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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1933
Page
6
The piece celebrates late April giving way to May with warm days and blossoms. It notes housecleaning as a seasonal focus, urges budgeting for helpers, and mentions clubs and society events including Lydia Lash Evans Club, Wo man’s Christian Temperance Union, and Chi Omega Alumnae. It lists gatherings, travels, and funerals among Utica residents and visitors.
A cautious note urges the unemployed man to avoid tackling heavy jobs alone and to consider safer options before attempting strenuous tasks.
Miss Kathryne Kern mezzo soprano presented a Sunday recital in Music Hall before a full house. A pupil of Mrs Margaret Benedict she offered selections from great song literature with careful preparation and a polished Madame Butterfly aria. Irene Witham accompanied, substituting for the usual student accompanist.
The Courier laments enforcement failures of Prohibition across a vast territory and argues for revising the Eighteenth Amendment. Reverend Coulter cites lawlessness among drinkers, critiques current bans, and endorses moving liquor control to Congress or other systems like Sweden. He criticizes beer sales in familiar shops becoming de facto saloons.
Junior High assembly repeated two seventh grade skits from the Spring Frolic The Jockey Dance and The Pink Elephant Dance. Helen Quest accepted a loving cup for the winning Jockey Dance and Dorothy Hartman accepted the cap for Cheerful Cherubs.
Centralia, produced by Central School grades under Misa Betty Jones, debuts with eight pages of news original poetry and sports stories. Staff includes Earl Watkins editor Virginia Sega le assistant editor Paul Slaughter sports editor Dick Sherman assistant sports editor Betty Ann Schuler joke editor and numerous reporters.
A guide to tempting vegetarian meals using cheese sauces and varied vegetables. It covers cauliflower dishes, casseroles, and plates like baked beans with rice, showing methods, layering, and flavoring with Worcestershire and celery salt for rich, eye catching plates.
Child Health Day observed in Athens City Schools with eye tests to identify vision defects affecting study. Supt Pendry ordered the program after a senior pupil showed only 12 percent normal visual acuity. tests used 20 foot cards and records deficits. Local effort aims to correct defects. May 1 marked Child Health Day nationwide and statewide.
Poem fragment describes lovers, men strolling, selling daffodils and hyacinths. Spring imagery appears with potted blooms on window sills. Flowers seek cool winds and cleansing rains and stretching room before blooming.
The Junior High School Honor Roll compiled by principal M A Grubb lists seventh grade pupils including June Baird Helen Baker and many others. eighth grade students such as Clark Biedel Jane Foster Stephen Fuller and more. ninth grade honorees like Margaret Burt Wen dell Davidson Bob Davis and additional names across grades.
Honor roll lists all pupils with B average or better and perfect attendance under Miss Myrna Bradford. Named are first grade pupils Doris Larch Evelyn Frost Virginia Llewellyn Louise Mason Robert Tate Arthur Yoho Irene Gloeckner Allene Holmes Marion Potts. second grade Thomas Hendricks Julia Larch Joan Seaman Franklin Allen. third grade John Burley George Gloeckner William Hendricks Ruth Mason Gerald Wiseman Edna Young. fourth grade William Hahn Helen Long Bobby Scott Albert Seaman. fifth grade Harold Barker Clayta Pierce Margaret Pratt Phyllis Sheldon Ray Lloyd Yoho. Attendance records list many students per grade who were neither absent nor tardy in fifth period.
Central School’s annual art exhibition, curated by Miss Dorothea Loewell, fills the Junior High Club Room with first graders’ simple figures, second graders’ flowered scenes, birds and flora by third graders, and fourth graders’ people in ethnic costumes along with textile ideas. Sixth graders present repeat textile designs in crayon and ink.
Vice Admiral William Harrison Stagdney has been selected as chief of naval operations succeeding Admiral William V. Pratt who retires due to age. The appointment formalizes leadership transition at the Navy's highest rank.
Athens golf fans saw top players clash Sunday at the Athens Country Club. John Florio state amateur champion Jack Preston club champion B T Grover former champion and Mike Heaney pro played. Heaney led with a 35 on the second nine and all four combined for a strong finish. Florio Eagles No 6 in the afternoon and posted 41 41 morning then 40 32 afternoon with Heaney 37 37 morning and 42 35 afternoon.
From this city three patrons have booked seats for the Hartman Theater performances of Ethel Barrymore in An Amazing Career on Monday and Tuesday. Those listed are Miss Jane K Atwood Miss Genevieve Apgar and Dr. Edith Wray along with Prof. H H Peckham and Mr. John Rood.
Mrs Helen Reed Turnbull, about 70, lifelong County resident, dies in Pomeroy after a long church and home life. Widow of Darius Reed Turnbull, she leaves two sons Harold of Bound Brook New Jersey and Clark Summit Pennsylvania and a daughter in Lancaster. Funeral services set for Thursday with burial in Bound Brook NJ after arrival of the body.
Deputy Commissioner David Johnson reports weekly license tag figures. Twenty eight passenger tags at 5.25 dollars each, thirty truck tags at seven dollars, and one trailer tag contributed to the total sales.
Advertisement notes a new French process face powder named MELLO GLO that offers long wear, reduces lines and pores, and promises a purer, delightful finish for the skin. Tax free. acceder to D. Zeno line.
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