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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1943
Page
2
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Nelsonville City Council will hold a special session tonight to consider an ordinance to restore a traffic light at the Hocking and Canal streets intersection near the William Brooks Shoe Co. plant. Factory safety leaders urge light operation during worker entry and exit hours only.
Nelsonville faces a $4 680 58 surplus in the storm sewer fund that cannot be diverted to sanitary sewer work. City Solicitor John P Kelso says the attorney general’s office confirms the limitation. A prior bond issue for storm sewers, largely expended, funded WPA projects and now readings show no transfer to sanitary sewers is legal.
Nelsonville High School PTA wrapped up its year with a dinner meeting. retiring president Mrs J D Adamson presided as reports were read, then Mrs C H Ruble was installed president and other officers were named. Past Matrons and Past Patrons plan a 6 30 dinner Wednesday at the Masonic Temple.
Miss Betty Howe of Indianapolis stayed with her parents Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Howe on Sunday and Monday. Mrs. James Dow Jr. of Springfield visited her aunt Mrs. Grace Kelch. Miss Shirley Knight of Columbus visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. James D. Knight to attend Ohio University commencement exercises last Saturday.
Local friends report Mrs Clifford Hartley of Nelsonville is recovering after a recent operation at Doctors Hospital in Columbus. She is in Room 207. Her mother Mrs John Fisher of this city spent Sunday with her at the hospital.
Miss Gladys Harrington became the bride of Maurice Junior McKean United States Army in a Friday ceremony with Rev. H M Smith officiating. The couple appeared with attendants Rosethel Thomas and Donavan Blazer.
Nineteen selectees whose names were published recently left by bus Monday for Ft. Thomas Kentucky to be inducted into the Army Others in the group are entering the Navy Marine Corps and some have already gone Rev Cecil V Marley and Rev Jennings Cremeens spoke to the group before departure The Rotary Club provided coffee and doughnuts with the Gallia Academy High School Band joining in the send off at the bus station
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Platform for C. P. Hardesty whose body was found in the Ohio River at the foot of First St in West Huntington. Coroner F X Schuler ruled accidental drowning. Survived by widow and eleven children.
Beginning Monday evening May 24 at 8 o'clock a revival meeting will be held in the Northup Baptist Church. Rev. Jennings Cremeens is the pastor and Rev. William Caudill of Proctorville will be the special speaker. The public is invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs Silas Hamilton hosted a party on Sunday May 16 to honor their son Junior who entered military service on Monday Attendees included Juanita Shaw Freida Delores Pinkerman Virginia Mary Rose Fisher Earl Thompson Emma Lou Hamilton Carroll Johnson and many Shaw family members from Huntington along with friends and relatives Joy Frances Shaw and Alice Hamilton among others
Lieut. D. H. Cole of the air service at Patterson Field near Dayton visited Gallipolis. Formerly a State Highway Patrol corporal, Cole was a Sunday guest. Mrs. Lillian Lanier returned to duties at the Ohio Bell Telephone Company after a Columbus vacation. Miss Bessie Comer began a two week vacation. Mrs. C. B. Parker of Athens enjoys ten days at her First Ave home, with sister Miss Dorothy Gist arriving to stay. Island View Inn hosts include W. G. Wymer of Clarksburg West Virginia and Mr. and Mrs. Milo Martin of Wayne Ohio.
New patients listed at Holzer Hospital include Mrs. Joe West Kananga observation James Franklin 13 year old son of B L Franklin Bidwell observation George L Pullin Leon W Va observation Mrs F A Carracl Wellston medical Daniel B Dailey 87 Gallipolis observation Mrs Clifford Boggs Point Pleasant observation Mrs Robert Pinkerman Crown City R D surgery Ed F Jones Jr 19 Jackson surgery Harry Stanley Henderson W Va medical Mrs A M Copenhaven Jackson R D 4 surgery Recently discharged were Mrs Elwood Sanderfield and baby of Pomeroy and Mrs William Richards and baby of Jackson
Gallipolis Independents dropped two Sunday games at the OHE field. Rodney won 9 to 10 in the opener, and the Gallipolis Eagles took the five inning second game 3 to 6. Gothard plated three runs in the Rodney game while McNulty and Ball tied for scoring honors with four apiece.
Jenkin Williams of Oak Hill pleaded guilty before Magistrate Leser to driving while intoxicated. He was fined 50 dollars and costs. The arrest was made by the State Highway Patrol.
Henry W. Cherrington has been appointed administrator of the estate of Miss Mary Morris, deceased, a Perry Township resident. Bond of $8000 was filed by H. B. Ecker and Eresimus Morris as sureties.
Nelsonville city officials honor Councilman Arthur Kennedy at a special meeting. Kennedy, serving his second term, departs with Local Board 2 for Fort Hayes Columbus after receiving a city gift and a wrist watch from the Methodist Sunday School. The council and Mayor Herman O. praised his public service and wished him a safe return.
Nelsonville Park John son charged with permitting an unlicensed person to operate a vehicle pleaded guilty before Mayor Herman Ogg on Monday and was fined 15 dollars plus costs. Charles Anderson charged by affidavit filed by his wife Kathaleen Anderson with assault and battery was fined 10 dollars plus costs on guilty plea. Merle Newton Carbondale pleaded guilty to an intoxication complaint and was fined 5 dollars plus costs.
Mrs Lester Hitchings of Athens Route No. 3 reports her brother Edward Thompson of Columbus has been inducted into the Navy and will depart May 20 for Great Lakes Naval Training. Their father Levington Thompson is of Columbus, formerly Deanville. The Thompson family also includes Clifford who served overseas in World War I and twins Walter and Wilbur who enlisted in the Army about 18 months ago and are now overseas.
A special communication of Philadorian Lodge will be held at the Masonic Temple on Wednesday May 19 to confer the entered apprentice degree.
W. H. Glenn is recovering satisfactorily in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus after a major operation on Friday. He is in room 236.
Mrs. Howard J. Ayler, president of the Albany Community Garden, invites flower enthusiasts to visit in May to enjoy iris varieties and blooming shrubs. The garden is open to the public for inspiration, reflecting Mrs. Ayler’s 15 years of flower hobby and four years supervising Junior Gardening with Albany Consolidated Schools.
Gallipolis notes report marriage licenses issued to Harry L. Queen 40 of Gallipolis in the U S Army and Alta Frost 35 daughter of the late Charles Younger. Also Philip H. Parker 43 Ironton a bricklayer and Frances McGue 26 Huntington W Va a practical nurse.
A large group of Mason County men left for the Huntington induction center for final examinations amid a public demonstration organized by the Mason County Service Center Committee. The selectees received coffee doughnuts and cigarettes and greetings from relatives and friends as four Greyhound buses waited in front of the draft board office. The committee plans a repeat demonstration next Monday morning for those accepted for service and assigned posts.
Mrs. George Sprenger begins a Philadelphia trip Friday to visit her son Ensign H Paige Bell Jr and attend a naval ceremony. Dinner hosts include Dorothy and Martha Sprenger and locals. The Woman's Society of Christian Service meets at Trinity Methodist Church at 7 30 tonight for a pew dedication in memory of Mrs. Okey A Roush. Local residents and relatives attend dinners and visits with families in Huntington Coraopolis McKeesport and Parkersburg.
Mr and Mrs R P Bell plan to move to DeLand Florida in about ten days. They bought a six room bungalow with roughly 10 acres three acres of which bear orange trees on East Ridge Ave DeLand is 23 miles inland from Daytona Beach and is the county seat of Valusia County in the citrus belt. Mr Bell formerly headed the Boys Industrial School near Graf ton from 1933 to 1941 and has been active in real estate this past year.
Homer Logan his wife Ethel Logan and Savannah Wilson were arraigned before Magistrate Sam Taylor and held to the grand jury. State Troopers Coyner and Hutchinson recovered household items from Clerc Sayre's Flat Rock dwelling and set bonds at 1000 dollars each. The Logans, former Meigs County residents near Middleport, remain jailed without sureties.
J Clyde McDermitt transportation superintendent for the county board of education and sister Mrs M L Miles of Gallipolis bought the Bertha Filson residence at 1010 Viand Street. The home has five rooms and bath on the first floor and three rooms and bath on the second. They will occupy the property this week while Mrs Filson moves to Hollywood Florida.
Miss Margaret Kimberling of Hogsett and Miss Millie Bumgarner of New Haven demonstrate for the Point Pleasant district of the Appalachian Electric Power Co that women can replace men as meter readers. Manager J A Ferrell notes they handle the job well. They spend 18 days monthly in the field reading all Mason County meters, with the rest of the month devoted to collections and office work.
POINT PLEASANT The Mason County Court appointed S. A. Simmons a justice of the peace for Lewis District yesterday. Simmons qualified and opened an office on the courthouse's first floor.
A son of Mr and Mrs Robert Newell of Washington DC was severely injured when struck by a baseball bat a few days ago. Recovery is expected per latest report received. The Newells lived in Point Pleasant for a time several years ago.
Long secretary to President C. O. Weissenburger of Marietta Manufacturing Co. Barbee Rothgeb receives a three month leave due to ill health. She and Mrs. Rothgeb and their daughter Martha Lynn will travel during the period with California and Texas on the itinerary.
Miss Flor ence Kayser daughter of Mr and Mrs Rupert Kayser of Jackson Ave has started work in the office of County Clerk John G Aten recording deeds and other legal papers She was graduated from senior high school last week.
Edward Koblentz, a recent Sen ior High School graduate, travels to Columbus with friends and plans a Chicago trip with his father Ross before his induction into the Naval Air Corps, for which he has been accepted.
Mrs. C. C. Weissenburger Mrs. Harold Sayre Mrs. Grace Stone Hetzl Hartford and Mrs. W. H. Vaught attended a meeting of the First West Virginia Chapter Daughters of 1812 in Huntington Saturday afternoon.
Mason County farmer Boyd Sterrett died Monday at his Henderson area home after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p m at the residence.
The Point Clinic notes the birth of a son, Thomas Gilman, Saturday to Mr and Mrs Thomas Edward Williams of Arbuckle, and a daughter Sunday to Mr and Mrs Gallie Thomas Thornton local. Mrs Ralph Collins and her infant daughter were discharged Monday and returned home on Route 1.
Sterrett 62 died at Kanawha Mill. Services set at home at two o clock with James C Fisher pastor of Henderson Methodist Church in charge. Burial Oak Cemetery. Survived by four sisters Beth Rose Frances and Sterrett. two brothers F Sterrett and H W Sterrett. Lived on farm except 20 years in Rome and Texas returned 1930. Family traced to William Arbuckle who fought Indians in 1774.
4-H club members place in judging and speaking events at a spring round-up. POINT PLEASANT Shinn and Joe Rayburn tied for first in seed identification. Charles McCulloch second. Jimmy Sayre third. In regional FFA public speaking Harry Pj topped Eureka Senior 4-H Club. Donald Lines took third. Anna Le Roush won Joseph Fristman Memorial Prize. Paws Schul earned D A R Gold Medal for outstanding history work. Drilling begun for water well at Recreation Center land on South Side. Also: arrests for intoxication of F Sayre, Jack Thomas, Herbert L Tucker, Walter Howard. released to mayor. Fred M J Waugh released to Grant Illinois officers after desertion.
Mrs Gretchen Kenny will teach during the summer term at Marshall College Huntington in the teacher training department. She will resume her position as a county schools teacher next term.
Mrs. Oral Eads and her infant son were discharged and returned to their Jericho Road home in Point Pleasant on Sunday, accompanied by Earl Arnett.
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