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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1936

Page

7

Dance Promises Festive Night For Athens Girl Scouts

Two hundred balloons brighten an enchanted forest of Christmas trees at an Athens Armory dance hosted by Mrs. Paul Hall's Eagle Troop of Girl Scouts on Friday December 4 from 8 to midnight. Jimmy Littler's orchestra provides music. A brief intermission features a tap dance by Wanda Lou Quest and an acrobatic dance by Lotus Elkins. Proceeds fund new equipment for the Girl Scout rooms.

Athens Armory Paul Hall Jimmy Littler Wanda Lou Quest Lotus Elkins Girl Scout Council Co. L. Jones C. H. Harris Frank Murphey T. R. Biddle Gordon K. Bush H. A. Elkins Lena Swaim Mary Williams Charlotte LaTourette E. A. Cottingham Herman G. James Rufus Hopkins M. D. Hughes H. G. Talder Sarah Hatcher Hall E. E. Carmichael East Virginia Porter June Baird Harriet Osgrave Florence Elkins Mary

Faculty Women Plan Dinner at Colonial and Music Night

The Faculty Women's Club will host a formal dinner at the Colonial on Monday December 7 at 6 30 pm followed by a musical program at the Club House at 8 30 pm Reservations should be made by Friday 6 pm by calling social chairman Irene Elliott.

the Colonial Chirman Irene Elliott

Social Notes and Weekend Visit Roundup

Mr. E. J. Shannon attends a meeting of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers in Cincinnati today and Friday. Miss Nelle Jo Klein from Columbus visits her brother in Athens. she will return Sunday. Various weekday and weekend guests arrive at homes in Chillicothe Richland Ave Washington D. H Shade Vere Ridge Athens and nearby areas including the Hoopers in near Athens and Rogers in Columbus with funeral attendances noted for Mrs Laura Moore Williams in Columbus.

E. J. Shannon State St The Order of Railroad Telegraphers Linton Hotel Cincinnati Nelle Jo Klein Columbus J. W. Kelley Mill St Miss Klein James Blackford James Hamilton Athens Esta Burnside Ada Katie Penrod Emma Dunfee Richland Ave John Sharp Leon Burnside Washington, D. H Everett Foreman Shade Calvin Poston Vere Ridge Dorothy Steel Anna Mae Brown Catherine Brown J. H. Rogers Athens-Pomeroy Road Laura Moore Williams Moore John Moore Rogers Moores Jesse Moore

Christmas Shopping Memories and a Green Tomato Pottery

A nine year old with a silver dollar shops secretly with an elderly chaperone. She buys three handkerchiefs for her father and a practical gravy bowl for her mother in a china department. She admires a bright red tomato motif on a green dish, though the gift is wrapped. Christmas morning reveals the gravy bowl, while the girl pines for biscuits on a green plate.

Santa Claus China Department

Fall Social Activities Calendar At East Side PTA Groups

East Side PTA Study Group meets Wednesday at 4 p m with Mrs L C Staats at 51 Franklin Ave to hear a PTA Congress broadcast featuring Prof Hirsch on As Like Beget Like A general discussion follows Daughters of Union Veterans meet Wednesday at 7 p m in Odd Fellows Hall with officers to be elected Pocahontas Lodge meets in Red Men s Hall Wednesday at 7 30 p m officers to be nominated Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae and undergrad buffet dinner and white elephant Wednesday at 6 p m Athens League of Women Voters meets Thursday 7 30 p m with Dean Irma Voigt Miss Edith Beecher leads topic Social Security and Child Welfare Lydia Lash Evans Club meets Thursday 2 30 p m with Mrs E B Shrout Mrs O E McClure reviews Gone With the Wind Articles by the blind on display Child Study Club Thursday 7 30 p m at Mrs Harry Swank’s Mill St current event response Youv Class annual Christmas meeting at 5 30 p m First Presbyterian Faculty Club Athens Grange meets Thursday 8 p m at Fairgrounds bring a short anecdote Refreshments WCTU meeting rescheduled to after Mrs Williams funeral at 2 p m Thursday 606 Ladies Aid Society meets all day Thursday M P Church Richland Ave Women s Relief Corps meets Friday 7 p m at Red Men s Hall bingo follows M and H Circle bingo fundraiser IOOF Hall Monday Dec 7 at 8 p m

East Side PTA L. C. Staats Franklin Ave National PTA Congress Hirsch Western Reserve University Ono Athens League of Women Voters Irma E. Voigt Park Place Edith Beecher S. H. Bing Helen Fretz Lydia Lash Evans Club E. B. Shrout Columbia Ave O. E. McClure Ladies’ Aid Society Richland Avenue M. P Ooo Women's Relief Corps Red Men's Hall

Christmas Readings and Carols by Houston Study Circle

Members of the Houston Study Circle held their annual Christmas party at Miss Delle Finsterwald's home on Franklin Avenue. The event featured a brief business session, Christmas readings, carols, gifts, and refreshments, with plans for January's meeting led by Mrs. Don Clippinger.

Cle Delle Finsterwald Franklin Ave Blanche Finsterwald

Sayre Study Club Meets at Campbell Home

State flowers were given in answer to roll call by eighteen members of the Sayre Study Club meeting Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. G. Campbell. Papers on Maine and Florida were read and illustrated by Mrs. W. W Wiggin and Mrs. O. E. McClure. An exhibit of handmade articles by the blind was shown by Mrs. W. L. Gard.

Sayre Study Club E. G. Campbell W. Carpenter St Maine W. W Wiggin Florida O. E. McClure W. L. Gard

Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Advertisement

A vintage ad urged women to use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease menstrual and menopausal discomfort. It pitches the product as a trusted remedy passed among generations to help women “smiling through” life stages from girlhood to middle age.

Lydia E. Pinkham Nature Ady

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