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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1947
Page
3
Peggy Ann Pierce celebrated her 10th birthday with a party at her home on January 18. Attending were her grandmother Bertha Pierce, mother Erma Pierce, brother Roland, and Patsy Wallace and Jeanene Houston.
Mr. Elmer Nelson of Thrush Avenue St. Louis credits Pru-lax with easing his stomach gas and restoring harmony at work. The ad notes Pru-lax uses cascara and senna herbs for a thorough yet gentle flush and offers a money back guarantee. Local merchants Athens Pharmacy Middleport Swisher & Lohse Drug. Local society notes list visits and lodge installations with names and places in Ohio.
Shawnee Rebekah Lodge 116 installed officers in the IOOF hall Tuesday night led by Deputy President Dorothy Hannah and Installing Marshal Edna Canter. Ceremonies named Lillie Hiles as noble grand and a list of other officers, followed by a 40 person potluck lunch. Local residents noted visiting kin and travel to nearby towns in surrounding social updates.
Ohio public workers left city county and state posts in 1946 over pay concerns. A spokesman for the Public Employees Retirement Board said 13 615 people withdrew from the retirement plan that year and 565 others died.
A stream of guests from Columbus Logan Zanesville and Dayton visited Nelsonville and nearby for weekends Sunday. Families including the Auflick Speelman Bryan Thrush Potts Huston Gottke Shivers Hartman James Shuttleworth and Lantz hosted relatives and friends from Ohio and Michigan with several locals hosting or traveling for short visits.
Alice Kreitz and Margaret Kreitz spent Saturday in New Lexington. Gomer Schuster Jr. of Columbus and Gomer Schuster Sr. hosted relatives here Sunday. Richard Phillips and son visited New Lexington on Saturday. Harris family including Alma and Ruth traveled to Columbus. Mrs. Harris returned Sunday. Edward Hopkins and daughter Margaret were in Logan Saturday. Leila Norris of Lancaster stayed over weekend here. Hugh Williams and Mattie Crawford spent time in Columbus with relatives.
Henry G. Ayers, 61, chief mathematician with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, died Sunday night in Washington.
The piece notes the Battle of New Orleans occurred after peace was signed in 1815. It also cites Ireland's population, 6,548,000 in 1840 dropping to 2,992,034 in 1940, illustrating dramatic demographic change.
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