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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1937
Page
6
A quiet Athens Monday with a wedding party and dinners as the main social notes. A surprise party for busman Mr Mernedakis at 17 Walker St plus club meetings and reunions mark the day amid small-town routine.
The Married People's Class of the First Christian Church held a picnic last Monday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Don Young Albany Rd. The 30 members and guests ate a picnic dinner on the lawn and played horseshoes croquet and ball and sang favorite songs. Guests were Mr and Mrs Bettlinger Miss Jones and Mr Gray.
An advice voice urges work in marriage and suggests Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helps women through life transitions. The piece cautions husbands may be self centered and urges women to endure and smile through, using the advertised product as support.
Earl Beckley forgets a story for the summer society editor and says the item is in his white coat pocket. Claude Westfall builds a 50 foot rifle range in a new home basement using a galvanized pipe and pulleys to operate a moving target. A reader notes tall corn pictures in Lincoln Street between May and Hudson avenues.
Mr and Mrs John Siigley announce the birth of a daughter Sally Sprague weighing seven pounds Saturday morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
The Fleming Harvey descendants held their tenth annual reunion led by president Frank Harvey at the James Door homestead on Sunday. Thirty five attendees and two guests were present as readings and a family history were shared. A birth announced during the gathering was that of Robert Jerry Crago born July 21 at Miami Valley Hospital.
The Kennedy farm near Kimberly uses odd can pendants from sunken poles to deter pests and influence beans. Kennedy notes bottles disappear from the crop but offers no explanation for the effect on beetles or the twine suspension. In Croydon England a beer bottle from 1902 won first prize at a dance raffle, valued at about 175 dollars, won by Miss Sylvia Pazzi.
Women study upcoming fall styles as heat lingers with skirts seen at 14 to 15 inches from the floor and sleeves offered in short bracelet and wrist lengths. Fashions feature peacock trains, bold colors, don’t dress street wear, and softer waistlines with modern hats and fur trimmed suits for in-between seasons.
Logan area residents were admitted to Cher rington Hospital for treatment or an operation this weekend. Mrs. Ralph Cochrane of Jackson was admitted Sunday for an operation, Mrs. Ernest Rutter near Logan was received for treatment, and Mrs. Landen Keller of Logan was readmitted Sunday for further care.
Albert M. Fuller, botanical curator at the Milwaukee Public Museum, says poison ivy will affect more people this summer due to heightened virulence, with no known cause for the increase. A separate note identifies Messier 13 in a Mercury constellation as containing at least 50,000 stars brighter than the sun.
Camp Rotan hosted a reunion of Athens first Girl Scout troop the Bluebonnet Troop begun in 1927 led by Mrs Irene Olson. Members now include high school and college graduates busi nesswomen and mothers. A potluck supper followed the Tuesday gathering with attendees Miss Margaret Anne Thompson Miss Thora Olson Mrs Irene Olson Miss Mary Morton Miss Frances Lowry Miss Jo McVay Mrs Dorothy Atkins and Miss Jean Morton.
The Richland Ave M Church Brotherhood meets Tuesday at 745 p m inviting all men. Now New Marshfield 4 H Club hosts an ice cream social at Ralph Sharp filling station. Canaan Grange holds regular meeting Tuesday 8 pm Grange Hall. Woman's Benefit Association meets Tuesday 730 pm IOOF Hall. Also notes on fashion trends with gray velveteen jackets and front fullness skirts. Death Gulch in Yellowstone Park earned its name from historic local poisoning incidents involving bears elk and squirrels.
Mr and Mrs D David Reeder hosted an extended weekend with Reeder parents Lloyd B Reeder Buckhannon W Va and Torlock Rasmussen Grafton Lenora Reeder visited Buckhannon grandparents and father. Dr and Mrs John T Sprague and daughter Patricia Ann vacationed Mani tou Beach Mich. Dr and Mrs John R Sprague hosted M J Devlin Columbus. Miss Mary Devlin Cleveland visiting Irene Devlin at Lawrence Apartments. Mrs Phillips Rose New York City visits Lucy Rose in Athens. Doris Patterson and daughter Juanita return to Akron after weekend with I N McHarg. C W Reamer Larch Apartments return from Pittsburgh visiting Reed family. Ted Roberts Jack Phyllis Bredt visit Carl Roberts. Nellie Locke St Marys WV visits A E Whaley. Grosvenor McKee Cincinnati spends weekend with mother W H McKee and son Billy at 44 University Terrace. Mrs C M Shepard Columbus returns from visit with mother C H Grosvenor 52 University Terrace. Harry Hooper family and others visit Lash Hooper Huntington WV. Embroidered Hats feature in Milliner lines with Tyrolean embroidery and Parisian modiste ensembles.
Lindley Hall hosts the Summer Informal Dance with about 50 couples on the floor despite heat. Martin Alexander's orchestra plays spirited tunes while guests Anna Lois Saum Louise Field and William Fenzel mingle on the porch or in seating areas. Arrangements by Martha Flood Michelle Dew and Margaret Davis. Homecoming at Haga Ridge Chapel set for Sunday August 1 with a basket dinner at noon. Tennis fashion note cites Bunny Austin in buckskin moccasins. More than 2 000 airports in the United States.
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