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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1930
Page
8
Dan Rorimer declares he tore up his Continental contract and seeks freelancing as he accuses Adamson of stifling originality. Paul Collier sympathizes while noting Amalgamated links and potential moves to Paramount or MGM. Collier also updates Dan on Anne Winter’s screen test and Mona Morrison’s studio lunch, signaling fresh industry momentum.
An all day service is set for Sunday August 17 at the Federal Valley Holiness Church with Reverend Pugh in charge. The column lists numerous visiting relatives and friends from Ohio kentucky and Indiana gathering in The Plains area, including Day Boggs Gorsuch and several Bookman and Rathburn families, plus notes on illness and a funeral at Athens.
A week of visits and events in Tuppers Plains features guests from Daylon Pomeroy and Columbus including Mr. and Mrs. W J Sandel and children. church events, hospital news, a home-coming, local band performance, and a 15 to 8 win by Tuppers Plains against Little Hockingball.
Dan Rorimer, a Hollywood scenario writer with Continental Pictures, meets Anne Winter an Oklahoma newcomer seeking extra work. Anne lands gigs at Grand United studios while living with two other extras, Mona Morrison and Eva Harley, whose attitudes reveal the harsh realities of auxiliary talent. Garry Sloan notices Anne and offers a pit in a film, while the casting director and Fred Hurley promise a screen test for a musical comedy. Anne rushes to Rorimer with the news, and he confronts his own discontent, tearing up his Continental contract and moving to life with Paul Collier who writes a daily movie column.
Haydenville and nearby couples and families, including the Lock, Carrothers, Matheny, Turner, Reed, and Sinnott households, visited relatives in Logan, Nelsonville, Hebron, and Columbus. Attendees extended to Carey, Chillicothe, Wellston, and Ashland with picnics, reunions, church events, and an all-day Latter Day Saints meeting with a basket dinner.
Langsville Allen Ward of Columbus is visiting relatives here. R C Johnston purchased a farm from Roy Anderson and took possession. Middleport girls camping on Lansbury farm returned home Saturday. Evelyn Ward had tonsils removed in Columbus. Several families from Athens Rutland Vinton and Parkersburg joined at J T Ledlie’s home. Ice cream social planned at Hanesville Church August 23. Daisy Miller visited Parkersburg and returned home. Family picnics, illnesses, and hospital plans noted among locals. Columbus residents visit relatives here.
Sunday hospitality filled Hooper Ridge and nearby communities as families hosted relatives and friends from Amesville The Plains Sand Rock Athens Nelsonville Jacksonville and Jackson County. Guests included Linscott Myers Bailey Sayers Wolfe Antle and Gears with multiple children and extended family visits.
New Straitsville Ford Treasure and Annie Lines wed here this week. Clyde Strain and Washie Lehman attended a St Josephs picnic. Christina Beattie visits Columbus relatives and returns home. Mrs George Ashbaugh of New Lexington visits her parents. Mrs John Evans visited Shawnee relatives. Mat Breeze returns home from Clyde. Stephenson back from Montana. Mrs Walter Denny underwent appendectomy at Cherrington Hospital Logan. East Fultonham couple Charles and Mrs White celebrate birthday with relatives and friends. A car on Logan New Straitaville Road overturned injuring several. none seriously. Harry Strain of Crooksville visits his parents. Earnest L Wintermute and Evelyn ...
Share of Shawnee announced their marriage this week. An automobile accident in Columbus injured Mag Ambrose and Carl Webb Saturday. Neither was seriously hurt, and both were taken to a hospital. Donald Lawson of Columbus visits relatives here. Mr and Mrs Clarence Hoy announce the birth of a baby girl. Mrs Evan Jones, ill, is reported improving.
Graham Chapel members announce a revival starting August 18 led by Rev. B H Peugh of Canaanville. Families visit home folk after layoffs from Pittsburgh. Residents and guests attend local events and fairs as farm conditions shift with feed shortages noted.
Bethany Mrs Wilcoxin and son Ray of Little Hocking spent Saturday evening with Mr and Mrs Jobe Moore. Mr and Mrs Clarence Covell and daughter and Miss Garnet Wright spent Sunday with Glenora Wright. Mr and Mrs Elmer Brandebery attended the funeral of Mrs Wade Richardson Thursday. Mrs Ed Moorse has returned to her farm here. Mr and Mrs John Barnes and son and Mr and Mrs Charles Drummer and family spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs Martha Petty. Mr and Mrs Jewell Pobst and son Russell of Dayton spent a vacation with Mrs Pobst's parents Mr and Mrs Grant Russell. Mrs Flora Klingberg sisters and daughter Viola of Cincinnati returned home Saturday after spending several days with the Ed Burkes. Mrs Ike Barnhart is ill. Word has been received from Wilford Grimes in a Michigan hospital that he is improving. Mr and Mrs Brad Meeks spent Sunday at Athens.
Miss Ruth Darnell returns from a visit with Miss Clarice Shafer in Malta. Albany area guests visit Elva Cade family. Akron and Athens trips noted. Several residents ill or moving, dinners hosted in honor of a 76th birthday, and rentals changing hands among Plains residents.
Dowler Ridge Leonard Pidcock attended the Ohio Rawleigh Retailers convention in Columbus at the Southern Hotel. William and Mrs Taylor spent the weekend in Logan. Ray Nice and family joined Mrs Bertha Farmer’s family Saturday night. Dowler Ridge M E Church held services Sunday afternoon and evening. Janice Pidcock, previously ill, is improving at her parents home Hurley and Mrs Pidcock. Robert Zimmerman and family visited Herbert Pidcock Sunday. Dowler Ridge School will open September 1 with Esther Whitlatch as teacher.
The Louther family joined relatives in St Marys West Virginia for an annual reunion at sister Rose Lamps home. George King was kicked by a mule at Bert Swartz farm and is confined to bed. Other weekend visitors included J W Weatherby J Rogers Virginia St Clair and C E Butts. George Guthrie was treated after a horse kick required several stitches. Continues on Page 11.
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