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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
2
Nelsonville High School Parent-Teacher Association opens its fall season with a Monday 7 30 PM tea to welcome new members. Daughters of America sponsor a benefit party at IOOF Hall Friday night at eight o'clock.
Columbus Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood forecast an August poor relief bill of 1,897,000 dollars, the highest since May. The figure rises 31,000 from July and 61,000 from June, attributed to WPA curtailment. May expenses stood at 1,929,465 dollars.
Nelsonville Girl Scouts push a citywide fund drive starting next Monday to finish their Town House at Monroe and Myers Streets. W T Bean donated the lots and the project aims to 80 percent completion before National Scout Week in late October.
Medical authorities warn that giving whiskey to snakebite victims is harmful. It speeds blood circulation and hastens venom spread, so it should not be administered as a treatment.
An old advertisement touts FASTEETH denture powder as an alkaline non souring formula that holds upper or lower plates firmly in place and reduces plate odor with a gummy free taste. It claims the powder prevents slipping rocking or sliding and is available at drug stores.
Nelsonville High School junior class plans a fund drive at the Chauncey Nelsonville game Friday night. A booth will sell hot dogs and candy with sales girls including Alice Richardson Elizabeth Shafer Dana Barber Martha Pergrin Imogene Sayres June Bateman London Pollock Jean Fiskeon Poole Emily Sharp and Betty Deer.
Nelsonville Adamson Clothiers defeated Camp Nelson 2 to 1 in 10 innings at the athletic field to even the City Softball League championship series. Pinch hitter Lloyd Patton broke the deadlock in the 10th, and Ratliff and Tignor dueled for seven innings with one hit allowed each. The series is tied 1–1 with game three set for Monday September 16 at 5:30.
Churchill warned of imminent invasion as the Admiralty announced offensive moves against Nazi shipping and ports vital to Hitler. In the Channel Dover to Berlin, intensified bombardment and air battles disrupted enemy movements while Berlin ordered earlier curfews to cope with nightly Allied raids.
Nelsonville schools form a 48 girl pep team called the Red Pepper Squad under Miss Helen Shaw to boost crowd energy at home games. The squad will wear scarlet and gray and perform as part of the cheering section. Saint Joan of Arc was canonized in 1920 after a 1431 execution for alleged heresy.
The Nelsonville Woman's Christian Temperance Union held a Tuesday meeting at Mrs. Gertrude Allen's home on Chestnut Street with scripture read by Mrs. Sam Starkey and prayer led by Mrs. Charles Monks. 62 sick calls and 38 bouquets were reported, 500 pages of literature distributed, and a county convention set for Athens on Sept. 25 with Miss Mary Ervin and Miss Grace Richmond as guest speakers. Officers elected include Mrs. Starkey president and Mrs. Monks first vice president.
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