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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1933

Page

6

Athens Woman's Music Club Hosts Noted Meeting Program

The Athens Woman's Music Club gathered at Mrs. J. H. McClure’s home on Grosvenor Street with Mrs. Guy Saylor chairing. Miss Cushman-Handel and Mrs. Phillipa-Gigue performed string and piano pieces, voice items featured and two-piano Beethoven arrangements followed.

Athens Woman’s Music Club McClure Athens Woman's Music Club J. H. McClure Grosvenor Street Guy Saylor Curtis W. Janssen the Emperor Stalder McConnel Margaret Gaylord Ncccanrie Nastyercsesmcee Weoe Coenen O. F. Hoisington Beethoven

Miriam Class Gathered at 41 Cramner Home for Shower

Miriam Class of the Christian Church met Monday night at 41 Mill Street home of Misses Cledythe and Lillian Cremner. A short business session preceded a social hour with a surprise shower for Mrs. Paul Saylor. Refreshments followed. Attending were Miss Rowena Sprout Doris Cullums Jamnita Davis Ellen Stokoe Mrs. Cora Tucker Mrs. Dwight Robinson Mrs. Paul Saylor Mrs. Jessie Miller and Mrs. Allie Crammer.

Miriam The Christian Church Cledythe Lillian Cremner DI Mill Street Paul Saylor Helen Anania Rowena Sprout Doris Cullums Jamnita Davis Ellen Stokoe Cora Tucker Dwight Robinson Jessie Miller Lallie Crammer

Week End Guests and Local Notices From Grandview Heights

Mr and Mrs F J Beasley hosted guests at Grandview Heights over the week end. J C Briggs and friends from Oklahoma City arrived Thursday night while Rev C Lloyd Strecker and family joined Saturday and left Monday. The Streckers conducted funeral services for Mrs Edward Donalds on Saturday. Norris Beasley and Leo Sams hosted a visit with Beasleys in Lancaster Sunday. Ridgeway instructor Gary Akin, born March 23, is noted. Mrs L V Burdette was called to Akron to assist her ill daughter in St Thomas Hospital. The Art and Thimble Club meeting at Mrs H H McCarkin s home was postponed one week from Friday.

F. J. Beasley Grandview Heights J. C. Briggs Phing Oklahoma City Oklo Mr. Briggs C. Lloyd Strecker C. Lloyd Strecker, A Son-In-Law and Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Beasley Dickie Cincinnati Strecker Edward Donalds Leo Sams Ridgeway Ohio University Gary Akin Same L. V. Burdette McKinley Avenue Akron George C. Pangrats St. Thomas Hospital

Delta Kappa installs officers as Cornwell family updates

Mr Foster Cornwell returns to Ohio State University after spring vacation with parents Mr and Mrs Fred Cornwell on Palmer Street. Delta Kappa Sorority installs officers led by Mildred Itescene Athens president Edna Manntraysville vicepresident Margaret Birdse Delaware secretary Anne Rogers Certland treasurer Mary Margaret Kelley Athens editor historian. Don Metcalf and wife announce birth of daughter Mary Lou. Mr M M Russell ill at son in law Daryl Watkins home Central Avenue showing some improvement. Betty McCaskill daughter of H A McCaskill on St Mor Rin Avenue has measles and is home-bound.

Foster Cornwell Ohio State University Fred Cornwell Palmer Street Mra. Cornwell Walter Cornwell Columbus Delta Kappa Sorority Vreguier Mise Mildred Itescene Athens Mies Fdna Mann Traysville Margaret Birdse Delaware Anne Rogers Certland Mary Margaret Kelley Athen Don Metcalf Allendale Cna Mary Lou M. M. Russell Daryl Watkins Central Avenue

The Modern Way To End Digestive Ills Ad

Ad copy for Biema Rex antacid powder promises quick relief by neutralizing stomach acids and forming a soothing protective film. It urges customers to visit Rexall Drug Store or Lines Pharmacy to obtain a free small size with a coupon.

Rexall Drug Store

Barbara Lee Elkins Birthday Party at Maplewood Drive

Barbara Lee Elkins celebrated her fifth birthday Monday afternoon at her home 31 Maplewood Drive. With help from her mother Mrs. Harry Elkins the party ran from 3 to 5 pm with refreshments and a candle lighted cake. Guests included Jane True Grover Peggy Chism Margaret Ann Jeny Clare Sprague Dorothy Ann Clutter Elsie Lou Rowles and Barbara Lee’s sisters Lois Lotus and Doris Elkins.

Barbara Lee Elkins Harry Elkins Barbara Lee Maplewood Drive Jane True Grover Peggy Jou Chism Margaret Ann Jeny Clare Sprague Dorothy Ann Clutter Elsie Lou Rowles

Tuesday Night Bridge Club Dines At Cottage Tea House

Tuesday Night Bridge Club members enjoyed a dinner bridge at the Cottage Tea House on Monday. Dinner was served at six at small sun room tables with yellow candles and calendulas. Four tables played. Townsend won first prize, Hooper second, Schuster third, Lewin consolation. Baker won guest player honors.

Cottage Tea House A. Db. Townsend C. A. Hooper C. F Schuster James Lewin L. C. Baker

Fathers Night at Central P T A features naturalist talk

Central Parent-Teacher Association hosts the second Fathers Night at 7 30 p m in the school. Speaker W P Porter Athens Senior High School biology instructor will discuss scenes in Athens County titled A Ramble With a Naturalist with lantern slides. Sixth Grade pupils under Miss Betty Jones present a playlet. Mrs Howard C Robe presides over a short business session.

Central Parent-Teacher Association W. P. Porter Athens Senior High School Athens County Betty Jones Howard C. Robe Association

Mudhole blocks travel on East Road near Athens

Flood waters left every eastern Athens route impassable with only one road partly usable. Frank Strickland, veteran rural mail carrier, notes that less than one-tenth of a mile on East Road and about one-twelfth mile on Coolville Ridge lacked improvement. He could not cover the full route. The Coolville Ridge Road would reach eastern areas if improved, he says.

Athens County Coolville Ridge Richland Avenue Tick Ridge Clarks Chapel

Flying Mollisons plan Atlantic air crossing this summer

The Flying Mollisons set to attempt a North Atlantic crossing by air this summer to set a new long-distance record. If successful, Jim Mollison and Amy Johnson will retire to a farm and cease further exploits.

London Mollisons North Atlantic Jim” Mollison Eaid Amy Johnson

Suitcase Found With Girl’s Wear on McKinley Avenue

A suitcase containing girl’s wear ing apparel was found on McKinley Avenue Sunday night. The owner may claim the suitcase and clothing by calling the Athens Police Station.

McKinley Avenue Athens

Walking Town Women Change Habits in Athens

Friendly Chats observes Athens women preferring daily walks to driving, noting walking as the new normal. The column also praises Ohio University School of Music for recent Sunday recitals and shares musings on local life, Easter origins, and community invitations.

Marian Walters Court Street Yesteryear Athens Vanitas Vanitatum

War Veterans clash with police in German cities

In Brunswick 20 persons were hospitalized after clashes as Steel Helmet officers were nearly all arrested. Police and Nazi auxiliaries guarded about 200 Steel Helmets and 1,000 private citizens including Reichsbanner and Communists seeking to join the helmets. Jail crowding prompted talks of an internment camp for prisoners.

Berlin Brunswick Frank Seldte Steel Helmets Reichsbanner

Miss Hen rietta Pirrung in alienation suit for $100000

In Columbus on March 28 Miss Henrietta Pirrung of St Louis daughter of the late Henry Pirrung a Columbus dairy owner was named as defendant in an alienation of affections suit filed by Mrs Helen W Grogan of New York seeking 100000 dollars in damages.

Columbus Henrietta Pirrung St. Louis Henry Pirrung Columbus Dairy Company Helen W. Grogan New York

Demonstration in New York Opposes Hitler Policies

In cities across the United States Jews protest Nazi actions. A Madison Square Garden gathering led by Alfred E. Smith and attended by Catholic and Protestant leaders denounces the Hitler regime while urging focus on government policy, not German people.

New York U.R United States Germany Ku Klux Klan Alfred E. Smith Madison Square Garden Smith Rubert F. Wagner William T. Manning Francis T. McConnell Charles H. Tuttle Stephen 8. Wise William Green American Federation of Labor John P. O'Brien John J. Dunn Catholic Archdiocese of Withrew State Department Cordell Hull Belgium

Beer Delivery Threatened by Chicago Gangs

Chicago officials from Atlas Brewery report potential disruption to April 7 beer deliveries as gangsters threaten hijackings and robberies of drivers. Management weighs armed guards to protect 150 trucks amid threats exploiting the beer return amid celebrations.

Chicago Atlas Brewery Middle West Charles Elliman

Organizing Pickets Hit Falls Rubber Plant Strike

Akron March 28 A U P report says organized picketing began at the Falls Rubber Plant of the Master Tire and Rubber Co after a meeting where 200 striking workers voted to stay out until demands are met. Workers also pledged to remain out until the Falls dispute and a Cooper Corporation Plant strike at Findlay Ohio are settled, with both plants closed over demands for restoration of pay cuts said to total about 50 percent.

Akron U.P Falls Master Tire and Rubber Company Cooper Corporation Findlay Ohio

Health Officials To Aid Athens County Preschool Clinic

Dr Emery Hayhurst and Miss Florence Tallman of the state health department will help local officials run a preschool clinic in Athens County starting the week of April 3. All children entering school for the first time in fall are eligible for examination. The aim is to detect and correct defects. Parent-Teacher Associations cooperate with the plan.

Emery Hayhurst Florence Tallman State Health Department Athens County

Fiction Display Is Arranged by Pupils At Junior High

Eighth grade English students at the Junior High School showcase a fiction display. Girls created dolls as favorite book characters from Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Huckleberry Finn Ben Hur Freck lea and The House of Seven Gables while boys built a soap carved On to Oregon covered wagon a ship Hispaniola from Treasure Island and a log cabin from Boys Life of Abraham Lincoln.

Rebecca Sunnybrook Farm Huckleberry Finn Ben Hur Frecklea Alice Oregon Safar Hispaniola Treasure Island Nicolay Abraham Lincoln The Clase

Utility Bond Issue Bill Is Given Assent

Ohio lawmakers approve Ward Bill after conference vote. The measure keeps bonds for municipally owned utilities at 60 percent approval while raising other sub division bond and levy thresholds to six tenths, with school levies exempt. The final compromise ends a dispute between House and Senate over initial 65 and 55 percent proposals.

Columbus Ohio Senate House Senate Conference

May Amputate Arm Of Accident Victim

Mr. Lester Robinett son of Mrs Minerva Robinett of 27 Walker Street remains seriously injured from a mine accident last November with a compound arm fracture. He was taken to Grant Hospital last week and relatives report a possible arm amputation may be necessary.

Lester Robinett Minerva Robinett Walker Street Grant Hospital

Coal Officials Plan Northern Coals Inc Selling Agency

Ohio district coal company representatives meet at Hotel Cleveland to discuss forming Northern Coals Inc a central selling and marketing agency. Harry L Findlay vice president Youghingheny Ohio Coal Company led preliminary talks with 11 producers in favor. 130 operators invited for Wednesday session to improve markets for Ohio mined coal.

Cleveland U.P Ohio Hotel Cleveland Northern Coals Inc Harry L. Findlay Youghingheny & Ohio Coal Company

Columbus Barter and Exchange Store Opens

Opened in Columbus under A. J. Fuller to aid the unemployed through barter of goods and services. Officials estimate up to 10,000 people could be kept from charity if the store succeeds.

Columbus Columbus Barter and Exchange A. J. Fuller

Divorce Petition Filed Over Love of Money

Mrs. Sara Merkel, a 26 year old of Cincinnati, asked for divorce from William A. Merkel a merchant of Soph Perak Federated Malay States charging he was obsessed with a love of money.

Cincinnati Sara Merkel William A. Merkel Soph Perak Federated Malay States

Jacksonville Teachers Paid Through Nov 10 1932

Jacksonville officials report at a special school board meeting that teachers at Jacksonville Grade School will be paid up to November 10 1932 and the janitor through December 1 1932. The board plans to request an advance draw from the county auditor to cover overdue salaries still four months in arrears.

Jacksonville

Glouster Superintendent and family travel after mother's death

Supt. Thomas W. Figley of Glouster schools and Mrs Figley with their young son Billie left Sunday for Indiana for the death of Mrs Figley's mother Mrs Kane who died Saturday night near Marion. Mrs Figley had returned ten days ago from Marion due to her mother's illness.

Glouster Thomas W. Figley Glouster Schools Figley Billie Indiana

Bennett Family Mourns Vernon Perrin Death

Mrs. A. M. Bennett daughter Miss Mary Elizabeth and Hugh Cunningham returned from Moundsville West Virginia after Vernon Perrin nephew of Mrs Bennett died He was the son of the late Edward Perrin a former Nelsonville gro cer yman and the family is well known in that city.

Glouster A. M. Bennett Mary Elizabeth Hugh Cunningham Moundsville W. Va

Birthday Party for F M Erwin in Glouster

Friends gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs F M Erwin in Glouster on Saturday night for the Forty third birthday anniversary. The party featured radio music cards and jigsaw puzzles with lunch served. Hostess assistants included Mrs Marie Champlin and Mrs Winn.

Walter Champlin Phyllis Jean John Gail Lester Champlin Chester Smith Francis Erwin Lucille Louise Francis Jr Charles Harold

Government flour to be distributed in Glouster

Glouster will receive government flour distribution on Wednesday from 1 to 3 pm, announced by Red Cross secretary Miss Pearl French. The notice specifies the time and organizer for the local distribution event.

Higley Study Circle Glouster Miss Pearl French Red Cross

Man Pleads Guilty in Non-Support Case

John Whaley admitted non-support of an illegitimate child in the court of Mayor Andrew Allen. He was bound over to the county court on a $500 bond and jailed in Athens pending bond. arrested in Glouster by Constable G H Love early Friday.

Glouster John Whaley Andrew Allen Whaley Athens G. H. Love

Eggs and Easter Diet Learn Proper Cooking Times

The piece reviews daily egg intake of at least one egg per person and explains why boiling eggs is not ideal. It outlines methods to hard cook eggs: simmer in cold water until boiling then rest 20 minutes, or use hot water then rest 45 to 60 minutes, or cook in a double boiler for 45 to 60 minutes.

Athens

Fight at city event ends with plea and $25 fine

A 20 minute altercation witnessed by about 20 people led to Foster Gibbs and Allen jat Plea of quarreling and fighting before Mayor Andrew day. Gibbs was fined $25 plus costs, with the other participant to appear and plead. The crowd observed the incident amid traffic and crowding at the venue.

Glouster Foster Gibbs Andrew Day Es Allen Chuck” Parks

Local Talent Play at Opera House Draws Small Crowd

Receipts show a weak turnout for a home talent show at the opera house, aided by adverse weather and conflicting attractions. The American Legion event featured high class local performers but drew only a modest Friday and Saturday audience.

Glouster American Legion Opera House

Epworth League Plans Outdoor Trips For Summer

The Epworth League meeting on March 19 discussed summer plans with president C her proposing outdoor trips. Miss Eleanor Da val is named next leader and services will continue through the week. Miss Iris Davis visited Fierce Ridge. choir practice at the church is Thursday at 6:30 with all invited.

Epworth Gue Jene Davis Ning Cher Eleanor Daval Gilcuster High School Iris Davis Fierce Ridge

Church Meeting Notice in Glouster March Events

Glouster residents are informed of church gatherings with a day night service at 7 oclock and a 5 oclock Bible School teachers meeting for planning. The notice emphasizes communal religious activities and schedules.

Glouster Wil Bible School

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