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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1938
Page
7
The Modern Woodmen of America Sanatorium near Colorado Springs operates for free TB treatment for members. Since 1909 it has received over 7 million dollars in support and reports about 65 percent of patients discharged as cured or with an arrested disease.
State Manager William Wiles of the MWA will attend a Athens picnic Sunday. Ohio leads the nation in production, a distinction credited to Wiles who has served the organization for 27 years. He previously led the Toledo District to top production and has maintained high rankings since 1927.
A panoramic view features Modern Woodmen of America Sanatorium Woodman Colorado for 12 miles from Colorado Springs opened 1909 and treated nearly 11 000 members. The Rock Island Wisconsin head office with 1899 building and 1905 annex is shown. A pig climber tale from Bryantville Massachusetts ends with a sale to a Hanson resident awaiting a circus. Water's essential to life.
The Modern Woodmen of America main office in Rock Island Illinois houses 17 departments and all national offices alongside field, legal, investment, actuarial, publicity and medical divisions. It operates a separate publication building for The Modern Woodman magazine. Built starting 1899, an annex equal in size to the original structure followed six years later as business expanded.
In Tucson Arizona feuding groups have blocked a Twin Buttes road opening prompting tire trouble for motorists. Reports say nails were used to puncture tires, with at least one driver suffering six flats in a single day as the feud escalates.
Mrs Lillian Peters returns from a funeral to find her husband Herman dead from a gunshot to the temple. The report notes England bans driving with defective brakes or worn tires. It mentions motorists convicted of careless driving may face license suspensions from months to a lifetime.
M. E. Livingston of Athens serves as state-wide district manager and has influenced revived Woodmen activity in Athens and Meigs Counties. Over 15 months he led the High Twenty-Five Clubs of the Modern Woodmen, producing more than 2.5 million dollars since 1937 and organizing a Berry Hotel dance drawing over 1,000 attendees. He worked intensively on the Woodmen picnic, spending substantial funds to ensure an elaborate event in Ohio Woodcraft history.
Mrs Charles Harper and daughter Anne visit Detroit Michigan this week as guests of Mr and Mrs C L Whaley. Mr Harper accompanied them home. Mrs Clyde Haskins of Trimble and Miss Mary McCann of Jacksonville return from Cincinnati after attending the state convention of the American Legion and auxiliary and were elected delegates from the Frank McCann post auxiliary.
Standard Bearers gath ered at Miss Christine Skinner’s home on Wednesday. Three new members Laurella Tippie Glenna Morris and Mary Virginia Logue were admitted to the society. The scripture was read by Miss Anna Louise Logue. Experiences at Lancaster Camp were shared by Miss Mary Frances Carpenter. W C T U to hold annual picnic Tuesday at 4 at Mrs Ernest Jones home bring table service and dishes except sandwiches. Also a science aside notes planetary orbits are ellipses due to mutual gravitation.
Pomeroy social notes list Mr and Mrs Charles Findling and daughter Sarah Estella of Alfred visiting Pomeroy. Guests include Mrs Mary Miller and daughters Bertha and Marie with relatives from Huntington and Columbus. Various residents travel, visit families, and recover from illness with returns to homes in Sugar Run Columbus and Beckenridge Michigan.
Rev. Leland Goodman will deliver The Real Victors in Life at morning worship in Nelsonville Church of Christ after the Lord's Supper. The choir sings Dear Lord Be With Us Yet by Frances M. Lunk. The evening sermon is by Rev. Lloyd Evans of the Presbyterian Church.
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