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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1937
Page
8
Henrietta Mordue wed Vincent Thomas in Williamsport with Rev. H D Householder officiating. The bride, Murray High School 1933 graduate, and families from Cleveland and Toledo attended. The notice lists numerous regional visitors and social visits through the area.
Local residents and guests are noted with visits to families in Tuppers Plains. The 4 H Club met with leader Mrs. Gertrude Hoffman on June 16 planning a wiener roast for June 23. A funeral for Mrs. Harriett Cole occurred at the Christian Church. The Buddha statue at Kamakua, Japan, stands 42½ feet high and is over 680 years old.
BUNKER HILL IjoeJean Epple Mt Union was a guest of Mr and Mrs Dana Epple a few days last week. William Smith died at his home here Wednesday. Funeral services were held at the home Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Sidney Jordan Mt Union has been working for Mr Daniel Toben. Mrs Dena Epple Flatwoods was the guest of Mrs Addie Epple and Mrs Alice Epple Wednesday and attended prayer meeting at the church here. Betty June Heilman was the Sunday guest of Hazel Epple. Several young people from this vicinity went to Maple Grove Saturday for the United Brethren Religious Education Convention. Mr and Mrs Dana Epple and children were guests of Mr and Mrs Albert Russell Albany. Rev Sharp will fill his regular appointment here Sunday. Mr and Mrs H H Genheimer had as their Sunday guests Mr and Mrs Harry Genheimer and family South Viena, Mrs Edith Springston and children Middleport, Mr and Mrs Evan Genheimer and children Albany, Mr and Mrs Victor Genheimer and children Peachfork, and Mr and Mrs Walter Schreiber and children Ball Run.
Seventeen families and friends gathered to honor John Davis on his birthday at the Davis home in Taylor Ridge. Guests included multiple Davises from Chillicothe Glouster and Columbus. Mrs Maudie Kemp ton McGee fell ill and was hospitalized for appendicitis. Charlene Wahl earned a cosmetology credential in Columbus and secured a job there. Russell Coey and other locals attended high school events in Akron and visits spread among Nelsonville Millfield and Columbus ties.
The piece notes perplexing conditions and the need for ingenuity over direct measures. It warns of radical future changes affecting private life and correspondence, with a clever child possibly born today and chimney swifts described as using alternating wing beats when descending a chimney.
Jacksonville community notes document officers elected for the Ladies U M W A Auxiliary and a string of weekend visits. Members include Edna Rollins as president Electa Grimm as vice president and Alice Phillips as secretary with others serving on committees. The piece also lists guests and social gatherings from Trimble Heights Glen Reed Grove Bishopville Columbus Warren and Coshocton with Rev Ray Greene heading to a ministerial school in Delaware.
Diabetic diet guidance outlines fruit carbohydrate content grapefruit five percent oranges ten percent banana twenty percent and emphasizes five to twenty percent carbohydrate groups. It stresses steaming vegetables to retain minerals and vitamins and notes bread cereals and oatmeal high starch. Protein and fat require careful planning with water intake and limits on coffee and tea while fruits and fried foods fit in with fat portion awareness.
Amesville announces new staff for the Ames-Bern Schools including high school and elementary assignments. Superintendent F J Taylor leads science, Albert Gardner renews English and shop, Earl Wood handles social science and coaching, with several teachers named for first through sixth grades and outlying schools. The Townhouse school is closed by the state education department.
G D Gorham treasurer of Athens County files a petition in the Court of Common Pleas for foreclosure of tax and special assessment liens on parcel 779 in Hudson's Addition Athens Ohio. Unknown heirs and assigns must answer by July 10 1937 or judgment by default will be entered. Foster B Cornwell assistant prosecuting attorney signs.
North Dakota guest Everett Cline visited Mt Union host Mr and Mrs John Nicholson with Corabelle Kincaid. Wyan dott Michigan returned home after two weeks with relatives at Pomeroy. Local families hosted guests from Chillicothe Columbus and Ravenswood West Virginia. Several weekend visits included O W Wiseman and M A Chase.
Upper lake shippers report Duluth may ship about 70 000 to 75 000 tons of butter by water this season valued around 50 million dollars. This compares with 69 730 tons loaded during the 1936 shipping season.
Mrs Helen Under hill of Columbus arrives for weekend visit with her mother and sister Mrs Mary Karr and Miss Marcia Karr. Local guests include Mrs Emma Hawk Mrs Celestia Walburn and Mrs Blanche Rossetter of Albany and others.
Coolville social notes recount a Sunday surprise party for Mr. C. H. Brooks of Pickerington with a pot-luck for numerous relatives. Other items note Father's Day gatherings, several travel plans to New York and Europe, visits from relatives in York Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh and Columbus, a D. of A. council meeting, a funeral at the M. E. Church, two severe rain storms causing damage, and several regional visits and guest stays across Ohio and West Virginia.
Postmaster General Farley announces a nationwide crackdown by the postal inspection service on fake mutual benefit life protection outfits using mail fraud. About 100 such scams operate nationwide costing the public hundreds of thousands yearly, with Littlejohn and Hill recent convicts underscoring the risk.
Notice announces Charles F Wallace of Glouster Ohio appointed Administrator of the Estate of John Moore deceased of Glouster Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated June 8 1937 Louis Tyroler Probate Judge.
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