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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1936

Page

5

Cricket leads comedy at Civic Club festival play

A five act comedy titled Cricket will be staged Tuesday night at the Junior High Auditorium as part of the Civic Club Entertainment Festival. The Hoosier domestic Cricket arrives to help a turbulent family headed by Congressman Smith Winters and wife Mrs Smith Winters, with son Bob and banker-politician Preston Forrester. Mrs Ebersicht, who has been ill, recently fell at home on Mulberry Avenue fracturing an arm.

Pomeroy Civic Club Congressman Smith-Winters

Christmas bonus to 15000 Electric Auto-Lite workers

The Electric Auto-Lite Co. will pay a Christmas bonus equal to one week’s pay to its 15 000 employees across 23 plants, in addition to a prior vacation bonus of one week’s pay. Also noted is that the Queen Mary’s turbines contain 257 000 blades per unit.

Toledo U.P The Electric Auto-Lite Co

Birthday Party Honors 76th Year in Vinton

A large gathering at Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Denney's home celebrated a Vinton resident's 76th birthday with relatives and friends from Vinton and nearby towns. Various attendees listed include Everette Denney, Wayne Denney, Honee Denney, Curtis Quickle, Hollis Strausbaugh, J. W. Georgeson, and many others. The report notes illnesses and local events including a church and parsonage fire destruction on Wednesday.

Geraldine Pierce Greenly Johnny Hughes Pauline Decker Elmer Quickle Everett Chamberlain Clarence Hollicker Oscar Chamberlain Orville Walters Columbus Joe Neal Conrad Love W. K. Love Corning Ward Philips Fannie Mathews G. P. Ewing Sarah Halley Irvin Viars Gerald Halley Gallipolis George Kenneth Ward Ben Viars Frances Cardwell Jackson David Williams Stockdale Cline Gerlach

Amesville Social Briefs Highlight Local Holiday Events

Amesville hosts an operetta Molly Be Jolly at the grade school auditorium. Grange programs visit Albany Hall. Local families share Thanksgiving gatherings with table themes, hat souvenirs, and guest stays. Notables include Lee Marquis and Sara Metta Glazier with musical solos.

Amesville Molly Be Jolly Amesville Grange Pomona Grange Albany Grange Hall Lee Marquis Sara Metta Glazier Selby Glazier Riley Thompson Birchie Thompson Alice Sedwick Esther Sunday School M. E. Church Garnet Sedwick Mary Lee Thompson D. R. Whittaker Elkhorn W. Va Wanda Mary Smith Pauline McDaniel Phyllis Lavelle Olive Virginia Glazier King’s Daughters The Presbyterian Church Margaret Sedwick

Air Pilot Puzzle Answers Across and Down

A horizontal word list with clues and solutions for an air themed puzzle including aviatrix, church benches, conscious, era, meadow, and more. A vertical set runs from envoy to southwest with corresponding clues and answers.

Pomeroy Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits

Pomeroy residents and guests share weekend trips and homecomings across Bearwallow Mulberry Ave Columbus and Gallipolis. Travelers include Eloise Warner Joan Conway Roscoe Reinhart and Ruth Tracy among others with family visits and local club events noted.

Men Start Sentence on Intoxication Charges

Tom H. Jones and Charles Lewis were brought to the county jail to serve fines and costs after intoxication arrests. Jones fined $50 and costs, Lewis $25 and costs by Mayor J. E. Harley. Dale Congo was jailed Sunday by Constable Grindley for an unrecorded charge.

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

Middleport Plans Annual Grid Banquet

Middleport High School will hold its annual football banquet on Thursday evening December 10. G. E. Gauthier coach of 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 News from Columbus and Worthington Visit

Mr. and Mrs. Leverett Roush and son Billy of Mulberry Ave. and Mr. and Mrs. FR E. Roush of Bashan returned Saturday after visiting relatives in Columbus and Worthington. The trip included visits to Mrs. Roush's mother Mrs. J. J. Holmes and to J. J. Roush in Columbus, and to Rev. L. L. Roush and family in Worthington.

Pomeroy Harry Root Columbus

Hale at 94 commemorated by Pomeroy Daughters of Union Veterans

J H Adams Civil War veteran celebrated his 94th birthday with a pot luck dinner hosted by the Jane Howell Tent of the Daughters of Union Veterans in Pomeroy Antiquity. He told enlistment discharge battles and danced for members as family and guests including nine living children and several grandchildren attended. Some members visited ill Veteran Robert Griffith after the party.

Pomeroy Pomeroy Daughters of Union Veterans Jane Howell J. H. Adams Adams D. of A. V Monroe Pickens Clish Jacobs Ernest Adams Quincy Adams Antiquity Dolores Glen Richard Campbell Eva Russ Raymond Neutzling Tom Googlein A. O. Tracy A. V. Howell John Seakus Elmer Wickham Belle Thomas, Corning Elsie Hart Clara Zier Robert Griffith

Class Is Entertained At Harrisonville

Harrisonville Friends Circle Sunday School class met at Mae Ball's home with twenty members. Earl Knight led devotionals and business. later bingo followed. Refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Welsh and others. Thanksgiving visits noted among locals. Harrisonville basketball lost to Albany by one point. second team defeated Albany. Several families hosted Thanksgiving dinners and Sunday meals.

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 C. L Kennan Walter R. A. Diehl Eugene Atkins H. B. Pickett

Social notes from Middleport and nearby communities

Several residents and relatives are noted visiting or returning home from trips across Ohio. The list includes Mr. and Mrs. J. Hamer and son Sam from Pittsburgh visiting relatives, Mrs. Hollis Gardner of Huntington visiting family here and in Rutland, Joe Clark taking a new Middleport route with Spring Hill Co., and numerous trips to Columbus, Greenfield, Ripley, Albany, Magnetic Springs, and Miami Florida for family, work, and illness reasons.

Middleport J. Hamer Sam Pittsburgh Gallipolis Spring Hill Company Virgil Edwards Beatrice Columbus Edwards L. R. Wilson Greenfield Lawrence Bing Nancy Reed Ella Corbin Harry Ripley W. W. Leonard Magnetic Springs Earl Werner Bailey Bradbury L. A. Thomas Leading Creek Dennis Gallighter C. P. Gallighter William Hetteseimer T. C. Wilson Wilson H. E Gertrude Talbott Baker J. G. Talbott B. FE. Talbott Miami Fla Homer Russell Albany George Bolin

Syracuse PTA Honors Scouts

Syracuse PTA sponsors the annual Boy Scout dinner in the auditorium Monday. Local social notes mention visits, visits by relatives, property moves, illness, church class gatherings, and a football attendance in Middleport.

Syracuse PTA

Surprise House Warming Honors Mrs. Lambert Saturday

Surprise house warming was held Saturday evening in honor of Mrs. Max Lambert at her home on 8S Second Ave. Mrs. Irving Karr Jr and Miss Stella Palmer were hostesses. Guest list included close friends who presented gifts for her home. Games and a social hour followed by light refreshments.

Middleport Max Lambert Second Ave Irving Karr, Jr Stella Palmer

Pomeroy Firemen Club Retains Old Officers

Pomeroy association of firemen met Sunday at the Second Ward house. Officers were reappointed: President E. D. Will, Secretary Arthur Rosenbaum, Treasurer Charles Mullen. Plans were laid 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 purchased property in Pomeroy and moved to their new home after selling Gravel Hill residence where they had lived eight years.

Middleport T. W. Bengel Pomeroy Mrs. Bengel Gravel Hill

Hunting trip leaves four for Pennsylvania outing

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

Pomeroy Roscoe Fowler Tom Morris Si Beaver Lindsey Lyons Middleport Pennsylvania Lockhaven

Camels Improve Digestion Says Lab Experience

The ad claims Camels aid digestion by increasing alkaline digestive fluids after meals and at the start of meals. It targets explorers athletes outdoor workers and millions at home and in offices. Camels are said to be soothing and non irritating to nerves.

Central America Lawrence T. K. Griswold Tibet Komodo Amazon Griswold

Also Mentioned on This Page

George Ebersich Mulberry Ave Vinton Amesville Social Briefs Jessie Owen Sadie Luckett Harry Turner Carl Floyd Henderson C. A. Gardner John Easler Bob Randall Dayton Belle Burns Mary Aldridge Joan Marquis Betty Grandstaff Ida Mae Mary Parmiter Donna Jean Sedwick Mary Lee David Nelsonville Sylvester Jones George Thompson Carmel Martha Sedwick Carl Sedwick Arla van Valey Hannah Glazek Effa Thomas Edmundson Athens J. M. Howard Elizabeth Knode Hettie Howard Chauncey EGYP Pomeroy Social Notes Dorothy Mees Loris Sanor Waverly Sanor Mary Mathews Virginia Williams Miss Williams Roscoe Fowler Roscoe Reinhart Frank Reinhart Lincoln Terrace Aaron Kelton Ray Windon Ward Windon Pomeroy-Rock Springs Twilight Garden Club Charles Ward Betty Campbell Virgil Campbell Butternut Ave Ruth Tracy Treasurer of State Roy E. Tracy Ralph West Zanesville Arthur H. Ebersbach Arthur Charles Moore Clara Reuter Zink Earl Cincinnati Wendel Roos Naylors Run Marie Miller Holzer Hospital Albert Alward Louise Forbes Forest Run Hale Meigs Belgium Leopold Adelaide Archduke Otto of Hapsburg Austria Syracuse Pta Woodrow Wilson Hendrix Franklin Delano Roosevelt Helen Underhill Mary Karr Marcia Karr Irving Karr Eleanor Edna Edwards Charleston Ella Williams Charles Wagner, Jr William Wallace Blair A. L. Flanagan George Hayman Dana Hysell Asbury M. E George Dusky John Gilmore Robert Roberts Ira Fleming Margaret Swearingen Glen Roush Builders Asbury M. E. Church Carters Bengels Luckoff Hollywood Radio Camel Cigarettes Benny Goodman George Stoll Hollywood Rupert Hughes E.S.1 C.S.T M.S.T P.S.T Wabc-Columbia H. G. Andrews TWA Josephine O'Neill
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