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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1943
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR lists many personal names and possible places such as Norfolk Gastville and Matheny with scattered titles like Mrs and Mr. The text lacks coherent events or actions, but preserves a web of individuals connected to a civic or social notice.
Athens Junior High School will host a 8:30 pm auditorium program with 105 students receiving certificates. Sherman E. Gillette announces topics include service organizations and military themes with Rev. Frank Donaldson delivering the invocation.
Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth M. Martin age 70 Hooper Sr. who died in Orlando Florida last Tuesday will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock in the Richland Avenue Methodist Church conducted by the Rev J K Price assisted by the Rev Herman Secoy Burial will be at Hebbardsville Friends may call at the Hooper Street home any time Miss Martin spent the winter in Florida had been ill for months She was born in Morgantown West Virginia and lived in Athens County forty years She taught school in West Virginia Meigs and Athens Counties for thirty six years She was a member of the first Methodist Church at Orlando She leaves two brothers J R Martin Hooper Street and John A Martin Veterans Hospital Chillicothe and one sister Mrs Eva Divil Smithfield Pennsylvania
Ernest McCumber age 23 of Carbondale escaped Nelsonville jail April 1 1942 and was arrested this morning at Kimberly by Deputy Sheriffs Frank Joyce and Si Allen. He was held on a drunken driving charge. accomplices Guy Tanner and Gerald West escaped with him. Tanner was recaptured and returned to Mansfield. West remains at large.
Ensign Duane C. Phillips, regional enrolling officer, said training for cooks and bakers is open to men up to 50. The War Shipping Administration raises age from 35 due to shortages in the Stewards Department aboard armed cargo ships. Applicants as young as 17 6 months may apply. six weeks of training leads to immediate ship assignments with pay during training.
John Buck of Lodi Township appears in a Sidney Shallett profile of the warship Old Nameless and its Pacific battles. The narrative covers Buck as a chaplain's yeoman aboard the ship, its anti aircraft defense against Japanese air attacks near the Savo Islands, and Guadalcanal combat in 1942. Buck aids wounded, helps cut a wounded leg, and later identifies a fallen comrade after heavy shelling.
Mrs John A Kloepfer aged 65 former Athens resident died suddenly Sunday night at her Roseville home. She and her husband ran the Valley Hotel while their son and daughter attended Athens High School and Ohio University. Survived by husband Dr Warren H Kloepfer sister Mrs O K Parrett and other relatives. Funeral at the Kloepfer home in Roseville on Wednesday at 2 PM.
Geraldine L. Mullins of Chauncey Georgia enrolled in the WAAC after turning 21. She trained at Fort Oglethorpe and Conway Arkansas then served as a clerk typist, singing with a WAAC chorus on broadcasts from Stuttgart. Her brother Roy Mullins left Ohio for Panama in civil service.
Four motorists were arrested by state highway patrols over the weekend. Samuel L. Puterbaugh 33 of New Lexington was fined 50 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated. Gerald E. King 28 of Columbus was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding on Route 33 north of Athens. George R. Adams 35 of Buckeye Lake was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding on Route 33 north of Nelsonville. Bert Herbert Cole 55 of Nelsonville faces arraignment tonight for unsafe operation.
The Busy Bee 4-H Club of Canaanville met on May 28 to practice sewing stitches. Virginia Williams attended as a visitor. Ada Ruth Sutton serves as advisor. The group learned the 4-H pledge and announced a new meeting for Friday June 4 with new members welcome.
High American officials attended memorial services today at St. Margaret's Church Westminster for United States officers and men buried in the British Isles. Some crabs resemble small stones of the beach where they dwell.
Two men from Nelsonville and one from Athens depart from Fort Hayes reception center to Army camps. Arthur A. Kennedy to Camp Stewart Georgia Earl F. Ellinger to Camp Edwards Massachusetts Eldon W. Musgrave to Indiantown Gap Pennsylvania Private Charles Herman Pierce stationed at Camp Shelby Mississippi Corporal Charles W. Dalton of Athens promoted in the Air Corps at Salt Lake City Utah.
Reporters described Crystal Pool's first day as a grand opening with more than 200 people of all ages enjoying the free swim. Officials announced daily hours 1 to 10 p m for the summer season and anticipated another large crowd today.
The British Air Ministry reports at least five U boats sunk in a 10 day period as RAF Coastal Command aircraft used depth bombs to strike submarines west of Iceland south of Iceland and near the Bay of Biscay.
Dr. Carl A Frey announced the Red Cross Blood Donor Station staff at First Methodist Church for Wednesday through Friday. Health officials urge 70 more volunteers to meet county quota as the mobile unit arrives. Contact Ruth Herbert to arrange donation times.
The Athens High School Senior Class musicale will be presented Tuesday at 2 in the school auditorium. Robert Johnson will preside. The program includes vocal duets, solos, a class poem, various instrumental solos, a boys chorus, and presentations of awards by Principal Oliver Wood.
Mrs. Eliza Akers age 64 of Athens Route 1 died Sunday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital after months of illness. Born in Hocking County she lived in Athens County 27 years and farmed since 1929 after husband S Edgar Akers died. A brother John James died in October 1942. She leaves daughter Mrs William Taylor of Columbus. Funeral at Alexander Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 2 PM EWT with Rev Howard Warner. burial Hebbardsville. Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home open for calls after Tuesday noon.
Nine members and advisor Mrs. Finsterwald attended the Blue Ribbon 4-H Club meeting held at Helen McBride’s 9 Brown Ave home. Dorothy Love presided with minutes read by June Schuler. Attendees included Maxine Moore, Jenny Knox, Mary Droz, Meta Dixon, Marian Droz, Joan Walker, Dorothy Love, Helen McBride, and June Schuler. Refreshments were served.
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