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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1938
Page
10
Polly Chelsey travels from Connecticut to London to claim her grandfather Richard Dart’s estate. She confronts Oliver Dart, who insists the property goes to her mother’s brother. The meeting shifts as war looms and a privateer captain enters the plot.
Polly Chelsey, an American on a London visit, pleads with two Americans in a foggy street and meets Jerry Whitfield who pursues her after she hints at kinship and a plan to recover family money. Oliver Dart, a cold host, resents the intrusion as Polly surveys English society and plots to learn about Grandfather Dart’s fortune.
Three men at Lake McGregor, Vulcan Alberta, captured a 19 percent pound pike on film as it hooked their first catch and, while being hauled into the boat, inspired a 29 percent pound fish to swallow it and be landed.
The Good Samaritan and Leader classes of United Brethren Church meet Friday at 7 p.m. at Mrs. Earl Frazee’s home. Jacksonville P T A plans a Feb 7 meeting in the grade school with a Founders Day program led by Mrs. Louella Cliffton. Families and neighbors from Athens visit relatives in the area and local hospitals receive guests including Mercy Columbus and St. Francis Hospital patients.
Community notes show William Bachner injuring a shoulder after a fall. Multiple local families and relatives are listed as visitors and guests in Grass Run-Side Hill area during the weekend and following week.
Rev Damon Wate kins will fill church services at the Church of Christ in New Lexington. The February P T A meeting at Fast Side school is led by Ebon Gillespie. Cereal Woolley narrowly escaped serious burns lighting gas for drilling on his farm. J R Wade is out after influenza. The Ladies Aid Valentine party meets at Olive Brookins home. Faithful Circle Bible Class postponed due to illness. Mrs G Patton travels to Columbus for her son at Ohio State University. Mrs R H Wade home from Grant Hospital after major surgery. Clarence Willis and Carl Willis attend the President's Ball at Nelsonville Elks Hall. Mildred North returns from Mercy Hospital after knee fracture. Charles Marten school bus sedan damaged in collision near East Millfield. Mrs Elizabeth Robinett hosts Sunday guests including family from Haydenville, Nelsonville, and Athens.
A letter mailed in Wellington New Zealand arrived in Peterborough Ontario eight days later after a train ride to Auckland and a flight to San Francisco aboard the inaugural Pan American Airways clipper.
Construction nears completion on a bridge over the Moscow River that will be the widest in the world at about 120 feet. The bridge and approaches total roughly 2,100 feet in length.
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