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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1934
Page
8
Thanksgiving day in Athens drew numerous relatives and friends to homes across town. Residents hosted guests from Columbus, Cleveland, Xenia, and beyond, with many families greeting returning travelers from New York Philadelphia and Atlantic City. The article lists visiting relatives and local hosts, noting the festive gatherings and plans to reconnect through the weekend.
Miss Mildred Banks and Miss Ethel Beekman hosted the Thursday gathering of the Guild of the Christian Church at Franklin Avenue. A potluck supper preceded a brief business session led by president Miss Gladys Jones. Mrs Carlos Cameron led the devotional on Thanksgiving as Mrs Don Young directed the program. A dramatized review titled Orientals in American Life was presented with cast including Mrs Young, Miss Lucille Duffee, Miss Rowena Sprout, Miss Lallian Kittle, Mrs H. S. Wood, Mrs Carlos Cameron, Miss Gladys Moore, Mrs M. D. Worley and Miss Myrta Ashworth.
An industrious gift givers pattern inspired by the Alice in Wonderland pinafore, made from mercerized crochet cotton. Provides complete making instructions for 10 cents mailed to Carol Carr at 103 Park Avenue New York City with the newspaper notice.
The women of the church group hosted a paper on Christian Church work in the Orient. Guests included Mrs. Guy Saylor Mrs. Charles Marquis Mrs. Lewis McBride and Mrs. George Banks. They arranged to present a Christmas gift to the Cleveland Home and planned January lunches at the parsonage. The meeting closed with the Guild benediction.
Miss Margaret Edith Burt of 10 Elliott Street hosted the Pollyanna Class of the Christian Church on Wednesday with a 5 50 p m buffet. Roberta Chism chaired the supper committee assisted by Mary Elizabeth Littler. Dorothy Minameyer led games and contests with Emma Strahl and Florence Smith. Alice Bardin won the turkey contest prize. Twenty two members and one guest attended, guest Hazel Kelley.
Workers filling radium needles for hospital use must take a three month vacation after three months on the job. The Department of Agriculture reports Goldenrod guayule and the rubber tree as the most promising domestic rubber sources based on recent experiments.
Princess Marina and the Duke of Kent began their honeymoon at Himley Hall, welcomed by servants after a country drive from Buckingham Palace. London crowds celebrated into the night with minor disturbances as police praised crowd control. The couple will join King George and Queen Mary at Sandringham for Christmas, then travel to the continent and Italy. Marina marks her 28th birthday today. the Duke turns 32 on December 20.
A tip suggests adding a teaspoonful of olive oil to the washing water for chamois gloves to keep them soft and pliable.
A six-member feminine delegation will serve in the Seventy-Fourth Congress convening January 3, 1935. Re-elected six: Caroline O'Day of New York as rookie, Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, Virginia Jenckes of Indiana, Florence P. Kahn of California, Isabela Greenway of Arizona, and Edith N. Rogers of Massachusetts. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt backed O'Day's campaign.
Miss Nellie Radekin daughter of Mr and Mrs John Radekin married Sedwick Vale son of Mr and Mrs Frank Vale in a Wednesday evening ceremony at the bride’s home. Rev J W Canode officiated with a single ring. The couple will reside in Dyesville after a Thanksgiving visit to Belleville Illinois and the wedding trip.
A 1934 survey of 4,000 New York women shows those over forty weathered economic downturn better than younger peers. They earned more, faced less unemployment, and stayed steadier, though hiring often tops at age thirty, urging a steady climb within one organization for lasting security.
On the eve of their seventh anniversary the ex-Kansans who adopted Judge Ben Lindsey's companionate marriage plan say they are happier than ever. Aub, pursuing a PhD with partial office work, and Roselle Haldeman-Julius, a department store employee, joined in the first new plan ceremony conducted by Unitarian Rev. L. M. Burkhead.
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is described as the world’s largest coral reef. It spans about 1000 miles in length and roughly 30 miles in width, highlighting its immense size.
Porters handling train baggage in Copenhagen operate as a small fiat-charge cooperative union. They are noted as the only porters known to refund money when customers are overcharged.
The hawksbill turtle, not a tortoise, furnishes the tortoise-shell of commerce. Found in the West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico, it averages 30 to 40 pounds, though specimens up to 200 pounds have been taken.
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