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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1945
Page
3
George L. West aged 35 of Vinton was killed Saturday forenoon. He returned on furlough to visit family, left for the woods about 10 30 am, and was found by his brothers around noon with a full charge from a twelve gauge shotgun in his thigh. He attempted to stop the bleeding with a belt as a tourniquet, according to officers.
The Gallipolis Social Notes report Mrs. Oscar Dickey's forty first wedding anniversary at the Neighborhood Road home. Della Canterbury and Boyd Bowen wed in Pomeroy with Dick Bowen and Mollie Jolly as witnesses. Visitors include Belva Smith and Evelyn in Huntington to see John F. Smith at the Veterans Hospital. Other items note travels and visits by local residents and family members across Columbus, Rio Grande, Charleston, and Washington, with several relatives and servicemen mentioned.
Hemlock announces the marriage of Betty Ham to James McCoy in a single ring ceremony at Rev. L. E. Bray's home. Betty wore a gray pin striped suit with black accessories and is Hemlock Central School graduate. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Darley and has just completed 42 months in the service. The couple are staying with the groom's parents for now. Sgt. Ralph Post returns to Indiantown Gap Pa to receive discharge after visiting his wife and coming from overseas. Sgt. Bil Davis of South Dakota is on furlough with his parents. Death is reported for Mrs. Jennis Kelly of Toledo, a Hemlock resident who spent months with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly of Toledo. Cpl. Wallace Tharp returns to Camp Atterbury Ind after a 45 day furlough with family. News note also mentions visits by Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Golding and Mrs. Olga Campbell, and attendance at W5CS meeting and Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brown of Crooksville.
Gallipolis reports the death of Paul Weaver a laboratory technician at Ohio State Hospital found in his hospital room Sunday afternoon. Weaver of Conneaut Ohio was an ex serviceman in poor health and authorities reported death from a heart attack.
Pfc. Donald Wolf of 2104 Eastern Ave returns to civilian life after four and a half years in the Army. He entered service March 1941 and trained as a truck driver, serving in Newfoundland for 30 months and later as a rifleman instructor at Camp Livingston Louisiana. Seven ships arriving in San Francisco will bring home 10 964 Allied soldiers and civilians including 2 530 released from Japanese prison camps.
In Gallipolis a car driven by Bob Massey Mercerville left the road and overturned in the yard of Mrs W W Bane on the lower river road about 1130 Saturday night. Mrs Granville Williams the Massey daughter and her twelve year old son and year old baby were taken to Holzer Hospital. Others in the car were Mrs Massey and Mr Williams.
Gallifolis sheriff Elmer Hatfield received a German luger pistol from Clinton E. Smith of Rio Grande. Smith, with Troop B 415th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 11th Armored Division, earned the pistol after capturing a German officer in Beyreuth, Germany, April 15, 1945. Smith, a five year veteran from Gallia County, served in camps across the United States and in Europe, was wounded once, and participated in actions in Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, and Austria.
At the October meeting of the Syracuse PTA reports of officers were read and the attendance book was given for most parents present. A Halloween social will be announced later. Speaker Rev. Albert Shea spoke on parents obligation to their children. Music featured by Mrs Neuman and Gene Shea. November committee named Elma Shie and Rachel McBride. Refreshments served by Lucille Duckworth and Doris Friend.
Langsville Mrs Worley Jacks received a War Department telegram on Oct 4 stating her husband Frc Worley D Jacks 22 was killed in action on March 7 1945. He had been reported missing earlier. He attended Rutland High School was a painter before enlistment joined May 25 1944 infantry trained at Camp Hood Texas and Camp Gruber Okla overseas in Nov 1944. He leaves his wife three children his parents three sisters and three brothers. his brother Robert Ray Jacks serves in the Navy in California. ABANDON CAMP WILMINGTON A POW camp closed Saturday transferring prisoners to other camps. Lt Ellis Satterthwaite announced.
Gallia County Common Pleas Judge Lewis C. Warden announced appointing five members to the Gallia County Soldiers Relief Commission for staggered terms. Harry Wheeler and George Morrow join from veterans groups, with others including Charles Huber, Howe Bratt, and John Ivor Richards representing various posts and eras. The commission will elect a service officer and set his salary.
Mrs Harry Hurn spoke at a Huntington chapter DAR luncheon held at Governor Cabell Hotel. About a hundred members attended with Mrs Carroll Deardorff, regent, present. Mrs Everett Gills accompanied the speaker, both members of French Colony chapter.
Hospital notes list several patients including Mrs Fern Henry Burkhart Lane Mrs George Rea Syracuse T A Haskins Garfield Ave and Mr Haskins who sustained an infection from stepping on a tack weeks ago John Eppling State St is in care for an injured knee He is a Gallia Academy High School football squad member who was hurt Friday night in the game against Logan High School at Logan.
An advertisement claims a man endured a decade of a brick like sensation in his stomach due to undigested food. After two days on ERB-HELP he reports relief, regular bowels, and vanished gas and headaches. The product touts twelve herbs cleansing bowels and aiding liver and kidneys. Athens Pharmacy and Betts in Nelsonville sell it.
Paul Sayre, recently discharged from the military and employed in Middleport, was arrested Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Toral Morrison on a non support charge filed by his wife Naomi Sayre of Gallipolis Ferry. She says he has failed to provide for her and their four children since returning to civilian life. Sayre was released on a $500 bond to appear Tuesday in a local magistrate court.
The Woman's Club in Point Pleasant has secured a guard rail on the curve where Viand Street meets Jefferson Boulevard at Fourteenth Street after long talks with the state road commission. A district engineer will erect the guard rail to ease traffic hazards on the high-fill curve, with oversized reflector signs added at the Viand Street intersection end.
POINT PLEASANT two men were arrested for intoxication ending a month long public order period. Orville Mayes was taken into custody by Chief Jiiden and Patrolman Jerry A. Rodgers. Roy Ramey was arrested by Patrolman Yeager.
A group from Point Pleasant Chapter CBS will attend an inspection of the Huntington Chapter Thursday evening. Members listed include Mrs Eunice Jiyiden Mrs Jerry A Rodgers Mrs Joseph Buffington Mrs Bessie Wilhelm Mrs Emma Burnside Mrs Mae Rhoades Mrs Carl Bruestle Mrs Zola Poling Mrs Madelyn Brown Mrs Mildred Bumgardner Mrs C Blount Mrs Jennie Martin Mrs Dorothy FPoling Mrs Alice Barr Miss Laura Caldwell Mrs Clara Lewis Mrs C G Billups Mrs Florence Buffington Mrs Bertha Filson Mrs Helen Brown Mrs F G Musgrave and Miss Vera Fadey.
Carl Cox sues for divorce from Ruby C. Cox charging neglect and adultery and asks for custody of their three children. The couple married August 13 1938.
About 800 fans at the Point Pleasant Ripley football game praised the new scoreboard with a telephone link between the scorer and an on field observer. Carolina Lumber and Supply Co. will install yard markers, painted by John McNeill. The band improved its playing since September and led a downtown parade with 100 majorette candidates performing a snake dance on the field between halves.
Sayre residents including K. F. Ridenour and daughter, Mrs. Toral Morrison, Capt. John Douglas and Miss Daisy Clendenin, Mrs. C. D. Ball and father Lonnie Rayburn, Mrs. J. S. Evans and daughter, Mrs. Blainell attended the Lancaster fair in Lancaster, Ohio, with remarks that the event was exceptionally good.
A son of Mr and Mrs Art McGraw aged 23 from Painsville Ohio with a wife and three children was buried Sunday at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery south of the Kanawha. Chapman Mortuary handled arrangements.
Mrs Robert S Meyer hosted the Married Ladies Bridge Club with guests Mrs Dewey A Windsor Mrs Howard Yerges and Miss Reba Beale The high score prize went to Mrs Dewey A Windsor Dessert followed. Pt Pleasant personal notes note Walter Mills Windsor returns to Kentucky Military Institute with companions to Huntington Prosecuting Attorney William H Bardin and State Trooper Harry D Coyner attend business in Columbus Andy Wilson visits Charleston Road parents Ohio State University student attended funeral rites for Mrs G M Frambes in Columbus
POINT PLEASANT Jerry A Rodgers has been appointed to the police force to succeed Howard Kullingsworth who resigned to take a job in a local garage Rodgers has police experience and previously served as a constable He was employed at the stockyard during the war Killingsworth was elected Fifth Ward councilman last May for a two year term but recently resigned to become a policeman and is out of politics now
Local residents attended the Ohio U game in Athens on Saturday including Mr and Mrs Charles Harper Mr and Mrs Doak Markley and Mr and Mrs J J Eagan. Ralph Sayre son of R B Sayre New Haven is a regular player earning praise. Wahama High alumni Lindy Dyer New Haven and Luther Tucker Mason City also attended.
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