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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1933
Page
6
Thanksgiving plans fill Athens as families prepare meals and travel to relatives. Many greet out of town guests, while others dine locally or attend dances at the Coliseum in Parkersburg. Several residents and students depart for holidays, with numerous notices of births and a postponed meeting for the Tuesday Club.
The article traces Thanksgiving from 1621 when Pilgrim hunters shared fowl after hardship to 1789 when Washington proclaimed a day of thanksgiving, through Lincoln’s 1864 designation of the fourth Thursday and Johnson’s follow up. It notes the holiday’s national observance and New England prominence as a family festival rivaling Christmas.
Mrs. M A Brown of Woodyard Avenue was honored at a surprise birthday party hosted Monday evening by her parents Mr. and Mrs. G C Hall of Cemetery Street. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Jack Quest and their children Jerry Wanda. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kienke and family. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hall and sons Blaine and Paul. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Quest and children Charles Jane Helen Virginia. Mrs. Leslie Balager. Miss Dolores Scott. Miss Clara Belle Scott. Russell and Mary Hall. Mr. Brown and their daughter Helen Jean. Games and refreshments followed.
A turkey dinner was held Tuesday night at the Christian Church by the Student Class taught by Mr. W. D. Robinson. Dr. W. B. Taylor, former University of Chicago professor now in Jackson, spoke to more than eighty members. Raymond Shrum and Beulah Heistand led the event with guests Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Kairns, Ohio University alumni and Jackson High School mathematics teacher, in attendance.
Husbands of the Monday Night Bridge Club were entertained with a six o'clock dinner in the main dining room before an open fire at Hillcrest Inn. The meal featured three courses. Mrs. Maude Fenzel won first prize in play. Mrs. C. S. Burnett took second. For men, Mr. W. E. Moler earned first with Mr. O. L. Holsington second.
Miss Blanche Finsterwald hosted the Progressive Literary Club at Thanksgiving dinner Tuesday evening. Guests included Miss Dell Finsterwald and Miss Emma Stanforth. Mrs. Fred Slaughter spoke on Historical Reminiscences. Next meeting is a Christmas party hosted by Mrs. Vern Kempton with gifts exchanged.
The Past Matrons Auxiliary of Athens Chapter No. 175 Order of the Eastern Star met at the Masonic Temple with a chicken dinner before the business session led by president Mrs Clyde Featherstone. Twelve Past Matrons attended. The next meeting, the last Monday in January, will initiate Worthy Matron Mrs Ered Kiltan.
Miss Frances Clutts daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Clutts will marry Mr Sheldon Rowland son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Rowland at the Old Stone Church Cleveland tonight The couple traveled from Athens this morning for the ceremony Attendants are Mr Albert Rowland and Miss Ethel Benson After the wedding a supper will be held The couple will live at Jefferson Apartments Sandusky where Rowland teaches industrial arts at Sandusky High School
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority held a buffet supper for preps and actives followed by a skit. The chapter hosted a dinner for Miss Frances Clutts on the eve of her marriage to Sheldon Rowland and presented an electric percolator. Joseph Barstow and Mrs. Cora Gault were married by Magistrate Carl H. Porter and will reside in Mechanicsburg.
Columbus report states Benjamin Pratt, 44, of Alexandria Ohio, died at Grant Hospital from injuries after a head on collision with another vehicle near Gahanna last night.
The Pleasanton ladies plan a chicken dinner at the Pleasanton schoolhouse on Friday at six o'clock with coffee sandwiches and pie for non diners. Two quilts made by the Methodist Church Ladies Aid will be awarded to raise funds for the Pleasanton M E Church. John Edwards Shayne, grandson of Mr and Mrs John Clark Route Two, had a tonsil operation. Mrs William Shepherd leads the Foreign Missionary Society meeting at the First Methodist Church Friday at 2 30 p m with devotions by Mrs William Covert. The Christmas offering will be received and hostesses are Mrs Nelson McDaniel group. Past Chiefs Club meets Friday night hosted by Mrs Francys Bailes at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Alex Cochran.
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