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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1939
Page
2
About one hundred twenty five couples attended the Elks' Dance New Year s Eve at the Elks Home on Hocking Street. Dancing ran from 9 to 1 with a floor show added to the annual affair that is always well attended and enjoyed.
NELSONVILLE The Eagles baseball club may join a new league this spring. Wor thy President Harry Chesher urges all interested members to attend tonight's meeting. The athletic committee will propose fund raising plans. John Brown remains undecided about managing the Eagles for the 1939 season.
Nelsonville Glenford Dugan Post American Legion will hold a special meeting Wednesday night at 7 30 o clock. Several matters of importance must be taken care of and a good attendance of members is requested.
Nelsonville notes announce the death of T. P. Miles of Westerville Ohio. Funeral services are set for Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock in Westerville. Mrs Rose Cook and relatives will travel there to attend.
Nelsonville report says the Pythian Sisters will install officers at their regular meeting Thursday evening. A potluck supper follows the session, and all members are urged to attend.
congressional committees begin new session by delivering findings on WPA politics and un American activities. Senate Campaign Expenditures panel led by Morris Sheppard to indict WPA politics while House probe into un American activities led by Martin Dies seeks continuation and funding.
A legislative committee urged funding to expand inquiries into subversive activity linked to the Communist Party and fascist groups. It charged aliens and workers on federal projects with sympathy to communism and called for investigations of related unions and civil liberties groups.
Taft urged trimming as much as 2 billion dollars from next year's budget by moving relief to states and limiting farm benefits to conservation. He backed work or direct relief choices for communities and aligned with Byrd while opposing Eccles. Ohio Republicans named White secretary of the delegation and assigned Vorys Brown and Seccombe to attend Bricker’s inauguration.
A watch party hosted by Miss Marcella Walburn, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Walburn, entertained young friends Norma Jean French Helen Burk Mildred Ann Wise Marjorie Michi Lois Ann Roush Donna Maguire Katherine Lois Smith Mary Rose Seines Patricia Devol Patricia Sherman Rowena Warren Ruth Taylor Jean Ann Young Elizabeth Moore. Games and Chinese checkers ran late then neighbors were greeted on the square before returning for refreshments by a Christmas tree and tall red tapers.
Melvin and Mrs. Paulin of Nease Settlement celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a New Year family dinner. Attended by all five Paulin children and their families, a three tier wedding cake and gold keepsakes marked the milestone.
Social notes chronicle Elson Stephenson visiting from Walnut Hill to Warren for holidays, and other locals like Eugene Jones of Kingston and Herman Jones celebrating a 30th wedding anniversary. Friends and family travel between Columbus and nearby towns with Ohio State students returning to campus.
A New Year’s Eve sewing club gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Bingman drew couples including Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jones of Kingston Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hambel Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Murphy and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Jones. Andrew Plant Trimble and Ernest Jones with son Richard joined at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Williams for an annual watch party also attended by Mr. and Mrs. Williams and son Richard and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Williams and daughter.
A New Year’s Eve gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fiske on Myers Street included Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hanning and son Wilford, Garnet and Jean Midkiff, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dixon, Maxine Midkiff, Harold and Les Withem, Glenn Dixon, Jo and Jean Fiske. Games were played and refreshments served.
Mr and Mrs Edward Sharp entertained as their New Year guests Mr and Mrs Dave Evans Mrs J L Murphy Columbus Dr and Mrs William Sharp and sons Danny and Billy Chillicothe Miss Alice Dome Asbury College Ky Dr N Hill and Mr and Mrs Harry Kelly Jr and daughters Sharon and Maureen
Miss Doris Wallace leaves for Zanesville to take a secretarial post after serving as Nelsonville High principal. Mrs Laura Tedrow of Columbus resigns to live with daughter in Knoxville. Family visits include Marceline and Doris Wallace staying with parents in Walnut Street. A New Year dinner hosts Maple Hill and Circle Hill families. Runion family mourns sister in Portsmouth. others remain in Cincinnati and Portsmouth. Elizabeth Shepard resumes Warrenville teaching. Jean Midkiff and friends visit Athens. Judge Francis D White and wife announce birth of a son Dec 30. Past Chiefs of the Pythian Sisters dine at Miss Louise Pearce’s home Wednesday.
ST. JOSEPH Missouri Jackie Bar Nam, a guard on the reserve squad, shows marked spunk and skill despite an artificial leg, impressing the coach with his determined play.
Glouster Christ Church notes honor for 1938 attendance in Bible School and church services. Freddie Morris and Richard Jones praised for perfect primary and family attendance. Felda Stansberry family, Lee Swart, Edythe Mae Henry, and Henry Williams cited for long attendance streaks. 1937 and 1938 attendance ranges and averages reported.
Debette Club met at Mary Chute home for a one o clock luncheon honoring former members away at school. Guests included Virginia Morris Neva Golding and Anne Weymueller. Members present were Gloria Heck Lois Balderson Jean Matthews Mary Janchius Bernadine Wolf Margaret Dunlevy Jane Cox and Mary Chute. Afternoon included Chinese checkers. There are more than 2 630 000 Jews in Russia the third greatest concentration of Jews in any single country.
Jim Johnston tallied 258 and 647 for new highs in City League play but Union Lunch won two games against Kroger's. Union Lunch posted 2673 pins led by D. Price with a 557 series to win by 33 pins.
The Degree of Pocahontas sponsors a weekly benefit party on Wednesday night starting at 7 30 at Pocahontas Hall in Nelsonville.
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