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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1937

Page

8

Summer Session Seniors Host Garden Reception at OU

Ohio University Summer Session senior class and two year graduates hosted an informal garden reception at Dean Irma Voigt's home. Dr E A Hansen spoke as students toured the grounds before a program in the open air featuring a student play All in a Summer's Day directed by Prof Robert Gates Dawes.

Ohio U Dean’s Garden Ohio University Irma E. Voigt E. A. Hansen Dramatic Arts Department Robert Gates Dawes Susan Lash Eleanor Ogle Margaret Laverty Helen Sauer Wallace Powell Jack Brown New Straitsville Voigt A. A. Atkinson College of Applied Science W. S. Gamertsfelder Graduate College College of Arts and Sciences John R. Johnston College of Commerce A. H. Armbruster Brown Eloise Ridgeway Mae Haskins Irene Slutz Mildred Leach Marguerite

Gay Southwest Colors Appear For Vacations

New York report from Marian Young describes Santa Fe designers showing bright vacation wear. Denim swagger suits with bandana prints and white crepe dresses feature vivid border stitching and silver hand beaten buttons. The piece urges colorful outfits to beat heat and boost morale for summer trips. It also notes social contrast with navy and black.

Marian Young NEA Service New York Santa Fe Southwest Blue Sea Alice Evans

Who's Going And Coming In Local Social Notes

Mrs. E. T. Hayes and daughter Helen return from Cleveland after a week visiting Attorney Wheaton Cole and Dr. R. H. Dickinson and a trip to the Great Lakes Exposition. Others travel to visit relatives in Cincinnati Canton Louisville Athens and Gallipolis with plans to return home.

E. T. Hayes Helen Cleveland Wheaton Cole Lakewood R. H. Dickinson Cleveland Heights Canton C. W. Stertzbach Louisville J. W. Hudson Second St James McClanahan James Earich Washington St Harry Frost State St Gallipolis Howard Brookins

Mr and Mrs Cowen Return to Make Athens Home

Mr and Mrs Ted A Cowen and Amy Morgan have returned to Athens to live with Mrs T L Morgan at 42 W Carpenter St. They are OU alumni from 1929 and Mr Cowen will join Mutual Life Insurance Co in Cleveland. The fourth annual Hixson and McDougal schools home-coming featured a noon picnic and a program by former pupils.

Ted A. Cowen Amy Morgan Athens Cleveland United States Hixson McDougal McDougal Grove Emma Everetts Lucy Smith John McDougal New Lexington Harry Bobo John James Greenfield William Johnson Iowa Nellie James Delpha Mathews

British census finds no link between influenza spread and public transit

London based study of factory workers shows no scientific basis for the belief that influenza spreads mainly in public conveyances as reported by the British Medical Journal.

London Great Britain British Medical Journal

Alimony Tug of War in San Francisco Divorce Demand

In San Francisco the case of O. F. Straub vs. his wife moves to show cause why she should not pay him $200 a month alimony during the divorce proceedings. Straub’s wife operates a fashionable wig shop and seeks relief through the court system.

San Francisco Straub Ugs

Social Calendar and Community Notices in Chauncey

Social events include Past Chiefs meeting at Mrs Lizzie Canter s home with Mrs Clara Wallace as assistant hostess, Women s Relief Corps gathering at Red Men s Hall, Highway Wives Club at Mrs S N Hunter s New Marshfield home, and Albany Methodist Ladies Aid ice cream supper. Also the 21st Mt Hermon Church Homecoming Aug 14 15 features speakers Paul Selby and Carrie Lambert Charles with music and basket dinner. A stork shower hosted by Mrs Dean Long at the Kimmey home honored Mrs George Perry with guests and refreshments.

Lizzie Canter Chauncey Clara Wallace Mt. Hermon Paul Selby Columbus Carrie Lambert Charles Washington, D. C Dean Long Esta Kimmey M. L. Kimmey Richland Ave George Perry Freda Kimmey Bert Tolliver Nelsonville Asa Troyer William Lawrence James Stansbury, Sr Lewis Shirley Frank Ley Irene Embrey Clarence Stalder Austen Robinson Helen Metcalf

Miss Dunlap Honored By Students

Students of Miss Helen Dunlap at Ohio University honored her with a dinner party Wednesday night. The dining room at Eastwood was attractively arranged with garden flowers. Mrs. Fannie G. Ogg returned to Athens after a week in Columbus with her daughter.

Helen Dunlap Ohio University Eastwood Fannie G. Ogg Athens Columbus

Family Reunion Near Lancaster Fairgrounds

The Samuel and Sarah Jones reunion will be held Sunday August 8 at the southeast entrance of the Lancaster Fairgrounds.

Samuel and Sarah Jones

History Class Tours Ohio Penitentiary and Industrial School

Professor A E Wagner led about 20 history of education students on visits to the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus and the Boy's Industrial School near Lancaster. They studied prison conditions and educational programs for inmates and delinquents, toured facilities, and observed meals, shops, and bands. At Lancaster the group saw gardens dormitories shops and classrooms and noted vocational training for boys aged 10 to 18. Local residents Miss Anna Grace Ator and Mrs Cranz Brown were mentioned in society notes.

A. E. Wagner Ohio State Penitentiary Columbus Lancaster

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