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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1930
Page
6
Four people were killed when their car collided with a truck on State Highway No. 27 six miles east of Muncie Indiana on October 9. Police identified no survivors or names in the report.
Grand view Heights hosts two afternoon receptions for Norris Moreau Beasley and Mrs Norris Moreau Beasley. Mrs Beasley and Mrs Hess greet about 80 Tuesday and 90 Wednesday guests in autumn floral setting with floor length gowns. A dance tonight at Athens Country Club lines up 64 couples in honor of the couple.
The Lynn Haven Free Press notes the sixty second wedding anniversary of Rev Milton Buckingham Cooley and Susan S Johnson. A September 29 dinner at their Lynn Haven home was attended by daughters Irene Jennie Ernestine son John M Cooley and his wife and three grandsons. The couple moved from Athens to Florida twelve years ago and remain active in Sunday School with Mr Cooley teaching an adult class.
Zeta Tau Alpha announces officers and pledges including President Sara Armstrong Cadiz and Vice President Gertrude Zink with secretary Olive Lyke and treasurer Maxine Anderson. Pledges listed include Maude Card Cora Martin Hubbard Mary Alice Neil London Sally Beck and Dorthea Davis with several others across Beaver St Clairsville Erie and Salem areas.
Athens Temple will meet Friday at 7 30 in the evening. Mrs Garnet Engh will report on the Grand Temple meeting held in Springfield September 22. Refreshments will be served after the meeting and a social hour will follow.
The Friendship Music Club will gather Friday evening at 7:30 at Lenore Wood's residence 66 North Cemetery Street. The event invites members to share music and enjoy an informal gathering.
Carrie Fulton and Claude C De Graw united in marriage on September 30 in Brighton Colorado. The bride formerly resided on Mill Street Athens. They plan a brief motor trip and will reside in Kremmling Colorado where the groom has business interests.
Funeral services are set for Frieda Dailey 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dailey of Coolville Ridge. She died in an automobile accident Tuesday afternoon when a car returning from Jerseyville High School overturned on State Route 31 near the Carl Ackley farm. Her brother Richard Dailey escaped injury. burial will be at Graham Chapel Church Cemetery.
The ad promotes Diamond Dyes as easy to apply and producing true even colors without re dyed look. It emphasizes superior pure anilines, higher quality though costing more to make, and states price at 15 cents at all drug stores.
Four Athens City High School students Katherine Campbell Paul Lewis Harold Gorham and Eugenia Lawson were chosen for the George Rogers Clark Sesquicentennial trip in Springfield on Friday October 10 based on top grades from an Ohio State Department of Education test. Miss Mildred Totman will drive the group, departing Athens at 6 am. The car will carry two American flags and white oilcloth banners reading George Rogers Clark Sesquicentennial.
Mrs. Emma Posey keeps Park Hotel near Athens Union Station with six guests and one night away in fourteen years. Her dog Fritzie guides guests and mail tasks, while she recalls her late husband, a B&O Railroad telegraph operator of 44 years.
The Women's League of Ohio University hosted a Clubroom Frolic in the West Wing on Wednesday night. Dean Irma E. Voigt and Edith Wray chaperoned. Jane Warner chaired with assistants Esther Bradbury, Marie Cowp, Effie Cowie, Margaret Laverty, Ruby Hankey, Katherine Wray, Marie Derman, Olive Carpenter, and Grace Stewart.
Governor Cooper and other incumbents press for second terms citing unimpeachable records. Names include John T. Brown Clarence J. Brown Roscoe McCulloch Thomas Jenkins Dr S K Mardis and judges Robinson Kinkade Middleton Rowland LeFever and others. Party ticket has broad support across judiciary and county offices with several unopposed candidates.
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