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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1935
Page
8
Good Friday and Easter weekend bring a four day break as university students head home by train bus and car and Athenians plan visits or guests. Churches schedule Good Friday and Easter services while Elks and American Legion hold dances. Athens schoolchildren begin vacation and will return Tuesday.
The article surveys old Easter customs in Scotland, England, and Durham. It notes egg rolling in Scotland, shoe removals in Durham, the Pax cake for reconciliations, and palm crosses given by English priests. A Cornish rite tests luck by dropping palm crosses into the Holy Well at Our Lady Nantewell.
Relatives gathered for the services at 2 p.m. at the McKee residence with burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Attendees included Grace McKee Evans, Katherine McKee Jones, Grosvenor McKee, and other extended family from Belmont, Jackson, Lansdowne, Guysville, and Zanesville. Reverend W. H. Fower led the rites.
The 35 member cast for The First Night by Frederick Rath has been selected for Athens High School senior play at the school auditorium May 24. Key roles include Margaret Guthrie as Joan Reid Allen Moore as Stanley Reid and Robert Bird as Bartlett Harvey. The production is directed by A A Nellis with rehearsals already underway.
Essay reflects student activism and antiwar sentiment on campuses as youth push for influence in future world events. It notes economics and political science study rising, theatre productions like Flowers of the Forest exploring war’s harm, and a call for world maturity and peace rooted in Bethlehem’s biblical message.
The FRIDAY events include Current Events Club at 7 30 p m at 188 North Congress Street led by Mrs Ernest Gross and program leader Mrs H W Biedel. Athenian Temple No 173 Pythian Sisters staff practice also at 7 30 p m. Columbian P T A and Women's Relief Corps hold Friday meetings. ELKS Easter Dance Saturday starts at 8 p m for charity. Nabby Lee Ames DAR meets April 27 at Mrs E B Acomb home due to DAR congress in Washington.
Salt Lake City report says University of Utah co-eds, who have worn men’s shirts and shorts for sports, petition for equal rights to swim nude in the university pool. The letter, published in the campus newspaper, argues women have become professionals and should swim without suits. authorities are considering the request.
Mrs. Henry Hatch spoke on Ohio authors and periods of literature before the Lydia Lash Evans Club in the City Federation room. Notable figures named include William Dean Howells, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Louis Bromfield, plus local writers Mrs. John Hess Harold Wells and Mrs. Blaine DeLancey.
Mrs. W. E. Peters and Mrs. George Putnam welcomed Presbyterian Church Women's Bible Class members to 21 West Union Street Thursday. Mrs. A. O. Sloane led devotions. An impromptu class play entertained attendees and refreshments followed.
Dr Hiram R Wilson of Ohio University spoke on The Holy Week in Music at the home of Dean Irma Voigt Friday morning at 7 30 a m under the Y W C A auspices. An announced Friday night talk was corrected to Friday morning.
Pupils of Rock Riffie School led by Adrian Collins and Berna dine Terrell performed a musical program at the Athens Grange Hall while Factory School pupils demonstrated first aid and medical care. Girls danced folk songs and boys did stunts as refreshments were served.
Members of the Priscilla Needle Club gathered Thursday for a 1 o clock luncheon at Mrs. Fred Kittle home 173 North Lancaster Street. Sweet pea table decorations framed a brief business meeting followed by an afternoon of needlework.
Emancipated Turkish women will welcome hundreds of delegates from about 30 nations to the twelfth congress of the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship in Istanbul. The meeting at Yildiz Palace opens tomorrow and runs a week with Mrs Corbett Ashby presiding.
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