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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1931

Page

6

Tontse Price Heads New Social Relations Department

Miss Tontse Price, daughter of Mrs. Anne K. Price of Himwood Place, leaves Columbia University California to lead a newly created Social Relations department at Stevens College Columbia Missouri. She will supervise personnel problems and curricular activities with deans, social hygiene staff, health experts and other specialists.

Lourie Price Anne KE. Price Himwood Place Leland Stanford University California Stevens College Columbia Fee Columbia Progresalvea Miss Price Milas Price New York City

Millionaire Pauper of Cincinnati Gives Park to City

William I. Tl. Devon, a 74 year old Cincinnati figure known as the millionaire pauper, lives on pennies while financing Devon park in Covington. He plans recreation buildings, perpetual park care, and to keep working days from 7 a.m. to midnight as he funds the project with his fortune estimated at 1 to 5 million dollars.

Incinnati William I. Tl. Devoeu Cincinnati Patchet Devon Covington Rione Cinccinnati West End Dolly Devon Park Cincinnats Greater Cincinnati

Athens Board names Irene Estabrook as elementary supervisor

The Athens City Board of Education elected Miss Irene Estabrook as elementary supervisor for 1932. She studied at the University of Iowa and earned a Master of Arts from Columbia, previously serving as a supervisor in Oklahoma Public Schools. The board adopted the budget for the coming school year. Bills were presented and paid.

Irene Estabrook Athens City Board of Ementics Athens Istabronk University of Iowa Columbia University Misa Estabrook Oklahoma Public Schools Billa

Glimmering Panties Advertised With Extra Sizes

An old classified style ad promotes women’s undergarments with extra sizes and loose elastic. The listing mentions low price and a male buyer interested in purchase.

3000 Feet of Pipe Installed in New Athena Tunnel

Director John Collins of the Athena City Service Department reports progress on the Elmwood Place tunnel project. Three shifts work day and night laying the new water main to improve service by up to 600 percent in the east end and substantially in downtown Athens. An electric line and fan aid the effort as shale and clay prove stubborn.

Elmwood Place North Hill City Athena John 8. Collins Athena City Service Department Collins Athens

Rural groups top influence in farm survey in Ohio

In Columbus on August 1 a survey of 16,009 farmers and homemakers across 16 counties finds rural church groups farm bureau orange 4H clubs and parent teacher associations as the six most influential organizations. J P Schmidt director notes the results based on interviews conducted by about 75 farmers institute speakers.

Columbus Specian Rural Church Farm Bureau Orange School Farmers’ Institute J. P Schmidt

Influential Organizations in Rural Ohio Communities

Rural residents at Ohio State University survey vote on local influences. Church tops list for both rural men and women, followed by farm bureau and Grange. Farmers favor church, Grange, and farm bureau, with schools ranking higher than parent teacher associations and 4-H clubs in some groups.

Church Grange

Broadwell Tre Broadwell Homecoming Announcement

Broadwell Tre Broadwell home coming will be held here Sunday August 20 with a social on Wednesday August 12. Proceeds will benefit the church and Rev. Bennington will lead. Mr and Mrs Homer Hanson of Junction City and Mrs Silas Davis of Strouds Run were recent guests of Mr and Mrs Amos White.

Tre Broadwell Bennington Homer Hanson Junction City Silas Davis Strouds Run Amos White Leonard Ogg Charles Syn Chauncey Charles Heldcroft Zaleski Joseph Young

Rev W G Dowd Fills Vacancy at St Paul Athens

The Rev William G Dowd, past three years in Gallipolis and chari t at Ohio State Epileptic Hospital, fills the vacancy left by Rev W F Connolly at St Paul Catholic Church Athens. Ordained 1924 at St Joseph Cathedral Philadelphia by Bishop James Hart, he has links to St Charles Columbus and St Francis Hospital, with home in Philadelphia.

William G. Dowd St. Paul Catholic Church Athens Bundey St. Louis Gallipolis W. F. Connolly Portsmouth Dowd Ohio State Minerton Ohio Galipols St Charles Columbus St. Francis Hospita St. Joseph Cathedral James Hart Philadelphia Little Rock Arkansas Bia

Local Family Visits Highlight Weekend Gatherings

Columbus residents spent the last weekend with relatives in Dunbar and Stewart. Mr and Mrs Wall Nice joined by Mr and Mrs Arthur Vincent of Guysville visited Mr and Mrs Ray Nice of Dunbar. Enid Ogg and friends attended a birthday party for Bessia Justin then Mary Kenney Dora Conant Enid Ogg and Albert Ogg traveled to Cutler. Geneva Mills of Zanesville and her son Thomas of the University of Pittsburgh visited Lottie M Brill and her father.

Columbus Wall Nice Arthur Vincent Guysville Ray Nice Dunbar Enid Ogg Stewart Bessia Justin Mary Kenney Doro, Conant Albert Ogg Cutler Geneva Mills Zanes Thomas University of Pittsburgh Lottie M Brill Sunday Mra Mills George T. McGil

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