West Side First Graders Stage Indians and Pilgrims Play
On November 23 1939 the West Side School first grade performed a play about Indians teaching Pilgrims to plant corn. Pilgrim mother Patty Townsend and daughters Bonnie Cass Ann Matthewson and Grace Finnearty led the roles while Indian chief Brownie Tribe Jim Jeffrey Kenneth Green Paul Osborne Blaine Carpenter Donald Steinmetz Bobby Johnson and John Clark played the Indians. The performance was in the first grade classroom for the other classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side School
Patty Townsend
Bonnie Cass
Ann Matthewson
Grace Finnearty
Jim Jeffrey
Brownie Tribe
Kenneth Green
Paul Osborne
Blaine Carpenter
Donald Steinmetz
Bobby Johnson
John Clark
Albany Grange Hosts Saturday Night Event With Guests
Green Valley Grange of Vinton County will be guests and present the program at the Albany Grange meeting Saturday night November 25. Members of other granges will be welcome. Miss Lucille Wingett has been re elected pianist of Albany Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Valley Grange
Vinton County
Albany Grange
Lucille Wingett
Details of 136th Regiment Training in Athens
The 136th Regiment outlines its training plan during its Athens stay with day by day activities. The program covers field maneuvers, R O O P drills, communications and infirmary operations, gas and rifle instruction, and guard duties. Fire marshals are assigned to key locations and strict orders ban alcohol in regimental areas with penalties including court martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cashner
Albert B. Seitz
Reginal
Chester W. Wolfe
R.O.O.P
Castener
Stree Pitts
Attalion
Caleb W. Orr
Rex K. Miller
James R. Allen
William V. Miller
Nellis
Wehrle
En Sepprvarters
Sprankle
General Headquarters
Athens
Will case closes after 73 years in Springfield courts
After 73 years in litigation, Common Pleas Judge Golden C. Davis finalized a will case. Henry Inlow left 10 180 in December 1866, to be divided among his three great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Margaret Plattenburg initiated the proceedings in 1882. she died recently with no children. Ezra Llewellyn was fined five dollars and costs for intoxication, following a police arrest at his home last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Common Pleas
Golden C. Davis
Henry Inlow
Margaret Plattenburg
Inlow
Ezra Llewellyn
Cliff Cornell
Llewellyn
E. S. Finstein
Charles Maple
Ste
FOUNDER MISS WYSNER TO VISIT ATHENS DURING FURLOUGH
Miss Glora Wysner Ohio University graduate and founder of the YWCA Social Service Division will visit friends in Athens from December 15 to 22. She is on furlough from missionary and social service work with the Kabeles in the mountains near Algiers in Northern Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glora Wysner
Ohio University
Ywca Social Service Division
Athens
Miss Wysner
Africa
Algiers
Miss Trysner
Western Reserve
North African Methodist Conference
Thanksgiving Menus At Local Hospitals And Homes
Thanksgiving dinners were planned Thursday for Athens State Hospital Ath ens County Children's Home and the County Infirmary. Hospital patients will dine at noon on duck sweet potatoes gravy dressing pickle relish Chinese cabbage cranberries bread and butter and coffee. Supper offers oyster soup celery and mince pie with motion pictures for entertainment. The children s home serves roast chicken dressing gravy mashed potatoes green beans pickles bread and butter milk pumpkin pie and fruit. County home menus include roast beef sweet potatoes apple sauce bread and butter coffee and pumpkin pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens State Hospital
Athens County Children's Home
County Infirmary
Jack Benny
Mome
Supreme Court Ruling Factor in Low River
The Mississippi River in the St. Louis area has dropped to record low levels due to drought and a Supreme Court order reducing water diversion from Lake Michigan. Pilots report the water is at its lowest for memory, with sections under half normal width downstream from the Missouri confluence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louts
U.P
Mississippi River
U.S. Supreme Court
St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Northwest
Supreme Court
Lake Michigan
YWCA Social Service Carried On Since 1916
The YWCA of Ohio University has long conducted social service work in Athens and surrounding towns, since 1916 expanding from religious Sunday activities to handicraft, nature study, and recreation. Programs reach Chauncey Carbondale and Poston with partners, operate at the County Home and Children’s Home, serve aged and crippled residents, and engage with colored children while fundraising through Community Chest and the YWCA treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
YWCA
Glora Wysner
North Africa
Irma Voigt
University Ywca
Athens County
Chauncey
Carbondale
Poston
Episcopal Mission
Children's
Colored Church
Athens State Hospital
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dean Voigt
Large Crowds Attend Canaan Farm Program
Large attendance marked the three sessions of the Canaan Farmers Institute at the Canaanville M E Church. Highlights included an invocation by Rev. Rice a duet by Roger Williams and Ada Ruth Sutton and speeches by Mrs. Thomas Wolfe and Mrs. W S Ferguson with C R Wagner. Prizes were awarded to several individuals and officers for the coming year were elected: President Mrs Luta Wright vice president Mrs Mabel Mansfield secretary Mrs Nellie Halbirt hostess Mrs Dora Channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan Farmers’ Institute
Canaanville M. E
Rice
Roger Williams
Ada Ruth Sutton
Thomas Wolfe
Enid Swarner
H. T. Haines
Marvey Shaw
Canaanville
W. S Ferguson
C. R. Wagner
F.F.A. Boys of
Rome High School
Local Health Notes and Births Reported at Sheltering Arms
At Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens area several residents underwent procedures and welcomed newborns. Gerald Ramsey, an Athens High School athlete, had emergency appendicitis surgery and was reported doing nicely. Thelma White and two families welcomed births, while Scott Williams had his tonsils removed and others were discharged after treatment. The piece also notes a long term decline in U.S. birth rates with 2.3 million births in 1934 versus 3 million in 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Ramsey
Athens
Ray Ramsey
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Thelma White
N. McKinley Ave
Charles Bolin
Stewart
Willis Sands
Hudson, Ave
Bear and cat guard CCC camp in Ely Minnesota scene
Enrollees in a CCC camp near Ely Minnesota report a 750 pound bear and a domestic cat roam the woods as well mannered members of the camp. The cat reportedly fears the bear while the bear has the run of the grounds. A Galapagos tortoise shell serves as a coaster sled for Patrick Henry of Council Bluffs Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Minn
CCC
Here
Little Patrick Henry
Council Bliffs
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Athens Messenger
OHI
136Th Regiment
Baker
Army
South Court Street
Phillips
Magnesia
Pacquin
Teel
Jergen
Benaris
Cvs
Kotex
M. Dess Sanitary Napkins
California
Frostilla
Colgate Shaving Cream
Han
Cornell
Low River
Josten
Court ST
Ywca Social Service
Community Chest
Ywca of Ohio University
Canaan Farm
U.S
Hill
Oxfords
Hill's Family Shoe Store
N. Court St
Speedway Coune
Speedway
Toledo
Dwight Clark
Glouster
O. Morin Motors
Nelsonville
O. C
A. Daugherty
IRICA
Pontiac
America
Mich
General Motors
West State Street
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Athens, Ohio
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