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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
2
Girls inter mural games begin Friday with each home room fielding a team. Ruth Higgins, Senior, serves as basketball manager. A junior dance follows Friday’s high school vs alumni game to raise funds for the Junior-Senior banquet and prom.
An old health note urges keeping kidneys active with regular elimination of wastes to prevent rheumatic issues headaches dizziness backache and night discomfort. It mentions using a kidney evacuant from a drugstore, and notes discomfort can be eased by visiting a pharmacy.
Nelsonville girls basketball held a practice at Buchtel High School Wednesday evening to prep for tonight’s game against Greens Run at Jacksonville Trimble High School. The event begins with all players reporting to Baties at 6 p.m. for a 7 p.m. tipoff.
Nelsonville hosts a highly touted alumni quint led by Hod Co Tommy Galvin Bob Blair Paul Wright Paul Whyte Bill Watkins and Ab Juniper to face the Scarlets on Friday night The Greyhounds travel Saturday to Union race for a non league clash The Nelsonville Seniors plan a yearbook Saga under Principal J K Kinneer supervision.
Nelsonville council adopted the annual appropriation ordinance totaling 130 938 92 with no salary cuts for appointed officers and restored clerk Frank Poston Jr payroll. A resolution seeks transfer of a Hocking River bridge to state highway control to ease traffic, as Athens Brick Co notes expected brick traffic. Junior Class jitney lunch raised about sixteen dollars toward a 150 goal.
Twenty seven members attended the Past Matrons and Patrons Association of Eudora Chapter O E S at the Masonic Temple. Officers elected: president Hattie C Jackson vice president Stella Davis secretary Grace Kelch treasurer Mable Washburn. Mr and Mrs Perce Raine celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a reception and family dinner at home.
Maynard McDaniels reports interesting sessions at the Ohio Education Association meetings in Columbus over the weekend. Supt. and Mrs. E J Arnold, Mrs Maynard McDaniels, Miss Blanche Moorehead, and Principal J K Kinneer also attended.
Forest service headquarters report shows lightning, not human carelessness, sparked over 60 percent of Idaho’s forest blazes this year. No precipitation accompanying storms noted as a factor.
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