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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1933
Page
6
A feature on beauty as a life force with tips from cosmetics to coiffures. Garbo mouth styles emphasize full lower lips, lighting the face with pink rouge and lighter powder. Eyelash wear declines while mascara use grows. False hair styles and chignons reshape the look with bold brow trends and new nail enamel.
Chauncey reports the injured girls from the Sugar Creek highway auto crash show improvements while remaining in critical or guarded condition. Ethel Chiki 7 remains gravely ill at Shelter ing Arms Hospital. Margaret Chiki 14 improves at home. Phylis Clark 14 is hospitalized with a broken leg. Mary Augustine 14 improved at home. Helen Chiki 12 died and funeral services were held this afternoon.
A famous old remedy claims to end stubborn coughs with a quick, inexpensive home mixture. It uses Pinex and sugar syrup to produce four times as much medicine as store bought options, without spoiling and with a pleasant taste for children.
October 17 Greens Run Church of Christ youth group held a Bible School class at the Cartwright home with Oren Justice as instructor. Officers elected include President Edna Cartwright, Vice President Glenna Lowery, Secretary Thelma Fierbaugh, Treasurer Eunice Cannon. Members listed: Ethel Thomas Thelma Fierbaugh Edna Cartwright Glenna Lowery Vernice Cannon Eunice Cannon Ray Cartwright Nyle Cannon.
Chauncey residents hosted guests from The Plains and Columbus with Sunday visits in town. Mrs Vera Whitlatch and Carl Mills from Portsmouth joined other locals including Kenneth Nye and Adda Young. Several Chauncey families traveled to Columbus and Nelsonville for family gatherings and to see relatives.
Chauncey reports James Nile infant son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Skivers born Sunday at their Bean Hollow home near Sugar Creek died early Monday The infant weighed 9 12 pounds Burial occurred today at Augustine Cemetery Sugar Creek Parents have six other children.
Chauncey district shows six mines operating according to the latest work report. Active mines include Hocking Lick Run No 28 No 24 No 68 and Car bondale with Chauncey Mine No 23 and Poston No 6 at Millfield listed as working.
Nabby Lee Ames Chapter regent receives invitation from French Colony Chapter of the DAR in Gallipolis to attend the dedication of their memorial gateway at Mound Hill Cemetery on Thursday October 19 at 2 pm. A tea will follow at Mrs E Lincoln Near 442 Third Avenue.
At a recent Rufus Putnam School meeting officers for the year were announced. Students from each grade elected presidents, vice presidents, and secretaries, with Billy Lewis as school president and Jane Finsterwald as secretary. The assembly also heard plans to raise the American flag before opening and lower it before closing.
Mrs Roy Pendergrass hosted a Sunday dinner at their Jacobs Avenue residence in Chauncey. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Clark Spring from Nelsonville with their son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Wales of Akron, Mrs Ida Pendegrass, George F Pendegrass, Chauncey, Juanita Pete and Charles Pendegrass.
Local actors stage Henry’s Wedding a Knights of Pythias benefit in the High School Auditorium on Oct 23 and 24. Frances Finney Evans plays Samantha Green with Foster Harmon as Uncle Henry, plus Jack Swanson Margaret Farmer and others in a three wedding tale.
Mrs Thor Olson called to her Harrisonburg home due to a relative's illness in Virginia. Local residents share weekend visits and World’s Fair trips, listing guests from Chillicothe, Shaker Heights, New York, Columbus, Richland, and Charleston with stops in Lancaster and Cleveland.
Brisk advance sales for the Home-Coming Ball to be held Friday night at the Hotel Berry under the Athens Kiwanis Club banner. Over 75 tickets sold by noon and table reservations for two or four couples available at the hotel office or Dwight Rutherford’s office. Proceeds aid medical and surgical treatment for needy county children via the county committee on child health and protection, with physicians donating services and no admin costs. Ohio University alumni from out of town expected to attend, boosting support for the cause.
Five year olds at Rufus Putnam School create an eight by four foot playhouse with papered walls and a built in kitchen dining living bedroom and porch. Boys craft furniture including a red living room couch a blue clay candlestick a green kitchen cabinet and a kitchen stove while girls make curtains tablecloths and napkins in pink and blue patterns.
Miss Madge Croy hosted a Kid Party at her Marshfield Road home for Sigma Phi Gamma members. Guests arrived in costumes, games and costume prizes awarded. top game prize went to Mrs. Lawrence Herron, second to Miss Crysta Rosser, consolation to Mrs. C. M. Bowman, best costume to Miss Bertine Sanders.
Mechanicsburg Parent-Teacher Association cleared eighteen dollars and ninety cents at the jitney supper sponsored Friday night. The committee in charge included Mrs. Mary Shafer Mrs. William Virgil Maxwell and George Gaver.
Mrs Grones of Elmwood Place defines a blush as a temporary reddening of the face driven by intense emotion and sensorium imbalance. She recalls learning the definition from a southern doctor and notes the explanation reflects vase motor changes in facial capillaries.
Mrs. Charles Leighty was celebrated at a surprise birthday party on Saturday October 4. Attendees included her children and grandchildren from Richard Avenue along with relatives from out of town who brought gifts and a cake prepared by daughter in law Alice Leighty. A missionary tea will follow at the Christian Church Society home on North High Street Wednesday from 2:30 to 5:30 and 7 to 9 p.m.
A Wheaton Senior High School delegation led by Mrs Wheaton and introducing Mr Virgil Davis and Mr. discussed elections to be held this fall. The meeting emphasized organization goals and responsibilities for the upcoming convention in Wheaton.
The Summit or Fall E Summit Grange in Marshfield hosts a Halloween Social Saturday evening as local granges gather for a friendly night. Cane will present a musical reading and entertainment while members expect a spirited community event.
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