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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1936

Page

7

Housing Admin Official Seeks Builder Talks on Growth

Athens officials and local builders plan discussions with the Federal Housing Administration representative to spur new home building and remodeling. Daley says permits rise, real estate remains safest investment, with loans available through local lenders and Title I funding for home repairs.

Athens Nelson Daley B. Daley Est Life Insurance C. M. Gill Chamber of Comce Mr. Gill House Mr. Daley National Housing Administration

YWCA Speaker Reports Women in China's Shifting Roles

Miss Talitha Gerlach, national YWCA secretary to China, spoke to the YWCA cabinet and committees in West Wing about changes in student movements from 1923 to 1933. She outlined rural reconstruction aims, training plans for rural living, and a push to mobilize against Japan, noting tensions with censorship and public demonstrations.

Talitha Gerlach Gerlach China Miss Gerlach YWCA Japan Red Cross West Wing

Albany High Seniors Present George in a Jam

Albany High School seniors stage a three act comedy "George in a Jam" at the school auditorium on Thursday and Friday April 23 and 24 at 8 pm. Miss Grace Webb directs with a different cast each night and the school orchestra provides music.

Albany High School George Grace Webb

German Girls Taught to Live Beautifully on Small Incomes

Berlin reports on the Frauenschaft run labor camps for German girls ages 18 to 25. Camps teach homemaking and domestic tasks with minimal comforts as a path to future employment and possibly compulsory service. The article describes a camp near Berlin with 20 trainees, strict daily routines, and a focus on preparing girls for a life as homemakers and potential mothers.

Fraulein Nazi Marian Young NEA Service Athens Messenger Berlin Frauenschaft Third Reich

Social Calendar Apr 22 23 highlights many club events

Dr. Floyd Henry Allport lectures on Human Individuals in the Modern World at Memorial Auditorium. Faculty Women's Club hosts open house with Mrs Hedden Roach and others. tea by Mrs Bentley. WBA rally and dinner at Hotel Berry with speakers Mrs Mary Baird and Mrs Minerva Mann. Fast Side PTA Fathers Night features Dr Coogan talk Life In Southern Africa plus Major Bowes hour. Many other meetings list dates, places and hosts across local clubs, churches and societies.

Floyd Henry Allport Memorial Auditorium Helen Hedden Roach Helen Cornwell Ruth Drake W. B. Bentley Olive Griffin Woman's Benefit Association Hotel Berry PEO E. A. Cottingham State St Athenian Temple

Missionary Society Meeting Set at Richland Avenue Church

The Missionary Society of the Richland Ave M P Church will meet Friday evening at 7 30 at the home of Mr Harry Elkins 31 Maplewood Drive. Elkins returned Saturday from Home Lawn Mineral Springs Martiney s Indiana where he spent the last two weeks.

Missionary Society of the Richland Ave. M. P Price Harry Elkins Maplew Dr Home Lawn Mineral Springs Martiney 'S

Shade High presents Where'a Grandma play this week

The Senior Class stages Where'a Grandma at Shade Auditorium on Thursday and Friday at 8 o'clock. The cast features Frank Jeffers Mildred Ruth Catherine Chattel Wilbur Williams Georgia Smith Doyle Sargent Ethel Harris Ardith Hart and Betty Miller.

the Shade High School the Shade Georgia Smith Doyle Sargent Ethel Harris Ardith Hart Betty Mil

Jitney Social Planned by Clarks Chapel Ladies Aid

The Clarks Chapel Ladies Aid schedules a jitney social at the Rock Ridge School on Friday April 24 with special music readings and entertainment. Homemade ice cream cake and pie will be served. Mr S N Hartley and Mr John A Phillips were in Cincinnati Sunday on Nash and Lafayette Co business.

Fle S. N. Hartley John A Phillips Cincinnati Nash and Lafayette Company

Hobson Study Circle hosts Willa Cather program

Mrs Fred McCoy's Hobson Study Circle met at Congress Street Tuesday night with Mrs Kathleen Norris presenting a sketch of Willa Cather's life and works. Misa Dele Finsterwald reviewed The Professor's House. New programs were distributed and eight Athens High School girls joined the CMC group at Miss Mary Ann McKay's Elmwood Place home.

Willa Cather Hobson Fred McCoy Congress St Kathleen Norris Norris Misa Dele Finsterwald Miss Cather L. C. Staats Carl Frey Blanche Finsterwald Ula Orr Carolyn Steinman Claude Steppe Lois McCoy Dana Fuller Athens CMC Mary Ann McKay Elmwood Eleanor Ann Peckham Marjorie Moler Alice Carpenter Mary Ellen Gibson Elizabeth Harris Florence Elkins Mildred Yeager Marjorie Tompkins Alma Acomb Frances Moler Mary Graves

Simmonses welcome first son John Alen

Mr and Mrs Butch Simmons of Guysville announce the birth of a 10 1 2 pound son, John Alen, born April 17. The couple already has four daughters and this is their first son.

Butch Simmons Guysville John Alen Simmons

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