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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1939
Page
7
A listing of club events for Wednesday October 25 1939 includes Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae PEO Home Makers Central PTA Child Study Club and more with masked parties potlucks and reports. The density of activities highlights a busy local social calendar.
New York reports Evangeline Booth, longtime Salvation Army General since 1934, will retire and move to the United States. Born in England and naturalized American, she led 1,512 social institutions and 25,000 officers across 18,000 centers.
The Athena Delphian Club gathered Tuesday night at 73 Maplewood Drive with 26 members attending. President Mrs Lee Stuart Roach led business followed by programs on Gandhi by Mrs E E Woodworth and Inside Asia by John Gunther read by Mrs Cora Frame. Refreshments closed the social hour.
Pleasant Valley report details a robbery at the Earl Hanning owned gas station with most merchandise stolen. Additional notes cover local social visits, a Pearl Wood farm log raising, and KU enrollment reaching a record 4 613 students split between Lawrence and Kansas City School of Medicine.
Madge Graham waits at the Hotel Lansfield for husband Dicky to arrive while a mysterious woman and a gangster threaten him. A phone call reveals Dicky and his wife are absent. the caller recalls the hotel staff and warns of police involvement if they are not found.
Adele Garrison details a perilous moment as a gangster threatens Dicky Graham and the caller warns of police involvement. The operator relays calm reassurances while the danger nears, foreshadowing further developments in tomorrow’s continuation.
The Past Noble Grands Club met Saturday night at Mrs. William Hallam's home. Prizes were awarded after games and a Halloween lunch was served to members and guests including Lydia Watkins Mary Conaway Mary Kalt Dieda Grimm Martha Kloh Madge Harry Mrs Kathryn Staubus Blanche Jansen Mrs William Swartz and Sue Ann Harry.
The Albany Wednesday Club hosted its annual Pioneer Party at Mrs. E. H. Lash home for women aged 80 and above. A birthday bouquet honored Mrs. Amy Bobo, the day’s standout guest, with guests sharing reminiscences and songs such as The Vagabond and God Be With You Till We Meet Again.
Zaleski residents and visitors share routines and travels including Margaret Moriarty preparing for a winter in Chicago with relatives, and multiple locals seen in Athens Columbus Jamestown and Toledo. A local Eastern Star leader attends Grand Chapter in Toledo as a store burglary at FE F McKibben’s is reported with candy gum and pennies stolen.
The Masquerade Social hosted by the Ladies Aid of the M E Church at Masonic Hall will now take place Thursday night, Oct. 26, instead of Wednesday. Local residents D A Campbell and son Richard returned from Cleveland after visiting sisters Mrs Rexa Smith and Miss Gertrude Rice. Mrs Charles McBee of Stewart arrived after time in New York City visiting her sister in law Mrs Irving Braun. Mrs Marietta Davis of Columbus and Mrs H Shirley of Canaanville joined Mrs Leta V McLaughlin Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Clarence Colmer and daughter Kathleen of Athens and Kenneth Cristy of Parkersburg visited in the C C Christy home Sunday. Don Christy’s condition has improved after a period of illness. Mrs Waldo Buck and daughters Lorene and Eleanor were dinner guests of Mrs Vinnie Wood in Athens.
Since state supervision began in 1932 San Francisco has not recorded a child death in bus accidents as around 250,000 children are transported daily under the program.
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