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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1935

Page

5

Gallia County Farm Bureau Elects Leaders at Luncheon Meeting

Gallia County Farm Bureau members met at lunch to discuss tax strategies and cooperative distribution as a solution to unfair taxation. Ralph Davis was re elected president Fred Mills named vice president M. E. Gatewood secretary treasurer D D McClelland and a 15 township board of directors will be appointed. The county agent was absent. Rev H H Wilbur led devotionals and Ladies Aid served lunch at the Methodist Church.

Vance Farm Bureau Ralph Davis Fred K. Mills M. E. Gatewood Davis Gallia County D. D. McClelland R. R. Starbuck H. H. Wilbur Ladies Aid Society

Tonic claims to boost blood and energy

An ad describes a tonic sold in drug stores claiming to improve oxygen in the blood, relieve tiredness, and support willpower. It promises quick health benefits, notes a mineral content, and suggests a two week supply at a specific price.

Annual Holy Week Services Being Planned

Gallipolis announces a Holy Week program with daily Noonday services from 12 to 12:30 in the Baptist and Methodist churches and a Union Communion at 7:30 in the First Presbyterian. Good Friday features a three hour program at St. Peter's Episcopal with seven speakers led by Canon Gilbert P. Symons of Cincinnati.

Gallipolis Baptist Church W. T. Packer H. H. Wilbur Methodist Episcopal Church George Sagen First Presbyterian Church St. Peter's Episcopal Church Gilbert P. Symons Cincinnati

Farmers to Escape Most Ohio Sales Tax on Farm Goods

County Auditor Emmett Keeler says farm production items are exempt from sales tax. The list covers tractors, plows, grinders, sprayers, manure spreaders, reapers, hay tools, wagons, dairy equipment, crop processing gear, farm trucks, and related supplies. Non exempt items include house furnishings, clothing, off farm vehicles, lumber, and building materials. Keeler expects a complete list to be issued later and asks farmers to report refusals to tax to the auditor’s office.

Gallipolis Emmett Keeler Keeler

Legion to Attend District Meeting in New Lexington

The Lafayette Post of the American Legion will participate in the district meeting on Sunday April 28 at New Lexington. The local Legion will attend in full strength with the Drum and Bugle Corps in the parade. Pope Pius abandons encyclical plan for April 28 end of Holy Year.

New Lexington Gallipolis Lafayette American Legion Vatican City Pope Pius

Preferential Ballot in Use On Ohio Wesleyan Campus

Ohio Wesleyan University adopts a preferential ballot for student elections. Voters rank candidates first through as many as nine on ten names, eliminating the lowest tally until winners emerge. Edward Parsons notes the change aims to select the most qualified candidate rather than party loyalties.

Ohio Wesleyan Delaware Ohio Wesleyan University Edward Parsons Cleveland Student Elections Committee

Gallia Jury Awards $150 In Head-On Collision Suit

Monroe Winston wins $150 in damages from D B Noble after a July head-on crash on a Chickamauga Park bridge. Winston sought $1,261 including $1,000 for injuries, $250 for car damage, and $11.25 medical bills. Noble, a teacher, was en route from Rio Grande College to Gallipolis.

Gallipolis Monroe Winston D. B. Noble Chickamauga Park Winston Noble Adelphi Rio Grande College F. M. Tawney Maude S. Gray A. L. DeWitt S. F. Smith Clyde Harrison Gellipolis Ernest Carter Edna Ropeter Northup Homer Myers Leeta Jack Phillips Bladen Frank Palmer Vinton Nina Rothgeb Cheshire Archie Amos Ewington Ray Clear Mary EB. Tabit

May Day Queen to Be Crowned at Rio Grande College

Miss Ethel Markin of Ironton will be crowned Queen of the May at Rio Grande College’s Annual May Day celebration on Friday May 17. She was chosen as the campus’s most prominent woman student.

Gallipolis Ethel Markin Ironton Rio Grande College

Child Taken To Holzer Hospital After Scarlet Fever Complications

Mary Jane Sipman, 5, daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Sipman, was hospitalized Wednesday evening for scarlet fever complications. Her father teaches agriculture at G.A.H.8. A note mentions an 1644 weather report by a minister in Wilmington Delaware.

Gallipolis Mary Jane Russell Sipman Holzer Hospital G.A.H.8 Wilmington Del Guy Kennedy Beatrice Fay Arthur Steele Columbus Henry Rumfield Mr. Steele E. Steele Elizabeth Darst Alonzo Darst Stingy Creek

Education leaders to address Gallia County teachers

Gallia County high school and grade teachers will meet at 2 p m Friday in G A H auditorium to hear Miss Frances Mason reading supervisor and Ray G Wood head of the testing division both from the Ohio Department of Education County Supt H Bion Bradbury will introduce the speakers Teachers will not be required to make up the hours lost The note adds that more than 25 000 000 barrels of oil are used annually in this country for heating purposes

Gallipolis Gallia County Frances Mason Ray G. Wood Ohio Department of Education H. Bion Bradbury

Langsville Birthday Surprise Honors Mrs. Longstreth

Langsville neighbors gathered at the home of Mrs. J. E. Longstreth for a potluck birthday surprise. Sixteen people attended as Mildred Miller noted a personal detail and family visits were mentioned, including relatives and guests from Albany Columbus and Stingy Creek.

Langsville J. E. Longstreth Mildred Miller Catherine Bobo L. F. Miller Albany F. A. Miller H. E. Miller

Watch Your Kidneys Like Your Bowels for Health

A 1934 health notice explains that kidneys filter waste and should be monitored like bowels. It asserts adults pass about 3 pints of urine daily, warns of signs of clogged kidney tubes, and promotes Doan's Pills as a relief and cleansing aid from druggists.

Doan Foster-Milburn Cay

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