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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1946
Page
5
This guide explains gross wages, itemized deductions versus standard tables, and how to handle dividends and interest. It covers joint vs individual returns, personal exemptions of 500 dollars, and the definition of a legal dependent for 1945 taxes.
Mr and Mrs Clark E Williams hosted an Open House Sunday honoring Mrs Williams’s parents Mr and Mrs W H Jewett of 73 W State St. About 150 guests attended from 3 to 5:30 pm and 7:30 to 9 pm. The couple married Dec 24 1895 near Zaleski and started in Morgan County.
Purdue University official Dr George E Davis director of the Office of Student Affairs will give a convocation talk at Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday at 9 40 am. He will recite several Riley works and share study insights on the American poet.
The day remained fair and colder with a high near 26 degrees and a frigid night dropping to 1 degree, as reported by weather observer Mrs C WN France.
Reductions in premium costs and initial charges for state liability insurance ease the burden on Ohio farmers. Law requires any farmer employing three or more workers to carry coverage, with Wallace of Ohio State University noting first time premiums at 364 dollars per 100 dollars of payroll and existing holders at 280 dollars per 160 dollars of payroll. The state commission sets rates within legislature limits based on prior year injury costs.
Athens Commandery 15 Knights Templar will confer the Order of Malta at a special meeting in the Masonic Temple Nelsonville on Thursday at 7 30 pm. About 20 candidates will receive the work exemplified by a degree team from Athens Commandery. Dinner will be served at 6 30 pm. Invitations go to neighboring commanderies and Grand Commandery officers among other dignitaries.
A compiled list names discharged service members with ranks and home towns across Ohio, including Athens Gallipolis Middleport Pomeroy Logan Albany and more. The roster notes units and ratings such as Pfc Pfc Cpl Lt Sgt and T-4 to T-5 designations for numerous individuals.
J W Lively filed in Common Pleas Court for continued compensation for disability claimed from a Jewett Coal Co mine incident. He says total disability payments ended March 13 1927 and partial payments to Dec 6 1942, requests additional compensation from Oct 5 1944, and asks for judgment and legal costs after the Industrial Commission denied the claim.
A jury in Common Pleas Court hears William Cullison The Plains charged with operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. Tomorrow jurors hear Dale Perry Lodi Township on assault with intent to rape. William Deer Sr Nelsonville indicted on assault with intent to kill and resisting an officer, to be heard Thursday.
Stephen S. Clifford, longtime farmer and former county treasurer, died after illness near Tryon. Survived by wife Stella, children Dorothy Marjorie Maxine Alice Thomas Phillip, sisters Sarah Canning and Alice Ewing, brother Edward Clifford. Funeral held in North Platte.
Dismissed Joseph B Grogan of Athens Mrs Ann Dicken of Iew Marsh feld and Harry Ladd of Stewart appear in a brief court docket noting dismissals without further action.
The Young Democratic Club will meet Thursday January 17 at 8 p m. Otho Castle, the club's chairman, says a speaker will address the gathering in Eagles Hall basement. A supper to the public, with veterans invited, opens the program.
Ed Hawk of New Marshfield will present the state report at the Athens Grange Hall on Thursday.
A group from Athens travels by automobile to Deland Florida for a two week stay with Dr and Mrs W H Hutchinson and family. The party includes Dr and Mrs A A Baldwin and two sons and Mr and Mrs Gerald Moyle and sons Tommie Jerry and Jimmie. Hutchinsons are former Athens residents.
Carl Clifford, honorably discharged January 8 after two years with the S S Navy at Great Lakes Naval Station Ill, has returned to Kyle and Clifford menswear on Court Street as co owner. He served aboard an attack cargo transport to Japan and back. The Cliffords, Mr and Mrs Carl Clifford and sons Curtis and Kenny, reside at 88 East State Street.
Mr and Mrs H L Brown of Columbus were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs George Merchant and son Philip Lee at 55 N Shafer St. Gerald F Stauffer, 42 E State St, completed a taxation refresher with the Industrial Commission in Columbus and now serves as auditor for six Southeastern Ohio counties, a role he held before Navy service. The Stauffers reopened their former home at 44 E State St. Also, Mr and Mrs C C Mulikan and Prof and Mrs Allen R Kresge attended Miss Cora Hickle funeral in Lancaster.
The excerpt outlines a dieting approach focusing on half portions, emphasizing variable weekly weight loss, water retention, and the five week duration. It then provides Day Six meals including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and beverages with specific items and portions.
Ruth Millet discusses how families gain security by planning for next month or next year. The piece contrasts wartime uncertainty with the comfort of permanent home plans and self-directed decisions, noting discharge privileges as a key change. The column also reports a marriage in Athens between William Donaldson and Ruth Ellen Howard and a delayed action by Ohio health regulators awaiting a public health council meeting.
Carl Summers presents Paul Robeson at Memorial Hall on Tuesday evening January 15 at 8 30 with pianist Wm Schatzhammer and Lawrence Brown as accompanist. A sell out is expected and tickets are available at Summers Music Mart, 114 E Broad St, MA 3944.
A column mocks new alarm clocks that wake users softly via bedside lamp, radio, or whisper quiet buzz. The writer recalls gentler motherly wake ups and notes the shift toward gentler or nothing, with a company called MBR as the noted maker.
Community notices list Monday meetings for the Ladies Auxiliary of Eagles and Athens Chapter No 175 Eastern Star Visiting members welcome Circle Seven WSCS First Methodist Church meets at 8 pm at Mrs Paul Ullmark’s home A West Side PTA meeting moved to Wednesday 730 pm with a short film Assignment Tomorrow shown A Bates WSCS gathering Thursday at 1 pm at the church West Side PTA supper Tuesday January 15 at 6 pm with a post supper movie. families invited Mrs Exon J Jones Jr and son move to 41 Park Place after returning from Stamford. Jones’s visit to in laws in Stamford. son Evan returns from overseas service and re-enters Ohio University for second semester.
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