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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1938
Page
6
Summer meal balance favors one hot dish and hot soup aids digestion. Simple to prepare by heating a can of condensed Chicken or Tomato Soup with water or milk, or by blending soups like Bean with Bacon and Pea Soup. Includes several recipes and yields for serves.
Genieve Kemble predicts a day of rapid changes and unexpected commotion from the moon. Events could alter fortunes and life goals, with a sudden visitation affecting those born on this day and a child of this date showing rare talents and venturesome ambitions.
Gallia County Agricultural Society forms a board led by John McNealey as president and Ralph Davis as vice president. A charter is sought from the State Board of Agriculture, with plans for a late September festival at the city park river front plus a river levee livestock exposition. Incorporation would yield 1600 dollars in county aid to promote agriculture, with future funds expanding later festivals. Local merchants and farm groups anticipate larger exhibits, rides, and tent space for exhibitors.
Recipe style notes describe peach jelly and ripe plum jelly methods. Ingredients include peach juice, sugar, fruit pectin, and steps to extract juice, boil, add pectin, and seal jars. Yields: about 9 glasses for peach jelly and 7 glasses for plum jelly.
Beardstown Illinois former city dump beside the Illinois river has been turned into a scenic park that now attracts hundreds of people daily.
A column offers home craft and kitchen tips such as using leather as nonconductive padding for iron and pot holders. It also shares quick snack ideas with English muffins, American cheese, tomato and bacon and bacon wrapped cheese bites. Additional notes cover the origin of jelly as campus slang and the phrase cold shoulder from medieval hospitality. Also includes stain removal and curtain care tips along with a remark about giant beans in New Zealand and effects of hard water on canning.
Eleven children who had lived all their lives in shelters and caves across Kent appeared in Canterbury juvenile court. They were found in woods near Dover by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children after their mother was taken to hospital.
The coroner in Warwick expressed the belief that a bar gee whose body was found in a canal was driven to death by his own action due to bad coins on his feet. He added that heavy walking might lead him to think the game was not worth the candle.
Sheriff E E Hatfield reports an application to the Federal Radio Commission for a new short wave broadcasting unit in his office to contact deputies at distant points and state highway patrolmen within a 200 mile radius. One way links may reach cars with receivers, and plans include an in car unit to reply to office broadcasts. Ned Eachus, local electrician, built both sets and installation awaits federal permission.
Mrs. Kelly Wolf hosted a Sunset Avenue lawn party honoring Miss Bernice Harpold and Betty and Bobby Rhodes who visited an aunt. Birthday greetings for Lynn, son of Mrs. Earl Hart, marked an 18th celebration. Various locals, families, and visitors were noted at gatherings, picnics, and campouts including Oak Grove church groups and Willing Workers Class at Syracuse State Park.
Gallipolis merchants sponsor a free all day bean dinner in City Park on Saturday September 3. Women’s Auxiliary of the American Legion will cook the beans and serve outdoors under the trees. A band concert is planned for the evening.
Gallia reports two typhoid cases and Vinton one in the past fortnight, says county health nurse Miss Margaret Jones. One Gallia case is hospitalized in the city where typhoid is absent. Pre-school clinics covered about 300 parents, with around 100 children examined and defects noted. Future clinics planned before the vacation period to aid transportation to centralized schools.
Mrs. Lillie May Wright of Gallipolis files for divorce from Homer L. Wright accusing him of drinking and brutal assaults at home. Married in 1921, they have six children and he draws a soldier's pension while employed. She seeks custody of the children and alimony for support.
Gallia County farmer Sees Pardon for Childers from Governor Davey after extenuating circumstances cited by Capt. Tom W. Jones. Childers, 58, was sent to the Ohio Penitentiary for a trapgun incident that wounded a teenage youth. Jones notes 700 residents signed petitions. Prediction: pardon likely soon.
Local residents anticipate a shipment of Missouri rabbits to Gallia County but no arrival dates are notified. Gallia County currently has no game warden. duties are handled by wardens in Meigs and Jackson Counties. Previous attempts to acclimate imported rabbits have not succeeded here.
Gallipolis officials discontinue plans for an air show and water regatta at the municipal airport due to late season. After the Cleveland events, pilots seek bigger venues, making Gallipolis unlikely to secure worthwhile performances. Markers and landing signs at the port are being rehabilitated amid rising local aviation interest.
The United States burned 19 billion gallons of gasoline on its highways last year, up 7.6 percent from the prior year. The rise reflects growing travel and energy use nationwide, with implications for fuel demand and transportation policy.
Gallia officials continue a Sunday to present search for Samuel Roster 49 charged with rape of 18 year old Mildred Harrison of Williams Creek in Guyan Township. They suspect he left the country possibly headed to Noble County where a wife and five children are reported. Harrison is described as a second cousin of Roster who has a WPA road work job nearby. Deputy Sheriff Dale Russell and Constable Heenan Shato hold warrants for Roster.
Tonight at 7 45 oclock Rev H N Snider of Cheshire Methodist Church will preach in a tabernacle meeting conducted by Dr R A Howell on the Washington School campus. FE G Otis invented the elevator in 1852.
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