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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1934

Page

6

Puppeteer Kate Hall Builds Puppets From Odds and Ends

Kate Hall a young show producer crafts puppets from oatmeal boxes spools scraps and cloth. She keeps her marionettes in repair like children and works daily to fix heads and joints for her repertoire including The Disconsolate Dragon and Aristophenes the dragon.

Kate Hall Josephine Shor Kate Chamberlain Hall Kate Ohio University South Congress Street Theater School Yale University Atlanta South Carolina Aristophenes Tony Sarg

Sayre Study Club Meets at Mrs Sayre's Home

The Sayre Study Club met at Mrs. William Sayre's house on Tuesday with a roll call of named American patriots. Mrs. FE G Campbell reported on the Child Health and Protective Committees meeting from Monday. Mrs. J W Hudson, a guest, gave readings including Oh What Wedding and Bringing Up the Children.

Hale Pickett Sayre Study Club William Sayre Wee Mra FE. G. Campbell J. W. Hudson

Quilt Design Requests Hit Record Interest in The Messenger

The Messenger's Needle Craft Service in New York City reports 323 women ordered quilt patterns in the past month with Laura Wheeler Designs sent to 223 Messenger readers in January. Southeastern Ohio women stay up nights quilting and collecting designs.

Messenger New York City Laura Wheeler Ohio Star of Bethlehem

Elks Plan Birthday Dance for Washington Birthday

The Athena Lodge of Elks announces a birthday dance Thursday at the Elke Home in Cline. Russ Deans orchestra will play from to o'clock. Committee members are Richard McKinetry and Elle Maple.

Washington Athena Lodge of Elks Elke Cline Russ Dean Richard McKinetry Elle Maple

Catarrhal Deafness Remedy Promoted at Local Pharmacy

An old advertisement urges those with catarrhal deafness or head noises to visit Cline's Pharmacy for Parmint double strength. The remedy combines one ounce with a pint of hot water and sugar, taken as a fourth spoonful four times daily to relieve head noises and unblock nasal passages.

Cline

What Other Women Say quote by Kathleen Norris

A Katherine Norris quotation celebrates Washington and Lincoln facing impossible odds with resolve. It contrasts their steadiness against eloquent opposition, portraying unwavering belief in their righteousness. The line underscores perseverance despite floodlike rhetoric.

Washington Lincoln Kathleen Norris

Romantic Runaway Begins March 1 in Athens Messenger

Start your vacation early with Katherine Haviland- Taylor's new novel The Romantic Runaway. A train theme frames a real love story as daily installments launch March 1 in The Athens Messenger.

Southern Limited Katherine Haviland- Taylor Athens Messenger

Tuesday Needle Club Dinner for Husbands

Husbands of Tuesday Needle Club members were guests of honor at a six o'clock dinner hosted by Mrs. W. D. Robinson. Twenty couples sat at small candy lit tables with rosebud centers, while a three‑course meal was served by the committee. The event featured old fashioned games after the meal.

Tuesday Needle Club W. D. Robinson Maude Kitemilier Carl Porter W. E. Clark

New Deal in Cakes for Washington's Birthday

Chocolate spice cake recipe with mince meat filling plus a patriotic flag motif frosting. Also notes a Friday Ohio University event where Professor C N Mackinnon will discuss the play Green Pastures at the Fine Arts Building campus open to the public.

Washington White House C. N. Mackinnon Business and Professional Women’s Club Green Pastures Fine Arts Ohio University

Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary Meet

The United Spanish War Veterans Camp 78 and the Ladies Auxiliary met at the R of P Hall on Tuesday evening. O D Dailey led the War Veterans and William Watkins served as official inspector for the annual inspection. Mrs C W Walker presided the Auxiliary and Mrs C D Dailey and Mrs R A Dalton gave historic addresses. Lunch followed.

United Spanish War Veterans Ladies’ Auxiliary No R. of P. Hall O. D. Dailey William Watkins Marietta Watkins Hockenberry C. W. Walker Ladies’ Auxiliary C. D. Dailey Lincoln R. A. Dalton George Washington

Gertrude Stein Opera Debuts on Broadway in Oddity

New York reports Gertrude Stein's Four Saints in Three Acts opened on Broadway with Virgil Thomson’s score. The crowd included art and letters figures, many laughing at the gibberish sung by the Negro cast, while some critics called it a grand burlesque on grand opera.

New York Gertrude Stein Forty-Fourth Street World of Art and Letters Miss Stein Virgil Thomson Mise Stein

Standard Bearers Meet at the First M. E. Church

Miss Frances Harrison hosted the Standard Bearers of the First M. E. Church with songs and scripture. Members made tiny tea aprons for sale to fund their class. The March meeting is set for March 20 at Miss Ruth Orr’s home. PLAINS PLAY TONIGHT Lovely Mary at The Plains School for school department benefits. Proceeds fund equipment needs.

Frances Harrison M. E Mary Brown Townsend Ruth Orr Plains Mary Plains School Athens

One Hundred Blocks In Quilt Record And More

The piece counts reach 12 300 pieces in total with 100 blocks of 123 pieces each. Mrs. Lewis Chase, 76, pieced the Flower Garden with a green outer edge and colored ring around a yellow center. Mrs. Chase plans The Lone Star, eight by eight with four blocks and about 512 pieces.

Lewis Chase Lena Jordan Harrisonville

Young Married Class Meets at Cameron Home

The Young Married People's Class of the First Christian Church gathered Tuesday at 25 Sunnyside Drive hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Cameron with Mrs. Pearl Chase assisting. Four new couples attended for the first time including the Cum leys and Downards, Schriders, and Pierce. Mr. Cameron chaired the business meeting, followed by games and birthday refreshments honoring George Washington.

First Christian Church Carlos Cameron Sunnyside Drive Pearl Chase James Cumley Athens William Downard Lloyd Schrider P. L. Pierce Christian Church George Washington

Honor Birthday Anniversaries at High School

A patriotic assembly at Athens High School marked the birthday anniversaries of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Kathleen Carpenter opened with a piano solo followed by the Junior Girls' Octette performing two songs and a vocal solo by Margaret Alice Guthrie. Fern Rowland spoke on Lincoln and Francis Fuller on Washington, with Ann Beasey and Merritt Preston closing the program.

George Washington Abraham Lincoln Athens High School Kathleen Carpenter Normandy Burgett Betty Hoyt McCoy Margaret Alice Guthrie Virginia Sama Marianna Schuler Emma Strabi Catherine Reynolds Kula Peidergrass Fern Rowland Francis Fuller Ann Beasey Merritt Preston

Orpha Beat Is Wed Mond to M Richard McAfee

Miss Orpha Beat wed M Richard McAfee in Athens with Magistrate Carl H. Porter officiating. The couple, educated in Athens schools, were seen with their families at the ceremony while the Ladies' Home League meeting of the Salvation Army was postponed to Thursday at 2 p.m. with Miss Viola Fell as guest speaker.

Orpha Beat Ladies’ Home League of the Salvation Army Viola Fell

Returning couples and staff head to meetings and travel

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Wolfe of Grandview Heights have come back from a winter vacation with Dr. and Mrs. T. R. Biddle in Daytona Beach Florida. Mr. David Howell Lindley of Hamilton spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. John Reod in Morris Avenue then left for New York City. Dean of Women Irma E. Voigt left for Cleveland for a National Association of Deans of College Women meeting. Miss Lillian M. Barbour accompanied her. Co. C. Millikan departs for Cleveland to attend a three day Assembly of the College of Syntonic Optometry joined by George G. Mean and Leo Stortz.

Thomas M. Wolfe Grandview Heights T. R. Biddle Daytona Beach Florida David Howell Lindley Hamilton John Reod Morris Avenue New York City Irma E. Voigt Cleveland National Association of Deans of College Women Lillian M. Barbour Bureau of Appointments Ohio University Voigt Co. C. Millikan College of Syntonic Optometry Mr. Millikan George G. Mean Parkersburg Leo Stortz Point Pleasant

Marriage of Anne Frances Gold to Richard C. Abbott

Mr and Mrs T W Gold announce the marriage of their daughter Anne Frances Gold to Richard Clay Abbott of Lancaster Ohio. The ceremony occurred October 14 1933 in Cambridge Ohio with Rev R C Tolbert officiating. Bride graduates Athens High School 1929. Abbott, son of Mrs Alura J Abbott of Lancaster, graduated from Albright College. They will reside in Lancaster next week.

Frank Bean Huson Avenue Orpha M. Richard McAfee Moyt McAfee North Lancaster Street Carl H. Porter T. W. Gold Richland Avenue Anne Frances Gold Richard Clay Abbott Lancaster Ohio Cambridge R. C. Tolbert Methodist Protestant Church Bryan Jenkinson Athens High School Hocking Grass Company Alura J. Abbott Albright College Pennsylvania

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