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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1939
Page
6
A health ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to stimulate bile flow aiding digestion and elimination for constipation. It urges readers to buy a box now at 15¢, 30¢, 60¢ in drugstores.
Miss Anne Pickering of 108 High Street and Miss Blanche Lea Walden of 24 W Union Street are represented in Henry Harrison’s poetry anthologies. Eros Sonnets and Music Unheard are available today, with The North American Book of Verse due soon.
Round about the town column discusses how family mood and social events shape meal choices from simple to extravagant. It notes that parties and trips influence menus and urges practical yet appealing dishes, then surveys local church notices and youth group meetings with times and hosts.
Summer registration marks the start of OU summer studies with many students resuming, fraternities and sororities largely closed. Delta Tau Delta open without meals, Alpha Delta Pi open for broomers, Men's Union for men roomers, Howard II for women students, Green and White office led by Katherine Hull and Franklyn K. Lauden, summer issues of the collegepublication planned, students note cities like Cleveland and Akron seem dead after Athens.
Mr and Mrs B F Stout plan a ten day Pittsburgh trip. Robert B Covert heads to Auburn Maine to summer with relatives, with a NYC World’s Fair stop en route. The McKeevers host Ohio State student Harry at East Athens. Crown and Murphy tour Wayne Forest district. Potts family hosts Jenkinson and Jackson groups. Edite Wolfe wed Harold Vaughn in Charlotte NC in 1937. Mrs Osa Chadwick returns from Alexandria with family. Greg goes on weekend visits including Vastine Tower party. A sperm whale can eat a ton of food daily.
Madge Graham and Lillian Underwood flee to Greenwich Village after a fake appeal from Madge’s father. They hide in Charles Spencer’s apartment hideaway, pursued by enemies, with Spencer joining. Nellie reveals Maxie’s possible betrayal as Gus presses for the missing key and a private “workout” for Maxie’s complicity.
Miss Grace Wood daughter of Mr and Mrs Elza J Wood of 25 Elliott St completes Ohio University class of 1939 earning a gold Ohio University Band key for her work in Sigma Alpha Iota Girls Glee Club University Symphony Orchestra Campus Orchestra and the Ohio University Concert Band A Flag Day celebration by Nabby Lee Ames Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will be held June 14 at 2 00 p m at Fort Gower Hockingport with Mrs Lew Humphrey as hostess and a short flag program scheduled
Hathamar Class of the First Methodist Church meets Monday at 5 30 p m at Nice's Park for a potluck picnic members bring a covered dish and own table service In case of rain the picnic moves to the church Order of Eastern Star holds its regular ontones at 730 p m Masonic lodge Four H Club meets at Mrs T L Yoho 44 Central Ave 7 p m tonight election of officers Woman's Association of the church meets 230 p m topic The Church At Work At Home WBA Juniors hold a regular meeting Tuesday 2 00 to 4 00 p m bring ten cents Philathea Class of the Christian Church meets Tuesday 730 p m at Miss Gladys Jones Congress Apts
A Sunday picnic dinner was hosted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Baker on Boyd Ave North Hill to celebrate the birthday anniversaries of Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Mack Barrows. Guests included Mack Barrows Frank Throckmorton Earl Baker David Bennett Kenneth Barrows Earnest Barrows Minnie Mariner and daughter Nelle Daisy Ruth Howard Walden and others from Athens and surrounding areas.
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