Tea at Women's Club Opens National Week Festivities
The Business and Professional Women’s club hosted a Sunday tea for ninety guests in City Building rooms from 3 to 5 pm, launching National Business Women’s Week. Lettres, calendulas, sweet peas, and candles decorated the space as Geneva Jones and others poured. A varied program featured John Stealbasky on classical selections, vocal numbers by Mrs. Robert Tomkins, and a sextet including Luthel Beekman and Goldie Edwards performing. Art Exhibit photos were on display, with the main exhibit moving to Edwin Watt Chubb Library Monday and Tuesday. A club meeting is set for 7:30 pm tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Athens
Calendulas
Geneva Jones
Erma Jagers
Mary Gilham
Francys Cochran
John Stealbasky
Robert Tomkins
Johnson
Coombs
Luthel Beekman
Goldie Edwards
Florence Kimes
Lucille Duffee
Ramona Hughes
Esther Wilson
Edwin Watt
Phi Delta Theta Initiates Nine At Athens Chapter House
Phi Delta Theta initiated nine men Sunday at the West Mulberry Street chapter house. Names include Robert A. Masterton Kenneth Jones Alfred Craft Gail Wallace Edward B. Jones Donald L. Burbick John D. Gordon Donald D. Price Sterling William Davis. A dance at the chapter house Saturday night features music by Ohio University Travelers. George R. Evans of Hubbard serves as chapter president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
West Mulberry Street
Robert A. Masterton
Kenneth Jones
Athens
Alfred T. Craft
Gail E. Wallace
Glouster
Edward B. Jones
Youngstown
Donald L. Burbick
East Liverpool
John D. Gordon
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Donald D. Price
Sterling
William Davis
Nelsonville
Phi Delta Theta
Ohio University
George R. Evans
Hubbard
Old Time Music and Social Events Highlight Athens Weekend
A weekend in Athens featured old time music at Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Westfall's home on 12 Pirst Street with several local guests. Various club activities followed including a study group meeting on the East Side and a Child Cation League guest talk at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Ohio University students Roger Kittle Harry Waddell and Robert Randolph attended a funeral in Pt Pleasant for L. A. Harper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Westfall
Pirst Street
Val McCumber
Burling
Charles Townsend
Stewart
John James
Charles Wood
Orle Townsend
Duane
Eff Guess
Leo Frost
Lucille
Ar' Westfall
Athens
East Side-Teacher Association
John Dowler
Morris Avenue
O. D. Morrison
Edith Beecher
Ao Ohio University
Child Cantion League
Chamber of Merce
Roger Kittle
Harry Waddell
Robert Randolph
Ohio University
L. A. Harper
Charles Harper
Beta Theta Pi
Harper
Two Meals Day Advice for Stomach Trouble
An advertisement promotes a two meal plan to ease stomach issues. It claims skipping a meal and using water, glycerin, and saline compounds will cleanse the stomach and bowels. It touts Adlerika as a harmless, fast-acting remedy available at local drug stores.
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Erika
Spaaiihc
Taylors
Nelgonville
Hickman’s
Ohio University Students Fight Campus Election Reform
Ohio University students protest the campus election system with a 750 sign petition for reform. Wigs and Toupees factions vie for class and Men’s Union posts using independent voters as pivotal. The piece notes national Democratic success as distant from campus disputes and urges drastic action against the Toupees.
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Ohio University
Geologists Probe Washington County for Crago Deep Sand
Geologists from major oil firms inspected eastern Washington County formations last week seeking the Crago deep sand target. They believe future drilling could define a large oil pool spanning miles. Leasing runs strong around the Cra go lease as independents and big companies acquire promising tracts in the current boom.
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Washington County
Hearing Set On Reduction Of State Route Assessments
Washington County commissioners continue the hearing on the reduction of special assessments for lands along State Route 157 part of U S Route 30 between Marietta and the Athens County line. The case will be completed next Wednesday afternoon.
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Marietta
Washington County
Athens County
Spring Model Highlights Midnight blue and cornflower hues
The spring model emphasizes three colors with midnight blue accessories including hat gloves bag and shoes. The dress features Patou’s new midnight blue shade and cornflower blue in a modern bias cut with inverted folds on both front and back.
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Patou
Child-Welfare Laws Urged in Last Year
Washington reports a surge of child-welfare legislation in 1931 state legislatures during the first half of the year. The Children's Bureau notes many measures aim to expand social welfare, public aid, and protection for dependent or crippled children, with new commissions and labor age changes among actions in several states and territories.
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Washington
Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Alaska
Connecticut
Kansas
Oregon
California
Colorado
Delaware
Texas State Board of Control
New Mexico
Alabama
New Jersey
States
Porto Rico
Maryland
Utah
Athens Junior High Studies Electricity in Class
General Science classes at Athens Junior High School begin electricity study with a wired classroom demonstration. Students use small electric motors to observe circuits and house wiring concepts.
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Athens Junior High School
Preamble Junior High Journal Issued Fourth Time This Year
Parker Walker editor announces the Preamble Junior High School newspaper will be issued for the fourth time this year on Tuesday.
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Parker Walker
History Club meeting selects Pictures of Famous Men winners
The bi weekly History Club met after school with Miss Cora Bailey as faculty advisor. Rosa Linda Kelley and Martha McVay won the contest Pictures of Famous Men. Refreshments followed the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
History Club
Cora Bailey
Rosalind Kelley
Martha McVay
Maps and Books Exhibit Marks Ohio University Centennial
In the eighth grade history room a display features maps books and pictures of early Athens many published for Ohio University’s centennial. Miss Cora Bailey teaches eighth grade history.
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Athens
Ohio University
Cora Bailey
History teacher and coach out with mumps
Sherman Gilmore, instructor of history and coach of the Junior High School athletic teams, is confined to his home with the mumps. Mrs. Cassie Sidders is substituting for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Gilmore
Cassie Sidders
Former Ohio University Student Identified in Fatal Collision
Positive identification of Boyd Zeis, former Ohio University student and Beta Theta Pi member, as a crash victim emerged from Cleveland friends. Funeral services set for Tuesday in Port Clinton, Zeis known for portrait painting including works of Virginia governor Pollard’s daughter and Dr. C. U. Biguins of Zanesville.
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Boyd Zeis
Ohio University
Cleveland
Port Clinton
Zets
Zeis
Beta Theta Pi
John G. Pollard
Virginia
C. UL. Biguins
Zanesville
Needy Children at Sugar Creek Served 167 Meals
In Chauncey Sugar Creek School served 167 meals to needy children last week. An extra second floor room serves as kitchen and dining area. Women volunteers and teachers led by Miss Field er Miss Hall and Miss Smith prepared meals and seek donations.
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Chauncey
Sugar Creek
Miss Fielder
Hall
Miss Smith
Herb Rivers
Ted Woods
Henry Augustine
Allen Augustine
Cliff Boudinot
Clarence Liggett
Joe Chiki
McLean
McDaniel
James Boyd
Car Wreck Injures Greens Run Men in Coupe Crash
A car left the road near Truetown north of Millfield Saturday night and overturned into a ditch then caught fire and was destroyed. Passengers Loren Fierce Wesley Grinstead and Buck Smith escaped with minor injuries.
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Greens
Chauncey
Truetown
Millfield
Loren Fierce
Wesley Grinstead
Buck Smith
Greens Run
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Wiley Ryan near Chauncey
Mr and Mrs Wiley Ryan announce the arrival of a ten pound son at their Chauncey area home. The newborn is a grandson of Mr and Mrs William Ryan of Chauncey.
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Wiley Ryan
Chauncey
William Ryan
Aged Woman Eliza Nickoson Dies at Jasper Hill
Mrs. Eliza Nickoson age 94 died Saturday at her Jasper Hill home in Carthage Township after infirmities of old age. Funeral services set for Tuesday 10:30 am at Asbury Church with burial nearby. Born in Harrison County Ohio, she moved to Athens County in 1862 and married Thomas Nickoson in 1865.
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Eliza Nickoson
Jasper Hill
Carthage Township
Asbury Church
Nickoson
Harrison County
Ohio
Athens County
Thomas Nickoson
Nettie Barry
Chicago
Laura Blazier
Jennie Bean
Sumner
Robert Tresize
Toledo
Will
Jesse
Leroy
Guysville
Frank and
Myrna
Cleveland
Mock Divorce Trial Plan at Canaan Grange Meeting
A mock divorce trial is scheduled after the Canaan Grange meeting on Tuesday night March 8. Participants include Stella Marshall and Mrs Peters as plaintiffs and William Robinson and Mr Peters as defendants with Mervin Mansfield presiding as judge. John McClanahan, Elwyn Dorr as prosecutors. Herman Williams, Frank Halbirt as defense. Karl Rose as sheriff. audience jurors will be selected to decide the case findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan Grange
Stella Marshall
Mrs. Peters
William Robinson
Mr. Peters
Mervin Mansfield
John McClanahan
Elwyn Dorr
Herman Williams
Frank Halbirt
Karl Rose
Oil wells drilled at Jones farm halted by cold weather
The Pitts burgh Oil and Gas Company directs Roy Nolan at the Robert Jones farm in Fisher Station where oil wells have been sunk before. Work paused due to cold weather and will resume when conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jones
Fisher Station
Roy Nolan
Pittsburgh Oil and Gas Company
Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown to Speak in Chauncey
Announcement says Clarence J. Brown Secretary of State will visit Chauncey Friday March 11 to address the public at 7 pm in the Chauncey High School auditorium. He is a friend of Daniel Smart and will likely discuss community welfare and politics. Citizens invited to attend.
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Chauncey
Clarence J. Brown
Chauncey High School
Brown
Daniel Smart
Millfield Residents Announce Marriage
Millfield residents announce the marriage of L. E. Woods and Mrs. Lillie Williams both of Millfield. The wedding was held February 25 in Catlettsburg Kentucky. Mrs. Woods is the daughter of Fielden Willis and his wife of Millfield. The couple plan to reside in Millfield. They were serenaded by friends Thursday night.
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Chauncey
L. E. Woods
Lillie Williams
Millfield
Catlettsburg
Chauncey Sewing Class Draws Sixteen Women
Sixteen Chauncey women enroll in the Chauncey-Dover High School sewing class taught by Mrs. T. M. Wolfe. Classes meet Thursdays at 1 15 p m with talks on flowers and gardening. The free lessons invite any community woman to attend.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover High School
T. M. Wolfe
Wolfe
T. R. Hamilton
Clifford Saffel
Watt Ferrer
Mrs Ben F Ferrel Hosts Bible Class at Chauncey
Mrs Ben F Ferrel of Chauncey will entertain the Christian Woman's Bible Class of the Church of Christ at her High Street home Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Watt Ferrel will lead the lesson and all church women are invited.
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Chauncey
Ben F. Ferrel
Church of Christ
High Street
Watt Ferrel
Nurse Esther Fiske Visits Beau Mont Father’s Home
Miss Es ther Fiske a Holzer Hospital nurse from Gallipolis spent the weekend at her father Charles Fiske and family home in Beau Mont.
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Chauncey
Esther Fiske
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Charles Fiske
Beaumont
Child Dies in Bailey Run Home Birth
Orlan Baker, grandson of Mr and Mrs Samuel Baker, died shortly after birth at the Bailey Run home on Sunday March 7.
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Chauncey
Orlan
Samuel Baker
Bailey Run
Registrar Frank Dilley elected Phi Beta Kappa at Miami
Ohio University registrar Prof Frank B Dilley is one of three alums chosen for the Miami University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Initiation is set for March 23 in Oxford. Dilley began at Miami in 1903, earned a BA in 1907, later pursued postgrad work at Cincinnati and Chicago and earned a 1914 MA at Columbia. He joined Ohio University as registrar in 1923 after leading John Hancock High School.
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Frank B. Dilley
Ohio University
Miami University
Phi Beta Kappa
Dilley
Oxford
Professor Dilley
Cincinnati
Chicago
Columbia University
Athens
Columbia
John Hancock High School
Girl Scout Troop 1 Advances With Ceremony
Girl Scouts of Troop 1 held a meeting Friday working on notebooks and signaling flag work. Helen Downs passed tenderfoot tests and was invested, and new scout Georgena Howell joined. A wiener roast is planned for next Friday with patrol leaders in charge. Troop 2 met Wednesday with signaling work.
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Girl Scouts
Troop 1
Helen Downs
Georgena Howell
Q-623 Prescription Promises Relief for Rheumatism
An ad touts Q-623 guaranteed to relieve neuritis arthritis scatica lumbago. Describes it as a specialist’s prescription that has helped thousands after other remedies failed. Claims a few doses stop pain and calls it worth its weight in gold. Sold only at Quick's Cut Rate Store Ady.
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Quick
Ady
Girl Scout Troop Reports Busy Week Activities
Mrs Vier Ulson and Lersa Wol ley supervised the circle. March events include first aid practice and scout room gathering. March 7 resumes silver bracelets making with invites at 4 PM. Troop 4 met Thursday for signaling, woodcraft signs, pledge, and flag respect. A hike to Hast Hill tested signaling skills. Mrs Thorelson directed.
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Mary Cheatham
Hast Hill
Thorelson
Vegetable Main Dishes And Flavorful Seasonings
A guide to turning vegetables into hearty main dishes with clever seasoning. Highlights mushroom flavorings onion mustard horseradish and parsley, with two detailed recipes: a bean macaroni vegetable bake and a bread crumb tomato cheese bake.
Menu entries for breakfast lunch and dinner
The excerpt lists a daily meal plan including breakfast items like baked rhubarb cereal cream and codfish hash. Luncheon features asparagus eggs toast onions radishes canned peaches in gelatin with cookies milk and tea. Dinner includes vegetable loaf shoestring potatoes cabbage steamed pudding with hard sauce milk and coffee.
Glorifying Yourself Glorifying Your Skin Care Advice
Whiteheads are small white pimple like swellings that appear on the chin or around the nostrils. They form from tired or lazy skin not discharging oil properly and are a hard lump under the skin. Prick with sterilized needle, squeeze, treat with antiseptic, then use an astringent and massage the face. Alascage is suggested as best prevention.
Kidnapping of Charley Ross Recalled to Older Persons
The Charley Ross kidnapping from Philadelphia in 1874 is recalled as a landmark unsolved case. The piece notes the father’s ruined fortune, the long search, and the continued appearance of claimants long after the mystery began. Charley Ross was never found and the case became a pivotal early American crime tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Ross
Lindy Baby
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Philadelphia
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Mound Street
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Marjory Wheaton
Betty Bardin
G. Trapnall Jones
East Mill Street
Albert Ross Jones
University of Kentucky
Wade Bean
Maecenas Literary Club
Charles Woods
North Cemetery Street
Evan Hamilton, Jr
Shirley Thomas
Middletown
Mr. Hamilton
Mrs
Evan Hamilton
Maple Street
First Methodist Church
University Affairs Committee
Politics Petition
Entertains Club
Frances Howard
Converse Street
Dorothy Goodson
Lena Wilson
Edith Wilson
Girl Scout News
Whiteheads
Lydia E. Pinkham
the Security Bank
Athens, Ohio
Fancy Corn Country Club
Peaches del Monte Or Country Club
Peas Country Club
New York
U. S&s
Florida
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