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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1932
Page
6
Seniors at Athens High held a picnic for the Senior Class at the Stockport Boy Scouts site. Most students planned to attend, per principal O. L. Wood. Arrangements were led by Dick Corwin Aubrey Moris Betty Gullum and John Pickens.
Phi Kappa Fraternity hosts its Spring Annual tonight at 75 East State Street. Ferdy Bohne and Magdalene Pfeil will lead the grand march for twenty five couples while Russ Dean's Orchestra plays. Chaperons are Mr and Mrs Clarence Littler and Mr and Mrs L B Francis. Alumni visitors from Cleveland include Joseph Denk John Pope and Nate Sanson.
Mrs. Carl O Hanson and Mrs Roy H Paynter hosted a Wednesday bridge party at the Columbia Avenue home of the Hansons for a group of friends. Seven tables played with three prize winners: Mrs J H Boden top score, Mrs O L Hoisington second, and Mrs Carl M Ferguson third. Guests included Mr and Mrs EB Ruff and others visiting area homes.
Plans are completed for Girl Scouts transportation to Ash Cave Saturday for the Court of Awards. Scouts meet at 8:30 in the Worstell Building Scout room and travel by car to East Washington Street where automobiles will be parked on the City Building side between Court and College Streets to convey them to the cave.
Mrs. Etta Laverty hosted the Priscilla Needle Club at the Cottage Tea House with a 1 pm lunch and social time. Twenty-one members and a guest, Mrs. J R Woods, attended and a Red Cross quilt was pieced in the afternoon. Mrs Carl Stickney underwent a major operation at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. her condition is reported as good today.
Standard Bearers and their mothers gathered Tuesday night at the First Methodist Church parlors. Mrs. Thomas Rosser led devotions after a opening hymn, with welcomes by Mrs. W. A. Matheny. Ruth Chandler and Frances Harrison sang, June Fultz and Ruth Shamel handled reports, Georgia Shamel spoke on the society’s founding, Helen Nichols played a violin solo, and Ruth Chandler led a missionary offering. Ref refreshments were served by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
Phyllis Laughlin daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Laughlin turned thirteen on May 16. A 6 o'clock dinner party at 70 North Lancaster Street honored the occasion with guests Mabel Connett Beverly Jones Virginia Gillette Dixie Lou Williams Arminta Morrison Marjorie Herdman Phyllis Logan Delores Davis Patty Mackinnon June Baird Kathryn Merchant and the honoree.
A Peach Ridge hilltop overlook hosted the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority active and pledge chapters for their annual supper picnic. House mother Mrs. Ella Alexander joined the gathering as two camp fires burned and sorority and college songs filled the evening.
Mrs Rolland S. Jones of 24 Church Street entertained her bridge club Thursday night. Guest of the club was Mrs William G Moler of Columbus. Mrs J B Roberts captured high score honors with Mrs W H Herbert in second place.
Psychiatric analysis describes John Hughes Curtis as two personas Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Financial hardship triggered Mr Hyde, leading to a cruel hoax, with a second breakdown and remorse after police questioning. Curtis is deemed mentally ill.
In Columbus on May 20 Alfred B. Morris 21 of Glouster Ohio told clerk Carl Brock he belongs to the army. When asked which army he replied the army of unemployed. His occupation was recorded as such as he intended to wed Violet C. Janchins 21 of 881 Franklin Avenue.
This week end the Salvation Army schedules a street meeting at 7 p m and a praise meeting at 8 8 p m on Saturday. On Sunday a holiness meeting at 10 20 a m a service at Athens State Hospital at 1 30 p m Sunday School at 2 30 p m Young People’s meeting at 6 p m street meeting at 7 p m and a Salvation meeting at 7 45 p m with Adjt. Bernard Stone as speaker.
May 20. Counsel for the Senate Market investigation said H. B. Warner was subpoenaed to appear before the banking and currency committee. He is to relate the story of an alleged ten million dollar profit in stock transactions tied to the Warner Brothers Moving Picture Corporation.
Renewed appeals from Sturgis to locate relatives and learn early life details of Charles P. Nolan, said to be an Athens native killed and scalped by Indians in the West in 1876. A memorial stands near Sturgis commemorating his memory.
Charles Nolan born Athens Ohio in 1852 moved west as a youth and was killed Aug 20 1876 while carrying US mail between Red Cloud Indian Agency and Deadwood South Dakota. Ambushed and scalped his death reported as learned emigrating to Beatrice Nebraska from Athens. Local requests seek birth date for a monument and to locate Nolan’s relatives in Athens.
Stephen S. Skillman, 87, Civil War veteran, died in Middletown on Thursday. He and his brother James, deceased two years ago, were thought to be the oldest surviving twins who served in the war.
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