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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1930
Page
5
Chauncey January 21 Charles Ogg janitor of the Chauncey High School Building became seriously ill Monday morning at the school. Dr Warren V Sprague was called and Ogg was moved to his home on Converse Street and is confined to bed.
Seven persons from the Church of Christ in Trimble Greens Run and Taylor Ridge were presented with credit cards at a public recognition service in Trimble First Church of Christ. The group completed a December Athens School of Religious Education training. Members named include Carrye Smith Clarice Wickerham Helen Hilderbrandt Olive Reed Hazel Raber Thelma Grandy and Josephine Reese. The Rev G B Courtney spoke on Why a County Training School. Music by Phyllis Hoffman Emma Hilderbrandt Doris Furbaugh Ada Leake Beatrice Hixon Josephine Reese and the Trimble male quartet.
A study group in parental education at The Plains gathers this evening at 7 o clock before the Parent Teacher Association meeting. Mrs McCullough serves as group president and Miss Killey from the faculty will lead the discussion.
Wilbur Grandstaff returned to Chauncey from Sheltering Arms Hospital to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grandstaff on Mill Street. He had a fractured leg from a mine accident several weeks ago.
Mrs. Frank Anthony hosted a Sunday dinner for family friends including Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tribe and their daughter Ruth and son Carl to celebrate mutual birthdays. John and Mrs. Stewart returned to Youngstown by car. their infant Robert Allen died at six weeks from intestinal flu and pneumonia and was buried in Tod Memorial Cemetery. Columbus Athenian Club met at 1384 Hamlet Street with a pot luck dinner and program features including two songs by Betty Fulwider. New members joined and next meeting is February 2 at 399 West Fourth Avenue. Pocahontas Teepee council No 131 meets Wednesday evening in Red Men's Hall at 7:30.
Mr and Mrs Fugene Murphey announce the birth of a daughter Carrol Jeanne on January 15 at their home on Palmer Street Mrs Murphey was formerly Miss Ruth rdier of Kent Mr Murphey travels for the Erner Hopkins division of Lake States General Electric Supply Co He is the son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Murphey of Columbus visiting in Athens They plan to motor to California for the remainder of the winter.
Alpha Nu Delta alumnae gather at 7:45 this evening at Mrs. Orville Fitzgeralds home 290 East State Street. Mrs. L V Burdette Mrs E I Atkins and son Harry attended the funeral of Mr. Harrel Williams at St Marys West Virginia on Sunday. Mr Williams was a brother of Mrs Burdette and Mrs Atkins.
Dean Irman E. Voigt and Mrs. C. L. Martzolff entertain Tuesday Club at Dean Voigt's Lawrence Apartments home. Rev. M. E. Chatley presents a program on The Present Status of Mohammedanism. Miss Mary Scanlon of Cleveland returns home after visiting Mrs. Robert S. Wood on West Washington Street.
Mr James Morrisey of Elmira New York returns to the city for Elmira. He and Mrs Morrisey visited Saturday at the home of her parents Professor and Mrs G H Crow at 127 North Congress Street where she will stay longer with her family during the visit.
Mr and Mrs A D Townsend and Marie Dixon spent Sunday with their sister and brother in law Mrs and Mr F G Hoodlet in New Marsh Field.
The annual Ohio University faculty reception took place Monday evening in the Men's Union. President and Mrs. E. B. Bryan greeted guests as the event ran from 8 to 10 o'clock.
The Young Married People's Class of the First Methodist Church hosted a Monday evening gathering at the church parlors. They presented a farewell gift to Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Edmond, who depart Athens for Columbus this week. Mrs Edmond resigns as recording secretary. Mrs Everett Lewis is elected to replace her. The class sing is set for January 29 at 7:30 PM with Mrs Fred Wheaton.
East Side Parent-Teacher Association will meet Wednesday at 2 45 PM in the school building. Supt A F Hixson will be the program speaker. Children of the First and Second grades will provide the music.
A midcentury advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia for upset stomachs in babies and children. It advises a teaspoonful in the morning bottle for infants and a despoonful in water for older kids, claiming quick relief and easy digestion. It boasts palatable taste and lists the address of The Phillips Co. in New York.
Lucy Streat was granted a divorce from Emanuel J. Streat in Common Pleas Court 9 on grounds of extreme cruelty. The plaintiff regained her maiden name Lucy C. Baker. They wed June 3, 1929. The Peoples Bank Company of Nelsonville filed against Lewis H. Price Nelsonville Home and Savings Association and Frank Patton seeking to set up claims in property and have priorities determined by the court with sale and distribution of proceeds.
An advertising piece asserts Marmola prescription tablets reduce fat by treating a supposed gland weakness. It claims scientists and doctors endorse the method, warns against starvation, and promotes Marmola as effective for slimming with boxes sold by druggists at one dollar each.
George Harvey Nye of Chauncy celebrated his seventy sixth birthday this month and spent Monday skating on ice about six inches above the surface using an old pair of wooden skates kept for sixty years.
Minstrel practice occurs Wednesday at 7 o clock in the home of Charles Minister on Ellis Avenue.
Samuel Coulson, a pioneer resident of Chauncey, marked his seventy-fifth birthday Monday at his High Street home.
The Miller Rubber Co stockholders vote February 17 to approve selling Miller assets to B F Goodrich Co. The merger would make Goodrich the second largest U S rubber firm after absorbing Hood Rubber within a year. About 5 million dollars at stake with 118 504 Goodrich shares valued at 42 each. Goodrich would assume Miller liabilities and a two thirds vote is needed.
Wheeling West Virginia January 21 20 year old John Miller was killed and his father 49 seriously hurt when struck by a car driven by William Burgess on the River Road near here Burgess was held for questioning by police
Edward W. Harrington former lieutenant governor of the Ohio Kiwanis District spoke on Business Ethics to the Athens Kiwanis Club at Hotel Berry. He praised Athens merchants and warned independent retailers face pressure from chain stores. He urged jobbers to support local stores through group buying to compete with large chains.
The Washington Information Bureau announces a new map of South America to supplement textbooks. Priced at ten cents with a coupon from page one, the map aims to educate readers about rapidly changing population and wealth across the continent.
More than 100 Onto University freshmen present the fourth annual Prep Follies at the Alumni Memorial Auditorium Friday night with song and dance revues and clever skits. Phi Mu performs Time Out. Beta Phi, Stripes and Bars. Chi Omega Blue Plate. Alpha Gamma Delta Ladies of Hades. Zeta Tau Alpha Crystal Revue. Theta Upsilon.
Football item mentions Alpha Delta Pi and Sky scrapers alongside W C A cabinet titled A Portrait Shoppe. Readable fragment notes events or displays but lacks full context or clear outcome.
Aircraft off the Norwegian coast drop bombs over schools of fish to stun them without killing. The stunned fish surface and are collected by fishing boats, marking a novel method of harvest.
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