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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1937

Page

6

Reverend Green to Fill Appointment at Weaver Chapel

Reverend Green will fill his appointment at Weaver Chapel Sunday September 19 at 10 30 am. Mr and Mrs John Stanley spent Thursday at the home of his brother Mack Stanley Carbon Dale. Mr and Mrs Frank Radikan Westerville spent Sunday night at the home of Mr and Mrs A Z Minear. Mr and Mrs Wyatt Johnson announce the birth of twin boys Saturday September 11. Harvey Robinett Wyoming is spending a few days with his mother Mrs Mary Robinett and other relatives. Mr and Mrs Floyd Fought Mr and Mrs Ray Knowlton Mr and Mrs E Knowlton Mr and Mrs Worley West and Mr and Mrs Caning attended the Knowlton reunion at Pickerington. Sunday Mr and Mrs Fred Elliott spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank McCann. Mr and Mrs Ray Bailes had as Sunday guests Mr and Mrs Charles Lessler Columbus Mr and Mrs John Longden and Mabel Longden Mr and Mrs Stanley Griffin The Plains Mrs Winnie Baughman and son of Chauncey Mr and Mrs Mark Dickson. Miss Cleona McVay is working in the home of Mr and Mrs Boyd Williams. Charles Tewksbury and Mat Baughman Marshfield were recent guests of Mrs Mary Robinett. Mr and Mrs Byron Phillips were Sunday evening guests of Mr and Mrs Archie Riggs McArthur.

Albany Green Weaver Chapel John Stanley Mack Stanley Carbondale Frank Radikan Westerville A. Z. Minear Wyatt Johnson Harvey Robinett Wyoming Mary Robinett Floyd Fought Ray Knowlton E. Knowlton Worley West Caning Knowlton Pickerington Fred Elliott Frank McCann Ray Bailes Charles Lessler Columbus John Longden Mabel Longden Stanley Griffin the Plains Winnie Baughman Chauncey Mark Dickson Cleona McVay Boyd Williams Charles Tewksbury Mat Baughman Marshfield Byron Phillips Archie Riggs McArthur

Patrolman’s unlikely catch sparks tales in Minnesota

In St Paul Minnesota Patrolman Thomas Lee recounts an improbable fishing tale saying he hooked a six pound pickerel while probing water depth with his fishing pole. He describes the fish slipping through the gills as he pulled up the pole. He was with his two daughters at the time.

ST. Paul, Minn Thomas Lee

Corn Varieties Offer Grasshopper Defense

Fairland Illinois reports H L Gates a farmer north of Tuscola has found corn that grasshoppers cannot chew. Gates says a tough corn variety may solve the corn eating grasshopper problem in Douglas county.

Fairland, Ill U.P Douglas County H. L. Gates Tuscola Gates

British official in Palestine and other crossword clues

Horizontal clues list British official in Palestine and various definitions including hangman's knot common verb road tiny vege table wrath musical no apprehend firedog rosary prayer neuter pronoun matgrass distinctive theory constellation beverage like toggle street breeding place great lake aurora chaos wooden peg muscid flies roughly outlined neuter pronoun musical spigot sun god toward club sees century fiber his official title high vertical upon lassoed accomplished you and I you and me part of jay difficult liquid part of fat plural he had difficulty with riots irony Britain rules Palestine under a most stylish prudence male sheep cosmic dust rodent bronze five year period serrate female deer fabulous bird northeast point to appear spain ireland ye pair onager to execute tone italian river measure of area

Great Lake Aurora Britain Palestine

Garden Social and Personal News Notes

Garden notes report recent moves and visits among local families. C C Barnes moved to the Bolton Property near Wales Mills, Dwight Burton bought the Barnes vacated property, and Cap talin Goldsberry returned from Columbus. Several locals visited Burton, including Rome Hawk and Clarice Burton, Athens. Carrie Burleigh returned to Edith Love in Athens R D after time with her daughter, in poor health. Orion Colemer and family are at Wm Colemer’s home for an undetermined period. G E Coen resumed driving for Shade Consolidated School, a role he has held four years.

C. C. Barnes Bolton Wales Mills Dwight Burton Barnes Columbus Captalin Goldsberry Rome Hawk Pomeroy Cutler Burton Clarice Athens Richard Williams Carrie Burleigh Edith Love Athens R. D Burleigh Orion Colemer Pratts Fork Wm. Colemer G. E. Coen Shade Consolidated School Coen

Fire at Kerrs Run Home Damages Furniture

A Kerrs Run fire at the home of Clayton Stahl drew a large crowd Wednesday night. The blaze caused only minor damage to a piece of furniture and was contained quickly. Meanwhile a New York report notes the nation consumed about 250 eggs per person last year totaling two and a half billion dozen eggs.

Pomeroy Clayton Stahl Kerrs Run New York

The Toast of New York at Athena Theatre

A post Civil War era backdrop drives the romantic drama The Toast of New York starring Edward Arnold Cary Grant Frances Farmer and Jack Oakie with a large cast at the Athena. Edward Arnold portrays Jim Fisk whose gold market plot and romance with Josie Mansfield drive the plot while Thelma Leeds debuts as a soubrette.

Erie Railroad Toast of New York Edward Arnold Cary Grant Frances Farmer Jack Oakie Athena Theater Empire Builders Jim Fisk Fisk Josie Mansfield Thelma Leeds Donald Meek Clarence Kolb Paul Guilfoyle Douglas Woods George Irving Edward Small Rowland V. Lee RKO Radio

Insurance payout over chicken dinner rain in Norwalk

The St. Sebastian parish in Norwalk earned a $1,000 gain as drizzle during its annual chicken dinner picnic activated a rain insurance policy. The policy paid out when rainfall reached five hundredths of an inch. The note adds a curious aside that no part of the British Isles is more than 80 miles from the sea.

Norwalk, O St. Sebastian British Isles

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