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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1937
Page
6
Helen Welshimer argues against legalizing a husband as head of the home citing French law as flawed. She claims marriage should be a companionable partnership not governed by court and senate mandates and warns such laws empower the wife while weakening male authority.
Alicia Hart advises practical beauty steps to improve hair skin and nails through expert guidance and consistent routines. Readers are told to address dandruff oil and dryness with targeted tonics scalp care and regular brushing for better shine. New teeth improvements and cosmetic dental options are highlighted followed by medical foot care and the value of corrective shoes to prevent chronic issues.
The notice advertises Anne Adams pattern 4297 for sizes 2 4 6 and 10 with a top knot frock, puffed sleeves, over-lapping collar and sash. It promises easy sewing, novelty buttons, and multiple fabric options with illustrated instructions and prices. Also mentions pattern book and delivery details from The Athens Messenger.
Tuesday radio lineup features Tito Berence Bervis Syncopators and Wilderness Road acts with Berence Bervis and Jack Fulton leading various orchestras. The schedule includes comedy sketches and dramatic pieces from The Gumps and Five Star Revue, plus stars Jolson Astaire and Wayne King.
Olive Roberts Barton argues nagging stems from shared family neglect of routine tasks. She cites Henry and his mother, a husband who avoids chores, and a maid forgetting basics, noting the pattern across daily duties. She observes that blame shifts when no one acts on their own. Approximately 1,500,000 private motor cars are in use in England.
Anne Shirley and Herbert Marshall lead the RKO comedy Make Way for a Lady at the Athena. Based on Elizabeth Jordan’s Daddy and I, the tale follows a wealthy widower and his daughter as she helps pick a wife for him, with a witty suburban New York setting and a host of familiar film names in supporting roles.
A list of crossword style clues and answers appears, including entries like badge of valor, affable, electrical term, and prose snippets. The collection mixes ages, professions, and objects with various lengths and contexts.
Gallia County faces 98 thousand dollars in unpaid real estate and utility taxes as year begins. Only Greenfield-Centerville and Springfield-Green report clean records while multiple districts owe sums ranging from a few dollars to over twenty six thousand. County Auditor Emmett D. Keeler notes 1936 collections ended with this total, slightly down from 1935.
U P reports changes in Cleveland civil service exams for police jobs applicants are fingerprinted and records filed with written test answers
Students at St Marys parochial school in Urbana Illinois switch to class start signals from a student funded time clock system. The clock was paid for by student contributions and supplies the daily start cues.
In a tense hospital scene Adele Garrison’s characters Madge and Katherine discuss fear and duty as Katherine contemplates Hal’s fate and Jack’s approval as she faces Hal’s potential recovery. The conversation reveals underlying loyalties and moral tension about accompanying Hal to death.
Miss Madeline Langley, who had surgery for an infected toe last week, extended her record of 39 consecutive Sundays at the Gallipolis Presbyterian Church. She was driven to the church, carried inside, and attended both Sunday School and the church service.
Mrs. Fannie Eads Martin, 79, daughter of the late John and Anna Eads of Gallipolis, died recently of pneumonia at her home in Guyandotte West Virginia. Survived by two children Harry M. Martin of Huntington and Mrs. Charles Miller of Cincinnati.
Mrs. America Sowards Haskins aged 94 died Saturday night at her home in Guyan Township. Funeral services were held this morning at Grace Methodist Church with Rev H H Wilbur officiating. Interment followed at Halley Cemetery. Widow of James Preston Haskins, she mothered 10 children, six surviving: W H Haskins, Thomas A Haskins, Mrs Rosanna Fower, Mrs Elizabeth Boster, Mrs Nancy Haskins, and Nora Haskins.
Gallia County Bar Association president Hollis C Johnston and Judge Henry W Cherrington attended the memorial services in Pt Pleas ant West Virginia honoring L C Somerville prominent Mason County attorney who died there last summer.
Gallia County game protector Truman Burnett estimates more than 1,000 furred and feathered animals die each year under speeding car wheels in Gallia County. He says this is a conservative figure for the district and notes many deaths occur when bright lights blind animals at night.
Gallipolis reports a new divorce suit filed by Herbert K. Larsen against Eleanor Larsen for wilful absence since 1931 after their Ottawa Illinois marriage. Minnie Lillian Mooney was awarded 2.50 weekly child support and 50 attorney fees to her lawyer in her pending divorce from Myron Mooney. Pearl DeVault must pay 4 weekly child support and 50 attorney fees in her divorce from Edna DeVault.
W P Deardorff and Miss Don Turley will move their Specialty Shoppe from 340 Second Ave to the Bell Shoe Co quarters a block south on Second. Miss Minnie Arthur will move her hat stock to the former Specialty Shoppe building.
Gallipolis S P Black age 73 longtime oil driller and father of 13 died Monday at St Marys Hospital Huntington after surgery. He lived eight years in Greenbots tom West Virginia. Funeral arrangements at Beale Chapel West Virginia. Surviving wife and 13 children all present at his death.
Gallipolis obituary reports Mrs. Mary Wilt Thomas age 70 of Irwin near London Ohio died Sunday night at home. Survived by husband Isaiah Thomas and four children Maurice Perchie Stanley and Stella Thomas all of Ohio with John Wilt a brother who died December 27 1936 at Leading Creek Gallia County. Funeral set for 1 30 pm Wednesday at Poplar Ridge Church. Margaret and Herbert Black bought the George Walters farm of 120 acres near Porter through Willard Grover agency.
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