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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1949
Page
10
The notice outlines ad submission deadlines for all ads and deadlines for Sunday editions, procedures for answering ads, handling blind addresses, and advertising by telephone or mail. It details payment requirements, three or six day runs, and pricing at 13 cents per line with a six line minimum, using sixty one average words per line.
Washington publicity celebrated the renaming of a five mile river route to Ohio Drive after six years of effort by Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton. The road winds along the Potomac with clear views of the Washington monument Capitol Arlington Cemetery and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Allen Chase a Washington resident and Navy Reserve officer who is an IRS collector was pictured at the ceremony and praised the Ohio Drive marker.
Transfers include Richard Jacks to F L McKnight for % acre in Rutland and Edda Boggess to Homer A Cole and Oneila Cole for 55 to 100 acres in Orange. Also listed are state transfers, Sutton and Rutland deeds, and notices of public utilities and bids and appointment of a county administratrix.
Middleport residents Mr. and Mrs. Claude Durgee with children Jeffrey and Christine from Williamstown WVa attended the wedding of Robert Hamm and Martha Elizabeth Roedel. The Finnegan family from Brooklyn and Herman Bailey family hosted visits with Charleston relatives. Jon Schaaf returns from Chillicothe for Yellow Jacket football practice.
At the last Hockingport Stitchers meeting five dollars was voted for the 4-H Foundation. The Hilltop Stitchers gathered at Barbara and Marilyn Morris home to discuss member projects. A John Coley Plains car stolen at Chauncey was recovered in Muskingum County. A Monterrey train from Torreon derailed injuring up to 100 passengers.
U S Dept of Agriculture market snapshot from Cincinnati August 22 shows salable hogs 3000 with barrows and gilts about 1 to 1.5 higher and sows 0.5 higher. Cattle and calves show just fair action with good grade steers around 50 lower and ranges for cows, bulls, veal, and grass cattle noted. Lambs firm to slightly higher with various grade ranges listed.
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