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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1948
Page
4
Delivered by mail daily and Sunday in Ohio and West Virginia with one month rates at 1.00 for local or 1.25 elsewhere. Three months 3.00, six months 5.00 or 6.50, one year 9.00 or 13.00. Mall rates apply only where carrier delivery is available. Entered at Athens Ohio Postoffice. Second class matter under Act of 1918.
Washington details amendments from a special session aimed at aiding builders and manufacturers of pre fabricates and mass production on site. It outlines FHA insured loans, dealer pricing, and incentives for rental housing while warning that higher rents may result.
The British secret agent Hilary Shenstone dies in India and returns as a ghostly presence to Nuns Farthing. Sabrina, a young woman living there, awaits his return and discovers him in the old room at the house. She senses a special day as she explores the morning garden and reunites with his familiar space.
A long editorial argues for a stable farm price support policy amid bumper crops and rising food costs. It notes the farm, labor, business, and consumer votes in shaping any plan and warns against punishing taxes or below cost production. The piece urges careful, nonpolitical study and practical decisions to balance supply, prices, and national commerce.
The author argues Americans should demand a decisive policy on Berlin relations and aid to Germany, criticizing the costly air freight and advocating direct ground action. The piece calls for a voiced administration stance with Congressional backing to settle the issue and avoid being duped, urging a clear show-down one way or another.
Mr and Mrs Harold Webster visited Mrs Carrie Bahr and a group including Rev Hayward and Mrs Hayward of Erie Pa met at a park in Middleport for a picnic. Visitors from Akron to Miss Tillie Reed and from Williamstown West Virginia to Mrs Ottie Milhoan. Local families making home moves and attendance at the Athens County Fair. Clifford Neat Younes returns from a two week vacation with Mary Hostetiter of Akron.
In 1934 Milton Humason at Mount Wilson measured a nebula’s redshift showing a velocity of 24 000 miles per second, the fastest known. The piece argues such vast distances and speeds put Earth in perspective and suggest knowledge may reshape values, politics, and pride. It links imagination, wisdom, and the potential for Hiroshima or Grand Coulee.
Gallipolis Holzer Hospital will admit 18 women to its nursing school starting September 15. The selected trainees include Norma Jean Blake Sciotoville Grace Marsdell Broyles Gallipolis Patricia June Fellure Bidwell Joan Naomi Gilmore Middleport Grace Marie Kouns South Point Mabel Jeanette Lee Athens Martha Lou Long Wellston Barbara Lynn McNeal Point Pleasant Margaret Ann Merrifield Gallipolis Gretchen Karleene Mullen Wellston Hildreth Joan Parkins Gallia Patricia Ann Pettit Millfield Carmelita Bernice Pringle Athens Manon Adrian Salser Bidwell Lillie Erene Sexton Bidwell Ada Irene Waugh Northup Barbara Ann Wilson Allensville Genevieve Workman Fort Gay W Va.
Mr and Mrs Bruce Steele and son Dale of Charleston spent a weekend with W E Steele. Bernice Saunders from Gallipolis helps care for her aged father R A Lewis. Byron Bodimer and family from Confluence Pa hosted relatives including Lewis Bodimer and Claudia Bodimer. Others visiting include L D Clark Columbus and Noah T Clark Bladen. W T Porter now works at GSI Gallipolis. Ralph Martin and family visited John Chambers parents. Howard Fenstal and Jenny Lou Gallipolis dined with Roy Johnson. Carl Steele worked on a repair at Lock 27 and joined his parents for Labor Day weekend. A R Gothard, locks worker, was ill. Mrs Gomer Donaly and Mrs Deila Bodimer also mentioned.
Gallipolis Downton coaches and parents attended a grid clinic led by Jim Halderman who demonstrated new stance, blocks, defenses, and plays with players as lab work. John E Halliday followed with penalties signals and new rules as the marching band performed and scrimmage games split Red and Blue teams.
Jim Stedgen resigned as vice-chairman at a Red Grass executive committee meeting in Gallipolis and is leaving the city. Mrs. H. B. Ecker said a first aid station for the Ohio Valley Second Frontier is ready with an American Legion tent eight to twelve nurses and medical supplies. The next quarterly meeting is set for October 9 at the Presbyterian Church.
The Gallipolis locks list boats navigating up and down with times and directions, including Wisherd Dauntless Craig Arden Solvay and several others. Kanawha River boats Semet Resolute Marmet London Marmet and gauges show Upper 18.2 feet and tower 9.8 feet, with Kanawha Falls at 2.22 and falling.
HOGS 175 to 220 lbs 27 to 29 dollars 220 to 250 27 to 29 dollars lights 295 29 fat sows 18 to 24 stags 15 to 20 boars 12 to 18 sows analgs 100 to 150 shoats 6 to 28. CATTLE Steers 22 to 30 heifers 20 to 30 baby beef 20 to 28 fat cows 16 to 24 canners 10 to 16 bulls 18 to 25.50 milk cows 100 to 250. VEAL CALVES Tops 33 seconds 30 to 32 medium 25 to 30 common heavies 20 to 30 culls 20 to 25. SHEEP Ewes and lambs 8 to 15 stock ewes 6 to 12 fat sheep 6 to 12 culls 1 to 5 bucks 6 to 12 fat wethers 35 to 12. LAMBS Tops 25.50 seconds 20 to 25 lightweights 15 to 18 common 12 to 15.
In Gallipolis area 17 year old William ODell skidded into a ditch near Route 141 to avoid a stopped school bus. A separate Route 75 crash near Oak Hill caused extensive damage with no injuries. Raymond Angell of Bladen was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle in an unsafe condition and cited for municipal court appearance.
Gallia County District Library invites all residents to an open meeting at 8 p m at the public library. Librarian Janet Gregg discusses county wide service and plans for more stations or a bookmobile. A half mill levy is on the fall ballot to fund evening hours and a bookmobile.
Hospital note lists admissions births and discharges at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis with numerous names including Mrs Maude E Niday Mrs H H Rhodes Mrs E C Venz Mrs Mary Phillips Lee Brady Nellie Gray Marie Landis Doris Cox W E Strasbough Miss Faye Lines H A McCarley Juanita Shaver R H DeWitt births to Mrs Paul Johnson and Mrs Lewis Kirby and a long list of discharges including Mrs R W McGlothlin Burley Scott Ted Craft and others.
Bees maintain hive warmth around 35 degrees Celsius during egg incubation by carrying in water to cool the hive and by muscular motion to generate heat when needed, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Mrs. Virginia Roberts was elected first president of the VFW auxiliary in Gallipolis. Juanita Saunders is first vice president with Ruby Schutle, Donna Wilson, Leota Keenan, Effie Mayes, and Frances Halley in key roles. Trustees named are Thelma Richards, Alice Fraley, Mildred Brown, and Mary Cook.
Area station lineup lists NBC WLW CBS WBNS WSAZ WCHS WPAR MBS WHKC ABC WCOL WMOA with a dense hourly schedule. Includes news, sports, music, serials, dramas, variety shows and kiddies hours across CBS ABC MBS networks.
The article outlines Howard Taylor Ricketts's discovery of rickettsiae in 1909 and his death a year later. It details diseases caused by rickettsiae including typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, vectors like body lice and ticks, and related illnesses such as Marseille fever and Q fever. It notes vaccines under development and the need for further research.
Researchers trace a silk like fiber found around Kilauea Hawaii to steam driven explosions within bubbling lava. They explain how compressed steam creates the fiber and now harness the process to produce mineral wool for commercial use.
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