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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1942
Page
2
Gallia County rationing board closes three month permit period. 7 270 applicants allowed 367 465 pounds of sugar for a county per capita 14 7 pounds. June high issuance with 158 applicants for 268 493 pounds. July 252 applications for 11 296 pounds. August 2 860 applicants received 87 676 pounds. Enforcement shifts to ceiling prices and auto tire and bicycle permit considerations.
Gallia County Treasurer Otis Drummond reports a realty tax duplicate over 99000 with more than 50000 paid and about 10000 expected by September 10 to close the tax books. He is pleased and predicts the delinquent list will be the smallest in years.
The Mason County War Mothers Emergency Aid Club, formed weeks ago, numbers over 100 members and aims to cover transportation costs for mothers visiting sons in hospitals or camps. Originator William Higgins spearheaded the effort, with several hundred dollars in the bank to meet transport requests.
Gallia County schools receive WPA district questionnaires asking about plans to establish school lunch programs. Some schools may receive WPA labor for meal prep and serving. All county schools eligible for surplus commodities, though many lack food-serving readiness. Gallipolis kitchens have canned over 4,300 quarts of vegetables and will continue canning through much of the month.
West Columbia social column lists visits and calls among local families with guests from Uniontown Pa Point Pleasant Huntington Clifton and Morgantown W Va including Ger aldine Van Meter Larry Allen and many others. Local events include school opening teachers and a Parkersburg weekend trip and a Morgantown move.
Sunday services are set for 10 30 by Rev Julius Chandler. A picnic dinner honors Mrs Laura Rupe with attendees from Albany Columbus Middleport Mercerville and Pomeroy. Searls and Bradbury families attend William Searls funeral at Galton. Daughters of America plan a 20th anniversary Sept 9. Various moves visits and military postings noted among local households.
Gallipolis report notes about 60 new pupils enrolled at Washington Grade School under Principal Ben R. Evans with similar number expected, many from war worker families. Initial estimate near 300 is being revised downward. Also, J E Settles of Charleston inspected North Point Pleasant sewer extension work with city engineers.
Mrs Roy Irion died at her home in Clay Township on Wednesday night. Funeral rites were held this afternoon with interment at Mound Hill Cemetery. She is survived by son Charles Irion daughter Mrs Alfred Arnold her mother Mrs Charles Forth and three sisters Mrs Minnie Kuhn Mrs Mamie Waugh and Mrs Bertha Conner.
Gallia state patrolmen report they issue written notices to drivers over 40 miles per hour and submit copies to the county rationing board. Offenders seeking purchasing permits are denied. Patrols note some drivers exceed the limit and are listed. Gallipolis Post teams arrange with school superintendents for bus inspections likely next week.
In Cheshire on Sunday Aug 30 a family reunion celebrated N. R. Rothgeb turning 73. Attendees included James Rothgeb Huntington Delmar Rothgeb’s wife and six children sent a gift. The day featured croquet and ice cream with many relatives joining the honoree and his wife after a Traverse City fishing trip.
Lafayette Post of the American Legion announces a patriotic celebration on Thursday September 17 featuring a parade ending at City Park with a speech by Rossiter Williams Oak Hill State Vice Commander. The post also plans a festival at the park river front September 14 to 19 to fund its milk fund for indigent children.
Readable bits list train numbers and times for destinations such as Diplomat Daily West Bound National Limited and No 2 Daily Except Sunday with times including 9 38 a m 11 06 a m 3 53 a m 6 09 a m and 12 09 p m. Indicates multiple daily and except Sunday services with some garbled text.
Gallipolis Ohio Miss Virginia E Myers an octogenarian coal merchant and active businesswoman is reported seriously ill at her home from a heart attack.
GALLIPOLIS The county selective service board was officially notified by army physicians at Huntington that 27 Gallia County men failed to meet physical requirements in the last contingent. Names listed include Carl Beckett Luther J. Coon Charles M. Rupe Carlton D. Gallimore William S. Oiler Joe Williams and others.
The Rev. Ross Evans returns from a visit to his mother in Clarksburg. Rev. James Fisher, formerly a pastor near Boston, plans to join the West Virginia conference of the Methodist Church this year. Fisher and his wife visit her parents in Arburkle while he spends a day in town. The Woman's Society of Christian Service meets tonight at Trinity Methodist Church at 8 o'clock with Vera Fadley chairing the hostess committee and Rupert L. Kayser Jr. leading devotionals.
Mr and Mrs Harry Alexander announce the May 30 marriage of daughter Mildred Lavinia Alexander to Richard Edward Malcolm of Cincinnati. Mildred, twin with Marian, excelled in high school and at the University of Cincinnati earning a degree in Household Administration and joining Alpha Kappa Alpha. Malcolm studied business at UC and belongs to Kappa Alpha Psi. They will reside in Washington DC. Announcements note birth of John William to Rev and Mrs J W McMahon in a Zanesville hospital.
Former State Senator Riley Blessing of Charleston spoke in town about the political scene. He sees Republicans likely to carry Kanawha County if a suitable intermediate judge candidate is chosen amid Democratic faction fighting. Blessing backs Revercomb for U S Senate but thinks Funkhouser could run a stronger campaign given current returns and recounts, with Revercomb still slightly ahead.
Mason County Price and Rationing Board will require all individuals and firms involved in rental repair or storage of commodities to report ceiling prices by September 16. The move aims to curb rising consumer service prices under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942. Service includes any non employee work tied to processing distribution storage installation repair or negotiation of purchases linking to a commodity.
Cutshaw a prisoner on Route Two near Ashton was fatally injured when a truck reversed and a wheel rolled onto a plank that struck his chest. He died en route to Point Clinic. Funeral arrangements are pending.
The federal court commission issued rulings on lands in the ordnance works reservation and adjourned to Monday morning. Decisions fixed values for J H and Ella Whorley tracts totaling 29.22 acres at 3550 dollars, Musgrave tracts at 4500 and 7200 dollars, and upheld several government owner agreed values. Counts included Camp Conley leashhold at 37341 dollars and cemetery plots.
Gallipolis civil service commission announces a hearing on the John Fraley dismissal case to be held Wednesday night in the Municipal Building. Fraley was relieved from duty in July by City Manager S A Clendenin, who was sustained by the commission. Patrolman Chester Leaper serves as acting chief.
Perry J. Baties will resign as city solicitor after accepting the post of district rent administrator for Gallia Meigs and Mason Counties. His successor is expected to be his law partner Robert M. Switzer, who previously held the position.
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