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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1940
Page
8
Leaders and workers at a coffee and doughnut breakfast in First Presbyterian Church opened the county wide Red Cross roll call. The district quota is 1200 dollars and supplies were allocated to 100 workers with final instructions given. Early reports suggest the subscription target may be reached.
Prince of Peace declamation contests sponsored by the Ohio Council of Churches were held in the Baptist and Methodist Churches before large audiences. First and second place at the Baptist event went to Noreen Long and Dorothy Maddox. later, Matilda Hall and Alice Jean Bush won at the Methodist Church with contestants including Jerry Evans and Wayne Gibson.
Gallia county report lists individual buyers and sale prices for the realty holdings of Mrs. Lola C. Neal bankrupt sold Saturday by assignee William P. Cherrington. Buyers include John Halliday H C Johnston D C Lanthorn Gerald Sheets Fred Klages and others with properties on Mapleshade Gal lipolis Garfield Avenue Mill Creek Addison Township and four acres. Most properties reportedly mortgaged and creditors stand to receive little, as Neal serves a sentence in Marysville Reformatory for forgery and embezzlement.
A display of flags honored Armistice Day in Gallipolis with banks, county offices and the post office closed. A large turnout of members and guests was expected at Lafayette Post headquarters observance tonight.
Product claims to expel all types of worms in hogs and function as a general tonic. No dosage or brand details provided.
Gallipolis post office says daily airmail service will reopen Tuesday. The airport station will serve Gallipolis and Pt. Pleasant, with Everett Alban as mail messenger for both offices. Officials expect a large turnout for the initial pickup on improved lines.
Gallipolis Ohio residents and area employers can meet with a Nelsonville Social Security Board representative at the Post Office on Tuesday November 12 from 1 to 2 p.m. The session assists with Old-Age and Survivors Insurance questions and status under the Social Security Act.
Gallipolis Ohio Jim Porter Jr publicity director and English teacher at Rio Grande College will address members of the Methodist St John s Bible Class at their monthly meeting Tuesday evening. His theme will be Work and he will explain the student self help plan adopted at the school.
Gallipolis reports Renzel Evans a 29 year old former resident was brought by New Philadelphia officers Saturday on a non-support charge filed by his former wife. Evans is said to have remarried since leaving the city.
Judge C. E. Peoples of Meigs County is described as restless in Holzer Hospital where he has been treated for several days after being admitted for medical care.
In a Friday night collision near Berlin Cross Roads the Houck car struck the McFarland vehicle at the Route 75 and 327 intersection. Mrs. Charles E. Houck age 56 died later, and A R McFarland Sr age 85 was killed. A R McFarland and wife survived with minor injuries. Funeral services for Mrs Houck are set for Mercerville Tuesday.
Mrs Minnie Mosier 74 wife of Ben Mosier died at the Cadmus home after a long illness. Funeral services were Sunday at Sandfork Baptist Church by Rev George Sagen. Interment followed in the churchyard. Her husband a former Cadmus merchant and miller. No children. Brother Reese Williams of Huntington.
Crowds visit the burned Dr. Lewis C. Bean property at Kanauga once occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Russell Kerr. Automobiles were barred from the grounds after the fire as visitors viewed the ruin with a view of the confluence of the Great Kanawha and Ohio Rivers.
Critics hail Sollie Childs new musical extravaganza Femmes n Fun at the Athena Theater on Tuesday. A 35 member cast includes acts such as Fifi DeHaveland in a daring dance, Archer and Boyce, Kate Smith, Ray and Arthur, the Baron Brothers, Woolsey and Clair, the Four Novelteers, and Johnny Waters with his Swing Band.
A double wedding in Patriot unites Hazel and Clara Harbour with their husbands, gifts and guests celebrated. Mrs Earl Dailey and Mrs W Lewis Brown hosted a breakfast bridge at Lafayette Hotel with prizes to Mrs F Plymale, Mrs CaBelle Walker, Mrs Eugene Spear and Mrs J P Martin. Engagement news: Pearl Phillips to Dr Raymond F Pope of Gallopolis. wedding planned at Asbury Church November 24 with attendants Marvin Carter and Betty Jean Phillips. The piece also notes a rock party hosted by Clarence Brumfield with high and low score winners Mayme Berridge and Stanley Evans.
Mr and Mrs Charles Clench and Miss Anna Wood gave a party at their home on Upper Second Ave Thursday evening with games and refreshments enjoyed by those present.
Grass Run-Side Hill social column records visits and guests across multiple families. Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Miller and son of Bradbury were Sunday guests of the Nicholsons. others include Farrell visiting Glaze family, Clyde Will of Canada with the Will household, Milburn and Jack Ramey from West Virginia with their father Grant, and Emmett McCaskey's family visiting Molden grandparents. Mrs. Lena Saxton and Mrs. Bert Davis attended a funeral. several residents served as Monday visitors to Mrs. William Robinson.
The Collins Festival at Logan will close with a high school auditorium play at 8 pm Thursday titled The Big Pond. Cast members will be guests at the Logan Kiwanians dinner at 6 pm at the White House.
Charles Woltz of Rockbridge was taken to Cherrington Hospital Sunday afternoon for an emergency appendectomy.
A Athens gathering saw Bishop Hobson and church leaders speak at an Episcopal Church meeting. The report names attendees including Mr and Mrs W W Sigler Mrs Anna Adams Mrs Lottie Abbott and Mrs John Priestley among others.
Gallipolis Ohio reports high school junior Thomas Fife son of Mr and Mrs Forrest Fife fractured a small bone at the base of the spine during Friday’s Gallipolis Wellston football game. He will be confined to bed possibly two months and is staying at his grandparents home near Kanauga for treatment.
Mrs. Elsie Evans, 24, wife of Wilbur Evans and tenant on Gomer Jones' Perry Township farm, was jailed in Gallia County on a forgery warrant issued by Hollis McCormick. She allegedly raised a 42 cent cream check to 23.94 and tried to cash it at Orin Thomas store. a similar $1 to $20 check was allegedly cashed a week earlier by a woman matching her description.
A son was born Nov 7 to Mr and Mrs Rollin Wolf weighing 8% pounds. Grandparents include Mr and Mrs Theodore Maag and Mrs Weaver Wolf Sr. Emma Grindley Mrs Jack Stivers with George Grindley visited Bidwell to see Bert McCarley who was hurt in a Gallipolis car crash. Bradford Mange returns to Parkersburg for eye injury treatment with hope sight remains. He works at the Pomeroy Chevrolet garage. Mrs Ronald Grindley Mrs Asa Custer and Mrs Wash Arms spent the weekend with Charleston relatives. Walter Bary of Charleston visited here Friday. Mrs William H Thomas returned from Carmel after a week with her granddaughter Mrs John Roush. Rev. Taylor will preach at the Methodist Church Sunday at 6 pm, not 7, due to a Chester Church program at 7 pm.
Dan Rheinscheld of Union Furnace injured when his left hand was severely cut while operating a corn chopper on Thursday. Medical attention was required.
Funeral services for Squire Fred E. Milliser 80 a longtime magistrate were held at Entsminger Funeral Home with Rev. J W Stone officiating. The ceremony moved to Adelphi for burial. He was born in South Perry Hocking County married Marian Eggleton of Laurelville in 1883 and survived by siblings. They lived in Gallipolis 38 years and had no children. Pallbearers included Charles Weaver Henry McClung Stanley Folden Perry Bailes Charles Clendenin and John Halliday.
Sheriff E F Hatfield took Clair Kimball of Gallipolis to the Columbus workhouse after failing to pay a 25 dollar fine levied by Judge W R White for intoxication over the weekend.
The Gordon C. Greene, the last passenger steamer on the Upper Ohio, lies at Gallipolis for repairs. The vessel has been converted from coal to an oil burner.
A Gallipolis farm bureau unit will meet Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Ella Rothgel north of Addison with Mr and Mrs C W Rife as hosts.
Capacity audiences heard Capt. Paul C. Metzger Belgian Congo missionary lecture in First Baptist Church on Sunday. He and Pastor Rev. George Sagen plan visits to district churches this week and will speak at Rio College Thursday to the student body. Metzger spent 35 years in mission work and was twice decorated by King Leopold III for valor.
Lloyd Campfield, 22, of Vinton, is reported in serious condition at Mansfield Reformatory hospital after a sequence of heart attacks. Relatives traveled from Vinton to visit him as details recall a prior arrest and conviction for issuing fraudulent checks in Southeast Ohio over a year ago.
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