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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1934
Page
5
Rents and children take part in the Central school fall frolic with booths, candy, baked goods and fish ponds. The program includes a Mother Goose pageant, gypsy god, minstrel acts, and a 7:30 pre season show led by parents.
Nelsonville canvass by Red Cross Roll Call committee led by E. J. Arnold and W. W. Warren will complete today with a larger residential campaign starting Friday. Business response is prompt and generous, and the committee expresses satisfaction with progress in the annual drive.
Mr and Mrs Frank Riley announce the marriage of their daughter Anna Marie to Harold Brown of Columbus Saturday November 10 at St Marys West Virginia Mr Brown is employed in Columbus and the couple will reside there
Nelsonville report notes Miss Florence Wood entertained her bridge club with three tables in use last night. Guest Mrs. C H Ruble attended while Miss Charlotte Acker, Mrs. Ruth Eberle and Miss Elizabeth Edington led high scores. Lunch followed at the Colonial.
Mrs. F E Mc Creary and her sons Gerald and Elwood returned Wednesday night after spending a week in Bedford Pennsylvania with relatives and friends.
The fifth week of the Boy Scouts sponsored contract bridge tournament was played last night at Parish Hall. Harry Kelly Sr and Mrs. Harry Kelly shared top scores in the North South division while Mr and Mrs Wallace Grenn led East West. Kelly also won the low prize. The final week follows.
The Tuppers Plains Junior Class will present the play Lonely Little Liza Lou in the auditorium on Tuesday night November 27 directed by Miss Mary Guerra. Cast includes Eileen Bahr Phylis Whaley Rex O'Brien Stella LeMaster Russell Watson Edward White Junior McGinnis Myrtle Keller Luther Cook Howard Christy Wilma Summerfield Marsdon Santee.
The Progressive Club of the Richland Avenue M. P. Church will assemble Friday in the church classrooms for its monthly meeting. Hosts Mr. and Mrs. George Shaffer will greet attendees, with Mrs. Villa Tippie directing devotionals and Mrs. Dallas Wooster overseeing entertainment.
An advertisement touts Bukets green tablets with juniper oil and buchu leaves as a bladder laxative. It claims relief from nightly urination, burning, leg pains, and backache by flushing acids and waste. If unsatisfied after four days, a druggist will refund 25 cents. Clines Pharmacy.
Students at the parachute school in Tushin Russia celebrate a new jump record by tossing a fellow co ed classmate in a version of the army blanket game. Also: Mrs Alice White of Crescent Ridge learns of the death of cousin Mrs Ella Carpenter in Wauseon burial held Thursday.
Concord New Hampshire reports 33 inch drifts in White Mountains notches as snow plows go into operation. The storm hits the region with heavy accumulation and claims route closures in several mountain passes.
William Villard argues against organized press influence by interests and notes a lack of standout editorial figures in today’s New York dailies. He contrasts modern chains with pre Civil War startup journalism and cites growth of columnist salaries as evidence of changing times.
A turkey dinner will be served Friday evening November 16 at the Albany Methodist Church. Serving of roast turkey cranberry sauce oyster dressing vegetables salad and dessert will begin at 6 p m.
The Auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans Camp 108 in Frost held a chicken dinner and business meeting on Nov 10. Mrs. Anna Lockyes installed new officers after a talk on auxiliary work, with many local members in attendance. The next meeting is scheduled for Nov 19.
Harrisonville and Scipio High School Orchestra under R. C. McCutchen stays active beyond school. They played for the Mall Carrier Convention, perform at a high school assembly next Thursday, join the Farmers Institute on December 12 and 13, and meet weekly for practice.
Reedsville residents Mr and Mrs C E Humphrey and two children relocated to Belleville to live with E J Humphrey after moving from Seminole Oklahoma last summer. Fay and Gladys Pickens visit Coolville with cousin Marabel Henderson. Caroline Cottle travels to Marietta to visit relatives. Maud Buckley returns to Parkersburg after a week with C W Buckley. M I D Hartinger and Osborn of Pomeroy were here Tuesday. Evelyn Stalnaker of Long Bottom visited with sister Addie Newell. S E Wilson and family of Parkersburg visited recently with relatives. Florence Buckley and Earl Humphrey were in Marietta Wednesday.
Wanetta Winigman and Oliver Blake married in Logan with Thelma Matheny and Clyde McManus as attendants. The story lists many local relatives and weekend visits among Carbon Hill and nearby towns.
Clarence Smith who died at Mansfield will be buried in Nye Cemetery following funeral services at the Church of Christ in Chauncey Friday at 2 p.m. Rev G B Courtney will officiate. Friends may call at the Ray Smith home on Richland Avenue tonight.
For backache and urinary irritation this ad promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe diuretic and kidney stimulant. It claims the remedy relieves nocturnal urination and symptoms like puffy legs, cramps, and damp palms, urging readers to ask their druggist for the 3 cent box.
Arthur W. Mitchell, a Chicagoan, becomes the first Black Democrat elected to Congress representing Illinois First. He defeated Republican Oscar De Priest in the November 6 landslide. Mitchell is a former student of Tuskegee Harvard and Columbia.
Mr. Owen Carmichael of Columbus recovering from injuries from an August 26 accident at Fort Hayes Hospital. He underwent another surgical operation when his fractured arm bone did not set properly. Col. Thomas Ferenbaugh performed the corrective setting. He has been under army hospital care for seven weeks and has been home at intervals.
Miss Eleanor Minister secretary to Kenneth C. Ray Meigs County superintendent spoke to the Commercial Club at Tuppera Plains High School in Meiga County Wednesday night outlining the duties and obligations of a secretary.
Mrs Anna English daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert English of Hollister was quarantined today for scarlet fever according to county health nurse Clara Cavanaugh.
A postponed community plowing contest due to rain will take place this Friday in Harrisonville after FERA labor finished field tiling. The plot will later host an athletic field with a grader to level it post contest. Local residents hosted Sunday dinners and visits over the weekend.
At Albany High School the Athens County Teachers Association elected delegates to the Ohio State Teachers Association meeting in Columbus next month. Perley Gaskill of Carthage Township and L. F. Miller, Albany, were chosen as delegates, with Miss Anna Verba and Kenneth C. Ray as alternates.
An advertisement touts S.S.S as a scientifically tested tonic to stimulate gastric secretions and rebuild hemoglobin, promising renewed appetite strength sleep and overall well being. It warns against inferior substitutes and urges consumers to insist on the genuine product.
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