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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1942
Page
4
A fragmented notice outlines a 12:30 session with a Secret speech and board nominations. Names such as Fre d, Wilk, Schaar, Allie Cray Elg, May, Colar, Fries, Fitzy, Krustaine, Bilal, Mitt appear in a garbled list of attendees and speakers with references to fines and approvals.
The Athens Messenger, established 1825, is a daily weekday publication with staff including Publisher Frederick W. Bush and Managing Editor Charles Me Marriner. It notes subscription rates and office locations, plus a Milton quotation on liberty.
Citizens urged to lobby for a government built synthetic rubber plant in Athens County to spur employment, economic revival, and use local resources. The appeal names Senators Burton and Taft and Congressmen Jenkins and Young, urging immediate action and district pride in bringing the industry to the region.
The piece argues for drafting 18 and 19 year olds over married men 30 and older, citing fitness and teachability of youth, economic disruption from student losses, and the broader wartime need. It weighs sociological costs of taking students versus preserving workers and homeowners in communities.
Peter Edson surveys Washington wartime policy and public notices touching rubber conservation OPA pricing and Army Navy etiquette. He notes War Production Board co ordinator Arthur B Newhall on rubber track efficiency and recounts remarks by General Knudsen inspecting tank plant output and a glimpse of Clark Gable in Washington.
The piece notes a surge in wartime drives from WPB to war savings stamps and bonds to waste paper and scrap rubber collections. It predicts boards to coordinate campaigns, two week cycles, and a single sustained public goal to sustain enthusiasm through the season.
University of Minnesota researchers have produced the world’s first heavy sugar rich in C-13, a tracer for studying digestion and drug movement through the body. The material, costly and not rationed, could help map chemical changes from foods to tissues and organs, aiding diabetes and medical research.
The town declares June 16 to 22 clean-up week with curbside trash collection by Higore truck. The Corning Library moves to the old Eagles Building on Main Street with Louise Wemmer as librarian. The community notes honor Mrs. Lorena Spence and report Euchre prizes. William Manahan to speak at Corning High School graduation for Class of 1942. baccalaureate held at the Methodist church with Mary Spence, Gertie Spence, and Rev. Hardin speaking.
Mrs. R. E. Wonnell led a processional for a baccalaureate service as 32 members of the 1942 class stood ready. The ceremony opened with the hymn Holy Holy Holy and featured remarks from faculty and honored guests.
Nelsonville High School class of 1912 held a reunion luncheon at the Dew Hotel with guest Mrs. Helen Johnson Starr and many alums listed. An engagement was announced for Elizabeth Woodworth to Everett M. Maguire. Will C. Merritt won a teaching tour to Cuba and South America. A new Athens National Bank building was planned at Court and E Washington Streets with an estimated cost of 100000. Over 200 attended the township farm bureau picnic at Dutch Ridge schoolhouse hosted by Carthage Township.
The thirty-eighth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Dodson was celebrated at their home on Saturday May 16. Attending were multiple Dodson family members including sons daughters and in-laws from Akron Lancaster and local areas.
The Sunday School elected Edward J. Ferguson as superintendent and Charles Schlingerman as assistant superintendent. Alice Brown was named treasurer with Jessie Schlingerman as secretary and Dee Swisher as assistant secretary. Verna Marshall is pianist, Annarose Dunlap chorister, Martha Young assistant chorister, Edward Ferguson Jr. and Lois Davis librarians, with Betty Latta birthday secretary. Mrs Herman Forsbach announced Marie Miskell and Frank C. Koebel's May 21 wedding at Corpus Christi Church. They will reside in Columbus. Past Chiefs Club of the Pythian Sister lodge will meet Thursday at K. of P. Hall with hostesses Elizabeth Roberts and Margaret Harris. Miss Amnarose Dunlap and Miss Elizabeth Love, 1942 graduates, have strong attendance records.
Bill Talcott and MacDowell arrive in Tortola to pursue a lead on a rumored forgery and wartime procurement schemes. At Radiomarine and a bank, Talcott presses Winters’ secretary while plotting a bold move to disrupt a Federal Chemical unit.
In a verse by LEDA SAMS, a speaker questions if Lafayette Joan of Arc and others are surrendering birth rights for a chain. The poem laments a wave of sorrow sweeping lands fighting for liberty and longing for a steadfast ally in the cause of freedom.
Lt. Thomas G. Tharp of Hemlock was among 39 Ohioans awarded pilot wings at Lake Charles Field Louisiana on May 20 in Army Air Corps graduation exercises. The report also covers a local high school commencement, with 22 graduates, various attendees, and family visits surrounding the event.
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