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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1936
Page
3
Pomeroy council votes to pay 50 toward fire department blanket insurance, with three fire companies funding the remaining 75. Meeting also urges strict taxi license enforcement, ordering all unlicensed drivers to obtain licenses by next Monday, 25 annual fee.
Soil Conservation Service staff survey of a typical field at Camp Meigs finds that about 12.5 percent of land left idle by corn shocks reduces wheat potential by 2.5 bushels per acre at 20 bushels. Strips of corn and meadow alternate, reducing soil and water losses and cutting labor by concentrating work on the contour.
Racine notes show Rev. M B Stump and daughter visiting in Lancaster with friends. George Luther of Jacksonville and son Harvey of Akron spent Thursday with Mrs. Kate Wolf. Several families from Columbus Akron Zanesville and Clarksburg visited relatives in Racine over the weekend. Mae Donaldson left for Chicago, Ben Spencer returned from a two week trip, and many others spent time with kin and friends.
Madison Virginia guest Isabel Creigler and Richmond Virginia guest Nan St. Clair appeared on the weekly Farm Chat radio program hosted by Sidney Fadley on WPAR Parkersburg. The two graduates answered questions on highlights of college life. Mrs Estella Creigier accompanied the visitors for the weekend at the Fadley home.
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End of a two week stay in Meigs ends as Major and Mrs Edwin Hull depart by motor for northern counties. They plan to locate in Baton Rouge Louisiana after the visit. Mr and Mrs Davis son in law and daughter and Miss Sara Jones spent Sunday in Marietta.
Scientists propose a thought experiment showing the entire current human population could fit within a half mile cube. The idea illustrates density and scale, using a single compact volume to visualize global numbers.
The Star Class of Asbury Methodist Sunday School shared a buffet in the church parlor with many members and guests including Mrs. A. M. Roberts and Miss Marcia Karr. A Nazarene Young People rally in Logan earned 15 representatives and 56 miles traveled. Other items mention a Fourth of July picnic at Syracuse Beach, visits by relatives, hospital updates, and local society happenings plus Colusa Humane Society finding a home for a stray dog and a man reporting a spider with human features in Tilton New Hampshire.
Mrs. Eatella Roush hosted a Sunday dinner honoring her nephew and niece Mr. and Mrs. John Minor who wed Saturday in Gallipolis. The couple married at the bride Marianna Brumfield's home and will reside in Galion after the wedding.
Local residents and visitors are listed as spending holidays and weekends in Middleport. Names include Fugates from Huntington Toledo and Letty Fugate, along with Roush, McNeal, Lecrone, Lyons, and Parsons families. Out‑of‑town guests arrive from Chicago Akron Cincinnati Columbus and Gallipolis. Several families plan Ocean City trips this summer.
Metho dist Episcopal Missionary Society members will hold an all day picnic at the home of Mrs Roy Spencer Mrs Ellen Couch and two children and Mrs Ella Watson Pomeroy spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Owen Watson with Mrs Watson staying for two weeks. Fourth of July picnic was held Saturday by Oak Grove Ladies Aid with good attendance. Potluck dinner and all day picnic will be held Friday at Great Bend at the residence of Mrs Thornton Wolf by Baptist Ladies Aid Society.
Kenneth J. Wolfe 26 and Anna Ours 21 both of Racine received licenses to marry in probate court. They plan the ceremony with Rev. B. V. Stump and Chester Davis 21 with Hazel Perry 16 of Carpenter as witnesses or attendants.
Middleport Garden Club met Monday afternoon at Mrs Edward French home with 16 members present. Miss Vesta McCoy presided in absence of officers. Three papers were read by Mrs Clarence Swearingen Mrs N C Welch and Mrs J W Kincaid. The August meeting will be at Miss Etta Gaskill home.
Pomeroy trio T A Downie Lincoln Hill and Dan Hysell left on a camping trip near Gauley Bridge West Virginia expected return later in the week Mrs Downie accompanied them to Charleston to visit friends at the Brabbin Wills and Radford households Five Points residents spent the Fourth of July in Washington DC with friends.
Locust Grove hosted Lets Go 4-H at Mrs. Hobart Vineyard home on June 30 with two new members. Town People 4-H set July 11 ice cream social at Tuppers Plains school. Jolly Workers welcomed Sylvia Smith. Golda Hellman Mildred Hellman Mildred Thoma led a trio program. Merry Sewers planned first articles and fund plans for 4-H camp. next meeting July 18 at Geraldine Buck for a potluck dinner.
Postpaid, 60 hardy perennials sold for $1 including Canterbury Bells Linum Fox glove and more. Strong sturdy plants shipped direct from grower with special gift of 2 Baby's Breath plants for orders mailed to Gardner Nursery, RR Box 2 Osage Iowa.
Mr and Mrs Fred Hoffman hosted guests while Mrs Minnie Neutzling on Walnut Street entertained Betty Joan and Frank Cash daugh ters and son from Akron. The Cash family returned Sunday afternoon to their Akron home after the visit with Mrs Neutzling.
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