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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1920
Page
5
Nelsonville Chamber of Commerce announces a dinner at the Y M C A on Thursday evening at 6 30. Ladies prepare a fine feed at 50 cents per plate and the meeting will cover vital Nelsonville topics. It is expected to be one of the largest gatherings of the year.
Troop Three of the Girl Scouts held a costume party in their club room last evening with Martha Washington impersonations. Games filled the evening and light refreshments were served to attendees Ruth Kelch Josephine Foster Elizabeth Smith Lillian Harve Elizabeth Mechém Naomi McManaway Ruth Chapman Esther Ervin Mary Catherine Allen Helen Sharp Ruth Eberle Letha Minner Margaret Vorhes Garnet McMarrow Evelyn Fritz Beatrice Hite guests Aileen and Jean Rauch of Athens and Miss Beatrice Cook Ruth Powell.
Miss Lon Lane will host the Cosmopolitan Club ladies Thursday evening at her residence. The event aims to gather members and socialize in a formal setting.
Funeral services for the late W. T. Hickman will be held Thursday at one o clock at the family residence on Jackson Street.
Mrs. Harry Kelley will entertain the missionary society of the Presbyterian church Thursday afternoon at two o'clock with Mrs. Harry Edington as leader. All members are urged to be present.
On Monday evening February 22 the girls of the Quen Esther Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church hosted a George Washington birthday party in the church social rooms. They dressed as Martha Washington and enjoyed games and music featuring cornet mandolin ukulele and piano.
At a late hour small red hatchets were given to each one, on which were the number of their partner for lunch. Light refreshments were served to a large number. Those present were: Pearl Bumgarner, Dorothy Bumgarner Mary Goodspeed, Marquise Goodspeed, Bernice Backus, Essie Cline, Elda Crouse, Mrs. Floyd Courtney, Charles Huddy, Edgar Crouse, Clarence Kelch, Alonzo Figgins, Stanley Wolfe and Don Macklin.
Lewis Sanders of Millfield was a guest Tuesday of Mr and Mrs W J Sanders. Mrs Dave Wallace spent Tuesday in Columbus. M M Easler was in Columbus on business Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Cliff Hampton spent Tuesday at Logan. T C Green was in Logan Tuesday. Mrs Lucy Hoodlett is visiting relatives in Logan today. Charles Weltzheimer L R Kelch and John Saltz in Athens Tuesday evening to see Rev Arpee who mourns his sister. Mrs Clyde Anderson and Miss Gertrude Joyce spent Tuesday at Carbon Hill. Miss Clara Holiday returned to Athens Monday after visiting at the Weltzheimer home.
Furnished room for rent at 97 Franklin street with preference for a gentleman. Wanted to rent a 4 or 5 room house for a man and wife, Bell phone 221. Two girls wanted at Olympia Restaurant. Coal stove, gas stove, and gas heater for sale by I. E. Henderson at Power House Floodwood. home phone 10 Bell 618. Dance at K of P Hall February 27 with Jazz Orchestra. Prof. Bloom to demonstrate fox trot cross step. Two Duroc shoats for sale by Ed Heselden, 267 Oak Street. Bell phone 831.
The house agricultural committee opens hearings into the meat packing industrys conduct over the past four years. The inquiry aims to decide if new regulation is needed following the department of justices dissolution agreement with the big five. W B Colver of the federal trade commission is expected to testify first.
Washington feb 25 congressmen hear appeals from publishers amid a growing print paper famine. Small papers face shutdowns unless relief arrives. Senate investigations move slowly as Reed resolution seeks action. House post office committee urges reduced consumption to save circulation and considers cuts to second class mailing.
It is not the quantity but the digestion of food that builds strength. Thorough mastication may halve the amount needed, and after supper, Chamberlain's Tablets are recommended to ease indigestion, with noticeable improvement in a day or two.
Clifford Wooten, 16, from Harden County, and E L Hanenke rath, 17, from Defiance but recent Lancaster Industrial School ties, were picked up late Tuesday. They claimed to seek work and food after escaping the reformatory with a third companion. They await word from Lancaster as they rest in jail.
Captain Stephen Flaherty today began recruiting in the Newark district. Peter S. Parsons Ames ville enlists for three years in the 7th field artillery and will report to Camp Taylor. Col. Wade led district recruitment and traveled to Columbus. Prize essay winners in Athens will be announced soon. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for support during illness and death of Harry Thompson and mentions Rev Murch and the Eagle lodge. Water hyacinth fiber enables cordage and textile production in Indo China.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 PM at 21 Mill Street for Miss Victoria Arpee. Interment will follow in West Union Street Cemetery. The body will arrive this evening from Lisbon aboard the late Hocking Valley from Columbus.
New Marshfield Ohio February 25 Mrs William McWhorter died Tuesday evening at her Mineral home after a weeks illness with paralysis at age 53 She is survived by her husband and five children George of Carbondale Gerald Drue Gladys and Opal at home two brothers George Holdren superintendent of the Childrens Home Athens and William Holdren Knox Vinton county Funeral services will be held in Mineral Saturday at 10 AM conducted by Rev Dabritz with burial at Bethel
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