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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1931
Page
6
Athens Country Club plans a New Year’s Eve style feature dance Thursday night with special music and decorations. Dancing begins at 8 o’clock with W H Logan and other committee chairs coordinating arrangements for the festivities.
A seven year AAAS survey report critiques the U.S. education system noting excessive arithmetic and little emphasis on social life. Educator Bowden cites questions from teachers in 35 states showing primitive beliefs about marriage and weather prayers, urging systemic reform. Several local notices include residents visiting kin and a pool room arrest for intoxication.
Miss Virginia MceGraner married Eugene Burlle at 1 o'clock Tuesday evening in the home of her parents 6 Palmer Street. Rev. E Kenney officiated. Only immediate family attended. The couple will reside at 13751 Belmont Avenue Cleveland after a wedding trip. Virginia is Athens High School class of 193?. Eugene is son of Mr and Mrs Dewey Cubbien of Cleveland.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Milin Bore ing formerly of The Plains to Mr Adam Zebner of Toledo on December in Mason Michigan. The bride graduated from the Athens State Hospital Nursing Training School and was practicing in Toledo at the time of marriage. Other items note local visits and hospital events in Mason and nearby areas.
Cleveland December 1 Rail workers agreed to meet after a conference in Chicago to discuss wage reductions. Executives accepted the terms and prepared for further talks with union leaders to finalize a plan.
Elmer Loury delivers The Messenger in Green Run with about three routes daily. His first stop is Clyde Vernon filing station and the last is T McDonald. Born February 19 1919 in Jacksonville he attends Gerens Run School and enjoys agriculture and baseball. He aspires to be an engineer and maybe Ola University. He dislikes nothing in particular and likes chicken in any form. Bob Steele is his favorite actor and he enjoys mental arts as a hobby.
Ohio railroads received Utilities Commission approval to raise intra state freight rates by about 35 percent. The increases, permitted after three days' notice, align with recent state rate hikes approved by the former Commerce Commission. Notices allow changes to take effect on or after January 4, 1932.
South Hadley resident Exoma Ww Coley, aged 68, named by President Hoover as a delegate to an international conference in Geneva in February, marking her as a leading peace advocate. The International Conference on Debts and Reparations linked to the Young Plan will convene in Lausanne on January 20, per official notice.
Dec 30 4k Ger William H Afurray stood before the nation as a presidential candidate with indirect backing from the Democratic state executive committee.
A fragment notes that he will be away, accompanied by friends, reportedly for a cure or recovery. The readable words imply plans to leave with companions, but details and context are unclear.
Ten boys in green jackets labeled Bell Hops form the Manringtes High School basketball squad from West Virginia, coached by G. J. Hartman. They practiced with Ohio University in Athens, losing Monday to Sardis High School, and plan to play at Middleport. Hartman has attended sessions at Ohio University the past three years. The team stayed as guests at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house.
Washington December 30 Senator Kean Republican proposes adding a Canadian member to the Federal Reserve Board to coordinate Canadian banks within the U S system and to negotiate a treaty to stabilize the depreciating Canadian dollar. The plan aims at a joint currency arrangement and improved United States Canada financial ties.
Police will meet to choose the next move in the Marian McLean kidnapping and death case. Officials will review a report by two aliens on Charles Bischoff, the ex painter and finder of the girl's body, who has misled investigators during a week of intensive search. Extensive searches have covered every building within a mile of the McLean residence without locating the room where the girl was held.
Prohibition agents planned to raid a Cleveland lab and brewery site near Banater Mall, aiming to disrupt operations amid ongoing enforcement. Acting deputy administrator Lather, who had served in the eviction office, is noted in the fragment amid references to club records and local gatherings.
Gratification at the progress of the city over the last two years and its present financial condition was voiced at the annual dinner of city officials and employees held at Hotel Berry. Rufus C. Hopkins presided and introduced city officials who spoke briefly. Mayor Wood commended the effort and said the municipality is solvent, sound, and progressive. Councilmen Mansfield and Pratt noted their forthcoming retirements and expressed pleasure in service.
Councilman Carl Beasley and City Attorney Sam Erskine praised the city's governance as they discussed the fiscal straits and the steady service of Griff Evans and Ant Herrig. They noted continued city interest and observed that Athens has become a spreading, livable place during their years of service.
Elyria December 23 Merlin 5 known as Lorain's perfume bandit was committed to the Toledo State Hospital for the insane today. Brosky, a young musician, had risen to prominence after being identified months ago as a gas station hold-up man by the odor of perfume on his coat.
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