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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1921
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR notes describe photographers capturing entertainers at home for private life portraits. The text mentions Cyrena Van Fan Gordon and Mrs 8 Borgart Munne among devoted private figures, noting their dual roles as performers and homemakers.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick, harmless tablet to neutralize acidity and relieve indigestion within minutes. It claims the medicine cures sour fermentation, gas, belching, and undigested food distress for a small price at drug stores.
Miss Florence Basom a Domestic Science instructor at East Youngstown junior high resumes her teaching duties after a vacation spent at the home of her father Dr J B Basom.
Mrs Delbert T Robinson, who has stayed with her aunt Miss Elizabeth Nelson on North College street, will return Wednesday to her home in Charleston West Virginia. Mr Robinson came back earlier.
Mr. Howard Walden returns from a business trip to Gallipolis while Harry Harstow attends a Rainbow Tire stockholders meeting in Delaware. Mrs. Elizabeth Kern heads to Daytona Beach Florida for a two month stay. Mrs. Delbert T. Robinson and Miss Elizabeth Nelson visit Nelsonville. The Child's Conservation League meeting is postponed. Betty Lee Mansfield was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Mansfield. Esther Class meeting at First Christian church is announced. Current Events club gathers Friday evening at 7 with Mrs. Emma Battin.
Miss Elizabeth Nelson sails for Daytona Florida this noon then Lakeland for winter visits. Mrs. Frank Hannon and Mrs. Ralph Jennings depart this evening for Logan Ohio for a short visit with Mrs. Harry Bartlett and other relatives and friends in that city.
Kenneth Pickering resumes duties at Youngstown East High School as history and athletics instructor after vacation with parents Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pickering of 10 South High Street.
Mr and Mrs B R Roush and children Maxine and Betty visited relatives in Glouster after a weekend at Morris avenue with Mr C D Roush and family before returning to Akron.
William Trone a recent Ohio University graduate returns to Cincinnati where he is a member of the Grand Dansant orchestra after visiting Athens with his brother James Trone at the Delta Tau Delta house.
Clarence A. Matheny of the McSaffey School Teachers College department resigns to become superintendent of the North Lewisburg Consolidated Schools. He is an Ohio University graduate and the son of Mrs. Isabelle Matheny of The Plains.
The Kindergarten Mothers Club will convene in Ellis Hall on Wednesday afternoon at 3 30 o clock. Miss
Munn, supervising nurse, will discuss The Childs Health at a meeting where all mothers are urged to attend. Yearly programs will be issued at the event. Elizabeth Woodworth hosts Queen Esther Circle at 27 South College Street this evening at 7. Mrs. L. G. Bean will speak with music and social time following.
The Lillie class of the Christian church Sunday school will be guests of Miss Dorothy Andrews at 84 West Carpenter Street this evening. She plans a kid party as the entertainment.
At Home Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority entertained Saturday afternoon at Manasseh Cutler Hall on campus. The event ran from 8 to 6 o clock to please pledges and patronesses, with tea, waiters, and carnations as favors.
Mr. Benjamin Walker of Shawnee and Miss Pearl Six of Nelsonville wed in Athens at the First M E Parish with Rev C du Strecker officiating. Attendant Miss Eva Six witnessed the ceremony. The couple will live in Haydenville where the groom works as an automobile mechanic.
Phi Kappa Tau held a dance in the Ma sonic Temple ballroom with ferny decor and palms creating a homelike scene. Guests enjoyed an out of town orchestra, balloons with partner names, alumni returners Hollis Ellis Edward Lauterbur and Glenn Smith plus several alumni and out of town attendees from Columbus Logan and Toledo.
Wrightown residents spent Sunday with relatives and friends including Otis Ball with uncle Ed North and family, Verl Phillips visiting George Swarth, and Mr and Mrs Emory Able with Richard Able. Mrs Lizzie Ball and Myrtle North visited William Hogsett's family with granddaughters Edith and Anna Faires.
The Plains residents and families including Mr and Mrs J K Brown Mr and Mrs Jeff Harrison Frances Harrison Mrs George Besco Mr and Mrs George Ball and Edwin visited Athens on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Joe Hutchins enjoyed a chicken dinner Sunday at Port Dickens home for Mr Dickens birthday. Vera Burdette of Athens spent Sunday with her parents here. Worth Dickens and children joined his wife's parents Mr and Mrs Ed Smith at Carbon Hill from Thursday to Sunday. Bob Howard and Mr and Mrs …
Fin Cook and Mr and Mrs John Popowich and Miss Dessie Anderson were at Athens Saturday.
Mr and Mrs C C Woodyard hosted a surprise party for son Lawrence on his twenty third birthday in Albany on January 11. Charades featured as the main activity with many relatives and friends in attendance, followed by a late luncheon.
A questionable home remedy describes using Parminte strength with hot water and a small amount of alcohol to treat catarrhal deafness and head noises. It claims to produce relief in breathing and ringing sensations, recommending four daily tablespoonfuls. The text reads as a generic old medical ad and lacks verifiable medical guidance.
The Presbyterian Junior Scouts basketball team boasts eight wins no losses and a 10 to 10 tie with Hill school sixth graders. They invite any eleven year old teams in Ohio to meet at the armory or Presbyterian gym, with coach Paul Kahler reachable after 6 pm at 7534. Players include Iain Cunningham Stevenson Beck ley Mariner and Martin with ana and Bean as substitutes.
The family of Mrs. James Verity expresses gratitude to the Woman's Relief Corps Rebekah Lodge Rev Matheny Mr and Mrs Stout and all who furnished machines and flowers for support during illness and death.
A woman is listed as the patentee of a cookbook in which each recipe is depicted with pictures of the ingredients. The description emphasizes the visual guidance provided to readers through illustrated components of the dishes.
Charles Rehfeld, a Huron farm hand, was remanded to the Ohio penitentiary by Judge Ballard today after a death sentence was reduced. Rehfeld had been convicted of killing Horace Benson and was previously slated for electrocution on April 28. An Australian named Benson and a mammoth oil driver cutting grain were noted in related chatter, with a rate around 60 acres daily.
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