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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1938

Page

8

D A R Regents Luncheon Form New Athens Chapter Group

Mrs. T J Summers of Marietta state director presided at a luncheon for Athens D A R regents at the Berry Hotel. Attendees included Miss Emma Westenhaver Logan and others from McArthur Nelsonville Jackson Pomeroy and Marietta. A permanent organization with quarterly meetings was formed. Summers named president and Mrs Hurn secretary.

T. J. Summers Marietta Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter Regents Berry Hotel Athens Summers Emma Westenhaver Logan J. D. McKinley McArthur W. H. Weigand Nelsonville James &. Morgan Jackson

Personal Notices Highlight Town Guests and Travel

Local society items list Prof. Charles R. Kinison leaving for an industrial arts meeting in St. Louis and Mrs Kinison visiting Mt Vernon Ill. Others host guests at 3 Palmer St and 96 E State St for Thanksgiving. Updates include Miss Dorothy Hutchins healing at home and Donna Marie Ayres improving after illness.

Charles R. Kinison Highland Ave Professor Kinison St. Louis E. M. Biddison E. State St D. M. McIntyre Marmet W. Va Don Jim McIntyre Biddison Betty Biddison Home Insurance Office Columbus

Schlereths From Philippines Visit Ohio Relatives

Mr and Mrs H J Schlereth and son Hewitt of Manila Philippines visited relatives in Columbus and Athens during the last six months en route home. Mrs Schlereth attended Ohio University and OSU graduate Mary Hewitt is her grandmother Miss Dasa Hewitt Long and Aunt Mrs C E Wharton. They stopped in Honolulu to visit Dr Donald Hewitt. Hewitt was born in the Philippines and this was his first US visit. Also note Mrs Charles Ulbrich ill at New Marshfield Road slowly improving. Mr and Mrs Arthur Cray announce birth of son William Arthur on Sunday Nov 27.

H. J. Schlereth Mary Virginia Hewitt Hewitt Manila Philippine Islands Columbus Athens Honolulu

Community Club Calendar Signals Busy Week in Athens

The Athens calendar lists multiple Thursday evening meetings across groups including AAUW West Wing 7 30 p m League of Women Voters and Presbyterian Church sessions plus Book Review and Deborah Class events. A Friday roster covers Current Events Club Foreign Missionary Society Woman's Relief Corps and GOP activities. Also notes evening business from Club meets and unusual book ends with home-grown gardening tips and bizarre bean facts.

League of Women Voters Irma E. Voigt Park Place Arvilla van Dyke Athens County The Presbyterian Church

Letter From South Africa Describes Natives and Labor

P G Moler reports from Pretoria detailing 2.9 million Europeans and about 8 million natives in the Union, noting native labor in gold mines, low wages, and harsh racial norms. He describes a 48 cent daily wage, minimal native schooling, and strict liquor prohibitions as he travels toward Kruger National Park.

P. G. Moler Pretoria South Africa Nelspruit Krugar National Park Capetown Jan van Riebeek Holland South African Union America Johannesburg Durban Kruger National Park and Game Reserve

Ruth Hammerle Receives Golden Eaglet Award

Ruth Hammerle of Athens earns the Girl Scout Golden Eaglet, the organization’s top honor. At sixteen, she has six years in scouting, led troops and camps, earned multiple proficiency badges, and serves in school activities and church groups. The pin will be awarded soon by the local organization.

Thor Olson Girl Scout National Headquarters Athens Ruth Hammerle Ruth Louis Hammerle N. Congress St Xenia Tar Hollow Athens High School San Souci Club Megaphone Presbyterian Church Christian Endeavor

Mrs Evans and Mrs Knouff Mrs Santas Help Athens Needy Kids

Athens column reports Mrs Claude Evans and Mrs Al Knouff organize a two woman toy drive collecting bicycles boards scooters dolls and many toys for local families. They deliver to the Toy Shop at the old Ray Glo factory and seek more donations from residents and stores sponsored by American Legion Veterans groups.

Claude Evans al Knouff Athens Ray-Glo Homer Baird Bairds W. S. Gamnertsfelders Morris Ave Homer Bairds May Ave Leon Gold Race St Frank Lawrence Apartments Mary la Baw Avon Place Fred Brown Maplewood Drive Henry Ayres Elmwood Earl Shafer Walter Schenz Hudson Ave E. V. Baughman Carl Wharton WPA Athens County Knouff Evans Cornell American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Disabled Veterans

Mrs I N McHarg's Fruit Cake Recipe Headnotes

In response to requests for Mrs I N McHarg's white fruit cake recipe from last year this version lists butter sugar milk flour baking powder fruit and egg whites. Mix cream add milk fold in flour and powder then add fruit and beaten whites bake about an hour in a moderate oven. An aside notes that about 200000 goldfish are imported into England weekly.

I. N. McHarg

Wedding Notice From North Liberty Indiana

Mr and Mrs Clinton E Brown and daughters Odessa and Opal 8 Stimson Ave returned Sunday from North Liberty Indiana where they were guests at the home of Mr and Mrs E P McDaniel and family They attended the wedding of Mrs Brown s nephew Gail McDaniel to Miss Mae Albright daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Albright North Liberty The wedding took place Thanksgiving morning at eight o clock at the Christian Church The single ring ceremony was read by Rev Walter Coburn A wedding breakfast was served to fifty guests.

Clinton E. Brown Odessa Opal Stimson Ave North Liberty Ind E. P. McDaniel Brown Gail McDaniel Mae Albright Fred Albright Christian Church Walter Coburn

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D.A.R. Regents Kappa Phi Methodist Girls Tsideas Fred Cornwell Palmer St Dasa Long Mary Hewitt C. E. Wharton East State St Dorothy Hutchins Floyd Hutchins Sheltering Arms Hospital Central Ave Donna Marie Ayres Frank Ayres Schlereths Philippines Ulbrich Charles Ulbrich New Marshfield Road Arthur Cray Brown Ave William Arthur New York Bargain Eleanor Roosevelt International Relations Group A.A.U.W West Wing Ooa Cless Robert Griser Frank Ayers I. O. O. F. Hall Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge AAUW Women's Mary Flannagan Laura Krey Allan Cree Deborah First Christian Church Guy Fierce Mound St Athens Grange Athens Grange Hall Current Events Club Eastwood H. T. Houf Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church L. G. Bean F. C. Hartman Ooo Woman's Relief Corps Flora B. Murphy Mill St Athens County Women's Republican Club Ono Past Chiefs Club Verna Marquis S. Shafer St Woman's Club Cline C. C. Cornell Eleanor Minister New Zealand Golden Eaglet Award England Marian Bush Reeder Figtree Hotel Rauch's Bakery Indiana Carlyle Smart W. B. Drake Milldecks N. Court St Athens, Ohio
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