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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1934
Page
6
A 1920s style essay argues mothers may balance child care with personal interests. It claims women gain personal fulfillment and broadened family life when mothers pursue music art antiques outdoor sports and literature, enhancing children’s upbringing and respect for their mother.
New dancing classes led by Miss Dorothy Kishier start next week at Knights of Pythias Hall. Programs include baby class for ages 3 to 5, tap for business and high school girls, musical comedy steps, and a boys tap and stunt class. Registration is Saturday Jan 6 from 2 to 4 pm. A Peach Ridge School pie social to raise funds sponsored by the Peach Ridge Sunday School follows Friday evening at 7:50 pm.
Readers are told to create large photo murals from personal snapshots. Start with a theme, choose images that fit each room from gardens to pets, birds, or fishing scenes, and have the pictures turned into canvases to cover walls. Change murals as desired.
Mr and Mrs H G Vance and their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs G B Vance of Washington Court House arrived home from a motor trip to Miami Florida. They toured the east coast to Miami spent Christmas on the beach and then traveled via Florida to Tampa and St Petersburg on the west coast.
Ohio women motorists complain about license tag colors white figures on maroon background. Glen M Daily registrar notes several complaints with one woman asking if a different color could be provided as it would better suit her new car.
The first meeting of the year for the Queen Esther Class at the Christian Church was held at Mrs. W. W. Connett’s East State Street home. Devotional lead by Mrs. D. A. Bardin. business by President Mrs. William Davidson. committees named. social hour featured New Year’s resolutions and contests won by Bardin, Erwin, and Andrews.
London dispatch reports that Roosevelt’s message to Congress earned praise from British critics who viewed his stance as earnest and supportive of allied aims as the new session begins.
Miss Tresea McGartiin a 39 year Mary Dill School Carthage teacher was killed when struck by a street car she boarded for many years in Cincinnati suburb.
A quoted fragment from M Beatrice Blankenship reflects shared female endurance through physical suffering and sorrow. The speaker recalls surviving by living in small moments until life became bearable again, noting the shift from minute by minute to duration.
A baby daughter born to Mr and Mrs Howard Russell Tuesday is the first Athens County baby reported in the new year. The infant’s grandparents are Mr and Mrs C W Barr of Tuppere Plains and Mr and Mrs A Russell of 196 West Washington Street.
The Sayre Study Club met at Mrs. A. B. Wagner's home to hear Mrs. F. &. Kittle present a paper on World Wide Marriage Customs. Members shared quotations on Home during roll call and readings included Christmas letters and poems from Mirian Hartman and Dorothy Hartman. A committee for the Ohio Conference for Roadside Improvement was appointed, with Atkinson, Gard and Rutowsky named.
Jack Palmer 19 of Rocky River suburb of Cleveland, an Ohio State University student, was reported missing a day after telling police he had been abducted and robbed in Columbus.
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