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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1947
Page
2
The McBee Company plans a live payroll stunt with 2234 silver dollars to be distributed to 446 workers Friday. Each employee gets five dollars to circulate as currency to show payroll dollars boost community prosperity. Officials urge others receiving dollars to keep them moving through local commerce.
The second annual Conference on Problems of School Administrators at Ohio University will discuss the recently enacted school aid bill. Dean Evan R. Collins says about 75 southeastern Ohio superintendents and faculty will attend, with C. G. Sargent as visiting consultant. The day includes sessions on the bill’s meaning and effective administration units. Fire report covers Athens district losses totaling 17016.40 and 402 acres burned, with Hemlock in Perry County as the largest fire.
The notice warns that backache and leg pains can indicate kidney or bladder issues as kidneys fail to remove wastes. It promotes Doan's Pills as a stimulant diuretic used for over 50 years to relieve symptoms and help flush wastes from the blood.
Elks Lodge I Athens 973 BPOE marked its 42nd anniversary with initiation of 18 candidates at the Elks club rooms. A lunch and entertainment followed, with life memberships given to Dr C L Jones James Josten and Dr D H Biddle. Officers include Paul Carpenter exalted ruler Clarence Flowers leading knight John H McElroy loyal knight Walter W Davis lecturing knight Fred Lee Tom chaplain.
Ivan L. Bud Maple 40 of 19 Arden Place died early Thursday in Sheltering Arms Hospital after four weeks illness. Born in Athens he lived here most of his life, worked at Maplewood Inn with brother Russell, a World War II veteran with South Pacific service. Survived by wife Kay, mother Stella C. Maple, and brother Elba. Funeral Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Dowler and Ferguson with burial in W. Union St. Cemetery.
Mrs. Goldie Katzenbach of New Marshfield was injured Wednesday evening after falling from a hay wagon. She is confined to her home, with details of injuries not yet known.
One hundred twenty five pupils from Rufus Putnam Elementary School and 15 Mechanicsburg pupils attended the first of 12 swimming lessons at City Pool on Tuesday morning. Student teachers and volunteer instructors plan 10:30 sessions every Tuesday and Thursday all summer. the playground will be open afternoons 2 to 4:30 and evenings 6:30 to 8 with supervision by college physical education specialists.
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