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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1948
Page
4
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Excerpts from a serialized tale show Sabrina tempted by a loaded gun as tragedy looms. The page also notes delivery rates and publication details. A Berlin crisis item warns that provocation could spark open hostilities at any moment.
An X ray mobile unit will tour Mason County October 11 to 14 under a joint plan of the Mason County Tuberculosis Association and the Mason County Health Department. Adults 15 and older should participate. under 15 and contacts may also be X rayed. Free, confidential results and notices will inform participants if further exams are needed. Residents are asked to request an X ray by mail or phone to receive scheduling details.
Dr Edwin P Jordan explains the rise of whooping cough with fall school openings. It affects ages one to ten most, but can threaten infants and adults. exposure, symptoms, and paroxysms are outlined along with risks like pneumonia. Emphasizes rest, nutrition, nursing, and vaccination timing.
Visitors travel the hill country of Homer and Trimble townships to the Joy area near Joy Station of Buckeye Pipe Line Co. Oil from dozens of wells in Fisher and Chester fields moved toward the Ohio River. veteran pumper C. C. Duncan recalls early methods, stalled production after steam or water injection, and a colorful but fading history of shallow wells, seed bags in casings, and one operator shouting with joy at a single lease.
Governmental aid and tuition subsidies have drawn millions of young people into colleges this year and more enroll in the coming days. The piece warns that many enter with insufficient preparation, college dropouts are high, and financial troubles follow, urging public support to enable qualified youths without backing to pursue degrees.
The three months United Nations session convened in Paris prompts Western powers to push the Soviet bloc to the rear with only two Red generals on the roster. Secretary of State George Marshall then warned Washington’s stance and signaled a firm approach against the Soviet bloc in the proceedings.
Douglas Larsen summarizes Peter Edson's view on how price supports for corn and pork influence beef costs. He notes that beef prices rise with demand, corn under price support, and pork often counters beef. The piece discusses outlooks for beef, pork, and lamb prices through 1950 and beyond.
Mrs. Margaret Wise died at home on Point Pleasant Route 5. Funeral rites: rosary at Fogleson Funeral Home Mason 7 p m Wednesday and high mass at St. Joseph's Church Mason 10 a m Thursday. Survived by sister Miss Sarah Brannon brother Michael Brannon and another sister Blanche of Pennsylvania. Interment Letart Cemetery.
At Troop No. 1 meeting in Point Pleasant the Girl Scouts scheduled a Saturday hike weather permitting. They will sell Christmas cards to raise funds for clothing kits to aid needy children in Europe and Asia. One kit was sent in spring and two more are being completed toward a national goal of 100000 kits.
Mr. and Mrs. Herre Patton announce the birth of a daughter on September 19. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Waters of Railroad Street. William Waters, S 2c, U S Navy, visited his parents.
A potluck Fellowship Supper is set for 6 30 p m tonight in the Presbyterian Church dining room. Members and friends of the church are invited, with the women of the church in charge of arrangements.
Point Clinic notes announce the birth of ReBecca Sue to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Eblin of Pomeroy on Sunday. Wanda Jan, infant daughter of Mrs. Marshall Fowler and spouse, was discharged to their home in Point Pleasant Route 2. Toni Jane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Daugherty, born Tuesday morning. Emily Riley discharged Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Kinnard of Hogsett admitted as medical patient Tuesday.
Out of town relatives attend funeral services for Mrs. Sylvia May Cole. A large truck jackknifed in town with no injuries. Mrs. Vivian Hoffman travels to Wheeling to help care for pneumonia patient Douglas Adams. Frank Powell rents Coy Hawk house. U B Church chimney is being rebuilt. An airplane from Jackson landed after a storm. C W Lewis visits from Cuyahoga Falls. Morgantown ministers visit.
Mason County Chapter of the American Red Cross will elect officers at a public meeting Thursday at 8 pm in the Parish House. A film on the national blood donor project will be shown. voters are those who contributed $1 or more to last March’s fund drive. The project aims to collect blood from volunteers annually, with 20 to 25 blood banks in the first year and mobile units for rural collections.
A 50 man October draft quota was set by the Mason Putnam County draft board. Five men will report October 5 at 7:35 a.m. to the local board and be transported to the Huntington induction center for examination. Another group will be called October 12. No names released until screening is complete.
The Army will open its recruiting office Monday in Point Pleasant and will accept enlistments for the Army and Air Force. Recruiting officer M. Clifford Hutchinson said the service will operate at the West Virginia Employment Office on Sixth Street until new office space is arranged.
Mrs. C. G. Billups has returned to Huntington to be with her ill father N. L. Powers. Harry Childers of Shadle Road was a business visitor in Point Pleasant Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eugene Wolfe, long residents of Baribeau Wisconsin, have returned here. Mrs. Wolfe is Edna Koblentz.
The Women’s Democratic Club will gather at its headquarters on September 29 at 8 p.m. Wallace Burdette, chair of the Mason County Executive Committee, announced the plan.
American Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion Hall Monday evening. President Mrs. W. E. Dunn reported on the recent department convention in Huntington.
The Rev. C. Landrum pastor of the Presbyterian Church and H. H. Guthrie elder returned from a two day meeting of the Presbytery of Kanawha held at the Bream Memorial Church in Charleston.
Donald A. Sturgeon and Dorothy Sturgeon transfer three tracts in Hanygan District to J P Boylin. Warren J Call transfers two lots 32 and 33 in Block B Heck Addition to the City of Point Pleasant. Baron Duncan and Bonnie Duncan transfer a parcel in Clendenin District to Brownie Duncan and Helen Duncan. Frank Forshee and Maysil Forshee transfer a parcel in Clendenin District to Melvin Forshee.
A listing of radio stations and their frequencies across Ohio and nearby markets including NBC WLW in Cincinnati WSAZ Huntington CBS WBNS Columbus WCHS Charleston WPAR Parkersburg MBS WHKC Columbus ABC WCOL Columbus WMOA Marietta and associated AM and FM signals. The text presents a grid of station call letters and their numeric frequencies such as 93 1460 610 1230 1490.
A detailed daytime and evening lineup of radio programs across networks CBS NBC and ABC. The log lists talk shows dramas comedies music and news segments with start times from 6:00 a.m. through midnight and multiple repeats across regions. The dense table includes Beulah Skit Beulah Fulton Lewis Jr. Lone Ranger and The Big Story among other programs and hosts.
C P Telephone Co presented a telephone courtesy film after a talk by C G Billups executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce at the courthouse gathering. About 50 people attended as he urged daily courtesy throughout the year during Courtesy Week planned for the week of October 4.
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