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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1940
Page
6
The readable text is incomplete and unclear but appears to be an OCR snippet from a local newspaper record. It lacks identifiable names, places, dates, or events to summarize into a coherent card.
Fragmentary text mentions an unclear name Harry Wane and possible references to Harr and unab faner am. No coherent event, date, or organization is identifiable from the readable portion.
Athenians traveling in mid August share brief notes from a long trip through Illinois Indiana and Chicago. The group includes families such as Mrs McCary Professor and Mrs Le Peterton with visits to Chinatown the Chinese Emporium and the Chicago airport. Others mention Minnesota North Carolina and Ohio stops with hotel cabins family gatherings and motor tours to Duluth Grand Rapids and Cleveland areas.
Mazel Finsterwald notes exhibits at the Athens County Fair in the Agricultural Building. Displays include a 70 year old Ince quilt, a red-and-cream quilt, and many handcrafts by Trimble Albany Rome and other granges. Red Cross First Aid stations and health Booths offer care and information for visitors.
Mrs Hal W Murphy entertained at 103 East State Street with a luncheon honoring her sister Miss Emma Westenhaver. Guests included Mrs Ella Keynes Mrs Ciara Campbell Mrs Alice Steinman sisters of Mrs Murphy and Mrs Emerson Poston all of Logan and Atkinson Athens.
Frederick Rosser, son of Mrs. Thomas Rosser of 34 West Washington Street, is selected for the All Ohio State Band at the State Fairgrounds. He will be a senior at Athens High School and traveled to Columbus for practice week. The band, under L. E. Pete of Ashland, will accompany Margaret Speaks and stay in tents with expenses paid.
The Third Annual Blackwood Reunion occurred Sunday on the Athens State Hospital grounds with sixty three attendees. The event opened with the Lord's Prayer by Bobby Dean Jones followed by a noon picnic and a program of songs recitations readings and a duet by Mrs Glenn Watkinson Mrs Howard Henkle with accompaniment from Mr Glenn Atkinson. Officers were retained for the next year and a committee named. The next reunion is planned at the same site on the second Sunday in August.
Calendar notes list the Daughters of Union Veterans first meeting at the Legion Home 8 Court St on Wednesday at 7 30 pm. Public invited. Also the Athens City Federation hosts an ante Cream Social at City Hall steps in the evening with serving at 7 30. Pocahontas Lodge holds a Wednesday 7 30 meeting at Red Men’s Hall. 4H Club hosted by Miss Rhea Nell Downey at 15 Palmer St featured sewing and a picnic prior with Betty Norma Coon Jo Ann Darnell Donna Ayres and others attending.
A cluster of family reunions including Snyder Jones Phillips Conkey Bolin Sickles Woodyard Tewksbury Johnson Connor Dowd and Brandeberry are planned across Ohio on Sept 1 and near Aug 25 at Ash Cave. Gatherings feature basket dinners and family reg pations with no formal schedules.
Adele Garrison’s tale follows Edith’s fraught encounter with Dicky and her nurse’s careful plan to seek a final interview. The segment reveals Edith’s fear of death, Dicky’s restrained demeanor, and a looming choice as the narrator contemplates whether to intervene before Edith’s possible act.
A photo captures the Windsor pair in a striking close-up as they depart Bermuda for the Bahamas. The Duke and Duchess exhibit noted chic amid a world in chaos, with Lona and Hamilton described in transit.
Miss Mary Ellen Covert and Donald Petty, an Ohio University student, wed on stage in Athens. The ceremony featured Thelma Robinson singing I Love You Truly and music by Richard Imes and Virginia Segale. Rev. Howard E. Warner officiated in Hebbardsville. Community notes mention Cana Grange inspection planned for Aug. 27 and a successful ice cream social on Aug. 19. Nearby guests include Mr and Mrs Lewis Lehman from Gladwin, Mich.
The Sand Rock M. E. Church hosts its ith annual home coming from Sunday, August 21, with Sunday School at 10 a.m. followed by a children's program and a basket dinner at noon. An afternoon program begins at 1 30 p.m. on Sunday.
Rita Hayworth and Brian Aherne headline The Lady in Question at the Athena Theater. The romance involves a murdered woman, a midlife juror, and a shopkeeper who hides her while facing jealousy and legal peril. Glenn Ford Evelyn Keyes George Coulouris also appear in the cast directed by George S..
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