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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1936
Page
8
Athens residents seek cooler locales as guests travel to Clarksburg W Va Lakeside Michigan and Ohio destinations for rest and religious conferences. Friends visit relatives in Marietta Cleveland Cincinnati and Columbus while others attend youth and minister conferences and bar association events.
Ninth annual reunion of descendants of William M and Victoria Williams held at Mt Hermon Church. A noon cafeteria dinner followed by an afternoon business meeting electing Vaughn Williams as president and Miss Marie Eckard as secretary treasurer.
Rev J N Rice pastor of the Guyaville Stewart M E Charge will preach at the Canaanville Church at 9 30 Sunday morning and at Guyaville Sunday night Children s Day services at the Stewart Church at 8 Sunday night He will not preach at Bethany but will preach at Stewart at 10 45 Sunday morning
Mrs Rachel Armstrong hosted a dinner at Hotel Berry Tuesday evening honoring Mrs Richard Galigher of Huntington West Virginia who has stayed several weeks and Mrs Rachel Hopkins of Youngstown and Athens. An all day meeting announced by Rev M C Kittle of New Marshfield Pilgrim Holiness Church will be held at the grade school grounds Sunday with Rev D R Clone of Gods Bible School Cincinnati to preach at 10:30 am and 8 pm and a praise service with special music at 2 pm.
Advice on protecting eyes from glare and preventing wrinkles includes wearing sunglasses, hats, and using tissue cream or oil around the eyes at night. Also notes sun care for beach days and salt water exposure. Contains local church notices for Albany Sunday School and Harrisonville services and times.
The Richland Avenue M. P. Church hosts a benefit ice cream social Friday from 5 to 9 p m with homemade ice cream and cake on the lawn or in the church basement if rain. Clarks Chapel Church ladies hold an ice cream social Friday on the church lawn with homemade ice cream and cake. Central Avenue Church Ladies Aid meets in the basement Friday at 7 30 p m to elect officers.
Hollywood writers report a new hair trend the blue blond. Madeleine Carroll popularizes a bluish tint achieved with a blueing dye and a blue purple rinse learned in London. Color experts say the shade could be the makeup answer for blondes in color films and television.
Twenty six attendees gathered at Hotel Berry for a one o'clock luncheon hosted by Mrs. F W Bush and daughter Mrs Marian Bush Snyder. Guests included Mrs. Richard Galigher of Huntington West Virginia and Mrs F J Beasley, plus Athens friends and out of town visitors.
Three generations of the Fuller family are linked to a walnut cradle on S Court Street now kept in the Fuller Shoppe. The cradle’s first owners married in 1834 in Marietta, and their descendants include Mrs. Dana Fuller who holds their 1834 license.
Gar Wood and his son Gar Wood Jr spent the night at the Hotel Berry in Athens on their way to Detroit after visiting Richmond Virginia. Gar Wood Jr holder of the world outboard motor record is entered in a racing regatta at Tiffin Ohio next Sunday.
Ruth Irvin daughter of Dr and Mrs G H Irvin Orrville and John McLean son of Mr and Mrs C R McLean Canton will wed at First Presbyterian Church Orrville on Saturday July 18. Both graduates of Ohio University Miss Irvin a Chi Omega Cresset YWCA and WAA member earned an MA in 1935 and taught biology. McLean a Phi Kappa Tau Torch Blue Key and PP Club member edited the Green and White in 1934 35 and works for Hoover Co Canton.
Martzolff Class of the First M. E. Church met Thursday night in the church parlors with a program led by Mrs. Frank Cross. The quartet, led by Mrs. Vito let Thomas, sang No More Storms Up There and In the Evening Take Me Home, followed by two readings. Refreshments were served by Mrs. A. E. Wagner’s group. ANNOUNCE BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Shepard Avon Pl announce the birth of a daughter July 8 named Suzanne.
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