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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1935
Page
3
The formal opening of the Mercy Pomeroy Home Coming featured an address by C. J. Hess. Night events include a grand parade and a mask parade Thursday. Local firms participate with trophies for top winners across four classes, including ladies, men, and girls.
A series of social notes reports Alva Sharp of Pittsburgh visiting with his in laws Mrs. Butler Pickens and Mrs. John Bentz over the weekend near Harrison ends. Joan and Jean Spencer visit grandparents Mrs. Ward Roush in Anti over the weekend. Kate Wolfe and Stella Holter visit their mother Mrs. Rachael Mc in Neasc ent. Ellen Hayes spends weekend with sister Mrs Raleigh and Boyd Tarks of Reedsy Va. and Mrs. Robinette of nt. W. Va and Mrs. W. J. Bell of Cin visiting Kate Wolfe at home. Julia Be rd Curtis spent the weekend with mother Mrs. Harry Curtis. INN Cincinnati pastor here Wealth Innat led Sunday services at the New church and taught a class both Sunday morning and evening. Picnic dinner hosted by parishioners at the home of Mrs. Boggess. Mrs. C. O. French and Mrs. H. B. Card visit dahlia farm of Jewell at Carpenter. farm noted for unusually large flowers.
Prussia plans to widen energy use by enabling service stations to supply fuel for automotive wood gas generators, aiming to support vehicles powered by wood gas as an alternative to traditional fuels.
Local residents share visits and gatherings around Mulberry Avenue and nearby streets. The Grace Guild plans a rummage sale at Ebersbach Ridge from October 2 to 5 with a bake sale. Several families visit relatives in Columbus Sidney Wilkesville and Gallipolis while others celebrate anniversaries and host card nights.
Troop No 4 of the Girl Scouts sponsored by Busy Bee Class of the Baptist Church, led by captain Margaret Eila Hysell and lieutenant Eva Brown, held a country hike after their Thursday meeting. The group meets weekly at the church and plans activities for the coming months with members Betty Jane Nuckies Dorothy Winebrenner Margaret Hou dashelt Freddie Hou dashelt Rosalie Rice and Ethel Clerk.
A tense domestic scene centers on Rod, Roderick, and a narrator debating blame for a relapse involving keys and a car. The speaker assigns responsibility, proposes a unique punishment to shape memory, and defines a period of silence from the children as the consequence, aiming for lasting impact.
Mrs H E Bush returned from Columbus with daughter Kathleen enrolling at Ohio State University. The Grate couple moved into Rutland Street property. Mills family visited Jackson with Mrs Emmett Blackburn and J J Vaughn family. Albers headed home to Washington DC after a visit with Mrs Homer Grant. Grant family members traveled from Columbus with Katharine Sater. Roach families from Cabin Creek visited Owen Roach on Railroad Street. Simms relatives from Ena visited Frank Simms on Grant Street. Pearl Drake was taken to Holzer Hospital for observation. Saunders of Columbus visited sister Daisy Saunders on South Third over the weekend.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 30 AM at Sutton Methodist Episcopal Church for Wade Roush 56 who died Monday at his Columbus home. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body arrived today at the Carmel home of his sister Mrs J W Lee. He is survived by two brothers Arthur and FE EB Roush of Bashan and two sisters in Columbus and Carmel.
Mr. Amos, longtime Meigs County resident nicknamed Uncle Tom Amos, left Middleport for Baltimore a month ago to be with his son and daughter in law. At 92 he travels by train alone and plans to visit his daughters in Letart Township and Saxton. He previously moved to Baltimore five years ago and now resides with family in Maryland. He remains in good health and enjoys annual county visits. In Glouster, Marry Colley Jr. and two children visit his parents Har ry Colley Sr.
After lunch at Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe in Middleport the Shakespeare Club travel to Racine for their first fall meeting and social afternoon hosted by Mrs. Harry Feiger. The group meets twice monthly this season.
An amateur show sponsored by What soever Class members runs Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Presbyterian Church lecture room. The program features outside talent and miscellaneous attractions with a nominal admission.
Members of the Church of Christ in Middleport joined an all day district meeting of the United Christian Missionary Society in Nelsonville. Attendees included Rev. and Mrs. F. J. Gardner, Mrs. George Russell, Mrs. H. B. Curd, Mrs. Margaret Lallance, Wallace Bradford, Mrs. C. O. French, Mrs. Edgar Allensworth, Mrs. W. H. Horden, Mrs. W. P. Graves, Mrs. Edward French, Mrs. Minera Childers and Miss Hildreth Stewart.
A brief lull during a new wage scale, then all valley mines reopen except Mine 24 in Red Town. Optimism grows that winter mining will improve over recent years.
The Progressive Study Club of Glouster met at Miss Merle Danford's home for a covered dish evening. Guest Marilyn Hoon attended as Hazel Jackius, retiring president, spoke of Looking Backward while Mae Dunnett assumed the presidency and outlined goals. Members shared vacation tales in a notably happy gathering with full attendance.
The Oakdale Parent Teacher Association will convene at the school house tonight at 7 30. After the business session a program will be presented and the public and all interested in the schools are invited to attend.
A regular Loyal Daughters class of the Church of Christ will meet Wednesday evening at 7 50 at the home of Mrs Alfred Moward on Monroe Street.
John Crawford has purchased the Stoecklein building facing the depot square and is remodeling it into an opera house and motion picture theater. Cold storage rooms on both floors are being removed, partitions torn out, and plate glass on the High Street side taken out to be bricked. The theater will feature modern equipment with a main entrance facing the depot square.
Mra Frank Poches of Jacksonville and Miss Julia Varah of Trimble were married Monday at 9 in Holy Cross Church Portland. Rev A V Keassler officiated. The bride wore a white lace dress with white roses. Miss Helen Zalupski was bridesmaid and Tony Matyakelli best man. The couple will reside in Trimble.
Names of relatives and friends traveling to attend Curtis W. Kempton's funeral are listed, including families from Athens Kingston Frankfort Millfield and Zanesville. The item notes numerous Kempton relatives and associates among attendees. A separate brief notes Bob Jones returning Friday from a Baltimore visit and a peak hour fact about fatal motor accidents last year.
Mrs. Robert Hickey of Roseville California credits her doctor with recommending Kruschen Salts. She reports losing 17 pounds in six weeks and praises the product as safe and effective. The ad claims easier fat loss with dietary changes and daily dosage before breakfast.
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