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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1940

Page

9

New Plymouth Personal Mention Visitors and Community Notes

New Plymouth items record visits by Rev and Mrs Deeds and Brysons from Hamden to Zanesville, and social calls across Logan, Coshocton and Dayton. Local groups perform at Union Furnace vacation Bible school, Dramatic Dreamers and 4-H girls present Which One Won, with Earle Heinlein reunion, motor trips, and weekend guests noted among Logan and nearby towns.

Walter Haas Jean Logan Emma Haas Post Florence Wantz Dayton Emma Pleukharp R.F.D Lake Hope Gertrude Bay J. M. Stewart Union Furnace Stewart McDonald Chicago Eileen Loomis Pauline Ernestine Peters Frances Ann Fuller Nina Jean Smith Patricia Ellis Earle Heinlein Elisabeth Heinlein William McDaniel Little Hocking LaVern Fuller Norman Cooper Ruth Marguerite Blackfork I. R. Haas Walter Hass Helen Ruth Cooper Flora Wantz Cooper J. G. Deeds Emma Weed Lancaster Camp Grounds Walter Peters Glen Donald Aitkin Minnesota C. V. Heinlein S. M. Heinlein Heinlein Harry Heinlein Myers Faulkner Arnold Lee Treadley Heinlein Athens Claudine Richardson Columbus Helen Fuller

Barbados marks 300 years of first elective assembly

Barbados celebrated the 300th anniversary of its first elected assembly during the summer of 1939, highlighting a milestone in the colony’s colonial governance and political development.

Barbados

Portsmouth Company To Erect New Building

GALLIPOLIS The Evans Packing Company has let a contract to S F Kenyon Construction Company of Portsmouth to erect a steel and concrete building on Chillicothe avenue replacing the one destroyed by fire. It is said three shifts of workmen will have the structure practically complete within a month.

Gallipolis Evans Packing Company S. F. Kenyon Construction Company Portsmouth Chillicothe Avenue

Fifteen Student Flyers Will Go to Columbus

GALLIPOLIS The Rio Grande Collegiate student flyers and their instructors will visit Port Columbus Saturday, courtesy of Dr. C E Holzer, president of the college trustees and avia tion school sponsor. On Tuesday evening the group will meet the Rotary Club, where several students will speak about their experiences since starting aviation studies over a month ago.

Gallipolis Rio Grande Port Columbus C. E. Holzer Board of College Trustees Holzer Rotary Club

Franklin kite experiment linked lightning to sparks

Scientists state Benjamin Franklin should have been electrocuted for his kite test but proved lightning and lab sparks share nature. An imitator in Europe was killed in a similar experiment. London's National Gallery boiler house sits across a street edge to reduce fire risk.

Benjamin Franklin Europe London National Gallery

Taylor Ridge Church Group Gives Program

Members of the Ladies Aid Society of the Church of Christ met Friday night at the Welling home. Birthday celebrations for Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Leak occurred, with prizes awarded to Mrs. Heffken, Mrs. Davis, and Mrs. Harrison. Ice cream cake and iced tea were served. Guests included Jean Risley Lannie Leake Ronnie and Carol Ann Smith.

Taylor Ridge Ladies Aid Society The Church of Christ Carl Welling Dwight Smith Welling Home Harrison Leak Heffken Davis Jean Risley Lannie Leake Ronnie Carol Ann Smith Carl Hildebrand Robert Hanning Clara Golding Mary White James Harrison John Davis Fred Heffken Herman Kempton P. B. Chalfant Fred Olbers John Wenger Ray Leake Welling John Kempton Kempton

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