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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1948
Page
4
The article notes extensive upgrading of county roads over the past decade. It praises safer back-country routes, improved travel in rain or sun, and an orderly road planning effort by county engineers, shaping tax money expenditure.
The writer argues for a decisive foreign policy shift, warning that secrecy and delays risk losing global leadership over nuclear knowledge and Western influence in Europe. He criticizes postwar posturing and calls for a Republican president to unify plans for Western Germany and force a stronger stance.
The remark highlights that motorists pay taxes on gasoline and car licenses yet receive better roads each year. It argues highways are built to handle increasing traffic and deliver ongoing value for drivers nationwide.
In a nostalgic Sindcia style, the piece cites 1873 Michigan and Cornell, notes Notre Dame and Army rivalries, and contrasts presidents with players. It laments football’s rise to national spectacle, eclipsing curriculum and ordinary life, as Yale Harvard lore frames the game.
Mrs. Floyd Nye hosted the Loyal Women’s Class of the Church of Christ on High Street. Mrs. Carl Shafer presided and Mrs. Thomas Hamilton was secretary. Devotions were in unison and Florence Pendergrass led the lesson. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Martha Shafer on Ellis Ave. Attending were Mrs. Pearl Rutledge, Mrs. Alvira Shafer, Mrs. Hattie Hamilton, Mrs. Myrtle Schoonover, Mrs. Nellie Brookins, Mrs. Donna Thomas, Mrs. Florence Pendergrass, Mrs. Martha Shafer and Mrs. Inez Nye.
Mrs. Fred Snoop, former Amesville resident, died in Marietta after moving from McConnelsville. Shoop family ran a local grocery and Mrs. Shoop was an Eastern Star member. The clipping also covers student poetry, a 1948 Ohio Verse anthology,db October events at the Southern Hotel, and various social notices, births, and visits in the Amesville area.
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary to the United Mine Workers will hold their annual Halloween masquerade party Tuesday at 7 20 p m at the home of Mrs Ora Barnhart.
Edson recaps Cordell Hull’s claim that he kept U S foreign policy out of politics from 1933 onward and that Dewey later claimed to found a bipartisan approach. The column details Hulls meetings with senators and executives, the Dumbarton Oaks dispute, Dulles role, and a nonpartisan versus bipartisan debate.
A catalog of broadcast affiliations for major Ohio and nearby markets. Includes NBC WLW Cincinnati WSAZ Huntington CBS WBNS Columbus WCHS Charleston WPAR Parkersburg MBS WHKC Columbus ABC WCOL Columbus WMOA Marietta.
Evening and late night radio grid lists programs across ABC CBS MBS and NBC networks. The lineup includes newscasts talk shows musical variety concerts drama and dance bands with times from 6:00 PM through midnight and recurring repeats.
A fragmented timetable lists morning and afternoon radio programs including Breakfast Club 9:15, The Clevelandaires, Fred Waring Show, Kay Kyser Show, Words and Music, Queen for a Day, Bride and Groom, and The House Party among others. Several lines are garbled with stray letters but indicate a full day of network listings across CBS ABC and MBS with multiple time slots and hosts.
Members of the Forest Rose Rebekah Lodge of Chauncey are asked to attend a special business meeting at the church parish house Thursday at 7 30 p m.
Chauncey Enrollment hits 815 for the current year, the highest since 1943’s 888. Sugar Creek sends 120, East Millfield 88, West Millfield 67, Chauncey elementary 330, and Chauncey-Dover High School 210. First grade enrolls 89, a ten year high.
Mrs Alvira Shaver spent Friday in Parkersburg West Virginia visiting her cousin Mrs Carrie Carpenter McNeal. She was accompanied by her granddaughters Maxine Efaw and Othella Porter who also spent the day in Parkersburg and Marietta.
Mr and Mrs Jake Rose spent a day with the Bentz family. Mrs Russell Bailey and daughter Patricia Ann visited Mr and Mrs John Epple in Flatwoods. Mr and Mrs Danna Carpenter were guests of their son and daughter in law Eugene Carpenter in Stilversville. Mr and Mrs Thomas McKay and daughter Karen Sue visited J E McKay and Mrs Cora McKay. Mrs Mary McKay.
Carrie Channell presented the first chapter of the mission book on China at The Plains Church of the Nazarene Missionary Society meeting. Elizabeth Shafer Elzina Wharton and Vera Bridgewater presented the North American Indian program with Shafer presiding and Thelma Keaton delivering the secretary's report.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pendergrass of Chauncey entertained relatives and guests at their Ellis Ave. home with their children and grandchildren. Present were Herbert Pendergrass and family of Paintsville, Ky including Pat Sue and Lloyd, and Paul Theisen with Ty and Donna Theisen of Columbus.
Mrs Ray Michael hosted the Naomi Bible Class meeting at The Plains home. Plans were made for a rummage sale October 22 at Ath ens city hall and a Christmas bazaar with bake sale to be announced. Christmas cards will be sold. The hostess led a dessert course and devotions were by Mrs. Mary Evans. The meeting included many members and the Rev Donald Weller.
Chauncey residents Mr and Mrs Milton Patton announce the marriage of their daughter Mrs Glenella P Harte man to Mr Millard S Douglas son of Mrs Roma Douglas The Plains and Mr Jesse Douglas Athens The ceremony was Sept 10 conducted by Rev L A Griffith at the Nelsonville Methodist Church parsonage The couple returned from a short wedding trip to Northern Ohio and reside at The Plains
Mrs Florence Pendergrass of Ellis Avenue will host Chauncey WCTU Monday at 7 30 p m. The program will be conducted by Mrs Pendergrass with members in attendance.
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