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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1946
Page
4
Bartlett Social Notes lists subscription rates for the service and notices of local social events. Includes mention of annual picnics, Grange degrees, and a long roster of residents visiting relatives, staying with kin, or returning home from trips to Marietta Parkersburg Columbus and Youngstown with multiple family updates.
Wanda Arnett daughter of Mr and Mrs L C Arnett wed Carl Wenner of Indianapolis at Calvary United Brethren Church. Ceremony at 8:50 am July 27 led by Rev Laban P Achard. Bridesmaids guests and a breakfast followed with reception at the Arnett home. The couple plans a two week Florida trip then residence at 1703 Worth Talbot St Indianapolis. Numerous local relatives attended events and a later card noted social activities in town.
David Lawrence’s National Dispatch explains that after decades of Senate debate the United States narrowly approved a World Court treaty by 60 to 2, marking the first major power to accept compulsory jurisdiction. The piece notes bipartisan support from Taft era figures and later leaders, and argues the move strengthens global peace through judicial resolution of international legal questions.
Cecily and her circle of friends scorn Corinna and others outside their wealth and status. A tense tea scene exposes snobbery as Cecily defends her circle and plans for engagement while contemplating a future away from Della's control. The narrator schemes to influence Cecily through marriage and proximity to power.
Thirty three Newton Til FFA members on a school bus camped at the Athens Fairgrounds en route to Washington DC and the Atlantic Coast. The fragmented narrative follows family conversations and personal milestones amid looming global conflict as Pearl Harbor and conscription reshape their world.
Gordon K. Creighton of the National Retailers Goods Association says future retailing rests with veterans who already have wartime resolve and four to five years in retailing. He notes shortages, price control changes, and the industry’s role in guiding veterans through conferences to build a well trained new generation of retailers.
A wartime critique argues that postwar policies expand government power into all sectors, risking a total socialized economy like fascist regimes. It cites TVA and rural electrification as steps toward public dominance, urging a choice between free government and dictatorship with no middle ground.
Dr. Loiwell Goin argues that health and medical care are not synonymous and that preventive medicine cannot meet the goals of sweeping health legislation. The Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill is flawed, risking doctor restriction, high costs, and limited public health impact.
Peter Edson reviews Potsdam era efforts to implement postwar aims in Germany. He notes divisions among four occupation zones and the Control Council, with disagreements over denazification self government and disarmament. He cites U S and Soviet contrasts, including party development and alleged Russian munitions work.
Mrs Cinda Arnold visited Mrs Nettie Collins while Duane Smith from Columbus traveled to see his aunt Mrs William Grueser. Mr and Mrs Charles Stout of Pittsburgh spent two days with Walter Carman and Edna Carman and attended their aunt Mrs Matilda Carman's funeral.
In Sylacauga near the brickyard settlement a fiery cross was burned and a hood tied to Ku Klux Klan activity. Police Chief J A Cleghorn said the incident followed the Sunday night assault of a 38 year old Sylacauga mother and prompted investigation by local authorities. It was reported alongside another Pittsburgh line item about Eugene Alvis 23 of Steubenville injured when an auto struck a bridge abutment.
Dr. Robert E. Nye and his son Billie from London arrived to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Nye in Chauncey. Isabel Francis hosted a party at her home for Marjorie and Grace McKee of Drexel Hill Pa who were guests of their grandmother Mrs. Wilson H. McKee. Twenty years ago Gertrude Ederle set a record by swimming the English Channel finishing two hours ahead of any man. Miss Blanche and Miss Delle Finstal returned from Cleveland on a business trip. E T Quidor of Mt. Vernon moved to Athens to lead the Athens Book and News Company. L F Miller attended a family reunion in Vinton.
EWINGTON Mr and Mrs Dewey Good and children Roy and Gatha May spent a weekend with their parents in West Virginia Homer and Clair McMillin are visiting their brother Dale at Delaware Rodney Sprouse helping Clifford Unree with hay making Fred Cornwell Ashland Ky visited sister Mary Taylor Mrs David Haley was recently Vinton L R Parsons returned home from hospital Mr Parsons recovering from operation Charles Roberts Wilkenville hauling logs for A Q and Marion Woodall Miss Nettie Painter ill at Anise Cameron home is better Mrs Lilly Mary Jacks visiting sister and mother in Marion
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