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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1924
Page
5
The Rebekah lodge meets Thursday at seven with practice for degree work. The U S D club shifts its Christmas party to December 18 hosted by Mrs A J Laverty. Mrs Alben R Kresge presented There is a Song in the Air at a Vorselon, with carols and light refreshments. A Social Literary Club wrapped gifts for a chosen family and collected a plate for candy nuts and fruit.
Franklin Carpenter Murphey a Tome School student in Port Deposit Maryland will spend the Christmas vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs Frank R Murphey at 156 East State Street He is due to arrive home Saturday.
Friday evening the Knights of Pythias and families attend Castle Hall for an unusual program starting at 7 o clock before supper. Speaker Ward McMasters of Columbus will present a vivid picture of the facts surrounding the preparation of products.
Jr Wolfe an attorney of Ilington Kas and cousin of Charles H Slaughter left today noon for St Louis en route home after a visit with Mr and Mrs Slaughter. Monday evening Mr and Mrs Slaughter entertained with a dinner for ten guests including Mrs Charles Hunter Nelsonville and Miss Verna Brill of Zanesville.
Mrs Daniel Cornell and Mrs J N Brown will entertain the Presbyterian church Women’s Bible class and friends with a Christmas party at 7 o’clock Thursday evening at Mrs Cornell’s home 226 Fast State street. Christmas greetings and small gifts will be exchanged.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of Central Avenue M E Church will meet at 7 o'clock Thursday evening at Mrs Kemp ton's home 65 West Washington Street. Mrs Herb J Parker will host the Friendship Needle Club annual Christmas party at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at 245 East State Street.
The Training I Parent Teacher Association will hold a meeting at 3 o clock Thursday afternoon in the school auditorium to plan a Christmas program.
The Hobson Study Circle held its annual Christmas party Tuesday evening hosted by Mrs. O. G. Jordan at 19 Church Street with a program by Mrs. Victor Hill on The Origin and Customs of Christmas. Gifts were exchanged and a collation served by Mrs. Jack Jordan and Lois Mc Coy. Guests included Mrs. P. G. Dowler and others, with Grace McKee and Granville Evans arriving from Haverhill, Massachusetts to spend the holidays with Evans and McKee families.
The Social Lit era club held its annual gift party Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. C. L. Jones home 8 University terrace. Members exchanged gifts and contributed eatables and clothing for a needy family as carols and readings accompanied the program. Mrs. Robert Tompkins sang Away in a Manger and the group closed with Holy Night.
Mr O B Sloane left this noon for Melbourne Florida to spend the remainder of the winter.
Mrs William Treace is in Murray as her mother Mrs Mary Evans lies ill, leaving her home duties and family matters in question.
In San Francisco on December 17 beggars including an old veteran with a poodle and "Blind Annie" were ordered off the streets by precinct police due to a Community Chest backed crackdown. The Chest reports 37 applications for aid, with most seeking permits to beg or training, and only two requesting work.
Nicholas John Coundouris, a London resident and naturalized American, claims to have submitted peace proposals to President Wilson via former Ambassador John W. Davis and to publish a book with a plan resembling Wilsons fourteen points. Friends say the ideas closely mirror Wilsons program for permanent peace.
Steubenville politician State Sen. Harry M. Carpenter is backed for chairman of the senate finance committee at the Columbus reorganization caucus on December 16. Sen. John D. Hays, the senate's oldest member, endorses Carpenter for the post.
London dispatch reports Colonel Walter Scott, honorary police commissioner for New York City, seeking international police cooperation to stop crime at the source. He urges a preventive system via International Police Conferences, beginning with a 1892 meeting in New York, to outmaneuver master criminals and favor early intervention over senere punishment.
Pattern Dept 4915 offers a crepe de chine taffeta or voile style suitable for gingham wool or cotton crepe chalite. The pattern comes in sizes 2 2 4 and 5 years with a 4 year size needing 1 ½ yards of 32 inch material. Mailed to any address for 12 cents in silver or stamps upon receipt.
The piece argues money drives crime but detective work and rapid intercity police communication will push criminals toward honest toil. It notes wireless updates from Pittsburgh to New York within minutes to halt fugitives, showcasing a strategy to deter crime through constant hustling and cross-city cooperation.
A sick elephant was escorted to a Bombay veterinarian after motor vehicles failed to pass. the animal recovered and then pushed its way back to the plantation when a machine refused to move.
Mrs Rudolf Lowe visited her husband’s office found him absent then used his dictaphone. The record captured him speaking fondly to his stenographer. She filed for divorce and obtained it the following week.
Washington December 17. Martha Clemens, 97, bedridden for eight years in Elderaville, Washington County, earns her living knitting lace. Despite paralysis and limited mobility she remains highly skilled and busy with patrons, saying life is pleasant and she can operate two needles with her right hand while leaning on her left.
Governor James G. Scrugham announced from Beatty Nevada that an exploration party has uncovered six miles of buried city ruins along the Virgin River in southern Nevada. Thousands of pottery fragments and rock writings were found, indicating a sizable prehistoric settlement.
Washington December 9 the Department of Justice will not conduct an investigation into the New Jersey liquor scandal. Officials said no inquiry will be opened and no steps were announced regarding the case.
Mrs Mabel Wittebrandt named assistant general in charge of prohibition cases, announced today.
Chicago report cites Frank Hand of the Independent Order of Foresters saying a study of 929 families found highly educated groups such as ministers teachers and ethnographers averaged about 1.8 children per family while occupations like janitors miners and quarry workers averaged 3.6 children per family. The speaker directs the society’s Oakville Ontario orphanage.
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