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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1949
Page
4
The notice outlines newspaper subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions delivered by carrier or mail. Rates include 3c per copy, 1.30 a month by carrier, and varying mail rates by region, with terms for six months and one year. Delivered through Athens Ohio post office as a second class matter.
Ohio University baseball began small and grew through 1906 with pitchers Hagan and Gullum leading the team. Highlights include Hagan’s 15 strikeouts against Cincinnati and Gullum’s 17 strikeouts at various starts, with Crum Kaler emerging as a standout pitcher later in the era.
Quiz sections test knowledge across institutions terms world war loans and holidays. It includes 10 questions for men women and teenagers with scoring levels and a garbled answer key at the end.
A wartime lodger roams the Roberts Great Falls home causing chaos until bed bug woes and a beer stash complicate life. A caller, Lieutenant Vickery, presses to visit as the narrator contemplates rooming changes and renewed hospitality.
The speech at MIT links Mongol invasions to current Europe dangers as Stalin's health wanes. It warns succession fights in Soviet Russia could trigger internal power struggles and affect the broader Cold War balance.
Athens prepares for a city wide Holy Week with Rev. Dr. Don Tullis and Homer Rodeheaver leading services. The nationally known figures, both Southeastern Ohio natives, will emphasize Easter lessons and attract hundreds from Athens and surrounding areas each night.
Congress narrows a party split as dairy-state lawmakers lose the repeal of the oleomargarine tax but win a rule requiring triangular pats of oleo in public eateries. The move signals to patrons they are receiving the cheaper butter substitute while sparking claims about taste discernment.
A poetic meditation reflecting on Judas betrayal, Jesus in Gethsemane, crucifixion, and the resurrection. The verse_ concludes with triumph as Christ rises, attributed to Laura Chase Foster of Albany.
Dr Edwin P Jordan explains iodized salt helps thyroid function and growth, noting iodine’s role in fertility and development. Studies show no harm from iodine in salt, even in large surveys, and mention its history in preventing goiter since 1924.
Edson finds the 81st Congress shows more bills and nominations but also more debate pages and filibusters versus the 80th. He notes highs and lows in measures introduced and passed, with little progress on new constructive legislation and urging readers to contact their congressmen.
The Nation Today reports Vice President Barkley chastising a Senate roll call mixup. He notes 89 names appeared present in a later Congressional Record though only 49 were actually there. He condemns clerks for misreporting presence to favor late arrivals and stresses accountability to constituents.
Mrs Clarence Hodgson and family attend a surprise birthday for Delores Stansberry of Glouster. Ruth Bradley and daughter Anna visit Homer Wolfe in Murray City. Wolfe lately returned from Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens. Mrs Jessie Lehman and son Richard visit Josie Baugh in Nelsonville. Hodgson and Barker families visit Sarah Ann Newman in Columbus and dine with John Traugh. Clara Biddison visits Chester Tharp in Mansfield. George Householder and Mary Horvath visit Davis home in New Lexington and Congo calling on Miss Joan Tharp. Luncheon served by hostess with Mildred Christine Beattie Ruth Ann Davis and Mary Rye present. Jeffrey Miller of Newark visits Ruth Bradley and Anna. Hodgson/Barker families again noted. Mrs Glenna Williams.
Fifteen members of the Hollister Loyal Workers Club gathered March 29 at Rose Forgoress home for an entertainment session. Weekend visits came from the Evan Humphry family of Columbus and from To ledo area residents Mr and Mrs Howard Adams and Mr and Mrs Harlon Adams. Buck Yocum of Columbus visited Hollister with his family along with Alvin Thompson David Thompson and Miss Betty Drake of Marion. Also noted were calls from Bill Carey and visits by Mrs Myrtle Hardy of Michigan and Ruth Thompson with her son Tommy visiting in Marion.
A dense program listing outlines daily shows across NBC ABC CBS MBS and local stations in Cincinnati Columbus Huntington Parkersburg Marietta and Charleston. It details time slots from 6:00 pm through midnight including news, music, drama, sports and variety programs featuring Beulah Skit Fulton Lewis Jr Jack Crosby Lone Ranger Dardenelle Tric Jimmy Durante and more across multiple networks.
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