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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1934
Page
2
Social page notes a Benefit Bridge at Hotel Berry hosted by the League of Women Voters with election gossip as light entertainment. Other events include a Chi Omega fashion show, Kappa Delta Pi luncheon, and the Press Cotillion with Russ Dean and his 12 Swinging Gentlemen performing at the Men’s Gymnasium.
The Coliseum Orchestra of Parkersburg West Virginia will provide music for the annual Women’s Pan Hellenic Formal on Friday night October 26 in the Men’s Gymnasium. Tickets are controlled by sorority presidents and not sold at the door. Attendance limited to women belonging to Greek letter social organizations including national sororities not present on the Ohio University campus. Programs being prepared in a modernistic tone by Arabelle Chute Athens a member of Alpha Gamma Delta.
Dr. Eleanor Weinbridge of the Cleveland Probate Court speaks on juvenile court issues at Alumni Memorial Auditorium tonight at 7 30 under YWCA auspices. Miss Martha White, president, says admission is free and both townspeople and students are invited.
Social notes from Coolville to Athens record birthdays and gatherings. A six o'clock dinner at Athena Country Club features Professor T. N. Hoover as speaker for the Men's Faculty Club of Ohio University. In Coolville, Miss Wilma Green and Mr. Phi Harris celebrate with kin and friends at a Sunday party, while Dayne Witham marks sixth birthday with relatives in Corning. Additional items note a P. B. chapter meeting at Mrs. Reed's Columbia Avenue residence and family anniversaries and feasts across several households.
A reader quiz lists five Athens history questions including the longest flight of stairs and tallest smokestack, tax money directed to city government, the first building on the Ohio University campus, and the clerk of the Athens City Council. Answers appear on page 9.
Delegates at the twenty-ninth annual Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers in Columbus report Ohio ranking second nationally with 97 056 members behind California 185 000. The southeastern district including Athens posted a 51 percent gain the largest in the state. Dr Donald H Tippett urged balanced budgets and independent thinking for children while Dr G Bromley Oxnam stressed that every parent is a teacher at home. Resolutions backed improved moving pictures state school funding stronger child training at home and health measures including food drug control and narcotics and alcohol regulation. Delegates reporting this week are Mary Staats Mrs Ernest Groas Mrs J B Duntee and Mrs Homer Brown.
Mr and Mrs B J Waters and daughters Nancy Jane and Barbara of Liverpool Nova Scotia arrive tonight for a week with Mrs Waters parents Mr and Mrs E G Silvus in Oneida New York after a boat trip to New York City and a motor drive to Oneida Then they will return to Philadelphia by motor and take a boat to Nova Scotia Ms R Phillips Rose wife of R Rose plans to visit her mother in law Mrs Lucy Rose at 126 East State Street after a lengthy stay abroad in Europe including London Berlin Vienna and Budapest Mr Rose will join her after December With Mr Fred Wheaton Dal Martin and Wilbur Martin returning Sunday from a one week camping and fishing trip at Lake Saint Marie Quebec
The October meeting with Mrs. F. J. Beasley is postponed one week. The club will now meet Friday November 2 at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Beasley.
Irma E. Voigt dean of women will address the Central Ohio Education Association convention in Columbus Friday. She speaks to the Deans and Advisers sectional on Bridging the Gap Between High School and College.
Mr and Mrs Charles Wood announce the birth of a son named Jackson Earich on Monday October 22 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents on one side are Mr and Mrs Riley McDaniel of Guysville.
Mr and Mrs Edwin A Jones announce the birth of a son at University Hospital Columbus this morning. The baby is the grandson of Mr and Mrs W H McKee of 4 University Terrace and of Mr and Mrs John Jones of Jackson.
Sunday visits reported among Hysels Watsons Auther Dodson and others in Bradford Middleport and Rocksprings. Tressa Gibbs ill in Charleston. Bible School attendance 81 at one site and 57 at Bradford. Schools dismiss Friday for Athens teachers’ meeting.
Member groups from Dayton Toledo Cleveland Warren Cincinnati Steubenville and Marietta join in Columbus for the Ohio Motion Picture Council first national convention Thursday.
Glouster High Tomcats travel to New Lexington Thursday for a title decisive league contest. Neither side has lost in league play, making the game a key factor in the Big Six race. A large local crowd is expected to attend to back the Tomcats. Local girls basketball practice at Glouster High begins with inter class teams to represent each home room. The five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Mike Cubi Jacksonville is seriously ill with membranous croup though condition shows slight improvement after treatment.
The Loyal Women’s Class of the Church of Christ will gather at Mrs Kate Vaughs home on Wednesday afternoon to discuss important business.
A masquerade and jur ney social will be held at the I O C F Hall in Jacksonville on Saturday October 27 with supper starting at 5 o clock. Entertainment with music and prizes is planned and proceeds go to the U B Church.
Salvation Army Girl Guards held a regular meeting Monday night under Cadet Helen Keen. The group learned knot tying for Life Saving Guard tests and recited pledges with Mrs. W. W. Hinshaw. Devotionals and games followed. A Business and Professional Women's Club meeting is planned for Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Chamber of Commerce Rooms, Security Bank Building, with a party to follow in City Building Club Rooms.
The Pocahontas Lodge will meet Wednesday at 7 30 PM in the lodge rooms. After the business session a masquerade party and dance follow with the Red Men's Orchestra providing music for dancing.
A joint installation for Frank McCann Post American Legion and its Auxiliary took place in Glouster with a social hour afterward. New Legion officers include Commander H F Hambel and Adjutant F D Kinney among others, while Auxiliary officers led by President Mrs Billa Dew were also installed.
While walking toward Glouster on Saturday Mrs Frank Gail Sr fell from a small trestle and sustained a deep cut to her right leg below the knee. A Glouster physician treated the wound and said recovery will take time.
Glouster schools will be dismissed Friday so teachers may attend the state teachers association meeting in Athens. A majority of Glouster teachers are expected to attend. Other association meetings will be held in Columbus Cleveland Toledo Cincinnati and Marietta, with local teachers allowed to attend any venue.
The Ex-Service Men's Good Fellowship Club in Glouster holds its third meeting at the American Legion Hall Wednesday night. Forty two members attended the last gathering and officers expect at least 75 to be present tomorrow night.
Mrs. Margaret Skinner, aged 68, died at her Taylor Ridge home Monday night after a six year illness begun with a stroke. Widow of Robert Skinner Sr., she lived in Glouster and Trimble Township 43 years and is survived by 11 children and four sisters. The body will be brought to the community for burial.
A funeral service for Chris Skinner will be held this night at the Church of Christ at noon. Rev. F. E. Robe will lead the rites and the burial follows at Maplewood Cemetery.
Fragmentary lines describe a Rendville gathering at the home of Miss Marga Ler with attendees including Miss Thelma Conley Mrs. The next meeting is scheduled for November 1 with Miss Ferne Tucker or Street referenced.
Public notices praise Vicks Va-tro-nol for preventing and shortening colds. The device is sold with sample offers and a deluxe kit including VapoRub and other products. The ad urges readers to consult their druggist and mail for more information from Vicks in Greensboro North Carolina.
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