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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1940
Page
11
Chauncey meeting of 18 delegates from miners locals including No 1205 No 358 No 394 and No 2190 adopted a resolution urging John L. Lewis to resign as UMWA president for repudiating President Roosevelt. Delegates were authorized to act for their locals and others planned to join.
Relatives received notice from Miss Laura Bradfield Columbus of the death Tuesday night of Mrs Harriet Jones Lewis former Pomeroy resident at her Columbus home. Her husband John Lewis was killed in a railroad accident two years ago. Funeral services and burial will be in Columbus. She leaves two daughters two sons and two sisters Minnie Jones Columbus and Helen Beaugard San Diego Calif.
Chauncey resident Emmett Dowler who suffered serious back injuries in a Chauncey Mine 25 accident was moved home Tuesday in Stouts ambulance from White Cross Hospital. Walter Lanning also returned home Wednesday from Marietta hospital after a surgical procedure. His wife Pansy Lanning recovered after weeks of treatment and blood transfusions and stayed with her parents on Converse Street.
Mrs Wendell Grandstaff hosted a Saturday afternoon party for Alfreda Mae Grandstaff turning eleven. Halloween decor adorned the hall. From one to four the children played games with prizes won by Lloyd Platt Dale Wharton Bob Hill Bobbie Loper and Bob McAllister. A gifts opened table was dressed in orange and black with a large eleven candle cake. Seated guests included Ila Katzenbach Iona Platt Betty Sands Dotty Bum gardner Mary Brammer Carol Ann Bean Wilma McHarg Charlotte Daily Doris McKee Avanelle McKee Evelyn Williams Lloyd Platt Bobbie Lopez Dickie Lopez Bob McAllister Ralph Kail Delbert Morris Bob Hill Dale Wharton Ovie Grandstaff and Alfreda Mae Grandstaff.
Mrs. Elizabeth Howard Knode of Chauncey on Ellis Avenue remains seriously ill. She is under day and night nursing after a fall weeks ago and the recent death of her brother Dr. John Howard. Day nurse Miss Marjory Thomas and night nurse Louise McKee attend her.
A national flag and a ceremonial school pole are gifts from Centerville graduating class members. The pole will be erected on the school campus as part of the donation.
Miners in Athens call for the removal of John Lewis from leadership of the miners union. The action arises amid tensions within the organization and labor activities affecting the local workforce.
Mrs Mabel Learned Smith of Chauncey received a Lexington Herald Leader clipping highlighting Bert Smith a junior at Eastern State Teachers College Richmond Ky. In a 27 to 13 victory over Morehead College Smith scored three of the four Eastern touchdowns and earned All State honors last year. He is a Chauncey Dover High School graduate.
Funeral services were held in Rutland for Clarence Schoonover 47 son of the late William and Addie Schoonover of Chauncey born and raised there. He married Freda Little and survived by 11 children with one infant death. A mine accident four years earlier fractured his back and led to complications causing death Saturday night. Burial followed in a Rutland cemetery. He leaves a brother Harry and many Chauncey area relatives.
Chauncey social column: Ruth Cruikshank and Ruthie Seiber visit parents in Chauncey. Glennis Karns returns from Williamson shaft job near Keystone WV. Mrs. Allie Bingman of Athens visits Chauncey. Chauncey residents Marinda Cruikshank and son visit Athens. Dinner party at the Olson home in The Plains. Millfield Church of Christ deacons and deaconesses plan a meeting November 2 at 7 p.m. at Olive Brookins home.
Gallipolis Blue Devils sharpen for Friday clash with Nelsonville Greyhounds in practice sessions. Rain is forecast and past meetings on muddy fields raise expectations of a tough, sloppy game.
Mrs. Maude Vance, 50, a WPA worker from Jackson County, is treated at Holzer hospital in Gallipolis for a bullet wound in the right leg above the knee. She was reportedly a bystander in a struggle between William Baker of Piketon and Constable Harvey Spencer when a pistol was fired and she was hit. The officer brought her to the hospital yesterday.
Gallia county needs volunteers to sew dresses layettes and sweaters for the Red Cross crisis relief. County quota calls for dozens of layettes dresses and children's garments plus 30 sweaters. Completed garments go directly to England amid restricted access to most European nations.
Notice details hunting and fishing license sales at county stations to support game conservation. Also announces a public hearing in Athens County on November 19, 1940, for the proposed relocation of part of U.S. Route 50 in Carthage and Troy Townships, with extensive surveying data and affected parcels listed.
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