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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1941
Page
12
Gallia County experiments under federal plan aim to add soybeans to edibles. Home economics specialist Elizabeth Whiteman notes soybeans first grown as forage now add value as table vegetables and ingredients like flour milk curd oil and soy sauce.
Leroy Eugene Marsh a soldier missing from Camp Shelby and described as a patrol prisoner from Mansfield Reformatory was arrested in Gallipolis after attempting to cash two forged checks at the Ohio Valley Bank Authorities at the reformatory and camp offices were notified and Marsh held pending action Derived from Nelsonville Athens County Huntington and Camp Shelby details include Marsh arriving with a violin sold for two dollars and forged checks of ten dollars each
John W. Broyles 71, longtime Gallipolis resident, died at Huntington Hospital after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Mary Harrington and several siblings. A Spanish War veteran, funeral rites this afternoon included military burial.
Mrs. Alvarado Lewis sold the business room at Third and Pine Streets to W. N. Summers a neighborhood resident. Summers will continue a grocery store there according to Willard Grover the realty dealer.
The hull of the mine planter Hunt, first of 16 similar craft to be built at Marietta Co boatyards in Point Pleasant, is scheduled to launch Tuesday at 2 p.m. An after-launch party will be hosted for company officials and guests at the Moose Club.
Gallipolis social updates report John Hamilton Johnson and Miss Jean Sternbergen wed at First Presbyterian Church in Pt. Pleasant. Betty Phillips passes nursing board. L C Bean visits Columbus. Eleanor Lanthorn shifts to Dr Foster’s office reception. Grace Wilson and Ethel Young attend Girl Scout conference in Portsmouth. Local clubs vow breakfast and Malta McConnellsville charter events. Anniversary for E F Keeler and wife marked with reception. D A R event in Malta. Gallipolis residents host and visit relatives and attend meetings.
Gallipolis dispatch reports two county deaths attributed to diphtheria by newspapers. County Nurse Naomi Evans says the cases were not diphtheria and no households were quarantined. She knows of no diphtheria cases in the county.
Members of the United Spanish War veterans will meet Tuesday night in the Knights of Pythias hall for election of officers and a turkey dinner served by the women’s auxiliary. Mrs Bud Mayes will arrange repairs after admitting her pigs ruined the Wickline lawn on Garfield Ave.
Gallipolis Mrs. George Sowards 80 widow of a Civil War veteran died Thursday at the home of Mrs. John Tipton where she had lived for several months. A daughter Mrs. Joe Kandis of Pt. Pleasant survives. Funeral rites set for Saturday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Lewis Gishler at Frank Wetherholt Funeral Home with interment in Mound Hill Cemetery.
Presbyterian women and guests will attend a dinner at the church with an address by Mrs. Miller wife of Major A. D. Miller formerly of Pom eroy Major Miller is stationed at Manila and his wife and their young daughters have recently returned to the states
Carl Thomas, previously employed as a florist at a state hospital, has been transferred from a government ordnance plant in Ravenna to a similar position in New Jersey.
Hundreds line the business district as a school district parade theme begins the holiday season. Floats led by a Santa Claus and costumed children pass Fourth Avenue to City Park amid garlands and gifts from local businesses. License to wed issued for Hayward Sheets and Alice Virginia Brown.
John C. McNealy was reelected president of the Gallia County Agricultural Society at a courthouse meeting. Ralph Davis became vice president Dorothy White secretary and new directors were named Anna M Evans F C Christ Paul Jarvis and E D Keeler. The treasury stands at 234 after bills. The group runs the annual fall festival.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Leaper traveled to Charleston on Thursday for the funeral rites of William Deardorff, 82, a steamboatman and uncle of Mrs. Leaper.
Rights of way for the Chillicothe Road extension west from Gallipolis to Rodney are secured except for three parcels tied to heirs of Joseph Fletcher and John Mitchell and Amos Swisher. Condemnation will be filed to clear titles. County engineer says work will likely be delayed until spring.
Gallipolis students accompanied by Dwight Wetherholt Earl Prose Tom Fife and Merrill Niday attend today Saturday and Sunday a state wide conclave of the Hi Y organization in Springfield.
Flora F McConnell a Gallipolis native died Wednesday at her brother Robert McConnell s home in Chelyan West Virginia Funeral services were conducted at First Baptist Church Gallipolis by Rev Donald S Hobbs of Rio Grande with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery She was a long time member of the Gallipolis Baptist Church and leaves Fred McConnell and Mrs A M Wooldridge both of Charleston as siblings
The A Cappella Choir will perform at First Baptist Church on December 16 instead of December 9, reversing an earlier school notice.
Reverend Edward White of Hemlock Grove will conduct Sunday morning and evening services at St Nicholas Church in Harrison Township.
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