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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1946
Page
2
In Gallia County two fatal incidents occurred within hours. Sam Snyier, 66, was decapitated and mangled beside a railroad track half a mile south of the Gallipolis station. Earlier, a five year old boy was shot in Gallia County, with details indicating a separate fatal event.
Bobby Moore 7 fell from a cherry tree and injured his arm at home. He was taken to Holzer Hospital for setting before returning home with a freight crew nearby. Separate incident Charles Crouse 5 died after a rifle shot while playing at his uncle's Eureka area home. Authorities ruled accidental shooting and prepared funeral plans.
Mason County Boy Scout troops will canvass the area on Sunday June 2 to collect waste paper. Proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Red Cross. Participating towns include Point Pleasant Henderson Alderson City Hartford and New Haven.
Dr. John C. Baker president of Ohio University addresses graduates at Washing ton School Auditorium. Four graduates serve in the armed forces Homer Remus Walter Joe Ridenour Paul Smith and Vance Johnson. One student Anson is home on emergency leave. Program includes processional invocation national anthem and selections by Girls Sextet and brass sextet.
Gallipolis Sunday church listings show Grace Methodist First Baptist First Presbyterian St Peters Episcopal Garfield Ave Church of Christ Church of the Nazarene Paint Creek Baptist John Gee A.M.E. Chapel with service times and leadership names for each congregation. Also notes on Mrs Hallidas ill and a box supper May 31 at Point Pleasant and Ora Kitchen fined $10 and costs in Gallipolis.
In Gallipolis Common Pleas Court two divorce decrees were granted. Pauline Clark Ours was divorced from Herman E. Ours for neglect and restored to her maiden name. Ida Kathleen Butcher was divorced from William Carrail Butcher and restored to her maiden name Ida Kathleen Scott. Stacy Berry filed for divorce from Irene Berry on neglect. Blanche E. Dewees seeks divorce and alimony from George Dewees. The couple, married August 2, 1945 at Pomeroy, have one married daughter.
Discharged: Mrs. Stanley Saunders Erna Harold Hammond A Thomas Pomeroy Mrs. Barton Durst Pt Pleasant. New patients include Mrs. Howard Foster city entering 4 am. Thursday. A baby born 6 20 am named Howard Junior. Dr Foster and Mrs Foster have another son Jimmie. Elwood Bowers Pomeroy and a medical patient listed as fair. Carpenter twins admitted Wednesday both medica failures.
Funeral services for Lewis H. Spires 76 who died at his Cheshire home Thursday night will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Cheshire Baptist Church with interment in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Surviving are his widow and numerous children and grandchildren.
New York reports a planned summer test of rural telephone service in actual operating conditions to assess practicality in sparse areas. Program listings include NBC and CBS broadcasts with Lavalle, Duffy's Tavern, Good Bye Darling, and boxing from Lee Oma vs Joe Walcott among other shows.
All Mason 4-H clubs are expected to attend a meeting Sunday May 26 at 2 p.m. in the Junior High School auditorium on Main Street. The event observes Rural Life Sunday with Ben Sayre of Graham Station in charge of the program.
D Houghton and family relocate from 2217 Mt Vernon Ave to the Hesson property at 23rd St and Washington Ave. Houghton, employed at the ordnance works since 1942, will continue there until the plant is closed. Morrison will occupy the vacated home. The item also notes visits from D L Wilson in Charleston, Ruth Cavender and Miss Hazel Pullin, and Virginia Lewis’s upcoming wedding on June 1. William Cruickshanks, ROTC commander at Presbyterian College, and wife plan to stay in Clinton until June 6, with Elsie Vaught attending a counselor training in Charleston.
Mrs E E Heiner was hostess Thursday afternoon to the Married Ladies Bridge Club at 1006 Main St in Point Pleasant. Guests included Mrs William H Morgan and Miss Reba Beale. Mrs Heiner won the club prize. Next meeting planned at 1213 Viand St on June 6 at 2 pm. No meeting on Memorial Day.
Mervin Chapman announced that his new funeral home at 1204 Viand Street in Point Pleasant is complete. He bought the former Chattin home and built a driveway to Hogg Street, a three car garage, and a large second floor storage room. The interior is redecorated and furnishings moved from the Henderson location. Public inspection is expected soon with favors for visitors.
The Point Pleasant volunteer fire department held a nighttime drill testing a fire truck. At 4th St. Wharf pumps drew river water and reached nearly 100 feet, requiring two men to manage the hose. The truck then passed hydrant tests in North Point Pleasant and hydrants were checked along Mt Vernon Ave between 22nd and 24th Sts, where no hydrant exists.
Freight trains operated on the New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio lines in the four hours after a trainmen strike began. Trains were reportedly already in motion when the dead line arrived and crews took them to terminals. Only NYC trains were leaving the Kanawha Valley.
Campbell, Smith and Stuart Burdette are serving on the petit jury in federal district court in Huntington. They were told they would probably be needed until September.
Mason County’s cave dweller Johnny Shepard appeared in Point Pleasant on Thursday near the courthouse lawn after traveling from south of the Kanawha. He talked with several residents for an hour or two and reportedly lives in a cave on the Minor Smith farm near Henderson. Deputy Sheriff Tara Morrison said Shepard declined county home residence, his only companion a dog.
Dr G Heebink extension dairy specialist from Morgantown arrived in Point Pleasant last night to confer with Bartow Jones and local dairy men before heading to Huntington for a city building meeting on the artificial breeding program. W C Roberts, associate county agent, will accompany him.
West Virginia University trustees appointed Dr. Irvin S. Stewart as president succeeding Dr. Charles E Lawall who resigned in 1945. Stewart is current executive secretary of the Office of Scientific Research and a former University of Texas faculty member. C T Neff had served as acting president.
Mrs. Mullins of E Fifth Street reports to a magistrate that Marvin Leport of Sixth Street attacked her from behind and stabbed her in the left hip during a neighbor dispute. The incident occurred Thursday evening and is being processed as assault and battery.
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