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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1934
Page
6
The article notes a surge in mismatches and broken engagements as marriages face pressure, with Reno cited as a hotspot for disrupted matches. Laura Lou Brookman is mentioned among contributors in the discussion on modern wedlock challenges.
NEA fiction editor surveys a rash of sensational unions across the country. The piece cites cases from Maine to California including Dorothy Andrus Burke and Walter Burke’s multiple marriages, a Reno divorce, and other high society pairings.
Miss Martha Brawley of Cleveland and Ralph Frash of Amesville wed at St Marys West Virginia on December 15. Bride’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brawley of Cleveland. groom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. C I Frash of Amesville. The bride will return to Amesville with her husband and reside with the Frash family.
Kennedy McConnell chooses Eugenia as his latest partner while Margery Durant threads high society with marriages and divorces. In November, Margery wed Lieut. Com. Fitzhugh Green, an Arctic explorer and retired officer, her fourth match and Green’s second. Hollywood houses also see repeated ceremonies as Helene Costello wed Arturo del Barrio Dunbar, Cuban lawyer.
Miss Viola Fell Athens County health nurse spoke to the Central Parent-Teacher Association about health efforts for county schoolchildren. Founders Day is planned for February 5 with speaker Mrs. Gary Meyers of Cleveland. Pallas Club meets Saturday at 2 p m with Mrs. A C Anderson at 137 North Congress Street.
The P. EB. Sisterhood hosted its annual guest tea on Wednesday at Mrs. F. W. Reed’s home in Columbia Avenue. More than twenty guests attended as a Founders' Day program featured state president Miss Lillian Barber as speaker.
Friends of Miss Anna McKibben gave a surprise birthday party at her home Tuesday evening. Games were played and refreshments served. Attendees included Sue Reis Margaret Mann Mildred and Rose Carsey Anna Mae Tall Mary Savary Opal and Eliaether Secoy Caroline Barnhart Betty Lou Brooks and Patricia Rows.
The Maecenas Literary Club held a meeting at Mrs. B. I. Saunders home on First Street. Mrs. J. W. Hudson led the program on Different Forms of Marriage, with the club song flag salute and current events roll call to start.
A radio matinee of the Metropo litan Opera Company's broadcast of Verdi's Aida will feature Elisabeth Retber and Vergulio Lazzeri. The 1:30 PM program in Music Hall Auditorium includes remarks by Mrs. Margaret Benedict and free admission for students and the public. A Mt Zion Baptist Church program by the Student Fellowship Guild is set for Sunday at 7 30 PM.
Funeral services were held for Clifford Perry 4 who died at home after breakfast. Burial was at Nye Cemetery Chauncey. Surviving are parents two sisters and a brother with others listed. Also a funeral for Mrs Tryon mother of Mrs Janie Sayres, died from cerebral hemorrhage in Athens. Barbara Elien Staley born to Mr and Mrs Joe Staley in Chauncey.
Mrs H O McDaniel Mrs Pearl D Hill Mrs John Sharrick and Mrs L L Howard of Millfield traveled to Nelsonville on Wednesday to attend the Eastern Lodge meeting and banquet.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Patton and Mr. and Mrs. William Wemmer were in Nelsonville on Thursday to attend the funeral of Edward Spray, a relative.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Linscott and daughter Mabel of Ringgold Ohio visited Millfield this week as guests of Chester L Sanders and his wife. Linscott and Sanders are siblings.
The Dover Blue Devils meet Albany in a school gym basketball doubleheader at 7 30 PM with both girls and boys teams on the card.
Mrs. Dora Heffkin and Mrs. Fritz Heffkin of Taylor Ridge join Mrs. Fred Leake Greens Run and others in a dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Leake in Athens on Wednesday.
Chauncey Church of Christ in Chauncey posts a Sunday schedule with Bible School at 9 30 a m worship and communion at 10 30 a m Junior Endeavor at 5 p m Senior Endeavor at 6 p m an effort is made for good attendance.
James Hartman was taken by ambulance to St. Francis Hospital in Columbus this week. He was accompanied by Dr. C. N. Sanders of Millfield. His condition was reported as serious.
Mrs. A. L. Preston of Chauncey entertained this week with guests Miss Glenna Collins of Rose Farm Ohio and Mia Ida Bricker and her daughter Bernadine of The Plains.
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