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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
2
Daughters of America sponsor a benefit event at the IOOF Hall in Nelsonville Friday night at 8 o clock. Patrons are asked to bring month end tickets.
Edward S S Broughton reports five years of Social Security growth nationwide and in Nelsonville. He notes more than 50 million account numbers issued nationwide and 300 monthly in Nelsonville. About 35 thousand old age and survivors claims processed monthly with 160 thousand certified in six months. Nelsonville approved 152. Unemployment payments reached over 53 million in June.
The report lists June payments across states for the aged, blind and families in need. Ohio and Michigan show large totals for monthly benefits, with Kentucky and other states also supporting thousands. Federal funding covers half the costs while states manage administration.
Nelsonville reports on the White Family reunion at the Sayers home in Buchtel with technicolor film of the gathering shown to relatives. A party at the White home featured ice cream and cake as 34 White family members enjoyed the evening. Local visitors include Akron's Foster Juniper and two children, Fort Lauderdale's Mrs. Charles Day and Doras, and others from Wadsworth and Caldwell.
Nelsonville all members and families of the York Grange are invited to a social hour at the Grange Hall Friday night at 8 o clock. Each member should bring a favorite dish.
The Bible School at the Church of Christ meets Sunday at 9 30 with a 10 30 worship service including communion and a sermon titled After Six Days What A union service at the Presbyterian Church follows at 7 30 with Rev Charles A Freer of the Church of Christ preaching on The Sixth Column The piece notes a Sixth Column amid Fifth Column discussions.
State Fair polls show strong support for compulsory vehicle inspections a ban on drivers under 16 and a driver testing requirement. The highway survey aims to collect data to reduce auto accidents with a 3 to 1 vote against youths under 16 driving. A separate note records a Nicaraguan woman bearing four sets of triplets in 1930 1933 1936 and 1938 all alive and well.
The Fidelis Class of the Presbyterian Church in Nelsonville hosts an old fashioned ice cream social on the church lawn starting at 7 30 p m If rain arrives the event moves indoors Cakes and homemade cakes will be sold Tickets or cakes can be obtained by calling class president Mrs Kenneth Orwiler or other class members
At the Veterans of Foreign Wars annual encampment in Los Angeles delegates debated a resolution to outlaw the Communist Party, backed conscription, and pledged VFW aid against subversive influences. The report notes the Post Office covers 1,392,657 miles on 32,830 rural routes.
Nelsonville reports Roy Birtcher, mining foreman at Kimberly Mine, severely injured by a ton and a half coal and slate fall. His brother Clarence narrowly escaped. Birtcher received first aid, then transport to White Cross Hospital Columbus with a broken pelvis, fractured hip, and multiple bruises.
New Scotland Yard begins wireless transmission of photographs and fingerprints of criminals to police stations. The move aims to speed up identification and case handling across the force.
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