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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1936
Page
7
Local society column lists Easter gatherings and weekend visits among Athens area families. Names include Gibson Danford Frame Fleck Vorhees Talbot Littler Nichols Pennell Palmer Harpold and others with trips to Columbus Cincinnati Philadelphia and St. Louis for family events and hospital or school matters.
Wesleyan Service Guild and Athena Delphian Club plan Tuesday sessions with reviews by Mrs. Dalton and Mrs. Roach. Progressive Literary Club holds its April 14 anniversary dinner at Cottage Tea House. Several groups meet including Alpha Xi Delta Auxiliary and Child Conservation League with business portions. Mothersingers rehearse Wednesday for Junior High program. Also notes on seed growing and a tax saving in Ohio.
A visiting Paris fashionmer predicts lace usage for umbrellas and furniture as lace bathing suits arise. The 1936 spring show traces eight decades of styles, from 1830s dust ruffles to modern sheer nightgowns, with outfits like a Tarzan inspired leopard skin bikini and bold spring prints by Maybelle Manning.
Eleanor Cox daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Cox of Richland Avenue married David Jackson son of Mrs Margaret Jackson at Rev W W Loveless Church of the Nazarene Lancaster. Attendants were Thelma Cox Clysta Rosser and Myron Martin of Athens. Ceremony and family reception followed at the Cox home. Mrs Jackson a longtime cashier at Stedman Co Mr Jackson employed by McBee Co.
West Side Brownie Scouts held a program last week in which The Sleeping Princess was presented by the Fairies and Goldie Locks by the Elves. The Gnomes each offered four individual specialties and the group closed with a circle and the Brownie Creed before a birthday surprise for Melton Millis.
The Ohio Music Teachers Association meets May 5 to 7 at the Harding Hotel in Marion to discuss certifying private music teachers. Notables include Howard Hanson, Frank Mannheimer, Genevieve Cincione, Raymond Buechler, Edwin Stainbrook, and Norman Lockwood with sessions on theory, woodwinds, and voice.
Contributed by Mrs. John Cuckle r Route 5 Athens recounts memories of South Bridge, Franklin Avenue once Dunn Street, old blacksmith shops, Campbell Block, and Stonehurst home. Report notes a 100 plus guest old-fashioned welcome for Mr. and Mrs. David Jackson at their new home with playful crowd and bear cage chaos. Robinsons visit Columbus.
A baby alligator, mailed from Florida in a box with air holes, arrived at Frankie Mansfield's home. The child, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mansfield, was gifted as a pet and is still called the Jeep by Frankie who feeds it scraps and hamburg.
Seven Athens women plan to attend the Daughters of the American Revolution national congress in Washington D C which opens April 20. Delegates are Mrs R W Finsterwald and Mrs J R Harvey with five alternates including Mrs W L Gard Mrs Arthur Bovies Mrs J T Merwin Mrs O D Dailey and Mrs H L Atkinson. Mrs Dailey travels east via the Panama Canal to join the trip. The annual reception for D A R members will be Tuesday of congress week in Constitutional Hall with Mrs William A Becker presiding. Dr A Ward Applegate of Wilmington will guest speak at the Student Vespers at First Methodist Church April 19 at 6 pm. the public is invited.
Mrs. R P Bodkin of N Congress Street has returned from a two week vacation at the home of Mrs. Elizbeth Bodkin in St Marys Ohio.
A testimonial from Miss Agnes Hanson of Chicago endorses Kellogg's All-Bran for constipation. The letter claims the cereal provides bulk to the diet, aids digestion, and can be used in muffins, with two tablespoonfuls daily suggested. Sold by grocers. Kellogg, Battle Creek.
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