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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1941
Page
5
Ohio University hosted a two day Job Seekers Institute with about 400 students and faculty. D H Patton and C C Sorensen outlined job seeking methods focusing on personality knowledge and salesmanship. sessions covered interviews and occupational trends across education, industry and government.
An advertisement promotes S.S.S. Blood Tonic as a remedy for fatigue poor appetite and weight loss. It claims the tonic increases appetite aids digestion and provides energy after a day’s work and urges readers to try the 20 oz bottle at drug stores.
The first of six weekly forestry classes was held in Hockingport under Dudley W. Gilmore, U S Forest Service ranger from Athens. Meetings continue Tuesdays at 7 in the Hockingport Community Center for local landowners to learn maximizing land value and timber utilization.
Athens County agricultural leaders meet Friday at 8 pm in the Civil Service Room, Federal Building, to discuss bills in the Ohio Legislature. Special focus on House Bill 468 guaranteeing accurate weights for livestock buyers and sellers and ensuring producer payment. Public invited to hear Grange and Farm Bureau leaders.
James Stewart and Hedy Lamarr headline a star filled cast in Come Live with Me at the Athena Theater directed by Clarence Brown. The Austrian refugee plot centers on choosing marriage for a quota number over deportation as Stewart's penniless author navigates romance and ambition. Lamarr reveals a new dramatic side with fifteen Adrian designed wardrobe changes.
The motor ship Mascot sailed down Sandusky Bay into the passage to Lake Erie yesterday to officially open the navigation season.
Dmitri Gagarine, an Ohio University junior and White Russian son of a prince, recalls his family’s 1917 exile after the Russian Revolution. Born near Moscow, he fled through Crimea to Turkey and France before moving to the United States. He is a legal resident, but not yet a citizen.
The first grade at University Elementary School publishes its weekly paper It Happened Last Week written entirely by the children and issued every Tuesday under Miss Mabel Olson Critic of the first grade The issue lists contributors including John Bolin Katie Carpenter Lynn Gold Joyce Bachus Marilyn Paulsen Rudy Misner Jimmie Mitchell Ellsworth Shaver Charles Shannon and Ronnie Leach.
Albany Grange welcomed York Grange members Saturday as 10 candidates received First and Second Degrees from York Grange’s team. About 90 members and guests attended. Next meeting on March 22 will grant Third and Fourth Degrees with potluck supper.
R. R. Starbuck, formerly in Athens aiding the Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction, will leave this weekend for Wapakoneta to serve as Auglaize County extension agent for the spring quarter in C. D. Brown's absence. He is known in Athens County for previous service as county agent during Ross Wright's leave. His family will remain at 127 North Lancaster Street until daughter Hazel Ellen finishes the Athens High School term.
The Messenger hosts a Chef's Contest on March 19 at Schine's Athena Theater to crown Athens men who can cook. Modern equipment and ingredients provided, prizes awarded to the winner as merchants join the effort. Participants urged to fill coupons on Page 3.
A representative from the Nelsonville Social Security Board office will visit Athens on Thursday March 13. The session at the Employment Security Center Court Street runs 1 to 2 pm for employers and employees to discuss amended Social Security Act status or obtain information.
Jessie Hammond of Glouster suffered a heart attack at Court and West State streets Wednesday morning and struck his head on the pavement. He was knocked unconscious and taken by police to a local physician for head laceration treatment before being released.
West Side School rehearsals advance for the PTA program on Tuesday March 18 at 7 pm in the school auditorium. The patriotic script features Uncle Sam played by Jack Wolfe and the Statue of Liberty by Jean Lindley with songs and dances depicting American history. All 86 pupils participate under direction of Maude Stauffer Mabel Darst Pauline Kimes and Louisa Steele with Clara Kuenzli leading singing and Mildred Murphy handling scenery.
Ohio University's 16 debaters will face Northwestern University on March 26 in Memorial Auditorium Evanston Ill. The Northwest ern squad, two time Big Ten champion, defends its title in a Western Conference contest. Stephen Fuller and Glendon Herbert were selected to represent OU in the March 26 match on the question: Resolved that the nations of the Western Hemisphere should enter into a permanent union.
Raymond Ruggles 28 of Wellston, a truck driver, was arrested on an overload charge on Route 75 south of McArthur. Mayor W. F. Collins of McArthur fined him 25 dollars plus costs as authorities continued tarrying spring thaw damage prevention efforts.
An old advertisement urges drinking water and eating fruits and vegetables to prevent constipation and claims Dr Edwards Olive Tablets stimulate liver bile for digestion. It touts 20 years of use by Dr F M Edwards and presents prices of 15¢, 30¢, and 60¢ with a call to test tonight.
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