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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1934
Page
6
Advice column urges readers to declutter and refresh homes this spring. It promotes clearing junk, repainting closets, rethinking dishware, and DIY closet renovations. Strong emphasis on self improvement through a clean, organized living space and optimistic year ahead.
Beata, Athens High and Beata sororities held their annual banquet Sunday night at 6 30 at the Be llirerent Inn. Nine members sat at a long pink and green decorated table. Grace Wood, president, gave a short talk followed by Lois Meyer, prep president. Afterward the group attended the Ohio Theater.
The article urges planning from the house outward to rotate crops, with two fundamentals of landscaping simplicity and naturalness. It recommends dividing flower beds into edging center and background, oiling the mower, replacing worn parts, and preparing soil thoroughly. Wood ashes boost potash for stronger blooms and roots. The electric hot-bed is praised as easy and cost effective due to mechanical automation for better results than manure.
A fashion note describes spring wardrobe focus on new lady hats. Features include a natural rough straw wide-brimmed hat with violet clusters, a begaline straw cocktail hat with a wide mesh veil and pointed crown, and a natural baku wide-brimmed hat with a red velvet bow and red cherry adornment.
East Side School shows nature films for grades on wild flowers and animal life. A time lapse film from a camera taking 16 minute intervals suggested rapid growth and decay of flowers. Jungle life with three animals and a sugar production film were also shown to first to third graders.
Dr Salo Finklestien presented a mental math act before about 150 people in the Fine Arts Auditorium at Ohio University. He claimed no mathematical training but described memory links between numbers and dates, citing Shakespeare's death date via a powers calculation to illustrate his skill.
Dr. Finklestein, guest speaker of the Psi Chi honorary psychological fraternity, rapidly added and multiplied four digit numbers on a blackboard and gave correct results. He memorized 25 numbers at the lecture start and recited numbers 1 to 100 perfectly, a feat witnessed by leading chemists and mathematicians.
A surprise birthday dinner honored C. F. Windsor on Sunday April 22 in Guysville for his sixty six birthday. Noon basket cafeteria dinner served. Attendees included guests from Columbus Gore and South Canan and others from Amesville Lottridge Stewart Gore and Chicago with many relatives and friends.
Miss Irene Devlin secretary to President Bryan at Ohio University spoke at the Founders' Day Banquet of Theta Phi Alpha Sorority Gamma chapter in Columbus. She has served as grand president grand organizer and editor of The Compass the national magazine.
Neighboring granges are invited to send delegations to a party hosted by Athens Grange at Grange Hall on Thursday evening. Each family group is to contribute pies and sandwiches for the event.
Mrs. Rose Rutherford announces a home hygiene and sick care course to start next Tuesday in Athens. Miss Viola Fell, health nurse, will teach Tuesdays and Thursdays 3 to 4 pm for five or six weeks with a 75 cent textbook fee. Call Mrs. Rutherford at 651 for details.
In observance of National Child Health Day the Ames Bern rural schools held a play day Monday with health plays songs and a talk by Florence Stein county health director on Child Health Day. Pupils formed color teams for relays and games with Mt Herman Plantaville Lastop and Townhouse among participants.
The ninth annual New Marshfield Alumni Association banquet will be held at New Marshfield High School on Saturday April 28 at 7 p.m. An unusually large attendance is expected with the Class of 1917 honored. Members should contact J M Barron secretary to make reservations by April 25.
Hours at the Alexander Presbyterian Church on the Athens Albany road will shift starting next Sunday April 29. Morning worship begins at 10 o clock and ends at 10 45. Rev Howard Warner, pastor, announced the change.
Mr. O. C. Haney of Los Angeles visited with the Rardin family and Mrs. Nora F. Mansfield. He joined his brother Howard Haney in Athens to see their ill relative Herman Rardin and then planned travel to Fort Jefferson to visit Dr. A. E. Livingston at Temple University. Local social notes also mention Cleveland trips for the Ohio Hairdressers show and several family guests at 109 Morris Avenue and nearby homes.
Professor A Ande will speak at the Central School Thursday afternoon during a PTA event. The session includes a Hygiene talk by Anderson and a group from grades one and two presenting short playlets.
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