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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1942

Page

2

Red Cross Nutrition Course Opens With Mass Meeting

A Red Cross course in nutrition and canteen work will start with a mass meeting on Friday afternoon June 26 at two oclock in the Simpson Church Social room. Miss Eleanor Cumberland of Ohio Fuel Gas Home Service will lead the session to explain the program and register participants for the 10 hour course. Homemakers are urged to attend to learn nutrition, quantity cookery, serving nutritious meals, and to be prepared for canteen service in emergencies under the local Red Cross chapter.

Pomeroy Red Cross Simpson Church Eleanor Cumberland Ohio Fuel Gas Home Service Geneva Humphreys The

Licensed To Marry In Meigs County

Marriage licenses issued in probate court list pairs including Gene R. Rice and Edna M. Sayre, Leonard Hawk and Elizabeth Decker, Wilbur Baker and Anna Pauline Rothermund, Ralph Traub and Harriett Stewart, Carl Leroy Davis and Mattie Sue Bolan, James Hollon and Opal Singer.

Washington, D Mattie Sue Bolan Pomeroy James Hollon Racine R. D Opal Singer Minersville

Miss Pauley Anne Kincaid Returns From New York Visit

Miss Pauley Anne Kincaid has returned from two weeks in New York where she stayed with her brother John Kincaid a cadet at West Point. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs John Kincaid Major and Mrs Keith Kincaid of Orangeburg South Carolina who joined Miss Kincaid and Cadet Kincaid for a weekend.

Middleport Pauley Anne Kincaid New York John Kincaid United States Military Academy West Point Keith Kincaid Orangeburg S. C Winifred Skidmore Cleveland Frank Vroman Skidmore Mary Laughead Fordham University R. B. Laughead Helen Frances Elberfeld Ed Sargent Don Davis Orbie Parsons Corning Ralph Davis Beech St Marjorie Diles Reynolds Dairy Florence Clark Mildred Hawley Charles Walburn Donald Glaze Homer Glaze Church of Christ Christian Endeavor Grayson Canada Bill Kincaid Major Millard Widermuth Pomeroy Will Juhling Hugo Juhling Hartford Mr. Juhling Mason County John Butts Athens Sidney Stewart Nannie Weethee Elizabeth Fachemnire Charleston

Texas Tuberculosis Death Rate Drops in 1939

In 1939 Texas recorded a tuberculosis death rate of 63.0 per 100000, down from 66.3 per 100000 in the prior year.

Texas

Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Guests and Events

Mrs Cedric Clark hosted the Contract Club on S Third Ave with substitutes Manning Webster Zeiher and O P Klein. High scores earned by Mrs Edison Hobstetter and Miss Marie Richman. Guests include Mrs Winifred Skidmore visiting from Cleveland.

Middleport Cedric Clark S. Third Ave Manning Webster, Pomeroy Ressener Zeiher O. P. Klein Edison Hobstetter Marie Richman Clark

Petty Thefts Prompt Lockup Warnings In Middleport

Local residents warned to keep doors and windows locked as thieves attempt to enter businesses and homes. Reported incidents include a break in at Smith Clothing Company, theft of potatoes from a garden, a stolen tire from a parked truck on Pearl Street, and numerous smaller losses.

Middleport Smith Clothing Company Charles Williamson Pearl St Lawrence Smith

Dailey Divorce Case Filed in Common Pleas Court

Icy Belle Dailey sues James Findling Dailey for divorce on cruelty and neglect. She seeks custody of their two children. The couple, married October 17, 1938, reside near Racine.

Pomeroy Common Pleas Court Icy Belle Dailey James Findling Dailey

Church Group Entertained At Kananga

Mrs. H. W. Sowards hosted the W.S.C.S. with a program by Mrs. Sowards and devotions by Miss Ella Wager. Lunch was served by Miss Selma Sowards and Mrs. Leslie Deem. Endeavor Bible Class met with Mrs. Eva Deem and Mrs. Elizabeth Adams. Visitors and family gatherings are noted at various area homes and events through the week, including a fifth birthday party for Larry Lee and numerous guests from Kananga, Rio Grande College, and nearby towns.

John Raike C.lc Vern Berridge Harrison Dickinson Huntington Zenia Shaw Thivener Rio Grande College Florence Allen Lana Montgomery Leon W. Va Ella Russell Charles Oliver Waneta Allison Chillicothe Charles Lee Effie Dewitt Kananga Dick Russell Portsmouth Road Gallipolis Joe Martin Kana

Giant Mauritian tortoise moved to England after long island life

A giant tortoise on Mauritius lived about 160 years before being taken to England. The age remains unknown as the reptile was already large when gathered from al dabra.

Mauritius England Aldabra

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