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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1941
Page
3
Mrs. Vida McConnell of Warren Ohio reports rapid improvement after two weeks of Vendol use. She describes initial relief from constipation and related upset stomach and gas, noting better breathing and overall mood. Athens Pharmacy at 7 N Court St features the remedy.
Nelsonville notes invite to Estel Crabtree and other former Columbus players to join the St Louis Cardinals at Red Bird Stadium on August 8 for an exhibition against the Cardinals and Red Birds. The event, organized by Columbus Ole Time Ball Players, honors Billy Southworth and Crabtree as Crabtree leads NL batting. Don Hamilton invites local fans and a large delegation to attend the curtain raiser game.
Winston Churchill wears a French style beret during a microphone address to troops about a new tank named for him. In another note, a regular association game features the Red Birds versus the Kansas City Blues with a 6 o'clock start.
Hooper Ridge The annual church home coming drew a large crowd last Sunday with talks by A W Kasler W D Robinson and E P McDaniel and songs by Harry M Wilson. Mr and Mrs C F E Brown Opal Athens and cousins visited after the event Ice cream was served. Keirns family reunion announced for August 10 at Hooper Ridge Church of Christ.
McDougal hosts a homecoming on Sunday with Sunday School and an evening sermon by Rev Clyde Pennell. Local families visit, including Mrs Harry Mattison of Parkersburg and guests from Columbus Columbus and Glouster. The note ends with a steel industry fact explaining red shortness from excessive sulphur in steel.
Extensive alterations planned at the Gem Pharmacy include lengthening the main store room by 25 feet moving a partition back. A new wallpaper display area will be added at the rear and wallpaper stock moved to the basement. The prescription department will be re arranged and placed for a clear view the full length. The room will be repainted and redecorated with completion expected around September 1.
Social notes from Radcliff and nearby communities recount visits from Columbus residents including R W Cooper and several couples. Local grange events feature members from Allensville and Vinton Township with travel flag programs and ice cream socials.
Oscar L. Aumiller of 368 Wilson Ave Columbus a longtime Nelsonville resident is in critical condition at Huron Road Hospital East Cleveland after being hit by a train at the Lockwood Ave crossing Tuesday night He works as a salesman for the W H Plant Coal Co and had previous store and coal business roles in Nelsonville
NELSONVILLE The City Base ball Commission will hold a meeting this evening at 7 30 o clock at City Hall. Attendance of all members requested. Last night Brooks Shoes vs Carbon Hill Longstretch game postponed by rain and to be played later. Twilight League struggles to start second half schedule as first game Monday night was rained out. Friday night Logan Mingos vs Carbondale scheduled to play.
Nelsonville report says Max Wright, once critically ill at a San Angelo base hospital since July 4, is improving. A letter from his mother Mrs Lu cille Wright notes he is "getting along fine" and very home sick, with gratitude expressed for local kindness. Wright had been in training at an Army air school in Texas.
Funeral services for Mrs Malinda Andrews will be held Friday at Connett Church at 2 30 in the afternoon. Burial will follow at Connett Cemetery. Also a Carbondale man Dewey Pickett pleaded guilty to intoxication in Nelsonville and was fined five dollars plus costs by Mayor G Dew.
The Daughters of American sponsor a benefit party Friday night at 7 30 in the I C C F Hall Nelsonville. The story notes that young swans are called cygnets.
Dean Sisson conducts the Federation of Musicians Band in an outdoor concert at Schiller Park Columbus next Sunday night at 8. Miss Margaret Sisson, daughter and Indiana University music faculty member, joins for a summer performance and arranges Intermezzo for the program. The Sisson family were longtime musical figures in the city.
A short circuit in a light socket at Harry Barber’s home near the old Town House caused a fire alarm during a severe electrical and rain storm. No damage was reported. Fred Anderson now employed by Valley Camp Coal Co. of Ward West Virginia formerly worked for Jimmy Shafer in Nelsonville.
Nelsonville Sportsmen's Association schedules a Friday 7:30 p m meeting at City Hall to arrange its annual picnic. Also planned is completion of the shelter house floor at Sportsmen's Lake Circle Hill. Workers needing transport should meet at Scott's Grocery Poplar Street at 8:00 a m Sunday.
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