Local Society News and Community Notices
The Pythian Sisters meet Friday at 7 30 p.m. Esther class picnic supper at 7 p.m. Mrs. William Connett to lead. Stewart Sunday School class hosts Friday at 7 30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. R H Martin assisting. Miss Lucile Henry to visit Warren and Cleveland. Joe Morrison to become assistant National bank examiner in Pittsburgh. Prolific discussion of plays and education mentioned. Finsterwald named city solicitor and athletics head at Ohio University. noted as a prominent athlete. Dinner guests listed for a social occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
The
Christian Church
William Connett
8. M. Haffey
South High Street
Stewart
R. H. Martin
Joe Morrison
A. D. Morrison
Howard Hall
National Bank
Pittsburgh
Lewis Family Returns From Newark Visit
Mr and Mrs James Lewis and their children Paul James and Ruth Alice have come back from Newark where they spent time with the former's brother D E Lewis and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lewis
Paul James
Ruth Alice
Newark
D. E. Lewis
Mrs Gibson arrives for visit in Columbus
Mrs J Q Gibson of Columbus has arrived to visit her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs B M Gibson at 64 University Terrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Q. Gibson
Columbus
B. M. Gibson
University Terrace
West Union street hosts Wednesday Bridge Club at Schloss home
Mrs Edward C Schloss entertained the Wednesday Afternoon bridge club at her West Union street home. Five tables were used for the game and the event concluded with a two course luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Schloss
West Union Street
Marriage Invitation for Mildred Tharp and Moses Williams
Wedding invitations issued by Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Smith of Columbus announce the marriage of their daughter Mildred M. Tharp to Mr. Moses Williams. The ceremony will be Monday evening June 6 at 8 o'clock at West Park M. E. Church in Columbus. Mr. Williams is the brother of Mrs. Fred H. McCoy and his fiancée has many acquaintances in Athens from prior visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Smith
Columbus
Mildred M. Tharp
Moses Williams
West Park
M. E. Church
Williams
Fred H. McCoy
Athens
Athens Couple to Wed Miss Lucile Henry and Russell Finsterwald
Announcement of engagement reveals Miss Lucile Henry and Russell W. Finsterwald of Athens. A dinner at the Colonial hotel hosted by Mrs. H. D. Henry announced the event with sister Mrs. H. J. Steenrod and Pi Beta Phi ties evident. Henry, a graduate of Athens High School Ohio University and Columbia postgrad, is a noted English and dramatics teacher and coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Lucile Henry
Russell W. Finsterwald
Colonial Hotel
H. D. Henry
H. J. Steenrod
Helen Pickett
Pi Beta Phi
Miss Henry
Athens High School
Ohio University
School of Oratory
Columbia University
Hamilton High School
May Festival Delights East Side School Audience
The East Side school presented a charming May Festival on Wednesday afternoon featuring Violet Collins as May Queen. The operetta The Brownies Whispers showcased group dances, Robin Hood drill, Maypole work, and scenes with Robert Clark and Vianna Roush praised for their roles. Miss Frances Carr Miss Bessie Dickson directed the Robin Hood drill and overall performances with Miss Bridge man and Miss Myrtle Mardis guiding chorus and accompaniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Violet Collins
Robin Hood
Frances Carr
Bessie Dickson
Robert Clark
Vianna Roush
Carolyn Austin
Miss Bridgeman
Myrtle Mardis
Miss Dickson
Midway schedules shows next week across from O U Field
The notice lists events at the Midway with shows scheduled all next week across from O U Field. A second item advertises 12-2 Poppies for the Higley Study Circle at Walkers Book Store and urges readers to get theirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. U. Field
Higley
Walkers Book Store
Local Roundup of Visits and Birth Notice in Athens Area
New England guests Mr and Mrs Charles Faires from Gloucester and Mr and Mrs Stanton James of Athens stayed with Mr and Mrs Leonard McDonald over the weekend. E B Wyatt received word of a baby girl Frances Poston Wyatt born to E E Wyatt and wife in Harrington Washington. Evangelist Hakin preached at the Presbyterian church Monday evening. Audrey Bennett who helped Mrs Alex Smith with housework has returned home. James Burchfield of Canaanville and his wife visited S J Davis and family last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Faires
Glouster
Stanton James
Athens
Leonard McDonald
Fred Starlin
Gaskill
H. C. Wyatt
Gladys Hunter
Rosa. Phettyplace
E. B. Wyatt
E. E. Wyatt
Harrington
Wash
Frances Poston Wyatt
Evangelist Hakin
Presbyterian Church
Audrey Bennett
Alex Smith
James Burchfield
Canaanville
S. J. Davis
Traction Car Service Withdrawn for Athens Nelsonville Runs
A late night service leaving Athens and Nelsonville at 11:00 PM Saturdays will be discontinued until further notice. The notice is from Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Co. and references file 5-11-4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Nelsonville
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Traction CO
Roerich urges beauty in prisons to reform offenders
Russian painter Nicholas K. Roerich, whose exhibit graces Chicago’s Roerich gallery, says jails should be filled with beautiful art. He argues daily exposure to culture can erase crime and uplift inmates, spreading beauty into regions currently marked by ugliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eerwe Vv
O&o
Chicago
Nicholas K. Roerich
Roerich
Uncertain Reflection on Love and Trouble
A reflective note questions love's height of trouble and whether personal pain matters when pondering affection. It contemplates how love has caused problems and what significance that holds for the speaker.
Wayne Kenney Optimistic In Face Of Trial
An Athens county Pleasant Hill resident and longtime Messenger correspondent Wayne Kenney speaks of aging, family, and farm life. He notes his daughters Laura Mabel and Dorothy teaching near Lisbon and John Hancock High School, and recalls past harvests and frost damage to strawberries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Kenney
Pleasant Hill
Athens County
Columbus
Laura
Mabel Kenney
Lisbon
Athens
John Hancock High School
Dorothy
Messenger
Kenney
M E Aid Society Holds Evening at Jacksonville Church
The Jacksonville M. E. Aid Society met Tuesday evening at the church with Will Brown and Alva Morrison in charge of the program. Vern Mills and Will Brown led the devotions. Readings and recitations from L. R. Andrews of Gloucester formed the program, while an orchestra including Fred Kempton George Gibbs George Rambo and Rolland Rambo with Mrs Earnest Smidle at the piano furnished music. Mr Andrews sold copies of his poetry book and netted a nice sum. the church and aid thanked him and wished him success in his work among Valley people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Aid Society
Will Brown
Alva Morrison
Vern Mills
L. R. Andrews
Glouster
Fred Kempton
George Gibbs
George Rambo
Rolland Rambo
Earnest Smidle
Andrews
Church
Aid
Mr. Andrews
To Continue His Work in County
Evangelist A. C. Hakin wrapped up a three week revival in Hebbardsville, Albany, and Guysville churches drawing large crowds. About seventy pledged themselves to Christian life with many reconsecrations. He schedules further revivals in Carthage starting June 6 and in New England in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebbardsville
A. C. Hakin
Nd Presbyterian
Hakin
Albany Presbyterian Church
Hebbardsville Presbyterian Church
Guysville Presbyterian Church
Carthage Presbyterian Church
New England
Birthday Affair and Prayer Meet Held in Carbondale
A birthday party and prayer service for Leslie John son was held at the family home near Carbondale. About 65 relatives and friends attended. Rev. Edward Betts led the service. Distants guests included Joshua Johnson of Columbus Sherman Byers and family of Murray City Edward Pickett of Camp Meade Md Thomas Pickett of Hamley Run Samuel Johnson and daughter Delbert Craig and daughter Thomas Judson and son Stephen Craig and family and Charles Wade of Glouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Leslie Johnson
Edward Betts
Joshua Johnson
Columbus
Sherman Byers
Murray City
Edward Pickett
Camp Meade
Thomas Pickett
Hamley Run
Samuel Johnson
Delbert
Employment bureau finds higher job access for women in state cities
In Columbus on May 11, George F. Miles reports last week in the seven largest state cities that 16 percent of men and 38 percent of women applying at the state city free employment bureaus obtained work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
George F. Miles
State Bureau
Women police urged to expand force under female leadership
Lieut. Mina C. Van Winkle of Washington, president of the International Association of Policewomen, urges government backing for more women officers and centralized supervision by a woman to enhance corrective and protective work. She notes over 800 municipalities employ women police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina C. van Winkle
Washington
International Association of Policewomen
Lieut. van Winkle
Kimberly Farnis Visits and Local Social Roundup
Kimberly Farnis of Columbus returns home for a few days with her parents the Farnises and Mr and Mrs Henry Scott host guests including Mrs Carl Shacard. Clergy Reverend C Calls announces 930 am Sunday school at Kimberly followed by preaching. A Beckler farm oil derrick was torn down after discovering a dry hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Farnis
Columbus
Andy Farnis
Carl Shacard
Deanville
Henry Scott
William Searles
New Floodwood
Wilbur Duskey
Agnes Scott
Naomi Lehman
Carl Duskey
Nelsonville
Charles Kesterson
Clyde Curtis
Old Floodwood
Emma Sines
George Lines
William Biffie
Goldie
Dora Shivers
International Holiness Church
Kimberly
Beckler Farm
Ralph Hardy
Little Son
Charles Holcomb
Earl Shackard
Muskingum Student Wins Tri-State Oration Title
Virgil L. Baker of Muskingum College won first place in the tri-state oration contest held at Greenville Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskingum
New Concord
vVirgil L. Baker
Muskingum College
Greenville
Milk Wagon Slide Wrecks 100 Gallons in Embankment
Cambridge May 12 Thos Williams milk collector suffered injuries when his wagon carrying 100 gallons of milk slid from the road and rolled down a steep embankment. The horses were injured though the wagon was not damaged. the milk was a total loss.
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Cambridge, CO
Williams
Grove's Laxative Brom o Quinine Tablets Headache Cure
A vintage ad claims Summer Colde causes headaches and promotes GROVE'S LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets as a remedy. The copy urges buyers to ensure the genuine product bears E. W. signature and notes to get BROMO.
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GROVE
E. W. Pe
Bowling Green Man Held in Cigarette Theft Investigation
Police in Bowling Green Ohio hold a man named Fr E Bowman on suspicion in the theft of 240000 cigarettes from a Hocking Valley freight car at Columbus earlier this week. Bowman drove a truck carrying the cigarettes and left it at a garage saying he would return today. The garage owner grew suspicious of his actions.
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Bowling Green, O
Fr. E. Bowman
Hocking Valley
Columbus
Bowman
Bowling Green
Reeders Thank Community for Sympathy After Bereavement
A. P. Reeder and daughters express heartfelt thanks for kindnesses and sympathy shown after the death of a beloved wife and mother. The family appreciates words and deeds shared during their sad bereavement.
Local Visits Touch Amesville and Broadwell
Louise and Cecil, and Mr and Mrs Jasper Brown of Amesville, spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Frank Moore. Miss Tresa Shannon visited sister Mrs George France at Broadwell. George Brown was in Athens Friday. Several from here attended preaching at Broadwell Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Cecil
Jasper Brown
Amesville
Frank Moore
Tresa Shannon
George France
Broadwell
George Brown
Athens
Gas rates rise in Perry county towns begin June 2
In Glouster and neighboring areas the gas rate will increase to 50c per thousand cubic feet affecting Junction City Somerset Shawnee New Straitsville Hemlock Corning Rendville Ludington Millertown Buckingham Drakes and other nearby communities starting June 2. Mrs Lillie Jasper left Glouster for Thurston to purchase property and make that town her home while John Jin advertised electric hat cleaning with guaranteed work next to Busy Bee Restaurant in Glouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jin
Busy Bee
Glouster
Lillie Jasper
Thurston
Trimble
Perry County
Junction City
Somerset
Shawnee
New Straitsville
Hemlock
Corning
Rendville
Ludington
Millertown
Buckingham
Drakes
Addition to Shoe Shop Planned on High Street
Frank Melligan is extending his shoe repairing shop the full width of the lot and back to the foot bridge over Sunday Creek. Nearby, Mrs. W. A. Smith and son William of New Matamoras visit relatives in Glouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Melligan
High Street
Sunday Creek
W. A. Smith
William
New Matamoras
Broadwell Parent Faces Court Over School Absence
Joseph Young of Broadwall to appear before Justice of the Peace P W Helwig to answer a charge of failing to send his son Ralph to school. Charge filed by B W Shirley, township school superintendent. The text then digresses with unrelated quips about gender and aging.
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Broadwell
Joseph Young
Broadwall
Justice of the Peace
P. W. Helwig
Ralph
Ing
B. W. Shirley
A Friend in Need Becomes Lesson for Community
A short regional column reflects on neighborly aid and solidarity during a recent local crisis. The piece highlights acts of assistance from volunteers and organizations, underscoring community resilience and shared responsibility.
Weekend Visits Across Towns Reported
Sand Rock and Trimble guests including Carl Grandstaff and Sybil Robinson visit relatives. Isaac Hite spends days in Ellenboro West Virginia. Orla Roberts and children visit W H Robinson. Fletcher Davis from Sharpeburg visits Charley Brawley. Susie Kellerman returns to Athens. Branch Townsend travels to Coolville. Fred McDaniel visits his brother in Coolville. Mr and Mrs Charley Moore and A B Christman with family are listed among local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Grandstaff
Trimble
Sybil Robinson
N. H. Colvin
Carlos Ogg
Nelsonville
Isaac Hite
Ellenboro
W. Va
Orla Roberts
W. H. Robinson
Fletcher Davis
Sharpeburg
Charley Brawley
Susie Kellerman
Athens
Branch Townsend
Coolville
Fred McDaniel
Charley Moore
A. B. Christman
Soy Lowell
Burkecott
Myrle
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Warren
Alice Henry
Cleveland
Boston
Mass
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School of Dramatics
Lyceum
Finsterwald
John Finsterwald
Beta Theta Pi
Syracuse University
New York
Foster and Wells
Roger J. Jones
Dow
H. L. Steenrod
Effie Silvas
Bertha Stickney
Hutshinson & Stignney Reer ‘de Bete, Ai
Jacksonville
POST
A. P. Reeder
Glouster Board of Education
Church ‘of Christ
Glouster High School
Methodist Church
Gladys Danford
F. E. Williams
Association
Mrs. I. D. McAlfoos
Zanesville
Firestone
N. S
Cord
Vn Ole Auto Sales Co
Big Daylight
Young Men’s
Bones
Fashion Park
Taffeta
Balbriggan
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