Potters Wheel Used in Bronze Age Long Before Christ
The potters wheel was employed in the Bronze Age many thousands of years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1949
Page
7
The potters wheel was employed in the Bronze Age many thousands of years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
A sewing machine clinic will be held in Reedsville at 9 30 am Friday in the Reedsville school. County Agent C C Blakeslee and Home Demonstration Agent Geneva H Nolan lead the event. Attendees should bring machines cleaning rags small screw drivers and lunch.
Mrs. Robert Rich ARDE and son Jack and daughter Eleanor Kay and Mrs. Evelyn Elliott attended the funeral for Francis Price. Price’s body was brought from McKees Rock PA for interment in Beech Grove cemetery. Services were conducted by Rev. Wald Radford last Saturday afternoon.
The pond on Dam tor Farm will average nine feet deep and store water for Rose farm livestock. A modern mechanical spillway is installed. The pond will provide several months of water for a large dairy herd once filled.
Twenty eight Rutland High School seniors depart with chaperones Jim Vennari and Mrs Woe for a two day trip to Cincinnati. They will visit the University of Cincinnati the Museum of Art Mt Airy Park and Coney Island with reservations at the Geeton Inn.
James D. Casto from Columbus spent the weekend with his Rutland grandparents Mr and Mrs F J Kirby. Casto is a research analyst for the public relations department of the highway department.
Plans for funeral services for Mrs H L Ward were announced at the Rawlings Coats funeral home where friends may call after 8 30 p m today. Services will be at 3 p m Thursday at First Presbyterian Church or the funeral home. Interment will be in Middleport Hill cemetery. The Rev Edward Warner Lewis and Dr Homer G McMillen will officiate. Survived by two sisters and a nephew, with details of travel for arrangements. Mrs Ward died Sunday in a Los Angeles rest home.
Meigs Soil Conservation District plans its annual fish fry and supervisor election at Rocksprings fairgrounds at 7 30 pm on Tuesday June 7. WLW farm program director Roy Battles will speak. Cooperators families and friends are invited. Tickets through board supervisors 40 rural cooperators and SCS AAA or Extension offices.
Harrisonville obituaries announce the sixtieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Dye with a reunion and family dinner at the Harrisonville auditorium. Dinner is at noon for immediate family. open house to follow in the afternoon organized by Irene Dye Markins and siblings and their families.
The section lists Dora Cundiff Pomeroy Walter Gilmore Pomeroy James Hazelton Sr Pomeroy as surgical cases and EMERGENCY Dorsel Reibel Reedsville Sally Ettinger Cleveland Roy Yaw Athens Mrs Edna Ourvey Burlingham as discharged Oliver Clark Midway Nora Stitts Cheshire Cora Wickline Racine.
Riley Lee Cowdrey and Florence Wilson both of Reedsville appear alongside Keith M. Woolf of Racine and Gertrude Stewart of Minersville. Bernard F. Sweeney and Julia Wilburn from St Albans and Middleport are listed with Vern Meeks and Harriet Burson of Athens and Shade. Elmer S. Burton and Betty L. Prince of Middleport together with Sue Casto visit Boom er to see Mrs. F. J. Kirby recovering from a heart attack at the farm home.
Mrs Amanda Goeglein sister was omitted from survivors list of Flora Radford who died Monday evening at her Athens Road home.
Miss Joan Weed announced a May Queen will be elected and crowned at the Rocksprings Grange meeting at 8 p m Thursday. Participants are asked to wear formal gowns.
Pomeroy group calls a 7:30 p.m. Wednesday gathering at Meinhart’s Hall to discuss community play area plans.
Daughters of Union Veterans meet at lodge hall with Miss Eva Simms as guest. PTA elects Harold Lohse president and installs officers. Mother's Day observed at Nazarene Sunday School with 35 potted plants and honors. Various local families visited relatives in Groveport and Columbus over Mother’s Day weekend. Trevey-Finsterwald Funeral Home listed with local ads.
Hobart Kosten of Point Pleasant, Mrs. Goetz and Mrs. Kosten, Miss Katie Hamm of Mason City, Stella and Katie Ebersbach of Laurel Street, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rosenbaum of Columbus visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Harbrecht, Union Avenue, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rosenbaum of Spring Avenue. George Lemon of Parkersburg visited Ed Hite and family. Mrs. William Woodard hosted guests with Whitneys Ingraham and daughters Sandra and Brenda from Marietta.
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