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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1956
Page
10
The Messenger prints service members' addresses and welcomes submissions. Include full address, town, your name, and note the free service. Example: PAUGHERTY, SR Donald E., Athens Route 2, Co. 23, Bks. 319L, S2nd Battalion, USN, Bainbridge, Md.
John R. Cornell 80 a former Lancaster resident dies after long illness Funeral rites set for Wednesday with graveside service at Lone Oak Cemetery at 12 30 p m and a 9 30 a m service at Sheridan Funeral Home Lancaster Survived by wife Minnie Stewart Cornell four sons and one daughter from a prior marriage
The Athens city council approves an ordinance establishing Sanitary Sewer District No. 1. The measure directs filing public notices, outlines district boundaries, and authorizes engineering contracts with Bubditieon and associates for plans and construction of sewer work along Madison Avenue, May Avenue, and surrounding streets. The ordinance also authorizes a resident inspector contract to supervise the improvement work.
An amended petition seeks 35000 damages from an auto crash in Nelsonville on February 9 at Canal and Washington. Plaintiff Robert Elliot alleges a taxi owned by John E Bateman and Frank North, doing business as the cessive speed and on the wrong side of the street collided with the plaintiff’s auto.
Pittsburgh based Pennsylvan ia Planning Board will survey the economic feasibility of a Pittsburgh to Lake Erie river canal. The study will examine linking Pittsburgh to the St Lawrence Seaway via a Great Lakes canal with two routes under discussion. One route would connect the Mejonia River to Lake Erie through Beaver and Mahoning Valleys. The other route would use the Allegheny River and French Creek from Franklin Oil City to Erie, aiming to spur Allegheny Valley development and riverfront sites.
A series of real estate transfers recorded in Athens County list numerous grantees including Earl H. Barnhart to Berdena Barnhart in Fairfax addition Stewart to Ralph Mallen in Coolville and several others. Transactions cover lots and tracts in Emma Roach Palmer Hughes Rowland F B Roach Kennedy and additional additions across Athens Nelsonville and surrounding townships.
U S Public Health Service reports that large oral doses of salt and baking soda solution can treat burn shock, offering a simple emergency substitute for injections. The method uses table salt, baking soda, and tap water, and may save lives where medical care is limited.
Murray City social column lists numerous visits and travels. Emmett Short's son Elroy visited Grant Hospital. Athens and Columbus trips appear for multiple families. Names include Short Robertson Wootten Grosjean Mason Archer Lewis Johnson Banik Simons Bush Sayre Lanning Shaffer Hise Craft and others with relatives in Akron Columbus Vero Beach and Florida.
A brief classified style notice urges readers to sell surplus fans and outdoor furniture during hot days. It promotes a low cost Messenger For Sale ad and provides a phone number 31242 to place the advertisement.
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