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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
10
More than 200 attended a Family Night dinner and Christmas program at the First Christian Church. The event featured a candle light service and a Christmas tableau showing an ideal home Christmas with Vermillion and Tolson families acting. Special guests were Mr. and Mrs. K. F. McCormick.
Circles of the W S C S meet at various homes for gift collection for Ethel Harpst Home. A Current Events Club Christmas dinner is at 6 p.m. at the Student Grill. Ladies Auxiliary of N A L C hosts husbands for a Christmas party at M Hawk home with gift exchange. Woman's Association of Alexander Presbyterian meets at Mrs Vorkes home. Group Three of the First Christian Woman's Council meets for a Christmas box for Cleveland Orphanage. Past Chiefs Club holds annual Christmas party and gift exchange at Mrs Marquis home. Calendar notices call for telephoning Society Desk with items.
Mrs. James V. Rice hosted an afternoon bridge club at her home with a buffet turkey dinner and a Christmas candle decorated table. Prizes went to Mrs. H C Dorman and Mr J E Thackrey for high scores and to Mrs Gordon Gray and Mr Gray for low scores. The four bridge tables included the Beckleys, Dormans, Thackreys, Cutlers, Smileys, Grays, Gilmores, and the Rices. THURSDAY DEC 4 1941 POSTPONER OF C MEETING. Catholic Ladies of Columbia postponed their Dec 8 meeting to Dec 15 due to the Christmas Bazaar on Dec 11.
After Harry Underwood is wounded in a gangster clash, Dr Twitchell, nurse Whitlock, Lillian, and Madge Graham fill the sickroom as the surgeon probes the wound. A tense dynamic unfolds with warnings to remain calm, while secrets about Harry’s danger and a planned ruse weigh on Madge and Lillian.
Mrs. Arthur Buck previously of Amesville is in critical condition at Grant Hospital. Friends may send cards to Room 15 Fourth Floor. Columbus visitors included Mr and Mrs W T Beard and Mrs Stansbury with daughter Sonia, plus Mr and Mrs Wilson Bobo and Mr and Mrs Earl Gaffan visiting Harmony Road relatives.
Three of the 21 initiates are residents of this city. Harry Alvah Hess, son of Prof. and Mrs. J. A. Hess, is on special leave from the U S Naval Training Station at Great Lakes to attend the initiation. Sarah Delphine Parks and Dwight Alban Riley are niece and nephew of Mr. George C. Parks. Prof. R L Morton will address the gathering on Whither Education at the Women s Faculty Club where the initiation and dinner take place.
A collage of past and present events covers Far East tensions and the China Japan war, railroad legends, and a Will Rogers wartime tale. Ohio University figures Bill Jurkovic and Wyoming High School gain undefeated status. Newark reviews Ruby Mercer in Blossom Time with praise from critics and locals alike.
Miss Vera Board teaches piano pupils who perform at a Friday recital in Music Hall Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. Bruce Tolbert, a tenor student of Mr. Peterson, assists. Listed performers include Barbara Baughman Jo Ann Murphy Margaret Coupland Janice Wiggin Kate Seaman Eileen Dotta Nancy Rosser Frances Noble Janice Chapman Jean Mickle Mary Varnes Sara Mae Endich Ethel Parkis Martha Caskey Virginia Segale Joan Chesser Deanue McPherson Patricia Connor and Marjorie Mc 00
Mrs Frank Cross hosted a Priscilla Needle Club luncheon at her daughter Mrs Carl Roberts’ home at 39 Grosvenor Street. Seventeen members and two guests attended with fall flower table decor. A brief business meeting followed by a sewing afternoon outlined plans for the annual Christmas dinner at Mrs L R Allen’s 33 Grosvenor Street.
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