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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1942
Page
2
Vague report lists a 12:30 session time and mentions a secret speech. It names several individuals and guests such as Fred, Allie Cray, James Evelyn Blane Muth, and Mr Floy, with references to a May event and a program following. The fragmentary lines suggest a meeting with speeches, wards, and wards.
A public meeting at Buchtel High School auditorium on Thursday evening May 28 at 8 will discuss the war bond and stamp program in York Township. Judge O F Rowland of Athens and other speakers will address the gathering. Mrs Joe B Davis and Mr Brewer, campaign chairs, organized an engaging program urging all rural district citizens to attend.
The Nelsonville Garden Club met at Mrs E E Bell's home for a May session featuring Mrs Parker Sniffen's paper The Problem of the Woman of Today. Officers were elected and committees named. a six o'clock dinner followed for 28 members and two guests.
The Tin Salvage Institute of Hillside New Jersey is authorized by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to receive all used collapsible tin tubes. Retailers should hand tubes to the nearest drug wholesaler after reaching five pounds. Wholesalers ship the tubes to the Tin Salvage Institute as part of Salvage for Victory led by Win Bols.
The Chamberlain era appeaser, Britain's Duke of Bedford, has risen in the House of Lords to defend Hitler, claiming he did only what any smart leader would have done for his country.
Officers and Circle leaders of the Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet Thursday at 1 30 PM at the home of Mrs Julius Fischer E Franklin Sr Nelsonville. The note adds a remark: More destructive than rain to the finish of automobiles is dew.
Nelsonville native Glenn F. Smith reports several days of liberty at Los Angeles and Long Beach after months aboard a destroyer in Atlantic and Pacific convoy operations. Enlisted as an accountant in the Naval Reserve last October, he rose to petty officer second class on the West Coast and is awaiting further training in California. He previously attended Gelsonville High School Class of 1936 and Franklin University in Columbus, and worked for Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. He also long served as a carrier for The Athens Messenger while living in Nelsonville. He is the grandson of the late Thomas Mulligan of Nelsonville.
Brooks Shoes defeated the Eagles 10 to 8 in extra innings at City Playground Tuesday evening. Clyde Ray and Joe Spray led the Shoes with strong hitting while Bill Watkins and Austin Cope starred for the Eagles.
An ad claims Bell-ans Tablets provide quick relief from acid indigestion gas and sour stomach with no laxative. It offers a money back double your money check is 35 cents and asks consumers to return the bottle if not proven effective.
Nelsonville Lancaster Brown aged 76 died Thursday at his home in Buchtel He leaves his wife Lydia and three sons Allard and Theodore of Detroit Mich and Raymond of Logan also a brother Minford Brown of Goshen Ind Funeral services will be Friday at 10 am at the Buchtel Methodist Church conducted by Rev Bancroft with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville
Mrs J M Hyde hosted a dinner Tuesday evening for several Athens friends of her sister Mrs George I Putnam who is visiting at the Hyde home on Fort Street in Nelsonville.
Miss Jane Rose returns from LeRoy Ohio where she attended the Woman's Convention. In Nelsonville Troop 64 Boy Scouts meet at 7 15 tonight with a fingerprinting expert to register all present and a large attendance is expected.
A fragmented timetable lists East Bound and West Bound trains with numbers and times, including Diplomat Daily and National Limited, along with Chesapeake and Ohio and New York Central line departures and arrivals. It reads as an OCR of station schedule details.
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