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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1947
Page
4
The notice lists subscription pricing for local and foreign customers and notes editorial staff credits and publishing details. It mentions weekly carrier payments and mail rates for Ohio and West Virginia, with second class matter status under a 1958 act.
Lawrence's Dispatch argues Europe lacks readiness for American aid and warns against rushing Congress into an emergency session. It questions British loan use, labor policies, and aims to avoid a blank check while noting looming funds for international purposes and domestic price impacts.
Dr William A O Brien notes that high blood pressure can develop at any age but becomes more common after 40 It often has no symptoms and mainly affects the heart brain or kidneys The condition is more common in women but generally more serious in older patients
A Coolville family reunion at Ralph Wines home featured a lawn luncheon and social, with many relatives from Marion Ohio to Charleston and Athens attending. Other notes include a Sylvenus Skeels descendants gathering at Grange Hall near Coolville and visits by residents to Evansville and Ohio Caverns.
A column warns that future welfare hinges on foreign policy outcomes and soaring prices. It argues troop deployments in Europe clash with UN principles, urges truthful war-risk assessment, critiques aid to other nations, and questions the 1948 election path and Britain’s looming loan limits.
In The Last Days of Hitler H R Trevor-Roper argues that Nazi rule corrupted medical practice by elevating charlatans and suppressing technical expertise. He contends socialized medicine elsewhere shows politics guiding science, warning that compulsory public health bills would place bureaucrats above doctors and erode American medical standards.
Dr Lawrence Hafstad, executive secretary of the Joint Research and Development Board, warns that uncertainties in defining up and long range guidance hinder guided missile progress. He cites V-2 range, atmospheric limits, and the danger of overclassification constraining technical exchange. Attorney General says jail terms will follow illegal price hikes.
The piece portrays President Truman amid opulent travel including a million-dollar plane and a waiting battleship as he and his family journey to Rio de Janeiro and back. It contrasts Truman’s “regal” style with earlier presidents and notes heightened Secret Service presence in Ottawa, suggesting public concern over official excess.
Steve Leslie returns to Detroit after visiting his sister. Connie Barnhill and Dora Spencer visit Carl Carsner in New Lexington. Numerous travels include visits to Columbus Marietta Cleveland Akron Fort Wayne South Bend Dearborn and Roswell with relatives friends and family.
The WSCS5 met at the Parsonage with Mrs. Nelson Skiver in charge and Mrs. Homer Carter presiding. Members enjoyed Bible quizzes and contests, then refreshments. Charlotte Sue Crothers was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Crothers, with grandparents listed. Several locals and visitors are mentioned visiting or returning home from trips, including trips to Indian Lake and Cleveland.
A list of attendees at a family reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs E W White includes James Ely and daughter Deanna Columbus Max Wheaton and Charlene Wheaton Vienna W Va Paul Wheaton Marie Wheaton Leon White and Sandra Lee Ruth Famuliner and Judy Dianne Dorothy White. Monroe Foster visited the state fair and stayed with Mr and Mrs Mike Casnevale. Dorothy White will join Stouts Drug Store in Parkersburg. Bernard Blake Raymond Randolph and sons Junior and Richard visited D O Blake in Ypsilanti Michigan. Ora Randolph visiting Columbus with cousin Mrs Minnie Wright. Dolly Deeter moving into George Parker property. Mary Lincicome.
Funeral services for Donald Ray Kibble age seven were held August 31 at 2 p.m. in the home with Rev. Lee Wallace officiating. He is survived by sister Donna Jean and mother Pearl Kibble. Burial was in Kibble Hetzer cemetery beside his father.
Racine notes report weekend visits among Gandee Shain Roush Jackson and Miles families. Travel includes trips to Middletown Glouster Cincinnati Columbus Indianapolis and Athens. A picnic group from Antiquity M E Church gathered at Ash Cave and a birth is announced for Michael Oris. Grandparents and great grandparents are named.
Funeral services were held for Herman Feaster at his sister Mary Hodgson's home on September 2 with burial in Springer Cemetery. Several locals shared Labor Day weekend visits and family gatherings, including notices of visitors from Delaware Mansfield Columbus Jamestown Elyria Detroit Newport News and Jamestown New York.
Mrs Elizabeth Preston and son Fred travel with Emmett Preston and Miss Lucile Wells from Nelsonville to Bremen for the Millhoff Krizer wedding. Mrs Leo Bingman and son Robert attend from Athens to Chauncey. The F C Stedman Co grocery department in Athens merges with C D Shafer and Co in Nelsonville. Letters from Rev William A Genheimer recount his Africa mission.
Konrad Scholl of Pomeroy schools was named violin instructor at Kansas State College. Cathleen Ingram and Jo anna Shelton of Nelsonville were chosen for the Ohio Grange conference in Columbus. The Woodrum family reunion met at Birch Hollow Grove on the Kimberly Carbondale Road. Dean A A Atkinson and family, including daughter J W Stewart and grandson Jack Stewart of Athens, returned from an eight day Iowa trip.
NBC offers Milt Berle at 7, Date with Judy at 7 30, Call the Police at 8, Philip Marlowe at 9. CBS airs Mr and Mrs North at 7 30, We the People at 8, Studio One at 9 30 featuring Barretts of Wimpole Street. ABC presents America Town Meeting at 8 30 United Nations, Summer Serenade at 9 30, Dance Time at 10 30. MBS broadcasts The Falcon at 7 30, American Forum Labor-Management Peace Prospects at 8 30, California Melodies at 9 30.
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