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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1945
Page
3
The Mary E Cook Circle of WSCS postpones its Friday meeting to the next regular monthly gathering in September. Hostesses Mrs Marion French and Mrs O P Klein were to augment the September hostess list, with August listed as a prior month.
Mrs Don Moore was elected to membership in the Ladies Auxiliary of the Volunteer Fire Company. The meeting was at the Firemen quarters in the city hall with Mrs C H Wise Jr presiding in the absence of the president. Five dollars was voted for Mrs Ernest McGraner of Athens, the Magazine Lady. Members of the kitchen committee served watermelon during the social hour.
The Izaak Walton League held its annual family picnic at the Meige County Fairgrounds in Rocksprings last Sunday. Whitney Ingraham directed entertainment while Ed Foster and Tracey Whaley supplied horseshoe gear. Oscar Bauer’s team beat George Paulsen’s 21 to 19 after nine innings. Ingraham starred as pitcher.
The Darwin Happy Helpers 4-H Club wrapped up summer activities with a picnic and project judging at Roadside Park on Route 33. Members present included Donna and Janet Stanley, Donna Will, Jean Lee, Colleen and Hollie Hayes, Gary Lee, Miss Ethel Blackwood, adviser, and Mrs. Geneva Nolan, Home Demonstration agent. Richard E. Lewis must report for 30 days service in Germany, with his brother Robert Lewis set to leave Aug. 29 for military duty.
Firefighters respond to Evans Market alarm at 9 30 last night mistaking insect spray for smoke causing a crowd to gather at Main and Mill Streets. Only damage is a broken glass rear door owned by A Shiflet.
Mr and Mrs Claude Washington of Sprigg West Virginia hosted guests at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe on Tuesday night. Attendees included Mrs Robert Washington Mrs Nan Moore and Miss Mildred Hawley Mr and Mrs Randolph Word and family from Ravenswood Mr and Mrs Charles Murray Mrs Lew Murray of Bowling Green Mr and Mrs William Murray and Mrs Robinson of Kentucky. Mrs Mintie Hill of Nitro is visiting Mr and Mrs Jacob Turner.
Harrisonville society page covers Lend-A-Hand Circle August meeting at Mrs. Ad riene French home with Olivia Cotteril leading devotion and a girls school feature taught by Norma Lee. Refreshments served by hostesses. Multiple local visits and travels noted including families from Zanesville Springfield and Akron. wartime mentions and a Champery noise ban in Champéry from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Mrs Norma Parker presided over the United Methodist Church J.O.F. Class meeting at the Smith home. They voted to sponsor a recreation center for local youth, planning to remodel Bethany Building rooms and invite contributions for equipment.
William P. Weath erald Grand Treasurer of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will visit Meigs Aerie Mo 2171 Monday evening August 27. He will give a LAN address during the program and entertainment planned in his honor. Members urged to attend. Carl Persinger will preside.
Ohio State Tax Commission reports gasoline tax receipts totaling 20,339,195 for January to June this year, down from 20,536,907 in the same period last year. Taxes paid on 548,514,850 gallons this year versus 558,633,550 last year. Percy the porpoise, captured off the English coast, is exhibited in a public pool and reportedly swam about 180 miles daily for the rest of his life.
An ancient Hebrew term Amen is explained as meaning true and faithful. The brief note connects the word to its usage in prayers and religious texts describing confirmation and assurance.
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