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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1955
Page
9
City notes parking meter receipts totaling 251 dollars 50 cents and mentions August 28 homecoming activities. A separate item references an annual meeting, a Sunday event, and a 1:30 p.m. program with speakers tied to local organizations.
Middleport society held a cutting at Mid Roadside Park with charcoal grilled meats and corn. Guests included Jo sephine Pickers of Reedsville honored at two events. family reunions, birthday celebrations, and notices of residents visiting relatives in Kentucky Iowa New Mexico Denver and Des Moines. An auxiliary supper and Homebuild Class outing rounded out local social activities with reports on club members and visits from relatives and travelers.
Weather stress and supply concerns sweep through town as beans and corn thin in markets. Reports note cooling effects and lingering heat waves while households adjust gardens and stores. Local firms report strong demand for soft drinks as drivers keep up with summer needs.
Drew Webster Post 30 American Legion held a Monday ceremony at the post home on Ws Main St to install new officers led by post commander Jona M. Will. The event honored outgoing commander C. J. Rhodes with a past commander's pin. V0tes reported 110 paid-up members for 1986. A blood drive was announced for Aug 28 at Pomeroy Junior High, with a mobile unit in town Aug 22–30.
A woman traveling from New York fell ill yesterday at the Golf Service Station near the Mt Pomeroy corporation line at 1130 Lam. A doctor was summoned and advised bed rest. another woman accompanied her and plans to delay their trip temporarily.
WRAVY RAINFALL reports rainfall amounts reaching inches on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington according to the Nation Society.
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