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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1945
Page
3
MIDDLEPORT Fridex November 9 at 7:00 pm in the Middle Stadium the final nocturnal football contest of the season will be played Gallopos Blue Devils against the ?
Feeney Bennett Post invites all members for Armistice Day dinner Friday at six o'clock with an evening of entertainment to follow. The event honors World War I veterans and marks the post gathering at the Avallary in Ssiddleport. The feast precedes local football notes and band performances.
Dr. BR. F. Bryant, a prominent physician and civic leader of New Haven, is in good recovery after a surgical operation at St Josephs Hospital in Parkersburg late last week. Drilling continued yesterday on the C. Bf. 5 Yhlinger farm east of New Haven at 650 feet, by the New Haven Gas Co.
War Mothers Emergency Aid Club votes to use the remaining treasury balance of 1392.53 for county boys and girls in service. Kiwanis Veterans Service Committee Chair Howard A. Price outlines cooperation with Selective Service Boards. Subscriptions and visits to hospitalized service members continue, with monthly financial reports to follow.
Middleport notes that the Garden Club received the Southeast District first award for their yearbooks covering 1944, highlighting regional recognition for club activities and archival effort.
Reedsville notes report Delmar Swain's Navy discharge and family visit, Pvt. William F. Williams returns to Camp Atterbury after a weekend with parents, and community updates include hospitalizations, church programs, a missionary society gathering, and several local visits and social events across Reedsville and nearby towns.
Mrs Frank Wilson to host the P M Club Friday evening at her Pomeroy residence. A white elephant sale will be a feature of the event.
Report notes Coast Guard boarding foreign ships at U S ports with officers who speak crew language. It mentions posted sport regulations in ten languages and cites fewer than 600 of 2500 rural communities receiving full Agalth offices provisions.
Farmers institutes in Harrisonville and Dyesville announce Charles W. Cookson of Troy as the featured speaker. Cookson, titled Human Engineer and Character Architect, will address better rural conditions. Harrisonville officers include Homer K Lee as president and Amy Chase as hostess. Dyesville officers include H E Starkey as president and Oma Starkey as secretary.
Meigs Soil Conservation District officials met at the extension office with Supervisors Humphrey Hawley and Colwell. They approved farm plans for Vale and Roberts and began preparations for a December district meeting featuring Tom Kelly. The report tallies 10 25 acres diverted to woodland and 45 000 acres surveyed for soil type and erosion.
Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged Britain’s Labor Government not to pressure the United States to disclose atomic bomb production methods. He spoke to the Commons as Molotov claimed the Soviet Union would gain atomic energy, stressing cautious stance amid wartime tensions and other international remarks. Local notices list officers for Rocksprings, Salem Center, Chester, and Reedsville-Long Bottom Institutes. A Feeney-Bennett Post dance was announced at Legion Hall with round and square dancing tonight.
The United States Employment Service office in city hall Pomeroy will be closed Monday November 22 Armistice Day. Report on Friday November 16 as approved by George Paulsen branch manager to balance workload. Also meet this evening Past Councillors Club Daughters of America at Thelma Dill home with auction item request.
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