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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1929
Page
6
The Higley Study Circle met Wednesday afternoon at 7 South High Street. Mrs. S. M. Haffey hosted as members discussed disarmament with two papers presented by Mrs. Etta Laverty affirming and Mrs. H. G. Vance opposing. Each member spoke during roll call.
The wedding took place at Trinity Episcopal Church Rochester Pa with the Rev John Taylor officiating. Miss Eleanor Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs James M Brown and Rolland S Jones son of Dr and Mrs Clarence L Jones were married. The couple then traveled east for a wedding trip and reside at 4 Palmer Street McGurk Apartments in Rochester.
Mrs Helen Sheridan wife of Lt Hiram Sheridan army flying instructor at Kelly Field announces aim to beat the women endurance record. She aided Lindbergh in learning to fly and is currently in Los Angeles.
Ohio University affirmative team and Denison University negative squad prepare to argue abolition of trial by jury in Ewing Auditorium at 8 PM. Admission is free. Denison debaters face the same question in Granville at the same time.
Wilmington reports the Clinton County measles epidemic spreading with the Kingman school four miles away closing as the outbreak gains ground.
An advertisement for MELLO-GLO Face Powder from D ZENNER CO claims purity and lasting wear. It touts a new French process, smooth spread, and a youthful bloom without pasty or flaky finish.
Dayton Steele meets Cincinnati Woodward while Wilmington plays Dayton Kiser and Dayton Chaminade faces Cincinnati Withrow in a trio of high school football bouts.
An advertiser touts Rowles Mentho Sulphur as a miraculous skin remedy. The copy claims sulfur and menthol soothe and heal pimples acne rash and eczema overnight and urges readers to try the product for clear soft skin.
Dorothy Jinks, 15, returned home Tuesday night after five days missing. She refused to explain her disappearance and provided conflicting, fictitious names about her planned visit to Marietta. Police traced her travels from Athens through Columbus and Dayton, with a traveling salesman named Click noted as her driver.
A vintage ad touts Marmola weight loss tablets as a scientific fat-burning method. It claims 20 years of use and millions of boxes, with a book inside each box explaining the formula and benefits, urging readers to ask their druggist for a box today.
A phone tip to Mrs Jinks from an unidentified woman claimed a girl matching Dorothy Jinks was seen on the Athens Pom eroy Road Tuesday. Dorothy's two sisters died recently one in a car crash and another after an emergency appendectomy.
One thousand yards of cheese cloth dyed in greens and browns for the setting of Robinhood's Revetry, the fifteenth annual Ohio University production.
The March 23 Skit Show will feature a forest setting supervised by John Hulbert of the theater arts class who also handles lighting. He will be in Cleveland this week purchasing more electrical equipment. Robin Hood program designs have been submitted to Dean Irma E. Voigt by the arts design class for souvenirs and posters.
Emil Block files a petition in Athens County Common Pleas Court seeking a judgment of 484 dollars against defendant Joseph Vance. The action alleges a financial claim and requests court relief.
Plaintiff states he has traded as The Knick Erbocker Jewelry Company since July. He seeks the above amount with 6 percent interest from January 1, 1929, on funds claimed to be owed by the defendant.
Hex Jones athletic coach at Vin High School was arrested yesterday on charges of assault and battery against two students Frank Ky Ralph and Clarence McClasky in Gallipolis.
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