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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1923
Page
5
The Mesenger 9 Social Calendar will publish society and club notices for the coming week. Submissions are due by 4 PM Saturday. Lewisburg will visit Mrs. S. E. Boyles and her two brothers and families, Mr. J. E. Watkins and J. H. Watkins, for a few weeks.
The Christian church Missionary Society met Thursday evening at the parsonage 64 North Congress with 76 members and guests. President Mrs S E G Pedigo presided. Mrs Charles Day led the program featuring a missionary play by Miss Sophia Boetzner and Mrs E G Burt. a quartet sang, and Mrs Day gave a talk on Japan followed by social hour and refreshments.
Mr and Mrs William A Spaulding departed their home heading north leaving behind their local residence and belongings reported in a brief society notice.
The engagement of Miss Frieda Dahl of Shaker Heights Cleveland to Mr George W Spitzer of Chauncey is announced. The wedding date has not been set.
Mrs. Howard Figley of near Fisher called on Thursday to visit with Rev. and Mrs. Ahlbrand.
Dr. Daniel McGurk travels to Columbus to address the annual meeting of the Brotherhood of Como Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church tonight on the topic Wake Up and Get Up. He is scheduled to return Saturday morning.
The Home Guards will meet Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First M E Church.
Mrs. M. R. Blumenberg arrived in Athens today after a stay in Washington DS. She is expected to rest at home and is visiting family in the area.
Mr M F E Twiss will depart Saturday for Chicago Illinois and Grand Rapids Michigan to visit the furniture markets and view latest offerings.
Mrs Julia S Wadley of Columbus recently underwent an appendicitis operation at a city hospital and arrived Thursday night at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Chris C Sheldon to recuperate.
Announcements report the birth of a son Arthur Randall to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Moler of Cleveland on Wednesday January 10, weighing nine pounds. The Molers are mentioned with a brief update that Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Moler returned from a two day stay in Columbus.
Albany resident Mr. Charles Knowlton spent Thursday at the home of his son Mr. W. M. Knowlton on Richland Avenue in Richland.
Mrs. Raymond Banfield and her two sons Oscar Murray and Raymond Gardner from Buffalo arrive to visit Banfield’s mother Mrs. L G Stone cipher and Dr. and Mrs. L G Bean at 39 Poplar Avenue. Banfield's daughter Zoe Ellen has been staying here for some time.
Mr James Ginnan was taken ill Thursday morning in Columbus with heart trouble and was taken to Grant hospital His condition today remains serious Mrs Ginnan went to Columbus yesterday and his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs L O Gateman and children expected to go this afternoon
A sales notice promotes Joint Base or Joint Ease as a fast penetrating cream to relieve swollen painful creaky joints whether due to rheumatism or other causes. It claims to penetrate the skin in seconds and can be applied several times for rapid results, with a price of about 66 cents per tube at druggists.
The City Federation met Thursday afternoon at the Presbyterian church with Mrs. A. Sloan e presiding. Dr. J. P. Porter of Ohio University spoke on The Social Challenge of Today outlining educational needs for 25 000 000 U S schoolchildren, identify ing superior, delinquent and dependent children, and urging wider use of mental hygiene work to prevent mental unbalance and physical unfitness.
Mrs W D Lewis returns to her Charleston home after a weeks visit with sister Mrs H J Brown at 73 North Congress Street.
Mr Frank Fiddle of Fisher travels to Columbus for a several days business trip to conduct professional engagements.
Miss Mary Peoples and Miss Adrienne Arthur of Ohio University attend a Marietta dance as representatives of Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Mrs Charles Mitchell visited relatives in Nelsonville on Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs V Brown of 2 University Terrace host Mrs Walter Brown of Jackson as guest and plan Friday entertainments for Mrs John Rosso of Columbus and Mrs Carpenter of Pittsburgh with common ties to the area.
London reports a three hour battle on the Hungarian Roumanian frontier with casualties unknown. Hostilities stem from the St. Germain treaty which reassigned parts of old Hungary to Romania.
Dr Porter urged courage to pursue democracy founded on equality. He warned that feeble minded institutes cannot care for the eligible and stressed leaders must act to ensure only good outcomes. The message called for leaders of tomorrow to restore the masses' confidence.
When staying away long, you should leave a visiting card at each home with the initials FP P Cc in a corner. The letters stand for pour prendre conge a French phrase meaning to take leave. It is proper to run from house to house or mail the cards if time is short.
Arrangements were completed Thursday for an Ohio university minstrel show to be staged under the Ohio Union. George Stuart, president of the Union, announced the Mills Producing Co of New York handles the production and Mr Adams, who directed the Ellis Minstrel, will direct the university show. The event is set for the early part of March with two public performances and a following show in Nelsonville.
Columbus chapter of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has been disbanded by order of M. O. Denning of Savannah for alleged alliance with the Alaga club a political organization.
Newark Ohio January 12 The Columbus Newark and Zanesville electric railway seeks permission from the state utilities commission to abandon the line between Newark and Granville citing lack of patronage caused by auto bus competition. The line, first electric car line in Ohio, was financed in 1888 by Illinois governor John P Altgeld.
The Pallas club will meet Saturday afternoon at 2 30 o clock with Mrs Mary G Noss at 48 University Terrace.
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