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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1948
Page
4
The widow says she will not use coal to heat her home due to rising prices. The piece notes broader fears of fuel costs and inflation, with engineers predicting dieselization of U.S. railroads and shifts in energy, while many households face wage gaps and rising essentials like flour beef pork and shoes.
Not present at the Philadelphia Republican gathering were frank debates on prices inflation Soviet policy and atomic energy. The article notes weak enthusiasm for Dewey little fanfare at his nomination and delegates walking out, branding the event a slick anti climax and a display of machine politics.
A tense Christmas arc centers on Lucy and Betsy in the Blake household. Tom rushes to help after Mrs. Blake’s death, while Jessica weighs leaving Betsy and confronting the past as a siren laments outside. The chapter ends with a grim conclusion hint.
Mr and Mrs Rue pert Schrader of Kentucky visited Rexel Boggs home. Numerous guests from Belpre Coolville and Athens attended church meetings and benediction at the EUB churches. Families shared birthdays, ice cream and coffee while neighbors and relatives dropped by.
The messenger carrier delivery rates list daily and Sunday 25c a week with 5c Sunday only and 10c weekly add-ons. Mail rates shown for Ohio West Virginia and outside Ohio with monthly quarterly half year and yearly options. Entry notes Athens Ohio postoffice second class matter under 1918 act.
A Washington dope sheet touts Thomas E. Dewey as a capable organizer and tireless reformer who would lead a less interventionist government. The piece notes his youth, intelligence, and nonconservative leanings, arguing the ticket could unify the West and East while signaling a broad shift from Roosevelt era methods.
The article notes declines in deaths from typhoid fever and childhood diseases between 1911 and 1947 while deaths rise from degenerative diseases and accidents as life expectancy grows from about 60 to potentially 75. It cites tuberculosis declines and links aging to more mental illness. Pott's disease is tuberculosis of the spine.
Chauncey Bill, 10, son of Mr and Mrs C E Stalders, has returned home to The Plains from Sheltering Arms Hospital where he underwent a tonsil procedure.
Mrs. Werden McClelland hosted the Ladies Bridge Club with high score to Mrs. Emma Cox and second to Mrs. Amy Grattidge. The M L Young bridge host hosted score awards to Mrs. Bob Bowers and Mrs. Hugh Poling. Sunday school at Mrs Ray Poling’s featured musical chairs and a children’s day program at the Methodist church directed by Mrs Hugh Poling and Mrs W K Dumm. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Chet Lehman, Opal Miller. Funeral services for Samuel K Steel held at the Methodist Church. Numerous visits and new arrivals noted from Columbus, Cincinnati, Niagara Falls, and others.
Community notes from Reedsville include a second wedding anniversary for Rev E Parker West and his wife celebrated with host Miss Fay Pickens and sisters. Local gatherings feature a Methodist Young Adults group with 13 members and a Pioneer 4-H Flag Day program led by Patty Ann Wallace.
Rio Grande residents engage in library programs church events and vacation bible school as Ohio State summer enrollment highlights and local volunteer efforts. Glendon Evans and Lorena McDermott visit family while Miss Janet Gregg leads story hour and library plans expand with 250 Gallia books and fines funding the permanent collection.
Children at Millfield Church of Christ joined in a Sunday night program. The event featured songs, recitations, choir selections, a saxophone duet by Patty Wallace and Carolyn Heffken, and a youth drill. Mrs. Elizabeth Patton, Mrs. Lucille Sanders, and Mrs. Eda Heffken organized the program.
Mrs Ella Locke will host the Ladies Bible Class of The Plains Church of the Nazarene at her home in The Plains Thursday night. Class president is Mrs Elzina Wharton and teacher is Mrs Gertrude Caben.
Mr. and Mrs. William Russell Sherman Russell and Charles Russell of Green's Run with guests Mr. and Mrs. Frank Black of Lancaster. Various visits include Dabritz of Athens, Dilly of Nelsonville with Homer Carter, and Billy Tucker of Tampa with Richard Skiner. Junior 4-H candy sale led by Vivian Feeback.
The York Township schools Kimberly Oak Grove Buchtel Connett and Deanville have seen notable upgrades in recent weeks with interior painting of rooms and hallways and exterior window painting planned soon. local residents and visitors include Ray Harper and family from Parkersburg with Guy Harper of the U S Navy joining Mr and Mrs Howard Hill. marriage announcements note Robert E James of Murray City and Marilyn L Johnson of near Nelsonville.
Mrs. Georgia Nagle entertained with two tables of bridge Saturday night at her home in Millfield. Refreshments were served. Attending were Harry and Edith McDaniel, Rex Nagle, Georgia Nagle, Bertha Sanders, Mabel Smith, Jessie Fulton and Louise White.
Mr and Mrs Henry Cass and sons Lynn and Larry of Hebron Ohio, formerly Chauncey, visited Sunday with Rev and Mrs Gilbert Courtney of High St Larry plans to attend kindergarten after Mrs Cass stays for a week at an Athens teachers workshop.
Chauncey Mr. and Mrs. Rex Nagle and Mrs. Bertha Sanders from Millfield and Mrs. Mabel Smith of Athens depart by car for a week long visit to Niagara Falls and Canada.
Family announcements include Jerry Dean Webb birth as seventh child of Mr and Mrs Orville Webb with Lena Webb and Maggie Pierce named as relatives. Nearby visits feature Mr and Mrs Raymond Cooper and family at Clyde Pierce home. Ardath Pierce and John Palmer attend OU summer session. Various residents travel, recover, or host clubs and programs at Wilkesville and Christian Church. Mary Lou Pierce visits Columbus. Alice Price visits from Springfield. F O McLaughlin and Linda visit. Faye Pendleton works at Hercules Trouser Co Wellston.
Mrs. Mabel Smith of Athens spent the weekend in Millfield as the guest of Mrs. Georgia Nagle and Mrs. Bertha Sanders.
Mrs Delena Funk and her daughters Jeanine and Patricia of Sandusky visit Millfield to see Mrs Funk’s parents Mr and Mrs Charles Pyle.
Miss Zenovia Pukay of Yorkville Ohio spent the end of the week in Chauncey visiting the Rev and Mrs Gilbert Courtney at their home.
Mrs Grace Border hosted the Millfield Thursday night Bridge Club with three tables. Garnet Blower won high score, Helen Sanders second, Frances Wallace low, Ruth Omen travelled. Desserts followed. Present were Mabel Smith Bertha Sanders Georgia Nagle Elizabeth Patton Frances Wallace Jessie Fulton Louise White Elizabeth Willis Helen Sanders Ruth Omen Garnet Blower Grace Border.
Chauncey Postmaster Charlotte Bricker Chauncey returned Sunday from Cleveland where she spent a week at a postmasters convention. She served as an officer of the convention.
A compiled table lists radio programs from stations NBC WLW in Cincinnati 700 KC ABC WCOL in Columbus 1230 KC WSAZ in Huntington 930 KC CBS WWBNS in Columbus 1460 KC WCHS in Charleston 580 KC WPAR in Parkersburg 1450 KC MBS WHKC in Columbus 610 KC WMOA in Marietta 1490 KC.
An extensive rundown of television and radio listings across networks including abc cbs mbs and abe detailing daily programs from 6:00 p m through 12 00 a m with shows such as The Green Hornet Dinah Shore and Studio One plus news broadcasts theater dramas and music performances featuring hosts and guests across multiple stations and time slots.
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