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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1925
Page
5
Prof and Mrs C C Robinson attend a 7 oclock event. Mr Ossip Gabrilowitch is the guest violinist and Mr Harold Bauer had dinner last evening at the Varsity Inn.
Isaac M. Frost warden at Athens State hospital and Nellie May Lowther a hospital employee wed yesterday at Central Avenue Methodist parsonage with Rev. F. Brown presiding. A ring ceremony followed by a wedding dinner at Everett Russ’s home. The couple departed today for a honeymoon in northern Ohio.
William Silvas and Don Young departed yesterday for a three week hunting trip in Canada. They plan to camp along Mongoose Lake and pursue game during the expedition.
Earl D. Lowe of the Athens Paint Supply company has traveled by bus to Marietta and Caldwell on business.
Howard Walden of 51 Mill Street has gone to Parkersburg to visit friends. The Delta Tau Delta auxiliary dinner planned for tonight is canceled due to Donald Millikan injury in Columbus affecting the Ohio University chapter member.
W B A members and children gathered Monday evening in Odd Fellows hall for a Halloween picnic. One hundred seventy-five attended. The program featured a W B A quartet Nellie Rodehaver Lilian Beekman Eva Van Dyke and Mrs H F Cokonougher with solos readings a piano duet and a guessing contest.
Mrs James Winning was feted at a North Court Street home Monday night by friends including Cas sie Bailey Addie Bailey Flossie Chalfant Gladys Pritchard Margaret Hubiner Clara Cline Mary Penn Gladys Baker Martha Cross Opal Cross and Mary Hendershot with a group of men led by James Winning and E A Irvin Columbus Music dancing and games filled the evening Hallowe en party plans were announced for the Presbyterian church women’s Bible class at Strathmore Boulevard hosted by Mrs R A Dalton assisted by Mrs H T Wise and Mrs F E Harshman.
The Social Literary club gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Frank B. Gullum’s residence on Lancaster Street. Mrs. W. EF. Peters led the session, and Mrs. Edwin B. Smith presented the sole paper on Kate Douglas Wiggin’s autobiography.
The Women’s Home Missionary society of the First Methodist church schedules a 7 pm business meeting followed by a 7:30 pm Queen Esther Girls pageant The Soul of the City and a reading by Mrs H J Holcombe. Public invited.
The Sayre Study circle met at the home of Mrs. C. D. Hill on Tuesday afternoon. Roll call included quotations from American educators. Mrs. A. I. Wagner presented a paper on The Progress In Athens City Schools and traced the system from its first school to the present. Mrs. A. W. Boetticher read selections from Edgar A. Guest.
The Golden school hosts a pie and candy social on Friday at 7:30 to raise funds for the school. Attendees will enjoy desserts and treats while supporting school activities.
Miss Esther Smith of New Marshfield is visiting friends and relatives in Athens during a social visit.
The Training School will hold a Parent Teacher meeting in the Men's gym Thursday evening October 22 at 7 o'clock. Grades five and six will sing. Dean T C McCracken speaks on "The Man in the Street" with Professor Giauque leading old songs. A get acquainted hour will follow with refreshments.
The Girl Reserve club at Athens High School held a candle recognition service in the school auditorium. One hundred fifteen girls were recognized as Haliene Woods Pauline Fierce Alberta Junod and Margaret Gorham carried colored candles symbolizing Health Knowledge Spirit and Service.
Prof. A. R. Kresge left this morning for Columbus to be with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Millikan as their son Don lies in Grant hospital following an accident.
Mr Rex Roush and Miss Honore Stricker wed in a ring ceremony at the bride’s home on October nineteenth. Both graduates of Athens High School class of 1924 and Ohio University attendees, with Roush employed by Shaffer Wholesale Grocery. They will reside at 98 West Washington Street after October 25.
Mr and Mrs Matt Shuler hosted a kitchen shower on Tuesday evening at Shannon avenue to honor the marriage of their daughter Bernice to Mr Virgil Junod. Seventy five guests enjoyed music and conversation into the late hour.
Mrs L A Sprague who has been ill for some time is much better and she and Mr Sprague are enjoying in a quiet way today their sixty ninth wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Roy Saylor hosted a Hallowe'en birthday party for her daughter Juanita Mae as she turned eight. Assisted by teacher Gladys Williams, the afternoon featured games and many gifts for the honoree. Guests included Dorothy Holland, Betty McCoy, Lois McCoy, Mary Alice Guthrie, Logan Lash, Caroline Fuller, Franta Fuller, Ruth Phillips, Parker Walker, Jessie Cooper, Natalie Slaughter, Frances Lowry, Helen Haskins, Mary Jane Smith, Nadeen McClade, Opal Spencer, Pearl Spencer, Phyllis Jordan, Rachael Jones.
Mrs. C. W. Smith hosted a Saturday afternoon surprise party for her son Charles Andrews for his fourth birthday at 109 Sunnyside Drive. Guests included Wendell Davidson Billy Ross Esper Fink William Carpenter Jane Harshman Betty Fink Phyllis Fink Eleanor Ann Peckham and Pauline Masterton with help from Elvera Davidson Virginia Masterton Thelma Norris and Dora Mae Smith.
Mr and Mrs Maynard Cornell of Youngstown departed yesterday for a destination not fully readable in the fragment. The note indicates a personal trip planned by the couple with limited detail available in the OCR snippet.
Nurse M. Be Chappelle lauds Tanlac after it restored appetite and digestion for a patient and her mother, describing Tanlac as the best tonic and health builder. The advertisement claims broad efficacy with over 40 million bottles sold and urges readers to buy at druggists with no substitutes.
A series of local social notes report Mr. Cornell visiting his mother Mrs Anna Cornell at 205 East State Street and attending the Grand Lodge session in Columbus. A. L. Johnsons return from a week with friends in Columbus and Dayton. B E Hooper family and Robert Woodworth visit cousin Mrs Wizard McKee in Charleston West Virginia.
Porter Murphy and Elizabeth Marie Roberts both of Athens were secretly married at the Methodist parsonage by Rev Daniel McGurk at 10 30 this morning in a small ceremony.
London reports inventor W. B. Cooke from Sydney Australia has submitted to F. Hope-Jones a sun dial that tells time within 30 seconds of correct time, marking a new form of solar timekeeping.
A dignified combing cream valued for a natural gloss and well groomed look. It keeps stubborn or unruly hair combed all day in any style without grease and claims to help hair grow thicker and heavier.
An old advertisement touts Mellogio Beauty Cream claiming women look twenty years younger after nightly application. It promises whiter, purer skin with diminished imperfections and a childlike smooth complexion, directing readers to D. Zenner and Chase Drug Co in Athens.
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