Double Wedding at McArthur Unite Two Athens Couples
A December 24 double wedding at McArthur joined Mises Wilma Walburn and Francis Colley with Mrs Ora Swartz uniting to Harry Chadwick. The couples traveled to Coopersville for Christmas and will reside at 240 North Congress Street with Mrs Chadwick. Colley works for Ray-Glo. Colley is a former high school graduate and editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Athens
Mises Wilma Walburn
J. N. McMary
Athens-Marshfield Road
Francis Colley
Ora Swartz
Harry Chadwick
Justice of Peace
George Specht
Coopersville
Hiram Slagle
Chadwick
Mr. Colley
North
Congress Street
Colley
Athens High School
Ohio University
the Messenger
Ray- Glo Company
Orl
Littler Family Christmas Dinner Noted in Town
East High School coach Harley M. Littler and relatives gathered Christmas Day at the Littler home East Union Street with Clyde and Hilber Littler and others Also guests included Jeff Guess from Parkersburg and Levi Stephenson from Dayton The piece records multiple local family visits and travel around the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley M. Littler
East High School
Youngstown
Mmr
Thomas Littler
East Union Street
Robert Davidson
R. Howe
Jeff Guess
Parkersburg
Levi Stephenson
Dayton
Bus Stephenson
Brown Avenue
29 Guests Entertained at Vercoe Home On Christmas Day
Mr and Mrs Thomas Vercoe hosted Christmas dinner at 77 North Congress Street for 29 guests. Attendees included Mrs Thomas Phillips and family, Mr and Mrs Dewitt Sloane and children, Mary Margaret Bernice and Charles Richard, and others in extended guest list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Vercoe
North
Congress Street
Thomas Phillips
Ross
Gladys
Dewitt Sloane
Mary Margaret
Bernice
Charles Richard
Ira Sams
Delmar
Hugh Sheridan
Richard Phillips
Lenna Catherine
Wilford Patterson
Charles and
Floyd
Ross Ackrey
Lawrence
Thomas Young
Marilyn
Jean
Elaine
Noami Doane
BE. R. Lash
South College Street
EB. R. Lash
Fiorence Lash Williams
FE. R. Lash
Susan Lash
New Year's Dance At Country Club
A New Year's dance will be held at the Athens Country Club on Saturday night December 3. The Brooks Golden Orchestra will provide music and dancing will run from dusk until 1 a.m. All club members and guests are invited to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Country Club
Alonzo Palmer
Brooks-Golden Orchestra
Reopens Fight Over Two Cent Stamp Returns
Rep Clyde Kelly a Pennsylvania Republican and chairman of a House sub committee backs restoring the two cent stamp arguing Uncle Sam would profit from higher mail volume. He says the government would earn more money carrying letters at two cents than at three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Kelly
Congress
Sam
Kelly
Pennsylvania
House
Dress pattern ad from The Athens Messenger
An Anne Adams pattern catalog promotion details multiple dress sizes 16 to 48 with sew by numbers and yardage. The ad highlights inexpensive, practical dresses in cotton prints with binding trims and easy seaming. It promotes ordering pattern 2447 and the catalog for 15 cents, or pattern plus catalog for 25 cents, addressed to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Athens Messenger Pattern Department
W. 17Th Street
New York City
Mrs Kenney Dies After Stroke Victim’s Decline
Eleanor Jane Kenney aged 72 died Monday at her daughter’s home after a paralytic stroke on Dec 16 from which she never recovered. She leaves husband F H Kenney and four sons Arthur Wilbur Ralph Clark and one daughter Mrs L C Staats, plus two sisters. Funeral at Jagers Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 56 PM with burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Jane Kenney
L. C. Staats
Maplewood Drive
F. H. Kenney
Arthur
New Brighton
Wilbur C
Dayton
Ralph
Tucson
Ariz
Clark P
Athens
C. W. Secoy
Bellevue
Ohio
William Brooks
Jagers
West State
Congress Streets
Weat
Union Street
Make This Model at Home Pattern at Athens Messenger
Step by step instruction diagrams accompany pattern 2487 from the Athens Messenger Daily Pattern Department. Ideal for mornings, the guide details home sewing projects and model making techniques. The publication emphasizes hands on crafting and practical applications.
Canapes as Elegant Opens for Luncheon and Dinner
The article details making canapes as bite sized appetizers for entertaining. It covers foundation breads or crackers, savory butters with anchovy cheese or mayo, and varied toppings such as caviar and smoked salmon. It notes neat presentation, appropriate sizes, and use of toothpicks for serving with tomorrow’s menu items listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avory
May Head Nation's Largest Bank May Head Nation's Largest Bank
A fragment describes serving tiny open sandwiches with crisp bacon for guests. It emphasizes immediate service, color, and discriminating taste in preparation, noting these bites add interest to company meats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Aldrich
Rockefellers
Chase National Bank
New York
Albert H. Wiggin
Aldrich
Bank
Jail Breaker Hurt In Sixth Floor Escape Attempt
One prisoner fracturing a leg and back after a fall from a rope of sheets and blankets while attempting to escape from the county jail on the sixth floor. His companion surrendered to police following the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
County
Frank Westbrook
City Hospital
Revel Ends in Deaths Mystery at Pueblo Camp
Police investigated a Christmas revel that ended in the deaths of Doris Gillian Cool a 19 year old Pueblo girl and Harold Crawford 20. Their nude bodies were found in a cabin at a tourist camp with police suspecting poisoned wine or asphyxiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Pueblo
Doris Gillian Cool
Harold Crawford
Barberton Man Dies After Exposure Found by Patrol
Mat thew L. Knowles, 49, of Barberton, died at Citizen's Hospital eleven days after police found him at the east end of the Tuscarawas Avenue viaduct, frozen and crawling toward aid. He was believed to have fallen into the canal under the viaduct while on his way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barberton
U.P
Matthew L. Knowles
Citizen's Hospital
Tuscarawas Avenue
Knowles
Ald
Slayings Puzzle Police In Cleveland Rug Shop Death
Cleveland police search for the identity of a killer after Peter Boymer a 65 year old member of the Socialer Turnverein was found dead from suffocation in his rug weaving shop on Christmas morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Peter Boymer
Turnverein
Zarley Funeral Wednesday
Funeral services for Elizabeth Zarley of Trimble who died in Shelter ing Arms Hospital from injuries sustained in a motor accident near Amesville will be conducted at Mound Hill Church, Amesville, Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock. Burial will be made in the adjoining cemetery. The Rev. B. H. Pugh will officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Zarley
Trimble
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Amesville
Mound Hill Church
B. H. Pugh
Roosevelt May Accept Hoover Arms Policies
President-elect Roosevelt and Geneva delegate Norman H. Davis discussed adopting Hoover disarmament policy. Roosevelt, halting his Hyde Park Christmas, appeared hopeful about further world armament curtailment and a Geneva conference aim to limit mobile artillery to six inches and ban poison gas and aerial bombardments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
U.P
Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
Geneva
Davis
Mental Agony Led to Slaying
A letter found after Dr. Squire Pomeroy Bevier shot himself details months of mental torture he faced. He confessed to beating 71 year old Mrs. Josephine M. Elder to death and cited an imagined enemy tormenting him as motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.R
Meramec River
Squire Pomeroy Bevier
Josephine M. Elder
Birth of a daughter for Mr and Mrs Earl Thompson
The Plains announces the birth of Donna Jean Thompson born Tuesday December. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Fletcher Hawk and Mrs Frank Thompson. Community notes include church songs, Naomi Class activities, officer elections, and upcoming meeting at Mary Evans home on January 11. Local school events feature Plains basketball wins over New Marshfield and Buchtel, a Nut Cracker program by seventh and eighth graders, and a Christmas party with treats and favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Thompson
Donna Jean
Fletcher Hawk
Frank Thompson
M. E
Naomi
Jean Porter
Mary Evaria
Gay Circle
Elizabeth McCullough
Fern Hill
Bernice Humphrey
Mary Evans
Plains
New Marshfield
Buchtel
Buechtel
Local Marriage Applications From Athens Area Ad
The notice lists several proposed marriages with ages and hometowns. James L. Taylor 19 of New Marsh field and Thelma P. Murphy 19 of Athens R D 6 apply, as do Robert W. Fisher 40 of Athens and Mary Agnes Oliver 27 of Athens. Harold J. Huffman 23 of Chesterhill and Caltha Virgene Wilson 27 of Amesville appear with a waiver noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Taylor
New Marshfield
William Taylor
Thelma P. Murphy
Athens R. D
James Murphy
Robert W. Fisher
Athens
Mary Agnes Oliver
Harold J. Huffman
Chesterhill
William Huffman
Caltha Virgene Wilson
Amesville
John Wilson
Leonard Burton Gullty Plea Leads to Jail Commitment
Leonard Burton Chauncey was fined ten dollars and costs by Magistrate C. H. Porter after pleading guilty to intoxication. He was committed to Athens County Jail for failure to pay the fine and costs. Constable Frank White assisted in the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Burton
Chauncey
C. H. Porter
Gullty
Burton
Athens County
Frank White
Beasley Company 1933 Auto Licenses and NC State Football Star
Automobile licenses for the F. J. Beasley Company for 1933 were purchased at the David Johnson Courthouse office for $694.85. Tags covered 10 trucks, a trailer, and 10 passenger cars with varied prices, while Red Espey of NC State started every game in four injury-free seasons as center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Beasley Company
David Johnson
Red Espey
North Carolina State
Electric dollar proposed as new panic cure all
Atlantic City reports Dr. John P. Norton of Suffield Conn proposes the Edison Dollar as a monetary unit tied to gold at 40 kilowatt hours. Norton argues kilowatt hours are uniform nationwide and production costs would justify periodic revaluation every five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Norton
Suffield
Conn
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Edison
Norton
United States
Local social notes and visits recorded
Flat Run Rev Harley Brewer spent Saturday and Sunday with Arch Arbaugh and family. A. T. Townsend and F. B. Arbaugh visited Clarence Arbaugh for Sunday dinner. Dorothy Bowen and Elizabeth Dixon visited Mrs. Elsie Peacock. Irene McVey is home for Christmas vacation. Okey and Kesley Woodrum spent time with Clarence Arbaugh. The Albany grades presented an excellent operetta. Mrs. Elbert Conner and the Weyands shopped in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Brewer
Arch Arbaugh
F. B. Arbaugh
A. T. Townsend
Clarence Arbaugh
Albany
Dorothy Bowen
Maude Weyand
Fizabeth Dixon
Elsie Peacock
First dog racing track opened in Baterville California 1920
The earliest dog racing track reportedly built by Owen P. Smith in Baterville California began racing in 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen P. Smith
Bateryville
Calif
Hollywood Cash Offered for New Movie Actress Name
An appeal from Edith Roark’s publicity director offers $800 for a suggested professional name. Entrants may mail or postmark a name by January 1 1933 to George Blake Studio M 341 1023 N Sycamore Ave Hollywood CA with one entry per contestant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Edith Roark
Mix Roark
George Blake
N. Sycamore Ave
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Littler Family
Ernest Wilson
H. L. Wilson
Franklin Avenue
Philadelphia
I's
Wilson
General Electric Company
Dorothy Wilson
Western Reserve- Ohio University
Parker Carpenter
A. F. Head
Indianapolis
Ind
W W. Kelly, Jr
Nelsonville
John Cross
W. Gibbs
Mapier
Wisks Popu RS
Ameg
Chas. C
Millikan
Optometrist
Millikan’s Jewelry Store
Masonic
Athens, Ohio
Union ST
Dr. Drake
Abe Smith Bros
Dr. Bell
Vick
Vercoe
A. E. Whaley
Harold Whaley
William Whaley
Woodrow Wilson
St. Marys
W. Va
B. A. Locke
Doris Sanders
Erwin Co. Hitz
R. L. Sanders
Oak Street
D. B. Laughlin
Elizabeth Lummis
Duanne Chauncey
Cadiz
Ellen Biddle
Columbus
Columbus School For Girls
Biddle
D. H. Biddle
Tom
John Loviner
Ralph McKinstry
Anna May
Clarence
Christus
Gus Gashalle
Glouster
Loviner
B McKinstry
Gaashalle
Pearl McCollins
Lancaster
Roy McCollins
George Franklin
Huntington
George McCollings
Richland Avenue
Switzerland
Mme. Christal Paar
Mrs. Kenney
The
Athens Messenger Daily Pattern Department
U. S
London
Viscount Furness
Thelma Morgan
Viscountess Furness
Lord Furness
Prince of Wales
Anthony William
Anna Sten
Soviet
Russia
Miss Sten
Siyns
Exposure Hills
Zarley
Pretty Rose Gendler
Rock River
Hoover
Eleet
Armaments
Atlantic City
N. J
AN Phurr
Bnweiat
Ruth
Nole
Ared Emu
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