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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1935
Page
3
A Halloween festival at Pearl Street Middle School will feature a parade led by Guy Reynolds, best dressed and attired prizes, sketches, music by the sixth grade, and pumpkin baskets. The event includes displays and dances as part of the program.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions whiskey notes and cemetery discussion with vague references to meetings and social events. It includes names such as Urwin Nease and Benton Penn, plus scattered items about a Joint Meeting of a Club and Twilight and references to The Plains. No coherent event or outcome is identifiable.
Middleport Yellow Jackets travel to Athens Friday to face Athens High School. They also have an away game against Ironton on November 8 and finish the season with home games against Glouster and Pomeroy.
Mrs R B Laug head entertained the 500 club Tuesday at her South Fifth Avenue residence. Dorothy Satterfield returns to school after adenoid operation. Franklin Wilson visits home from Ohio University with his mother and sister to seek care for appendicitis. Maxine Wilson improving after illness. Mrs Nelle Bailey visiting in Athens. Mrs Taylor Somerville travels from Kaylong to Middleport for an overnight visit before returning home to Delaware. Mrs Edward French and others spend a day in Columbus. Hartwell Curd shows improvement after illness. Several locals visit Capt George Howder Gravel Hill. Art Rumfield moved from Langsville to his daughter’s home after stroke.
Pomeroy Shakespeare Club met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Harry Smith's Las ley Street home. Mrs. Louis Reibel spoke on Our Faith in the Youth of Today followed by Mrs. Fred Conway reading Art of Good Conversation. Mrs. C. B. Peoples led Value of films in the church and schools. large attendance reported.
The Woman's Music Club of Middleport presented the first program of the season at Heath M E Church Tuesday night. The club chorus performed several modern numbers, followed by piano solos, a reading on modern music, and a finale by the chorus. Hostesses included Mrs. Katharine Rathburn and others.
Tuesday evening at Lincoln Hill the Lawson residence welcomed Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Lawson as host to thirty eight guests for a masquerade. Attendees arrived in costume and enjoyed a social hour followed by refreshments.
Members of the Loyal Workers of the Methodist Episcopal Church met at the church annex with 18 in attendance. They planned a November Father-Son banquet and held a potluck lunch after the session. Election of officers is set for the next meeting.
Mrs. Herman Kuntz of Main Street is visiting in Kansas City with her mother Mrs. Ella Hoyt. J. O. F. Class of Simpson M. E. Church gathers at George Ebersbach home to peel apples for Thursday apple butter sale.
A week-old male orang-utan at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is described as doing nicely. Keeper notes say mother Nancy previously lost a baby due to feeding issues but now sustains the new offspring by gulping cow's milk and transferring it to the baby's mouth.
Students at Gloucester High School left classes on Tuesday marching and picketing to demand shorter hours so the football team can have more practice time.
The A. and P. Grocery team defeated Pomeroy Recreation Rooms 1564 to 1518 in the Pomeroy Business Men's Bowling League. Clifford Murphy led with a 342 across three games and a 141 single game.
Henry Reuter 79 former Meigs Countian died Monday at his Dayton home. He is survived by his wife and two children Max of Newark and Mrs Mabie Wittmer of Dayton. Reuter left Pomeroy about 20 years ago as the last survivor of a family of 10. Funeral services will be held in Dayton.
Ula A Dallas files for divorce from George M Dallas in common pleas court. They wed in Easton Maryland on November 8 1930 and have one child.
Miss Hattie B. Jones age 81 formerly of Middleport died recently in Evanston Illinois after living with her brother Will Jones and his Chicago family. She taught at Scotia Mission School North Carolina and was a Presbyterian church member in Middleport before moving south.
Thousands suffer bad breath and turn to Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. The vegetable tablets ease constipation and purify the system without griping or aftereffects. Take one or two at bedtime for a week. olive color tablets priced 30 60 cents.
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