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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1932

Page

7

Beginning Here Today Cherry Dixon and Dan Phillips Elope

Cherry Dixon aged 19 falls for newspaper reporter Dan Phillips despite wealthy parents’ disapproval. After stealing out to meet him she is forbidden, marries him by a justice of the peace, and moves to a cheaper apartment with help from Dixie Shannon. They face job pressures and domestic chores as a gangland threat looms.

Cherry Dixon Dan Phillips Cherry Dan California Imm Toscalli Wellington Dixie Shannon Max Pearson Dixie

Drama of a weary couple in a city flat

Dan and Cherry reconcile after financial worries and household strain. They enjoy a movie night and a drive with friends, cherishing small freedoms. A strangers’ letter hints trouble to come, as Cherry reads its hand and tension rises.

Dan Cherry Love Pearson Dans Max

New Morals for Old Opens at Majestic Theater

A melodrama about a strict parental era clashing with modern youth. Ralph pursues art in Paris while Phyllis loves Wilson and contemplates eloping. After trials, Ralph fails as an artist. Wilson divorces, Phyllis marries him, and they seek quiet domestic life, realizing freedom lacks thrill. Robert Young leads, with Margaret Perry returning in the screen version.

Majestic Majestic Theater Ralph Phyllis Paris Wilson Robert Young Margaret Perry

Friendship as Medicine: The Value of True Companions

A 1932 King Features column extols friendship as the cure for a sick world. It urges true, selfless bonds within families and among peers, praising mothers, brothers, sisters, and fathers for steadfast support and mutual care. It closes honoring Dr Goodsell and the ideal of a loyal, enduring friend.

Hellespont Dad King Features Syncrisis, Inc

Mystery note triggers FBI style chase in Nimble Tide

The narrator recalls his father guiding a grocer and boy through a tense inquiry about a ransom note found in a vegetable basket. The plan uses coded phone reports to the bureau and a forged letter, with Dr. Barnes displaying clear photographs of the note. The Brixton family looms as potential suspects in the broader plot.

Bud Emery Hawk Tce Bureau Adams Dr. Barnes Marion Lillian Brixtons Brixton Bat

Mystery entangles Marion and Carolyn at campus quarantine

Adele Garrison depicts a tense scene as two missing girls vanish during a campus crisis. Parents and investigators devise a cover story to keep the campus calm while suspects Brixton and Owen loom. The narrator and her father press for clues amid secrecy and mounting anxiety.

Marion Carolyn Brixton and Owen Matr

Your Birthday Forecast for June 18 by Genevieve Kemb le

The column predicts a sudden change and possible travel affecting future fortunes. It advises diligence and careful speech with employers and notes potential rewards through persistence. It highlights a pivotal year for birthdays with changes, journeys, and new associations, plus a talented child example. Notable nativity James Montgomery Flagg.

James Montgomery Flagg

The Tenderfoot and The Pocatello Kid at Ohio and Court

Film notices spotlight Ginger Rogers opposite Joe E Brown in The Tenderfoot at the Ohio Theater with Lewis Stone Laura Hope Crewes and Myrna Loy in supporting roles. Ken Maynard stars in The Pocatello Kid at Court Theater alongside Mar br Day and Dick Cramer in Phil Rosen’s western saga.

Lewis Stone Laura Hope Crewes Myrna Loy David Newell Jean Hersholt Ruth Selwyn Kathryn Crawford Louise Crosser Hale Mitchell Lewis Elizabeth Patterson Lillian Harmer Ohio Ginger Roger Joe E. Brown Joe Tenderfoot Ohio Theater New York Ginger Joe E Brown Hollywood Ginger Rogera Joe BE Brown Ken Marchline Day Alice Day Dick Cramer Charles King Jack Rockwell Bert Lindley Lew Meehan Phil Rosen

Coaching Courses in Four Sports Offered

The Ohio University physical education department offers a six week independent coaching course this summer covering football basketball baseball and track. Don Peden leads football and baseball with Brandon Grover teaching basketball and William Trautwein supervising track. Students receive theory classroom study plus practical demonstrations and on field practice with all four coaches.

Ohio University C. Bird Don Peden University of Ilinois Brandon Grover William Trautwein

Ohio horseshoe players prepare for state tournament

Lakeside Ohio hosts the fourth annual state horseshoe tournament August 15 to 30. Leading pitchers Bert Duryea of Cleveland state champion Harry Collins of Toledo and W P Yorum of Zanesville are listed among entrants, according to tournament manager K E B Miller.

Lakeside Ohio K. E B. Miller Bert Duryea Cleveland Harry Collins Toledo W. P. Yorum Zaneaville

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