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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1932
Page
3
Dr. Walker announces the Buchtel Old Timers will field a team next season with players aged 40 plus. The group, praised for sportsmanship, has maintained a 14 year run in South Central Ohio and plans a lineup including four original members.
The Aragon basketball team from Columbus faces Murray Legion tonight at Murray City High School Gym. Two preliminary games precede the main matchup. Columbus player Morgan Murphy, a former local boy, is on the Aragon roster.
Anne Adams presents pattern 2269 for a feminine frock with flared collar cuffs and skirt trim. It suits georgette, taffeta, crepe in sizes 10 to 20 and 32 to 40. orange red crepe roma shown with a straw hat and bronze shoes. Send 15 cents for pattern and catalog. address orders to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department.
H Bartlett notes staff correspondent tips and urges readers to call 412 W for society locals and classified ad service through an experienced representative for Your News Your Society and Locals inquiries.
In Nelsonville the Epworth League held its regular monthly party at the Methodist Church with 74 youths in League service Sunday evening. Kenneth Kinnear chaired the event with Ruth Nixon, Helen McKibbin, T. A. Hickman and Wm. Howe organizing. The program featured games, refreshments, a discussion led by Edith Lee on Christianitys Work at Geneva, and a plan to enroll more church youths in Christian work. Next Sundays topic is What Is Patriotism with Ralph Parks Jr leading. Chas Coleman to sing a solo and a Life of Martin Luther review planned by Helen Shaw and the committee.
Nelsonville officials report the First Methodist Church board met after services and unanimously voted to conduct an evangelistic campaign in March. The pastor will select the evangelist and set campaign dates.
Mrs J C Hallett hosted a quilting party at her home on Elizabeth Street. At noon she served a chicken dinner to guests including Mrs Clara Potts Mrs Bob Williams Mrs Ross Hannas Mrs Mayme Swyers Mrs Pearl Evans Mrs Albert Dodd and Mrs Henry Nutter.
Mrs. Raymond Raine hosted her bridge club on Wednesday evening on E. Franklin Street. Mrs. Roy Sayers and Mrs. Shelby Barber achieved the first and second high scores, as a two course luncheon was served by the hostess.
The King's Men meet at James Hallett's residence, 343 Fort Street, Friday at 7 pm for their regular prayer service with a call for strong attendance.
Mrs Vance Glancy and Mrs Thomas Dixon appear in social notes. Glenna Bricker visits grandparents in Hocking. Anna Quinn of Hocking visits Mrs Cora Grinstead. 10X Mine activity noted on Wednesday.
Mrs. John J. Scott attended a Sunday School Business Girls Class gathering at Mrs. Willard Simonton’s Walnut Street home. Mrs. Helen Verity Henry led the session, with readings by Miss Ethel Johnson and Margaret Johnson. A social hour featured a contest won by Miss Johnson and a luncheon for 22 members.
A Martha Class banquet in the Methodist Church social rooms featured a quartet of class members plus solo performances. Mrs. Pete Shough sang several solos while Miss Pauline Whitlatch accompanied on piano and also sang a number of solos.
A program of music will be presented at the First Church of Christ Sunday evening from 7 to 8 o'clock by the church orchestra under the direction of Ward W. Hamm.
A second pour for the front wall of the north abutment of the South Bridge was made this afternoon. With a covering planned for the top, the wall will reach the bridge. A further pour may occur this week if conditions allow. Excavation along Richland Avenue near the site continues.
The Boston Athenaeum keeps the Stuart portrait of George Washington valued at 250000 dollars in Boston. Trustees declined a request to send the painting to Washington for exhibition tied to the Washington bicentennial celebration.
Mrs. Carnes Hickman Mrs. S. B Steenrod Mrs. Cliff Hartley and others attended a Tuesday evening social at the home of Mr and Mrs C A Hooper on Richland Avenue in Athens. The guests included Mrs Glen Allen Mrs Helen Verity Henry Miss Adeline Ray Miss Frances Bennett Miss Esther Verity and Miss Lucille Verity.
Miss Lillian Coleman visits Columbus as guest of Charles Coleman family. G D Ridenour makes a business visit in Columbus today. Mrs W F Patton spends the week with friends in Pittsburgh. Mrs Carrie Fisk visits Athens on a business matter Wednesday. Mrs Charles Beard and her son from Chicago visit relatives here for several days. Dr and Mrs D G Candy (Helen McCarty) of Baltimore announce the birth of a daughter Nancy Ellen on Tuesday January 26.
An old advertisement urges readers to wake up their liver bile without calomel. It claims poor digestion and foul breath result from blocked bile flow and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a gentle vegetable remedy. The ad notes 25 cents at stores and credits 1931 C. M. Co. with the product.
The January East Side P T A meeting at the school featured Prof. Emmett Rowles of Ohio University as principal speaker. He urged prenatal care and proper nutrition to improve health and development, stressing disease prevention and humane child care. The second grade sang and danced, and a February fundraiser and Founders Day events were announced.
Funeral services planned Friday for W N Burley 86 Crooksville Banking Company president Burley and Winter Pottery Company head and Burley Products Company director died Wednesday from pneumonia in Crooksville Ohio officials said
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hoffman and relatives visited in Nelsonville. Several gatherings include Camp and Camp families, O Rourke and Yates visits from Columbus and Murray City, health notes on Jimmie Sorrell ill with pneumonia, and minor travel stories from Pittsburgh to Berlin Cross Roads.
Beef cattle producers in Athens County gathered at the Grange Hall to hear L P McCann of Ohio State University review breeding and feeding, and Thomas H Johnson recount the county’s beef cattle history. Johnson noted a decade of beef decline and dairy growth, urged March calf drops and fall sales, and stressed the value of purebred bulls for a stronger local feeding trade.
At a hearing before Mayor Robert S. Wood last night Cutler Burton of Guysville was fined 100 dollars plus costs for driving while intoxicated. His driver's license was revoked for six months.
The second grade at Central School expanded its room Hist adding a full Junior Red Cross class. Teacher Miss Ardilia Shuster oversees 30 students enrolled in both the room and the Junior Red Cross with a list of 30 members including Betty B Griswold Elizabeth Coury Worthy Gaston Fauntelle Martin Charlies Harriman Alfred Carter Micky Daugherty Ruth Gentry George Bell Billy Dorst Anna Matters Betty Jane Harris Robert Landis James Clark Dent Williams Joan Seipie Mary Barnhart Mary Frances Ross Howard Bobo Kenneth Kutta Edwin McIlrath Eldon Musgrave Julia Abraham Max Lowey Juanita Carmean Dorothy James Carl Rhoades David Strawn.
Taliaman roses set the color for a tea on Wednesday after noon from 3 50 to 4 40 in the Ath ens Junior and Senior High School Home Economics Clubs room. Faculty of both high schools and friends of the girls attended. Candies sandwiches and roses formed the centerpiece. Jane Cline and Jean Pickens presided. Bonnie McDaniel Phyllis Logan Arminta Morrison Florence Smith Alma Acomb Hilda Griffith Betty McBride Helen Herman Katherine Burgess assisted. About guests were served. A short musical program featured piano solos and a vocal duet.
Grass Valley report states Joseph Hobson, a miner at the Pennsylvania mine, toppled down a steep shaft after a slip. He suffered only minor bruises despite not being able to check his descent.
County Surveyor J W Wilson explains township trustees may designate road use of highway construction funds. Each township will receive about 2400 from gasoline tax in 1892 for road work, with expenditures needing county surveyor approval. Funds cannot buy road machinery. approvals require vouchers and adheres to Ohio Law 8541 8.
An ad touts Fasteeth as a new improved power keeps plates in place without gummy or pasty feel. It claims fresh breath, all day comfort, and fewer worries, with availability at local drug stores and mentions dentists.
RED BLUFF CAL Jan 24 A five year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Cherien B Hagerman of Cottonwood, snipped out one of her tonsils after falling on a sharp tin horn. Physicians called the self performed act as nearly a real operation by a surgeon.
Two doses promise instant relief or no cost with McKee Drug Company guarantee. No habit formation and no narcotics, alcohol, or sweeteners, but the product may taste unpleasant. Ad copy touts two doses as the solution for severe coughing.
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