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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1936
Page
8
Lydia Lash Evans Club members gathered at 85 Congress Street to hear Mrs John Dowler discuss Holland. She organized the talk into three parts covering the country, Dutch life and customs, and notable cities such as The Hague and Amsterdam.
Mrs. William Lee hosted 35 guests at 101 E Union St for Billy Lee Jr s 11th birthday. Prizes went to Philis Bean Jane McCombs Bertha Grimes Virginia Lee Stansbury Betty Lee Henderson and Cletus Hart. Gifts were given and refreshments served beside a large candle lit cake baked by Mrs Lee. The average weight of an elephant is about five tons.
Calendar lists Ladies Auxiliary NALC meeting at Mrs. Cecil Cooley 24 May Ave Friday evening. AAUW Nature Study Group 7 30 p m at Faculty Women's Club with Prof W P Porter talk. Current Events Club at 96 Morris Ave 7 30 p m. Copeland Class Six M E Church supper at church 6 p m Friday. M and H Circle at 69 E Mulberry St with Mrs Bess Fleck host. Woman's Relief Corps 7 p m Red Men's Hall with initiation. Nabby Lee Ames Chapter DAR 2 p m Saturday at Hotel Berry hosted by Mrs Beasley with assistances. Ted Toll Orchestra dance at Athens Country Club 10 p m Saturday.
Nearly one hundred attendees enjoyed music and entertainment by Joe Vessele Michael Vessele Delbert Cline The Plains and Joe Zachari at Peach Ridge School on Wednesday A H Wooley auctioned the items Proceeds go to buy materials for WPA adult education classes held there every Thursday from 7 to 10 p m
Athens Zeta Tau Alpha chapter holds a meeting with officers elected for the year led by President Irene Witham and Miss Barbara Olson. They finalize plans for the third annual Ohio Zeta Day in Athens on April 25 with Alpha Pi Chapter alumnae hosting. Also noted are details of a Carbondale guest visit from local couples and families.
The local Red Cross asks for an old cookstove and four chairs to aid a 71 year old man and his nine year old granddaughter and daughter. They aim to furnish a small, self-supporting home they have just rented and request donations by calling 651.
Members of the local Beta Theta Pi chapter will travel to Columbus on Saturday for the state Round Up at the Ohio State Chapter. A quartet contest awards a silver loving cup, with William Kircher Athens Bert Cameron Uhrichsville Jack Sherman Grosse Pointe Mich Charles Frey Logan in the quartet. Athens attendees include Don Rowland Boris Woolley and Roger Jones.
The Pre School Mothers Club discussed First Steps in Religion with guest speaker Mrs. Ray Huff stressing religious training’s role in child character. Mrs. Mary Hawk presided as president. new members Mrs. Mary LaBaw and Mrs. John Ashton joined. A May picnic supper was planned.
Miss Helen K. Schaeffer Pom eroy Ohio University graduate class of 1934 will be heard in a piano program over WLW Saturday at 10 30 replacing the 10 15 slot. A Cincinnati Conservatory student her radio appearance was delayed due to union status questions.
Mrs H G Stalder spends two weeks at the Hotel Barbizon in New York City. Miss Mary Jo Twiss and Miss Juanita Dillon go to Cleveland for a weekend with Mr and Mrs Clay Mueller. they will attend a spring formal at the University Club. Mr and Mrs James A Miller attended Ohio Academy of Science meetings in Toledo and spent Faster Sunday in Wooster with the Wolf ard Spencer family. they visited Marietta College on the return trip. Everett Clendenin and daughter Rita Clendenin left North Lima after visiting Mr and Mrs W W Clendenin at 7 Walker St. Mr and Mrs A B Bobo returned to Florida after visiting Mr and Mrs Robert Hale in Glouster. Mrs Bobo was formerly Ann Hemsley. Beta Theta Pi held a stag buffet dinner at the Beta House honoring Athens alumni. notable attendees included Judge L G Worstell, Foster B Cornwell, Clyde O Gibson, F D Forsythe, Prof George McLaughlin, Jim Basom, Prof F E H Gaylord, and Fred S Wheaton. Victim of crash: Ralph Rothwell, 25, Wilmington, killed in motorcycle collision with a car.
The Athena Delphian Club elected Mrs. FE. E. Woodworth president with officers Mrs. J. J. Crumley, secretary-treasurer Mrs. John Sprague, and corresponding secretary Mrs. Clarence Roach. Members approved a May picnic date shift to May 12 and scheduled the next meeting with Mrs. Glenna Staneart on April 28 featuring western stories.
Miss Mary McCune daughter of Mayor Len B. McCune and Miss Helen Cornwell art teacher at Athens High School were initiated into Delta Phi Delta. After services in Ellis Hall Art Studio members met at Prof. F. J. Roos home to discuss Paint Pot Hop on April 25 with Ted Toll and his Swing Town Six set to play.
Members of the Child Study Club entertained their husbands with a potluck at Mrs. Gerald Baird’s Nelsonville home. Guests competed in contests with prizes won by Mrs. S. N. Hartley Mr. and Mrs. Paul McConnell and Mrs. V. T. Imhoff won the mystery box. Next meeting on Friday at Mrs. Frank Ayers 6 Coss St.
Easter birthday notice lists Mrs. Albert Pennell and family members Albert Pennell Raymond Pennell Vernon Pennell Kyle Pennell and others born April 9. The celebration includes Mrs. R bert Pennell her son Raymond Pennell and grandson Robert Loh.
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