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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1931
Page
6
The informal dinner for rushees at the Pi Beta Phi chapter house on East Union Street was presided over by house mother Mrs M Esther Smith. alumna and sorority advisor Mrs Russell W Finsterwald attended, with fifty six places set and corsage favors for each rushee.
Chi Omega held a formal dinner at Hillcrest Inn on Wednesday to end its rushing activities. Fifty covers were set for the active chapter rushees and invited alumnae Miss Pauline Jones Miss Betty Jones Miss Greta Collins Miss Verna Danford and house mother Mrs Flossie Bolin. The group sat at a single long table with place cards shaped like the Chi Omega pledge button.
W A Matheny president of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church will deliver a message to the auxiliary at 2:30 Friday afternoon in the Martzolff classroom. Dues will be collected and Mrs P C Carr will lead devotions with Mrs Worthman’s group as the hostess.
Bayre Study Circle opened for the season with 20 members in attendance at Mrs. E G Campbell’s home. Members shared vacation activities and Mrs H L Atkinson presented a paper titled Old Coverlets.
The Young Married People's Class of the First M E Church will hold a 7:30 pm meeting and social in the church parlors. Hosts include Mr. and Mrs. L H Bingman Dr and Mrs M D Worley Mr and Mrs E D Shrout. Albert J Jones of San Diego will visit his parents at 44 Elmwood Place with son Evan Vorhes Jones. En route they stop in Norman to see Prof Ruper J Jones and family.
George H. Maxwell argues the Gardner Traylor plan helps farmers by self supplying food through family labor and brain power. He warns dependence on money and machinery undermines health strength and future prosperity, urging whole wheat flour and home produced meats plus diverse garden crops.
The West Side Parent-Teacher Association met Tuesday with Mrs. Martha H. Mason as president. New teachers Miss Household er and Miss McNally were introduced. Committees were named and Mrs. William Lee elected as delegate to the City Council of P T A. The traveling picture prize went to the third and fifth grades. Meeting time is the third Tuesday each month. Margaret Crain of Winchester, Ky., visited her granddaughter in West Mansfield. Woman's Relief Corps will meet Friday at Red Men's Hall.
Governor White and State Education Director Dr. B O Skinner will headline the first school of the air program for 1931 32 broadcast October 12 on Station WLW Cincinnati The daily programs run from 2 to 3 pm and began January 7 1929 under the State Department of Education sponsorship.
Several women from Athens will attend the annual conference of the Southeast District of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs. The event runs Thursday and Friday October 29 and 30 in Chillicothe with Mrs. William H. Schwartz of Portsmouth as federation president and Mrs. Robert M. Giesy of Lancaster as Southeast District president. Conference chair is Mrs. George S. Mytinger of Chillicothe. improvements on the program include Mrs. Schwartz and Mrs. B. W. Jones on the program. Eunice Roudebush will speak at the conference dinner and Dr. Josephine Pierce, former state federation president, will be honored at dinner.
Ground was broken for rebuilding Fort Necessity ten miles east of Uniontown. George Washington surrendered there at age 22 in the first battle of the French and Indian War. Federal and state funds support the creation of a national shrine under the George Washington bicentennial committee.
A meeting of the Athens County dairy organization will be held at the Grange Hall at the Fairgrounds on Saturday afternoon. President Harry Jacoby urged all members to be present as several important business matters are to be considered.
Mr and Mrs George Perry of Long Run were surprised by all nine children 25 grandchildren and two great grandchildren gathered Sunday for birthday celebrations. Mr Perry turned 81 Sept 24 and Mrs Perry 71 Sept 29. A buffet lunch followed a noon dinner with relatives from New Brighton Dexter Athens and R D 3 in attendance.
An advertisement touts MELLO GLO face powder advertised as French process lasting longer keeps pores small and gives a youthful bloom. It claims to avoid irritation and a pasty look and presents the product as the purest face powder from D Zenner Co Ady.
A list of attendees from several families and friends visits in the area is provided. Names include Betty and families from Athens R D 7, Arnold Wheaton and children Lantz and Virginia Lee from Hockingport, Lillie Powell and children George Albert Paul Walter, Thomas Perry and Albert Oscar Austin Perry, George Perry of Long Run, Ralph Frost of Angell Ridge, with late arrivals P Y Sams and grandchildren Evelyn and Roy Sama.
Mrs John Finsterwald announced the appointment of a committee to serve the Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library in Athens County. The library, named for Myers Y Cooper wife of a former Ohio governor, aims to collect books by Ohio authors.
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