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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1960
Page
6
Young couples buying their first furniture should consider durability and easy cleaning for children. Delicate pastels and upholstery clash with toddlers, so opt for soil resistant fabrics or vinyls and plastic topped tables. Furniture should be used and enjoyed without excessive protective measures.
Calendar listings show Delta Kappa Gamma dinner at Amesville Presbyterian Church at 6 p.m. Higley Study Circle meets 2 30 p.m. New Marsh Field Methodist Church hosts Loyalty Class 7 30 p.m. Potluck supper Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge 7 30 p.m. District Grange contest at Rome Canaan High School Doors open 6 30 p.m. Six entries Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae hosts silent auction at Cable Lane. OU Center Ballroom hosts Faculty Wives Club dessert 2 p.m. Carthage Troy Alumni meet 7 30 p.m. Babies note includes jars of baby food usage.
The Ohio University Singers under Jerald Hamilton present a free concert at 8 p.m. in Ewing Auditorium. Highlights include Bach Jesu Priceless Treasure, Brahms Love Song Waltzes, Hindemith Six Chansons, Bloch Sacred Service Sanctification in Hebrew, with William Stanchina soloing, and Vaughan Williams Ca the Yowes with Gary Clark and Ezekiel Sande Wheel.
At a Chauncey Mothers Club session Mrs Blaine Grubb of Athens presided. Mrs Franklin Pennell won the hostess prize. The group sent flowers to Mrs Jerry Cunningham in a Parkersburg hospital. Next gathering set with Mrs Dorsey Lawson Athens Route 2 on April 28.
Kenneth Keirns grandson of Fred and Mrs Keirns was guest of honor on his twelfth birthday at a Millfield party. Attending were Billy Cooper Roger Minard Ronny Clark and families plus Basil Minard Carl Markles and families and Ray Karns with family and Fred Cooper.
Carthage Troy School will present a musical variety show titled Around the World With Music on Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Coolville High School auditorium. Grades one through twelve participate in music from 17 countries, opened by the school orchestra. Babies develop dislikes for foods served too hot or too cold and may carry this into adulthood. Check vegetable temperatures and offer spinach to help grow a liking.
Pattern 4963 prints for women sizes 36 to 48 with a two piece dress and slimming collar line. Requires four yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36 and lists mail order details to Arne Adams at Athens Messenger pattern department in New York.
Clue offers 6 to 12 wreath designs in cross stitch to transfer to blocks or a single piece. Pattern 778 costs 35 cents plus 5 cents postage, mail to Athens Messenger Needlecraft Dept New York. Include pattern number name address and zone.
Mrs. G A Gardner hosted a miscellaneous shower for Valerie Hadden fiancee of Ted Krauss at 35 Grosvenor Street. Hadden a 1959 Ohio University graduate and Warren Michigan teacher is visiting Dr and Mrs Paul G Krauss during Easter break.
Donald Roberts of Ohio University won the highest merit award for Mutually March 1960. The Beaton Memorial Prize was given to Roberts by Carnegie Institute judge Charles William Libby. Other Athens winners include Driesbach for Banjo in the Rose Room Robison Memorial and Henry Lin for Armor ed Horse Baggs Memorial. The show runs April 29 to May 29 at the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts.
Mrs Charles Breinig and daughter visited friends in Nelsonville Saturday. Nancy Gibbs returned from Easter in Dayton with grandchildren Mr and Mrs E M Sheaffer and family. Mrs William Abraham will attend the Spring Travel Counselor School in Columbus April 25-26. The McCune family visited relatives in Lewisburg Pa during Easter. Hooper family returned from Pittsburgh where their son and daughter in law hosted Easter weekend guests.
Mrs. Thomas M. Wolfe of the Athens Garden Club taped a program titled Gardening as a Hobby. The interview will air on Ohio University station WOUB on Wednesday April 20 at 7 30 p m.
Musicians from Athens and the Cincinnati area may enter the tri state string contest on May 14 in Cincinnati to win a summer scholarship in Puerto Rico and a chance to attend the Pablo Casals Festival. Winners get expenses paid for study June 21 to August 15 at the Inter American University in San German Puerto Rico.
Mrs Ray Zimmerman hosted the Thursday Neighborhood Club with a noon pot luck. Mrs Carl Keck won the hostess gift and Mrs Reemelin Escoe received a farewell gift. Members made copper crafts and attendees included Mrs Gene West Mrs Floyd Mitchell Mrs Albert Hutchison Mrs Coy Higginbotham Mrs Escoe Mrs Harold Radford Mrs Luster Cooley Mrs Charles Ennis Mrs Tom Burritt and Mrs Delbert Trout. The next meeting is May 12 with Mrs Charles Ennis.
A baby shower for Mrs. Helen Chase hosted by the Chase Circle of Ruth at La Donna Haning’s home featured bassinet gifts, daffodils as a centerpiece, and quilts crafted by members for Minta and Mary Chase. Quiz prizes went to Merrilyn Travis, Della Stanley, and Peg Stanley amid sixteen members and six guests. The May meeting will be at Edna Smith’s home with a flower exchange.
The Plains High School Senior Class of 32 returned from a trip to Washington DC and New York City chaperoned by Mr. Robert Burson. In DC they visited the Bureau of Printing and Engraving the White House Capitol Building Lincoln and Washington Memorials Mount Vernon National Archives National Art Gallery and Arlington Cemetery. In New York they saw Radio City Music Hall the United Nations Building and Rockefeller Center and enjoyed a three hour boat ride around Manhattan.
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