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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1951
Page
4
HAL BOYLE warns inflation erodes the dollar’s buying power and touches every American from savers to wage earners. He urges actions like petitioning Congress and explains how inflation distorts profits, government costs, and personal finances.
President Truman delays a cleaner government plan while Congress debates ethics commissions and public income disclosures. Senator Douglas proposes a two year ethics panel and public income listings. Kefauver urges an independent watchdog body. The piece notes subpena limits and the political shell game around reform.
The passage urges prudent, shrewd action to turn aims into enduring gains. It notes strong intuition backing practical effort, with a call for careful risk taking. For those born today, foundations rooted in sound business methods are favored, while balancing inner urges with decisive initiative.
Miss Norvella South recovers at home after four weeks post appendicitis operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital. The Ladies Club of Poston held its annual Christmas dinner on Friday Dec 21 with officers elected Mildred Handley president Theda Ritchie vice president Susan South secretary Evelyn Smathers treasurer and Charlotte Smathers card chair. Other members listed attended. Visitors included Rev Henry Sprague and family from Marietta and Luella Ortt from Kansas. Local residents Roy Hoisington and Lee visited Donald Ritchie. James Brookhart visited Alta Nichols who is ill in Marietta. Ollie Hillyer in Grant Hospital Columbus. Junior Skinner and wife announce the birth of a son at Sheltering Arms Hospital on Saturday Dec 22. Susan South.
Elizabeth escorts Bill Devanter travel to Burlington for dinner at Gandolphos. Bill hints at undercover work as they tour the city and share a private table, where a striking blonde, Aaron Riggs’s companion, arrives. The scene ends with a cliffhanger as the mystery deepens.
A list shows station call letters for NBC WLW Cincinnati ABC WCCL Columbus WSAZ Huntington CBS WBNS Columbus WCHS Charleston MBS WHKC Columbus Other WMOA Marietta WPAR Parkersburg WATH Athens WIJEH Gallipolis and a note STATION WOU FM with noon to 1 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. hours Monday through Friday.
Radio and television listings show a dense schedule across networks Abe CBS MBS DuMont with news, dramas, comedies, films, game shows, and musical variety. Highlighted programs include Dragnet The Lone Ranger Film Theater and The Tonight style lineups across late afternoon to night.
In New Lexington and surrounding towns, probate actions include Mary G. Thomas and Ellen Miller estates, and Beese Photo and Duane Hostetter contributions linked to Ellen Miller’s death. First and final accounts filed for Fred Reed and Mary G. Thomas, wills witnessed in 1946, and multiple realty transfers noted. Public court decisions cover overruled motions, pleadings, fines, and alimony orders. Local marriage licenses, divorces, and custody rulings accompany sheriff, police, and mayor actions. Clarence Shuler is stationed at Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois.
A divorce was granted on grounds of gross neglect of duty. The plaintiff is to pay the costs and was restored to her maiden name Lavilla Johnson. A cross petition in the Crooksville case Frances Bateson versus Fred Bateson alleges gross neglect of duty by the plaintiff.
A Christmas program titled SIXTEEN SIXTEEN-A was held Sunday at Mt. Olive Church. Columbus residents James Mahaffey and Harold Newman visited relatives, while several families including the Bishops, Garvins, and Lowes hosted or spent Christmas with relatives in the area. Ed Boyce returned home from Crooksville for the holidays, and Max Hall moved to the Katie Kech home recently bought and fixed up.
A dense schedule listing daily programs for WLWC Channel 3 and WBNS WBNS Channel 10 along with WTVN and WSAZ stations. Includes time slots for news, game shows, dramas, soap operas, variety hours, westerns, cartoons, and upcoming program announcements.
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