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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1947
Page
4
The notice lists weekly carrier price of 2. home mail rates in Ohio and West Virginia for 1 year 9.00 6 months 3.50 3 months 3.00 and 1 month 1.00 with foreign rates on request. It also notes Second Class Matter under the 1918 act.
Peggy Dern narrates Happy as secretary to war correspondent Steve Landers in a New York apartment. A dinner with George Harrell sparks jealousy as Happy imagines life on his Georgia farm and a party at Happy’s unit reveals social tensions and a cliffhanger ending with an arriving guest.
The article argues small business acts as a training ground for future big business leaders and that big firms often arise from small beginnings. It notes veterans gaining experience in large retailers then starting their own shops, and praises chains and independents for fostering talent. It warns lethargic big business can shrink and fail without adaptation.
Fire prevention must be taught in urban and rural schools with vivid, forceful lessons beginning in elementary grades. As students advance, material can include fire laws and ordinances, expanding to university level technical information. School authorities should initiate a national, continuous program now.
A wartime survey shows college educated Americans can name seven of twelve European countries on an outline map while non educated Americans name five. Readers faced numbered outlines and many maps circulated in newspapers and magazines during the war era.
Lawrence's Dispatch analyzes how Congress may approve only a fraction of Marshall Plan requests and doubts a four year commitment. It notes bipartisan support for aid, yet warns against overhasty action or wartime style assurances. Congress may demand production guarantees and careful scrutiny before approving funds.
The author argues many readers have limited geographic knowledge yet read newspapers with understanding. He notes both educated and uneducated publics were only slightly behind college people. The piece mocks Truman Doctrine logic and cites Yugoslavia’s wartime trade stance with Germany using a satirical tone.
Peter Edson argues that reviving OPA is unlikely and ineffective. He notes Congress is not in session, price ceilings would not lower prices, and wartime rollbacks relied on subsidies. He warns a peacetime CPA could not restore June 1946 prices and a black market would rise under shortages.
McArthur and Jackson residents travel to Columbus for a visit. Mrs Hooper of Athens spends the evening with her parents in Nelsonville. Professor T N Hoover speaks at Kiwanis Club during Constitutional Week.
Ten years ago Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Robey returned from a vacation in Detroit Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Connor hosted weekend guest M. C. Nolan of Detroit Michigan.
New York radio listings detail NBC shows including Col Flack Finale at 7:30 and Burns and Allen at 7:30, Jack Carson and Eve at 8:30, Peter Lorre Mystery Finale at 9. CBS has Suspense 7, Haymes Show 8, Magazine Theater 9, Man Called X 9:30. ABC offers Challenge of Yukon 7:30, Clock Drama 8:30, Mr President 9:30, Hoosier Hop 10:30. MBS closes with Scarlet Queen Drama 7:30 and Lionel Barrymore Family Theater 9.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday for James Martin Molihan aged 77 who died at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens. Molihan a Zaleski resident was a coal miner and lifelong resident of that community. He was the son of the late Edward and Margaret Ervine Molihan.
McArthur reports Vinton County sales tax receipts rose to 615.41 for the week ending September 6, up from 490.46 last year. Year to date collections total 17,118.89, versus 14,370.41 a year ago.
Newsmen from Vinton County plan to gather for the Southeastern Ohio Regional Newspaper Association meeting at Blosser's restaurant in Logan this Saturday.
A partition petition was filed in Vinton County Common Pleas Court on September 18. James McGee is plaintiff and Addie Campbell is defendant, with attorney F. L. Newdick representing the action.
Columbus reports a sharp August rise in job openings as the Ohio State Employment Service notes mass plant vacations and seasonal hires driving the increase. Administrator Frank J. Collopy cites the windup of unprecedented hiring activity as a major factor.
McArthur High School will buy 35 complete band uniforms and majorette outfits with 81,697.18 raised in a community drive led by the Downtown Coaches. The campaign, launched July 4, raised 1,197.18 from donations, a concert, and football game concessions.
Officers for Robert Wyckoff Post 303 American Legion were nominated at the Friday meeting. Nominations include Arthur Bethel James Lomax post commander Earl Cade first vice commander Ernest Boyer Glenneth Frye second vice commander Ray Blake R Cline adjutant Eber Vess sergeant at arms Gordon Will finance officer John Page chaplain M J Brown housing committeeman Election and installation set for October 3.
An average of 176 people per week in August received unemployment benefits in Vinton County. McArthur BUC office manager T. R. Boring said 110 were unemployed veterans at 20 dollars weekly and 66 were covered by state compensation. Referrals by Employment Service placed four workers in August, down from nine in July. total registrations reached 297 with 11 women.
Ambulances carried several area residents in September. Mrs Alfred Graham and infant Shirley Mae moved from Chamberlain clinic to Wilkesville, Sept 16. Mary Robb of Prattsville went to Holzer Hospital Sept 18. Lidora Vanderford of Zaleski went to White Cross Hospital Sept 19. Mrs Marian Roberts and infant Terry Edden returned to Ewington Route 1 Sept 19. Lamar Hawk left White Cross Hospital for Allensville Sept 20. Buddy Molihan near McArthur transported to Children’s Hospital Columbus Sept 22. Mrs Carl Webb of Zaleski to Jones Hospital Sept 21.
Judge A L Chatfield ruled Friday in the case of Seth Welch versus Pearl Welch granting the defendant fifty dollars for attorney fees.
McArthur jurors for the October term of the common pleas court in Vinton County were drawn by Jury Commissioners John Bray and Milford Harden. Grand jurors include Alan L. Ward, George Andrews, Emma Zinn, Charles McKeskey, Gilbert Gregory, Orville Hutchinson, Leslie Kibbey, Jean Boyer, Dorothy Wells, W. R. Canney, George Karnes, Clifford Ray, George Smith, Harley Hoover, and Ralph Wiseman. Petit jurors include Woodrow Bowen, Annabelle Cooley, Frank A. Grate, G. B. Ringer, Herbert Colley, Maggie Stewart, Archie Dixon, Melvin Shover, J. B. Davis, Henry S. Perry, Lloyd F. Steele, William H. Wells, Erma Tripp, Dale Clary, Thomas Dearth, Ruth Humphrey, Otho Huntley, Fred Specht, Vernon Hartley, and B. E. Carpenter.
A converted 1815 flintlock fowling piece eight feet long from the late Frank Milhon of Columbus will be displayed at the Ohio State Museum firearms exhibition from Monday to October 31. Made by Christian Hawkins of Xenia it is among the longest and oldest native pieces in the collection. The museum is on High Street at 15th Avenue on the OSU campus in Columbus.
Vinton County commissioners awarded the contract for hauling and spreading 2643 tons of Chillicothe gravel on West Junction road from Route 327 to the Vinton Ross county line. Bids totaled 1.55 dollars per cubic yard from Owen Harper Lowell Martin and Clarence Eberts. Sowers bid was lowest but not accepted due to gravel type not specified.
Transactions show Marvin and Agnes Eveland to Mrs A V Darrow for 61 acres in Eagle Township dated Sept 22. Walton to Eveland for 61 acres. Burns to Clarence B and Harrie Shartz for part of lot 37 in Hamden for 2750 dollars. Campbell to Esther Fee sheriff's deed for 263 acres in Jackson Township Sept 22. Remy to Eura and Mary McWhorter for lots 312 and 313 in Hamden Sept 20. Lizza Martin to Katherine L Watkins for lot 214 in Zaleski Sept 24. Pigott to Otis and Naomi Shade for 80 acres in Richland Township Sept 18. Douglas to Atkinson for 60 acres in Richland Township Sept 18.
A hog owned by Arthur Faught of Ewington Route 1 died under suspicious circumstances. The head was sent to a Columbus lab, which confirmed rabies. Faught had previously killed a mad fox with a rifle butt and had given the hog anti rabies shots that apparently failed. He is receiving anti rabies treatment from Dr. H. W. Gillen after scratches.
McArthur judge Arlo L. Chatfield of Vinton County will serve on the Ohio State Bar Association Committee of Publications. Appointment was made by State Bar President Joseph D. Stecher of Toledo on recommendation from executive committee member Aronhold C. Schapiro of Portsmouth.
Dan Ramsey of Wellston repaired his Canadian Fleet trainer stored in a farmyard between Dundas and Hamden. He flew the ship to McArthur on Sunday, adding another plane to the Hillside Pilots airstrip. The McArthur strip now hosts six light planes.
An old fashioned belting and shower will be held Saturday October 4 at the home of the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs Jess Davis in this community. The event was announced today.
Postmaster J. E. Rosser announced changes to Chesapeake and Ohio schedules affecting McArthur and nearby Vinton County towns. The southbound Columbus mail departs 8 35 a.m. arriving Logan 10 10 a.m. Log an Athens train 10 25 a.m. Pomeroy river division trains shift to 10 20 a.m. arrive McArthur 11 15 a.m. and Dundas 11 21 a.m. Northbound layover at Pomeroy 1 15 p.m. to 3 35 p.m. arrive Dundas 5 14 p.m. and McArthur 5 20 p.m., ten minutes later.
Mayor John A. Crow announced the sale of the North High Street residence, formerly the Jake Will and Miriam Will homes, to Wallace F. Cline. The Cline family plans to move in mid October to a new Crow residence in Chillicothe, with Sharon Crow to attend the Mount Logan Sight-Saving School, while the Crows keep official McArthur residence.
McArthur Vinton County motorists have five days left to obtain 1948 motor vehicle operators licenses and chauffeurs licenses. Deadline is midnight Tuesday September 30. As of now 701 operators and 309 chauffeurs have been issued. The Reese Garage license bureau will stay open evenings Saturday Monday and Tuesday September 27 29 and 30 for convenience.
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