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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1953
Page
3
The Pomeroy Emergency Squad bought twenty steel helmets for night protection with scotchlite reflective material. An oxygen attachment and extra hose supplies are being added to improve multi patient treatment and access to hillside or mine areas. Donors from Hemlock Grove and others are thanked for their support in the current fund drive.
POMEROY Co E Blakeslee Meigs County agricultural agent has been named president of the Ohio County Extension Agents Association. He had served as vice president and moved into the president's office in Columbus this week, presiding over the association meeting. The former president is in a foreign country. Mrs Geneva H Nolan county home demonstration agent attended Farm and Home Week activities in Columbus Wednesday and Thursday.
Contrary to earlier report, Betty Washburn a Carthage Troy High School junior has not been elected state Future Homemakers of America treasurer. She has traveled to New Salem for screening but the election has not occurred.
Rutland and nearby communities receive a flurry of weekend visits from relatives and friends. An open church wedding is planned at the Methodist Church on March 28 at 7 30 p.m. Janet Faye Ogden will wed Herbert Jones of Wellston. The Rutland Busy Bees 4-H Club elected 1953 officers during National 4-H Week activities led by Barbara Grueser.
O. O Patterson county superintendent of schools traveled to Columbus on Friday as a business visitor to the state department of education offices.
Two divorce suits filed Wednesday in Meigs County Common Pleas Court allege gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. Frederick J. Smith seeks a divorce from Janice Turley Smith while the plaintiff serves overseas in the armed forces. Leo C. Kennedy petitions for divorce from Dorothy L. Kennedy on grounds of gross neglect of duty.
H M Nelson of Langsville was named a director for the district covering Ross Athens Meigs Vinton Gallia Lawrence and Jackson Counties at the Ohio Wool Growers Association annual meeting. He attended a directors meeting in Columbus last week. The association reports 1952 wool marketing reached about three million pounds with final settlements this month and prices above last spring’s local buying levels. A new government price support program is expected to guarantee prices near last year.
Classified note advertises a 3-tract frame window product with self storing screen and overlap construction. Claims immediate delivery and exclusive territory with no investment and no prior experience required. Contact for a free money making proposition.
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