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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1935
Page
3
Local notes report upcoming games and community events. Pomeroy, Athens, and Gallipolis teams are set for league battles while other items cover meetings, marriages, and social gatherings. The page lists rosters, postponements, and local notices with frequent references to schools and town names.
Cullop's Professionals slated to meet Chester at the local park Sunday at 2 30 PM. Notable players listed include Hinkle Toronto Cullop Columbus Kline Gibbon Baltimore Crabtree Murray Hartley Leonard Hesse among others.
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Middleport will meet in the church lecture room for the first session of the third quarter. Mrs J B Harley presides, with devotional by Mrs R C McBride and remarks by Mrs J N Humphrey and Mrs R M Sherman. Alaska will be the home topic and India the foreign discussion. Hostesses are Mrs E G Probst Mrs T M Davis and Miss Nella P Calderwood.
Mrs. Pearl Graves of South Pearl Street entertained relatives honoring Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Graves of Lake Water Florida and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Strickler of Bowling Green. Attendees included Ralph Graves Donald Graves Dwight Frost Will Graves Floyd Graves Minerva Childers Charles Walburn and others for a six o'clock dinner and social evening.
Mr and Mrs Carmine Hymrod with Betty Bob and Miss Gladys Spence of Columbus left after a visit at Mr and Mrs Boyd Gildard Minersville. Mrs Kate Riley and n iece Mrs Victor Riley and daughter from Akron and Mrs Eva Entsminger of Florida visit Dr and Mrs Byron Bing on Butternut Avenue. Miss Katherine Bengal arrives from Chicago to spend a month with relatives in Pomeroy Bend and Charleston West Virginia.
Mrs. C. M. Gregg and daughter Virginia spent Wednesday in Columbus, returning the same evening. Lewis Moore has been ill several days at his Broad way Street home and is among the Church of Christ’s elder members. Mrs. Griff Russell hosted staff and officers of Meigs Temple 153 Pythian Sisters at her Bradbury home, assisted by Mrs. W. H. Steiff and Mrs. C. W. Snider. Carl Gilmore, recently ill, is reported improved.
An ad promotes Kruschen salts to cleanse the body and prevent dizziness by keeping the liver, bile, kidneys, and intestines active. It claims regular use eliminates headaches and nervousness and suggests dissolving the product in hot water for an easy daily dose within a few cents.
An advertisement promotes Kruschen for weight loss with a claim of no more taxatives. It lists Athens Pharmacy Nelsonville Bali Pharmacy and any drug store as places to obtain the product. The notice has a sales tone and targets local readers.
The Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination to fill the Rutland postmaster role in Meigs County with a $1200 yearly salary. Applications must reach Washington by October 25. Appointments expected after the exam unless transfers or promotions fill vacancies.
Under an executive order dated July 12 1933 the Civil Service Act and rules govern the procedure mentioned. The text notes the authority and framework for the process remaining in effect under that order.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at the Ohio Hotel residence for James Keith Pratt five month old son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Pratt following a brief pneumonia illness Rev F Gardner officiated The infant is survived by a sister and his parents Mrs Pratt was formerly Miss Grace Ebersbach of Pomeroy
The Middleport Literary Club held its first fall meeting Wednesday afternoon at Miss Nel la Calderwood’s North Second Ave residence. Large attendance, with guests, heard remarks from retiring president Miss Vivian Middleton and new president Mrs. R. W. Harris. Officers announced include president Mrs. R. W. Harris and vice president Mrs.
James Titus serves as secretary with Mrs Jennie Smith as treasurer and Mrs B M Powell as an officer in the listed organization. The terse note records the trio in specified roles for governance.
The Southern Ohio Electric Company and Parkersburg Rig and Reel Company settled a $38000 damage suit out of court after a petit jury had been called. The plaintiff filed on Nov 3 1930 for breach of contract. the case had been carried over for 16 terms. Settlement terms were not announced.
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