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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 29, 1932

Page

6

Pallas Club Elects Officers At Annual Meeting

Annual meeting held at 46 East Union Street with Mrs. M. E. Twiss host. Officers elected for the year include Jane K. Atwood president and Anna K. Price first vice president. John A. Hess adds second vice president and treasurer J. J. Crumley as secretary. Mrs. Hess led the program and Mrs. Krecker reviewed Mrs. Gaskell and Her Friends.

Pallas Club M. E. Twiss East Union Street Jane K. Atwood Anna K. Price John A. Hess W. A. Matheny J. J. Crumley H. J. Jeddeloh F. H. Krecker

Birthday party for Hester Hartman draws schoolmates

Hester Miriam Hartman celebrated her tenth birthday at home with a party attended by most of her East Side School Fourth Grade classmates. Games and contests preceded a pink and white birthday cake at the dining table.

Hester Miriam Hartman S. C. Hartman Morris Avenue East Side

Probe Mystery Of Her Death

Discovery of the unclothed bruised body of Miss Else Flothmeier a minister's daughter hidden in thick underbrush near Burholme Park Pa followed by an intensive police investigation. Local residents and visitors were noted in a sequence of social mentions including visits and travels to Columbus and Pittsburgh.

Else Flothmeier Burholme Park

Spring patterns in Athens Messenger Prints captivate fashion

Pattern 1100 showcases a drooping capelet frock with waistline tucks and a draped yoke for late afternoon and informal evening wear. It features bold contrast with dark grounds, geometric and floral motifs in beige green red orange and white. Send 15 cents per pattern to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department.

Pinete Pat Aent West

Glorifying Your Defects Into Assets For Life

The letter urges mothers not to fixate on a facial defect in their daughters noting beauty has no single standard. It praises self confidence grooming and style to turn perceived flaws into assets, citing a Continental woman who emphasizes a long neck and chic presentation to command attention.

America

Rhubarb in Season Guides Homemaker Menus

Rhubarb appears as a useful fruit for current menus as fresh fruit scarce in many areas. It offers tart flavor and boosts pectin in jams, with minimal cooking water to preserve Vitamin C and avoid overcooking. Rhubarb sauce blends with rice puddings and canning mixes, and should be added sugar after fire.

Rhubarb Desserts and Cooking Tips

Rhubarb can be eaten with skin on early, then remove tough skin as season advances. Suggested dishes include rhubarb shortcake with biscuit dough, split and buttered, filled with sweetened rhubarb sauce, and served with cream. Rhubarb Betty mirrors brown Betty, and rhubarb tapioca pudding combines rhubarb with tapioca baked to 20 minutes, served with cream or custard.

Breakfast Luncheon and Dinner Menu Summary

A historic daily menu lists meals for a day including breakfast with sliced bananas canned apricots cereal cream and breaded pancakes Vienna sausages milk and coffee. Luncheon features cream of celery soup oysters crackers beef salad brown bread rhubarb tapioca pudding with custard milk tea. Dinner offers baked spaghetti and veal broccoli cream cheese orange salad snow pudding milk and coffee.

Lodi School Children Aid in Clothing Drive

Arrangements for a community clothing collection have been set in Lodi Township. Mrs. O. C. Bird notes the drive, with all school children told to inform parents. Thursday is the collection day led by Addison Creamer, Red Cross and Clothing Center worker, with items also accepted at Mr. Creamer’s convenience. D. O. Chappel, Shade Consolidated School superintendent, will bring the collected clothes to the Center Friday after collection ends.

Community Clothing Center Lodi Township O. C. Bird Addison Creamer Red Cross Clothing Center Creamer

Cabinet Member's Son Heads to Moscow for Soviet Breeding Work

Robert P. Lamont Jr., son of the Secretary of Commerce, travels from Denver to Moscow to lead Soviet cattle breeding efforts. He says Russian herds suffer from scrub stock and aims to inject high breeding quality on a national scale.

Denver Colo U.P Colorado Russia Robert P. Lamont Moscow Lamont

Churches Favor Boycott Over Japanese Chinese Conflict

The Federal Council of Churches supports a trade boycott if diplomacy fails. It urges the United States not to seek war, endorses the Stimson Policy, bans arms exports to Japan or China, and backs a combined trade and financial boycott as a last resort.

New York U.P Federal Council of Churches Council United States Stimson

Farrar Reaches Middle Age Without Troubles

New York February 29. Geraldine Farrar, marking her fiftieth birthday, says aging is climbing up not slipping down. The former Metropolitan Opera star now sings on radio programs and lives in Ridgefield Connecticut with her father on a 10 acre estate. She welcomes change as life’s seasons and insists she remains optimistic about the years ahead.

New York U.P Geraldine Farrar Metropolitan Opera Ridgefield Conn

Attacks Spark Fear in Honolulu After Home Invasions

In Honolulu on February 20 a man broke into the Waikiki Beach home of Mrs. H. W. Hope and attacked her after demanding money and threatening death. A nearby home of Mrs. D. W. Curray, wife of a chief petty officer, was also broken into with a threat. The city remains tense amid a wave of similar assaults.

Honolulu T. H U.P H. W. Hope Waikiki Beach D. W. Curray Poous Peton

Former Dorothy Bayliss Marries By Proxy In Capital

Dorothy Bayliss, 24, left Washington and was married by proxy to Lieut. Oscar J. Rumbo of the Argentine Navy stationed in Buenos Aires. The ceremony connected her to a distant husband, while a separate note mentions a Cooperative Sales Organization meeting in Athens County for policy discussion.

Dorothy Bayliss Washington National Capital Oscar J. Rumbo Buenos Aires John H. de Baus Lyon Park Smeiwayh Eyaral Co-Op Hocking Valley Co-operative Sales Organization Grange Hall Athens County Fairgrounds Hiram Hart Act

Bolero Dashes Pink Velvet Evening Ensemble

The insouciant bolero completes a spring formal look in blush pink transparent velvet. It tops a matching pink suede lace dress with a high waistline, velvet belt, and a jabot accent at the square neckline.

Neutron Discovery Promises Key to Cosmic Ray Origins

Cambridge England February 29 Dr Chadwick announces a new particle named the neutron believed to be proton and electron bound without charge. The particle may form the first step in element evolution from electricity and aids study of atomic structure. Lord Rutherford calls the finding possibly the greatest since artificial disintegration of the atom.

Cambridge England U.P Chadwick Cavendish Laboratory Lord Rutherford

Fascists To March In Helsinki Area Violence Reported

Militants from the Lappoor organization led by farmers and extremists planned a march on Helsingfors as disturbances escalated after Lappo sympathizers opened fire on a socialist meeting at the Workingman’s Club in Maentsala. Windows shattered and panicked attendees hid as bullets flew.

Helsingfors Finland Lappoor Lappo Workingman’s Club Maentsala

Gandhi’s Wife Mrs Gandhi Released From Ahmedabad Prison

Mrs M K Gandhi the wife of the Indian Nationalist leader was released from Ahmedabad prison after serving a sentence for nationalist activities deemed contrary to the emergency decrees.

Bombay M. K. Gandhi Ahmedabad

Ohio University Glee Club Concert Welcomes Floyd Crooks

The Ohio University Men's Glee Club and Columbus baritone Floyd Stanley Crooks received an enthusiastic reception at Alumni Memorial Auditorium. Despite reduced ranks due to graduation illness and changes, the group displayed strong vocal cohesion under Prof. Robinson and associate conductor Paul Sebring.

Eleanor Hazeltine Ohio University Men’s Glee Club Floyd Stanley Crooks Columbus Alumni Memorial Auditorium Mr. Crooks Glee Club Washington Robinson School of Music Paul Sebring de Coppah Moon Shelly

Museum News Ohio exhibit features poems and school papers

Mrs Selim Stiles of Athens Ohio donated a book of poems by her uncle John E Sanders to the Ohio University Museum. The May 2 1866 reading by Ohio University Junior Class, the Scioto Gazette edition in Chillicothe published the book. Also gifted The Prairie Flower high school paper from Tuppers Plains dated April 10 1863. Taylor Stone Company of McDermott Ohio supplied building stone samples for display to aid contractors and builders.

Selim Stiles Brown Avenue Athens Ohio Ohio University Museum John E. Sanders Ohio University Scioto Gazette Chillicothe Prairie Flower Tuppers Plains Taylor Stone Company McDermott

Deputy Collector to Aid Tax Filing in Athens

A Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue will be at the Athens Post Office on March 2 3 and 4 to assist residents in filing Federal income tax returns. No charge. Returns must reach the Collector by March 15 to avoid fines up to 10000 or one year imprisonment. Form 1040A or 1040 depends on income. includes farm rents and business income.

Internal Revenue Athens

Boissevain Coal Disaster Claims More Miners

In Boissevain Virginia the mine explosion buried 16 miners. Twenty bodies were recovered after two days of rescue work by 50 men. J J Phillips, a father of ten, was among the first seven recovered. Air supply brattices hindered progress as crews pressed toward the blast site. The disaster is the worst in years for the area.

Boissevain Boissevain Coal Company J. J. Phillips

Furs Return as Spring Greeted with Cooler Weekend

After warm hints, last week’s spring feeling drifted with a cool spell. Observations show 61 degree high on Sunday and 49 this morning, with Sunday night dipping to 35. Hocking River level sits at 3.6 feet, down from 3.65 yesterday.

Hocking

Salvation Army Revival Meets Sunday Night

The second in a series of revival meetings held by the local Salvation Army branch occurred Sunday night led by Capt. H. E. Du Vol. The captain spoke on The Thirty Pieces of Silver to a large audience.

The Salvation Army H. E. du Vol Captain du Vol

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East Side School Room Scott R. Wolfe Cannellon W. Va Frances Caldwell Morgantown Maggie Robinson Charleston Mr. Wolfe W. A. Wolfe Second Street K. of P. Hall H. E. Gingher Mabel Coe Wilson Coe Gingher Bexley J. W. Throckmorton New Marshfield Wilber Throckmorton Hobson Study Circle Donald Clutter Maplewood Drive Philathea First Christian Church Vercoe Murphy Franklin Avenue Charles Mills New Straitsville Don Blankenship Millis James A. Palmer North College Street Clifford Kelley H. G. Householder Fred H. McCoy O. G. Jordan Hampton Beeson Alice Henry St. Louis Pittsburgh H. D. Henry South College Street Russell W. Finsterwald W. E. Musgrave North Congress Street Needle Club R. H. White Earl Beckley Dee Lydia E. Pinkham Lodi Farrar Nersight Science Mrs. Gandhi Free Ohio University Choir Protheroe Bendemeer Oleg Speaks Ruth Trott Heed Edwin Stainbrook Museum News Virginia Remington Portable L. C. Smith Corona Portable Demstr Southern Ohio Electric J Food Market Maxwell House Jewel Coffee Tin Country Club Chase & Sanborn Vancy Texas Tbs
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