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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1924
Page
3
The Circle of Ruth plans a major Presbyterian bazaar early in December featuring Weller pottery ware from Zanesville plus handmade needlework candy and other gifts for Christmas on sale.
The M. C. A. drive ended last night after a three day campaign with $4,262.50 pledged for the coming year. Local organizations are expected to add substantial donations to support YMCA activities in the future.
R A White has bought a Lancaster grocery and taken possession. He moved his family to Lancaster late in the week. Mrs Will Simington and daughter spent the weekend with them.
Mrs Walter McKibben reports daughter Mary received an appendicitis operation at Grant hospital in the latter part of the week. The procedure was successful and she is on the road to recovery.
Troop 6 of the Boy Scouts will assemble at the YMCA on Wednesday evening at seven o'clock for a scheduled meeting.
Captain Lauer of Logan delivered a Patriotism Day address to students at the senior and junior high schools in the new auditorium as part of American Education week. His talk engaged the audience and highlighted the subject with notable interest.
Initiation of new members will occur on Wednesday evening November 19. All members are urged to attend. Following degree work, a rabbit supper will be served.
Yeatond Mechem Schuler Co has been awarded a commission by the War Department as a captain of field artillery. Mr Schuler is a cousin of the Mechem boys of this city and has visited them on several occasions.
The Rainbow class dinner has been moved from Tuesday to Thursday at the same hour. All materials to be cooked must be in Lyne by Thursday at the latest.
Mr and Mrs Henry Johnson of Lawrenceville Indiana are the guests of their parents Mr and Mrs Eli Johnson and their brothers Alva and George.
Sabbath school officers and teachers of the Presbyterian church will meet in the church basement at six o clock for supper and a 100 percent attendance is expected.
A surprise party at Mrs Frank Hitchings's Walnut Street home honored her birthday with a two course lunch and a bouquet lamp. Guests included Mrs Charles Arbell Mr and Mrs Virgil EmFick Mesdames Iplett Bess Dille Mable Steen Anna Linton Rosa Spencer and many others.
Trustees elders and Weacons gathered fully at a Monday supper in the Presbyterian church dining rooms. After a thoroughly enjoyed dinner, church matters were discussed.
A vintage ad promises quick relief from nasal congestion and catarrh by applying Ely's Cream Balm inside the nostrils. It claims the antiseptic, healing formula soothes inflamed mucous membranes and clears air passages for easier breathing. Get a bottle from your druggist.
The new board of deacons was organized with C. W. Backus as president and George Johnson as treasurer. They will manage the church finances, and trustees received thanks for recent basement repairs.
A father and son banquet is planned at the Presbyterian church Friday evening. Every man in the church is urged to attend, and those without a son are encouraged to borrow one for the evening.
Chicago reports Dr. St Louis Estes, head of the International Society of Applied Psychology, promoting a raw foods regimen with crushed wheat oats and vegetables to regrow hair. The plan bans meat and cooked vegetables and urges three meals daily plus fresh air for lasting health and hair growth.
An antiseptic named Outgro, marketed for chiropodists, is available in drugstores. A few drops in the nail crevices reduce inflammation and pain, toughen the skin beneath the nail, and reportedly cause the nail to turn outward overnight.
Ay J Perry of 792 DeKalb Avenue Brooklyn writes that after trying perfumes mouthwashes and other fixes he learned constipation caused foul breath. A dentist advised this, and after taking Carter's Little Liver Pills his stomach and bowels improved and breath became wholesome.
Athens Rotary at Hotel Berry discusses a county clinic for crippled children to be held at the Athens Presbyterian church all day Friday December 5. Ohio Health department will send three specialists to examine about eighty five children with no operations, only exams and treatment plans. Major S M Johnson will lead the Community Chest drive with Kiwanis Rotarians and county club women. Boy Scouts and local groups assist with canvassing countywide.
An ad promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets claiming they add 10 to 20 pounds of healthy flesh in 30 days. It guarantees a refund if five pounds aren’t gained, with 60 tablets priced at 60 cents. Readily available at Cline Pharmacy and McKee Drug Co. and other druggists.
Mr and Mrs J R Wade hosted guests from Pearson Iowa Chester Hill Delcie Cochran Buffalo NY and Chauncey and Fort Wayne Indiana visiting relatives in Parkersburg W Va Mrs Harvey Nye and her brother James McNeal of Fort Wayne visited Chauncey family Mr and Mrs James Johnson and sons of Athens spent the weekend with Mrs Johnsons mother and sisters Anna Noble and Kate and Hannah Noble Mrs Edward Minister and son Edward Jr of Chauncey were in Glouster visiting the Reese and Hesse households Loyal Women Class of Chauncey Christian church to meet Thursday afternoon Miss Millie Osborne visiting with sister Ev erett Bingman near Coolville Betty Jane daughter of G B Courtney at home in High street Wealthy Cromley of Wells ton visiting sister Grace Shelton and family near Circle Hill William McHenry of Athens in Chauncey to see his mother Bessie Green and family In prehistoric times Zunis and other tribes used a substance from the jimson weed as an anesthetic during surgery.
Charles Thompson Ray Howard Lewis Howard Ford Totman all of Millfield and Garfield Grimes of Chauncey spent a Saturday at W A Grimes at Sharpsburg and enjoyed a hunting expedition. Mrs Grimes also visited Sharpsburg and stayed until Sunday with Mr Grimes. They were joined by Mr and Mrs H A Kille of Chillicothe who had been visiting the Grimes home.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Webb and Miss Agnes Cunningham with Montford Cunningham visited Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hoffman in Athens for a Sunday chicken dinner.
Mr and Mrs Noah S and Mrs Ira Cunningham with children Hazel Frances and Mary Helen Roy and John Kranyik from Chauncey visited in Lancaster and were entertained at their cousin Miss Louise Moody's home in Lanester Sundy.
Mr and Mrs Garfield Grimes entertained at their West Converse street home Sunday with guests Mr and Mrs Daniel Fulton from Minstel and Mr and Mrs Bernard Bower and son Bernard Jr from Logan.
Lawrence Ferrel of Athens spent Sunday in Chauncey with his grandparents Mr and Mrs B F Ferrel of High street. Mr and Mrs William Cochrarg of Chauncey hosted as weekend guests their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs James FE T Thompson of Columbus and M
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