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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1935
Page
5
Farmers plan to sign corn hog contracts under the provisions of the law. A meeting is set for February 11 at 1 p.m. to review the program and discuss details. Attendees expected to be present.
Members of the Grange team request additional time to study the Hemlock Grove issue. The motion proposes moving from Saturday morning sessions to Saturday, with Daniels and William A. acting as spokesmen. Asbury Smith J. E. Petty and others are listed among tine members.
A Mary of the Peace church event is reported with details of a meeting held this afternoon at Mt Barbara Massar. The record lists officers including A W Hoover as president and W H Center as secretary with other roles noted.
An advertisement touts Olive Tablets as a purely vegetable remedy to aid digestion and relieve constipation. It emphasizes a yellow complexion, pink skin, and a buoyant feeling, noting years of use and yearly sales while urging action on Everclear health claims.
News of the death of Mrs. Helen Laughead Burrows at her Merom Indiana home is shared by a Cincinnati area contact. Born and raised in Middleport she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laughead of Vine Street. She married Warren Burrows in 1891 and lived in Sullivan County farming. he died in 1930. Survived by sisters and a brother, she was a cousin of R. B. Laughead of Middleport. In a separate note, Middleport sewing club members who completed training include Mary Louise Stephenson Elizabeth Joachim Stella Joachim and others.
Annual meeting of the Women’s Music Club of Middleport held at Heath M. E. Church with 22 members present. New officers chosen: President C W Clark, Vice President Vesta McCoy, Secretary Margaret Sauer, Treasurer Wiletta Emish, Choral Director C W Snider. Six associate members added: Bertha Lasher Helen Coast Kays Mabel Wilson Lucille Smith Margaret Wells Lenore Giles.
Mrs F R Alden returned to her Tuppers Plains home after visiting her daughter and family on Grant Street. Mrs Elmer Miller and Mrs Lucy Boggess, both ill, are recovering at Grant Street. Mrs Frederick Smith and daughter from Columbus stayed Monday night with Mrs G H Stansbury as they traveled to Pt Pleasant for the funeral of Richard Kelly Grogan, the 8 year old killed in a Middelport car accident. Mr and Mrs Fisher Russell and daughter Dorothy of Muskogee Oklahoma arrived Monday night and will attend the Grogan funeral at Pt Pleasant Methodist Church this afternoon at 2.
Middleport reports two new members join the Foreign Missionary Society of the Heath M E Church. Mrs. Nan Moore hosted on Coal Street as Mrs. R W Harris presided. Miss Bess Sanborn led a lesson on Japanese Women. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Moore and her daughter Elizabeth.
In Middleport Mrs. E R Tompkins hosted the Five Hundred Club with two tables at South Third Avenue. Guest Mrs. Hamer of Wilkensburg attended. In Pomeroy the Church of Christ Ladies Missionary Club plans a monthly meeting at Mrs. E H Priode's home at 7 30 pm with Mrs. Edmond Grueser as missionary leader.
The American Legion Auxiliary elected Mrs Helen Cooper as a delegate for the midwinter conference on February 15 and 16 in Columbus. Members were urged to attend, a school of instruction will be held in each department, and the auxiliary decided to place its Memorial Day poppy order.
Miss Kathryn Huber, who has trained as a nurse in Cincinnati, visited her home Sunday and then travelled to Gallipolis to complete her study at Holzer Hospital.
Ohio National Guard’s 166th Infantry Company L in Athens earned the annual War Department rifle trophy for best Ohio corps. Competing against 200 plus units at Camp Perry last summer, noncommissioned officers and privates qualified as expert, sharpshooter, or marksman. Capt Thearle Shafer leads the unit with Lieuts Murfy and McCrum as top rifle instructors. Trophy to stay with the company for one year.
Two Georgia state senators telegraphed an apology to President Roosevelt for inviting Huey P. Long to address the state house. Senators Hart of Newman and Smith of Columbus signed the telegram to the president calling Long the greatest demagogue of all times and Kingfish of Louisiana.
Sixty schoolboys under fourteen fled to safety after a blaze at St Joseph's Seminary in Cleveland. Twenty nuns woke the pupils and guided them out before firemen arrived, with about $3,000 in damage reported.
Rio de Janeiro reports quotes Jose Carlos Macedo Soares foreign minister saying President Roosevelt will soon call a world cotton conference at Washington. The disclosure appears in local newspapers as a forthcoming international meeting on cotton.
Notes of Sunday visits and weekend gatherings across Parkersburg, Tuppers Plains, Athens, and Coolville. Listed are friends and relatives such as Lottridge Townsend, Jack Burdette, Celia Kinnen, Rexal Boggs, and many families hosting dinners, baptisms, and church events. Included are travels to Farmers Week at Ohio State University and a horse sale by C. D. Swarts to Wollett.
Amesville report from February six notes Dale Mosier led a discussion session at Farmers Week in Columbus on thrift program organization for local chapters. Delegates from Ames-Bern F.F.A. included Richard Smith president William Thompson vice president Carl Turner reporter. Mosier serves as treasurer.
The Athens Boy Scouts announce the Twenty Fifth Anniversary Week with events starting Friday night at the scout rooms. Activities include oath and law reaffirmation, a Roosevelt broadcast at 9 30, a Go to Church service February 10, a father and son banquet February 11, and planned Court of Honor and Court of Review.
Port land J M Cox and daughter Belva spent Sunday in Charleston visiting relatives with Belva staying longer. Clyde Bowman Rutland visited friends here Sunday. Harry Pickens and Ben Buckley Reedsville were here Friday. Mrs Harlan Mills at Parkersburg caring for Marjorie McDade who is critically ill with typhoid fever but improved. Ralph Henderson stayed Friday night with sister Mrs Harry Pickens Reedville. Mr Larson moved from Frank Allen farm to Oscar Middleswart farm Monday. Airian Slaughter spent the weekend with D B Williams Syracuse.
The Syracuse grade school honored January on the honor roll with Mildred Aldridge Wanda Potts Miriam Holmes Bernice Stone Margaret Quick Emma Jean Carmichael Betty McCariey Edward Houdashelt Jean Williams Carl Clendman Imo jean Quillen Grace Winebremer named in various grades. Local social notes follow including visits and small events around town.
More than half a million motion picture fans selected the David Copperfield cast through contests in the United States and England. The final list includes sixty five stars led by W. C. Fields as Micawber, Frank Lawton and Freddie Bartholomew as David, with Edna May Oliver, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone and Maureen O'Sullivan among the cast.
Bashan Co. FB. Hayman and son Byron attended Clem Hayman funeral in Zaleski Tuesday. Ethel Carson and Mary Jewett were guests of Mrs. Ruth Tucker Thursday. Ted Alien visited Stanley Swan. People from here attended Helen Brinker funeral in Carmel Saturday. Mary Smith of Long Bottom visited Murl Trussell recently. Guy Archer of Athens was here with friends Saturday. Mr and Mrs William Conley of Mr Olive were Sunday guests of Clint Slater and his mother. Mr and Mrs Mike Thiess of Dorcas were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Arthur Orr.
A booklet with doctors opinions on epilepsy will be sent free to readers who write to the Educational Division Dept F444 546 Fifth Ave New York N Y.
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