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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1934
Page
5
About ten pupils heard a cautionary lecture by Mrs L W Lawton president of the National Council for Improvement. The program included lantern slides on speed dangers and roadside dumps. Jones's Community Club organized the event to promote better roadside practices and public interest in safety.
Five cases were tried in municipal court. Thomas New Straiteville Flora Madison City were fined for intoxication and assault charges, with penalties ranging from ten dollars to twenty five dollars plus costs. Julia Gillaly recovering from appendicitis in Columbus is improving at Shell Hospital Athens. Ruth Matheny of Co him at Athens underwent a major operation. Tonight the Central P T A minstrel show returns after a prior performance and features a 14 member cast including Petunia and Blue.
Mrs Thomas Bush Sr Mrs Frank Allen and Mrs James Beard hosted the Woman's Home Missionary Society gathering at the Methodist Church. Devotional and program leaders led slides on national officers while reports covered the national meeting in Pa and the Ohio Conference in Dayton.
Phi Club football meets McArthur CCC outfit Sunday at City Playground in Nelsonville at 2pm. McArthur reportedly boasts one of the area's best CCC teams and has not lost this season. This may be Phi Club’s final game as they struggle to schedule opponents. Sunday services at Pilgrim Holiness Church begin 10:30am with 11 o'clock sermon by Rev. D. C. Shearer on The Personal Presence of Christ within the Heart. Sunday School at 9:30am led by Walter S. Primmer. Young People at 6pm, evening service 7pm with Rev. EB. F. Shingler. Special singing planned. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7pm, cottage meeting Friday 7pm. Miss Leona Wells attended her aunt Effie Beard’s funeral in Parkersburg Thursday.
The Elizabeth Zane Dew Chapter of the D. A. R. will gather at 2 30 p m Saturday at the Legion Building to hold a meeting and conduct its business.
Mrs Alice Hargreaves the real life model for Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland died in Westerham England at 82 She had retired for years and briefly participated in Carroll Centenary celebrations at Columbia University in New York mentioning her link to the white rabbit tale
Chesterhill November 16 F J Taylor Amesville superintendent spoke at the Parent-Teacher Association meeting on taxation and public schools. Helen Dinsmoor outlined aims of the English Department for the current school year. High school orchestra and glee club performed under LeFavor. Ruth Berry violin solo. Next meeting set for December 10 at 8 p.m. A farm management series opened November 14 in the high school agriculture room under J W E Dunbar. Marian Bode visited Marietta sister Mrs Fenn. Myron Hendershot recovering from typhoid fever.
Columbus November 16. Ohio through October showed continued food commodity outpouring from the federal larder and active FERA projects as part of the national effort to aid the needy. Approved by the state commission are Athens County 312 for a used magazine and book service, 90 for clerical work at the relief office, and 240 to employ canvassers to determine home repairs.
Six complaints were presented to the Athens County FERA Complaint Board on Thursday and sent to Columbus for further consideration. Miss Thelma Lehew said the six requests for more relief were groundless, and a new system now requires personal investigations before the local board acts.
Richard Elmore Royer aged 14 a freshman at West Mansfield High School died from injuries sustained while playing with the freshman football squad a month earlier.
Unemployed League sponsors a dance at the I O O F Hall on Wednesday night November 21. The event aims to support unemployed relief efforts and community gathering in Nelsonville.
Five mandamus suits totaling 6008.11 filed in Athens County Common Pleas Court against the Albany Consolidated School District Board of Education seek court orders for bonds to cover judgments. Plaintiffs claim contracts with preexisting pay scales were altered by state instruction, and they ask the board to issue bonds under a law passed last June. Names and amounts include Roger Biddle 1690.06, D B Allen 1479.51, Thomas Dino 1373.78, Jesse Douglas 1258.10, George Sweeney 1067.62.
Ohio University registrar Dr. Frank B. Dilley says State Department figures mislead and omit students not yet paid. He notes theSept 24 count of 2,190 is not final and that the semester total at Ohio University reaches 2,537 after full registration and fees.
The Presidents Special train included seven cars with the Martha Washington diner and secret service observers. Officials aboard were Marvin H. McIntyre. Marguerite A. Hiand. M. T. Scheider. Mrs Roosevelt. Grace Tulsten. Dr. Ross MeIntire. Gus Gennerieh. 7 secret service men led by Richard Jarvis. plus reporters and the Baltimore & Ohio agent Dan Moorman. A kitten in Iola, Kansas, born without a hind leg, was noted separately.
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