Daughters of Veterans Elect Officers at I C O F Hall
Mrs. John H. Gross joined the Mrs. John Ellis Wool Daughters of Union Veterans as members. Officers for the coming year were elected at Wednesday’s I O O F Hall meeting: H L Atkinson president, Nelle Pickering senior VP, Mary Cahill junior VP, Charles Henry chaplain, Alex Root patriotic instructor, Caroline McKinstry treasurer, Anna Faubion Rose Partlow Kate Shaver council members. Installation set for January. Christmas party planned December 16 as pot luck with ten cent gift exchange at I O O F Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Gross
John Ellis Wool
Daughters of Union Veterans and
I. C. O. F. Hall
H. L. Atkinson
Nelle Pickering
Mary Cahill
Charles Henry
Alex Root
Caroline McKinstry
Anna Faubion
Rose Partlow
Kate Shaver
I. O. Q. F. Hall
Higley Circle Delves Into Fabulous New Orleans
Higley Study Circle met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. H. G. Vance home 94 North Congress Street to review the book Fabulous New Orleans. Mrs. E. B. Acomb led the report and Mrs. P. H. Druggan chaired the subsequent discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Higley
H. G. Vance
North Congress Street
E. B. Acomb
P. H. Druggan
Birthday party for eight year old daughter
Seventeen girls attended Mary Virginia Bing ffian's home at 262 East State Street on Thursday afternoon to celebrate her eighth birthday. The event featured games and several piano solos by Virginia Segale, with Mrs. L. H. Bingman and Mrs. Franks Segale assisting with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Virginia Bingffian
East State Street
Virginia Segale
L. H. Bingman
Franks Segale
Miss Ann Barlow Hosts Girl Scout Hike Invite
Miss Ann Barlow invites Girl Scouts Troop Four to hike to her Hastings Addition home Saturday morning. They meet at 10 30 in the scout room and will have lunch ready for the hike. Mrs J F Prather Alberta Nor nm Chillicothe and a Detroit guest visit Mr and Mrs Orge I Putnam North High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Barlow
Hastings
J. F. Prather
Alberta Nornm
Chillicothe
Series W. de Rekowski
Detroit
Orge I. Putnam
North High
Elegant pattern for knocked clothing style and accessories
Pattern 2244 offers a bolero and pleated skirt with contrasting collar and leather belt, available in sizes 14 through 42. Requires 334 yards of 39 finch fabric for size 16 and 1/2 yard of 46 inch fabric for contrast. Catalog and pattern priced 25 cents. send name, address, size and pattern number to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger Pattern Department
West Inn
New Yorks
City
Alderman Couple Return to Florida Winter Home
Dr and Mrs W N Alderman have left for their Ft Lauderdale Florida residence for their annual winter stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Alderman
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla
High School Hosts Fee Free Mathematics Club
Athens High School runs a club with no membership rolls fees or compulsory attendance. Hale Pickett sponsors the Mathematics Club with William Robinson as president and Rita Burns as secretary. About 20 non members attended a meeting featuring educational moving pictures the rapid calculator and the New York Stock Exchange plus a checker contest won by Phylisa Jordan and popcorn refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Mathematics Club
Hale Pickett
Pickett
William Robinson
Rita Burns
New York Stock Exchange
Phylisa Jordan
Red Cross Burden Highlighted by Ohio University Talk
Miss Beulah Bussell national field representative of the American Red Cross spoke at the Women's League of Ohio University December luncheon in Athens. She described the Athens County Red Cross as heavily burdened by mine disaster drought and unemployment noting 900 local children lack shoes and cannot attend school. She urged help and suggested forming a sub committee to organize aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Bussell
American Red Cross
Women’s League of Ohio University
Miss Bussell
Athens
Athens County
Red Cross
Russell
Farmers Institute Planned for Stewart
Stewart community to host a two day Farmers Institute on December 7 and 8 with speakers Charles W. Peters of Minerva and Mrs. Thomas P. Pierce of Harrison. Rome Township High School classes will vie for a $5 first prize in a large farm and home product exhibit. Mrs. Pierce will speak on The Electrified Rural Home with an electrical equipment demonstration.
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Stewart
Farmers’ Institute
Charles W. Peters
Minerva
Thomas P. Pierce
Harrison
Rome Township
Pierce
Birthday News for Robert Link and Marie Tucker
A young birthday celebrant Robert Link turns four and joins Rufus Putnam Training School kindergarten class with his peers. Marie Tucker of Central School celebrates her fifth grade birthday today.
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Robert Link
Rufus Putnam Training School
Marie Tucker
Central School
New Rabbit Fever Cases Are Reported in Ohio
Two more cases of tularemia known as rabbit fever were reported to the Ohio Health Department, bringing the total to four since rabbit season began. In the last two weeks of November Ohio logged 4,679 communicable disease cases, 584 more than earlier and 750 more than the same period in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Health Department
Indispensable Smith urged to stay past retirement age
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson asks the Civil Service Commission to keep 74-year-old Sydney Y. Smith in service. Smith, chief drafting officer at the State Department, has 61 years’ experience shaping treaties and intergovernmental agreements, deemed indispensable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Y. Smith
Henry L. Stimson
Civil Service Commission
Smith
State Department
Ohioana Library collects Ohio books in Athens County
Ohio authors and books about Ohio are to be assembled for the Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library now in Columbus. Donated works will be marked with donors' names and later housed in a dedicated collection. no public funds support the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Athens County
Ohioana Library
Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
John Finsterwald
Ohio State Library
Governor's
Finsterwald
Mother Sears Child’s Hands Torture at Amsden School
Helen Bland a 6 year old first grader at an Amsden school is under medical care after her mother Hildza Bland 38 Jackson Township admitted searing the child’s fingers and arm with a hot poker as punishment for disobedience Juvenile authorities investigate Miss Margaret Miller a schoolteacher reported the incident Sheriff George A Burkett noted the mother has five other children aged 10 to 21 years
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Tiffin
U.R
Helen Bland
Amsden
Hildza Bland
Jackson Township
George A. Burkett
Seneca County
Margaret Miller
May Borrow To Help Needy In Townships
Everett F. Folger, prosecuting attorney, outlines legal provisions for poor relief borrowing under House Bill No. 102 the Pringle Bill. Taxing authorities may borrow via bonds or notes if funds for relief are insufficient and approved by the Tax Commission and Ohio’s director of public welfare with a cap of one twentieth of one percent of the subdivision's 1939 assessed property value.
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Tax Commission of
Ohio
Director of Public Welfare
State of
Audi
Sheriff Protests Jailing Soldier in Overcrowded Bronx Jail
Bronx County Sheriff Robert L. Moran objects to courts martial sentences placing National Guard soldiers in the same cells as hardened prisoners amid overcrowding. The piece notes officials deny ordering jail placement except as a final resort and discusses proposed bond funding for relief and budget measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Moran
Bronx County
N. Y
Nationa Guard
East Rushville Store and Post Office Robbed at Night
In Lancaster Colorado the combined general store and post office at East Rushville was robbed in the night. Officials report $125 in cash and merchandise valued at $100 were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster, CO
East Rushville
Here
Congress to Open With Critical Tests in Incoming Session
Washington reports that Congress will convene to face key tests for Democratic control and the presidential race. Analysts expect a more assertive Congress shaping policy as it distances from postwar constraints and aligns with White House power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Congress
House
White House
Coolidge
White Horse
Hoover
Excess of Heat Now Stored Up for Year
Warm weather lasting into late November pushed the year’s heat well above normal. The Columbus Weather Bureau station reports an 888 degree excess for the year, averaging 2.7 degrees daily since January. November highs reached 74 on the 22nd and 25 was the low on the 26th. rainfall totaled 3.64 inches, 0.87 inch above normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Columbus
Ohio
Ice Cream Magnate Charged After Gifts Reported in Trial
Phil H. Baker an officer of the National Dairy Products Company testified that he showered gifts totaling about 50 000 on Mrs. Lillian Steince in a case charging alienation of affections brought by William Steince. The testimony was heard in Cleveland on December 4.
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Cleveland
Phil H. Baker
National Dairy Products Company
Lillian Steince
William Steinee
Toledo University Opens Season with Big Win over Alumni
The Toledo University basketball team defeated an alumni squad 83 to 16 in the season opener. In BELLAIRE Ohio the Ohio River Highway near Powhatan was opened after cutting a path through a landslide with hillside reinforcement planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
U.P
Toledo University
Bellaire
Ohio River
Powhatan
Vicks Nose Drops Aimed at Preventing Colds Plan
Advancements by Vicks makers introduce Nose Drops to complement VapoRub in a home control plan for colds. The strategy urges using Nose Drops at earliest nasal irritation and after exposure to conditions likely to trigger a cold to curb onset and reduce the so called Cold Tax on time and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicks VapoRub
Vick
Vicks
Coon 18 Recovering After 31-Foot Farm Fall Into River
Arthur Coon, of 14 May Avenue Athens, is listed in fair condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a Wednesday fall from a wooden farm at South Bridge into the Hocking River. He sustained a fractured rib head lacerations and severe shock.
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Coon
Arthur Coon
Sheltering Arms
South Bridge
Hocking
May Avenue
Athens
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Daughters OF Veterans
Higley Circle
R. L. Philhower
Alice Phil
Ann
Veland
Chauncey Lummis
Mr. Lum
8. C. Lum
Governor Street
Rich‘mond
The
Athens Messenger
Anne Adams
Gane Dhar
High School
Ohio University
Mother Sears
Pringle
Last
Ohio General Assembly
Marietta
Everett F. Folger
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sheaffer
Southern Ohio Electric
Mother Gray
Mother
Preston
BIG Daylight
Summers & Son
Oline Bldg
Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Liberal
oNine al Tees
O To
F. L. Woodworth & Son
South Court St
Coats
Francys and
Grace
Cochrans
South Court Street
J. A. Palmer
Wm. E. Clark
H. P
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