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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1944
Page
23
A council meeting outlines duties for committee members and council members to oversee a series of community projects. Each troop will participate in research and a commemorative poem project, with specific roles assigned to ensure broad participation.
Mary Blimes former Wright Field secretary resigns to become apprentice seaman in the WAVES. She departs for Hunter College New York on Nov 2 to begin training as part of the family’s wartime service pattern with brothers in the Pacific Fleet and at Yorktown.
Two arraignments on intoxication complaints were heard in Major Miles Howe's court. Dave Evans and Carry Hilly were fined $25 plus costs after pleading guilty in a four day window. Dan Harris of Hoster ville received a $5 fine and costs.
Gallia County Farm Bureau directors announced the annual meeting set for Friday November 10 at the Methodist Federation. Edward Dickinson serves as president and urges general voting on November 7. Nearby, Street Commissioner Hoyt Jividen said paving repairs on 21st Street and Lincoln Avenue north of 28th Street would begin soon with newly available bituminous material.
Mrs Helen Tadford and others attended an oral women meeting at Chester Grange Hall led by Mrs G He Nolan county home agent. Mr and Mrs Ed Humphrey learned their son Cpl Edward N Humphrey in the South Pacific was promoted to Technical rank. Their elder son S/Sgt Wala Humphrey has served in the East and sent Egyptian and Indian handiwork. Mrs Mark Grueser and son visited John Goett Lincoln Hill. Mrs Amos Leonard and others attended the quarterly conference at the Minersville church. Mrs Fred Hoffman and sons Bob and William and Mrs Ray Tully and son Kenneth Ray of Dunbar were guests Sunday.
Former state Senator Riley A. Blessing of Ston will speak at a Republican rally at Letart School in Mason County this evening. Republican women plan a lunch for attendees while Attorney F. G. Musgrave addressed a large West Columbia crowd and State Senator Musgrave spoke at Buckle School in Clendenin district last night.
Don Slagle is in a base hospital in the Southwest Pacific Theater after serving on a demolition squad in the Philippines. A letter from their son indicates he had been wounded though the report is not definite. The Slagels also note son Robert is stationed at the Naval Aviation Technical Training Center in Memphis Tennessee.
Halloween passed quietly in Point Pleasant with early preparation by children and few adults joining the celebration. Mayor Krodel warned against property destruction and police watched for vandals as some windows were soap-smeared. Mrs. J R Chattin of Clifton reported her son Pte Robert Chatin wounded in Burma has recovered and returned to duty with General Joe Stilwell's forces.
Red Cross home nursing school opens this afternoon in the Hartford Methodist Church with Mrs. O. B. Kelley RN of Point Pleasant as instructor. Mrs. A. Keith Mel Slung of Hartford and Mrs. Ray Proffitt of Mason City are taking applications from women along the river from Letart to Kaylong.
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