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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1919

Page

5

Social News From Columbus and Nearby

Atty W E Peters visits Columbus basin. Mrs T H Craig and Mrs Sarah Kahler attend the funeral of Mrs Thomas E Knauss. Alex Moore attends Ohio salesmen meeting in Columbus. Ural Westfall to return Sunday from Derby via Shrine meeting. Mrs Jennie Mills and Virgene McGair visit Mechanicsburg. O O Stalder family returns to Guysville after visit with E W Goldsberry. White Shrine initiates officers Monday at 6 30 with lunch. Miss Elma Starr visits parents from Rio Grande college. Arthur Dumaree attends Denison Ohio game, staying with Saylor family. Mrs William Masterton and Goldie Hicks return from Columbus, Abner Frost hospital visit. Johnson family homecoming planned Sunday. Harvey and Nye families attend Kate Harvey funeral in Waterford. Luncheon honors bride-elect Edith Carpenter. guests include Ena Nelson and others. Edith Carpenter to wed Byron Wolfe at Thanksgiving Day service. Miss Cooksey to marry George Koch December 5.

Edith Carpenter Byron A. Wolfe Ena Nelson Hotel Berry Dow Grones Bertha Stickney Charlotte Copeland Helen Cooksey M.E Miss Cooksey George T. Koch Grantwood N. J

Club Met Her Women's Music Club Entertained

The Women’s Music Club was hosted by Mrs. Carl Beazley at 123 Morris Avenue on Thursday evening. Performers included Miss Elizabeth Garber singing On Yonder Rock from Tra Diavolo Auber, Mrs. A. B. C. Leach at the piano with La Poule Rameau, Miss Elma Starr soloing La Cloche Saint Saëns, and Mrs. Harry G. Stalder presenting violin pieces Chanson Louis XIII and Aubade Provencale by Couperin Kreisler.

Carl Beazley Morris Avenue Yonder Rock Elizabeth Garber la Poule’—Rameau A. B. C. Leach Saint Saens Elma Starr Couperin

Hand Painted Mice and Snakes Hit Beauty Patch Fad

A new beauty fad from Paris features hand painted animals on exposed skin. San Francisco artist Jerome Erickson painted on Moliet and many Californians opt for mice designs on knees and thighs amid a trend of neck and back artwork.

Paris Moliet Kitty Gordon Jerome Erickson San Francisco California Abe

Patronesses Host Alpha Sigma Alpha Dinner at Peters Home

A Friday 6 pm dinner for Alpha Sigma Alpha active chapter and pledges was held at Mrs. W E Peters 21 West Union Street. Hostesses included Mrs. Peters Mrs M J Walsh and Mrs Ralph P Jennings with guest Mrs BE M Garrett. several patronesses announced residence changes. The event featured yellow white decor and centerpieces of yellow daisies as favors with candles in crystal holders. Covers were for twenty and attendees wore gowns for a stylish evening of sorority fellowship and dancing.

W.E. Peters West Union Street Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority Peters M. J. Walsh Ralph P. Jennings M. Garrett Alpha Sigma Alpha Irederiick Treadley California Vinnya Jones Beveram Wiscontis W. EL McVay Chicago M. B. Banks Des Moines Iowa

Art and Thimble club gathering hosts and guests

Mrs C. H. Horn hosted a daytime gathering of the Art and Thimble club yesterday. Guests enjoyed social conversation and the members worked on their needlework while a well appointed luncheon was served.

C. H. Horn Art and Thimble Club

Olson Ready for Major Bout in Athens at I A Gym

Thor Olson trains for a held fight with Gene Lawrence at the I A Gym next Monday night. Lawrence arrives tomorrow and both men prepare for one of Athens toughest bouts. Referee decision pending with names linked to Mayor Shumaker or Mr Stark of Pomeroy. Canton report: Charles Sellers dies after fall from a thirty foot tree while hunting.

Thor Olson Gene Lawrence Lawrence Athens Mayor Shumaker Pomeroy Mr. Stark Canton Charrles Sellers Nashville Tennessee

Martha Leticia Stephenson Rutledge obituary note

Martha Leticia Stephenson Rutledge born near Nelsonville April 23 1842 died October 20 1919 aged 77 years 5 months 27 days. She married Thomas Rutledge in 1865 and had six children. Survived by five children two siblings twenty four grandchildren and twenty five great grandchildren. Her life reflected Christian devotion and community service as described by family and church ties.

Martha Leticia James Nancy Stephenson Nelsonville Thomas Rutledge Fila Fulton Christian Church Holiness Church Neghbor Fellowship of Christ Anna Anderson Guthrie Center Iowa Beatrice George Chicago Ilinois Marie Sitzer Luhrig, C Marcellus Rutledge Lewtellus Rutledge Newland Indiana Jerome Stephenson

Athens Endeavorers Split From Hocking Union

In Athens county Christian Endeavorers debate forming a separate Athens county union. A meeting at First Christian church featured Rev Frank C Ransdell and Arthur Whitney of Columbus urging the move while electing local officers for the new county organization at the Presbyterian church.

Athens County Hocking First Christian Church Frank C. Rensdell Lucile Duaffes Hocking Valley Union Dora Barker Arthur Whitney Columbus Ohio Endeavor Union Whitney United Society of Christian Endeavor Endeavor Societien Vandersall France Loraine Altho America Presbyterian Church Pres Chas. Staneart Athens V. Pres Lucile Duffe Sec Treas Verna Hand Nelsonville Jennie Evans Vern Wolf Athens R. D Tenth Legion Mabel Matson Gilbert Courtney Chauncey Frank C. Ransdell

County Endeavor Session Highlights and Local Delegates

The opening session drew interest and help with an afternoon of addresses by county Endeavor reps. Rev Courtney Dr Wilcox and others spoke as attendance remained strong. Luhrig society sent sixteen delegates arriving by wagon due to a bad road, pledging support for convention plans.

Deavor Courtney Wilcox Luhrig

Athens County Automobile Club Plans Regional Canvass

Captains from Athens County automobile teams meet to organize a general Sunday 2 PM session in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. They seek to divide territory for solicitors and enroll every automobile owner, aiming to form a strong club to combat proposed legislation taxing horsepower and weight and raising fees. The plan includes road improvements, traffic guidance, and cooperation with county officials. Secretary J R Lostro urges readiness to join.

Athens County Automobile Club Chamber of Commerce Athens Automobile Club

Budget Plan Pushes Creation of National Budget Bureau

Washington Nov 22 Senator McCormick Illinois says Congress will consider creating a national budget bureau with authority to cut or reject all appropriation requests. The plan centralizes budget submission to the president and places the bureau under the treasury, promising yearly savings of millions.

Washington National Budget Bureau Congress McCormick Illinois Senate Budget Committee House Committee Hayes Garfield Arthur Cleveland Harrison McKinley Roosevelt Taft Wilson House Senate Budget Bureau Treasury Department Secretary of the Treasury Comptroller of the Treasury Bureau of Public Health Service War Risk General Supply Committee al No W

Drainage water effect on plant food loss in Germany

Experiments in Germany indicate that drainage water does not remove more plant nutrients from fertilized soils than from unfertilized soils, suggesting similar nutrient leaching levels under both conditions.

Germany

Prince of Wales Decorates Veterans Before Canada Departure

The Prince of Wales decorated 150 U S and British war veterans aboard HMS Renown as the ship headed to Halifax with escort ships Constance and six American destroyers. Some awards were posthumous and given to relatives including Mrs. Mary Lynch whose son Corporal John H. Lynch died at the Hindenburg Line. He also praised Americans during a public review of 2500 Boy Scouts. Football results show Detroit with Buffalo 25 0 and Harvard 10 Yale 0 after 3 quarters. OSU 0 III 0 in the first.

New York United States Constance Halifax Mary Lynch White Plains N. J John H. Lynch Hindenburg Line Prince

Pie and Box Social at Factory School in Athens Township

There will be a pie and box social at the Factory school in Athens Township on Wednesday evening November 26 1919 to raise funds for the school. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Athens Township

White Shrine to elect officers and hold lunch

At the regular White Shrine meeting Monday night the annual election of officers will be held with three candidates and lunch. Work starts promptly at 6 30 PM. Separately a maker proposes pontoon gear for safe water flight and a Japanese designer fits the engine under the front seat to expand small car seating.

White Shrine

Canada Spends Too Much Cash Over the Line

Ottawa November 22 Apparent ly the only way to equalize exchange between Canada and the United States is for Canadians to buy less American goods Sir Henry Drayton minister of finance declared Our people persist in purchasing expensive luxuries from the United States keeps the adverse rate of exchange The minister cited six months trade balance showing a US deficit of 135 million while world trade shows Canada with a 150 million favorable balance

Ottawa Ont Canada United States Sir Henry Drayton Drayton

Ford Infant Dies in Akron. Burial Set at Sand Ridge

Mr. George Ford of Akron reports the death Sunday noon of his infant son born Monday. Burial will be at Sand Ridge. Mrs. Ford formerly Miss Myrtle Graham of Alliance. Transit W plant forced to close for lack of coal.

Ford George Ford Akron Sand Ridge Myrtle Graham City Alliance —Transit

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Atty W. E. Peters Thomas Devlin Congo Scaggette Testne Mar Palmer Street T. H. Craig Sarah Kahler Thomas’e. Knauss Alex Moore Ohio National Refining Company Ural Westfall Derby Jennie Mills Virgene McGair Little Hocking G. R. Lawrence Mechanicsburg O. O. Stalder Guysville E. W. Goldsberry Richland Avenue Rio Grande College C. E. Starr Arthur Dumaree Chillicothe Roy Saylor William Masterton Goldie Hicks Abner Frost Blaine Johnson Ida Hart Export, Pa W. B. Johnson Johnson Home J. R. Harvey J. C. Harvey Frank L. C. Nye Waterford Kate Harvey Fleming Harvey Will Grace M. Covert With Mr. Covert Olson Sutnty C. E J. R. Lostro Pringe Buffalo Detroit Harvard Yale W. D. Radford Weern West Allemester Day Radford Bany Mr. and Mrs E. P. McDaniel Amesville Cline Thor Ols Lowther Jacob Bros Parker Brothers
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