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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1936

Page

3

Cricket Comedy Set For Tuesday Night At Junior High

Final number of the Civic Club Entertainment Festival is a play titled Cricket to be staged Tuesday night in the Junior High Auditorium. The Hoosier domestic Cricket arrives to restore order amid a turbulent home of Congressman Smith-Winters and family. Mrs Smith-Winters, son Bob, and Preston Forrester the banker-politician are among the roles. Also note Mrs George Ebersich fractured her arm after a fall at Mulberry Avenue.

Pomeroy Civic Club Congressman Smith-Winters

Workers Get Bonus at Electric Auto-Lite Co

The Electric Auto-Lite Co will pay a Christmas bonus of one week’s pay to its 15 000 employees across 23 plants, in addition to a week’s vacation bonus before summer vacations. Also noted, each turbine aboard the Queen Mary contains 257 000 blades fitted by hand.

Toledo U.R The Electric Auto-Lite Co

Birthday Party Honors 76-Year-Old in Vinton Home

A crowd of relatives and friends gathered at Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Denney's home in Vinton to celebrate a 76th birthday. Attendees included Everette Denney, Wayne, Honee Denney, Curtis Quickle, Hollis Strausbaugh, J. W. Georgeson, and numerous others. several local residents were noted as visiting or ill. The report also notes several residents away for Thanksgiving and mentions a local church parsonage destroyed by fire days earlier.

Geraldine Pierce Greenly Johnny Hughes Pauline Decker Elmer Quickle Everett Chamberlain Clarence Hollicker Oscar Chamberlain Orville Walters Columbus Joe Neal Conrad Love Columpus W. K. Love Corning Ward Philips Fannie Mathews G. P. Ewing Sarah Halley

Amesville Social Briefs Highlight Local Holiday Events

Community notices recount a busy period in Amesville with a grade school operetta Molly Be Jolly and a Pomona Grange program in Albany. Thanksgiving gatherings, church class activities, dinners, and visits by relatives illustrate a tight knit village full of music, decorations, and shared meals.

Air Pilot Puzzle Clues and Answers List

A long list of crossword style clues with horizontal and vertical entries. Includes items like pictured aviatrix and stream. several numerical codes and a final Southwest note. Contains many obscured terms requiring crossing letters to solve within a historical puzzle page style.

Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Local Trips and Visits

Pomeroy social notes document a weekend of travel and visits among residents. Eloise Warner visits Joan Conway. Stalder couple returns from New Concord. Wayne Lutz and daughter Kathryn from Gallipolis spend a day in town. several residents visit Columbus and Columbus area relatives. Continuous gatherings include club meetings and family visits, with multiple journeys to Columbus, Cincinnati, Zanesville, and nearby towns.

Dorothy Mees Columbus Loris Sanor Waverly Sanor Mary Mathews Virginia Williams Miss Williams Roscoe Fowler Roscoe Reinhart Frank Reinhart Lincoln Terrace Aaron Kelton Gallipolis

Men Start Sentence on Intoxication Charges

Tom H. Jones and Charles Lewis were arrested in Millport for intoxication and sent to the county jail to serve fines of 50 and 25 dollars plus costs. Dale Congo was taken to the county jail by Constable Grindley with the record of his charge not documented.

Pomeroy Tom H. Jones Charles Lewis Middleport J. E. Harley Jones Lewis Dale Congo Grindley

Middleport School to Host Annual Grid Banquet

Middleport High School will hold its annual football banquet Thursday evening December 10. G. E. Gauthier, coach at Ohio Wesleyan College, will speak. The dinner will be served by members of the parent teacher association.

Middleport G. E. Gauthier Ohio Wesleyan College Parent-Teacher Association

Roush Family Returns From Visit to Columbus and Worthington

Mr and Mrs Leverett Roush and son Billy of Mulberry Ave and Mr and Mrs FE E Roush of Bashan returned Saturday after visiting relatives in Columbus and Worthington. They visited Mrs Roush's mother Mrs J J Holmes and their son J J Roush in Columbus while Rev and Mrs L L Roush stayed in Worthington.

Pomeroy Leverett Roush Billy Mulberry Ave FE. E. Roush Bashan Columbus Worthington L. L. Roush Harry Root

Hale at 94 Honored by Daughters of Union Veterans

J H Adams, Civil War veteran, celebrated his 94th birthday with a pot luck dinner hosted by the Pomeroy Daughters of Union Veterans Jane Howell Tent. He shared enlistment and battle tales as family and D A V members presented fruit and flowers.

Pomeroy Pomeroy Daughters of Union Veterans Jane Howell J. H. Adams Adams D. of A. V Monroe Pickens Clish Jacobs Ernest Adams Quincey Adams Antiquity Dolores Glen Richard Campbell Eva Russ Raymond Neutziling Tom Googlein A. O. Tracy A. V. Howell John

Class Is Entertained At Harrisonville

Harrisonville The Friendship Circle Sunday School class met at the home of Mrs Mae Ball with twenty members present Devotionals and business were led by Earl Knight A bingo session followed refreshments were served by the host and hostess Mr and Mrs James Welsh Mr and Mrs John Paynter and son Charles spent Thanksgiving at Mr and Mrs W A Dye residence Albany edged Harrisonville by one point in the junior varsity game Earl Lee visited his mother Mrs Flo Lee for Thanksgiving Mr and Mrs E E Hull and family of Mr Vernon joined the Hulls parents Mr and Mrs William Hull for Thanksgiving and Mr and Mrs Dale Howell with relatives in Columbus and C L Kennan and son Walter attended at the Howell home Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs H B Pickett

Harrisonville Friendship Circle Mae Ball Earl Knight James Welsh John Paynter Charles W. A. Dye E. V. Atkins D. L. Reisinger A. M Irwin V. I. Atkins Stella Diehl Albany Earl Lee Flo Lee E. E. Hull Vernon William Hull Dale Howell Howell C. L. Kennan Columbus Walter R. A. Diehl Eugene Atkins H. B. Pickett The Presbyterian Church Helen Underhill Mary Karr Marcia Karr Irving Karr Eleanor Middleport Edna Edwards Charleston Ella Williams Charles Wagner, Jr William Wallace Blair Syracuse A. L. Flanagan George Hayman Dana Hysell Asbury M. E George Dusky John Gilmore Robert Roberta Pomeroy Ira Fleming Margaret Swearingen Forest Run Glen Roush Builders Asbury M. E. Church

Social Roundup of Middleport Residents and Visitors

Middleport notices list Mr and Mrs 8 J Hamer and son Sam visiting Mrs Hamer’s parents on Second Ave. Huntington visitors include Mrs Hollis Gardner and children with relatives in Middleport and Rutland. Several locals travel to Columbus, Greenfield, Magnetic Springs, and Albany for visits, work, or family reasons over Thanksgiving period.

Middleport J. Hamer Sam Pittsburgh Hamer R. E. Tompkins Second Ave Hollis Gardner Huntington Dave Davis Gardner Rutland Joe Clark Gallipolis Spring Hill Company Virgil Edwards Beatrice Columbus Edwards

Syracuse PTA Honors Scouts Dinner in Auditorium

Syracuse PTA will sponsor the annual Boy Scout dinner in the auditorium Monday. A variety of social notices follow including visits, moves, illnesses, and social gatherings from local families and churches in Syracuse and surrounding areas.

Syracuse PTA Syracuse Pta Woodrow Wilson Hendrix Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Surprise House Warming Held for Mrs. Lambert

A surprise house warming was held Saturday evening at 8 Second Ave Middleport in honor of Mrs. Max Lambert. Mrs. Irving Karr Jr and Miss Stella Palmer hosted. Guests were close friends who presented gifts for her home. The event featured games a social hour and light refreshments.

Middleport Max Lambert Second Ave Irving Karr, Jr Stella Palmer

Pomeroy Firemen Club Retains Old Officers

Pomeroy firemen's association met at the Second Ward house. Officers were retained: President E D Will Secretary Arthur Rosenbaum Treasurer Charles Mullen. Plans were made for the annual New Year’s masked ball at the Knights of Pythias hall.

Pomeroy Association of Pomeroy Firemen Second Ward E. D. Will Arthur Rosenbaum Charles Mullen Knights of Pythias Hall

Bengels Buy Property Move to Pomeroy Home

Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Bengel purchase property in Pomeroy and relocate to a new home. The Bengels previously lived in Gravel Hill for eight years, selling that property.

Middleport T. W. Bengel Pomeroy R Bengel Gravel Hill

Hunting Trip Leaves Four Men for Pennsylvania

Sheriff Roscoe C. Fowler and Tom Morris of Pomeroy along with Sj Beaver and Lindsey Lyons of Middleport left Sunday for a hunting trip in Pennsylvania near Lock Haven.

Pomeroy Roscoe C. Fowler Tom Morris Sj Beaver Lindsey Lyons Middleport Pennsylvania Lockhaven

Camels Link to Digestion Across Meals

The ad claims Camels aid digestion by increasing alkaline digestive fluids after meals and at the end of meals. It asserts explorers athletes outdoor workers and office folk all benefit from smoking Camels with meals and afterwards. Camels are said not to irritate nerves and may be enjoyed as often as desired.

Lawrence T. K. Griswold Tibet Komodo Amazon Griswold Josephine O'Neill

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