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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1945
Page
5
Floyd Bolin Post 3477 VFW calls all members to gather Friday evening June 1 at 7 30 in the Armory club room for important business. Commander C J Ailstock says any veteran with overseas service is eligible and welcome. Refreshments to follow.
Twenty two year old Midshipman Jack Beasley son of Mr and Mrs Carl H Beasley York Ps will graduate June 6 from the United States Naval Academy Annapolis as part of the largest class in academy history 1049 He will receive a commission as ensign and has been assigned to active duty aboard a destroyer After graduation he will take a month leave at home before reporting to Jacksonville Florida for duty He was appointed by Congressman Thomas A Jenkins and is a former resident of Athens Ohio a graduate of Athens High School and attended Ohio University He joined Delta Tau Delta and Pershing Rifles at Ohio University and entered the academy in June 1942
Chester Russell, 32, of Jacksonville, died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Zanesville after being injured at the Jones Coal Co mine Tuesday night. Survived by wife Mary and five children, plus parents Sam and missing middle details. Funeral at Jacksonville Methodist Church Saturday at 2 PM with Rev Cartrey officiating. Burial Hill Top Cemetery. viewing at the Jacksonville home.
Major Joe S. Gill returns to Athens after fourteen months with the 15th Army Air Forces in Italy, completing missions in April. He arrives aboard a ship with 7,000 soldiers docking in New York, then travels to Columbus to meet his father C. M. Gill before coming home to Athens. Also aboard are SSgt. Harry Lackey, former Athens High athletic coach, and Sherman Peters, former Hotel Athens clerk.
Ohio extension entomologist T H Parks warns that tomato aphids may threaten gardens as in 1917. In Columbus area and Athens vicinity gardeners report infestations. cool weather favors rapid aphid reproduction. Nicotine sulphate spray or dust is recommended. rotenone is less effective. Check undersides of leaves daily for pests.
Walter Parrish executive secretary of the Coshocton County Health and Tuberculosis Association will speak at the Ath eny County Health and Tuberculosis Association board meeting Friday night June 1 at 8 in the Ohio University Men's Gymnasium. He will discuss chest X rays for children. All interested are invited. OHIO GIRL CHOSEN ANNAPOLIS
A painting contractor explains that Love Brothers High Standard House Paint, marketed as beauty blanket, protects surfaces longer and saves money by even spread and durable coating. The claim centers on durability, coverage, and cost efficiency.
Funeral services for Elaine Roe Williams died in a Baltimore hospital after a brief illness will be at 1 pm in the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Fred Luchs to officiate. interment in the family lot at W. Union Street Cemetery. Surviving are husband Lieut. William H. Williams, son Robert Burns Williams, father A. B. Roe, sisters Mrs. John A. Nichols and Mrs. H. C. Kennard. Pallbearers named.
A church party Tonight at 7 30 in First Methodist Church honors new members received in the last two years. A program of games and music will be offered with refreshments. All members urged to attend. General De Gaulle urges France general election before year end. General Clark greeted by Chicago as Fifth Army returns from Europe on Memorial Day.
Clarence Sam Skinner age 50 committed suicide by hanging in his backyard in Canaanville. He was a retired coal miner born in Jackson County, survived by a son Set Armor Wilson Skinner at Barksdale Field, a sister Mrs Mabel Radcliff and brother Hildreth Skinner, with funeral plans pending word from the son. The Ohio State Association of Free Will Baptists to meet June 5-7 at Cheshire Meigs County.
A man and his wife were fined and sent to the Cincinnati workhouse for 60 days each with $25 fines and costs on intoxication charges. Clarence Haning and Elizabeth Haning, both 35, of Court Street, also faced an extra $25 fine for resisting an officer. Frank Howell of Park Hotel was fined $5 and costs and sentenced to 10 days in jail on intoxication charges.
Early Wednesday morning a fire destroyed a double garage at the home of George Frashier 56 First St, used as a storeroom. Loss estimated at 300 dollars. Fire Chief Clarence Parker noted an electric chicken brooder in the building.
W D White son of Mr and Mrs G E White 161 Grosvenor St reports liberation from a German work camp. He was captured December 16 1944 with the 99th Infantry Division in Belgium. In a May 20 letter he says Russians freed him and his wife and parents expect him home in two or three weeks. National Red Cross and War Department confirmations arrive. Mrs Irene White stays with his parents and attends Ohio University.
Memorial services will be held at Clarks Chapel Church on Sunday June 3 beginning at 2 p m. Everyone is asked to take flowers.
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