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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1946
Page
2
Meigs County raises 7200 to support the Red Cross War Fund Drive opening Friday in March. County chairman Frank H. Johnston urges residents to contribute, noting this will be the last drive though many service members remain overseas and need comfort and care from the Red Cross.
Reverend Oma i Williams of Crown City leads revival at Nazaren Church Pearl Street March 3 to 17 with evening services at 7 p m Pastor E E Cox announces. War Fund Drive committee members meet with Red Cross official outlining county campaign and special radio programs culminating in a Truman speech. Quotas listed for many communities.
An unsolicited letter from Thomas Banon of Philadelphia praises Kellogg's All-Bran for years of relief from constipation without laxatives. The ad urges ten days of daily intake with ample water, promising double money back if not satisfied. It notes All-Bran as a wholesome non purgative cereal made from outer grain layers.
Social notes from Pomeroy Chronicle highlight the Daughters of Union Veterans meeting hosted by Mrs William Baxter with twenty members present. Activities included readings, a quiz, prize awards, and birthday tributes for Flora Beaver and Paddy Lambert. The section also covers a birthday dinner for Dana Ables Sr of Syracuse, a Reedville reunion of five Ohio University alumni, and a birthday cake celebration for Paddy Jo Lambert. Additional items note local personnel updates and a Chester Grange dance event on March 2.
Batteries of radio controlled cameras will photograph the joint Army Navy atom bomb tests in the South Pacific this summer. Cameras atop 100 foot towers will be shielded against radiation and operated from remote control points. Naval Lt J Howard Chamblin of Mena Ark heads aerial and ground photo installations with Dean Hawley of Glen Rock N J as technician from Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp Jamaica N Y.
Community pages report WCTU meeting at Mrs. Edward French home with 23 members, new members welcomed, a 100 booklets order, and sick calls. Surprise birthday dinner for Judson White on S Second Ave with 20 guests. Multiple brief personal notices from Middleport and nearby towns.
Mayor Harry Craig called two special meetings of Middleport Council to discuss plans for a new industry. The project, said to employ 400 people, would purchase flood relief and storage buildings and acquire extra land, signaling Middleport as a potential industrial site.
Middleport The Ladies Auxiliary of the Volunteer Firemen elected officers for the coming year: C. P. Bradbury president Wilbur Ashley vice president Dwight Frost secretary Lena McKinley treasurer Plans were made for the second anniversary dinner to be held Monday March 25 at the Mary Jane Coffee Shop. Social hour followed with refreshments served by Mrs Haggerty and Mrs Daniels.
After three months exposure to under 34 degrees, an egg yolk remains fresher than a yolk exposed for a week at St degrees.
In Pomeroy mourners traveled from Parkersburg Huntington Newell Buchanan and others for the funeral of Roscoe Hardin. Attendees included Mr and Mrs William Hardin Mr and Mrs Cecil Hardin Rev O F Nease and daughter Betty Ruth and numerous Nease and Nease families from West Virginia and nearby towns.
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