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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1933
Page
6
The Izaak Walton League held a Halloween party at the Walton Cottage in Waterloo Township with about sixty attendees. A music trio played as square dances began, and guests enjoyed pies apples and cider before games and cards, ending at midnight.
Junior and senior high students from the Christian Church Sunday School attended a Halloween party at the church basement. More than 90 guests enjoyed track meet style contests led by E J Persons and Clarence Samford with assistance from Mrs W W Lee Elroy MacDonald and a student committee including Frederick Kittle Junior Smith Bill Carpenter Helen Stacey Anna Dunfee Virginia Cox and Robert Brookins.
The Ohio University Faculty held a Halloween dance Tuesday at the Men’s Union ballroom with about 25 couples. Rose Dean’s orchestra played as Prof. George Starr Lash er chaired the event assisted by Prof. N. D. Thomas, Prof. F. E. H. Gaylord and Dr. L. M. Heil. The affair launches a series of four this year with another before Christmas planned by Lasher.
At a YWCA open meeting at Ohio University a review of John Galeworthy's One More River will be given by Irma EB Voigt dean of women Miss Mary FE Fretts and Dr Edith Wray. The event Friday Novy 3 at the Fine Arts auditorium invites all university women.
Ohio University Sigma Delta Chi sponsors an informal welcome dance for Ohio Wesleyan fans attending the Bobcat Bishop football clash. The event runs from 9 to 12 at the Men's Gymnasium with a local band and plans for annual repeats. Newell Harvey leads arrangements and may travel to Ohio Wesleyan to boost interest.
Rufus Putnam School turned a Halloween pageant as second grade pupils dressed as fairies gyp sies and hoboes. Classes staged dances plays and recitations with prizes for games and an Apple Hunt while refreshments followed featuring cookies apples and orange juice.
Miss Louise Bailey and Miss Pauline Reynolds hosted a Halloween party at the C. C. Cornell bungalow on Morrison Brown Hill. The event ran from 8 p.m. to midnight with festive decorations and refreshments. Attendees included Myrna Riggie, Josephine Barstow, Betty Higgins, plus many others. chaperons were Miss Clara Belle Bailey and Mr. Morrison Burns.
The Zeta Tau Alpha Halloween event drew a lively crowd with horns whirligigs and whistles given as favors. Oscar and Cupid costumes appeared as entertainment included games dancing and refreshments served by Mrs. N. D. Woolsey and Miss Barbara Olsen.
The Women's League of Ohio University sponsors an all college dance on Saturday Nov 4 from 8 30 to 12 at the Men's Union. A small admission fee will apply and students may attend without escorts to mingle and meet others. Brice Michael social chairman announces local dance orchestra will provide music with officers of the League and Men's Union hosting.
Mr. and Mrs. Len B McCune hosted a noon dinner at 883 Maplewood Drive. Guests included J E Parmiter and Jewett Parmiter Amesville. D W Selway and son David Cadiz. James Dunlap and son Charlies Corning. Sherman Howell. Floyd Aires and daughters Marie and Flo Elle Woodsfield. M S McCune. T E McCune and son Karl. Mary McCune. H B McCune. and the McCunes themselves.
Mr and Mrs R G Palmer and daughter Rosemary returned from Shade and reside at 25 North Congress Street. Mr and Mrs Maynard Henshaw Nelsonville hosted by Mr and Mrs Lewis McBride on West Union Street. Mrs H O Shirley and grandson Harry Shirley Wright returned from Chicago after a week with the Carneys and the World's Fair. George Carpenter entertained Lafe Carpenter and family from Sugar Grove. Martin Watrous motored with Earl L Nye guests in Athens en route from Chicago to New York. Supervisor Miss Lunn from the State Department of Education visited Ohio University home economics classes and will inspect Ryne Township schools, staying as guest of Mrs T M Wolfe.
Margaret Jones Kinsel daughter of R W Jones Fisher and manager of Colonine Beauty Salon married Lloyd Shingler son of George Shingler Mineral by Rev C M Coulter at the Methodist parsonage. Attendants were Frieda Dreger Kenneth Jones Ida Bainum and William Bainum. Shingler employed at Baimun s Confectionery. They plan a Carpenter Street apartment. Christian Church sponsors a benefit luncheon and dinner at the church Thursday with lunch 11 to 1 and dinner 5 to 7.
Lindley Hall staged a Halloween dinner and program in Athens with a popularity contest. Contestants dressed as Mae West and other figures paraded before a waiter jury, with prizes for best costume and crowd favorites.
The Athens Chapter of the Gasco Club hosted 250 to 300 staff members and friends from the Southeastern Ohio District of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co at a Halloween party. An Chesterhill orchestra provided music for old fashioned round and square dances as the depot Street garage became a carnival hall with cider doughnuts and costumed revelry. E N Corwin, Gasco Club president, coordinated the event with prizes for costumes.
Kiwanis Club at Hotel Gordon in Glouster discusses fundraising activities including a euchre party and a picture show to finance new street light standards. Eight standards already purchased for High and Main Streets. further units await secured funds. Visitors B Bible Cleveland Spancliff Toth. new member Barney Brandewene joins.
The N. T. Club met at Mrs. Sylvia Maxwell’s home near Hartleyville on Friday night for a spooky themed gathering. A masked devil greeted guests, a ghost led blindfolded attendees to a witch fortune teller, and Dena Morris won a jug-sitting contest amid readings and club business. Seasonal refreshments were served to a list of guests including Ethel Lamborn and Grace Zimmer.
William P. Wetherald of Zanesville state vice president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will address the Old Age Pension question in Glouster Saturday night at 7 30 o clock. If weather allows the talk will be from the depot square otherwise the Lamborn pavilion on the program for the evening at the Odd Fellow Lodge.
The Past Noble Grands' Club of Marcellinte Rebekah Lodge invites husbands to a 6 PM potluck dinner on Thursday at the Odd Fellows Hall in Glouster.
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting in Glouster on Thursday at 7 o clock. Members are urged to attend as important business will be discussed.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M E Church in Trimble sponsors a Thursday night reception for Reverend Deeds and his family. A special program will be performed and the public is invited to attend at the church.
About 125 attendees joined the Halloween masquerade at the Taylor Ridge church with Mrs. Cora Davis in charge assisted by Miss Irene Golding. Prizes awarded included Best costume to Carl and George Herbst most unique to Gilbert Strawshaugh funniest to Mrs. C. C. Boley and most old fashioned dress to Edna Cartwright of Greens Run unknown guest Mrs Clyde Addington of Trimble.
A list of visitors from multiple states and towns came to Hollister for the funeral of J M Vaughn. Names include Jas Sanderson and family Akron Mrs Howard Davis Canton Mrs Chas Hewetson Columbus Mr and Mrs J W Erwin Duquoin Ill Kenneth Deal Cincinnati and others.
The Halloween party at the high school gym sponsored by the Jacksonville Trimble Parent-Teacher Association and the J-T High School Finance Committee netted more than a unspecified amount. Most of the proceeds go to the football fund, officials said.
An advertisement extols Bayer Aspirin as delivering fast relief from headaches rheumatism neuritis and neuralgia. It asserts a tablet begins to dissolve within two seconds after moisture contact and starts working immediately, urging buyers to insist on Genuine Bayer Aspirin.
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