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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
2
Dark green lace gown designed by Lucien Lelong features new treatment with wide box-pleats from hipline, creating graceful folds. The jabot front shatters, long sleeves and high back add sheer glamour to the evening dress.
Nelsonville reports a Friday assembly directed by Miss Jackson featuring seventh and tenth grade English classes. The program opened with marching, color guard, pledge, and prayers, followed by a Christmas pageant including Cantique de Noel sung by Mrs. Cordrey, a play The Christmas Image, and group songs by the brass quartet and girls glee club.
Mizpah Class of the M. E. Church and guests the Rev and Mrs Clark and Mr Harry Ball shared a chicken dinner at Mrs Harry Ball home on Poplar Street. The scene featured pine and bells with tree and poinsettias on the tables. Santa handed out gifts as carols filled the room and a food basket for a needy family was arranged. The next meeting will be January 19 at Mrs Nelson Dowler Jackson Street.
Nelsonville Public Library will close Friday at 6 PM and reopen Monday at 1 PM, keeping doors shut through the weekend.
Mrs Leota Thompson and Mrs Nelle Windon attended funeral services held for Mrs Helen Baker in Glouster Wednesday afternoon.
Dorothy Weed seven died of pneumonia at University Hospital Columbus after infantile paralysis. She had spent time in an iron lung and was taken out weeks ago. Survived by father W J Weed stepmother brother grandmother and many relatives. Funeral at Zaleski M E Church with burial Asbury Cemetery. Pallbearers from local school. Also reports Miss Elizabeth Segbers stroked at Catholic Church and critical at home. Others called to Wellston for Mrs Robertson funeral. M E Sunday School to present Christmas program next Sunday. Nazarene pupils presented program Wednesday. Irene Didult and Martin McKibben visiting homes for holidays. Many Zaleski shoppers in Ath Saturday.
The Buchtel school publication The Echo returns as a 10 page Christmas number edited by Dolores Wagner with staff Do lores Wagner Duard Mahoney Earl Rife Nell Tolliver Ruth Eberle advisor. News covers school activities class parties and basketball games. Boys team has one loss while girls remain undefeated.
Straitsville reports weekend visits by Noel and Mrs Dyer in Marietta and Harry Witschy family in Columbus. Locals note Christmas lights decorations funded by merchants and citizens with a large tree donated by the American Legion. County events include school plays, a church program, and a Pocahontas turkey dinner at Red Men’s Hall. Beulah Wade’s engagement to Floyd Matthews announced. Edwin McCarthey injured in Columbus coal strike incident.
The Mothers Bible Class of Zion Church Lower Plains held its annual Christmas party at the president Mrs. Hazel Luman’s Union Street home in Athens. Readings, carols, and a Christmas story were shared. gifts were exchanged and the Luman and Farley families were noted.
Tuppers Plains hosts the White Gift Christmas service titled Good Tidings of Great Joy under the direction of Mrs. Elma Shields and Mrs. Hilda Stiles at the Christian Church Thursday evening. Several local families visited, and marriages and births are noted among residents.
Letart Falls mourns as Mrs. Ora Roush dies in Inner Ocean City Florida of pneumonia and will be brought home for burial in Letart Cemetery. Funeral services and rites are led by the White Shrine of Ravenswood with local attendance noted.
Ohio State University student in Columbus spends Christmas break at his parents home in Millfield. Mrs Patton traveled from Columbus this week and was accompanied home by her son.
Chauncey Mine No. 25 was idle today after weeks of activity while only four mines in the district operated. Mines working Thursday were No. 5 No. 90 Carbondale and Poston No 6 as the daily average had been twelve.
Chauncey social news lists visits among Newark Sugar Creek Lower Plains and Chauncey inlaws and relatives. Ethel Augustine plans a 10 day Newark stay. Helen Gabriel and Patty Lou visit Ashland relatives. Betty Sands returns from Athens. William Beckler recovers from illness. A historical note recalls England rejecting Spain over Gibraltar.
The Nelsonville Eagles announce a boxing show planned for January 14 as the fifth lodge sponsored event. Dewey Whyte and Stan Partlow lead the committee scouting top fighters after attending bouts in Columbus Washington D C and Akron.
In Nelsonville the Past Chiefs Association held its annual Christmas party at the Dew Hotel with a 6:30 turkey dinner for 11 members and guest Mrs. Lucile Hellyer of Columbus. The group then visited Mrs. Harry Davis’s festively decorated home with a ceiling high tree, holiday lights, and exchange of letters and gifts.
Bob Lancaster a University of Cincinnati student visits his mother for the holidays. Mrs Elza Hellyer of Columbus spends several days with Mr and Mrs Harry Davis. Dr and Mrs Edward Murphy of Lynchburg Virginia visit the Kelch family for the holidays. Miss Nell Dowler Capital University student spends holidays with her parents Nelson and Mrs Dowler.
A report cites Romania as having the largest gypsy population in the world at about 306000 people, highlighting the size of the community within the country.
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