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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1937
Page
5
One bond issue of 33 300 to finance relief under the Carey Act will be put on the November ballot in Athens County. The bonds would be paid from state utility tax receipts and a local levy of about 0 18 mill for up to seven years only if state funds fall short.
An advertisement promotes Bukets green tablets using juniper oil and buchu leaves to flush kidneys and relieve frequent urination or sluggish kidneys with backache. It claims to aid nature in eliminating waste and acids and offers a test box at Cline's Pharmacy.
Fred Fields chairs a political meeting titled The Truth at the courthouse or City Council Chamber if rain. The event on Saturday October 28 at 3 30 p m invites the public to hear music and campaign issues vital to the city welfare.
The Girl Reserves at Athens High School resumed their weekly talk on The Relation of a Girl to Her Family with a lunch and meeting at the high school. Supervisor Miss Mary Connett spoke on a girl's privileges in driving the family automobile, with Ida Shaffer presiding as president. The article notes annual oil well drilling totals.
When rheumatism neuritis sciatica or rheumatic gout is caused by excess uric acid a fast safe formula Alleniu Capsules is promoted. The ad claims pain relief in 48 hours and urges asking any live druggist for Alben iu Capsules with a price of 1.00.
Athens officials weigh Federal Bureau plan to cut or prune all elms within a one mile radius of the Lash tract after Dutch elm disease was found nearby. University leaders say trees must be proven at risk before any felling, amid strong campus and city attachment to the McGuffey elms.
The Senior 4-H Club met last night at the Athens Grange Hall with 24 members present. Helen Sheridan reported from the regional youth conference at Ohio State University on rural leadership, vocation choice, resource conservation, and youth and marriage, as groups split into two sections led by Walter Erwin and Margaret Chadwick then learned four games: the Sicilian Circle, the Green Sleeve, Let Us Be Joyful, and the Virginia Reel. A refreshment committee served pumpkin pie, doughnuts, and cider at a Halloween themed gathering.
The Athens High School presents the operetta The Flying Dutchman by Berta El smith for the first time in Ohio on Oct 26. Carl Fisher Corporation of New York requests publicity materials including clippings program and cast photo for press use.
The funeral for George Parker son of the late Amos Parker of Logan and brother of Mrs. H. M. Wisterman will be held Friday at 1 p m in the Public Vault cemetery in Logan He was killed in an automobile accident Wednesday night near Dillonville Parker was born and raised in Logan with friends in Nelsonville Florence Rockey of Athens is cited as a cousin.
United States Senator Royal S. Copeland denounced deceptive advertising as a threat to grocery shoppers. He spoke to about 1,000 delegates at Clover Farm Stores eleventh annual convention in Cleveland.
Dr. W. A. Matheny professor of botany at Ohio University spoke to Indiana science teachers in Fort Wayne on Better Trends in Biology Teaching. He will represent Clark University Friday at the William Rainey Harper Memorial Educational Conference tied to Muskingum College centennial events.
Leon C. Keller a 28 year old Corning production foreman and Miss Vivian Violet Coakley 24 a Nelsonville technician were issued a marriage license. The couple plans to wed after final preparations.
The Athens Boy Scout troop sponsored by Higley Class of the Christian Church met at the church. Scoutmaster Harold McCune led a session on fire making and bird feeder construction with Richard Ryoine James Burt Robert King Frank Allen Roy Geisinger Dwane Deem Vernon McKibben Jack Stokes James Cum Ley Robert Tate Dick Shafer and Cecil McClohn present. Each member plans to build a fire making outfit and a future meeting will feature a speed contest using the equipment.
Members of the Athens Junior High School Girls Glee Club were selected after a Wednesday try-out. Alto section includes Betty Mapes and twelve others. first soprano roster lists Eugenia Kresge and fourteen more. second soprano group features Patsy Sherrard and others. A son named Robert John born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Main at Sheltering Arms Hospital on Wednesday.
An advertisement claims Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules relieve clogged kidneys and irritated bladder with a diuretic effect. It touts 35 cents at drug stores and promises a good night's sleep and health results, noting other symptoms like backache and puffy eyes.
The Works Progress Administration will sponsor an exhibit at Rufus Putnam Auditorium on Friday October 29 as part of the Southeastern Ohio Education program. Displays show projects in construction sewing library services recreation and adult education with eight page WPA pamphlets distributed by Federal Writers' Project staff led by district director L. C. Gibson and district supervisor Ruth Neighbors.
Eddie Evans, employed at a Richland Avenue filling station, is hospitalized in Columbus for lead poisoning affecting a hand. He lives with his mother Mrs. Mattie Treace at 39 percent North Court Street Athens.
Doctor F. M. Edwards notes constipation worsens skin blemishes and recommends Dr Edwards Olive Tablets a gentle vegetable laxative that improves appearance by increasing bile flow. Available at druggists in 10 30 and 60 cent sizes.
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