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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1930
Page
5
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Bean hosted a Saturday dinner for twelve at 6 PM at 26 Brown Avenue in honor of Mrs. Clarence Cooley on her birthday anniversary. Cards and radio followed the meal.
Miss Virgene Robinson of Stewartsart travels to Parkersburg West Virginia to stay with cousin Mrs Ray Dye during medical treatment. Miss Ittson who has worked for two years at the office of optometrist B M Covert resigns due to ill health.
Mr and Mrs William Hanley host his parents Mr and Mrs M J Hanley and brother in law Mr Robert G Evans of Chicago for a brief visit arriving by motor They are joined by Clara Watkins returning from Columbus with her mother Mrs Thomas Watkins Sally Hawkins and Mrs G C Hawkins leaving for Columbus for a two week visit with Mrs Walter Moore Mrs Richard McKinstry will join them to Columbus by motor
Mr Howard Musgrave and family of Troy spent the end of the week with Mrs Musgrave’s parents Mr and Mrs T W Gold on Richland Avenue and with Mr Musgrave’s brother Mr Walter Musgrave and family at 126 North Congress Street. Mrs P B Lawrence and Mrs Bertha Dailey were business visitors in Columbus. Mr L F Jones of Covington Ky came Friday to visit Mr and Mrs R E Sutton on Canaan Road. Mr Jones is foreman for the Western Lion Company in Cincinnati.
Three members were initiated by the Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority at 4 pm Sunday at Ohio University College of Music. The new initiates are Mildred Masten of Trinway Kath leen Conaway of New Lexington and Elma Williams of West Mansfield. Patroness Mrs. C. C. Millikan attended the initiation dinner for 23 guests at the Colonial. Red and white colors filled the table decor.
Doctor reveals guarded secret of Mu-col used 28 years in offices and hospitals. Mu-col stops germs in delicate organs with ten fold strength and does not injure lining unlike poisonous suppositories. Prevents trouble pain and odor. makes periods easier. Douche with Mu-col for comfort health and cleanliness. Directions in package. All gals.
Athens Rotary Club hosted a night club style party at Hotel Berry on Monday for about 35 members and wives. Ohio University students performed and staged musical and stunt acts while hostesses and club staff served in themed costumes.
The Pollyanna Class of the Christian Sunday School held a monthly party in the Christian Church social rooms Monday night with Helen Drake presiding. Ardith Westfall and Rita Smith organized games and refreshments were served by Frances Marie Nichols Ernestine Junod Bea Schumway and Catherine Minameyer. Ruth Porter of Columbus visited her parents at 52 Grosvenor Street while Mr Dick Taylor of Portsmouth attended the Alpha Gamma Delta dance at the Varsity Inn. Zeta Tau Alpha plans a St Patrick's Day house party at 34 South College Street with Alice Kirkup in charge. Mrs H L Atkinson of North Lancaster Street welcomed news of a niece born to Curtis and his wife in Putney Kentucky named for Mary Delle. Merrill R Atkinson of Logan West Virginia visited Sunday night en route from Detroit Michigan.
President Hoover told Boy Scout leaders that the American boy should receive citizenship training alongside the Three R's. He called the boy the most precious possession of the American home and warned of dangers from modern mechanical civilization while praising the Scout movement for opening adventure to city youths.
Columbus report states Ezra C. Anstaett resigns from roles as general sales manager of the Ohio Farm Bureau Corporation and general agent for the Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.
A Buffalo grand jury returned first degree murder indictments against Lila Jimerson and Nancy Bowen both Seneca Indians aged 35 and 66 respectively. They are charged with the murder of Mrs Clothilde Marchand 56 wife of internationally known artist Henri Marchand.
Washington March 11 The Capitol stood silent as officials joined the nation in honoring former president and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. The day focused on relief for congested federal courts with two Wickersham Commission bills before a House judiciary subcommittee.
Harry E. Odgers, superintendent of Parkersburg schools since 1918, will resign to take a similar post at Fairmont, effective June 30. The decision was announced Sunday evening at Fairmont.
The third annual Athens Merchants Exposition sponsored by Kiwanis Club will run March 26 27 and 28 at the Athens Armory. John Bolin chairs the Public Affairs Committee with 30 merchant displays planned plus a style show dancing and prizes. Proceeds fund charity work.
In Cleveland today investors focus on the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company a $200 000 000 concern as its proposed merger with Bethlehem Steel accelerates. The battle to control the giant industrial group intensifies amid reports of a possible merger.
Mrs. Catherine Weppler Schlaubach, who would have turned 89 on Monday, died at 11:15 a.m. Sunday at her Schlaubach farm home near Lake Chute, adjacent to the Boy Scout reserve, from infirmities.
Brighten fabrics with Diamond Dyes advertised as easy to use and evenly applied. The copy claims true new colors that resist re dyeing through heavy wear and washing, attributing superiority to pure affilities. price is said to be low at drug stores.
President Hoover confronts a decisive decision on who will replace the late Supreme Court Justice Edward Sanford of Tennessee. Three options appear: a Farm Bloc Liberal like Judge Williams, Kenyon of Iowa, or a conservative pick such as John A. Davis. A middle course from other jurists is also possible amid party tensions.
Ad touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Extract Tablets as a vitamin rich source of A and D from Norwegian cod liver oil. Two tablets equal one teaspoonful and claim meets all ailments tied to cod liver oil, priced 60 tablets for 60 cents at drugstores nationwide.
The 70 foot Cumberland Falls near Frankfort, central to a legislative dispute involving Governor From CBD Sampson the Senate and House, Du Pont of Delaware and Chicago utilities, was approved for state park inclusion over the governor’s veto. The bill grants eminent domain to the park commission to block outside encroachment. The falls lies on the Cumberland River in a region controlled by Insull interests and has long been a political issue.
New Castle Pa March 11 The trial of Irene Schroeder the blond trigger girl entered its second day with only four jurors seated. The jury was expected to be completed by tonight, according to observers.
The state health department reports 264 smallpox cases in the past two weeks. Epidemic began in December and remains mild with no deaths. Dr Fintey Van Orsdall, chief of the division of communicable diseases, announced the update in Columbus.
Judgment sought for 1577.41 on promissory note by Nelsonville Home and Savings against Lillian E Barrows L M Ogg and Mack Barrows. Verrice Wolfe French seeks divorce and restoration of her maiden name from Guy W French. Married May 31 1928 in Parkersburg W V No children. Auto purchase authority requested for county use in a case by John Grosvenor John Lax and Charles Daugherty for Athens County Board of Commissioners.
Dr. Harry Lathrop Reed, president of Auburn Theological Seminary, Auburn, N. W., will address the Presbyterian Brotherhood at Athens Presbyterian Church at 6 oclock Thursday night. Reed, a Yates attendee and Skull and Bones member, may speak at Sunday services at Athena church.
Readers are warned that Marmola fat reducing product is advertised with bold claims of rapid weight loss. The piece notes widespread use and mentions a boxed formula and purported health benefits, urging readers to ask a druggist about Marmola and read the included booklet.
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