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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1950
Page
10
A Pennington school scene from Pen Nant Pen nsauken Junior High School shows girls told to write on "My Ideal Home." One student imagines a future with a married life and a love seat in the living room as a defining detail.
The Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation paid out 13.49 million dollars in unemployment benefits in January a record total. The sum includes 750 thousand dollars in dependency allowances. New unemployment filings reached 88,445, up 14 percent from December and 85 percent from January 1949.
Mrs Belva Myers and daughter Eleanor spent a weekend with husband and father Charlie Myers in Circleville where he is employed. Numerous relatives and friends attended events including a eleventh birthday party for Ruth Ellen Porter and a Stork Shower for Mrs Leafey Chasteen with many local attendees.
Advertising must be received by 6:00 p m the day before publication. Sunday ads accept by noon Saturday. One incorrect insertion allowed. Cash required for all card of thanks in memoriam obituaries and political notices. 15 cents per line with a three line minimum. Blank references copied, not originals. Blind ads use full box numbers and office address. Nightly ad review advised.
Mr and Mrs Sterl Williams and son Jeff of Springfield spent a week at the home of Mr and Mrs Clarence Cooper. Worley Cline of Dayton and Byron Phillips with Mike of Columbus were weekend guests of the Coopers. Sunday callers included Mr and Mrs Albie Kyle and Mrs Alice Cline. Worley E Baughman teaching near Columbus spent a weekend with his parents. Mrs Lowell Chase visited Cleveland for a flower show. Mrs Perry Coe stayed with her son John Coe in Lima. Mrs R A Wines is ill. Emma Fierce assists. Mary Zimmerman placed third among Ohio University district test takers and in the top tenth statewide. Mrs Allen Coe visited relatives in Lancaster. Mrs Margaret Nixon visited Mrs Nora Trout. Harold Radford family of Athens Route 1 visited the Wests. Mrs Carrie Vandyke improving after illness. Melva Radcliffe
Local residents share visits with relatives including the Palmers in Bartlett and the Morris family from Newcastle Pa. Memorial Hospital releases Mrs. Fred Arnold after major surgery with escort from Canton visitors. Church group meetings at Grange Hall plan a minstrel for March 28 with 42 attendees. Canadian scientists develop flameless heat producing match per National Geographic Society.
Mrs Thelma Groce returns to her Baltimore home after visiting for several weeks with her sons Williard Curtis and Dennis Ox yer Mr and Mrs Francis Grover Parkersburg spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Clarence Grover Mr and Mrs Harlow Tate visited Chillicothe with Mr and Mrs Stanley Rupe Mr and Mrs Robert Wood Kitty and Allie Bradbury Gallipolis weekend with Mr and Mrs J P Bradbury and son Kieth Mr and Mrs Dale Sisson visited Cheshire with Marvin Thomas Mrs Dale Mulford attic conversion work by Charles Tate Mary B Sisson
The arithmetical sign of equality was devised by Robert Recorde in 1537. He stated that no two things can be more equal than a pair of parallel lines of one length.
US Department of Agriculture market notes from Cincinnati on March 6 show salable hogs 3800 with steady tone versus Friday. Cattle and calves active with higher steer prices and mixed yearlings, sausages and canners noted. Poultry and butter prices listed. potatoes quoted in a limited range.
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