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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1931
Page
10
Classified and circulation notes from The Messenger include society and locals ads and contact details for D Milne and the paper staff. The text references Yours News service and a circulation phone 2732.
Logan June 15. Sheriff Ellinger and Deputy Farbearn arrested John Horton and John Richardson after a Friday night crash at The Diamond. Horton pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was fined 10 dollars and costs. Richardson paid 10 dollars and costs for reckless driving. Pence and French faced intoxication charges with fines of 80 and unspecified amounts respectively.
Marie Redd 30 wife of Herbert Redd died in a Columbus hospital after an operation for goiter. She lived with family in Lancaster before moving to Columbus area four years ago. Survived by husband two children a son nine and a daughter ten. Funeral at United Brethren Church Tuesday at 2 with Rev. B C Peters. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
Nan McBride was admitted to Cherrington Hospital after falling 15 steps at the home of Mrs. Sue Sheeran in New Lexington. She suffered a fracture in the right arm, back bruises, and a severe blow to the head.
Miss Jane Ambrose entertained at Worth Market Street with four bridge tables and awards for guests Frances Walsh of Cincinnati and Marjorie Fox of Logan. Marie Klein Schmidt held high score. Hoyt Tribble of Ellicott City attended. Lunch ended the event. The next day Ambrose organized a picnic at Old Man's Cave for Ish with twelve guests.
Miss Emartelle Hamilton of Miami University arrived in Logan to spend the summer with her parents. Mr and Mrs Ed ward C Hamilton hosted visitors from Zanesville, Glouster, Woodsfield, Columbus, Greendale, Buckeye Lake and Buckeye Lake area. The fragment ends with Winfred Engle heading to Columbus to sub.
Bogan June 16. Week games list United Brethren against Episcopal Rites on cote Monday evening. Presbyterians vs Catholics Friday evening. Lutherans vs Methodists on another date.
Colonel Robert Haubrich who led national guard troops after the penitentiary fire in 1936 arrives in St Clairsville Ohio to survey escalating mine strike troubles and threats of serious outbreaks as the situation worsens.
Logan June 15 Rural districts in Hocking County report more boys than girls of school age in most areas. Ward Township leads with 706 pupils, 369 boys and 337 girls, followed by Starr Township with 424 and Marion Township with 232. Counts from other districts are awaited.
LOGAN June 15 Mr and Mrs Robert C Work celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary at their East Hunter Street home with the family present. Mr Work has served as assistant postmaster and previously clerk of courts for two terms. Attending were Robert H Work of Ohio State University O Hoyt Tribble and Janet Burke of Ellicott City Md Nancy Work of Cleveland and Charlotte Work of Ohio University.
Elmer Davis of Murray City left Cherrington Hospital after an auto crash involving mine tipple posts. Mrs. Fill Adams of Creola, after surgery for appendicitis and gallstones, goes to the Riggs home for a few days before returning home. Dorothy Monk of Haydenville returns home after an appendicitis operation two weeks ago.
President Hoover travels on his special train through West Virginia and Kentucky toward Indianapolis. He plans to address Indiana Republicans and political workers, dedicate the Harding Tomb at Marion and the Lincoln tomb at Springfield, and review G A R veterans. The journey covers about 2300 miles with stops to showcase Republican defense ahead of the 1932 campaign.
Eighty two juniors were issued first aid certificates for completing the Junior Red Cross Class taught by Miss Jessie McManigal of the Junior High School faculty. She has instructed this program for ten years as classes averaging about 100 members receive certificates annually.
Twenty mothers attended the annual party at the Methodist Episcopal Church organized by the Light Bearers Missionary Society with twenty five members present. Mrs. Dallas Kinser led the program featuring group singing recitations by Wilber Warren Lanning and Mary K. Adcock and vocal numbers by David and John Brown and Joanna Adcock. A playlet by Martha Ann Kinser Jo Dollison and Jean Ann Prather followed before a business session and a picnic supper served with Mrs. John Lee assisting Mrs. Kinser.
Mrs. Harry H. Wright presented a paper on the Canary Islands before the Nondescript Club gathering at Miss Ruth Brooke’s East Second Street home. The program included Madeira themed articles and a 6 p.m. dinner with guests Mrs. Forest E. Weinrich Mrs. George C. Hengst Mrs. H. M. Boocks Miss Mary McCray and Miss Minnie Moore.
Akron Ohio acquires about five hundred Hereford cattle from Texas and Kansas to stock grazing tracts along the Cuyahoga River. More than three hundred head were bought cooperatively.
Poem praising Ohio history and pioneers. The piece blends patriotic lines with a personal dedication by Leda Terwilliger Sams, noting the state’s valley, rivers, and memories. It mentions courage, sacrifice, and a promise to return home, hinting at a sung adaptation to Maryland My Maryland.
The East Side School reports perfect attendance for the year with lists of students by grade. First Grade include David Nichols. Second Grade includes Freda Young, Dick Schloss, Bobby McGrath, Grath, Willard Reeder, Mary Margaret Graham. Third Grade, Bobby Morrison, Martha Pugh. Fourth Grade, Mary Jane Duncan, Junior Grubb, Bobby Hedges, Isabel Young. Fifth Grade lists Robert Dyar, Curtis Wilson. Sixth Grade names Dick Lamborn, Warren McClure, Aldine Duncan, Dorothy Hartman, Alice Mitchell, Arminta Morrison, Dolly Schuler, Margaret Weiss, Dorothy Wiseman, Mary Louise Wyatt.
New French process makes MELLO-GLO Face Powder stay on longer and minimizes pores. Smoothest, purest powder. coloring matter approved by the United States government. Never dries the skin and never cakes.
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