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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1940

Page

6

Evelyn Holdcroft Weds Everett McNally at Elliot Home

Evelyn Holdcroft becomes the bride of Everett McNally in a June wedding at the Holdcroft home Elliot with fifty guests. Attendants wear green and blue. a pyramid cake is cut by the aunt of the bride. The couple plans to live near Elliot and join local church groups.

Evelyn Holdcroft Everett McNally Charles Holdcroft Elliot Evelyn Charles McNally Pennsville R. D Mary Dawson Harald Reve Alva Trimble Charles She Fiom Croup Eliot

Relief from neuritis pains praised by Mansfield man

Former insurance man Michael of Mansfield Ohio credits RUX Compound with easing his acute neuritic leg pains. He reports deep night pain relief after years of sleeplessness and multiple medicines and says the remedy lets him rest, work better, and enjoy family life. The ad touts RUX Compound as non opiate and made from pure ingredients, available at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store in Athens.

Rux Union St Athens Robert Olga

Births and Social News Across Athens Area

Irs A and Mr William Channell announce the birth of a son Dana Lee on June 15, with grandparents Delno Bretz Athens Route Six and Ervin Channell The Plains and great grandparents Carrie Channel and Amos Bretz The Plains Also announcing a daughter Mariam Sue June 10 at Kettering Arms Hospital to Mr and Mrs Hall Athens Great aunt and uncle Thomas Soury and Mr Hall also noted in social items In Daytona Beach Florida Dr and Mrs Tullis pastor of the Tour it Church spoke at a recent Ohio University commencement Mrs Tullis and Mix Tulls visiting Athens from Erie Pa Summer guests include Mr and Mrs H S Townsend and their sons Bill and Dick from Erie Pa Mrs Townsend and family will stay three weeks Mr Hibbard of Truscon Steel accompanied by sons Bill and Dick will move to Youngstown in August to establish home There are reports of travels for Prof J Homer C amkey returning from South Carolina Other items include Mr and Mrs William Leaders injured in an auto accident near North Wheeling West Virginia returning to Athens and their son William Leaders later graduating with a PhD from Techno Ling department at McBee remains in bed from shock Charles Leaders was driving and was with them Mrs Dallas Downard and daughter Mary Sharon visited then returned to London Mr and Mrs J S Basom host Mrs Elizabeth Hope Basom visiting from Kansas City and Mr and Mrs G W Hope of McArthur Also noted are Mr Lloyd Black and Mrs Black visiting from Charleston W Va with their daughter Mary McCune and grandson Jon over the weekend and Mr Miller at 295 F State St recovering from a major surgical operation at Fort Sanders Hospital Knoxville Tenn.

Irs William Channell Molen Beetz the Plains Dana Lee Delno Bretz Athens Route Six Ervin Chinell Carrie Channel Mra Amos Breta Don Tullis Daytona Beach Fla Tullis Churen Daytona Mix Tulls H. S. Townsend Maplewood Drive Donald Hibbard Bill Erie Hibberd J. Homer Camkey North Will South Carolina Columbia Chek William H. Leaders Avon Place Elms Grove North Wheeling W. Va Camebridge William Leaders McBee Com Charles Leadtra Elizabeth Hope Basom Haskell Institute Lawrence Kansas Eloise Marjorie Billy Joe J. S. Basom W. State St G.W. Hope McArthur Busom Ohio H. B Brown Knoxville Darrow White Ueir Loring White Town City Athen Ohio University Professor White la State University of Iowa Sara Mella Glazier Selby’ G Lancaster J. Hospital Chester Lightfing Fort Knox Kathy A Carpenter Charles Carpenter Het J. K. Vickers Emily N. Congress Stree DeLand St. Petersburg St Petersburg Mr. Vickers Belle C. Vickers

Athens summer visitors and hometown moves noted

The town records several residents visiting relatives in Knoxville and Des Moines area, while others prepare summer teaching posts in Ohio University and the State University of Iowa. Miss Sara Glazier heads to Louisville for art work and school. The Vickers family enjoyed a Florida trip including DeLand and St. Petersburg, with stops at Marineland and Bok Tower.

Embarrassing Moment in Transylvanian Royal Circles

Olga the exiled queen of Transylvania pleads for financial help from the narrator as a private moment in a library unfolds. The scene unspools with a blend of regality and hesitation, revealing a plan tied to old loyalties and stern self-control. The narrator recalls prior ties to Lillian and Savarin, tying present requests to past betrayals and art world scandals.

Olga Transvania

Mrs Jennings in Glaum Varieties at Athens

Katherine Von Blow, dramatic critic for the Lamangeles Times, offers a complimentary review of Coulee Glaum's Cellar Variety and The Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight. Pearl Jennings, former Athens resident, leads in several Gisum productions and plays Lu Lee Yu in a Chinese grandmother role, earning bookings and notes in Hedda Hopper style. Jennings plans a late summer return to Athens then a visit to Boston to see her son and daughter-in-law, Mr and Mrs Baward Jennings.

Miss von Fenninga She Jennings Hedda Hopper Hollywood Lee Yu Ping Mise Giaumy China Enmings Athens Boston Visi Baward Jennings

Priscilla Needle Club meets for July picnic

Club president Mrs Elizabeth Harvey led a 16 member business session at the home of Ruth Smith with Lizzie Collins assisting. Plans were made for a July 12 picnic at Nice's picnic grounds, roses decorated the house, and prizes went to several members.

Serore Rear Ee Oey Mex Ruth Smith Lizzie Collins Elizabeth ‘Harvey Nice Hat Bah Mills Harvey Verna Marquis Bess Cunningham Bessie Cooley Mills Myrtle Brown Margaret Ellen Smith Dorothy Dickerson Priscilla Club Priscilla Needle Club Lake Hope Zaleski Frank Cross

Toll House Cookie Recipe and Local Food Notes

A reader shares a Toll House Cookies recipe from Ruth Graves Wakefield and notes on the Toll House Inn in Whitman Massachusetts. The column also includes strawberry pie and preserve recipes from local residents, plus a report on visitors Chloe Campbell and William B. Currier joining hosts Mr. and Mrs. Guy Graham after a East Coast trip.

Calendar items from community clubs and cadet camp news

Pythian Sisters host a wiener roast at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Mrs N McHarg's Marshfield Road home if weather allows. Women golfers plan a Blind Bogie tournament at the country club Wednesday afternoon after a 1 p.m. meeting. Rebekah Lodge No 583 meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at 10 Loop Hall for its annual family dinner at Mr and Mrs W D Wilds 139 Grosvenor St. regrets to committee by Monday. Athens Grange meets Thursday at 8 p.m. with a memorial program and Rev Louis Campbell delivering the address. Cadet Dick Hughes, son of Attorney and Mrs M D Hughes, leaves Monday for Camp Nelson Dodd YMCA camp near Brinkhaven to spend six weeks. he will be junior leader and model airplane building instructor. This is his fifth year at Camp Nelson Dodd. several Athens boys attended previously including Ben Fulton, Bill Pendry, David Nichols, and Harry Peckham.

Wrpyrsday Pythian Sisters Mra N. McHarg Marshfield Road Country Club Nannie Staunton Minetary Academy Staunton Camp Nelson Dodd Athens Camp Nelson Dodd 1 Ben Fulton Oscar Fulton Bill Pendry Harper C. Pendry

Meet Again star Merle Oberon and George Brent in Athena film

Merle Oberon and George Brent headline the Athena Theater film Meet Again directed by Edmund Goulding with Pat O’Brien Geraldine Fitzgerald Binnie Barnes and Frank McHugh in supporting roles. A trans Pacific liner romance follows a doomed shipboard affair as two lovers face an impending doom and he sacrifices his chance at escape to spare her pain.

Athena Theater Eamund Goulding Pat Obrien Geradine Fitzgerald Binnie Barnes Frank McHugh Autiencen Holly ‘Wood Lise Oberon Brent Beck San Quen

Tarheel Buckeye Club Holds Annual Picnic at Athens

The Tarheel Buckeye Club held its fifth annual picnic on Sunday June 16 in Athens with about eighty members and thirty guests attending. Acting chairman James Y Galloway announced speakers Dr Carl Frey Prof J R Gentry and Grover Browning. Music was provided by a local string band and Master Billy Frey sang. Officers elected for the next year were Walter Young president J Gentry vice president Evelyn Yaw secretary treasurer. Committee lists include Grover Browning J R Galloway E E Galloway Ellie Moore and others with Mrs. Ellie Moore chairing the table arrangements. Guests included Mrs Bernice Wardell John N Red Carns Ray Thompson and Marvin White families.

Tarheel Buckeyes Tarheel Buckeye Club Athens James Y. Galloway Carl Frey R Gentry Grover Browning Shawnee William Withern John, Sin Willeam ‘Yount Gabriel Molnar E. E. Galloway Billy Frey Borseden Walter Young Glouster J. Gentry Evelyn. Yaw J. R. Galloway Ellis Moor Elmer Yount Mra Ellie Moore R. C. Galloway Marc Yount Ei. Galloway EE. Galloway William Yount Bernice Wardell John N. Red Carns Ray’ Thompson Dayton Marvin White Fand Colin Gilbert Fand Son Granite Falls N.C

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