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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1932
Page
6
A representative of the Southern Ohio Electric Company will speak Wednesday night at The Plains Grade School auditorium. Residents call the meeting to seek a lower electricity rate for The Plains. Residents and interested persons are urged to attend.
Chauncey on March 8 reports Chauncey Feed Store on Main Street entered by force in the early morning. George W. Brown and son Carl Brown owned the store. items stolen include several sacks of flour eight dozen eggs and tobaccos. Local officers notified.
Chauncey March and Jean Brewer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Brewer, Chauncey, is recovering from a siege of the mumps.
The Plains sees widespread relocation this week as Asa Cochran and family return from Bidwell Ohio. Hannas McClain and family move to Hocking. Leake buys Robert Noble property from Henry Evans and family. Evans move to H A Tipton property.
Chauncey mourns Mrs Elizabeth Crane 49 sister of Mrs Henry Locke dying last week at her Ashland Kentucky home Funeral and burial occurred there She belonged to the Baptist Church She is survived by husband six children Thomas Frank Henry Crane and Mrs Katharine Smith Mrs Celia Robinett and Miss Mary Crane three brothers and two sisters Silas Henry and George Phillips Mrs Locke and Mrs Ida McKinzie Also 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The Plains P T A will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Grade School auditorium. Mrs Rice wife of C B Rice superintendent of The Plains schools will preside and conduct the business session. Men led the last meeting and offered an entertaining program.
The Friendship Bible Class of Chauncey Church of Christ will meet Friday night at Miss Ruth Fiske's home in Beaumont. Mrs. Ralph Brown chairs the gathering with devotions by Neil Tippett and program duties by Mrs. Clell Cunningham.
The Chauncey Seventh Day Adventist Church group met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mullins on Ellis Avenue for a business social hour followed by contests and refreshments. Attendees included Mrs. Donald Cunningham Mrs. Clarence Simmers Mrs. Alva Karns Mrs. Minnie Palmer Mrs. Luther Cruikshank Mrs. Wayne Hines Mrs. Henry LeMasters and several couples.
Athens City Federation met in the Chamber of Commerce rooms for an all day sewing club and potluck. They prepared three comforts and plan a Friday dinner for the Bern-Ames Club. Officers elected by acclamation include Mrs. W. L. Gard as president and Mrs. Frank Cone as first vice president.
McBee Binder Company employees sponsor a benefit dance Friday at 8 30 PM in the Armory. Proceeds go to the Athens County Clothing Center. Armory use is donated and tickets will be sold to ensure a large turnout. Caller T E Davis and Clyde Willis orchestra perform.
The Esther Class of the First Christian Church met Monday evening at 153 Morris Avenue. Mrs. Clara Andrews presided, program leader was Mrs. Sam Henderson, and Mrs. John Kilpatrick performed two solos with readings. R. M. Van Dyke sang with her own accompaniment, and two whistling solos were followed by two contests won by Mrs. L. E. Carpenter and a tie between Mrs. Fred Lee Tom and Mrs. Guy Smith.
On March 8 at the home of Mr and Mrs Hershel Kirk Endall near Chauncey guests included Levi L Sweazey and Charles Hartman of Columbus and Virgil Evener of Stewart.
March 8 report from Wellston notes Mrs. Harry Moore of The Plains assisting in caring for her mother-in-law Mrs. William Moore who is seriously ill.
Mrs. Steven Kirkendall remains seriously ill at home near Chauncey with pneumonia following influenza. She is cared for by her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Clifford Kirkendall.
Phi Kappa Fraternity hosted its initiation banquet Sunday at Hotel Berry with twenty one members in attendance. Toastmaster Jack Reilly led a program featuring president William Shea and speakers Leo Smithberger Harold Dailey. New initiates included William Krapuhl Cleveland Henry Palmieri Elmira NY Harry Fletcher Union City NJ and Harold Dailey Erie PA.
Four former Wood County Bank employees received prison terms from Judge John W. Martin in Wood County Circuit Court. Sentences ranged from five and a half to seven and a half years to be served in the state prison at Moundsville.
Guidance urges home cooks to protect family health by isolating a sick person from kitchen work, covering coughs with cheesecloth while cooking, and thoroughly washing and sanitizing dishes and silver. Emphasizes clean, well ventilated kitchens, sun exposure, and proper refrigerator care. Includes tomorrow’s breakfast, luncheon, and dinner menus.
The article advises dry skin women to use rich oils and cream foundations, avoid soap and water, and apply lotions. It recommends cold creams on the eyelids, morning and night, with gentle massage to aid absorption and prevent wrinkles.
The Men's Glee Club of Ohio University will travel to Pomeroy tonight for a concert at the high school building. A previous Alumni Memorial Auditorium show was praised for its balanced voices. Special guest violinist Miss Jean Mees of Athens Senior High School will perform Vivaldi's Concerto in G Minor.
Miss Mise Mees, daughter of a Pom eroy resident, studies with Professor De Forest Ingerham after previously training with her father. Emmy Lou Keehne will sing Saint Saens solo Ma Coeur L ouvre A Ta Boix. A male quartet including Albert Gardner Donald Rogers Merrill Davis and Frank Stephans will perform. C C Robinson directs the School of Music and conducts the club.
Seventh grade history students at Athens Junior High presented a historical play about the Jackson Period titled Mrs Calhoun Entertains. The performance explored East West antagonisms in early United States history with careful staging by the class.
Eugene Cottle, a historian and instructor, serves as the faculty advisor for the group.
Members of the Dramatic Club with Mr. Bryant as faculty advisor are crafting a short play to be presented in an upcoming assembly.
Kermit Diehl band instructor and Miss Helen Cross music teacher at the Junior and Senior High Schools are preparing a musical program for the upcoming Parent Teacher Association meeting scheduled for March 14.
Merna Riggle Betty Bardin Bob Brookins Normandy Burgett Mary Olive Cowan Donna Eslocker Charles Giauque Frank Hooper William Insche Elmo Landis Dana Mansfield Jean Pickens Virginia Quest Ruth Shamel Thomas Stanley and Verne Story are back in school following recovery from the sh it mumps and colds.
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