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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1927
Page
5
Vacation notices and social items from Athens and surrounding towns list guests and visits. Couples, families, and relatives from Charleroi Akron Lyons Franklin and Pittsburgh are mentioned along with travels to Buckeye Lake and Canada.
Correct solutions on the last page replace each false claim with the factual figure. Arthur Conan Doyle did not seek the Grail. Lowell Smith did not lead the U S Army flight around South America. Hughes never led the Supreme Court and became president. Farragut did not hero the Manila Bay battle. Marie of Romania is not mother to the Prince of Wales. Mallory did not write Sherlock Holmes. Taft did not resign as chief justice to run. Isaiah did not receive the Ten Commandments at Sinai. Upton Sinclair did not author Main Street. Marconi did not discover radium.
An advertisement extols Orange Crush made from fresh orange juice plus peel flavoring pure color and sugar. It claims healthful carbonation and urges mothers to give it to children, noting it compares with imitation orange drinks and identifying the Krinkly Bottle.
Reverend Long attended with children in Indianapolis. Born in Nyrshire Scotland in 1820, Mr. Harvey settled in Washington county on the family farm where the reunion occurred Sunday. He wed Mary Fleming. Voters decided to hold future reunions yearly at the Fleming farm.
In Zales July 26 the Anti Can t Clothing Club held a meeting at leader Ethel G Hayes home. Demonstrations covered cutting straight shoulder dress patterns shaping neck facings French seams and underarm darts by Areel Albaugh Ruth Tripp Agnes Woods Avis Helen Hayes Bertha Holdcroft. Members elected to attend the August 6 elimination contest at McArthur with Avis Helen Hayes Arsel Albaugh Othello Jay John Agnes Woods to lead team and individual demos and style show. Refreshments followed and the group set a new meeting for August 4 at 2 PM.
Bissonette, a top hitter in the International League, stood out this spring before Wilbert Robinson arrived.
In Athens County Probate Court four marriage licenses were issued. Jesse Nelson Vanbibber 42 of Nelsonville and Hazel Aldean Dorst 19 of Nelsonville. Charlies E Medley 25 of Macksburg and Stella Smith 25 of Jacksonville. Miley Powell 21 of Millfield and Mary Alberta Foster 16 of Millfield. Pearl W Helwig was named to officiate with Bart Mead 28 of Cleveland and Naomi Byers 21 of Athens R No 1 as witnesses.
Pearl W Helwig named to officiate as Amesville Sewing Club, the county’s largest 4 H girls group, held a Saturday picnic at Springs. Led by Mrs Wit Heston, the club planned renewals of sewing work and a future meeting at Mildred Mee Gtredag, with a three dressmakers panel to judge and grade entries.
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