Local Contest Names Two Winning Homemakers
Contest prizes were awarded to Mrs. FP E Shirley and Mrs Addison Kryburger for their entries in the community competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FP. E. Shirley
Addison Kryburger
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1924
Page
5
Central PTA meeting to close the year
The Central Parent-Teacher Association will hold its final meeting in room 8 of Central building at 2 30 Thursday. Pupils from grades 4 through 8 will present a short program. Miss Bailey will speak on school art work before parents view the grade art displays. Elections for next year will be held. mothers are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Parent-Teacher Association
Bailey
Frayed OCR Note Sparks Mystery in Local Paper
A damaged newspaper fragment yields unclear text and scattered names. Readable items hint at a local event or notice but lack concrete details or dates.
Inspection of Eastern Star to be held in Lostro Masonic hall
Inspection of the Order of Eastern Star is set for Thursday evening in the new Lostro building Masonic hall. The meeting opens with a picnic supper at 6 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Lostro Building
Doctor Pedigo Attends State Medical Convention
Dr. S. E. G. Pedigo is in Cleveland attending the State Medical convention in session this week. He will return Thursday.
Wedded Wednesday Couple Married in Athens Ceremony
Mr. James Edward Stewart of Los Angeles California and Miss Della Miriam Shirkey of Jacksonville were wed in Athens on Tuesday. The service was at the First M E church parsonage with Rev. Dr. Daniel McGurk officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Stewart
Los Angeles
Cal
Della Miriam Shirkey
Jacksonville
Athens
M. FE. Parsonage
Daniel McGurk
Deborah class meeting set for Thursday evening
The Deborah class of the Christian Sunday School will meet Thursday at 7 30 PM at Mrs. E J Jones home 29 University Terrace. All women of the church are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah
The
Christian Sunday School
E. J. Jones
University Terrace
Church
Training School PTA Meeting Features Dances and Talks
The Training School Parent-Teacher Association meets Thursday at 3 PM in the Training School auditorium. Second grade children perform folk dances while talks cover Courtesy to Others Theft and Lying and Respecting Property. Officers will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Training School
Parent-Teacher Association
O. E. Frn
Victor Pierce
Pearl Gaskill
Woman's Bible Class Meeting At Presbyterian Church
The Woman's Bible class of the Presbyterian church will meet with Mrs. C. S. McDougall at 24 South College street Thursday evening at 7 30. Assistant hostesses are Mrs. Maude Williams Mrs. Andrew Murphy and Mrs. George Dy gon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
C. S. McDougall
South College Street
Maude Williams
Andrew Murphy
George Dygon
Tuesday Needle Club Holds Monthly Meeting at Bissell Home
The regular meeting gathered 17 members at Mrs. L W Bissell’s 60 Mill Street residence on Tuesday evening. A social hour preceded a musical program featuring vocal solos by Mrs. Wiley T Sprague and piano pieces by her daughter Miss Marian Sprague, who also accompanied. A business session followed and the gathering ended with a collation. Guests included Mrs. Bart Davidson Mrs. H A Hatch Mrs P G Dowler and Miss Marian Sprague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuesday Needle Club
L. W. Bissell
Mill Street
Wiley T. Sprague
Marian Sprague
Bart Davidson
H. A. Hatch
P. G. Dowler
Missionary Society Holds May Meeting at Presbyterian Church
The Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church met in the church parlors with Mrs. C. M. Roe in charge. The program on The Spanish Mexicans included readings by Mrs. T. W. Craig and Miss Mary Connett on The Schools, a violin solo by Miss Elizabeth Lummis, and piano by Mrs. Isaac Williams. Mrs. George S. Putnam gave a detailed report on the Athens Presbytery meeting in Beverly last month. A letter from Miss Cook in Hing King Manchuria, China, noted the Easter box sent by the society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
Miss Cook
Hing King Manchuria
China
Athens Presbytery
Societys
Walshs announce birth of daughter at Sheltering Arms
Mr and Mrs Charles J Walsh of 120 North Congress street announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday May 13 at the Sheltering Arms hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Walsh
North
Congress Street
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Bolingers Guests Visit Coolville Family
Mr and Mrs Floyd Bolinger and their children recently stayed with Mr and Mrs Frank Clark in Coolville, sharing time as guests and enjoying the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Bolinger
Frank Clark
Coolville
Annual YWCA Banquet Set for Saturday at Hote Kerry
The YWCA annual banquet will be held Saturday at 12 30 at Hote Kerry. All Ohio University women may attend plus town women who are honorary members by paying the one dollar annual dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hote Kerry
Ohio University
Silas Dew Visits Athens From Columbus
Mr. Silas Dew of Columbus spends several days in Athens, attending to business interests and revisiting his former home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Dew
Columbus
Athens
Mrs Burnett Returns From Gallipolis With Family
Mrs C O Burnett returns from Gallipolis where she accompanied her mother Mrs Catherine Stevers who spent the winter here and has gone to the home of her daughter Mrs Charles Martin in that city for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Burnett
Gallipolis
Catherine Stevers
Charles Martin
Social Meeting Closes Year of Maccenas Club
The final social meeting was held Tuesday afternoon with hostess Mrs E W Bingman of 14 Raymond Drive. Readings music and contests formed the program and refreshments followed. Thelma Bingman sang vocal solos with her own accompaniment. Readings were given by Mrs Addison Frybarger Miss Maude Sanders and Mrs Garfield Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maccenas Club
E. W. Bingman
Raymond Drive
Thelma Bingman
Addison Fryburger
Maude Sanders
Garfield Porter
Minister Thankful For Mayr's Wonderful Remedy
A minister credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy with relief from nearly twenty years of stomach trouble and constipation. He says a bottle sent by a visiting woman cured him, claiming the preparation clears catarrhal mucus and reduces inflammation linked to stomach liver and intestinal ailments. The ad promises a money refund via McKee Drug Co Athens Gem Pharmacy Nelsonville and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
McKee Drug Co
Athens
Gem Pharmacy
Nelsonville
Madonna Type Ideal Discussed At Child's Conservation League
Mrs H T Phillips presented the topic Is the Madonna Type the World Ideal at the Child's Conservation League meeting held Tuesday evening with Mrs Thomas Clark. The event at 2 East Carpenter Street included sewing for the city nurse after the paper and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Child's League
Child’s Conservation League
H. T. Phillips
Thomas Clark
East Carpenter Street
Girls Skit Show of Ohio University One Night Event
The Girls Skit Show of Ohio University will be staged for one night on Saturday at Ewing Halls auditorium at 8 p m. The show features attractive acts by freshmen Public School Music Sigma Sigma Sigma Delta Sigma Epsilon Alpha Sigma Alpha Chi Omega and a finale by Athens leading musicians in a highly praised act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Ewing Halls
P. m
Sigma Sima Sigma
Delta Sigma Epsilon
Alpha Sigma
Alpha Chi Omega
Athens
Miss Isadora B Whitley Coauthors Book On Secr Tarial Duties
Miss Isadora B Whitley of Martins Ferry co authors with W W Charters a book titled Analysis of Secretarial Duties and Traits to be published May 15. They are tied to the bureau of retail selling at the University of Pittsburgh School of Economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martins Ferry
Isadora B. Whitley
W. W. Charters
Charters
Miss Whitley
Bureau of Retail Selling
University of Pittsburg
School of Economics
Henderson named assistant to late county superintendent
In Wooster Ohio on May 14 W H Henderson is appointed assistant to the late county superintendent G U Baum, continuing Baum’s administrative legacy and duties within the county education office.
Gardner Named Superintendent to September in Creston
Gardner has been named superintendent until next August while C. A. Gibbens of Shelby, elected earlier, will begin duties then. After Gibbens’ election Baumgardner was killed by a train at Creston.
Death of John Mehalcik After Fund Had Collected
FairPoint May 14 report states John Mehalcik died from self inflicted throat wounds. Coroner says illness left him a respondent. A local fund of eighty dollars raised among friends to aid him was not delivered before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairpoint
John Mehalcik
Mehaicik
Little Fund
Mehatcik
Railroad pays widow for worker killed in Columbus Grove crash
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad paid $5,000 to the widow and two children of Russell Weeks, 25, a laborer killed March 1 when a car being moved by a running switch struck Weeks and passenger Noel Smith at a crossing in Columbus Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Russell Weeks
Columbus Grove
Weeks
Noel Smith
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