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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1947
Page
4
Athens County faces a rabies crisis with 300 infections over two years and 9000 dollars spent on treatments. Officials urge dog vaccination and dog quarantine measures, arguing prevention is cheaper and safer than repeated human injections.
The column notes early bed rest is sometimes advised after illness or operations but long confinement weakens body and mood. Bed exercises can start on day one post op to aid respiration and circulation though physician consent is required. A 17 year old asks about a lump in the armpit. the answer urges removal and microscopic examination.
President Truman urges Congress to decide on wartime controls for installment buying with mixed public reaction expected from consumers and business. Scarcity and high prices strain wallets while fewer products available dampen consumer demands. Quotes from Senators Connally and Vandenberg on world affairs close the piece.
Washington notes Rep Ralph Waldo Gwinn will lead a House labor subcommittee inquiry into rackets in building trades. The piece cites fear of union retaliation by contractors and lists abuses such as limits on machine use for digging, mesh laying, ready mix handling, and door installation practices, urging comprehensive fact finding.
Rutland Rutland Garden Club entertained Dexter Garden Club members on May 26 at Rutland High School auditorium. The group voted to donate $5 to the cancer fund. a piano solo Clair de Lune and several duets and songs followed. Memorial Day weekend visitors included families from Cincinnati and Columbus.
Inspection of Sunflower Chapter CBS at the Masonic Temple in Corning was led by Worthy Matron Margaret Quinn and Worthy Patron Gerald Dunlap. A Flag Day program featured winners Martha Young and Elsie Exenkemper. Several church and social gatherings across Perry Hocking and Vinton counties were noted with attendees listed and forthcoming events planned.
Wakefield Rhode Island reports A E Thomas former New York newspaperman author and playwright who served on the Pulitzer Prize Drama Jury from 1926 to 1928 died on Wednesday at age 74.
President Truman has sent to the Senate for confirmation the nominations of nine men to be brigadiers in the Officers Reserve Corps. Included is Colonel Edward C. Danforth Jr., head of the War Department's Disability Review Board, and eight other wartime colonels now on inactive status.
Local residents and visitors gathered weekend at several homes in Harrisonville and nearby towns. Maryland visitor Blizzard with son Robert joined Clint and Mae Gilkey. Mae Ball reported a cow killed by lightning. Owen Cotterill graduated in agriculture at Ohio State. various families hosted guests from Columbus Dayton Marietta and Zanesville while attending events and dinners.
An Ohio Fuel Supply Co field agent reports 16 000 acres in Meigs County leased and drilled with little gas and much water. Fred G Baker seeks the Republican nomination for county surveyor. W A Young is elected principal of the consolidated schools at Phillipsburg. Henry Seidenable pushes to establish a game refuge in Ball Run district near Pomeroy.
A drive to enlist all union locals into CIO Labor Council of Hocking and Sunday Creek Valleys was launched at the American Legion Building in Nelsonville. Garrett Hudnall was elected secretary of the 4 H Club Luhrig Wildcats at Adviser Charles McCoy’s home. Glouster city council and Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co agreed to new lower wholesale power rates for ten years. A nutrition conference for 4 H Club leaders was held in Pomeroy supervised by Miss Eleanor Whitney with attendees including Mrs. W. A. Morgan and others.
Tonight listings show NBC CBS ABC and MBS with 7:30 to 10:30 time blocks featuring shows like It Pay to Be Ignorant Serenade to America and This Is FBI plus sport events Ike Williams vs Tipp Larkin. Saturday blocks include National Farm and Home Saturday Showcase and Grand Ole Op with varied regional programming across stations.
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