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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1943
Page
7
Social notes from Pomeroy cover the Home Council and Guild meetings at the Blakeslee home on Lincoln Hill with 35 attendees, announcing the Geneva Humphreys and Howard D. Nolan March 20 engagement. Other items include a Federated Church Junior Women’s Guild meeting, a Marcella Enzenauer marriage in Columbus, and local visits.
Portland society items list local moves and travels including Pvt. Charles McKelvey leaving for Lincoln after furlough, Pvt. Creed Jones discharged, Mrs. Cecil McLeod heading to Los Angeles with husband at Port Hueneme, and several residents awaiting inductions or visiting relatives. A note recalls 280 564 U S Army troops served in the Spanish American War.
Middleport hosts a literary club meeting at Mrs. Edgar Ervin’s on Main St with Lin Yutang’s A Leaf on the Wind and a discussion of Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. Irish songs by Mrs. O P Klein and guests Mrs. T H Davis and others follow. Broadwell reports Reverend Guy White’s Sunday service and new church members. Many local visits and travel notes for families across Danville Amesville Nelsonville and mixed relay of social events.
Margaret Coughenour sues the Industrial Commission of Ohio in Meigs County Common Pleas alleging Lost Run Coal Co paid into the State Insurance Fund for three employees. Her husband Howard Coughenour was injured at the mine Feb 25 1936 and died Jan 27 1941. Insurance payments were blocked in 1942 and again in 1943 claiming death not caused by the mine incident. She seeks participation in the State Insurance Fund.
The number of unmarried women between 30 and 50 years old is reported as the highest ever, attributed largely to manpower losses from World War I.
Women of the Missionary Society hosted an all day quilting at the church with a noon chicken dinner. Special honors went to Mrs Molly Harrington and Mrs David Durst Sr for most blocks. The quilt will be sold to fund a charitable project.
Mrs. B F Fultz Sr welcomed Past Chiefs of the Pythian Sisters for a social evening at her Pearl Street home Tuesday. Members enjoyed the gathering and hospitality.
Mrs Reva Gosney was granted a divorce from William Gosney of Zanesville on gross neglect and cruelty. She obtains custody of their child alimony and 100 attorney fees. She lives with her daughter on N Fourth Ave and works at the Covert Bakery. A Greek word meaning power of the people is the source of democracy.
The article notes cotton can be spun into exceptionally strong yarn suitable for airplane wings tires awnings tents sails and bagging, highlighting its versatile high strength applications across industries.
A vintage ad promotes PASTEETH or FASTEETR to prevent denture embarrassment by sprinkling alkaline powder on plates. It claims the product makes teeth feel firmer, avoids souring, and reduces denture odor, available at drug stores.
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