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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1933
Page
6
A playful 1910s era party at Mrs. T. N. Hoover’s Elmwood Place home delighted guests dressed in antique fashions. Families and friends staged musical and wedding party sketches, shared impromptu acts, and enjoyed an old fashioned dinner and period decor.
Kenneth Eberts celebrated his third birthday Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. at his grandparents’ home 18 Clarke Street. Guests included B ob bie Ramsey Gene La Baw Wallace La Baw and several others. Refreshments were served. Other items note upcoming Tuesday Club picnic and visits from Miss Marjorie Winefordner and Grace Davis Smith.
Approximately 75 couples danced at the Senior High School Junior Prom held in the gym decorated as a park with traffic signs and grass protection. Grand march led by Anne Beasley and Lewis Speiser. Sammy Kaye’s orchestra provided music. student planners included Dick Whipple and Merrill Cabeen among others.
Chicago May 29 Radio advertising is attacked as aggressive and impertinent in a Mercer essay. The piece argues newspapers and magazines should be the primed advertising medium, not radio, which it says imposes blather and sales talk over music and news, driving listeners away.
Berlin May 2 4 U P Hialmar Schacht president Reichsbank opened a major international bankers conference on Germany foreign debts private and public Forty foreign representatives aim to review Germany debt situation and outstanding long and short term commercial debts through the week
License tag sales at the office of David Johnson totaled 301.92 for the last week. Passenger car tags dominated with 35 sold for 201.75 including 27 at 5.25 totaling 141.75 and eight at 7.50 totaling 60. Four truck tags brought 8.07 and one trailer 2.10.
Jack King and Theodore Archer will be arraigned before Mayor R. and Wood today on intoxication charges. They were arrested by Athens police Saturday.
Hollywood gossip notes Lilyan Tashman in a black linen dress with white diagonal stripes to flatter her figure. Others like Maureen O Sullivan Ginger Rogers Ann Harding Wynn Gibson are pictured in coordinated outfits and accessories at public appearances and studios.
Ohio State University extension bulletin reports cold wet weather delaying spring planting in Athens County. Only about 10 percent of corn planted. typical window May 15 to 20 is missed. Potatoes delayed by high waters and rot. apples dropping due to poor pollination. bees hindered by conditions.
George Muni brother of Paul Muni who played Scarface in I'm a Fugitive from a Chain Gang stopped in Gallipolis Saturday night on his way to Lynn Massachusetts. He is a student at the University of Southern California and was accompanied by his roommate.
Constitutionality of the Ohio beer law was upheld by Municipal Judge Harold L. Kime in Columbus. Attorney Eugene Hensel argued against the law in the pending case.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd H Richards and their daughter Dorothy of Wheeling West Virginia are visiting Phil Lloyd and Mr and Mrs P B Sidders in Athens. They will be joined by Richards brother John who spent months in the city with Mr Lloyd. O W Yaw of this city travels to Adrian Michigan to stay with his family through Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Joseph West host Mrs Wests brother and sister in law Elmer Turner and two children of Coshocton Toronto.
A reader asks how to treat grease marks from children on walls. The answer advises applying Fuller’s earth to the spot for about 24 hours to absorb the grease, then brushing away the powder. An alternative is using a clear blotter with a warm flat iron, pressing and moving it over the blotter and repeating with a clean blotter if needed.
The Mo hawk Aerie No. 1034 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles has bought the Hartman Building at Sixth and Palmer Streets in Jacksonville. The first floor serves as meeting space, the second as a club room, with both floors redecorated. A district initiation involving about 18 Aeries is planned, date to be announced.
Mr and Mrs Will Seiler and Mr and Mrs Mark Rothery visited Hollister from Ashland where they met Atty S B Shell sister to Mrs Seiler and Mrs Rothery. They called on Atty John F Henderson and his son Robert now practicing law with him.
Decoration Day leads to mail service pause with no rural or city route delivery. Local office to stay closed most of the day from morning 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mail will go out on evening trains, but the office remains closed afterward.
Homer club organized with Sam Vickrey as leader. Officers elected are Virginia Gardner president Winifred VanHorn vice president Ruth Triplett secretary treasurer Marie Chappelear recreation leader Donald Shepard recreation leader and Maxine Chappelear news reporter. Thirteen members enrolled. Meeting set Wednesday at 1 30 pm in the school building.
In Glouster on Memorial Sunday a large congregation gathered at the M E Church for the annual memorial sermon. Veterans from multiple wars led by Civil War veterans and a drum corps marched from the American Legion hall to the service at 10:30 AM. Rev F J Johnson and others participated in the program and music was described as excellent.
The local director Mrs. Thor leads a meeting at the armory on Tuesday morning to organize a Memorial Day parade. Each participant should bring a bouquet of flowers.
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