Make This Model at Home Pattern 2161 Dress
A daytime dress pattern by Anne Adams features a slenderizing draped bodice with a chic tie at the bodice. The design promises soft youthful lines and a tailored look suitable for stylish daytime wear.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1931
Page
10
A daytime dress pattern by Anne Adams features a slenderizing draped bodice with a chic tie at the bodice. The design promises soft youthful lines and a tailored look suitable for stylish daytime wear.
The ad details pattern 2161 with sizes 38 to 48 and yardage needs. It notes fabric options in canton crepe and sat in crepe, with two sleeve flare variations. Orders require fifteen cents per pattern and twenty five cents for the pattern catalog plus mailing to The New York City Pattern Department at 2438 West 17th Street.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Cooper residence in The Plains for Wilbur Cooper thirty killed Monday in the yard near his home. The Rev. B H Pugh Holiness Church officiated with interment in West Union Street Cemetery Athens. Surviving are his wife Mrs Julia Snyder Cooper four children Jean Elizabeth Anita Jane Freddie and Johnnie his mother Mrs Dan Tyler Marion Ohio two brothers Neal Cooper Marion and Ben Cooper Athens and grandmother Mrs Eliza Seevers The Plains.
Chauncey Oct 1 Annual home coming of the Bishopville Church of Christ will be held Sunday Oct 4 Rev M E Hoon minister of the Chauncey Church of Christ born and reared in Bishopville vicinity will be principal speaker at the home coming Reverend Hoon is conducting a two weeks meeting at Bishopville beginning Sunday night Public and former residents invited to the home coming.
Chauncey Mine No 25 Poston No 6 at Mill field and Hocking are three big operations working today in this vicinity. Nine mines are working today. Other mines operating include No 267 No 69 L D Poston No 24 No 79 and Black Diamond.
Chauncey October 1 The Plains residents Mr and Mrs William Stalders are having a private water well drilled at their home as part of local improvements.
The Rev W H Reitz, regular minister, conducts a series of meetings at Millfield Methodist Episcopal Church starting October 1 in Chauncey. Local congregants join the revival sessions.
Miss Lucille Mason of Chauncey entertained fourteen guests Tuesday night honoring her cousin Miss Mabel Trace of Steubenville Ohio who has been visiting. A buffet luncheon followed by cards and dancing completed the evening.
Trimble Grange No 1830 will hold a Saturday night meeting at the Grange Hall in Trimble. York Grange will present the program and bring a traveling gavel. Refreshments will be served.
Chauncey stops The Plains 25 0 as fumbles and penalties mar the first half. Smith and Wolfe drive to the one yard line and Guerra scores the first TD. Chauncey adds two more TDs in period two and one in period four.
Hocking Miners defeated Dr. Walkers' Old Timers of Buchtel 2 to 1 in a five inning baseball game at The Plains ballpark. E Shrieve starred with the bat while Haddox and Roscoe combined on the mound for the Miners. Umpire was Hunter. call Bill Lyons to schedule games.
A collision on Mill Street Chauncey involved two cars driven by Miss Edna Hall of Chauncey and Clifford Davis of this city. No injuries were reported among the occupants.
Chauncey Oct 1 William Parry of Nelsonville died by his own hand in Greenlawn Cemetery Wednesday morning He was well known in Chauncey He was father of Ray Parry who died in the Millfield mine disaster last November Parry died at his son’s grave Mrs Lena Ferrell Parry and the two small daughters Geraldine and Marilyn are Chauncey residents
Chauncey and Millfield residents traveled for visits and hospitality this week. Arthur Brewer family from Chauncey stayed with Dr. and Mrs. Sanders in Millfield while Mrs. Bradfield visited Murray City. Virgil Thompson toured The Plains to see Earl Thompson. Chester Sanders and family plan winter return to Millfield. Oliver Brookins visited Chauncey with brother Guy. Burke Witham visited Cleveland relatives. Mrs Preston Thompson and Roberta returned to Newport Kentucky after a Chauncey visit with M. B. Tucker family.
After a week of town wide picketing and a large miners meeting on East Side School Grounds, Sunday Creek Mine No. 6 resumed operation. About 2,000 miners and families attended the rally, a collection aided the needy, and 28 families were reported destitute.
James Lewis of Athens injured his left toe at Sunday Creek Mine No 6 when a lever slipped from his hand. George Cluster of Sugar Creek suffers blood poisoning in his left foot with amputation feared. Mr and Mrs Thomas Tracy of Columbus were guests of Homer Tracy's family. William Mason, ill on Crescent Ridge, is reported improved. Wilma Pyle sustained a head injury in a tail accident and remains hurt. Lights at the Ohio Power substation on Gillespie farm were seen burning at night amid mine disturbance. Mr and Mrs H Boudinot and Mr and Mrs Allen Boudinot dined with Gilbert Boudinot family. Esther Kish of Columbus visited her mother Mrs Andrew Kish.
Athens County school clerks meet with C D Hutchins of the State Department of Education in the county superintendent's office to adjust state aid schedules for 1931 32 and clear up deficiencies from the prior year. The session, called by Superintendent Alex Root, aims to resolve questions about state aid districts and ensure accurate funding for the remainder of the 1931 32 year.
William Leonard aged 18 was killed instantly when a car driven by his cousin Walter Layfield failed on a sharp turn along U S Route 50 west of Ellenboro. The vehicle landed on Leonard breaking his neck while Layfield escaped with minor injuries. The victim resided on a nearby farm.
Parkersburg report says Mrs. Loman Giffin of Mineral Wells was bitten twice by a poisonous spider hidden in a shoe. Physicians describe her condition as serious but hopeful for recovery.
Drivers of school conveyances in Athens County have been licensed and listed with county superintendent Alex Root. The Ames Bern District shows four additional licensed drivers after enrollment increases from consolidation and a six year high school plan.
Geneva October 1 Sino-Japanese frictions in Manchuria grow more tangled as Dr Alfredo Sze refuses to become China's foreign minister. The League of Nations Council failed to resolve earlier disputes.
Deaths and Democratic victories in off year elections today left the two major parties in a numerical tie for control of the next House with six vacant seats to fill. Control of the House determines the speaker and all committees and the origin of revenue tax and tariff legislation for the next session. Democrats have filled five vacancies caused by death of Democratic congressmen elect since last November’s election, with no defeats.
Columbus October 1 U R E A Fleming head of the State Department of Agriculture Division of Markets proposed to Ohio apple growers via the Federal Cold Storage Company an advance of 30 cents per bushel on apples. He said the apples would be U S No 1 standard varieties except Grimes Golden which would not be accepted.
An old advertisement promotes Kruschen Salts as a fat loss method claiming rapid weight loss in eight weeks. It urges a morning dose before breakfast and dietary cutbacks and promises energy gains, clearer skin, brighter eyes, and a younger feel. The ad lists McKee Drug Co. and Cline Pharmacy Co. as sellers and offers an 85 cent bottle lasting four weeks with a money back guarantee.
Fleming announced a 30 cent per bushel advance for apples from the Federal Cold Storage Company of Columbus with freight paid from the 80 cent portion and the balance sent to the grower. The move aligns with a state recommendation to pack U. S. No. 1 standards and store them in cold storage with county agents and Ohio State University partners aiding.
A Columbus delegation will present arguments for the location of a new 2 million dollar Veterans Hospital at a public hearing in Washington D C on Friday October 30. The plan is to press for Columbus as the site.
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