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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
2
Oral Daugherty will speak at the Retail Merchants Association dinner Friday September 15 at 6 30 pm at the Legion Building. The meeting will cover officer elections and by law changes with expected broad member turnout. He will discuss future industrial prospects for the district.
At the Glenford Dugan Post 829 meeting in Nelsonville the nominating committee report was accepted. Candidates named were John Keller and Ed R. Carter for post commander, Frank Shivers for first vice commander, Robert Kinney for adjutant and finance officer, and J. D. Adamson for trustee. Election and installation postponed to the next meeting in September.
Patricia Mary Donnelly, 19, of Detroit, wins national title Miss America 1939. The 1939 pageant crowns a slimmer successor to 1938 queen, with a royal smile recalled as she accepts the crown in Atlantic City.
A list of train numbers and daily schedules across the Baltimore and Ohio Chesapeake and Ohio and New York Central lines. Times indicate arrival and departure patterns with daily and Sunday exceptions.
Nelsonville notes Carbondale tops the Greys 10 4 at the City Playgrounds. Sonny Frisby leads the Dalers with 3 for 4 including a home run and a triple. Raymond Brooks earns the win striking out 10 in five innings. Walters adds two hits for Nelsonville.
Mrs Frances Keeney aged 71 died at her home in Buchtel early today. She was married to Moses Keeney and survived by five daughters Nora Bitler Iva Hughes Agnes Swims Olive Withrow Wilma Harvey and two sons Fred Keeney Donald Keeney. Also surviving are two brothers Asa Hammond Emory Hammond and one sister Mrs Carl Stumps. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
Funeral services for David Woodson, killed in Columbus Monday night, will be Sunday at 1 PM at the Baptist Church, Rev. B. J. Hall presiding. The body lies at Stout Funeral Home until Friday night, then moves to the Woodson home on W. Franklin Street Saturday. Survived by wife Mary and five brothers and five sisters, as well as late parents W G and Mrs Woodson.
The Past Matrons and Patrons Association of Eudora Chapter CES held its first fall meeting at Mrs. Grace Kelch home with 16 guests at four tables. A three course chicken dinner featured green and white décor and garden flowers. Meetings will start at 6 o'clock next time. Sept 10, 1939. A separate note: Mrs. R H Jackson leaves for New York to visit sister and attend the World's Fair. Also a Wiener roast planned by the Intermediate League at the Church of Christ with members meeting at 4 pm.
The Daughters of America sponsor a benefit party Friday at 8 o clock in the I O O F Hall. The Evangelism committee of the Church of Christ meets tonight in the church sacristy at 7 o'clock.
Fort Worth Texas Miss Alta Mae Shipman nineteen, crowned Glamburger Queen after friends voted her city’s most popular car hop. She wins a short term contract to appear in Casa Manana outdoor summer show. Anadarko Oklahoma Kiowa Comanche Apache tribes seek federal funds due for southwestern Oklahoma lands. suit postponed by Congress. Bluehill Maine Mrs. E. E. McIntyre shows apple tree twig bearing blossoms and a white rose.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union gathered Tuesday evening at Mrs. Paul Allen's Chestnut Street home with Mrs. Sam Starkey presiding. Reports from the secretary and treasurer were read, 22 sick visits made, four bouquets given, and 1590 pages of literature distributed. The group elected officers for the coming year and planned the county convention at Athens on September 28.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Spencer announce the marriage of their daughter Ruth Marie to Charles Robert Glenn son of Mr Pearl Glenn on Sunday.
Lyons area farmers complain women take control at public auction placing home made spreads and textiles on the block. In Sydney Australia a racehorse Frammar loses a shoe that flies off and strikes bystander John Sullivan, ricocheting to knock over another man.
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