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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1939
Page
5
Delegations of McGuffey Society members from Ohio and nearby states arrive in Athens for a two day program honoring the author of the public school readers. The first event is a 6:30 p.m. dinner at Hotel Berry with President Herman G. James presiding.
Tickets remain for the MecGuffey dinner at Hotel Berry tonight at 6 30 pm. Prof T N Hoover chairs the committee and invites all to attend the informal dinner and Saturday campus exercises featuring Lyle S Evans Henrietta Hepburn and H C Minnich. The Ohio University Band concert opens Saturday morning at 9 30 with remarks by E N Dietrich and Jean Thomas. Tablets unveiling will rename East Wing Wilson Hall and West Wing McGuffey Hall honoring McGuffey and Wilson.
Ohio University night and Saturday classes enrollments begin at the registrar's office in Ewing Hall. Registration hours are 9 am to 4 pm on weekdays and 8 am to noon on Saturdays.
At Sheltering Arms Thomas Dennison of Glouster underwent a major operation this morning. Guale Vermillion and Florence Corner, both in local addresses, had tonsils removed. Mrs. Margaret Foutch of Washington D C was discharged yesterday. Joseph Cavanaugh of Zaleski was admitted for medical treatment.
A promotional piece touts PRUNLAX prune juice as a laxative aid to slow aging, claiming it cleanses impurities and restores youthful vigor. It frames constipation as a key barrier to vitality and urges readers to ask druggists for PRUNLAX.
Ohio University moves toward Civilian Pilot Training Program approval with ground school at Athens and flight training via Athens Airways Swiftair Service.Participants face elimination criteria and new equipment, while legal notices follow for estate matters in Athens County Ohio.
Leonard Coates and Earl Reeder pleaded guilty to keeping and exhibiting slot machines for gain at their Morrison Brown Hill and Richland Ave stations. Each fined $50 and costs with $500 bonds. machines seized and ordered destroyed after a countywide drive to eliminate slot machines.
Six timetable changes take effect Sunday September 24 across the Baltimore and Ohio Chesapeake and Ohio and New York Central systems. Adjustments include revised departure times for B and O Nos 4 2 1 and 3 plus discontinuations of Nos 24 and 23 and C and O southbound No 30 arrival time, NYC Nos 2 4 9 adjustments in departure times.
Athens County Senior 4 H Club met Wednesday evening and heard a report by Anna Starlin on the twenty fifth annual 4 H congress at Ohio State University in Columbus. Members staged short plays and planned a Halloween masquerade for October. Refreshments were served.
Rev Shingler of Nelsonville will preach at Glouster Mission Saturday evening September 23 at 7 30. Music for the evening will be provided by Rev Shingler s daughters.
An appeal by Adjt. William Hillis of the Salvation Army asks for furniture for a family of six after their farm home of Mr and Mrs Robert Thompson on Sharpsburg Route 1 burned last Monday. G C Stout reports the plight and supplies clothing. donations of stoves chairs tables beds or other furniture should be called in to the Salvation Army at 20652 for pickup.
Junior and Senior High students held the season’s first pep rally directed by Floyd K. Prince. Coach Harry Lackey and Paul Gordon predicted a Bulldogs victory over McArthur as the crowd joined in school yells and songs.
Mrs Mary E Mills and her son Rodger escaped their seven room two story home at 97 N Lancaster St after flames engulfed the first floor early today. Both suffered slight burns as firefighters contained the blaze and the house and its contents were destroyed.
John Friesner of Lancaster and Halle Huffman of Columbus were fined $3 each by Mayor Cliff Cornell for over time and double parking on W Union St. Officer Carman Church arrested both. The story also notes about 8 million people in 50 thousand communities lack railroad service and rely on cars.
Girl Scouts from the junior and senior high groups will gather at 1 p.m. Sunday in the first aid building at the Fairgrounds. The meeting was announced today.
The Athens conference opened with morning speakers including Ida Fletcher on The Million Member Challenge and two panels Rural Roll Call and Residential Roll Call. County officials and local leaders participated in the panels while Red Cross hosted a luncheon for about 80 with Gordon Bush presiding and prayer offered by Rev. Gilbert Courtney.
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