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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1948
Page
5
Ohio University officials explain veterans rent hikes, effective May 1, are required under federal housing laws. Grover says the university acts as PHA agent and must comply with rules to administer veteran student housing.
Seven men enlisted in the Ath ens Company of the Ohio National Guard during the recruiting campaign which ended on March 31. Recruits named: James Ross, Robert Wilson, Floyd Wilson, Ralph Hardy, John Moorehouse, Robert Huffman and Rudolph Warhola. A banquet scheduled for April 1 moves to the Armory Saturday from 6 to 12 p.m. Army Day plans were set for Tuesday, April 6, at the regular meeting. Drill program included demonstrations in individual and platoon training for the Communication and Ammunition and Pioneer Platoons.
Cincinnati report lists consumer grades for USA large 47 to 51 and medium 45 plus wholesale extras large 42 to 46 and current receipts 39 to 41. No further context or dates provided.
The Rev. Dr. Jordon Liu, former Chinese Foreign Office official and wartime Red Cross style worker, will deliver the Sunday 10 30 am sermon at Church of the Good Shepherd Athens during his U S visit with six other Episcopal clergy from China. He is son of the late Y K Lui a priest of the same church and studied law at Nanking University and Soochow. While in Athens in early April he will stay with the Rev and Mrs Browne.
Albany school children presented a patriotic program directed by Mrs. Myrtle Kasler. The band opened with Recruits March and Comrades March, the chorus sang The USA Forever, and the final segment How We Got Our Flag used song tableaux and pantomime by students including Foster Hamilton Grove Willard Leo Barrett Carol Anne Frost Ruth Ann Martin Sarah Seal Joe Lowery Lewis Morris Donald Selby Harold Beatty Charles Woodyard Boyd Johnson Charles Hudnall Johnnie Butts Donald Bailey Tommy Hutchinson Claudia Bolin Lois Bolin Donald Fields Joan Dailey Sandra Munn Donava Kasler and Marlene Perry.
Mr and Mrs Morton Rice of Athens welcome a daughter at Sheltering Arms. Admissions include Mary Alice Stanley of Athens, and Mary Cartwright Jerry Losey Ben Border from Gloucester Athens. Dismissals list Mrs Vernard Edwards and daughter Pomeroy, Mrs Roy Housington and son Athens, Mrs Leo Van Nest and son Athens. Other patients include Mrs Edith Friedberg Chauncey Mrs Mary Grigsby Buchtel Jane Ryan Athens Evelyn Stiff Athens and the Rev Rollin Polk Jr Nelsonville. Jennie Louise Bruey Canton remains.
Harold Sater aged 22 from Plains City suffered slight lacerations when his vehicle failed to negotiate a curve on Route 33 near Haydenville Thursday night. The car crashed through a guard rail, according to a State Highway Patrol report.
The Waterloo Parent Teacher Association meeting was postponed and reset for Monday April 12. Reba Withers, PTA president, announced the change.
Dr. Hiel D. Bollinger national secretary of the Methodist Student Movement will speak at the Wesley Foundation vespers at First Methodist Church Sunday at 6 p.m. He will discuss his European tour and assess how the Marshall Plan could aid student relief and rehabilitation in European universities.
Ohio University audience heard William Haynes trace New England colonial homes as they spread to Ohio towns. His slides showed Connecticut houses from 1750s, Cape Cod salt box development, and later ells and porches, with examples of restorations across private interiors and exterior designs. Denison introduced Haynes who plans many more campus and city talks.
Ames Township has reached its quota of 325 dollars in the 1948 Red Cross fund campaign, announced by county chairman R. Kenneth Kerr Jr. Mayor Thomas E. Clark of Amesville chaired the drive with solicitations by Helen Zimmerman Hattie Inman Annabel Simons Carroll Jago Jessie Lortz and Wanda Hines. Clark thanks workers and urges any remaining contributors to contact him promptly.
Graveside services are planned Saturday at 10 a.m. in Hebbardsville Cemetery for Sharon Shellman stillborn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Shellman. The Shellmans’ Air Force father is stationed at Westover Field Massachusetts. The baby’s mother resides in Athens Route 4 with her parents Phil Hess and William Hess and other relatives Hamby Ator Bradbury.
After a 62 degree high on Thursday the temperature fell 27 degrees to 35 degrees during the night. At 9:30 a.m. Friday the mercury stood at 44 as reported by weather observer Mrs. C. N. France. A light shower of .05 inches accompanied a river rise to 11.60 feet, receding to 10.10 by morning.
The Band Boosters of the Rome Canaan School will meet Monday at 7 30 p m in the Home Economics Department. Refreshments will be served, announced by Mrs Fred Burch president.
County officials clarify that Fern S Gwinn to R W Finsterwald was recorded as a mortgage not a real estate transfer in Tuesday's Messenger. The correction notes the filing details reflect a loan lien rather than a property title change.
Sheriff George Bateman outlines Operation Safety for Athens County urging pedestrians to walk on the left facing traffic and wear light at night. He stresses drivers signal before stopping, stop at signs, obey lights, warn before passing, stay in lanes, keep to limits, and avoid drinking before driving.
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