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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1947
Page
7
The Eastern Star will host a covered dish dinner and program honoring Worthy Grand Patron Ural Westfall of Athens. The chapter furnishes dessert and asks members to bring a suitable dish for the 6 p.m. dinner in the Masonic dining room, followed by a program. Grand officers and nearby chapters are invited.
About 190 to 235 workers at the William Brooks Shoe Co. plant in Nelsonville are idled after failed wage contract negotiations with the United Shoe Workers of America Local 146. The contract expired June 1, 1946, with a strike authorized if no agreement is reached by January 15. Efforts by mediator William H. Conklin were unsuccessful and a strike committee is organized with a relief group and planned picketing if needed.
Mrs. Carrie Bobo sustained arm burns when a pressure cooker can exploded while she removed it. The Gulf Stream carries 3,000 times as much water as the Mississippi.
Mrs Terry Bunting entertained Sunday evening for her son Bobby's birthday in Buchtel. A program of games preceded refreshments for dozens of local and nearby guests including Kay and Jean Ann McDonald Harley and Richard Fiddler Mae Covert Mary Grinstead Shirley Dixon Bennie Lanning Mercedes Taylor Prentice and Eddie Newman Lloyd Bowen and many more from Buchtel and nearby towns.
A railroad man claims backaches and sleep disruption came from inflamed prostate. Watt's Suppositories, formerly D Tor’s formula, are sold nationwide with testimonials and a money back guarantee. Available as one dozen for $1.25 or 234 dozen for $2.50 at Cline's Pharmacy Athens Ohio and Stark's Drug Stores Pomeroy Ohio.
The listing shows numerous home care and baby products with sale prices. Items include Pepto Bismol Pinkham products baby needs baby creams soaps Castile soap Pablum nursing bottles and Nipples disposable diapers baby oil and toothpaste brands Colgate Ipana Crest Listerine and Witch Hazel with various price points.
The Christian Church held its annual congregational meeting with Glenn Allen presiding in Evans absence. A Bible School executive committee was formed from general officers and department heads. Endorsement of the Crusade for a Christian World was approved. Projects include choir robes hymnals parsonage and sanctuary carpeting. Church officers were elected for terms including elders deacons trustees and various clerks and assistants.
London’s oldest bank is Hoare’s though exact age is unclear. A receipt dated 1633 records money deposited there by Lawrence Hoare, a goldsmith, highlighting the bank’s early standing in English finance.
False teeth wearers fear embarrassing slips and plate wobble. FASTEETH powder is advertised as alkaline non acid and helps dentures feel firmer, prevents souring, and reduces denture breath. Available at drug stores.
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