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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1948
Page
4
A historical overview outlines bubonic plague spread by rat fleas and pneumonia plague spread by coughing. It notes past outbreaks, global risk, and the role of international agencies, including the World Health Organization, in tracking plague while answering whether city water must be boiled.
The notice lists carrier and mail subscription prices for The Messenger in Ohio and West Virginia. Daily and Sunday rates, monthly and yearly options, with regional pricing, plus a note on second class matter status at the Athens Ohio post office.
Playboy Marcus Sterling steals his wife Miriam’s necklace and cash to cover a R10 000 gambling debt. He fabricates a murder scene and plans an alibi at Edgecraft Country Club while moving the bank cash in sealed packets. Police later probe a vanished safe and forged envelopes in a tense, ongoing case.
The Democratic vice presidential nominee prompts a trial balloon attack accusing Dewey of boss domination. Congressman Bender dismisses it as barking up the wrong tree. Dewey and Warren are portrayed as clean of entrenched influence, making such smear tactics unlikely to succeed.
The first year of nationalized British coal shows a deficit of 93 million dollars, funded by the National Coal Board and to be repaid later. Analysts note the prior private sector profit of 124 million dollars in 1946 and consider Conservative challenges amid broader moves toward national control of essential industries.
The Central Seam stresses 4-H Club met at Central school July 8 with six members present, their advisers, and three guests. The girls completed their second project which was inspected and judged. Nearby visitors included Virgil Rodgers of Canton and many relatives and friends dropping by for visits and meals.
A skeptical view on the Southern Democrats platform and politics as a whole. The writer doubts the party will win and aims to defeat Truman, favors constructive enterprise, and complains new political wrinkles rarely appeal. He believes political science is long studied and that most Americans care more about baseball scores.
Vivid local items include a July WSCS gathering plan at Mrs. Walter Rife’s home and a July 19 advisory committee meeting for Jackson County cannery at Ripley High School. Also reported are hospitalizations, retirements, weddings in Ravenswood, and deaths in Sandyville and Ravenswood with family connections and burial details.
The Kempton Reunion will be held Sunday August 1 at Rising Park Lancaster. Local families and guests from Athens Toledo Canton Hollister Bishopville Glouster Trimble Lorain Columbus Parkersburg joined relatives over the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Charles Daugherty and daughter Pauline hosted guests Friday Mrs Olle Feigley of Columbus and her sister in law Mrs Bertha Dupler of Athens attended the evening gathering.
Chauncey Boy Scout Troop 78 with seven members and assistant scoutmaster Richard Stalder left Sunday for a week at Camp Kootaga near Parkersburg West Virginia. Scoutmaster W. G. Davis accompanied them. post office address listed as Walker West Virginia. Scouts named include Lowell Davis Bill Sanders Jack Lester John Blackford Ancel McKee Bobby Ogg and Bob Daugherty.
Wellston hosts Frank Kirkendall and Chauncey as they visit sister Mrs. James Krei bel and Mrs. Addie Hogan. They also call on Mrs. Sophia Lewis in Albany during the trip.
The Messenger offers a four day New York trip to the carrier who earns the most points over 120 in a sales contest. The winner and mother will stay at the Waldorf-Astoria, with the option for the mother to join sightseeing or shopping in the city.
The Waldeck family announces the birth of a daughter named Linda Mae on July 14 at their home in The Plains. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Waldeck of Giouster and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Haning of The Plains.
Jesse Bryan and Frank Brown of Nelsonville visited Frank Bryan. Akron couple Mr. and Mrs. James Dixon hosted guests from Nelsonville and New Straitsville. Newark visitors stayed with Oscar Hillyer and Myrna Reynolds and returned to Newark. Multiple families from Sandusky, Baraberton, Columbus, Zanesville and McArthur were guests of Nelsonville residents in recent days. Lawrence Short visited McArthur.
Frank Kirkendall and Chauncey visited Kinikinick Ohio on a Sunday staying with Mrs. James McCathran and hosted by Mrs. Kirkendall’s sister.
Weekly Chauncey Pilgrim Holiness Church cottage prayer gathering set for Friday at 7:30 p m at the home of Mrs. Sarah Lester.
Mrs Elizabeth Ferrer and Mrs Mary Kirkendall of Chauncey spent Saturday in Athens on an informal outing.
A catalog of radio frequencies and network affiliations for stations in Cincinnati Huntington Columbus Charleston Parkersburg and Marietta, including NBC WLW WSAZ CBS WENS WCHS WPAR MBS WHKC ABC WCOL and WMOA with listed broadcast bands and call signs.
A dense July broadcast table lists daily programs from 6:00 pm to 6:49 am across abc cbs mbs and east west feeds. Entries include news music talk variety dramas and kid shows featuring performers such as Lowell Thomas Jerry Wayne The Rollini Trio Carmen Cavallaro Mel Torme Arthur Godfrey and Lum and Abner with multiple repeats and time shifts.
Orbiston's annual homecoming will feature Sunday school and church services in the forenoon. A lawn basket picnic lunch follows at noon with tables arranged for diners. An afternoon program includes singing, special music, talks by former residents, and officer elections led by William Mace as president and Mrs Violet Bush Hillyer overseeing music.
Chauncey Dever High School band performed a Sunday concert at the Morgan County fair in Pennsville Park Pennsville. The group traveled by school bus and was joined by several parents who accompanied them and brought a picnic lunch.
Genesee couple Mr. and Mrs. James Mohler hosted visitors in Maxville. A shower honored Mr. and Mrs. William Wolfe at Lara Wolfe’s home. Mrs. John Nixon is ill at Lancaster Municipal Hospital. Mrs. John Helber returned home after Columbus trip. Clifford Bell and Luther Bell with Mrs. Stanley Nixon were in New Lexington. Mrs. Clifford Bell spent a week in Urbana. Mrs. Sherman Starr Dixie and Mrs. Arthur Guess visited Mrs. Curtis McWilliams. James Starr of Gore visited Clifford Wolfe. R. D. Nixon.
Roger Gould, a Columbus employee, spent the weekend in Chauncey with his family, marking a brief rural visit away from his usual duties.
Orland Lee Brown 27 drowned after falling from a rowboat on the Scioto River. His fianc ee Betty Elson 17 was aboard as a passenger.
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