Rainy weekend ends with Legion Club dance season last night
Weather kept many from the Legion Saturday night dance at the Amer iday Night Club. The event drew numerous locals in nautical attire with oilskins and white middies while Dewey Goddard sold tickets and Mrs Padden and Mrs Chapman handled wraps. The April 13 dance was the final pre Easter event, with dancing resuming April 27 after Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Watkins
John Sprague
Clark Daily
Dave Fetch
Anna Nanna
William Hughes
Ruth Ogg
Jimmy Gibbs
Harry Mettler
Mary Catherine Chute
Babe Ruth
J. Harold Redd
Dewey Goddard
Anthony Padden
C. C. Chapman
Chief Cook And Bottle Washer Liking the Recipes
Readers enjoyed a neighborhood recipe exchange in Friday's Messenger with many trying the recipes. A new list of Athens women’s favorite recipes, including phone numbers, will publish Tuesday, inviting more residents to share their favorites.
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Messenger
Athens
High School Girls Hike Plans Treasure Hunt Anew
Athens High School Girls Athletic Association led by Marjorie Wheaton guided 33 girls on a rain soaked Friday hike to Devil's Tea Table on East Hill. They cooked bacon and eggs over a wood fire and toasted marshmallows, marking the fifth tea hike of the season. A treasure hunt is planned for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls Athletic Association
Athens High School
Marjorie Wheaton
Devil's Tea Table
East Hill
Grange Members Hear Lecture on Wild Life
Sixty seven members attended the Athens Grange meeting at the Fair Grounds. Walter Porter presented an illustrated wildlife lecture for the locality. A quartet directed by Phil Briley provided music as refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Fair Grounds
Walter Porter
Phil Briley
Tailored Blouses Go With New Spring Suits
New York fashion notes show blouses designed to pair with spring suits. Detachable stiff collars mimic menswear with bow ties or Windsors. Styles include Regency blouses for luncheons and tea, with two tailored options in silk crepe and striped cotton shirting in bright colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Honor Guests Visit with Fenzel Kin in Kentucky and West Virginia
Sister of Mrs. Fenzel and Mrs. Maude Fenzel along with Mrs. Bates of Bellvue Kentucky were guests in the home of Mrs. Fenzel last week. Several parties were given in their honor with Mrs. Spille hosting a Cottage Tea House gathering and the group then visited Huntington West Virginia with Mrs Le Roy Dessler before returning home Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Spille
Park Hill
Covington
Kentucky
Maude Fenzel
Marie Bates
Bellvue
Fenzel
Spille
Cottage Tea House
Mrs. Bates
Harry McKinstry
Leroy Dessle
Huntington
Columbia Grade School to Present Operetta
The Columbia Grade School will present The Princess Has a Birthday on Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, with a toy orchestra. Led by director Eleanor W. Zeiher, the cast features Don Jewell, Clair Steward, Dawn Dye, Donald Cone, Gerald Starkey, Betty Cooper, and Emmett Turner among others, plus a gypsy chorus and pixies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Grade School
Eleanor W. Zeiher
Ina Radekin
Freda Turner
Nellie R. Vale
Don Jewell
King
Clair Steward
Queen
Dawn Dye
Princess
Donald Cone
Master Melody
Gerald Starkey
Sharp
Betty Cooper
Fiat
Emmett Turner
Marie Cummings
Anna Glaze
Doris Radekin
Freda Mae Rawlings
Martha Brooks
Worley
Carolyn Holcom
Virginia Tewksbury
Margaret Brooks
Helen Holcomb
Lucy Joe Dye
Irene Stout
Margie Chase
Farewell Quilt Shower For Mrs Cone On Hudson Avenue
Women of Hudson Avenue neighborhood gathered at Mrs Harvey Cone’s home to bid farewell with a pot luck supper. Each guest contributed a unique quilt block as a keepsake as she moves to Washington Street this week.
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Hudson Avenue
Harvey Cone
Hudson Ave
Cone
Washington Street
Mrs. Cone
Four Tweenies Become Scouts at East Side School
Four Tweenies Alice Vercoe Sally Armstrong Jane Lou Frame and Betty McCrumb advanced to Brownies at a regular East Side School meeting with 26 in attendance. New girls Deanue McPherson and Martha McCasky joined as visitors watched the Flying Up ceremony led by Brown Owl Mrs. Thor Olson. The event ended with the Grand Howl as the girls recited the law and promise and Blick into a mirror elf. F. E. Dowler left Sunday for a week in New York and other Eastern cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Alice Vercoe
Sally Armstrong
Jane Lou Frame
Betty McCrumb
Deanue McPherson
Martha McCasky
John Vercoe
Rachel Armstrong
Dow Grones
Cora Frame
Barbara McKinstry
Thor Olson
Fraternity Brothers Attend Funeral of Milton Schmottzer
Delta Tau Delta members from Athens and other locals joined Milton Schmottzer’s funeral in Cleveland. The group included William Dorsett Ted Hopkins William Bye Glen Gourley Randall Truog and John Werner. They stayed at Randall Truog’s Youngstown home Sunday night and traveled to Cleveland for the two o clock service.
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Athens
Milton Schmottzer
Cleveland
Fraternity Brothers
Delta Tau Delta
William Dorsett
Ted Hopkins
William Bye
Glen Gourley
Randall Truog
John Werner
Youngstown
Truog
Ida Wise Hosts Past Chiefs Club Meeting
Mrs. Ida Wise welcomed nine members of the Past Chiefs Club at 67 Franklin Avenue last Saturday. A roll call prompted spring quotations, then president Mrs. Hannah Mills led the business session. The hostess distributed carpet rag sewing kits, with Mrs. Bessie Cooley and Mrs. Margaret McHarg winning largest and second largest balls. Edward Wise performed his own accompaniment and sang several selections. Guests included Mrs. R. A. Dalton, Miss Ruth Clark, and Mr. Edward Wise, with refreshments served by Mrs. Wise and Mrs. Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiefs Club
Ida Wise
Franklin Avenue
Hannah Mills
Bessie Cooley
Margaret McHarg
Edward Wise
R. A. Dalton
Ruth Clark
Dalton
Mrs Farnam Leaves Wisconsin Home After Winter Visit
Mrs. A. B. Farnam mother of Mrs F. D. Forsyth of 218 East State Street departed Friday for her home in La Crosse Wisconsin after spending the winter here and in Florida.
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A. 8. Farnam
F. D. Forsyth
East State Street
la Croas
Wis
Club Calendar Busy Week of Meetings Ahead
A packed schedule lists Monday gatherings for SONS OF LEGION EASTERN STAR Catholic Ladies of Columbus and more. Tuesday brings missionary society, literary club dinners, canaan grange, needle club in costumes, Athena Delphian, and business and professional women lectures on gardening.
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Eoo
Eastern Star
Temple
Eoo Catholic Ladies of Columbus
K. of C. Hall
T. M. Wolfe
Friends Stage Surprise Birthday for Mrs Niggemeyer
A surprise birthday party was held at the Niggemeyer home in Guysville R D 2 Wednesday night. Eleven o clock supper followed by gifts and a large Parkersburg bakery cake. Attendees included Joseph Shuler and daughter Edna John Hartley Floyd Hartley and sons Foster and Paul Harry Niggemeyer and the couple Mr and Mrs Jacob Niggemeyer.
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Jacob Niggemeyer
Guysville
R. D
John Hartley
Niggemeyer
Parkersburg
Joseph Shuler
Edna
Floyd Hartley
Foster and
Pledges Host Semi Formal Dance at Chi Omega Chapter House
Tau Alpha of Chi Omega sorority honored the active chapter with a Saturday night semi formal at the College Street chapter house. Red and yellow decorations created festive gaiety as Ted Wildermuth’s band provided music while Miss Jane Robertson led the grand march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tau Alpha of
Chi Omega Sorority
College Street
Ted Wildermuth
Jane Robertson
Robertson
Virginia Masterton
Athens
Gwen Wessler
Dayton
Phyllis Jordan
Emma Spiery Smith
Albert Gubitz
A. H. Armbruster
Doris Sponseller
Carrie Spencer
Virginia Engliebeck
Robert Gullum
Betty Bolin
John McDaniel
Marian Danford
John Schermiski
Ruth Irwin
John McLain
Harold Ross
Pierce announce birth of son Donald Lloyd
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Pierce of 9 Wolfe Street announce the birth of a son named Donald Lloyd. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Faylie Pierce of Shade and Mr and Mrs Herb Riggs of Pomeroy.
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Lloyd Pierce
Wolfe Street
Donald Lloyd
Faylie Pierce
Shade
Herb Riggs
Pomeroy
Industrial Arts Teachers To Hold Two Meetings
Athens County Industrial Arts teachers plan two gatherings this week to revise next year’s course of study. The first meets Thursday at First Methodist Church after dinner, the second Saturday at Athens High School Industrial Arts room at 0 30 p m. All teachers urged to attend. committee chaired by F M Guthrie.
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Athens County
First Methodist Church
Athens High School
Industrial Arts Room
F. M. Guthrie
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Mri Connett
Andeison
Wilfr
Louis
John Cox
DeMolet
And
Lers
Grange
Mrs. Fenzel
Phoney Rhymes
Jones
Athens Home Telephone Co
Eileen Stansbury
Verna Jordan
Dorothy Gillogly
Richard Jordan
Eleanor Jean Starkey
Jerry Hemis
Maxine Staneart
Meryl Houdasheldt
Dena Chase
Louise Glaze
Claire Dale Stansbury
Beulah Mae Lyons
Wilbur Dailey
Donna Kathryn Tewksbury
Rex Shenfield
Frances Marie Bobo
Junior Bolton
Carolyn Holcomb
Dorothy Weyand
Mrs
F. E. Dowler
Co. D. Shafer Company
Charles Mills
Grosvenor Street
Jack Morris
Jean
Marietta
Carl FB. Williams
New Philadelphia
Florence Blankenship
Catherine
New Straitsville
Sons OF Legion Squadron
Legion Hall
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
C. C. L. Club
Franke Cone
Hillcrest Inn Tuesaday
oe _ CANAAN GRANGE
Grange Hall
Oo. Maecenas Literary Club
Fred Stauffer
West State Street
Oo. P. T. W. W. Club
Harold Linscott
North
McKinley Avenue
Needle Club
Roy Dupler
West Union Street
Eve Athena Delphian Club
Hode Mason
Mrs. Niggemeyer
Martha Barnett
du Barry
Richard Hudnut
Miss Barnett
du Barry Studio of Beauty
Mise Barnett
Gallaher's
Seeee
Asoline
Mauate Newton
Carpenter- Maytag Co
Nelsonville
Glouster
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