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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1932
Page
6
Vicks introduces the Plan to prevent and treat colds using Vapokub methods. Tests in clinics, schools, colleges, and homes showed reduced cold incidence and shorter, milder illnesses. The Plan promises major cost savings and is explained in every Vicks package.
A family relies on over 20 gallon jars yearly for cold relief, using a direct double action Cole method as their standby remedy.
Mr. and Mrs. B H Kineel announce the marriage of their son Donald R. Kineel to Miss Isabelle M. Ricks of Alliance. The ceremony was March 2, 1931, at St Marys West Virginia, performed by Rev Ira Jeobneen. Donald is a Ohio University senior and former Athens High School graduate.
The 166th Infantry Company L staged its fifth annual rabbit dinner Monday at the Armory after drill. Capt Shafer acted as toastmaster as Major Smith, Major Johnson, and others attended. Meals were prepared by company members and served after the drill with hunters’ rabbits shot Saturday and Monday. A carnival is planned for Dec 31 to 17 with a popularity contest featuring 14 contestants at the Armory.
The Wednesday Sewing Club meets at Mrs. J W Grover 5 North Shannon Ave at 2 PM. Dr and Mrs Ed Biddle and Mrs C L Poston left for Daytona Beach Fla. Dr Wiley T Sprague has returned to sea as ship's surgeon on the Kaelawai bound San Francisco to Honolulu. The Kaelawai was leased for a move picture filmed aboard. The Current Events Club Christmas dinner is Friday Dec 2 at 6 PM The Colonial. Mrs H G Staider returns from New York City art study. Oren Kelley and son Kirk spent Thanksgiving with Porter Dicken family. Kelley travels home from West Virginia after coal work.
The Monday Wight Bridge Club hosted a dinner for husbands with bridge games at six tables. Prizes awarded to Mrs Harold Vorhe, with scores led by Mrs Sout Maney and Mr OG Li Hote ington. Several locals and guests attended social events and visits were noted.
A magazine article marks the birth centennial of author Louisa May Alcott and recalls Abigail May Alcott she called Marmee. It describes Fruitarian Transcendentalist tendencies at Fruitlands and Abba Alcott’s farming role. Mrs Evan J. Jones Jr hosts a luncheon club event Thursday.
A guidance piece urges women to know their type and coloring before shopping. It praises grey as a flattering, versatile color, warns against orange hats, and stresses planning to maintain personal style. It also includes quirky craft tips and a reminder blue conveys calm and expansiveness.
Tiah Devitt of Oscaloosa Indiana, author of The Aspirin Age about jazz loving youth, will marry Ben Wasson a 36 year old New York writer in February. The couple met less than a year ago after Devitt said marriage would disorganize her life yet she would marry the worthwhile man.
Mr and Mrs Robert C Heas spent Thanksgiving Day and the weekend as guests of Mr and Mrs Richard I ialigher Otha Beasley in Huntington West Virginia.
The golfer Gene Sarazen unleashed a golf ball with a speed exceeding 12 miles per hour, marking a notable early display of power in the game.
Ten session high students perform the play Broken Wishes by Martin Flavin at the Bennet High School Auditorium. Under A A Nellie supervision, cast includes Robert Bird as the husband, Dorothy Duncan as the wife, Elaine by Anne Beasley, and other roles by Anne Gilt Maynard Aldridge and Paul Jones with Maxine Weath (Weatlei) and Deloria Henderson among the players in this dramatic production.
Columbus baseball club president MacPhail announced the 1924 season would feature four playing managers. Billy Scauthworth, who became manager last July to replace Harry Seibold, would not be retained.
Four year old Patricia Pearl Tripp was abducted from her grandparents farm in Rensselaer Indiana as a stranger with a revolver entered the home posing to buy eggs. The kidnapper fled in a car toward Chicago. police had no leads and the grandparents had no money for a ransom.
The Senor High Sitde Rule Club sponsored by Hale Pickett met Monday at the Senior High Building. A study of square root extraction was the chief feature of the meeting. Popcorn balls provided refreshment.
Two new scarlet fever cases were reported this morning to Dr J M Higgins county health commissioner, one in Athens City and one in Waterloo Township.
The county grand jury will consider manslaughter indictments against Ambrase J. Gallagher, 27, driver of the car that fatally struck two sisters on Sunday night. The case stems from a Cleveland accident and awaits jurors Thursday.
Alex Root, superintendent of Athens County Schools, has returned to his office after several weeks of absence. He had been convalescing at home following surgery at Mt Carmel Hospital in Columbus. During his absence his duties were carried by the executive head of the Troy Township Schools.
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