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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1947
Page
4
The notice details weekly carrier rates and mail subscriptions for Ohio and West Virginia readers. It lists prices: 1 year 9 dollars, 6 months 5 dollars, 3 months 2.06 dollars, 1 month 1.00 dollar, and notes foreign rates on request. It identifies John V. Webb as managing editor and references Associated Press credit.
The piece argues wage inflation from labor leaders and President Truman misstates price causes. It cites railroads facing three billion dollars in higher operating costs, coal and steel price rises, and only partial rate relief. It asserts railroads must raise freight prices to cover rising costs and condemns labor leaders for shifting blame.
Vinton County transfers show multiple parcels traded in McArthur and surrounding townships. Transactions include Cynthia Cummings to Francis and Gladys Penn for 189 acres in Wilkesville, and several others in Jackson Harrison Clinton Richland and Elk townships. Notable exchanges involve estates, inlots, and various acreages from Sept 3 to Sept 8.
A Hamden Public Schools summary reports Sept opening with redecorated building by Cecil Allison. New auditorium equipment ordered. Planned additions include lavatories and rest rooms for grade pupils. Three new teachers join the faculty. total enrollment 273. School officers elected for four classes.
A Portland Chamber of Commerce president cites bricklayers in the late 1920s as a contrast to today with lower output per day despite higher wages. He notes most workers now lay 300 bricks daily versus 1,500 to 2,000 then, while bricklayers earn about 24 dollars a day. The piece argues reduced man hour output drives price increases and urges labor to heed efficiency experts to avoid economic harm. It also discusses coal mining wages and coal exports as tools of national and world stability amid shortages.
Retailers fight inflation by cutting unit profits and trimming expenses instead of sweeping price cuts. Higher wages rents taxes and supplies raise costs, so prices fall only when wholesale prices and running costs drop. Competition will push them lower as easy money fades.
The piece argues American coal mines are highly advanced and more productive than British mines, citing long running mechanization and socialization trends. It contends U S mines lead in efficiency regardless of labor disputes and public doubt about modernization.
Dr. Robert R. Miller of the Smithsonian recounts a South and Central American fishing junket where he claims to have caught about 50,000 fish, including a six foot sawfish named Big Tooth at Lake Yzabel Guatemala. He also describes a rare four eyed fish captured with a lamp and pistol aid, eating some catches and noting the live birth of young. The survey was conducted with Guatemalan government, State Department, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and Smithsonian.
Sam Simmons notes that in the 8th Pennsylvania special election the Republican majority diminished from 1946 though turnout fell, with Lehigh and Bucks counties voting Republican. The piece suggests industrial areas back GOP policies, and warns against reading too much into special elections for general results.
Miss Rachel Erskine of Middleport returns from a month in Cumberland Falls Kentucky. Hazel Eddy and Doris Adamson of Nelsonville visit Mr and Mrs Fred Kinney in Glouster. Athens holds a night court for traffic violators by Mayor Roush. Mr and Mrs Harvey Baker of Athens return from Pleasantville to visit relatives.
Charles Morgan, state trap shooting champion for 1933 and 1935 from Corning, attended a Logan Gun Club meeting marking a notable local firearms sports event.
Floodwood residents Anderson Hogue and Jane Bryant were guests of Mrs. Wilda Carsey in Union.
Mr and Mrs Paul Chapman and family from Bradbury visited Mr and Mrs Frank Burh in Bradford. Eldon Hawk and wife returned to Charleston West Virginia after a summer with their parents Fletcher Hawk and Theodore Nagle in Chauncey.
A suit filed Sept. 6 by Dr Ville Perry seeks partition of 100 acres of land in Vinton County owned by the heirs of Beedie Hart wick and William Dearth. The action names the parents of the daughter McARTHUR as respondents in interest.
Maj. Gen. William H. Draper remarks that Germany’s slow industrial recovery hampers Europe’s overall progress, noting how delays dampen neighboring nations’ efforts to regain momentum.
County Superintendent David M. Bryson reports total 1947 enrollment at 2,452 pupils, up 134 from 1946. Increases are strongest in first grade due to returning war babies, with notable gains at Richland Rural and Zaleski. total figures by district list Harrison 170, Richland 330, and McArthur 806 among others.
McARTHUR Clarence F. Collins opens Collins Jewelry shop in the Horak Building basement on N. Market St. Collins, a 20 year Athens County jeweler, 10 years in New Marshfield, operates with his wife and 14 year old son in an apartment above. The shop opened Friday and includes new watch repairing equipment. He is a Gruen Watch Repairing School graduate in Cincinnati.
Immunization against diphtheria began September 9 in Vinton County. First and third grade children will receive injections, and any student may be immunized. Health commissioner Dr H G Southard and County Nurse Nina Nelson will conduct the program in the school system each Tuesday for the next five weeks.
Nora Haverty 82 a former Zaleski resident died in Cincinnati Monday. Commital services were to be held Wednesday at the Catholic Cemetery Zaleski.
McArthur village to resurface all paved streets this fall with tar and gravel. Brewer and Brewer of Chillicothe awarded a contract about 5800 dollars. One street to be newly resurfaced leads to the Baker Wood Preserving Company plant. Phillip Butler of Chillicothe named village attorney for the municipal power plant project. Council rejects sale of light plant bonds worth about 225000 due to high interest. Roush Fox Bonding Co offers 3 percent.
Lovie Luella Hutchinson 59, a Vinton County native born October 27 1887, died September 2 in City Hospital Newark. Survived by children Leonard and Ahlan Columbus Wendell Zaleski Clarice Bowlby Grove City Frank Newark Kendall Perry Zaleski and Oleta Hutchinson Newark. sister Mrs Ola Schendle Michigan and half-brother Charles Ennis Nelsonville. Last rites held at Zaleski Baptist Church with Rev Starlie Brooks officiating burial in Nelsonville.
Benjamin Albert Linn aged 92 died September 4 at his Creola home. He was born August 22, 1855 in Vinton County, son of Adam and Matilda Linn. Surviving children include Clarence Linn Mazie McVey and Ollie Pratt Columbus with three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at home with Rev. J P Daab. burial Elk Cemetery McArthur.
McARTHUR Edward Douglas 68 died Sept 2 in City Hospital Chillicothe Born in Vinton County son of Allen and Frankie Hartman Douglas His wife Jean preceded him in death Survived by brothers Judson and Will Douglas Byer and sisters Mrs James Beckley Jacksonville and Mrs Bertha Stalling Corning Funeral services were held Friday at Toledo
The Weed family announces its annual homecoming on September 1 at Ital Park in Logan. Family members are urged to gather for the event and reconnect with relatives.
The Evangelical United Brethren Church District Eight in southeastern Ohio opens its first camp meeting at the new EUB grove near Wellston. The event runs until September 21 with a tabernacle to be erected soon after.
Health Commissioner Dr. H G Southard reports two rheumatic fever cases in Vinton County during July to August. His release cites 158 personal conferences 39 bulletins by County Nurse Nina Nelson and staff, plus field nursing visits across antepartum postpartum infant care tuberculosis morbidity and venereal disease.
Troy Ohio administrator James L Doran was chosen by the Allensville board to lead the Richland Rural School. He previously headed Nova Schools in Ashland County and holds a master's degree from Ohio State University. Doran and his family will relocate from McArthur while a suitable home is found. He replaces E B Webb who resigned to teach in Wellston.
McARTHUR Vinton County sales tax receipts fell for the week ending Aug 23 to 341 dollars from 539 dollars a year earlier. Year to date collections in 1947 reached 16,043 dollars, up from 13,324 dollars in 1946 for the same period.
McArthur high school juniors ordered their class rings from an Indianapolis firm on Monday while seniors arranged commencement and name cards.
The Forestry Field Days at Tar Hollow camp west of McArthur on Sept 16 and 17 are announced by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station and the Ohio Forestry Association. A panel on Profitable Farm Forestry in Southeastern Ohio features Estel Dempsey J Harold McKenzie Walter North Fred L Stone Joseph VanMeter and Robert B Will with Howard M Wells as moderator. A Sept 17 symposium on Industrial Forestry in Southeastern Ohio follows breakfast led by James D Wells and James W Mercer. The group will visit Baker Wood Preserving Company's McArthur sawmill and lumber plant described as the logger's dream.
McArthur public schools report total enrollment at 506 students this week. Superintendent Wallace E. Blake notes 260 in grades one to six and 246 in grades seven to twelve, up 15 from last year mainly due to first grade increases.
McARTHUR Willie Arbaugh of Radcliff was fined 50 and costs and had driving rights suspended for six months by Common Pleas Judge A L Chatfield on Wednesday for driving while under the influence of alcohol.
A divorce petition was filed September 8 by plaintiff Harold Triplett against defendant Hattie Mae Triplett. The action seeks dissolution of their marriage and related relief.
Jurors for the October term of the common pleas court in Vinton County will be drawn on September 19.
McArthur in Vinton County opens its fourth veterans in agriculture training school. About 100 veterans enrolled overall with 20 at Allensville 25 at Wilkesville and 55 in McArthur across two classes. Leo Sheridan of Athens teaches the new McArthur class joining Lester Cooley's first class. The program has operated in Vinton County for about a year.
Judge A L Chat grants Sept 8 motion by attorney F L Nedick to make Elk McArthur school district a defendant in W R Peck and Ola Peck versus E R King suit.
New York radio listings show NBC offers Burns and Allen at 7:30 p.m. Nelson Eddy at 8 p.m. David Rose at 9:30 and Concert of Nations at 10:30. CBS presents Suspense The Twist at 7 p.m. Crime Photographer at 8:30 and Magazine Theater at 9. Gertrude Lawrence guests. ABC features Challenge of Yukon at 7:30 p.m. Bing Crosby golf at 8:15 and Willie Piper at 9. Mr. President drama at 9:30 and Hoosier Hop at 10:30. MBS airs High Adventure at 7 p.m. Scarlet Queen at 7:30 and Block Party at 8:30 with Family Theater Stop Watch Finale at 9.
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