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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1935
Page
7
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A McClain family card from O'Connor's Point Indian Lake chronicles a pleasant boating, bathing and fishing vacation. The page lists visitors and hosts including Joseph Craig Shannon West Nelsonville Elizabeth Rannells Dorothy Beebe and many others visiting from Columbus Mansfield Akron and Cincinnati among places named.
A 1920s feature surveys how educated young women join circuses burlesque choruses taxi driving and other bold roles. It highlights Ava Kimmey Antioch College parachute jumper and others like Anne Sibley Mary Adeline Prentice and Rochelle Black as they pursue adventurous jobs beyond traditional paths. The piece notes varied outcomes from elephant training to shill work and radio hostess hopes.
The Reeder family gathered at the Athene County Fair Grounds on Sunday for a picnic lunch at noon. Attendees included HL Reeder and family from New Marshfield, Albany, Columbus, Coolville, and Athens, with many relatives named and a baby named Peter Lawhead born Friday. The event continued a family tradition of naming Peter Good through generations.
New York fashion notes describe August coat sales favoring straight loose coats and swaggers, with back fullness and slim tailored options for versatility. Renaissance inspired seven eighths length coats pair with dresses, while collars, molded shoulders, and varied cuffs define the season, with a mix of furs and synthetics offering cost and longevity.
Mrs Saylor head of Wesley Foundation Work at First Methodist Church leaves Tuesday for San Francisco to join her husband. Miss Hazell Lovell and Dayton companion travel via Black Hills Glacier Park and Columbia River Highway with a Spearfish pageant stop before Yosemite Valley. The Saylors plan to reside at the Sussex Hotel while awaiting a permanent home and Miss Lovell rooms with relatives at Long Beach for the winter.
Twelve Girl Scouts returning from the Area Camp near Stockport were listed by name. Assistant camp director Mrs Thor Olson will stay at the camp to oversee drying and packing of gear after rains soaked facilities.
Earl M. Roberts of Belpre filed for divorce claiming his wife Geraldine H. Roberts crept into his sleeping room early Sunday morning July 2 and struck him on the head with a brass candlestick in an alleged bid to kill him.
The Athens Grange will hold a regular meeting at the Grange Hall on the Fairgrounds Thursday August first. A short program is planned and refreshments will be served by the committee.
New York fashion writers describe jewelry designed to complement hats. Wide carved corn bracelets pair with a brown and coral velvet turban while turquoise accented bracelets match narrow turquoise velvet bands on a black velour toque.
Homecoming plans announce events at Mt Yon near The Garden on Sunday. Details indicate community gathering with activities and a parade.
Twelve year-old John Rikall was killed Sunday when he slipped from the Hagenbeck-Wallace circus track during the ar rival in Wilmington.
Doris Elkins nine year old Dorie was honored as guest of a birthday theater party Saturday afternoon with friends Patelle Connor Mattie Lou Grones Margaret Ann Jenny Clare Sprague Betty Jon Wyenn Betty Ann Phillips Mary Louise Brown Barbara Lee Elkins attending. Ice cream and cake followed at the gathering. Russel McKee Ironton visits the Studers at 188 Grosvenor Street.
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