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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1931
Page
6
Twenty two young guests gathered at 17 Church Street to celebrate four year old Herbert Evans birthday. Games suited to the children's ages provided fun from 3 to 5 pm with a fish pond gifts and paper hats as favors. Refreshments included a large ice cream cake and individual rosebud decorated cakes.
Mr and Mrs Frank Junod of 127 West State Street announce the marriage of their daughter Helen to Harold Eichhorn son of Mr and Mrs Harry Eichhorn of Portsmouth on February 7 in Greenup Kentucky. The couple are in Athens and reside with Helen’s parents until June.
Mrs Charlies F Kircher entertained at 32 Second Street Monday night for her son Bills sixteenth birthday. Guests included Jane Gill Mary Jo Twiss Ann Custer Virginia Masterton Bill Clark Bob Masterton Tom Craig and the honor guest. Bridge and dancing provided entertainment for the group. Mrs Frank R Murphey travels to Middleport to spend a week with her mother Mrs J L Carpenter who stays with the former's sister Mrs D B Hartinger. Mrs Hartinger will visit Cleveland and Akron and her daughter Miss Mary Elizabeth Hartinger a French teacher at Akron West Side High School. Mrs T A Battin of Marietta and her niece Mrs Ned Bixler of Zanesville are at Emma Battin’s home for the illness of Mrs Annie Raybould mother of Mrs Battin and Mrs Battin. Mrs Raybould, 83, is bedridden after a paralytic stroke three weeks ago, left side affected.
The Hobson Study Circle met Tuesday night with hostess Mrs. C. M. Ferguson at 61 Sunnyside Drive. Members presented anecdotes on Yesterday's Youth and a program paper on Modern Youth by Mrs. J. H. Gross. Two new members joined, and guests included Mrs. Charles De Molet and Mrs. H. A. McCatskill.
The Sayre Study Circle met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. O. E. McClure’s home with nineteen members present. Anecdotes of Presidents opened roll calls. two papers followed on “Powers, Duties and Social Life of the Presidents” by Mrs. Henry Atkinson and “Theodore Roosevelt” by Mrs. R. J. Studer. Mrs. William C. Stehr attended as a guest.
Mrs. Russell Lamborn welcomed the Esther Class group at the Monday night gathering on Second Street. D. A. Bardin led devotions, Fred Lee Tom presided, and Clarence Laughlin headed the program with a reading by J. W. Hudson and an encore playlet. Winners in two contests were C. Roy Cline and Tom. Assistant hostesses and April plans announced.
Chauncey Cotton Pickers Minstrels will perform Thursday and Friday March 12 and 13 at the Globe Theater Chauncey. The balladists include Charles Minster Leland Southerton Albert Jackson Andrew Jackson Virgil Manning C S Bradfield Jr Richard Keasey Charles Sweeney Jr Dean Hamilton Clyde Vernon. The comedians are Bill Collins Jr Heck Bradfield Billy Hebron Harold Junod Orland Sams Bennie Slye James Smith Elmer James with Mrs C E McCafferty as pianist. Instrumental vocal music and dancing open the program.
Chauncey Dover High School juniors plan a Spring Frolic in the high school gymnasium next Tuesday evening March 10. Food booths and an entertainment program of song and recitation will precede the sale. The arrangements committee includes Loree Ice Elbert Min ister Cecil McCafferty Delores Canter Mary Agin and Leona Newman.
Miss Bertha Stanley of Chauncey stayed with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs William Robinett Jr in Columbus last week while visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Stanley and family on Mill Street. Her sister Miss Elizabeth Stanley joined from Friday to Sunday at the Robinett home.
Chauncey reports the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan T. Jaminson Jr. underwent a surgical removal of tonsils and adenoids at Dr. Warren V. Sprague in Chauncey on Sunday February 4.
The weekly Morristown Moliness Church prayer meeting moves to the home of Mr and Mrs Marion Watson in Millfield. It will be held Thursday evening instead of Friday as previously announced.
Mrs. Carl Conrad of Chauncey was moved by McLaughlin ambulance to White Cross Hospital in Columbus on Tuesday afternoon due to serious illness. She was accompanied by her husband and Dr. J. J. Hoodlet. doctors expect a major operation may be required.
Millfield hosts the Mazon Council Degree of Pocahontas at the lodge in Millfield for a monthly birthday special on Thursday evening.
Millfield March 4. The condition of Mrs. Daniel Fulton who has been seriously ill at her home is reported to be improved.
Mrs Emma d Patterson learns Sunday of the death of her brother William Christian of Athens who died Saturday in a traffic accident near Woodfield. The report notes mournful news amid a list of local visits and moves spanning Athens Glouster Trimble Amesville Chauncey and Daytom as residents host relatives and relocate.
Philathea Class of the Christian Church met in regular session Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Join Jager 34 North Congress Street. Devotions were led by Miss Louisa Steele. A business meeting and general discussion followed with refreshments served by Miss Hulda Murphy and Mrs. Ramona Hughes.
Dr James P Porter head of the Ohio University Psychology Depart will attend the Ohio Academy of Science convention in Columbus from April 2 to 4 Vice president of the Academy he leads the Psychology Group Papers on General and Experimental and Applied Psychology will be discussed Aimed to apply psychological methods in business industry and in prisons schools and public institutions A survey found 200 psychologists in Ohio colleges clinics courts and business President Elmer B Bryan authorized Porter to invite the Academy to meet in Athens next year.
A petition with 1600 signatures filed with the Galion Board of Education seeks the dismissal of J. F. Bemiller superintendent of Galion Schools. It charges excessive textbook changes unfairness to teachers and a salary of 4000 per year as too high.
A one act comedy titled On The Lot was presented this morning at the Ohio University convocation by Play shop members. Actors William King and Mildred Finnicum played the leads with Orson Knisely as stage manager who also arranged the setting. Director Vena Lu Kerns guided the production, and Vincent Jukes’ theater arts class built the sets funded with $1000.
Arthur Hall, a roller skater from Marietta, reached Wilmington after traveling 20 to 22 miles daily toward Miami. He declined rides from passing motorists and was hosted at the home of B O Skinner, Wilmington College president, during his southern trip.
Roberta Semple McPherson aged 20 daughter of Aimee Semple McPherson wed William Bradley Smyth aged 23 purser on the liner President Wilson in Wesley Church Singapore during a world tour.
Advertising copy promotes Baalmann's Gas Tablets to relieve gas in stomachs and bowels. It claims quick relief from pains, nervousness, heartburn, and digestive distress, and urges readers to buy the yellow packaged tablets at CLINE PHARMACY or local drug stores.
Ohio University outlines the sixth annual Mother's Days program from March 20 to 22. Activities include a concert at the Majestic Theater, class visits, Aladdin's Lamp skit, serenades by Theta Chi and Delta Tau Delta, campus tours, receptions, a dinner, an all-Ohio banquet with a guest speaker, a Memorial Auditorium vesper, and a concluding tea hosted by the Y W C A and Women's League.
Thousands of federal employees nationwide will enjoy a four hour Saturday workday after President Hoover signed the measure. The law takes effect immediately and next Saturday workers who previously quit at 4 30 p m will end their tasks at 1 p m.
The Denison affirmative squad will face the Ohio University negative team at the Fine Arts Auditorium in Athens at 7 30 p m Thursday. The year’s question asks whether states should enact compulsory unemployment insurance. No decision will be rendered. Ohio affirmative teams debated Fairmont State Normal and the University of West Virginia in Morgantown with no decisions reported.
Denver man D H Morse says two strangers offered to match pennies with him for fun. He played 8,000 times without a win, then attacked one man to recover 40 dollars while the other escaped with 40. Morse believed the losses exposed a fraud.
Lucile Brooks 20 of Plumwood Ohio lies in critical condition with a breast wound in Columbus. Ernest Crawford 20, released from Mansfield Reformatory three weeks earlier, allegedly shot her at Ralph Murray's Plumwood home after she refused to end her relationship with Charles Crawford, Ernest's brother.
Senator James J. Davis told the Senate about St. David’s Day in Wales describing ceremonies from Llanfairpwligwyngylig ogerychwryndrobwillllandysilioggo gogoch to Pontllanfraith. Dean Theodore Shuey called the 58-letter Welsh word the worst he has seen in 68 years.
Columbus march 4 a first taxation measure from the special legislative tax committee likely to be introduced in the General Assembly within a week. It would place a one cent tax on every 10 cigarets and a 10 percent tax on the retail price of cigars and tobaccos. Estimated revenue totals 8 million from cigarets and 3 million from cigars tobaccos with license fee reductions proposed. Annual tobacco and cigaret sales are estimated at 80 million dollars.
Charles Woodworth, connected with his father Franz L. Woodworth in operating a shoe store in Athens, was chosen as a member of the board of directors of the Ohio Valley Shoe Dealers Association at the convention that closed in Columbus Tuesday.
Bert Dupler 51 of Columbus was injured when struck by an automobile and dragged 60 feet. He has been an invalid for nine years after a prior accident and is hospitalized at St Francis in Columbus.
A Newfoundland dog owned by L. J. Scott in Wabash Indiana has adopted and nurses a half Angora kitten abandoned by its mother in the same household.
An advertisement touts Castoria as a safe natural remedy for fretful, feverish, colicky or constipated babies. It reassures mothers that Castoria remains effective through infancy, advising gradual dose increases and warning against switching to stronger medicines as children grow, with a signature claim of authenticity.
Sam Warren was elected president of the Athens Izaak Walton League at a regular Athens City Hall meeting Tuesday night. Clyr Mansfield was named vice president with Prof. A. R. Kresge as recording secretary and George Mills as financial secretary. D. L. Seward became treasurer and Wilson Smith was elected director for three years. Three new members Ray Duffy Vern Andrews and C. A. Caster joined the league and a committee was appointed to recodify the constitution.
Columbus reports the Senate insurance committee on March 4 recommended passage of Senator Walter G. Nickels bill to remove annual payment limits to the workers compensation fund. The measure aims to solidify funds for counties facing high obligations to injured workers and dependents.
Sciota County commissioners unveiled a plan to help the unemployed and reduce crow numbers by paying 25 cents for each dead crow. Everett Hall appeared Tuesday with 285 birds and collected 71.25 dollars.
H F Teal of North Main Street New Lexington was named prohibition officer of District 15 succeeding Lloyd Wine who moves to District 10. Teal, long time New Lexington resident, previously served as city officer in Perry County. District 15 covers Perry Muskingum Morgan Washington Noble Guernsey and Monroe Counties. Assistants not yet named.
Albany March 4 The Ladies Aid Society of the Alexander Presbyterian Church Hebbardsville will meet at the church at 1 30 o clock Thursday afternoon.
In Portsmouth a Tuesday meeting of teachers Red Cross officials and state health department representatives drew up plans to feed more than 1000 undernourished school children.
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