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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1939

Page

6

Athens Garden Club Plans South Bridge Planting and Markers

The Athens Garden Club met at 12 Sunnyside Drive to discuss South Bridge planting, marker erection, and a benefit bridge to fund the project. Higley Study Circle and Sunnyside Needle Club each donated 5 dollars. an Easter lily and amaryllis exhibit and talks on flower management were shared.

Garden Club South Bridge Athens Garden Club C. H. Horn Sunnyside Drive Higley Study Circle Sunnyside Needle Club E. B. Smith W. B. Cable Williams. Shepherd Pomeroy Dorothy Biddle George W. Hopkins D. F. Ziggaroos

Sigma Phi Gamma Party Hosts Spaghetti Supper

Miss Helen Herman, Miss Joe Barstow, and Mrs. Donald K. Bars tow hosted a Sigma Phi Gamma sorority party Monday night at The Twin Pines Grill. The event featured a spaghetti supper after a short business meeting in Hotel Berry club rooms.

Helen Herman Joe Barstow Donald K. Barstow Sigma Phi Gamma _ sorority Twin Pines Grill Berry

Round About the Town Mad march mood and maple camp plans

A small town column notes brisk warm spells and a planned maple sugar camp visit west of Vermont. It mentions a patriotic movie showing Let Freedom Ring and a DAR reminder to stand at attention during the Star Spangled Banner. The Past Noble Grands Club scheduling shifts and a house fly germ factoid conclude the piece.

Vermont Dar’s American Legion Auxiliary

Birth Day Dinner Honors Edward Nelson At Langsville

Ed Nelson honored at Langsville with a birthday dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J H Nelson. Attendees include Nelson and Haley families from Happy Hollow. Also notes John Davis discharged from Holzer Hospital in critical condition and various local social visits across towns. Penny mystery at Allen County court house remains unsolved as pigeons allegedly collect 29 pennies outside a third floor office window.

Fort Wayne Ind Allen County Court House Court House

Calendar of club gatherings and benefit events

Wednesday features include PEO meeting at Faculty Women’s Club Room with Miss Catherine Bedford as hostess. Eagles and Pocahontas Lodge host benefit parties at Red Men’s Hall. Thursday brings Daughters of Union Veterans rummage sale at Athens City Hall and various club meetings with potluck suppers and birthday celebrations for Jan Feb Mar.

Faculty Women's Club Catherine Bedford Ladies Auxiliary of Eagles Pocahontas Lodge i Red Men's Hall Daughters of Union Veterans Athens City Hall Nelle Pickering Wesleyan Needle Club Frank L. Harvey Stimton Ave R. C. Alexander

It's the Lamb in Me and Spring Fever All Day

A meditation on spring joy contrasts with domestic duty urging a break from routine. The piece invites carefree acts and personal freedom as the Easter mood grows, set beside a church notice for an all day Ladies Aid meeting at Richland Ave M P Church with a potluck lunch and plans for an Easter Bazaar. It also notes a claim about SOS missing relative broadcasts achieving 54 percent success.

Ladies Aid of Richland Ave. M. P

Waterloo PTA Carnival Friday Night at High School

Waterloo PTA hosts a Friday night carnival March 24 in the high school auditorium. Entertainment includes Chinese checkers fortune telling a fish pond and dancing with a door prize at the close. No admission charge but most activities are five cents with some small extra charges.

Waterloo Parent-Teacher Association Home Economics Department

Surprise Birthday Party For Mrs Ed Seipel In Richland Ave Home

Mr EF Seeipel and two daughters Mrs George Jackson and Mrs Ivan Brown hosted a birthday dinner for Mrs Seipel Monday evening at Mrs George Jacksons home. After returning home guests joined for cards and games with prizes won by Mrs Coleman Ashworth, Mrs Georgia Kilpatrick and Mrs Mart Seipel. A three tier cake by Mrs George Jackson accompanied refreshments for twelve guests.

EF. D. Seeipel George Jackson Ivan Brown Seipel Richland Ave Georga Kilpatrick Mart Seipel H. L. Atkinson Blanche Root Frank Dean Beatrix Rosser Clyde Shafer Coleman Ashworth Alva Han

Hobson Club Meeting Focused on Gems Program

The Hobson Study Circle met at Mrs. Don Clutter's Maplewood Drive home Tuesday night. Mrs. W. B. Drake presented a program paper on Gems with jeweled reproductions. Refreshments were served by the hostess and her sister Miss Esther Smith, a guest, and Mrs. Clutter's daughters Dorothy Ann and Corinne.

Hobson Don Clutter Maplewood Drive W. B. Drake Esther Smith

Marriage Meddlers A Sequel To Married Comrades

Madge Graham visits Queen Olga at the Sag Harbor farm house to arrange an interview for Noel Veritzen with the exiled Tranavanian monarch. Olga recovers in regal style, while Olina hides a tearful mood beneath cheerful manners as plans unfold for Philip Veritzen’s meeting with the queen.

Madge Graham Sag Harbor Olga Tranavania Noel Veritzen Madame Graham Noel Mother Graham Mary Olina Madge Queen Olga Katharine Farm House

City Hall Rummage Sale Scheduled This Week

Rummage Sale at City Hall runs Thursday Friday and Saturday with items for sale and proceeds to local needs. Public invites donations and volunteers to assist.

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advertisement

A vintage promotion touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a general tonic for women. It claims herbs and roots build resistance, calm nerves, and ease female functional disorders, noting decades of use and widespread recommendations.

Lydia E. Pinkham Pinkham

Personal notes from Lancaster and Athens visitors and recoveries

Mr and Mrs Arthur Lowther and daughter Louise of Lancaster visited Mr and Mrs F L Walburn in Athens on Sunday. Don A Brown has returned from Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore MD to his parents home on Currier Street and reports feeling well. Harry Frost at Sheltering Arms Hospital is improving. Charles Finsterwald and his sister Doris Eloise Finsterwald are both recovering from injuries and surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital.

Arthur Lowther Louise Lancaster F. L. Walburn Athens Don A. Brown E. L. Brown Currier St Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Addison Harry Frost Sheltering Arms Hospital Charles Finsterwald Elmer Finsterwald Hocking St Doris Eloise Finsterwald

Woman's Relief Corps Elects Officers at Meeting

The Woman's Relief Corps held a regular meeting at 69 West State Street with Flora Murphy presiding. Officers elected were J. R. Harvey as president, Jess Finsterwald as vice president, E. D. Cooley as recording and corresponding secretary, Porter Dicken as treasurer, Blanche Root as conductor, Laura Woodruff as guard, and Mary A. Fryburger as patriotic instructor. A commendation letter from the state president was read. next meeting set for April 10.

Woman's Relief Corps W. State St Flora Murphy J. R. Harvey Jess Finsterwald E. D. Cooley Porter Dicken Blanche Root Laura Woodruff Mary A. Fryburger

West Side PTA Hosts Dutch Themed Health Talk

First grade pupils performed a Dutch program for the West Side School PTA meeting. They wore paper hats and crepe paper attire and sang winds and tulip songs. Miss Mildred Colville urged vaccination and warned about ruptured appendix. The study group date was moved to next Tuesday at 7 30 p m.

West Side School Parent- Teacher Association Mildred Colville Jack Kern PTA

Dr F M Edwards Olive Tablets Promise Constipation Relief

Columbus Ohio report of Dr F M Edwards promoting Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy for constipation and related symptoms. Claiming daily bile flow and digestion aid with gentle, thorough bowel movements. Price listed as 15 cents.

Columbus Ohio F. M. Edwards Dr. Edwards

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Sigma Phi Cornwell & Co Athens Jewelers A. N. Johnson Grosvenor St Ed Nelson Langsville J. H. Nelson Edward Wm. Haley Happy Hollow John Davis Holzer Hospital Clarice Miller Pearle Russell Miss Russell Hysell Run Grace Savage Middleport Don Charleston Ward Nicholson Savage Home Place Lloyd Thomas John Swisher Estill Arrowood Huntington Norma Queen Atkins Harry Miller Roy Holley Pearle Atkins Max Smith Dexter Floyd Miller Carl Cecil Bolin Clair Nelson Nelson Frank Nelson Salem Center Hershel McKinney Shoemaker New Lexington Gallie Pickens Earl Bailey Bailey Race Hill Frank Braley Mildred Braley Orient Mabel Miller Miss Braley Selah Folden Francis Roush Rosa Barnes Ethel Miller Emma Piper Vinton Arthur Eblin R. D Dora Smith Flora Chase Ferry Kenneth Cincinnati Harry Lang and Pleasant Wallace Wright Dale Wright Dorothy Ledlie Margaret Wells Rutland Herb Folden James Titus New Lima Anna Miller Elsie McKnight Theodora Kennedy Theron Ledlie Alice Miller Everett McKnight Clair Taylor Nyals H&h McKee Drug Courity Bank Athens, Ohio Eagles Eagles Hall Business and Professional Woman's Club Deborah The Christian Church Pearl Helwig May Ave Child Study Club H. A. Fisher U.C.D Georgia Hickman Palmer St Girl Scout Rooms France Marian Bush Reeder SOS Waterloo PTA Plan School Mayfair Malta Ohio Fuel Gas Company Three Star Gasco Wolfe Ed Seipel Hobson Club Clutter Adele Garrison Mrs. Graham Margaret Europe Philip Veritzen Mr. Veritzen Philip King Features Syndicate Marietta Dry Cleaners Zoric Woman's Corps West Side Pta F.M. Edwards Miller Bros Ee Eee N. Court ST Douglas Lang Futura
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