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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1927

Page

14

Society and Personal Mention in Alpha Gamma Delta Notes

Alpha Gamma Delta hosted rushes at their new sorority rooms with dancing and a Sunday reception at the Forsyth home. Activities included informal parties at the Bowling alley and a cabaret planned for the evening. Numerous local residents and families visited, with several members traveling or hosting events around Athens and nearby towns.

Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority Hall F. D. Forsyth E. J. Jones O’bleness East Union Street Pi Beta Phi Bridge

Vorhes Twenty-Year Wedding Anniversary Celebration

A group of friends gathered at 42 Race Street on Sunday to celebrate Mr. and Mrs. Vern Vorhes’s twentieth wedding anniversary. The afternoon featured music, singing, and social conversation. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. V. O. Phillips and daughters Letha and Kathleen, Mrs. Smith, and others.

Vern Vorhes Race Street

Letter Golf Puzzle Teases Readers With Word Changes

A newspaper puzzle explains letter golf where readers change one letter at time to reach a target word. Each step must form a valid everyday word and the letter order stays fixed. The challenge notes a par nine score and promises the solution on the last page.

West Side PTA organizes year efforts at school

The West Side school PTA met last Friday afternoon to plan the year. March Knowlton was elected president. Miss W M Fell spoke on infantile paralysis symptoms. Miss Ruth McMeen entertained Sunday evening honoring the teaching staff. Various local residents visited or were hosted, including William J. Cook of Houston and visits by Mr and Mrs J F Rowles and Mrs William Craig and Mrs Besse Thompson.

West Side School March Knowlton W. M. Fell Ruth McMeen William Craig Besse Thompson Hamden Joe King West Union Street

Noon Chamber of Commerce Meeting Set at Hotel Berry

The first fall noon gathering of the Chamber of Commerce will be held at Hotel Berry Wednesday at noon. Secretary C. M. Gill announced the invitation to members and directors. John Patterson, city schools superintendent, will discuss the city school budget. All interested citizens may attend.

Chamber of Commerce Hotel Berry C. M. Gill John Patterson Gill

Central Tri-State Medical Society Meeting Set in Huntington

The sixth annual meeting of the Central Tri-State Medical Society will be held at the Hotel Prichard in Huntington on Thursday September 29. Dr. Charlies EK Holzer of Gallipolis, president, announced three prominent doctors will speak. Dr. Roger H Bennett will discuss Current Pediatric Topics and is a professor at New York Postgraduate Medical School and Hospital. Dr. Walter T Dannreuther, director and professor of gynecology at New York Post Graduate Hospital, will address The Office Treatment of Gynecological Patients.

Central Tri-State Medical Society Prichard Huntington Charlies EK. Holzer Gallipolis Athens Messenger Roger H. Bennett Bennett New York Post Graduate Medical School and Hospital Walter T. Dannreuther New York Post Graduate Hospital

Coronary Trombosis Topic Set by Rush Medical Speaker

Dr. Arthur R. Elliott clinical professor of Medicine at Rush Medical College University of Chicago will speak on coronary thrombosis at the evening session. Officers to be elected at the meeting with the president to be chosen from Kentucky delegates, announced by secretary Dr. F Q Marple.

Arthur R. Elliott Elliott Rush Medical College University of Chicago Kentucky F. QO. Marple

Four Assistants Help West Side School Staff Train

Four assistants join West Side school under critic teachers led by Miss Ruth McMeen. The team includes Miss Dorothy Forler with Miss Bessie Ottoson in first grade, Miss Pearl Casiday and Miss Rosnabelle Reimers in second, Miss Florence Byrd with Miss Cora Dennis in third, and Mrs. Violet Stone assisting in fourth grade while acting principal in afternoons.

West Side School Ruth McMeen West Side Dorothy Forler Bessie Ottoson Pearl Casiday Rosnabelle Reimers Florence Byrd Cora Dennis Violet Stone

Student Injured in Bus Fall Near Chauncey

Leslie Powell, a Chauncey Dover high school pupil, fell from a Millfield bus this morning and lay unconscious on the road. He was treated by Dr. Warren V. Sprague and returned home to Millfield. Powell, son of Mr and Mrs Phillip Powell, was riding to Chauncey high school. He was said to have stood on the bus rear when he toppled.

Chauncey Leslie Powell Chauncey- Dover High School Warren V. Sprague Millfield Phillip Vowell Chauncey High School Ths

Shooting Charged After Quarrel Over Girl

Albert Berlett of near Wapakoneta is jailed in Marys pending investigation of charges by Lt. Gene Roth who says Berlett shot at his auto after a quarrel over a girl. Police describe the incident as a result of a dispute over a girl.

ST. Marys Albert Berlett Wapakoneta Gene Roth Marys Berlett

Porto Rico Island of Many Climates Described by Kiwanian

C Bird, Kiwanis speaker at Hotel Berry, paints Porto Rico as 3500 square miles with 2.5 million people and a mountainous center. He notes cool northern winds, dry southern coast, sugar cane and tobacco dominate, cheap labor, rice and citrus income, and a custom of high bargaining prices. He describes education, postures, and a plaza walk for recreation.

Porto Rico C. Bird Kiwanis Berry Bird

Levine departs for Rome in Bellanca plane Columbia

Charles A. Levine the first Trans Atlantic airplane passenger leaves Venich for Rome in his Bellanca monoplane Columbia with pilot Captain Walter G. Hinchcliffe. They had come to witness the previous day’s Schneider Cup races.

Venich Charles A. Levine Rome Columbia Levine Walter G. Hinchcliffe

Marriage of George Mudrie and Grace Casselli Registered

A marriage certificate for George Mudrie and Grace Casselli was filed in Athens County Probate Court after bans were published in the Catholic church. The ceremony occurred on September 20, with the union formally authorized by the bans.

George Mudrie Grace Casselli Athens County

Holy Cross Church Service in Glouster

The notice credits Rev. Father F. H. Clark with leading a service at Holy Cross church in Glouster, conveying a brief church event or address from the historical page.

Holy Cross Church Glouster F. H. Clark

Bolin Named Guardian After Somers Resigns

Bond of 809 dollars was furnished in probate court Saturday by John W. Bolin who was appointed guardian of Ralph Giles Martin follow ing the resignation of tenor d Somers from that position. Suretus were Pearl W. Helwig and Milton D. Hughes.

John W. Bolin Ralph Giles Martin Tenored Somers Pearl W. Helwig Milton D. Hughes

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