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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1940
Page
3
Syracuse P T A held its regular meeting Tuesday evening at the school auditorium. Mrs Earl Foit presided. The Syracuse Boy Scout Troop presented the program to attendees.
Doctors warn constipation causes headaches energy loss and dullness. Ohio physician Dr. F M Edwards offered Olive Tablets to gently cleanse bowels and support liver bile flow aiding digestion. Available in 15 30 and 60 cent packages tonight.
Middleport Womans Music Club prepares for district conference in New Lexington on Thursday Oct 17 with a chorus of 35. The club will participate in Thanksgiving and Easter services and hosts the first meeting at Mrs A R Hecox on Oct 29. Mrs Susie Taylor retires after 40 years of teaching and visits Sicily Island.
Mrs Eben Bowen entertained her Five Hundred Club on Chestnut Street with high scores by Mrs C F Hawkins and Mrs R E Laughead. Refreshments were served by the hostess as guests noted travel to and from nearby cities and visits with family.
Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa Nease age 86 who died Tuesday at her sister Emma Williams Bowmans Run will be held Thursday at 2 PM at Morning Star Church Burial will be in Gilmore Cemetery She is survived by another sister Mrs Jacob Aumiller and several nieces and nephews
Kimble Hite of Pomroy Poc? serves as sophomore at Findlay College chosen for Student Council and English assistant. In Ethiopia salt bars valued at about 54 cents serve as a common currency.
POMEROY Woman's Division of Christian Service met at Simpson Church with a large attendance. Rev Warren H Bright installed officers led by Mrs John Chase and Mrs C E W Downie. Pledge cards, readings, and a mission program followed with four circles named for ongoing activity. Tea and cookies concluded the event as circles schedule meetings in October.
Jonathan Meigs Chapter D A R will hold its first meeting of the year Friday afternoon October 11 at the home of Mrs E W Kingsland Court Street Miss Amy Kingsland assisting. Mrs Effie Winn will deliver a paper Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Ohio and participate in the Golden Jubilee program. Mrs Warren P Williamson state chairman of the DAR Radio Committee has announced a coast to coast NBC broadcast from 150 PM Friday.
The Middleport Literary Club opens this fall with a study of American Literature and the Art of the Twentieth Century hosted at Mrs. L. J. Heiner’s home near Rutland. Officers and committee members are listed, with music and tea plans by the Pomeroy Music Club.
Byron Bailey Pomeroy, aged 14, a junior high student, was reported in satisfactory condition after slipping and fracturing a collar bone in the school shower room. The incident occurred at the Pomeroy school building.
Drew Webster Post of the American Legion has started a movement to let high school graduates serve a year of military training before college. J M Thornton filed a resolution with the State Department of the Legion seeking Congress to raise the Selective Service minimum age to 18 19 or 20 to avoid delaying higher education.
Dexter Star Grange hosted Booster Night on Monday September 30 with most Western Rural District teachers in attendance. Grange Master W D Holliday led the program featuring history of God Bless America by Katherine Colwell with Rutland students at the piano, a monologue by Holliday, and group singing led by Farm Bureau assistant manager Mr England. Mrs Howard Wells and others presented Aunt Luce Joins the Anti Fat Club. Lunch of sandwiches pie and coffee was served for 110 visitors and members.
Meigs County AAA and Land Use Work Committee met in the county extension office to review the 1940 program highlights. Herbert Shields cited 4800 tons of lime and 173 tons of 45 percent fertilizer last year while 96.2 percent of cropland and 94.9 percent of farms participated. The group also discussed the proposed 1941 plan and potential county adjustments. Attendees included Shields Chase Lasher Hartinger Dye and Blakeslee.
Local notices recount visits by John Utsing er to Columbus for an Epworth League Institute. A stork shower honors Mrs. Harry Williamson. Several families from Columbus and nearby towns visit relatives in Rutland including the Hanes, Spires, Kennedy and Haley households. A church class plans a world tour program for Oct 16.
Plans and schedules for the Sugar Run sewer project were re submitted to the district WPA office in Zanesville and approved Local officials say the project now goes to the state WPA office in Columbus for final approval H C Bolin WPA superintendent in Meigs County accompanied by Mayor M D Hartley and Dayton Phillips clerk in the local WPA office transported the material Executives expect state action within a few days and hope for a decision in 10 days to two weeks
Gibbs, clerk of the Meigs County Board of Elections, announced a 10 am Saturday briefing for Precinct Workers. Notices were mailed to presiding judges in 43 precincts to attend as Selective Military Service rules are issued for Registration Day October 16. Workers will volunteer for the day.
A historical note records that United Canada came into existence in 1841 marking a political milestone.
Meigs County Society of Old Age Pensioners will host a non political speaker at the county courthouse Saturday Oct 19 to explain social security laws without political promises. Secretary W M McMurray said the aim is clear information from a prominent expert, possibly a social security representative.
Pomeroy, Ohio, paused business as residents crowded around radios to follow the final game of the World Series. The town, a Rhine land of the Ohio Valley, watched Cincinnati win the seventh game and the championship with feverish enthusiasm.
Pt. Pleasant mayor RB W Krodel to pick an all star lineup from Pt. Pleasant Hartford and Gallipolis to oppose Richard Duckworth's Syracuse team at King's Park next Sunday. Wandell Mosser will pitch for Point Pleasant and Syracuse adds Dinty Moore Eddie Guinther Red Jenkins and Harry Potts.
An advertisement urges readers to try Livertone Tablets for constipation indigestion sour stomach and related symptoms. It claims a dime price for a full size package and recommends taking one or two tablets at night for several days to notice a smooth nongriping action.
William Hohstetter son of Mr and Mrs George Hohstetter of Pomeroy is reported in serious condition after an automobile accident a week ago. He is hospitalized at Holzer Hospital.
Annual inspection of the Rock Springs Grange will be held Thursday at 8 o clock. Harley Musser deputy master will inspect. Meeting moved from the regular Friday date.
Mrs Clifton Stout of Pomeroy suffers a serious setback from a streptococcal infection and has recently had a renewed illness episode.
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