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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1945
Page
8
A summer dance for club members and guests is set for Saturday August 4 from 10 p m to 10 p m at the Athens Country Club. Lunch will be served after the event. Social committee members handle arrangements and invite attendance, noting a cool comfortable evening at the club after a hot day.
Ramona Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn Smith, married Gale Remely son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Remely in a Bartlett Church ceremony on Sunday July 29. Rev Lewis E Buell officiated with Enid Goddard and Corinne Oliver providing music. A reception for 85 followed at the bride’s home. The couple, both Bartlett High School graduates, later planned a wedding trip.
Announcement of the marriage of Lawrence Hoffman Norwood Ohio formerly of Athens to Hazel Hamilton Norwood Kentucky Covington occurred April 28 1945 in Covington Kentucky A group of 35 relatives and friends celebrated at Eagle's Hall where Hoffman is an orchestra member A wedding dinner was hosted at the homes of George Webb and Blanche Hoffman Both spouses employed by Fisher Baking Company
The Athens Messenger reports on fashion shifts with new long coats and jeweled jackets, highlighting Ben Reig and Samuel Kass designs. Also noted are social updates, including Sergeant Floyd E. Cooper and Hazel Irene Wilson’s wedding arrangement and service details in Brownsville.
A Columbus shopper loses her flower hat when a courteous bearer pockets her parcels including the hat, only to discover it on a deceased host’s corpse. A columnist laments summer coats in church and jokes about new fashion fads, praising women’s practicality and noting hats as decor.
Ohio University journalism director Professor George Starr Lasher leaves after commencement for New York City to meet radio executives about the university’s radio journalism curriculum. Alumni attending include Tom Slater of Mutual Broadcasting, Jesse Zousmer of CBS, and Henry Wall of CBS. Seaman Lloyd Copeland returns to Norfolk after a ten day leave with relatives in Athens.
Mr and Mrs Harry S Love of Albany entertained last week with Mrs Willard Simonton and her sister Miss Anna Simonton of Chauncey as visitors. The note mentions the Athens County Home and social gathering details.
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