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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1931
Page
6
Family gathers to honor Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bobo on their fortieth wedding anniversary in Columbus. Son Roy Jr. and Marjorie Cather attend as relatives, while others visit and return home after sharing a meal and gift. A Mantel clock given as a token marks the occasion.
Helen Carrier Hart of Oklahoma City who sang in Italy arrives Sunday to stay with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Roberts at Hillcrest Inn. She plans to sail for Italy in February to perform in grand opera for three months. Mrs. Hart and the Roberts were longtime friends.
The Athens Messenger shares a guide on crafting a smart color contrast pattern for home decor. Step by step tips cover fabric choices, color pairing, and simple finishing touches for a bold, usable pattern.
A vintage pattern description offers a two tone crepe day frock with a soft draped neckline a belt and knotted belt ends. It lists color options dark green white brown beige navy rust and includes sizes 16 18 20 40 42 with yardage and fabric details for simple construction.
Employees from five districts including Athens of the Westerhead Southern Life Insurance Co and their families gathered at Moxahala Park near Zanesville for a Saturday picnic with about 850 attendees. Prizes were awarded for top agents during the week of August 17, led by G. W. Gaston of the Athens district for the capital prize. Members of the Davidson and Sisler families, friends of various workers, and visitors from California and Pennsylvania were noted among attendees and travelers. A funeral in Athens drew relatives from multiple cities for Dr. J. N. Brown of Medina, with a large local turnout.
G Stephenson family of Marion with daughter Jane and son Jack will host relatives. Doctor Henson cousin and family plan a week at the McKinstry home. Doctor Brown once practiced in Athens and served as pallbearer at Rev Coulter service. Oscar Fulton family heads to Cleveland for a week with kin.
Dr and Mrs John R Sprague entertained over the weekend with Mr and Mrs C H Dennis of Rising Sun Indiana as guests. Mrs Sprague and Mrs Dennis are sisters.
Junior Lieutenant Dick Downer of the Lexington was ordered questioned about the death of Mrs Daisy Price 26 wife of Lieutenant Commander George D Price. She fell from a fourth floor Alexander Hamilton Hotel window and died four hours later declaring it was her fault. Police seek names of officers at a prior party as a kitchen chair was found beside her. Price married at Coronado California July 7.
Captain Charles Beckwith aged 74 dies at his Malta home. pioneer Muskingum River navigator with government mail boats before rail era. Later co owned steamers between Zanesville and Pittsburgh. He retired after Lorena, his last boat, burned several years ago.
The board of education here has twice rejected bids for coal for the coming winter. Bids on No 6 and No 7 veins of lump coal will be received until 12 o'clock Wednesday September 2.
Mr and Mrs J H Henshaw depart Glouster for a week long motor trip visiting Washington DC and touring Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley en route.
In Glouster on Wednesday night M. M. Bryson will lead the church night services at the Church of Christ. Mrs. Grace Bryson will direct music and Miss Emma Easler will be the booster for the meeting.
In Glouster Ohio two funerals were held at the Church of Christ on Sunday afternoon. Mrs T G McDonald was laid to rest at 2 p m followed by the service for Mrs Anna Grimes of Ringgold at 3 30 p m Both burials occurred in Maplewood cemetery.
Mrs Hubert Welsch and her daughter Miss Helen completed a week long visit with relatives in this city Corning and Jacksonville. They traveled home to Wyandotte Michigan accompanied by Mrs Wit Southard who had joined them for Jacksonville visits. The Welsch family had longtime ties to Jacksonville.
Ohio the 1931 state fair will feature a premier horse show likened to the Kentucky State Show with amateur classes and a growing stake list drawing competitors nationwide. Also noted are highway construction bids, judicial statistics, health exhibits, and cigarette tax job openings during 1931 and 1932.
Investigators probe the disappearance of Hisashi Fujimura silk importer and New York financier from the liner Bergenland after a Halifax cruise. Mrs Mildred Harris Chaplin, former Charlie Chaplin wife, says she spoke with Mary Reisner, a musical comedy actress, aboard the ship and in New York.
Miss Gertrude Klivans 24, back from Moscow, says Russians are more mature and not prone to necking. She notes Americans neglect work for socializing and supports saloon abolition after observing Soviet life. She jokes about dry accusations and political frustration with long haired men and short haired women running the country.
Samuel M. Vacathain, chairman of Baldwin Locomotive Works and Hoover era dry supporter, says any system would be better than prohibition. He notes his prior support for prohibition but advocates change.
Miss Carrie Smith returned from Lancaster where she spent the weekend with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs P J Jones. Mrs Jones, who recently had a major operation in a Lancaster hospital, is slowly convalescing. Mr Jones and Mrs Jones were former Glouster residents later moving to New Lexington where Mr Jones served two terms as clerk of courts for Perry County.
Misses Pauline and Maxine Vaughn hosted friends Friday night with games and dancing at their Walnut Hill residence. Guests included Bertha Devol of New Stratteville, Kay Shirley and Rex Huffman of Nelsonville, Rosella Morris and Ada Golding of Corning, and Harper Williams. Gail
Citizens of Coalton Ohio have hired attorneys to contest a planned rate increase by the Ohio Fuel Gas Company. The dispute centers on a 25 year franchise approved then rescinded by the Village Council leading to mass refusals to pay higher bills. Petitions seek a November referendum while the company says rescission and referendum won’t be considered.
Akron tests of the navy airship Akron showed it to be stronger than any Zeppelin type air ship built. Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp announced hogging and sagging tests conducted by hanging heavy weights and transferring water ballast totaling over 100 tons to simulate severe flight.
Cleveland August reports W Ellen Hunt, 34 year battle over alleged unjust confinement in the State Asylum for the Insane at Newburg, set to receive a $15,000 award on September 1 with ongoing monthly support until the sum is paid.
In Columbus shops downtown, rolling machines and supplies of shredded tobacco and papers are selling briskly as the state prepares to tax manufactured cigarettes by two cents a pack beginning September 1.
A. J. Pieters of the Division Forest Crops inspected the Korean liseliza forage plant in Athens and nearby counties today. Introduced by Pieters, it has been raised experimentally in parts of Athens, Meigs, and Morgan Counties by Smith-Hughes agriculturists. The seed was known to Ralph Mills, a Presbyterian minister-doctor at a Korean hospital. The plant grows without fertilizer on any soil.
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