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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1950

Page

13

Reuther accuses government of bungling control setup

Walter Reuther leader of the CIO United Automobile Workers accuses the government of bungling the shift to defense production and of using a meat axe approach to curb runaway inflation He calls for immediate full home front mobilization including genuine price controls and criticizes recent steel and auto price increases as self serving and harmful to inflation relief efforts He questions consumer credit limits calling them drastic and favoring the rich while urging price controls as the necessary remedy.

Walter Reuther Reuther CIO United Automobile Workers Senate House Reather General Motors Ford

Former 3 Lockmaster Dies at Age 83

C W Reynolds of Point Pleasant age 83 dies at home Friday. Retired lockmaster born Oct 8 1867 in Belle West Virginia. Survived by wife Stepp Kenney Reynolds two daughters T E Reynolds Marmet six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 p m Crow funeral home Lone Oak Cemetery.

Point Pleasant C. W. Reynolds U. S Lock 11 Reynolds Trinity Methodist Church Stepp Kenney Reynolds Co. C. Stone J. B. Couch Point

Vinton County Land Transfers Report Summary

Land transfers show deeds from Ralph and Clara Crow to Timothy V. and Velma Thompson for 82 acres in Elk Township. Everett S. and Lucille Harkins sell lots in McArthur inlet 208 to Garfield and Bennilyn Dodrill. In Zaleski inlets 123 and 124 transfer to John R Chapman Frank C Letteri and F G Simpson. Grace Marquette and others sell 68 acres in Elk Township to Jerry H Griffith and Gerald Peoples. Emil and Ethel Snoke convey 41 acres in Jackson Township to Wesley F Van Grundy. Harry Swaim sells 1 acre in McArthur to W D and Amanda Atkinson. Clyde Knox transfers 31 1 2 acres in Jackson Township to Marshall Newcomb.

Ralph Clara Crow Timothy V Velma Thompson Elk Township Everett S Lucille Harkins Garfield Bennilyn Dodrill McArthur E. C Erma Tripp John R. Chapman Frank C. Letteri F. G. Simpson Zaleski Grace Marquette Jerry H. Griffith Gerald Peoples Emil Ethel Snoke Wesley F. van Grundy Jackson Township Harry Swaim W. D Amanda Atkinson Clyde Knox Marshall Newcomb

Community notices from Columba School meetings and local visits

Attendees at a Columbia School home council meeting include Edith Throck Morton Marie Dailey Murl Galaway Elizabeth Jordan Westina Crabtree Freda Smith Mildred Spurlock Oma Starkey Dena Parsons Helen Jeffers Nina Chase Madge Dye and Keziah Dye led by Geneva Nolan. Carpenter Baptist Young Peoples meeting hosted by A R Caster guests Dale Wilson Weltha Haning Geneva Darnell Mary Dye and the Jeffers Reed family. Daisy Rawlings returns from Copley to Lewis Smiths. Lee and Mary Jeffers host Mary Dye and Dale and Don Wilson. T J Spurlock and sons visit Howard Stanley in Albany. Cpl Wilbur A Dailey of Eglin AFB Florida expected home soon for furlough.

Carpenter Baptist Young Peoples A. R. Caster Dale Wilson Weltha Haning Geneva Darnell Mary Dye Reed Jeffers Daisy Rawlings Copley Lewis Smiths Lee Mary Jeffers Dale Don Wilson T. J. Spurlock and Sons Howard Stanley Albany Wilbur A. Dailey Eglin Air Base Florida Chester Dailey Westina Crabtree

Bombs Used During Strike Hit Downtown Stores

Crude gasoline bombs shattered windows in Gimbels downtown store and warehouse as truck drivers strike enters its 18th day against three large retailers. A beer bottle bomb was found on a church steps across from Gimbels. Small fire in the display window was put out by firefighters. Police doubled presence at Gimbels Horne's and Kaufmann's locations amid AFL General Teamsters dispute.

Piftsburgh Gimbel Gimbel’s AFL General Teamsters Gimbel's Horne's Kaufmann’s

Salvation Army Lt Opal Wharf Called Home

Lt Opal Wharf of the Salvation Army Cincinnati is recalled by her father Grant Wharf’s serious illness. The notice lists visits from Mr and Mrs Herbert Jones and children Kay and Larry Hamilton, and Mr and Mrs Roscoe Mowry of Ewing with her parents. Walter Peters, a mail carrier, wrecked his new car. an extra car arrived after it stalled. Grange to meet December 14 with degree work, pot luck lunch, and gift exchange.

New Plymouth Opal Wharf Salvation Army Cincinnati Grant Wharf Herbert Jones Kay Larry Hamilton Earle Heinlein Roscoe Mowry Ewing J. C. Cremean Walter Peters Grange Anna Heinlein

Reedsville Social News Highlights Local Visits and Travel

Heavy snow limits activity but mail courier Marvin Reed makes at least two trips daily between Reedsville and Belleville to handle B and O Railroad dispatches. Local residents including Charles W. Taylor and Lyle Balderson visit or stay with families, with several trips between Reedsville, Cleveland, Dayton, Toledo, and Athens noted.

Reedsville Marvin Reed Belleville B. and O Charles W. Taylor H.M. 1-c U.S. Navy Lyle Balderson Fort Knox George Buckley Cleveland Herman Chevalier Minnie Chevalier H. G. Vineyard Dayton L. B A. A

Glouster Coal Boom Spurs Upper Sunday Creek Valley Growth

A historical overview of Glouster and upper Sunday Creek Valley chronicles early mining. Key mines include Palmer, No. 4 near Jacksonville, No. 10 by Sunday Creek Coal Co, No. 6 veins at Hollister, and No. 2 at the Hisylvania Mine. The railroad’s arrival and later auto era shaped labor and production.

Glouster Sunday Creek Harvey South William Palmer Palmer Sedalia Orlando Watkins Spring and North Sts Tom Dan Mooney Sedalia Coal Co John Jonas William Carpenter Alfa Rathburn Jacksonville O. D. Jackson W. P. Read Jackson Sunday Creek Coal Co Thomas Bedlow Thomas Davis Jonathan Evans John Howard Courtwright & Kisler Hollister Ohio Collieries Co Upper Valley Oakdale Buckingham Branch Cecil Linsford Phoenix Coal Co McLeish Hisylvania Drydock Greens Run Modoc Ohio Collieries Corning

Local residents visit relatives across Ohio

Mrs Dora Titko and son Eugene and Mrs Jennie Du dash and daughter Jean traveled through New Lexington and Zanesville while Mr and Mrs Michael Canter took Patty to Columbus. Several families visited relatives in Columbus and Moxahala over the weekend as Randall Talbott returned to Hemlock School to teach. George Drake and others attended a funeral in Columbus with burial at Maplewood Cemetery New Lexington.

D. C. Maxwell Orville Dart Columbus Dudash John Titko Dart Harold Wess Pennsylvania Vess Wanda Maxwell George Drake New Lexington Methodist Church Perry Morgan Counties Randall Talbott Portland Hemlock School William Palmer Zanesville Cora Williams Mildred Hogue Glouster Jesse Drake N. A. Drake Moody Funeral Home Maplewood Cemetery New Lexington Tommy and Son Jean Dudash Corning Junction City Golden Drake

Hemlock Grange Meeting Amid Weather Delays

Hemlock Grange met Saturday evening but weather and high water kept many away. Readings during the lecture hour came from Rosalie Story Clar ence Story Edna Clark Ziba Mid kiff Mildred Stockton Harold Chaney Nellie Smith. Next meeting December 16 will be the Christmas party. Refreshments by Edna Clark Ola Smith and Ziba Midkiff family. Bert Knight burial attended by Avery Nelson. Harold Barnett, local minister, visited the Shim residence weekend.

Hemlock Grove Hemlock Grange Rosalie Story Clarence Story Edna Clark Ziba Midkiff Mildred Stockton Harold Chaney Nellie Smith Ola Smith Cecil R. V. Heilman Bunkerill Eugene Francis Story Wilbur Midkiff Avery Nelson Bert Knight Harold Barnett Dean Shim

Graceful yoked frock pattern for full-figured women

Sewrite perforated pattern No. 8550 offers a lace yoke frock for sizes 34 through 48. Includes front scalloped edge, sizes 36 and up, with yardage details and price. Send 25 cents plus 6 for mailing to Sue Burnett, The Athens Messenger, Americas, New York, for Fall Winter issue of FASHION.

Sue Burnett Athens Messenea Ave Americas New York

Dora May Cundiff, 66, Dies at Home in Middleport

Mrs. Dora May Cundiff died at 3 a.m. at 910 Broadway, Middleport. Survived by husband William and six children including Robert, Hobart, Edith Estep, Pauline Bentley, Mildred Wagner, Katherine Moore. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. Highlands Church Thomas Fork by Rev. Alva Shiflet. Burial Cheshire cemetery. Friends may call at home until services.

Middleport Dora May Cundiff Broadway William Robert Hobart Betty Jane Coughenour Virginia Sayre Columbus Edith Estep Pauline Bentley Huntington Mildred Wagner Katherine Moore Highland Church Thomas Fork Alva Shiflet Cheshire Cemetery

Cincinnati Market Report and Juror Drawing Notice

Market notes from Cincinnati include hogs calves cattle and sheep prices with receipts and bids. Separate notices announce juror drawing for Athens County January 1951 and probate court accounts with January 8, 1951 hearing deadline.

Cincinnati Eommon Office of Commissioners of Jurors Athens County Ohio

Classified Ad Submission Rules And Rates

Classifieds must be received by 6:00 p m the day before publication Ads for Sunday by 12:00 noon Saturday The Messenger limits errors to one incorrect insertion and urges readers to check their ad The column explains answering ads with correct addresses full PO box numbers and mentions cash requirements for certain notices It notes privacy for advertisers and states payments from nearby points via telephone or mail and standard per line charges

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