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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1925
Page
5
The Central Parent Teacher Association met Thursday afternoon with a program by grades including songs about the flag and patriotism. Fifteen new members joined and plans covered sales, picture shows, dental inspection support, and referrals for financial aid. A rug for the teachers’ office was ordered and the next meeting will be a Father's Day evening event to be announced.
The Parent Teacher association met in regale session in the school auditorium. A First Grade band of 29 children performed with drums tambourines and triangles. Leota McCoy urged first aid materials and the group voted to help buy them.
A Thursday banquet at the Sigma Pi fraternity house 15 Park Place celebrated the 28th birthday. Leaders say 45 alumni active members and pledges attended, with lavender and white colors and carnations as decorations. Robert King served as toastmaster, with Lloyd Antle William H. Fenzel William O’Neill and Reed McClure delivering responses.
The Women’s Music Club met at Music Hall on President Street. Program included Miss Joy Cutler on Form and Design in Music, two Russian folk songs, Rachmaninoff songs and pieces by Serov, Arensky, Korsakov, and Goddard. Chi Omega hosted a Colonial dinner for 26 patrons and pledges with listed patronesses.
Halliday Cline and Mrs Franz W Woodworth sat at a long table. Cardinal and straw the sorority colors formed artistic appointments. Center baskets of calendula gave a predominating color effect with yellow lights blending with cardinal tulle bows.
Mr. Edgar Shoemaker of 138 Mill Street has moved to Cleveland to take a bookkeeping position with the Blue Valley Creamery at its Cleveland branch offices.
Mr and Mrs Henry Bobo of North Lancaster street announce the birth of a son on Friday February 27.
Mr. W B Golden left today for Florida to join Mr. J D Brown at Miami. He will stay at Florida resorts for several months and return home with Mr Brown.
A merry group of younger debutant age attended a senior children's dance at the Country Club on Thursday night. About 50 people enjoyed music from the club orchestra from 7:30 to 10:30 with chaperones Mrs. A. B. Roe Mrs. Charles Harris Mrs. J. B. Swanson Mrs. Ned J. Wolfe and Mrs. Robert Wood.
The 1925 Junior Prom committee at Ohio University seeks a band large and loud enough to energize the floor pounders and plans to spend generously on music. Campus groups may run booths, and the event will likely be held in the National Guard armory.
Columbus police search for Elizabeth Butcher 19 wife of Philip Butcher Carruthers West Virginia after he reports her missing since February 16. She was reportedly seen at Union Station on Sunday prompting the inquiry.
The United States army includes soldiers who wear kilts and admire the Fita-Fitas, a native Samoan warrior group. This blend highlights cultural traditions within military units and honors of Samoa.
A beauty specialist claims hands reveal age more than the face and women should care for them. Regular nightly rubbing of Ice-mint, made from a Japanese herb, softens and brightens hands and skin. The product is inexpensive, sold by reputable druggists and suitable for any work-worn hands.
Albert L. M. Gross, imprisoned in Charlestown for twelve years, says marriage and a baby softened his kleptomania. He recalls Puritanical upbringing by a minister father and a string of thefts from Worcester and Los Angeles. A psychiatrist notes the new family axis shifted his impulse to steal.
A garbled quote suggests a pardon could affect a twelve year sentence. The text mentions prompting improved behavior but details are unclear and no names or places are readable.
Miss Irma Voigt dean of women at Ohio University attends the National Deans of Women convention in Cincinnati. She spoke on The Newer College Tendencies and Phases of the Y M C A and was to discuss The Need of a Student Center. From Cincinnati she travels to Lima to speak on Whats the Matter With Us at the Girls Reserve.
An indictment charges 16 year old Homer Pettit with shooting with intent to wound in New Lenington Ohio. The alleged incident stemmed from a quarrel over puppy love four weeks earlier and left 13 year old Paul Smitley and a younger companion seriously wounded.
A fragmented passage touts a simple remedy that supposedly heals cuts quickly and serves as essential first aid at home. It urges keeping the tapper handy for accidents and claims the remedy prevents trouble and offers rapid pain relief.
In Pettit County a 3 year old, Feret Randolph, with a shotgun at the Westley chapel school house, wounded two. one child Smitley will be remanded for medical care. The shooting is ruled accidental and marks the first such indictment involving a boy of Pettit's age.
In Columbus on February 27 Senate Republicans rejected the compromise on the Brown gasoline tax bill and insisted on a 75 percent cut in existing state auto license fees, effective January 1, following a two hour caucus.
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