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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
3
The article notes that roughly 60 000 workers appear on the weekly payrolls of aviation manufacturers, indicating strong employment in the industry. It highlights the scale of the workforce and suggests ongoing production activity.
Mrs. Clarence B. Zeigler credits Vendol with transforming her 88-year-old daughter Lenore’s health after a few weeks. The advertisement promises relief from upset stomach gas sourness headaches biliousness and other symptoms tied to constipation or kidney diuretic needs. It notes wide local praise and lists Athens and Nelsonville druggists selling Vendol.
The Methodist Church group will sponsor a benefit skating party at Lamborn's rink on Saturday evening from 7 30 to 11 o'clock. The Jacksonville Methodist Church Women’s Class will meet at Mrs Blanche Jansen’s home Friday evening at 7 30.
Glouster Catholic Ladies Study Club gathered in the church hall hosted by Mrs. Ann Bailey and Mrs. Walter Yount with sacred readings by Mrs. T A Noon and Mrs. George Vermaten. Miss Hedfelt and Mrs. Joe Wolf, Sr., to host the next meeting. Local personals list residents visiting relatives and traveling from Detroit, Springfield, Cleveland, and Columbus, with camp and family visits noted.
Syracuse social items list visits illnesses and events. Helen Under hill of Columbus guests Mary Karr and Marcia Karr host families. Vacation Bible School opens in Syracuse Methodist Church with Ohio Wesleyan supervisors. Local members attend Meigs County Pioneer Society meeting.
Albany social items list a series of visits and family events from residents including Beth Dailey hosting the Kitchenette 4-H Club gathering with guests Mrs. Dana Williams. Others travel to Zanesville Akron Mt. Vernon Cleveland and Canada. The piece also notes formation of flight training expansion with nine civilian schools now partnering with the Air Corps and expected growth.
Mrs. Mary Kinsel 62, wife of William Kinsel, died Wednesday at the family home on N Cross St Glouster. Surviving: husband four children one sister two brothers and four grandchildren. Funeral in the Methodist Church Friday 2 pm Rev F G Boroff officiating. Interment Maplewood. Dortha McCance returned home from Marietta Osteopathic Hospital after an operation.
Social notes from Stewart report a 102 attendance for Stewart-Stewart Church School Sunday and a homecoming at Stew art Charge. Visitors included Mr and Mrs B R Cross and daughter Betty of Cleveland and Mr Noble who sold Southdown sheep in Lexington.
Last week Richardson and Mr and Mrs Ralph Richardson took a bus trip on Sunday. Mrs Ernett Florence R N returned home to Parkersburg after caring for Mrs James Russell for two weeks. Russell is much improved. Mr and Mrs Guy Pierce Ath ens visited friends in Stewart on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ernest Seaman and son Robert from Elkins W Va recently spent several days with his parents Mr and Mrs R W Seaman.
The text notes aviation advances with planes capable of 450 miles per hour, 5 000 feet per minute climb, 40 000 feet altitude, and 5 000 miles non stop with a load. It also compares two drugs quinine and strychnine for their different effects on the human body.
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