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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1949
Page
5
An old ad promotes FASTRETH denture powder to prevent embarrassed slips from loose plates. It claims the rinse tightens false teeth with alkaline action, reducing plate odor and improving comfort, urging readers to purchase at drug stores.
Maude E. Martin files in common pleas court for divorce from John E. Martin of Cleveland. The couple wed April 28, 1915 in Athens and have two children who are now adults.
The Athens City-County Health Department reported two scarlet fever cases yesterday. One involved seven-year-old Mary Jane Winchell of Nelsonville Route 2 in York Township, and the other a two-year-old, Irene Marie Nott of Gloucester Route 3.
Three Athens High School students won honors in the third annual Ohio History Government and Citizenship awards sponsored by Ohio University. County winner Llewellyn Robe and state at large Jo Ellen Goddard and David White will compete in the final exam on November 11 and are guests of the university for the weekend with cash prizes and framed certificates for winners and schools.
A Columbus driver was fined 100 dollars and costs by Mayor W. P. Mickle after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated following a wreck at Court and Carpenter streets. Langley 49, arrested by Patrolmen Morris and Dicken after his car collided with Maywood Smith 27, who had a parked truck on Carpenter Street. Langley also paid 5 dollars and costs for parking beside a fire hydrant.
Orville C. Jones education director of the Ohio CIO Council will discuss current coal and steel strikes at an open meeting hosted by the Ohio University Public Affairs Club. The talk in Ellis Hall Room 114 starts at 7 30 p m with a question period to follow.
A letter to The Messenger from the Nellis family crediting the local Red Cross Blood Bank with saving their 13 year old daughter’s life was read today. The family thanks the bank for 22 pints of blood after 29 days in hospital and 22 transfusions and urges community support for the upcoming Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to Athens First Methodist Church. 140 donors are needed. volunteers may apply by calling the Red Cross office. A parallel donor drive is underway on the Ohio University campus.
A seven year old Sugar Creek girl named Carroll Sue Smathers was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital for abrasions after being struck by a truck driven by 49 year old Fred C. Stone of 205 East State Street on Route 50 A. Police say Stone was not held.
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