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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1925
Page
5
These reports were followed by quiz. The next meeting will be held on December 22, with Mrs Clyde Featherstone as leader.
The Business Woman's club will meet at 7 30 o clock tomorrow night in the club room at the City Building.
The committee for the Country club calendar dance Thursday evening consists of Chairman Don Peden and members Mrs. Peden, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Foster, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hodkins, and Mr. O. F. Rowland.
The Folk Lore club met at Jane L. Cooper's home on Morris Avenue to explore Christmas in England. Alva Birdsell told the story, Ruth Walsh outlined British Isles customs, and Marion Culler described Yuletide games before singing old English carols.
Mr. Carl Cox and his son Cecil from Richland Avenue traveled to Hamden yesterday to attend the funeral of Carl’s brother Hugh Cox.
Columbus businessman Mr. John A. Ford visited Athens on Tuesday for business. He was noted as a guest and scheduled meetings in the city. The report lists no further details on the agenda or outcomes of his visit.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Christian church will meet with Mrs W L Hottel at 60 North Congress street Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Athens High School football team will hold its annual banquet in the basement of the Christian church Thursday.
Mrs. F. F. Kittle of 173 North Lancaster street will host the Deborah class of the Christian church for its annual Christmas party Thursday at 7 o'clock.
Mrs J R Harvey hosted the Maecenas club Christmas party at 216 West Washington Street yesterday afternoon. Gifts were exchanged and roll call answered with Bible quotes. Stunts and games were organized by several members. Delphian Society at Hotel Berry Tuesday featured a lesson on The Religion and Art of the Ancient Egyptians with Mrs S M Haffey guiding.
Central school will stage a Mother Goose operetta by first three grades and Let's Go Traveling by fourth to sixth grades tomorrow.
The Men's Brotherhood of the Presbyterian church changes its dinner from Thursday to Friday evening at the church auditorium. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Horn and Mrs. Bertha F. Dailey drove to Columbus this morning.
Mr and Mrs O B Murphey depart Friday to spend the winter in Fort Lauderdale Florida staying until late spring. They will be escorted to Cincinnati by Mrs Richard Murphey and son Richard Jr and will continue to Jackson Mississippi to join Mr Murphey who is teaching there.
Chauncey residents Mr and Mrs W D Hines report Mrs Ella Tedrick and Mrs Clara Oberholzer seriously injured when their car driven by Sayers went over an embankment en route to Florida. They have recovered enough to leave medical care and stay in Charlotte Harbor Fla. Mrs Tedrick suffered a broken nose and head wound while Oberholzer had a broken shoulder and Sayer was injured. The wreck damaged the vehicle.
Chauncey December 8 An informal gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Delbert Jones featured music and dancing with a list of attendees including Mr and Mrs William Hawk Mr and Mrs Walter McGuire Mr and Mrs John Master Miss Augusta Master Miss Elinore Haning Athene Mrs Luster Enlow and many others from The Plains New Marshfield and nearby.
Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Powell at Hocking were Leslie Coon and Miss Elinore Atkinson of Beaumont.
The Loyal Woman's Society of the First Christian church Chauncey will hold its annual Christmas bazaar and bake sale all day Friday at Sayer's store. A fine selection of gifts and baked goods including candies will be offered. Arrangements committee members are Mrs. Guy Gardner Mrs. Addie Tippett and Mrs. B F Ferrel.
Marjorie Courtrey, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Courtrey, is ill at home on High Street. Mrs. Forest Spears of Columbus visited Chauncey after the death of Mrs. S. D. Jackson and stayed with Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mitchell of The Plains traveled to Chauncey to visit their son Dyat Mitchell and his family on May Avenue.
A Chauncey card from Clarence Morris says he is in Tijuana Mexico attending the races. He and Mrs Morris recently stayed with his sister in Los Angeles before his trip.
Miss Ruth Lahugh visits her father C Lahugh in Chauncey for several days. Mrs. Mary Bolin resides with Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey.
Bolin at Shade visits Chauncey at the Cunningham home on Ellis avenue. Vint Cunningham stays a few days with his son-in-law and daughter Lloyd and Fennell north of Tranner. The Crookaville couple spend the weekend in Chauncey with Vint Cunningham, then travel to Armdale to see Nate Lochany and family, including Earl and Bertha.
The article follows women drawn to Miami seeking security for old age and children, trading low wages for scarce rooms and long commutes. It details types of work from telegraph tasks to store clerks, and describes housing shortages and broken dreams as a professional woman finds her supposed dream job collapse into a grim reality.
Educators from Athens will have a prominent role at the Ohio State Teachers' association session in Columbus December 28 to 30. Athens figures Willis L. Gard and John R. Patterson serve on the executive committee. Patterson will read the report at the representative assembly. Professors Myers Gard and Carrothers will speak on education topics. McCracken will discuss Institutions and Administration. About 6000 teachers are expected, with an all state high school chorus of 5600 students performing.
Twenty seven youths aged 8 to 21 years figure in six crimes committed here and nearby. The group identified as criminals in a local report, highlighting a broad range of ages and the scope of wrongdoing in the area.
New York December 9 The tobacco industry awaits the House action on the tax bill. Cigar producers distributors and retailers say a 25 percent cut in internal revenue tax could revive demand. Through the year cigar output is down about 6 percent from 1924.
An old advertisement extols Hills Cascara Bro mide Quinine as the best remedy for colds and grippe. It claims the medicine stops millions of colds each winter and ends a cold in 24 hours when taken at the first sign, available at all druggists.
New York dispatch reports Millicent Rogers Salm a 21 year old heiress to the Rogers millions faded prospects for a custody fight over her infant son. Her husband Count Salm Hoogstraten threatens to sue. Salm is daughter of Col H H Rogers a leading owner and reputed to be worth about 40 million dollars.
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