Illustrated Map and Relief Spark Interest in Grandmother Brown Book Review
Miss Nellie Van Vorhes hosted a Saturday afternoon meeting at 30 University Terrace. The program reviewed Grandmother Brown's One Hundred Years, tied to a $5,000 Atlantic Monthly prize. Miss Clara Weiher drew an Athens map from Grandmother Brown’s era, with a smaller map of the home grounds where Athens High School now stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Nellie van Vorhes
Pallas Club
University Terrace
Grandmother Brown
Atlantic Monthly
Mary Connett
Clara Weiher
Athens
Mrs. Brown
Athens High School
Missionary Society Holds Annual District Session at Logan
The first annual meeting of the Womens Foreign Missionary Society North Group Chillicothe district met in Logan for an all day session Saturday. Officers include Mrs. David Cook Basil president and Mrs. John H. Dunlap Williamsport district president. District secretaries and speakers from Athens Lancaster McArthur Pleasantville and Cincinnati attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
North Group
Chillicothe
Logan
Athens
Hocking
Fairfield
David Cook
Basil
John H. Dunlap
Williamsport
Chilicothe
J. A. Ludlow
Cincinnati
N. A. Vaughn
Helen Lawson
Launcaster
Frances Coultrap
McArthur
G. H. Henry
Pleasantville
Child Burned in Rubbish Fire Fatal to Betty Davis
In Xenia on April 25 Betty Davis, six, died from burns after her clothing caught fire from a rubbish blaze Saturday. Neighbor Mrs. Ella Cartwright tried to help and suffered burns to hands and arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Betty Davis
Ella Cartwright
Fraternity Formal at Hotel Berry Saturday Night
Ta Kappa Epsilon held its spring formal at Hotel Berry with seventy couples attending. Paul Graham's orchestra provided music. Out of town guests included Jeroy Paul Edwin Paul Lewisburg and many others. A reception for Mr. and Mrs. D S Ingalis of Cleveland followed the event tonight at Hotel Berry from 6 50 to 7 30. All Athens and county residents invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Berry
Ta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Paul Graham
Lute Evans
Roy CG
Shirley
Vincent Juké
Jeroy Paul
Edwin Paul
Lewisburg
Wiltora Mayers
Massillon
Nelson Harrig
Lodi
Arthur §Kinner
Homervy
Clarence Griffin
Parkersburg
W. Va
Elwin O'Neil
Waterford
Dorothy Linninger
Akron
Jane Wood
Cleveland
Eulah Mossat
Coshocton
Jean Miller
Wilkinsburg
Frances Dennis
West Jefferson
Marian Nick
Lucille Nick
Eric
Helen Wipert
Bainbridge
D. S. Ingalis
Athens
County
Athens Weekend From Daytona Beach Residents return for summer home
Dr and Mrs T R Biddle and Mrs Co L Poston depart Daytona Beach Florida by motor and plan to arrive in Athens Wednesday to open their Park Place home for summer. Mr B M Covert and Mr C C Millikan with Mrs Covert and Mrs Millikan travel to Parkersburg West Virginia Tuesday night for Zone 6 Ohio Optometric Association meeting where Covert serves as chairman and will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Biddle
Co. L. Poston
Daytona Beach
Florida
Athens
Park Place
B. M. Covert
C. C. Millikan
Covert
Millikan
Parkersburg
W. Va
The
Ohio Optometric Association
Miss Lorentz Delivers Senior Recital At Ohio U
Miss Louise Lorentz of Ohio University School of Music gave a polished senior recital in Alumni Memorial Auditorium. She performed Bach and Chopin with technical mastery, including Well Tempered Clavichord and Nocturne Op 7 No 1 and Etude Op 10 No 12, then impressed with MacDowell March Winds and Tango American. She earned a B S in Education and will receive B M in Music this June and is active in Sigma Alpha Iota and campus ensembles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Lorentz
Ohio University School of Music
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Lorentz
C. C. Robinson
Bach
Chopin
MacDowell
Denissey
la Cathedrale Engloutie
Sigma Alpia Iota
Ohio University Choir
Women's Glee
Alpha Gam Ita
Miss Lorentz
Battles in Dixie in the Civil War memory from Ulom
Andrew W. Ullom recalls May days in Alabama and Tennessee campaigns with the 4th Ohio Cavalry and 19th Illinois. He describes retreats after picket captures at Athens, reinforcement arrivals, raiding rebels at Lavergne, and the Nashville area pursuit before Murfreesboro and Chickamauga.
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Andrew W. Ulom
Athens
Andrew W. Ullom
Stedman
Mitchell
Huntsville
Turchen
4Th Ohio Cavalry
19Th Illinois
Alabama
Morgan
Pittsburgh
Bragg
Louisville
Buell
Perryville
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Army of Ohio
Army of the Cumberland
General Rosecrans
Negley
Nashville
Pragg
Lavergne
Tennessee
Franklin
Murfreesboro Pike
Chick Raising Contest For Farm Youth Near Athens
An Athens feed store sponsors a contest for boys and girls under 18 to build the best chicken business. Five prizes from $1 to $5 will go to the top five flocks after twelve weeks. Winners announced Sept 1, 1952. The event aims to boost youth interest in poultry and provide farm training and possible summer income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Flying fashions and aviatrix outfits dazzle in early spring
New York fashion notes describe yellow options with draped collars and shantung coats for quick city hops and longer flights. Flying wear emphasizes trousered wool skirts for pilots and passengers, with bespoke coats for short hops and chic touches like coral lace and bold buttons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Why Do You Like Life in Small Town
The Rev. Reed J. Downs of the Christian Church in Athens extols small town life for its friendly atmosphere close to nature and strong community. He praises democratic churches and neighborhood fellowship, hobbies like fishing, and the healthier social contacts for children away from city influences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed J. Downs
Christian Church
Athens
Downs
Pony Mailman Postmaster Seeks Information on 1876 Death
Postmaster Henry W. McKinstry of Sturgis South Dakota received a letter from the town asking for details about Charles P. Nolin a pony mail carrier killed by Indians in 1876 Nolin was born in Athens County about 80 years ago and was about 24 when slain He had worked as a pony mail carrier at Beatrice Nebraska A monument erected by the Black Hills Pioneers stands south of Sturgis for Nolin Readers with information are asked to contact McKinstry or Freeman F. Steele in Sturgis SD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. McKinstry
Sturgis
South Dakota
Charles P. Nolin
Nolin
Athens County
Abont
Society of the Black Hills Pioneers
Beatrice
Neb
Mr. MccKinstry
Freeman F. Steele
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C. O. Allen
P. C. Carr
Roxie Melsinger
Burma
S. S. Carpenter
J. L. Pickering
Wesleyan Service Guild
Naomi Black
Athens 1
Lucille Hunter
Wilda Hunter
Mildred Newman Fields
South
Lancaster Street
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fields
Sts Co
Augusta Morse
William Outterson
Wayne Wingett
Sheriff's Home
West Washington Street
J. E Carleton
Pomeroy
Carleton
Mr. Wingett
Cutterson
First Christian Church Guild
Evan Hamilton, Jr
Middletown
American Roller Mills Company
Evan Hamilton
Maple Street
Pocahontas Lodge
Red Men's Hall
Joe Bardin
Herper Saunders
Ruth Giesen
Ethel McEwen
Mary Louise Wyatt
Hazel McWilliams
Phyllis Logan
Ruth Lewis
Marjorie Herdman
Betty Easier
Mary Margaret Graham
Betty Miller
Alma Acomb
Lenora Wood
Esther Shamel
Kathryn Merchant
Aldine Duncan
Virgene Mace
Virginia Hayes
Arminta Morrison
John Newcomb
Parker Walker
Merritt Preston
Ralph Dalton
Richard Imes
Lloyd
Kelley Paul Lewis
Charles Dalton
Harry Entwistle
Hjalmar Olson
Paul Jones
Tom Kircher
Warren Atkins
John van Dyke
Bobby Daggett
Wilbur Perkins
Eugene Cole
Carl Beasley
Franklin Calvin
Maynard Aldrich
Jess Larch
Lee Barlow
Betty
Gladys Moore
Allen Spaulding
Katherine King
Betty McClure
Jimmy Roach
Kermit Dieh
Warren McClure
Stephen Fuller
Jack Fulton
Arthur Nichola
Ann Pickering
Booth Tarkington
Helyn Jones
Aubrey Morris
Mary E. Morton
Louise Kempton
Dick Corwin
Ralph Wagner
Robert Holdren
the Security Bank
Hotel
Berry
C. L. Jones
Columbus
Moter
Ruth Jones
Metropolitan Opera
Ponselle Sisters
Ponchielli
J. K. Jolly
Youngstown
Child Conservation League
Frank W. Cone
Franklin Avenue
Duty of Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the
First Methodist Church
W. L. Slutz
South Congress Street
Charles P. Kircher
Canton
V. C. Dent
Josephine Kircher
Mrs. Dent
Lakewood
Maecenas Literary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Frank T. Gibbs
Eleanor Hazeltine
Joanna Xenos
Chicago
Dixie
Bragey
Murfeesboro
McCook
Fenton
Stone River
Tullahoma
Tennessee River
Chattanooga
Ohio
Rosecrans
Miladi
Her
Dawn Mirage
Etter
Athens Messenger
Au Revoir
Mamzelle
Paris
Ardanse
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