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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1931
Page
6
Mr and Mrs Harold Flanders left Friday by motor for Huron on Lake Superior where Mr Flanders begins his second year as an industrial arts teacher at the high school in that town.
Miss Bertha Bridgman principal of East Side School returned from the National Education Association convention in Los Angeles with a group of Ohio delegates. She toured Colorado Springs Grand Canyon Santa Fe San Francisco Denver and Salt Lake City before visiting her brother in Danville Illinois.
Dolly Dailey and Frank Smakey wed Tuesday at 4 pm with sister-in-law Clarence Dailey as sole attendant. They visited Coshocton relatives then returned to Athens to establish residence. A miscellaneous shower followed Wednesday hosted by Clarence Dailey at the Dailey home. The bride, from Athens High School class of 1931, is noted in local society circles.
Mr and Mrs J H Dorsey 97 North Congress Street entertained over the first of the week Mr and Mrs C H Davis Morgantown W V Mr and Mrs J C Harner Mr and Mrs Harold Mc Naughten Mr and Mrs Fairchild Harner and daughter Ann of Reynoldsburg as visitors.
The Athens Red Men Lodge runs a three day program with an Adoption Degree for 15 candidates tonight, a dance at 8 pm featuring the Red Men Orchestra, and a Sunday picnic at Buchtel Boy Scout Camp for Southeastern Ohio Red Men and guests. A membership contest among Athens Nelsonville and Pomeroy lodges offers a silver loving cup to the winner. contest ends Oct 1.
The annual Sharp descendants reunion at the Vinton County Fairgrounds drew record attendance. A bountiful dinner followed, with two piano and violin numbers by Mrs Edna Sharp Pearce and Lawrence Shockey. Talks were given by L W Calvin of Hamden and Judge A B Kirkendall ofMcArthur.
Delegates from nearly all parts of Ohio and many from Michigan and West Virginia gathered in Creola for the reunion. Letters from relatives in California Kansas Illinois and Indiana were read during the business session. The 1932 reunion will be held at the same place on the Sunday preceding Labor Day.
Six hundred delegates from across Ohio gather in Columbus for the annual Ohio State Federation of Labor convention with headquarters at the Neil House. The event marks AFL’s 50th anniversary, with prominent labor leaders attending and a labor pageant titled Dawn staged at Memorial Hall at 8 30 p.m. Monday following Labor Day performances at Olentangy Park.
John Gosssard, aged 82, was badly bruised after falling from his roof into an open cistern with ten feet of water. He grabbed a pipe and was rescued by neighbors who pulled him to safety.
In Portsmouth Ohio Sarah Dupuy two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Day was pulled from a fish pond by firefighters who worked for two hours with a mechanical breathing machine to revive her.
A French process called MELLO GLO aims to minimize large pores. The ad claims the powder makes skin look young, lasts longer, gives a youthful bloom, and does not irritate or look pasty or flaky. Spreads smoothly and is promoted by D. Zenner Co.
Marietta reports steady canning for emergency relief with 160 quarts canned on Labor Day and 66 quarts on Tuesday. Washington County Infirmary donates three bushels of tomatoes and a bushel of carrots for soup to be canned Thursday. Aiming for 1500 cans before the project ends, Adrian T. Preston leads American Legion boys in gathering fruit and produce from farmers.
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