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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1939
Page
9
A reader quiz on correct social usage covers who should suggest ending dates, thanking a young man, leaving for a movie, introducing a date to a mother, and whether a man should rise when the mother enters. It presents scenarios and recommended choices, including handling a fraternity dance conflict with a second date.
Ruth Millett notes modern American women share courage with pioneer women. She contrasts pampered stereotypes with a New York scene where 3,000 women queued 25 hours for 12 laboratory helper jobs paying 960 dollars yearly. They slept in armories, brought cold meals, many were wives or sole earners, and all sought work with resolve.
Albany Route One extends social round as Mr. and Mrs. Arthur West and others dine with Mrs. Bell Fought. Barbara Jene West visits grandparents Worley West. many locals, including Mr. and Mrs. Collins of Athens, host and guest alike.
Logan County Auditor Kenneth Fitzgerald and deputies began the February tax settlement on Wednesday. Books are being turned over by County Treasurer Robert N. White as many subdivisions have drawn funds in advance for current expenses pending final settlement.
Three concise notices praise Wine of Good Hope by David Rame, I Travel By Train by Rollo Walter Brown, and An Anthony Eden Biography by Alan Campbell. The reviews highlight themes of love and a Cape wine farm, travels and social critique, and Eden’s career amid international politics.
A recipe styled note describes a fruit wheel coffee cake with prune filling and almond topping, plus a sour cream coffee cake variation. It provides dough, filling, and baking instructions, plus a breakfast and dinner menu including coffee, bacon, ham steak, and vegetables for a mid century meal plan.
Andrew Keirns aged 89 died at his daughter's home in Marion Ohio. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at Hooper Ridge Church of Christ by Rev Kenneth Hannaman. Burial followed in the adjacent cemetery. Keirns longtime Hooper Ridge resident.
Herbert Eugene Graf of near Lancaster was taken to Cherrington hospital on Wednesday for a tonsil removal operation. Notice of appointment names Clara L. Bowser of Athens as executrix of Ida Bowser Brown estate with four month creditor claims. probate judge Francis D. White records April 10 1939. Also Daniel F. Slusher of Guysville Rt. 2 named executor of Flournoy W. Slusher estate with four month creditor claims. dated April 17 1939.
Kananga notes report M. E. Church Ladies Aid regular meeting at Mrs. W. E. McDade home with Easter readings and plans for church work. Next meeting set for May 4 at Mrs. T. J. Oliver. Visitors from Huntington and Ashland attend family bereavement in Pt. Pleasant. Local deaths include Philip Trosti and Charles Reese. Heavy rains and high water disrupt outdoor work. Homer Vickers family moves to Pt. Pleasant. Port Huron reports a six ounce egg laid by a nine month old white leghorn, three times normal weight.
Madge Graham helps plan a hasty departure for Noel as she confronts old Transvania gossip about Philip Veritzen and a queen. Olina reveals she knows more than she lets on, hinting at a past romance between Veritzen and Madge. The scene ends with Noel ready to leave secretly as tensions rise.
Regular monthly meeting of the Athens County WPA will be held in the Chauncey high school building Friday at 7 30 p m. All secretaries and committees are urged to attend as announced by the County Committee comprising Abner Phillips J Henry Lock Hugo Theisen Ray Gaskin Athens and Mike Krivesti The Plains
Mrs Mae Wade and Miss Olive Brookins of Millfield visited Mrs Wade's parents in Derwent Ohio last week. Tommy Blower recovered from scarlet fever. Miss Virginia McQuaid spent Tuesday in Athens with Miss Lorena Mae Sisson. William Smith and Bert Smith, medical student and coach in Richmond Kentucky, visited their mother Mrs Mabel Smith. Mr and Mrs Harvey Wade of Millfield visited friends in Youngstown. Mrs Guy Brookins of Chauncey spent Tuesday in Athens visiting sister Mrs Allie Bingman. Mrs Jessie Fulton visited Mrs Frank Shirkey in Athens. Mr and Mrs W O Nitchman, long-time Logan residents now in St Louis, are visiting relatives in Logan and Caldwell and called on Clarence Sanders in Millfield.
Funeral services for 71 year old John W. Mourn will be held Friday at two in the afternoon from his High Street home in Chauncey. Burial will follow at Nye Cemetery in Chauncey.
Chauncey Forest Rose Re bekah lodge will meet in the K of P hall at 7 o'clock. The Junior Class play at the high school is scheduled for 8 o'clock.
Federal relief commodities were available at the Chauncey City Building from 9 a.m. to noon for direct relief and old age pensioners. Two hundred seventeen people were served with 192 pounds of beans and 186 pounds of butter. Mayor W. P. D. Hines and officials including Marshal Lawrence Reeves and trustees Harvey Courtney and William Smart, with Clarence Mullins assisting, oversaw the distribution.
Work on the sanitary project for Hocking County has started with two workers this week. The number will rise gradually up to fifteen as more recruits join. Sanitary Engineer W F Smith serves as the supervisor.
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