and will report at a reception center in Columbus Friday He was inducted earlier and granted a deferment to finish his studies at Ohio University Athens where he received a music degree last week.
Nelsonville class No. 11 of the Methodist Church meets Tuesday evening at 7 30 at the home of Mrs Bernice McDowell. Mrs Maude McClain leads the devotional and Mrs Cora Davis directs the program.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gill of Barberton announce the birth of a son at Citizens Hospital on April 24. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Leland Pierce of Nelsonville and Mrs. Florence Gill of Glouster, with Mrs. William Pierce as great-grandmother.
Nelsonville report of a car theft from Canal Street parking lot behind the high school. Vehicle license X171N and about nine gallons of gas in the tank.
Nelsonville will host George Martin regional director from the National CIO office as a guest speaker at the oe Factory Local Union meeting in the R of P Hall Monday at 7 30 p m. All members are urged to attend.
Mrs Harry Cox attended the funeral of her sister in law Mrs William Price in Lancaster. Mrs Leland Pierce and son Raymond returned from a three weeks visit in Barberton with daughters Miss Martha Pierce and Mrs Charles Gill. Miss Dorothy Bateman student nurse at Christ Hospital Cincinnati visits her parents here to see her brother home on leave from the U S Navy.
The Nelsonville Methodist Guild will gather Tuesday May 18 at Miss Florence Cook’s home with hostesses Mrs. J D Adamson and Mrs. L E Butts assisting. Miss Iva Murphy will lead the devotional and Mrs. Stacy Sharp directs the program.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Track held a meeting Thursday evening at the home of Mrs Jennie Mender on Chestnut Street.
The West Virginia State Health Department dispatches a mobile X-ray unit to Putnam, Mason, and Roane counties for TB case finding. The clinic screens active and inactive TB, contacts, schoolchildren, and Selective Service men, with films read by Dr. J. T. Duncan and staff. fees apply for those able to pay.
Mervin Erwin sues the Morgan Township Rural School District in Gallia County for 1231 dollars claiming a contract for transporting students to Eno School at 160 dollars monthly for three years. He says a 1940 contract extension added ten dollars monthly, and after resigning March 5 he fulfilled terms but was still owed.
Mrs. John Callas announced that a quart of Blakemore strawberries was picked from their patch near Clipper Mill. Paul Shaw reported his Dorset berries first ripened on Thursday. Early fruit was killed but Shaw expects a later good crop.
William "Red" Peppers was found guilty in a local court of purchasing liquor for a minor. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs and, in default of payment, sent to the city jail.
Royce Meachem is awarded a divorce from Elizabeth Meacham on grounds of gross neglect. The couple wed September 26 1935 in Ripley New York and have one child, Royce Leo, aged six.
J O and Elva Knopp transfer to Eva and Harry Mills Jr a parcel described as lot 23 and parts of four adjoining in Menager's Subdivision. The transfer lists the specific loss of adjoining portions as the property description.
Elizabeth Hallett 52 wife of J C Hallett Nelsonville died after an operation at White Cross Hospital Columbus. She leaves husband son Andrew grandson Joe Andy father Henry Nutter Nelsonville and brother John Nutter Columbus. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm at Methodist Church burial Greenlawn. Friends may call at 337 Fort St.
Everett G Royer county agent and Miss Clara Belle Motter present Forward 4 H a film on Ohio 4 H club work. A week of showings runs 8 30 p m each night with groups from Fairfield Rodney Eno White Oak Cadmus Harrisburg and Ohio Chapel visiting various venues.
Gallipolis notes a Home Demonstration Council gathering to be held at 10 45 a m next Friday in the Methodist Church. Miss Clara Belle Motter announces the program including a potluck luncheon and Mrs Scott Westerman as guest speaker on Keeping Our Emotions Balanced in War Times. Motter will demonstrate woolen care for summer.
The Bidwell-Porter High School commencement will be held next Friday at 7 o clock in the school auditorium. The Rev Scott Westerman of Grace Methodist Church will deliver the address. The program includes processional grand march invocation salutatory valedictory trumpet solo and performances by the Girls Glee Club.
Harley Denney sues Morgan Township Rural School District Board in Gallia County claiming he fulfilled a contract to transport Ena School children. He seeks $90 plus interest from March 12 and a total judgment of $840 with interest.
The W B A Review organizes a sock social at Spray Hall on Tuesday evening at 7 30. Members are urged to attend and bring a guest. No business meeting will be held.
In Point Pleasant the Women's Club elected a full slate for the coming year with no dissent. New president is Mrs. George Sprenger. Officers include eight vice presidents led by Mrs. E Bartow Jones and long list of re elected and new secretaries and treasurer. The meeting featured musical and literary items and guests from other clubs.
About 60 percent turnout Saturday for Point Pleasant municipal election re elected Mayor B Walker Krodel to a seventh term over Ernest R. Kincaide by 787 to 501. Krodel won wards 1 2 5 and led in ward 4 while losing ward 3 by three. Dana Bradshaw lost as city clerk to C D Ball 591 to 682. Republicans won seven of ten council seats. Citizens tickets won in ward 3. The new administration begins July 1 with potential continuance of city solicitor treasurer and police chief.
Mason County officials and the prosecuting attorney grapple with a case involving a man who married his late wife’s daughter by a prior marriage. The woman bore four children before her death and a fifth during her second marriage. The husband, over 50, has now married his stepdaughter, age 15.
Among Saturday election arrivals in Point Pleasant was J. L. Barnett of Hickory Chapel. He is about 90, described as Mason County's first rural mail carrier and a successful farmer, and he is the father in law of Chief of Police Jividen.
A young mother was sentenced to 60 days in jail and fined for neglecting two minor children. The case was heard before Probate Court officials on Saturday.
POINT PLEASANT The Presbyterian Auxiliary will hold its annual birthday party Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the church social rooms. A special offering for printed material for use in Mexico will be taken with Mrs. J Sanford Ithoades in charge. Delegates report on the May Presbytery in Charleston.
Paul Dowell of South Side suffered a badly burned left hand while on the W. J. Newman farm. A spark from a can of gasoline he carried is believed to have caused the injury. Dr. B. F. Sommer of Leon treated him.
Jack Thomas of Point Pleasant was arrested by Policemen Morrison and Noble during the weekend and held for arraignment on a charge of intoxication.
Mrs. Pierce age 67 died at her Henderson home after a brief illness of indigestion. Services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday at the Methodist church with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. She was born April 16, 1909 in Mason County to Kuhn and Jean Williams Wallace. Survived by husband Ewan Pierce, son Lawrence Pierce in the Navy at Norfolk, two grandchildren Barbara and Eugene Pierce, a sister Myrtle Anderson of Altoona. Mrs. Pierce belonged to Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
A Graham District report says options to buy farm lands near Graham Station have been exercised. Named lands include the Dover Clark and Wilkinson properties. The report ties options on these lands to news from Washington about a $3,000,000 war plant planned near New Haven.
Judge Lewis H. Miller dismissed the divorce suit of Oldie Fridley against Bertha Fridley after hearing witnesses. He found no grounds for granting a divorce and left for his Ripley home Friday evening, noting that denials have been rare in circuit court in recent years.
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