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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1936

Page

5

Athens County high schoolers sweep scholarship honors

Stewart High School leads Athens County with six first places and two seconds in the county scholarship contest held Saturday. Helen Louis Martin of Waterloo wins senior English, and a county team of 30 advances to state May 2 with several students earning top marks in chemistry, physics, history and languages.

Frome High Athens County E High School Stewart Wen St Aivaraitv Ohio Eleanor Minister Kenneth C. Ray Rotary Dooister Vray Jacksonville-Trimble Albany Watrjoo Greens Run AmeshBern Snade Miss Martin Evond County Scholrship Ack Eslocker Rome Edith Kh. Leya William Allen Bernarda L. Danford Jacksonvi Kienmble Daisy Murphy Troy Briam Bingman Clarence Deeter Meriam Bingman Marian L. Lewellyn Waterloo Thora Belle Baughman June Shingler Helen Louis Martin Waterloo

Rome Grange to host program with prize contest

The Rome Grange will hold a Wednesday evening program followed by a prize contest. Stanley Lonas of Athens is confined at 83 Mill Street with injuries from a Tuesday incident at the Courtney Hill stone quarry.

Rome Stanley Lonas Athens Mill St Courtney Hill

Vendor Amenity Promised Relief for Kidney Ills in Athens

Athens resident Mr. Alex Kovach credits Vendol with rapid relief from backache weak kidneys and constipation. He reports improved digestion sleep and kidney function after weeks of use and urges others to try Vendol, available at Athens Pharmacy and sold by leading druggists.

Endor Alex Kovach Plains Athens Hocking Valley Ady

Ruth Burdette Seeks Re election As County Clerk

Miss Ruth Fef Burdette of 9 N. Me Kinley Ave Athens seeks another term as county clerk of courts on the Democratic ticket. Born in Jackson County West Virginia, she moved to Athens as a child with her parents the late Mr and Mrs L V Burdette. She attended Athens public schools Ohio University and Greenfield Business College. Previously she worked as a bookkeeper and stenographer and is a member of the Athens Pomona Granges and vice president of the Woman's Benefit Association of Athens.

Kinley Ave Athens Jackson County W. Va L. V. Burdette

Battery Plans First Road March for 134th Field Artillery

Battery C of the 134th Field Artillery Ohio National Guard will conduct its first road march on Sunday April 26 weather permitting. The march departs Athens Armory at 9 30 a m and includes drill formations truck maneuvers and gun handling along country roads around Athens. The Sunday drills replace Tuesday night drills for an indefinite period with pre march street program and training in data calculation field equipment and signaling.

134Th Field Artillery Ohio National Guard Paul Hall Athens Russell Q. Hall Hall Peter J. Seel Ernest PD Sams Sgt Smith

Ohio U. Women deans to tour campuses for field study

Dean Irma F. Voigt and five student deans from Ohio University will visit Antioch College in Yellow Springs and Wittenberg College in Springfield to observe campus life and women’s housing and records. Participants include Margaret Helen James, Alice B. Marsh, Edith Prentice, Maude Jones, and Helen Taylor. A second May trip will visit Miami College and Western College for Women at Oxford.

Irma F. Voigt Antiioch College Yellow Springs Wittenberg College Springfield Dean Voigt Margaret Helen James Athens Alice B. Marsh Pendleton Edith Prentice Jeffersonville Maude Jones Rushville Ind Helen Taylor Portsmouth Miami College Western College For Women Oxford

Blonde Francis Drake Stars In Sudden Death Film

Hollywood star Francis Drake, known for Blonde, headlines Sudden Death based on speeding and traffic accidents. She was arrested yesterday for speeding.

Hollywood Francis Drake

Straw Men at Home and Abroad Lecture At Ohio University

Dr. F H Allport of Syracuse University lectured at Ohio University on Straw Men at Home and Abroad advising individuals to resist collective fictions. He warned that nations are built by individuals and urged self expression and not surrender of personality. The talk covered social psychology and economic theory in lectures at Alumni Memorial Auditorium and Fine Arts Auditorium.

Hitler Mussolini F. H. Allport Syracuse University Ohio University Alumni Memorial Auditorium Allport Germany Italy Dr. Allport Fine Arts

Rufus Putnam Teams Top East Side In Daily Matches

Rufus Putnam girls beat East Side 12 to 3 while Rufus Putnam boys fell 13 to 6 to East Side. Rufus Putnam hosts East Side today at East Side with both girls and boys lineups listed.

Rufus Putnam East Side Grace Chism Anna Mae Bolin Betty Henderson Jane Maccombs Virginia Stansbury Jean Green Shirley Cavanaugh Elsie Lou Rowles Alice Linscott Laverne Blackstone Martha Lou Dowler Betty Yaw Kathleen Stempy Sylvia Schuler Ruth Ann Grover Donis Burson June Morris Cary Baird Barbara Danford Carolyn Hopkins Tommy Hughes Evan Jones Dick Mackinnon Junior Efaw Edwin McPherson Johnny Haller William White Darren Burdett Bobby Mills Bill Sprague Bob Garrett Billy Pendry Kenneth French Jimmie Meagle Homer Johnson Harry Peckham Glennis Fouty Bobbie Moore Bill Trautwein Albert Smith

Stewart Odd Fellows Lodge to Hold Potluck Dinner

The Stewart Odd Fellows Lodge invites all members and families and Rebekahs and their families to a potluck supper at the lodge hall on Saturday evening, April 25.

Stewart Odd Fellows’ Lodge Ludge Hall Rebekahs

Snow melts as sun returns after April dusting

Snow blanketed Athens last night and disappeared by afternoon as bright sun and warmth returned. Total precipitation was about half an inch with a high of 74 yesterday and a 29 degree low last night, warming to the upper 30s this morning. Fair and warmer weather is forecast for Thursday.

Athens

Thief Snatches Evegreen Trees From Second Street Lawn

Early last week Mr and Mrs Ira Wolfe reported eight evergreen trees on their Second Street lawn. This morning six trees remained and two root holes showed the theft. Mrs Wolfe traced the thief about 250 yards along the street via soil tracks from root debris. Police notified. Also reported is the death of the father of Misses Elva and Alta Cooper at Britton Michigan, affecting Athens teachers.

Ira Wolfe Second St Athens Britton Mich Elva Alta Cooper the Plains School

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Youthful Vitality

For twenty years both men and women have used Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to relieve stomach troubles blemishes and headaches. A vegetable laxative substitute for calomel they act gently to cleanse impurities and restore energy and freshness. Priced at 1 5c 30c and 60c with the adv note.

Dr. Edwards Dr. Edwards Oliver Dr Edwards

Three Divorces Granted in Common Pleas Court

Judge O F Rowland presided as three divorce cases were granted. Virginia Collins obtained a divorce from Kenneth Collins on extreme cruelty and reverted to Virginia Patterson after a minor status. Vera Trout won a divorce from Til on Trout for gross neglect with restoration of her former name. Charles A Parker was granted a divorce from Louise Parker on extreme cruelty amid other docket dismissals for lack of prosecution and Industrial Commission of Ohio case dismissal at defendant cost.

Common Pleas O. F. Rowland Virginia Collins Kenneth Collins Mary Ruth Steiff Virginia Patterson Vera Trout Tilon Trout Alan Charles A Parker Louise Parker Laura Reynolds Egbert Reynolds Thurman Covert The Industrial Commission of Ohio

Youth theft case leads to missing bicycle arrest

In Erse Pennsylvania Officer Vincent Dembinski encountered two youths who admitted stealing a bicycle but could not produce it. They blamed a man for the theft.

Erse, Pa Vincent Dembinski

Mrs. Deeter Former Ohio University Faculty Dies

Notice from Hollow Kansas confirms the death of Mrs Helen Humphrey Deeter former Ohio University nursery school teacher and first instructor of the university nursery. She resided with Mr and Mrs Harry Belkins and left a husband Arthur Deeter and three daughters including twins age about a week and a four year old.

Helen Humphrey Deeter Hollow Kan Ohio University Deeter Harry Blekins

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