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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1927

Page

5

Social Sphere Notes from Local Gatherings and Events

Bridge party themes featured orange and orchid with seven tables at Mrs. Beckley home. High scores went to Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Evans Jones. Birth announced for Paul Robinson and Freda Erb's son born Tuesday April 19 with Erb and Robinson families named as grandparents. Community groups including Pythian Sisters and West Side PTA planned meetings and officer elections.

Earl Beckley R. H. White Evan J. Jones Paul Robinson Freda Erb Columbus Peter Erb the Plains J. F. Robinson May Avenue

Hobson Study Circle Reports At Tuesday Meeting

Committees presented their year’s work during the Hobson Study circle gathering at Mrs. H F Cakenougher’s home 132 West Union Street. Current events followed the roll call while entertainment included piano duets by Miss Helen Cross and Miss Frances Martindill and readings by Mrs. Elery Michaels.

Jennie O'Dell Lindley Hall Higley Dean Irma E. Voigt Dean Voigt Voigt Helen Roby Sylvia Louise Lorentz FE. R. Wallace Hobson Study Circle H. F. Cakenougher West Union Street Helen Cross Frances Martindill Elery Michaels

Devlin Leaves for Notre Dame After Easter Visit

Mr James A Devlin travels to South Bend Indiana to resume studies at the University of Notre Dame following an Easter vacation with sisters Misses Margaret and Irene Devlin at 11 Palmer Street and Mrs John Sprague at 53 Morris Avenue Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Harley W Gilbert and children of New Marshfield guests of Mrs Gilbert’s sister Mrs John Grim at 10 McKinley Avenue The trip included time with the Devlin family at their West Union Street home

James A. Devlin South Bend Ind University of Notre Dame Margaret and Irene Devlin Palmer Street John Sprague Morris Avenue Harley W. Gilbert New Marshfield John Gilbert West Union Street

Needle club social features readings and guests

Mrs. James Kittsmiller hosted the Tuesday Needle club at 60 North High street with twenty members and guests including Mrs. E L Church Mrs Edward Bolin Mrs P E Shirley Miss Caddie McKinstry and Miss Cora Woodyard Readings added to the evening with two recitations by Mrs Church and Ber nadine Farrell Assisting were Thelma Lehew and Mrs Edward Bolin Mrs Carl Ferguson returned from Springfield after attending a cousin's funeral.

James Kittsmiller North High Street E. L. Church Edward Bolin P. E. Shirley Caddie McKinstry Cora Woodyard Bernadine Farrell Thelma Lehew

Milk of Magnesia for Indigestion and Gas Relief

A vintage health ad urges replacing soda with Phillips Milk of Magnesia in water for quick relief from indigestion sour stomach and gas. It claims superior acid neutralization, gentle bowel action, and pleasant taste, noting the U.S. registered trademark and bottles sold in drugstores.

Phillips U. S Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co Charles H. Phillips

Goitre Removed At Home Without Operation

Ohio woman Anna Cline, a carpenter, describes relief after five years with goitre following use of Sorbol Quadruple. She reports reduced swelling and disappearance of distress, praising the product as pleasant and affordable. Information from Sorbol Co and McKee Drug Co.

Ohio Anna Cline Carpenter Sorbol Co Mechanicshare McKee Drug Co

Hi Y Elects Roy McClannahan Leader at Athens High

Roy McClannahan was elected to lead the Athens High School HI Y club for the coming year, succeeding the previous head. The announcement noted his election and upcoming plans for the group.

Hi-Y Roy McClannahan Athens High School

Adierika Claims Quick Relief for Gas and Sleep

A dated testimonial promotes Adierika as a stomach and bowel cleanser that stops gas and bloating within hours. The ad emphasizes nerve relief, better sleep, and improved appetite, citing Mrs. E Touchstone and Gibson's Pharmacy as endorsers. Contains dramatic, generalized health claims without clinical evidence.

Adierika Gibson's Pharmacy

Club Officers Elected at Morning Meeting

Foster Cornwell was elected vice president and William Cooper secretary treasurer at a club meeting held this morning.

Foster Cornwell William Cooper

PUPILS SEE FILM Declares History Shown At Athens Junior High

A three reel film dramatizing the Declaration of Independence was shown to Athens junior department students through Yale University Press. KB C Vermillion attended the district conference of county superintendents of schools. The production, filmed in Philadelphia, reportedly cost two million dollars and involved over two thousand actor interviews.

Athens High School Yale University Press Sentative KB. C. Vermillion Mr. Vermillion

Memorial Gym Named for Eddie Plank at Gettysburg College

Eddie Plank will be honored with a memorial gymnasium at Gettysburg College costing 125000 dollars. The former athletic pitcher and Gettysburg’s prominent alumnus died in February 1926. Prominent baseball men of today helped raise the funds for the memorial.

Eddie Plank Gettysburg College Gettysburg Plank

Metropolitan soprano and famed operatic questions

A quiz lists ten music questions from page seven. It asks for a Metropolitan Opera soprano, the composer of a deathbed unfinished symphony later used in a light opera air, the author of Aida, a distinguished violinist who served as an Austrian officer in WWI, the Philadelphia Symphony conductor, Chicago Civic Opera’s best known prima donna, the composer honored at Bayreuth each year, the writer of the Pathetique Symphony, the composer of Samson and Delilah, and a German composer referenced at the end.

Metropolitan Opera Company Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra Chicago Civic Opera Company Bayreuth Germany Samson and Delila

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