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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1934
Page
6
Society editor notes a P T A potluck supper and a scouts planned white elephant event amid a week of sadness after the deaths of Dr. Elmer Burritt Bryan, president of Ohio University, and Mr. J. D. Brown. Relatives travel to Detroit Cincinnati and Cambridge for funerals and mourners.
After a potluck at the Junior-Senior High School gym, members learn the sudden death of Doctor Bryan. Superintendent Pendry discusses upcoming school tax levy, PTA plans a candy booth for Fall Festival, and a Girl Scout sale is organized for Friday. Halloween-themed bridge party for Sigma Phi Gamma, with prizes awarded to Mrs. L. B. Francis and Miss Madge Croy.
A regular dinner meeting of the Class will be held this week at the home of Mrs Robert P Tompkins 50 Elmwood Place. Dinner is served at 6. Members should notify the secretary or the hostess whether they can attend.
Mrs Rush Elliott spoke at the Saturday Pallas Club meeting on an Introduction to Modern Art. The Ohio University professor’s wife, herself an artist, illustrated varying modern watercolor and pastel styles. The session took place in the Fine Arts Building.
The Girl Scout Council in Athens announces a White Elephant Sale to raise funds for activities. The event, set for Friday and Saturday, invites residents to donate usable old items and expect low prices. proceeds support local Girl Scout programs.
Mrs. W. J. Trautwein entertained 14 guests on Marietta Avenue at Hillcrest Inn for her husband Coach Trautwein’s birthday. Halloween decorations were used on place cards and table settings with a large cake featuring yellow candies and candles.
Monday night at the Methodist Church in Athens a new Boy Scout Troop No 3 was organized joining Troops Nos 1 and 5. About thirty new scouts attended and refreshments followed the meeting. The troop committee includes Gordon K. Bush Blaine R. Goldsberry and Harvey G. Householder.
Athens readers are invited to test their city knowledge through a daily series of five brief questions on local history and features. Answers appear on page nine with a request for reader contributions to the Question Editor.
The direction of Mr. J. W. Long, scoutmaster, with J. W. Long Jr and Raymond S. Atkins as assistant scoutmasters, sets Tuesday as regular meeting night. The next meeting is Oct 2 and several scouts will stay Friday night and Saturday at the Roy Dupler Cabin.
Marriage notice for Mises Mamie Lee Puckett and Homer Stott solemnized in Carhouwn Kentucky by Rev. Roy McDowell. Bride is daughter of F. D. Puckett Petersburg. Groom is son of Mrs Clara Cooper Albany Ohio R. D. 3. They will reside near Albany for now.
An oily scalp can be cured with time and money through a regimen. Use a good brush, an oily-conditioner shampoo, and a tonic. Apply tonic with cotton pads, brush from scalp outward, and avoid washing more than every ten days. Use hot olive oil at night, then wash with liquid soap, rinse with vinegar solution, and sun dry if possible.
Mrs J E Bark and her son Frank depart Wednesday for Staten Island to spend a week with Mr Weber Barker family. They will return via Cumberland Md as guests of Mr Roy Whitson and family. Mrs Whitson is J B Barker's niece now Mrs Belfred Veroe.
German women adapt to the new regime embracing a defined female role. Ruth F. Woodsmall, American lecturer, arrives from Germany and notes women see their contributions as aligned with innate gifts.
Mrs. Thor Olson outlined national and local Girl Scout activity before the Athens Rotary Club at Hotel Berry. She said Athens has 108 registered Girl Scouts in seven troops with a Brownie Troop forming for seven year olds, and 275000 nationally with 25000 Brownies. The winter meetings use three rooms in Athens and Mechanicsburg. an 18 member council directs Athens activities. Don C. Peden joined Rotary. invitation extended to CCC Camp at Zaleski for next Monday dinner and camp tour.
Educators from Northwestern Miami Cincinnati New York Ohio and Ohio Wesleyan pay tribute to Dr Bryan. They call him a great scholar, able administrator, and a devoted educator whose death is a loss to higher education.
Elizabeth Stace hosted guests from Nelsonville Athens and surrounding areas. H Lowes Sr welcomed Harley Boring Mable Lowes and D O Span non of Logan. Alex Guess visited Century of Progress in Chicago. Vera Echels and George Langley of Murray City spent time with Vera’s sister Mrs Ted Nutter. Beulah Coe returned home after visiting grandparents C W Coe Cottageville W Va. Coe suffered a recent stroke. Dwight Hughes of Kentucky visiting his parents. Vetva Lowes and children Anne Mae Jack and Richard weekend with sister Mrs William Horn in Hayienville. Virg Emerick was in Lancaster Wednesday.
In a quiet ceremony at high noon on Monday October 15 Miss Irene France daughter of Mr and Mrs France united in marriage with Mr John Alden son of Mr and Mrs Alden at the Catholic Church Parish House. Matron of honor Mrs Reamer attended and both families noted graduates of Ohio University. Alden serves as advertising manager for the Salamanca Republican Press.
After a brief wedding trip to Chicago, the couple will establish their home in Salamanca. The move follows their marriage and reflects a fresh start in a new community.
The Ladies Aid of Pleasant Valley M. E. Church will serve a chicken supper Thursday evening Oct 18 at 7 30 p m at the church four miles east of Albany. The note on rain notes cats dislike wet fur.
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