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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1934

Page

2

Business Women District Host Carnival and Luncheon

More than 90 businesswomen from Southeastern Ohio met at Hotel Berry for a two day district meeting of the Business and Professional Women’s Club. State president Miss Elizabeth Pixley spoke on leadership and a ten year national program. Local events included a carnival dinner with performances by Dorothy Kishler’s troupe and several young dancers, plus a Sunday forum and speeches by Dr. Anna Marting and other notable women.

Ohio Hotel Berry Clabe Athens Elizabeth Pixley Portamouth Elizabeth van Horn Kramer Kramer Florence Kimes Goldie Edwards Helen Roberts Gladys Jones Lucille Duffee Ramona Bowers Esther Glass W. R. Phillips Lote Fling John Hartley Bether Wilson Glass Cambridge Ironton Coshocton Marietta Circleville Berry Dorothy Kishler Dea Henry John Henry Marjorie Moler Frank Moler Virginia Fletcher John Jagers Utopia Anna Marting Eleanor Minister Dewey Goddard Howard Bobo Virginia Grassel Zanesville Emma Price Mamie Malone Nelle Dye Clarice Cox Gladys Ellinwood Marietta Viola Fell Gladys Brooks Marian Carmichael Geneva Jones Dasa Long Felonese Moore Tribune Publishing Company Mary Vashti Jones Jones and Jones Portsmouth Marting W. F. Marting Marting Hospital Esther Marting Marian Marting Mary Morris Pickaway County Nelle Parker Business and Professional Women Gallipolia T. M. Wolfe Bertha Brown Club Frank R. Murphey

New Comfort for Those Who Wear False Teeth

New product Fasteeth offers a powder to sprinkle on denture plates to hold them tight and comfortable with no pasty taste. Deodoria e oot Pasteeth at your druggist. Three aiven-Ady.

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Do You Know Athens Know Athens Trivia Quiz

A quiz asks five local questions about Athens history and landmarks. It queries the site of Dr. A. B. Sias home on North Hill fifty years ago, the Grandmother Brown marker, Stimson's Pond location, Courtney Hill naming, and Old Union Street, with answers on page 9.

Athens A. B. Sias North Hill Grandmother Brown Stimson's Courtney Hill Old Union Street

Thanksgiving guests and birth announced in local notices

Dinner guests at the W E Jeffers home on Thanksgiving included Calvin Gorby and family from Crooks ville Miss Metta Jeffers from Pittsburgh Chase Jeffers and Wade Jeffers of Albany William Cheadle and Rex Cheadle of Albany Burl Ice of Carbondale. Arch Markin announces the birth of a small daughter on Thanksgiving Eve Reed Jeffers and William Cheadle made a business trip to Gallipolis Saturday.

Carpenter W. E. Jeffers Calvin Gorby Crooksville Metta Jeffers Pittsburgh Chase Jeffers Wade Albany William Cheadle Rex Burl Ice Carbondale Arch Markin Reed Jeffers Gallipolis

Daughters of Union Veterans Meeting Planned

Daughters of Union Veterans will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Odd Fellows Hall Lawrence Building.

Daughters of Union Veterans Odd Fellows Hall Lawrence Building

New Porse Holiday Frocks Highlight Gowns and Style

Christmas party season prompts gown ideas with two Main bocher evening frocks. One is tulle with silver fox trim and the other red wool net with a green sash. Both display sleek polish and hair shine, reflecting 1935 fashion and the aim of a refreshed look even if frocks are not new.

Archaeology digs hint at deep native past in Georgia site

In Macon Georgia archaeologists aided by CWA and FERA and led by Dr A R Kelly from the Smithsonian are excavating mound burials and ceremonial chambers. They seek a living history for early Indians linking objects myths and migration to 15 000 to 20 000 years ago along the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers and in Georgia Florida and nearby regions.

Ohio Louisiana America CWA FERA A. R. Kelly Smithsonian Institution Frank M. Setzier Washington National Museum John R. Swanton American Bureau of Ethnology Ocmulgee Oconee Georgia Florida Swanton Setaler Macon

Housing Canvassers Resume City Survey

The Athens Better Housing campaign resumes with 13 canvassers meeting at the Security Bank Building to map districts and avoid overlap. They wear blue and white badges showing a house and Better Housing Program and will provide remodeling and FHA loan guidance to property owners.

Athens Security Bank Better Housing Program T. W. Craig C. M Gill

National Farm Acts Will Be Discussed

Nashville, Tenn. December 3. The sixteenth annual American Farm Bureau Federation convention will discuss a democratically determined plan of action for rural America and feature an address by Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, and other officials will also speak as delegates meet with cabinet members and finance and economics experts.

Nashville Tenn America Cordell Hull American Farm Bureau Federation Hull United States Tennessee Henry A. Wallace Chester C. Davis John Winant New Hampshire W. S. Myers Farm Credit Administration George Warren David F. Lilienthal Tennessee Valley Authority Federation

Wife Files Two Charges Against Husband Deniel Guilt

Owen Riley of Canaan Township was arraigned before Magistrate C. H. Porter on two charges filed by his wife Letha Riley. One affidavit charges assault in a menacing manner, the other intoxication. Riley pleaded not guilty. bond set at 108 dollars each, failure to provide bond led to jail.

Owen Riley Canaan C. H. Porter Letha Riley Riley Taft Davis Rome Roland Ruth Davis Porter Melvin Hurst Barlow Cal C. Robinson Harry Mitchel Athens Sherif R. B. Goldsberry Mitchell

Little of Ohio Gas Tax Going for Road Work

W T Holliday of Standard Oil of Ohio warns in The Sohican that statewide gas tax and motor license receipts are being diverted to nonhighway uses to prop up general revenues. He notes only about 19 percent goes to highways and cites municipal pools funded as poor relief.

Ohio Cleveland W. T. Holliday Standard Oil Company of Ohio The Sohican Holliday

Progressive Women meet at Ohio University cottage

The Progressive Women's Club of Stewart will gather Wednesday December 5 at 2 p.m. at the Ohio University Home Economics Cottage. Mrs Shugus hosts and Miss Jeanette Smith from County Library Service speaks.

Progressive Women's Club of Stewart Ohio University

Who's Going And Coming

A roundup of Thanksgiving travel and visits includes Dr and Mrs T B Biddie Mrs C L Poston and Mrs Sally Elliott heading to Daytona Beach for wintering in Florida Mrs Elliott staying with the Biddies. Other families return from New York Staunton and Washington from a nine day trip and Thanksgiving gatherings with friends and relatives.

T. B Biddie C. L. Poston Poston Sally Elliott Columbus Daytona Beach Fla Elliott Biddies Fred Beasley Richard Galigher New York East Alice Beasley New Haven Connecticut Staunton Beasley Marjorie Beasley Virginia Beasley Jane Galigher

Cutler Thanksgiving Festival Hosted by Parent-Teacher Group

Cutler P T A staged a Thanksgiving festival featuring a penny lunch fish pond fortune telling and community singing drawing a large crowd. Local families from Parkersburg Vincent Bartlett Columbus and Charleston visited relatives and attended community events during Thanksgiving week.

Cutter Cutler Parent-Teacher Association Emil Satterfield Parkersburg W. Va Ida McAfee Lena Frazier Vincent Verne Leyda J. C. Summers Zanesville Weston Joliette Rebekah Lodge No. 631 Carl Secoy Gordon Bartlett Secoy Dean Dunbar Dayton Goddard William Brandeberry Stewart Kenneth Carothers Columbus Delbert Gosset Charleston

FERA Work Presses On in Athens County Projects

FERA crews continue work in Athens County with activities centered at the county courthouse. A sewer line nears completion linking to Court Street while interior alterations proceed in the courthouse. At the Children's Home a new storage space is created as a canning kitchen finishes.

Ders FERA Athens County Court Street Preeier Law J. D. Garrett Athens County Children's Home Gallipolis Athens Nelsonville Garrett Franklin Street Cable's Alley Clifford Street Garret

East Side Teacher Struck by Typhoid Fever

Miss Verna Danford, first grade teacher at East Side School, is ill with typhoid at her home on 110 North Congress Street. She likely contracted the disease during a Parkersburg visit the weekend of November 3. In Parkersburg eleven typhoid cases are blamed on contaminated milk.

Verna Danford East Side School North Congress Street Parkersburg

Divide Ridge Guests Enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner

Mr and Mrs A P Hixon Divide Ridge entertained for their Thanksgiving dinner with guests Mr and Mrs Claude Junod and children Glennis and Betty Jane Athens Mr and Mrs Carios Dorr and son Lee Mushc Run and Miss Eilma Everett Peach Ridge.

Divide Ridge A. P. Hixon Claude Junod Glennis Betty Jane Athens Carios Dorr Lee Mushc Run Eilma Everett Peach Ridge

Central School Group Meeting Planned Tuesday

A local group will meet on Tuesday with Mrs Roy Jones and Mrs Stewart at Street address to discuss group activities.

Central School P Roy Jones Street Stewart Dent

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