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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1944
Page
2
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Fragmentary OCR yields scattered items including a May hospital birth notice, a disaster drill or train incident mention, and a family bereavement. Names and places are unclear but reference a birth in a hospital and a fatal event affecting a family.
Allan Robert Pope age 3 visiting his grandmother and grandfather in Buchtel fell into an unpushed cistern at the Graham home Tuesday afternoon and drowned in about eight feet of water. He was found after about 15 minutes with efforts to resuscitate failing. The child was taken to Stout Funeral Home and will be moved to Lindale, Ohio for services and burial.
Mary Fran ces Blair aged 9 died at Marietta Osteopathic Hospital after a foot cut from tin roofing led to tetanus. She was the daughter of Otis and [name redacted] Blair of Coolville Rt 2, formerly Chauncey. Funeral at Church of God Chauncey, burial Greenlawn Nelsonville.
Harold Brimner and Joan Fellem announce the birth of a son named Ronald James at Cherrington Hospital Logan weighing 8 pounds 1 2 ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Fellem Nelsonville and Mr and Mrs Arlie Brimner Logan. Great grandmothers Mrs Rosa Arick and Mrs Wilda Brimner Logan. Brimner stationed with Coast Guard Manhattan Beach Brooklyn NY.
The Rev William M George pastor of the Nelsonville Methodist Church for five years was returned for another year by unanimous vote of his official board at the closing session of the Ohio Conference in Columbus. He and his wife and family have many friends in the community who are pleased by his return.
C C Shoemaker aged 62 suffered a fatal heart attack Monday evening on E Columbus Street while visiting his sister Mrs Willard Bartoe in Nelsonville. A Wellston native he ran a Louisville restaurant for 35 years before retiring last April. He leaves a brother Neil Shoemaker of Saginaw Michigan and burial is in Wellston after funeral Thursday at 10 a m conducted by Rev Wm M George.
Nelsonville social notes report the Cosmopolitan Club will hold its annual picnic at Mrs. Parker S. Sniffen's home on Fayette Street Friday June 2 at 6 o'clock. The group also marks Mrs. B L Lamborn's 80th birthday two weeks ago.
The Missionary Society of the Church of Christ planned for Thursday at Mrs. L. B. Melching’s home will now convene at the church at 7 30 PM. The change was officially announced, and members are urged to attend.
Mrs. Helen Jenkins of Columbus guests her mother Mrs. Adda James over the holiday. Eileen Barber returns from Athens after visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hartley host Memorial Day guests including Leroy Hartley and son Dicky. A hiking party including Charles Kinney and others camps at Lake Hope. Mrs. Tom Mathewson travels to Bellevue to visit Otto Ties Jr and meet newborn Caroline Lee born Monday night. Grandparents Otto Hes Sr of Logan and Tom Mathewson of Columbus accompany the family.
Mrs. Sarah Bescoe age 78 living with her son George Bescoe on W Washington St suffered a stroke Monday evening. Her left side is affected and she is receiving care.
Virgil Hudson his wife and their son Eugene of Hartford were arraigned on felonious assault charges for a fight with Ernest R Sayre. They requested release on bond set at 1000 dollars. Sayre also faced a felony assault warrant while in custody. Sayre sustained facial and head bruises. Hudson had facial and chest injuries.
POINT PLEASANT Ed Hoff man of Letart has gathered keepsakes from his son Petty Officer Harry Hoffman with the SeaBees in the Southwest Pacific. The items include a belt buckle taken from a Japanese soldier with a soldered quarter dollar, two Elgin watches found on dead enemies, and a grass skirt used by hula dancers in Hawaii.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlies Switzer and Mrs. S. F. Smith hosted guests over the weekend and holiday. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. C. Hurley Martin of Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Martin of Huntington, and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Martin of Charleston. C Hurley and Ernest are brothers and Everett is a nephew of Mrs. Smyth.
In Gallipolis three o'clock Sunday witnessed the marriage of Doris Thaxton and Robert Snedegar in the First Baptist Church with white blossoms, pink peonies, and three seven-branched candelabra. Attendants included Dorothy Thomas. best man Dr. Clifford Morris. A reception followed at Thaxton’s country home and the couple will reside in Springfield Township. Other items note Dorothy Ann Lanier’s engagement to Corporal John Supance, Lola Mae Rupe’s marriage to Keith Sutter, and a freshmen dancing party hosted by the Wetherholt and Spear families with 30 young people attending.
The Gallipolis swimming pool opened its 1944 season on Tuesday with heavy attendance and recreation for travelers on holiday. Estimated attendance exceeded four hundred by nine thirty p.m. Superintendent F. Higgins noted this is the first opening on schedule in three years due to previous chlorinating system failures. Charles Swanson serves as pool manager with Ben Evans as business manager. Lifeguards initially absent were replaced this week by Mrs Tanet Booth Robinson and Mrs Kathryn Lutz Sheets, while Betty Kratz and Kenny Morgan were unavailable.
Sherman Gilmore and his wife left for Hendersonville North Carolina after weeks in Gallipolis and West Palm Beach Florida. They could not find a suitable home and will remain in North Carolina until they head back to Florida. Billy Wall drove their car to Hendersonville for them.
A long list of Cleveland and Columbus residents visited in Gallia County over Memorial Day weekend. Dr. and Mrs. John Lupton and Mrs. J. T. Weed returned home, with Arch Houstie from Columbus tagging along, and many others including Mr. and Mrs. Max Bunce and son Lee, E. A. Neff, and Mrs. Kenneth Dougan leaving after holiday visits with relatives.
A marriage license is issued to Charles Henry Stone and Barbara Jean Roush, both residents of the area. An application has been filed by Warden Adkins of Grimms Landing and Lona Mae Siders of Leon.
Miss Elea Filson of Hollywood arrives for cousin Miss Barbara Roush and Captain Charles Henry Stone wedding plans. Attending aunts and Florida relatives, plus Frank Stone from Los Angeles, visit before the event. Local notes mention Pvt Leo Plants on furlough, and community members attending Marshall College and Mount Olive Cemetery visits.
Gallia County farmers joined the regional Friends of the Land meeting at the Pritchard Hotel in Huntington on Tuesday. The Gallia delegation of 30 or more was led by Dr. Charles E. Holzer, former president of the national organization, with members including Garland Elliott Hottie Shaver Fred Beman Frank Mills Jr K. H. Butler O. J. White and Ralph Davis.
A daily tablespoonful of used kitchen fat nationwide aims to hit a 230 million pound quota set for household fat salvage. The campaign urges households to contribute fat to meet the objective.
Notice announces Roger J Jones of Athens Ohio named Administrator With the Will Annexed of the Estate of Serah Nye deceased of Chauncey village Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims with the fiduciary within four months or be forever barred. Dated May 10 1944 by Probate Judge Francis D White.
Mason County court scheduled a hearing for June 6 on a contest of the sheriff nomination by Campbell clerk at Black Precinct Wil son. Stevens seeks to overturn Hesson’s Republican nomination, alleging irregularities at Black and Glenwood precincts and improper ballot handling. The petition seeks rejection of all ballots at those two precincts, with witnesses likely to be called to prove outside irregularities rather than recounting ballots.
Mrs Helen Bush Miller age 49 of Locust Street Gallipolis is in Holzer Hospital following surgery to remove a ruptured appendix performed last Saturday. She is reported making satisfactory recovery. Her daughter Anne and she have lived in Gallipolis since evacuation from the Philippines in 1941 when Colonel Miller was captured on Corregidor and became a Japanese prisoner.
Clarence Bolyard of Mason City became ill at the Navy Yard on Saturday and was taken to Holzer Hospital by Earl T. Arnett after examination by Dr. Frank C. Leng Jr.
Mason County wool growers must bring fleeces to Union Freight Depot by noon on Wednesday June 14. C C Anderson notes car will be sealed and graded by Colonel E L Shaw of the agricultural extension service who will explain classifications. West Virginia wool is consigned to Kenneth W Marriner and Company Boston and appraised by government agents under Commodity Credit Corporation pricing.
State game warden says 400 catfish twelve to eighteen inches long were released yesterday in Old Town Creek near Paul McCoy and Emray Frye farms toward the headwaters. Similar release of 400 fish occurred last week in Mill Creek and Big Sandy Creek. P B Roush will rebuild a fish pond near White Church in Upper Flats after flood damage. Fred Kaylor plans a dam on Broad Run to impound about an acre for fish.
Claude L. Linger of Burnsville won the Democratic presidential nomination in the recent state primary with 59 282 votes and spent only three cents on expenses. He is described as a class ring and fraternity pin salesman who was politically unknown before announcing his candidacy. His vote was about one third of all Democratic ballots cast.
Darrell Wayne Schwartz weighed 9 pounds with his birth announced Monday to Everett Wayne Schwartz and wife at Point Clinic. Lena Lenore McCarty weighed 8 pounds and Shirley Marie Harmon born to Lee Woodrow Harmon and wife at home in Buffalo. Mrs Randall Williams and her infant son were discharged to Mt Vernon Avenue home. Robert Miller, a surgical patient, was discharged from the clinic yesterday.
Four Army planes carrying cadets from the U S Military Academy flew over Point Pleasant at sunset Tuesday. Cadet Melville B Withers saluted his home with lights blazing. The formation then moved on to Louisville Ky to spend the night before returning to West Point via Cleveland. Cadet Withers informed his parents of the planned arrival time.
An old advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as relief for itching eczema pimples and red blotches. It promises a money back guarantee if one application fails and claims use for itching feet and toe cracks.
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