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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1950

Page

3

Unemployment in Athens County Stays Largely Stable

In Hocking County Nelsonville and York Township unemployment stayed near steady last week with 249 jobless, up one from 248. There were 28 new claims versus 18 prior, and September 1949 saw an average of 524 jobless in the area while statewide figures fell to 36,435 from 38,920 the prior week.

LOGAN Hocking County Nelsonville York Township Athens County Homer Schein Logan Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Office Schein

Lancaster Group Sues Rockbridge Resident for 650

Courteous Finance Co. and Leroy Goman sue Paul C. Edwards of near Rockridge in common pleas court for 650 plus costs for damages from a July 29 traffic accident near Rockbridge. The petition alleges Edwards drove 80 mph, failed to stay right, and lacked control.

Logan Common Pleas Courteous Finance Co Leroy Goman Lancaster Paul C. Edwards Rockridge Rockbridge Edwards

FASTEETH Powder Keeps Dentures Firm and Fresh

With More Comfort FASTEETH, a pleasant alkaline powder, holds false teeth more firmly. To eat and talk in comfort, sprinkle it on plates. No gummy taste or feeling. Checks denture breath. Get FASTEETH at any drug store. Adv.

Logan Commandery 78 To March in Parade

Logan Commandery 78 Knights Templar will join a grand parade in Columbus during the Grand Commandery of Ohio conclave. More than two dozen members travel. annual meeting starts Sunday at 4 p.m. with services at Trinity Episcopal Church and ends Tuesday morning. Parade assembles at 2 p.m. and moves at 2 30 p.m.

LOGAN Logan Commandery Knights Templar Grand Commandery of Ohio Columbus Carl FE. Blosser Trinity Episcopal Church Blosser

Don Ebright To Speak In Logan Candidate Caravan

State Republican candidates appear Saturday at the county courthouse for a caravan led by Don Ebright of the governor’s race. The group, traveling from Lancaster to Chillicothe, will use loud speakers and a truck platform with Bell Hall in reserve for bad weather.

Logan Dean Collison Don Ebright Dollison Lancaster Chillicothe Bell Hall

Corning Hosts A Neighborly Party At Home

Mr. and Mrs. Ver non Woods hosted a Corning gathering inviting Willis Keirns and daughter Bonnie Chauncey Robert Figgins Nelsonville George Rankin and children Sue and David Onie Stump Glouster Kenneth Kirkbride Columbus Harry Stump Barberton Donald Pfaff Dayton Eilene Rob erts Columbus Pete Wolf and daughter Diana Gertrude Boudinot Joanne Boudinot New Lexington Jack Weiland and children David Jack and Linda Dewey Woods Donna Robert Jerry Roofe and John Weiland Cecil Woods and children Jimmy JoEllen Walter Esselstine Carl Hermey Louis Balkenhof William Esselstine and Henry Esselstine all from Corning and nearby areas.

Corning Vernon Woods Willis Keirns Bonnie Chauncey Robert Figgins Nelsonville George Rankin Sue David Onie Stump Glouster Kenneth Kirkbride Columbus Harry Stump Barberton Donald Pfaff Dayton Eilene Roberts Carl Hermey Louis Balkenhof William Esselstein Henry Esselstine

Bean Supper At Logan Attends 300 Plus

More than 300 people attended the old fashioned bean supper Tuesday evening at the First Evangelical United Brethren Church sponsored by the Ladies Aid Society. Halloween decor set the tone with corn stodder and pumpkins as kerosene lamps lit the event. Proceeds support church work.

Logan First Evangelical United Brethren Church Ladies Aid Society

Polio-Stricken Hemlock Boy Placed in Iron Lung

Hemlock resident Billy Toki, son of Mr and Mrs William Toki, was stricken with polio early this week and placed in an iron lung at Children's Hospital Columbus.

Hemlock Billy Toki Children’s Hospital, Columbus William Toki

Dance Will Benefit Runyan Cancer Fund

Proceeds from a benefit dance by Aerie 2168 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles go to the Damon Runyan cancer fund. The event in Logan features round and square dancing from 9 p m to 1 a m with more plans to be announced.

Runyan Cancer Fund Logan Aerie Order of Eagles Damon Runyan Columber

Buck Run Buck Run

Dave Woltz was in Logan on business. Mr and Mrs Dave Woltz attended revival services at Union Church on the Rockbridge Buena Vista Road. Effie Woltz called on her mother. Several local households shopped in Logan including the Meyers and Goss families and others.

Buck Run Dave Woltz Logan Union Church Rockbridge Buena Vista Road Thomas Woltz Lancaster Emma Meyers Effie Woltz J. F. Dupler Wilbur Seesholtz Darius Nutter

Workers Find Fortune In Ruined Pagoda

In Bangkok workers dismantling a ruined pagoda uncovered an urn packed with diamonds emeralds rubies pearls and three gold necklaces worth a fortune. The pearls were described as round as one’s little finger. The jewels were removed by the government Fine Arts Department as ancient royal plunder.

Bangkok Government Fine Arts Department

Rites Held Saturday For Former Logan Resident

Funeral services for William Frasch 89 a former Logan resident who died in Columbus were held at 2 p m Tuesday at Leonard funeral home conducted by Rev Paul N Warner interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery Music was by Mrs Harley Meyer pallbearers were C F Ackers Eber Mowery W Denzil Weltner Rolland Bright William Mowery and George Smith Honorary pallbearers were John Liff James Hutchison Harry Eastman Jasper Hes Jacob Keller and Harry Smith

LOGAN William Frasch Columbus Leonard Funeral Home Paul N. Warner Oak Grove Harley Meyer C. F. Ackers Eber Mowery W. Denzil Weltner Rolland Bright William Mowery George Smith John Liff James Hutchison Harry Eastman Jasper Hes Jacob Keller Harry Smith

Local Hospital Admissions and Birth Announcements

Hocking Valley Hospital admitted Mrs Hollis White Logan medical and Mrs Delbert Marstiller Logan surgery and Mrs Luther Timberlake Logan surgery and Mrs R C Jones Logan surgery. Births: Mr and Mrs William McDaniel New Plymouth a daughter and Mr and Mrs Raymond Hoyt Mc Arthur Route 1 a daughter. Discharged: Mrs John Davison and daughter Mrs Fred Davis and Mrs Margaret Whitcraft. The pencil making business of the German Faber family dates to 1760 per Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Hollis White Logan Delbert Marstiller Luther Timberlake R. C. Jones William McDaniel New Plymouth Raymond Hoyt McArthur John Davison Fred Davis Margaret Whitcraft Faber

Hadacol touted as aid for generations in Hot Springs

A 1950 LeBlanc ad promotes Hadacol as a universal remedy for vitamins B1 B2 niacin and iron deficiencies. It features Miss Frances Price and her mother and grandmother noting improvements after using Hadacol. The ad claims quick absorption in liquid form and asserts Hadacol rebuilds red blood cells and relieves neuritis and run-down conditions with a money-back guarantee.

Frances Price Hot Springs National Park Ark Miss Price Kenneth Price Myrtle Dyer Hot Springs Advy The LeBlanc Corporation

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