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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1927
Page
5
Society and personal mentions detail visits and events across Athens Ohio with multiple families and individuals visiting relatives, hosting guests, and travel to Granville and Clarksburg. The column also notes church activities, a birth announcement, club meetings, a hospital update, and health department actions affecting travelers and camps amid seasonal disease concerns.
In Chauncey The Prince of Peace declamation contest at Nazarene church drew a large audience. Miss Willo Darnell won with a bronze medal from the Ohio Council of Churches. judges included Professor Lester of Ohio University and local educators.
William Gaskella, Mrs Pora Davis, Mrs Josephine Moldy, Mrs Lena Mulpas, and Mrs Mary Cartwright were honored at a funeral with their sons serving as pallbearers and granddaughters as flower bearers.
In Chauncey on November 7 the Green's Run high school held its weekly chapel in the auditorium led by Superintendent Ray Smutte. Seventh and eighth grade boys and the Girls Glee Club performed, with talks by Helen Melch Elma Mackey and Jane Zukoski on foreign parents and leaving their native land. Elma Hameleton closed the program with a piano solo.
A humorous letter urges readers to keep ears clean, noting Willie misses the target by six strokes and hinting at a par solution on the last page. The tone blends golf references with a nudge toward personal hygiene.
The text explains letter golf where one word is transformed to another by one letter changes per step, staying within fixed letter order and using valid common words. It gives COW to HEN as an example over three strokes and notes a complete solution is printed later in the source.
Columbus, Nov 7 Gov Vic Donahey faces questions on his next General Assembly agenda and whether he will call an extraordinary session to tackle subjects in his executive call. The issue follows his veto of the election code and possible truck weight fee reforms.
Advert says Dave's Mentha Pepsin ends stomach distress after meals with a single spoonful. Thousands endorse the claim that stubborn cases yield quickly and even habitual dyspepsia improves. If not, Cline's Pharmacy or any druggist will refund the purchase price.
Republican women from across Ohio will gather in Columbus on November 11 and 12 for a two day meeting of the Ohio Council of Republican Women. County chairwomen estimate attendance between 2500 and 3000 at local reservations headquarters. The event will signal the gathering of potential candidates for various offices.
Boy Scouts of Athens Troop 2 will hold a novelty hike this evening. Scout master Roy Dupler announced the group will meet at six at East Bridge and proceed to their destination.
Musterole Cold Tablet promises fast relief from nasal or head congestion, headache, and dizziness at the first sign of a cold. From the Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio, makers of the famous Musterole for muscular pains and chest colds, available at all druggists.
Green's Run boys routed Chauncey 43 to 17 with Kutta 10 Keiser 12 and Golding 10 leading the winners while Franz 7 and Frazee 6 topped Chauncey scorers. Chauncey girls lost to Green's Run 138 to 7.
The largest funeral in Taylor Ridge history was held for Mrs. Joseph Gaskella 68 at the Taylor Ridge Christian church. Rev G B Courtney of Chauncey officiated with three hymns by Chauncey residents. Burial followed in Taylor Ridge cemetery. Mrs Gaskella born in Germany came to the U S after marriage and lived in Taylor Ridge over 30 years active in local church work. She leaves husband and nine children named Gus Joseph John George.
The Zion Baptist church Lower Plains hosted the Ladies Aid society weekly quilting session last week. Members present included Mrs. Elmer Coon Mrs. G Nichols Mrs. Sylvester Smith and Mrs. Flora.
Ad claims Peterson's Ointment removes pimples with daily rubbing. A box costs 85 cents at druggists and promises rapid, noticeable results.
Mrs. George Babrill Jr Mrs Harry Moore Mrs Benton Potts and Mrs James McHarg are listed among local society members in the remarriage and social notices column.
Mr. and Mrs. PF E Boudinot entertained Chauncey Dover high school sophomores and football players at their Millfield home last Friday for Orris Boudinot sixteenth birthday. Guests enjoyed games and music as a white sixteen candle cake served with chicken sandwiches pumpkin pie cake and coffee.
Mr and Mrs Meister and T J Reynolds Athens Miss Cathryn Cline Chauncey A and P employ es and Miss Jeanette Palmer of this city attended a Hallowe en dance given last week by the Atlantic and Pacific company at Zanesville. Mr and Mrs Charles Montgomery and son Glenn of South Solon Ohio are in this city visiting Mrs Montgomerys mother Mrs Anna Cline and family. Clell Thorne has returned to Parkersburg W Va after a visit At the home of Mr and Mrs George Gabriel Jr at the Lower Plains.
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