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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1940
Page
12
Seventy four men and women will receive notices today of their selection to handle Oct 16 draft registration in Hocking County. Chosen by the Election Board, many are veterans and Auxiliary or Women's Relief Corps members. On Monday Oct 14 they will travel to Logan for instructions and supplies at 37 polling places donated by owners.
Ballots for absent voters in Hocking County are ready. Absentees may apply now with 18 requests filed prior to opening. Disable voters cannot receive ballots until 15 days before the election. Requests must be written to the Hocking County Election Board and mailed back promptly. Voters away three years or more may be presumed to have left and will not receive absent ballot supplies.
Logan social notes record visits and travel of local residents. Newell Carr and family spent the weekend in Starr. Oscar Savely and son Robert visited John Savely in Starr Township. Asbury Riggs plans Michigan visits between Mr. Pleasant and Gladwin. Elizabeth Stoller of Newark joined Stone and Meldrim households. Mrs. C A Gaffin to Belle Center to stay with the Dumm family. Miss Sally Rector visited Laurelville. Logan guests included John Maraz and others. Mrs John Savely and Clifford Savely traveled to Charleston West Virginia to see Mrs Frank Wellington who had an appendectomy. her condition is favorable.
Funeral services were held at Ebenezer Church Perry County for Scott Mohler who died in Genesee Illinois. He formerly lived in the district and was taken home by Mr and Mrs Charles Larimer. Burial followed at Ebenezer Cemetery. Relatives attending included numerous Larimer and Mohler family members from Illinois Indiana and Detroit.
Marriage licenses were issued Saturday by Judge E L Ewing. Recipients included Orville Vaughn Morehouse 23 machinist Logan son of Mr and Mrs Ray H Morehouse and Eileen Eleanor Hayes 21 at home Logan daughter of Mr and Mrs James Hayes. Emmett Storts 25 miner New Lexington son of Mr and Mrs Lon Storts and Evelyn Shipley 21 at home New Lexington daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Shipley. Floyd Richard Mason 23 shoe worker Rockbridge son of Mrs Velma Mason and Genevieve Lucy Mamek 23 clerk Logan daughter of Mr and Mrs William Mamek. Logan Bob Woodgeard young son of Mr and Mrs Delmas Woodgeard recovering from a fractured right arm from a fall from a tree.
Logan Ot ton Iles, Enterprise and F O Wolf of Perry Township with James R Smoot traveled to Lamberton West Virginia to purchase feeder cattle. Smoot bought 26 Angus and Hereford cattle for local delivery while Wolf added 18 head for his Perry Township farm. The group aims to bring up to 100 animals into the county through cooperative buying, building on last year’s successful program and 4 H Club project cooperations.
Large funeral held for John Mootz Jr at his parents home in Gallipolis drawing many local and out of town mourners. Religious services by Rev George Sagen and Rev W S Westerman with Masonic burial. Over 125 cars formed the cortege to Mound Hill Cemetery and many more parked there. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers from the Masonic Lodge participated as the service concluded.
Gallipolis reports both Republican and Democrat HQs have contacted many absent voters and filed ballot applications with the Board of Elections. Ballots are mailed and returned by registered mail and ballots for the sick and disabled will be available in two weeks. Both party committees and candidates have ordered large quantities of sample ballots for outreach.
Parishioners of St. Peter's Episcopal Church plan a dinner and reception at the parish house at 6:30 to honor the new rector Rev. Charles E. Baird and his family.
Logan reports the second professional man to be drafted is Dr. C. A Geffin who holds a reserve corps commission. He will report to Fort Hayes on Tuesday for two weeks of service. Last week Dr. W. B. Lacock was called into service for one year at Fort Hayes.
Dr. A Y Wilcox of Athens conducted services at the First Presbyterian Church in Logan on Sunday morning after the Rev. Ce cil Harding Jones had been ill for several days.
Logan Willam Fields Dick en Addition is recovering from a right leg injury. No further details are provided.
Local friends fear Prof. Robert Foure and Mrs. Foure are lost in France after last letters from July and no replies since. They taught at Ohio State University and visited Gallipolis residents often. Mrs Foure authored a Gallipolis history used as a school text in France before the war. Their son served as a French army officer on active duty.
J Wilmer Circle, meat department manager for Evans Company, was severely burned in a Saturday incident at the store, with both arms and hands affected by scalding.
A large crowd gathered on S Market St near the courthouse for the first large GOP sound truck stop sponsored by the Ohio State Republican Campaign Committee. Ray W. Davis addressed the crowd, criticizing the opponent’s votes on New Deal issues and the Hatch Act while highlighting reciprocal trade treaties and Argentine corn. Local candidates were presented by Chairman Harold W. Larimer, and a soundtrack featured Willkie and McNary with a brief Willkie program.
Gallipolis society mentions a Sunday dinner party in honor of Hollis C. Johnson's 79th birthday hosted by Mr. and Mrs. James Walker with guests including Mrs. Johnston and the Johnstons, the Ashworths from Huntington, and the Walkers. A surprise party for Mrs. M. O. Ward’s 85th birthday was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Mullineaux with thirty-five friends attending a covered dish dinner and rook games.
At the marriage of Robert H. Scott son of Mr and Mrs W M Scott of this city and Miss Mary Jane Madden at the home of the bride's parents Mr and Mrs Ira P Madden in Columbus Saturday Oct 19 Miss Charlotte Scott will be maid of honor Mr and Mrs Donald Spies of Coshocton will be best man and matron of honor for the couple Mr Scott a graduate of Ohio State University is an architect with offices in Winchester Ky which city will be their future home
Members of St Peter's Episcopal Church host a reception and dinner in the parish house this evening to honor the Rev Charles E Baird his wife Mrs Baird and their son the newly arrived rector and his family.
Autumn colors lure large crowds to the Hocking Scenic District with heavy registrations reported at Old Man's Cave Ash Cave Conkle Hollow Cantwell Cliffs and Rockhouse. Total attendance not released.
Mrs F O Plymale entertained members of her sewing club at luncheon and a social afternoon Friday.
Gallipolis and Green Township Farm Advisory Council met Friday evening with a large turnout. Anderson Robinson led the discussion after a dessert course was served to attendees.
Logan Chieftains head to Athens for a second out of town game after a Friday win at Nelsonville. Coach Bender used reserves to gauge depth and found additional talent including Rudy Snyder who may earn future extra point duties.
Gallia county notices report Mr and Mrs A S Lloyd attended a fiftieth wedding anniversary for Elliott Lloyd and his wife in Greenfield. The event also marked the twenty fifth anniversary for Otto Lloyd and wife of Columbus. Other local social mentions include visits from Dell Irwin of Pittsburgh to D L Reisinger family, Elizabeth Richards and Fannie Duvall of Columbus with the Shuler sisters, Virginia Huntington visiting Columbus friends, and Mrs J F Jiiden of Racine visiting H W Wetherholt's household.
Funeral rites for Leroy Nixon age 44 were held at Gore United Brethren Church. He died at home early Saturday morning. Burial followed in Gore Cemetery. Survivors include his parents Mr. and Mrs Merrell Nixon a sister Edith and two brothers Lester and Ralph living at Junction City.
Wayne Fowler of Canal Winchester was fined 25 dollars plus costs by Mayor Dallas Kinser for displaying fictitious license plates. The State Highway Patrol arrested him.
Arrangements for a Republican rally in Murray City Wednesday evening are led by Charles Robinson Jr with aid from local party leaders. Gilbert Bettman of Cincinnati, Ohio Supreme Court candidate, and Ray W. Davis of Circleville, 11th District candidate, will speak plus county candidates. Murray City High School Band will provide music. Logan plans to send a delegation and neighboring areas will be represented as state candidates appear in the county campaign series led by Chairman Harold W. Larimer. State Senator H. T. Phillips of Athens may join.
Two more little red school houses were sold at public auction at the courthouse Saturday by the Falls Board of Education. The Ball school west of Logan sold for 400 dollars to William Harsh and the Carnes school for 130 dollars. Neither had been used as a school for years. The Ball school is a brick structure that can be turned into a dwelling.
Logan Marion Wetzel from Columbus suffered a heart attack while visiting Cantwell Cliffs on Sunday afternoon with friends. She was taken to Herrington Hospital for treatment. George Geiger of Union Furnace, recently had a double hernia operation and went home Sunday. Richard Cawley, burned two weeks ago while directing church repainting, was discharged and returned to Columbus.
A large bottle of liniment praised for cooling soothing relief of tired burning and irritated feet. The product is marketed as beneficial for fatigued muscles and general foot discomfort.
Relatives report Dr A K Smith remains critically ill after a motor accident near Washington G H Thursday night. He was taken to Grant Hospital where his arm shoulder and right side injuries were not yet treated. Mrs Smith and daughter Dorothy stayed with him. Dorothy returned to Cincinnati where she works as a public school teacher.
Logan James Shafer of Nelsonville was fined 15 dollars and costs after being charged by State Highway Patrol for reckless driving. He was arraigned before Mayor Dallas Kinser and entered a guilty plea.
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