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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1928

Page

5

Sewing Club Socks For Christmas Charity At Meet

The N. T. T. Sewing Club met at Mrs. Carl Ayers home to knit socks for charity. The filled socks will be distributed by the Married Peoples' Class of the Christian Church at Friday evening Christmas party for needy children. A Rebekah Lodge pot luck supper and a ten cent gift exchange are planned for 7 o clock this evening at the I O O F Hall. Mrs. Jennie O'Dell leaves Friday for Philadelphia to spend Christmas with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lantz O'Dell.

N. T. T. Sewing Club Carl Ayers South McKinley Avenue The Christian Church Rebekah Lodge I. O. O. F. Hall Jennie O'Dell Alpha Sigma Alpha Philadelphia Lantz O'Dell

Vaccine Driver Lost in Icy Alaska Trail

Holy Cross faces a smallpox outbreak with no outside aid as a vaccine courier and dog team may be stranded. A radio blackout since Tuesday night cut contact for 24 hours plus, sparking fears a Yukon blizzard has frozen the trails and blocked communication.

Cordova Alaska Holy Cross Anvik Yukon

West Point Candidate Named From District

Robert H. Jenkins of Jackson is recommended by Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins for admission to West Point Military Academy. Kenneth Worman of Gallipolis and Fred K. Mills of Rio Grande are named alternate candidates.

West Point Gallipolis Robert H. Jenkins Jackson Thomas A. Jenkins West Point Military Academy Kenneth Worman Gallipolis Fred K. Mills Rio Grande

Cheese Parsnips Learn To Make Palatable Parsnips

Parsnips can be made more palatable by dicing and boiling in salted water, then serving with drawn butter and topping with grated cheese and shredded parsley.

Jolly Sewers Club Christmas Party Report

Mrs. Neil D Thomas impersonated Santa at the Jolly Sewers Club Christmas party hosted by Mrs. Thomas. Edwin McPherson distributed gifts to 27 members. Mrs. R G Palmer opened the meeting and named the charity committee for the year. The group sang carols and welcomed new member Mrs. L H Heil. Next meeting set for January 16 at Mrs. M M Thompson’s home. Friendly Society of the Presbyterian Church to meet Friday at 2 30 PM in church parlors.

Neil D. Thomas Maplewood Drive Santa Claus Edwin McPherson Jolly Sewers’ Club Thomas R. G. Palmer Wilson Norris Charles Baumline L. H. Heil

Smallpox Found in Home Near Belpre

Marietta dispatch reports Mrs. William Atkinson wife of an engineer at Dam 18 near Constitution diagnosed with smallpox by Dr Prunty of Belpre after several days illness.

Belpre Marietta William Atkinson Dam 18 Constitution

Christmas Bridge Party At Mrs Townsend’s Home

Mrs. Augustus D Townsend hosted her bridge club at 52 West State Street for a Christmas party. Gifts were exchanged from a festively decorated tree. Mrs Alvin Lamborn won high score and guest Mrs John Dowler took second honors.

Augustus D. Townsend West State Street Bridge Club Alvin Lamborn John Dowler

Woman's Home Missionary Society Meets Friday at Church Parlors

The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the First M. E. Church will gather at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the church parlors. Mrs. John Gillette will lead the devotions and Mrs. L. G. Bean will speak on Learning to Live Together with special music. Hosts are Mrs. P. G. Hibbard and her group.

Woman's Home Missionary Society of the First M. EB John Gillette L. G. Bean P. G. Hibbard

LocalResidents Travel for Christmas Visit to Columbus

Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Clutter of 105 North Congress Street returned from Columbus after a specialist visit. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Johnson left today for Columbus to spend Christmas with their children Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Linscott and Mr. and Mrs. Justus Brown and families.

A. L. Clutter North Congress Street Columbus Clutter A. L. Johnson A. V. Linscott Justus Brown

Woman's Relief Corps to Meet at Red Men's Hall

Installation of officers and a short program to be held at 7 o'clock Friday evening in the Red Men's Hall.

Woman's Relief Corps Red Men’s Hall

Whisky Demand During Flu Epidemic Reaches Washington

Washington reports a flu epidemic drives appeals for inexpensive whisky to deter and treat illness. Officials acknowledge medicinal liquor distribution rules limit action though vast confiscated stock exists. Public letters seek regulatory change as prohibition enforcement notes limits.

Washington White House Treasury Department

Government holds seized liquors under court order rule

Prohibition bureau notes that seized foreign and domestic liquors are generally unavailable for medicinal use and remain in government custody until a federal court disposes of them. The exception applies to foreign liquors seized by the coast guard.

Prohibition Bureau Coast Guard

Reading Clubs Present Talks on Paintings and Christmas Customs

Central School Reading Clubs presented a program with fifth grade students detailing country Christmas traditions from Holland to Norway and explaining holly mistletoe bells and trees. Sixth grade covered the lives of Raphael Botticelli and Correggio with Madonna pictures and related explanations by named students.

Helen McAfee Red Cross a@sis Raphael Florence Harvey Neva Oxley Avanelle Spriggs Corregio Margaret Alice Guthrie Mary Margaret Wilkes Botticelli Gertrude Reed

Dinner party for Central School teachers at Colonial Hotel

Miss Mary Williams principal hosted a Monday evening dinner for the grade and special teachers at the Colonial Hotel at 6 30. Roses were given as favors to the guests.

Central School Mary Williams

Chicago Slays Reach 479 as Year Ends Near

Chicago police record 479 homicides so far this year with 11 shooting days left until New Year. Breakdown shows 245 first degree murders including 12 police officers, 62 manslaughters, and 136 justifiable killings in self defense.

Chicago

Railroads Seek ICC OK to Run American Railway Express

A committee of railroad executives asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve a plan for railroads to acquire and operate the American Railway Express Company as a subsidiary. The New York Central Pennsylvania and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe would take over by March 1 1929 and run it thereafter.

Washington U.R— A Interstate Commerce Commission American Railway Express Company New York Central Pennsylvania Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe

Death of Delos R. Baker Former Cincinnati Post Editor

Funeral services are set for tomorrow in Delaware for Delos Richard Baker 80 former managing editor of The Cincinnati Post who died last night at his daughter Mrs. Harry Leonard’s home in Kilbourne after a two week illness.

Delaware U.R Delos Richard Baker The Cincinnati Post Harry Leonard Kilbourne

Indicted Murray Men Among Ohio Federal Case List

Eight secret indictments and forty known indictments were returned by a Federal Grand Jury in Columbus. The list includes James Gibbons Bellaire and others from Bellaire LancasteTer Xenia and more facing charges from morphine trafficking to narcotics violations and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. Multiple defendants from Murray,Moon and nearby towns appear among the indictments.

Ohio Columbus U.P W. B. Bartels Hough James Gibbons Bellaire Lyman James Thomas Lancaster John Wesley Gibson Xenia Harry Corbett Charles Shuttleworth

Road building drive eyed by Ohio Good Roads Federation

Delegates at the 19th annual Ohio Good Roads Federation meeting in Columbus advocate about 1 610 miles of highway improvement 1 136 miles of reconstruction and 1 876 miles of widening with bridges and grade separations. They expect to complete the state road system over six years and will present the plan to the legislature.

Columbus Ohio Good Roads Federation Ohio

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