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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1946
Page
6
The Thens Messenger notes a citizen campaign urging students and teachers to engage in a Clean Up and Help Clean program. It calls for practical citizenship, container use, and community effort to keep streets, sidewalks, and grounds litter free, with emphasis on school and municipal participation.
Members of the Loyal Womens Class in Nelsonville met at Mrs. Sam Starkey’s home with Maude Barron presiding. Devotional on the Risen Christ titled I too shall Give. lessons urged pupil-led programs starting fourth grade to improve civic habits and care of property. 14 members attended with 94 sick calls and 3 plants sent. refreshments followed.
An Army officer in Hawaii said many residents believed reports of an approaching tidal wave were an April fool's joke. Lt. William F. Bohannan noted many were caught unawares as they had assumed the warning was a prank.
Rose La Rose, a trip-tease performer, seeks a Carnegie Hall debut. She defends stripping as an art form and cites classical pieces like The Anvil Chorus as background for her routine in a Hollywood film adaptation.
Carbon Hill notes weekend gatherings include Robert Hardy family and David Devol with Otis Harrison in Lancaster. Marysville visitors David Evans family join Will Briley in Columbus. Clousten family from Athens visit parents C M Clousten. Joe Blosser moved from Grant Hospital to home. Delores Coe undergoes appendectomy at Gibbons Hospital after Tuesday prep. Spencer family from Columbus weekend with Guy Spencer.
On Monday April first the Woman's Society of Christian Service met in the church social rooms. Miss Bessie Stephenson played a piano number before prayers led by president Mrs. Harry Ball. Devotions were led by Mrs. Stella Betts. The program featured Mrs. Allen Riley with topics by Mrs. Ben Stalter Mrs. Walter Lennox Mrs. Wesley Hawk Mrs. Carl Coakley and Mrs. Edward Williams. Reports by secretary Mrs. Ray Ashby were accepted. Announcements covered Athens Logan group meeting April nine in Logan and dinner reservations due April five. Funds to Columbus Council of Churches Red Cross Ministers Retirement and Youth Group events were planned.
Mrs Julius Fischer will host Hyperion Club members at her home Saturday April 6 at 2 o clock. Senator Stanley Mechem chair of the Ohio Commission of Conservation will speak on Conservation. Plans include attending the State Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Cleveland May 1 and 2 at the Statler Hotel.
Estella M. Sisson 36 wife of Dean Sisson owner of Sisson's North Music Shop and Studio in Columbus died Wednesday after a long illness in Mt. Carmel Hospital. Survived by husband son Edwin daughter Margaret father George E. Faires and brother Niles Faires. Funeral Saturday at 3:30 at P. E. Rutherford Funeral Home burial in Union Cemetery Columbus.
Ralph Cook was named president of the Nelsonville Rotary Club for the year starting July 1. Estell Crabtree will serve as secretary and H. H. Harding becomes vice president. Directors elected include William Brooks and Victor Oakley. Rev. Stuart Radford spoke on Tokyo casualties and occupation prospects in World War II aftermath. Jimmy Knight, back from Okinawa, was a guest.
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