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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1936
Page
7
U S towns Alaska and others host birthday balls January 30 to raise money for infantile paralysis research and Warm Springs therapy. Proceeds stay with Athens County campaigns, with a national drive supporting six hospitals and the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation.
Committees supervising the event met with Mayor Len B. McCune to finalize arrangements for the President's Birthday Ball at Hotel Berry Eagles Hall and the Men's Union. Tickets are selling well with informal dress and dancing from 9 to 1. performers include Jimmy Littler and Ted Toll and his Swingtown Six.
Ann Beasley daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Beasley Utah Place Athens was chosen as a representative member of her class in a recent election sponsored by Le Bijou the campus yearbook staff at Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio University Junior Physical Education majors hosted a six o clock dinner at Hillcrest to honor instructor Eliza beth Ferber who leaves next semester. Guests included Marian Tissot Alice Giersing Leona Paltrowitz Jean Henderson and Helen McColl. Family friends and relatives gathered Sunday for the funeral of David H Moore Washington DC formerly of Athens with Mrs Moore and other relatives attending.
Katherine Keeler, 29, a noted criminologist at Northwestern University Laboratory in Chicago, left advertising to work with her husband Leonard Keeler, pioneer of the polygraph. Her expert testimony spans fraud, kidnapping, and Lindbergh law cases across multiple states. She values work over social life, and credits marriage for shaping her career.
Community groups list meetings for Tuesday and Wednesday including AAUW literary groups at the Women's Faculty Clubhouse and 32 Franklin Ave, Athena Delphian Club at 120 N. Lancaster St, and a public social event by the Pocahontas Lodge with bingo at Red Men's Hall. Grace Abbott to speak at Memorial Auditorium. M and H Circle to sew at I N McHarg home with potluck.
CALLANDER Ont. The Dionne quintuplets slept outdoors in 30 below weather for sessions on their hospital verandah. Dr Allan Dafoe reports they are healthy and gaining weight with new teeth. Yvonne tops weight at 23 pounds 13.5 ounces, Marie grew last month, others listed with heights from 30 to 31.5 inches.
Ida Douth McCarty, a former Athens resident and longtime historian, was elected state regent of the Daughters of American Colonists in Indiana. Her work includes funding Indiana's first “underground” marker, and she is active with the State Historical Society and the D A R.
At 57 Elmwood Pt the Pallas Club met with Miss Jane K. Atwood leading. Mrs Twiss reviewed North to the Orient by Anne Lindbergh and Miss Amy Wiehr covered the Byrd Expedition.
A home cough remedy using Pinex 2% ounces in a pint bottle with sugar syrup makes a quick acting, cost effective medicine. The syrup is two cups sugar to one cup water no cooking required and yields a four times larger supply. Pinex from Norway Pine helps loosen phlegm soothe membranes and end a bad cough fast. Money refunded if not satisfactory.
Forty eight people formed twelve bridge tables at the Fenzel home to raise funds for the President's Birthday Ball. The event featured yellow chrysanthemum decorations and a host of committee members assisted by Mrs. Gross Mrs. Church and Mrs. Morrison. Minimum 25 cents per person for private games offered by the organizers. In a separate notice Mr. and Mrs. W O Jones of Central Ave mourn the death of their 20 year old granddaughter Gladys Elaine Jones in Columbus, daughter of Walter and Stella Jones, with brother Gordon.
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