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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1935
Page
9
Crowds gather in Berry for a Saturday night dance featuring amateur performers led by Miss Connett. Highlights include string and tap numbers, a fairy costume segment, and “Tiger Rag.” Judges award candies as prizes. Monday dance plans announced with local guests listed.
Mrs. Emmett Rowles reported on the state federation gathering held in Columbus during the Pallas Club session at 50 Sunnyside Drive. Guests included Mrs. B Acomb, Higley Study Circle president, with next meeting set for Mrs. Genevieve Apgar at 85 Elmwood Place. Walter Whitoff and Tersa Woolley of Cleveland announce the birth of Earl Whitoff Tuesday April 2.
Hollywood dance director Dave Gould introduces a police style lineup on a studio stage to screen test chorus girls for the film. The method hides candidates from judges to reduce self consciousness and reveal natural grace. Gould predicts wide adoption by studios.
Dr and Mrs T RK Biddie and Mrs Biddie's mother returned from Daytona Beach Florida with Mrs Sophia Leslie of Columbus as guest. Miss Hedden and Miss Noss attended Federated Music Clubs of Ohio in Cleveland. Several Athens residents traveled to Toledo for P O Sisterhood convention, with fourteen Athens schoolboys going to Washington under Henri Hess. Drs Lee Stuber Bowman Sprague attended a district dental meeting in Chillicothe. Agnes Ayers hosted relatives in Columbus, and Mary Williams Jane Atwood traveled to Washington DC for the D A R conference with others nearby.
A long oral legend recounts Mrs Leeds and a child marked as the Leeds Devil, blamed on a gypsy curse or deviled birth. Reports spread from Esteilie to Camden, Salem, and West Collingswood with sightings described as an ostrichlike creature perched on roofs and roaming swamps, provoking crowd confrontations and police action.
Twenty seven troop committee members leaders and council members met at Hillcrest Inn for the annual Girl Scout council meeting. Mrs Cuba Weaver Cincinnati and Hamilton County director was guest of honor and showed camping pictures from Camp Catherine to Scouts and district residents. Parkerburg leaders James A Ryan and Mise Mulien attended with other Parkerburg directors and troop committee members. Elections for officers for the next year will be held the second Monday in May.
Mrs. Ida DeVore announces the marriage of her daughter Helen to Thomas Metrician in Tacoma Washington in April. The couple will reside at American Lake where both are employed at the Veterans Hospital.
An Athens Ohio University art exhibit in Edwin Watts Chubb Library features portraits of former presidents and local figures. The display contrasts modern pieces by Ernest Fiene and Morton Bly with earlier styles, including a vivid Dean Irma Voigt portrait and a lively unknown youth study.
County Commissioners authorize purchase of materials valued at $499.90 for remodeling the courthouse law library to serve as offices for Prosecuting Attorney Harold J. Rose. The report notes the project aims to improve facilities for the prosecutor's office.
Pollyanna Club hosts East er Party at 168 Morris Avenue Monday 7 30 p m with Miss Marguerite Kaincade in charge Athens Junior and Senior High P T A meets Monday 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium American Legion Auxiliary gathers Monday 7 30 p m at the Legion Hall Hobson Study Circle meets Tuesday 7 0 p m at 9 North Congress Street Doe0 Married Pruilw s Close of the Christian Church hosts Tuesday 7 30 p m at 70 Maplewood Drive Regrets to hostess by Tuesday noon Standard Bearers supper set for Tuesday 5 p m Methodist Church Tuesday Club postponed to April 30 P T W W Club at 222 West Union Street Tuesday 7 30 p m Sayre Study Club with Mrs O EB McClure 182 North Congress Street Tuesday 2 p m Social Literary Club meets Tuesday 2 30 p m with Mrs Frank B Dilley Columbia Avenue Mrs Thomas M Wolfe and Mrs T N Hoover review Plant Hunting by E H Wilson
Three active Chi Omega members and seven alumnae attended the state meeting in Marietta. National president Mrs. Mary Love Collins conducted the Spring convention. Active members were Miss Virginia Lou Eberle Miss Jeanette Campbell and Miss Mildred Van Horn. Alumnae included Mrs. James Patrick Mrs. Dwight Rutherford Miss Doris Buchanan Mrs. B H Sprague Miss Ruth Cone and Misses Pauline and Betty Jones.
Mrs Householder hosted a birthday dinner at 8 8 May Avenue for Mr James Householder and daughter Nancy Lou with two large white candles candy baskets and an angel food cake. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Colling Mr and Mrs H G Householder Mr and Mrs Charles Reamer Mr and Mrs BE A Holmes and others at the May Avenue event. A separate note reports Allene Padden ninth birthday party at 2 to 4 pm with classmates James Quest Wanda Quest Patty Wright Helen Long Joyce Bigum Wanda Coots and Mary Frances Ross in attendance. Milady promotes Empire shoes with buckles straps and decorative punched tongues as summer fashion trends. Heels lower and broader sandals with aerated toes favored for hot days and dress options feature high heeled kid sandals.
Julia Shawell notes that modern women reject outmoded ideas of beauty and life. She argues women face facts acknowledge reality and intend to act to improve their lot.
Miss Elsie Lee Bibler circled by six friends at the home of Mr and Mrs Raymond Shepard Avon Place in honor of her eighteenth birthday. Guests enjoyed an evening of dancing and a luncheon served by the hostess describing a small social party atmosphere.
The notice lists individuals George Safreed 49 Jacksonville Nellie Orr 44 Jacksonville Howard Erse 30 Chauncey son of Mr and Mrs Ed Mitchell and Marjorie Chapman 4% Chauncey daughter of Mr and Mrs Leroy Chapman application The text then notes in England and Wales the annual cost of educating a pupil in elementary schools rising from 23 75 to 465 dollars over recent years.
Athens high school students, grade school pupils, college attendees and teachers spent a weekend in Washington aboard the Cherry Blossom Special returning at 6 30 am Monday with souvenirs and train dirt. The trip included 335 from Athena and 1600 from Cincinnati Parkersburg area aboard three trains. Students toured the Capitol Senate Building House of Representatives Supreme Court Lincoln Memorial Mt Vernon Alexandria Smithsonian and Congressional Library.
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