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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1947
Page
9
Margaret Sauer president of the WCTU says there will be no meeting in November. The December gathering date will be announced later.
Twenty one Pomeroy High School graduates who died in World War II were honored at a Armistice Day assembly. Girls laid red roses at a white cross as a circular spotlight framed the tribute, each listing the name of a deceased graduate and the donor nurse. The event was planned by dramatics coach Martin Meshenberg with roses donated by the Student Activities Association.
Portland Community Club voted to mark the Portland trucking belt with roadside signs for tourists and buyers. Oakey Paynter heads the project as the group plans a truck growers banquet with Marietta Truck Growers Association guests. A piano purchase and flower gift committees were set, with date pending for the banquet in Portland church basement.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Biehl of Charleston West Virginia announce the birth of a seven pound daughter Mary Agnes born November 6 at Mason City Clinic. Grandparents are C. H. Biehl Rutland and Earl Nelson Carpenter with great grandparents listed as Mrs. Lenora Amos Dexter Peter Nelson Dexter and R. E. Smith Rutland.
Meigs County land transfers record multiple parcel deeds. Bertha Guinther and Leota Guinther deed lots in Syracuse to Edison Guinther. Numerous transfers involve Bedford Salisbury Pomeroy Middleport Rutland and Sutton with parcels noted and several family groups listed among the grantees.
Diesel locomotives reduce railroad fuel costs by about one third to seventy five percent depending on operation. An average person's air intake by weight equals four to seven times their intake of food and water.
Meigs County Tuberculosis and Health Association completed 5000 mailings to promote the 41st annual Christmas Seal Sale. Mrs. Ben Philson and volunteers led the effort with students and Girl Scout helpers. The sale runs Nov 24 to Christmas with 95 percent of state proceeds used locally for TB prevention and control.
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