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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1949

Page

6

Joint Concert by University Glee Clubs Delights Athens Audience

Ohio University School of Music presented its glee clubs in a Memorial Auditorium program last evening. The mixed program featured Bach, Humperdinck, and Rachmaninoff, with notable solos by Miss Betty Volas and Miss Helen Cunningham. Excellent accompaniment by Miss Doris Yoder and Mr. Robert Triplett underscored an evening praised for preparation and spirit.

Ohio University School of Music Memorial Auditorium Evangeline Merritt Philip Peterson Bach Jesus Athens Helen Cunningham Noble Cain Rachmaninoff Doris Yoder Robert Triplett

OU Stage Brings All My Sons Postwar Drama

Ohio University Theater presents Arthur Miller's All My Sons in Ewing Auditorium from December 6 to 10 at 8 p m. The drama centers on the Keller and Deever families amid wartime loss and a federal inquiry, highlighting postwar brotherhood and responsibility. Lead roles include Hal Baker Sylvia Lakomska and Thomas Clark. Tickets at the door or Ewing box office. reservations advised. The notice also reports the birth of a five pound four ounce son to Mr and Mrs Cloyd Householder of Lancaster Athens Route 7.

Athens Ohio University Theater Arthur Miller Drama Critics Ewing Auditorium Keller Deever Christopher Lane America Miller Hal Baker Cleveland Joe Keller Sylvia Jadwiga Lakomska Warsaw Poland Kate Keller Thomas M. Clark Hamilton Chris Keller Ewing University Theater Cloyd S. Householder Lancaster Jeannie Webb Cloyd Householder

Calling All Santas Help Needed to Brighten 75 Athens County Kids

Mrs. Fred Picard leads the Athens League for Service Direct Service to the Children's Home seeking 75 children’s gifts for Christmas. Volunteers are asked to adopt a child’s letter, provide toys or nursery playroom items, and donate money. Contact 60 E Union St or 25 more Santas needed for skates, dolls, trains, blocks, and indoor play equipment.

Santa Fred Picard Athens County Athens A. M. Reis Twig Athens League For Service Athens County Children’s Home D. W. Boswell Edward Algeg Don Jacobs Dan Merrick Robert MecCreanor Paul Ferry George Linn

Honor Roll List From Jacksonville Trimble High

GLOUSTER The Jacksonville Trimble High School honor roll for the second six weeks lists ninth graders Libby Stoltz Betty Russell Linda Exenhamper Dianne ace Shirley Davis and Nyle Gil ett tenth grader Diana Ginnan Nancy Johnson Mildred Jones and Larry Morrison eleventh grader Mary K Anderson Winnona Reeves Patty Moleski Barbara Penrod and twelfth grader Janice Burdiss Janet Earich Shirley Heiser Helen Shifflet Sally Keeling Hoy Seckinger.

Glouster Jacksonville Trimble High School Libby Stoltz Betty Russell Linda Exenhamper Dianne Ace Shirley Davis Nyle Gilett Diana Ginnan Nancy Johnson Mildred Jones Larry Morrison Mary K. Anderson Winnona Reeves Patty Moleski Barbara Penrod Janice Burdiss Janet Earich Shirley Heiser Helen Shifflet Sally Keeling Hoy Seckinger

Garden Club Hosts Guest Night at The Plains

The Plains Garden Club held Guest Night at The Plains High School with state president Mrs. Thomas Wolfe speaking on statewide projects. Plans include Route 33 highway planting, landscaping talk by Dr. A H Buckle, and Christmas decorations for the Veterans Hospital. Judging for outside house decorations is set for Dec 19 with festival on Dec 20.

Plains Garden Club the Plains High School Thomas Wolfe Route 33 A. H. Buckle Chillicothe Veterans’ Hospital The Plains Wolfe Garden Club Paul Tipton Sam McDonald Atwell Wallace Athens West Side Glouster Nelsonville Chauncey Garden Clubs

Athens Mortar Board Alumnae Tea Held at Miss Voigt Home

Ohio University Mor tar Board chapter entertained Athens alumnae with a tea at 35 Park Place Sunday. Miss Irma Voigt served tea in a candlelit dining room with chrysanthemums as centerpieces. Rosemary Bernard and Della Mae Cocanower led the receiving line along with a list of attendees and planning committees.

Ohio University Mortar Board Athens Irma Voigt Park Place Voigt Rosemary Bernard Della Mae Cocanower Elizabeth Andersoh Mary Antoinette James Cassell Robert Finley Frances Fuller Gordon Gray Rufus Hopkins Greta Lash Constance Leete Charles Matthews Eleanor Maxwell R. L. Morton Fred Picard Anne Pickering Doris Sponseller Margaret Twyman Edith Wray Eileen Murphy Janice Wiggin Pat Moore Ardath Hansen Shirley Zwelling Miss Voigt Jeannette Geesy Dr. Wray Miss Bernard Cocanower Miss Geesy Miss Hansen Miss Moore Miss Murphy Miss Wiggin Miss Zwelling

Athens clubs schedule page with charity and study meetings

Community groups list events for Monday and Tuesday in Athens including Athens League of Women Voters at Athens High School Little Theater and various guilds study circles social clubs and church auxiliary meetings with times and host names.

Athens League of Women Voters Athens High School Little Athens Ohio Wesleyan Service Guild Camilla Manson Ann Mumma Alpha Delta Pi S. Court St

Symphony Plans First Concert by Ohio University Orchestra

The Ohio University Symphony Orchestra will perform the season’s first concert in Memorial Auditorium on Sunday, Dec. 11. The ensemble includes students, faculty, and Athens townspeople, with members such as Helen Louise Selleck and Jean Crawford McAfee among local participants, and guests Douglas Hess Ruth Harter from Marietta, James Reese from Logan, and Elizabeth Mackenzie from Gallipolis.

Ohio University Symphony Orchestra Memorial Auditorium Athens Helen Louise Selleck Jean Crawford McAfee Carl Nessley L. C. Mitchell Dean Maurel Hawkins E. T. Hellebrandt Connie Herbert Charles Gilbert Karl Witzler Paul Lehman Ralph Brown Ralph Gabriel Joe Walburn Grace Morley

Union Members Dine at Athens Turkey Dinner

Members of Electrical Union Local 337 in Athens attended their annual Turkey Dinner at Carl's Lunch Friday. Guests included Ralph Norris and many spouses. officers listed with Norris as president, Bailey as vice president, Kyle as secretary treasurer, Burns as business agent, and Adams as recording secretary.

Electrical Union Athens Carl Ralph Norris Carl Bailey Ralph Kyle L. D. Burns William Adams Harry Love D. L. Stephenson Floyd Jeffers Isaac Jackson Ernest Minear W. L. Wilkin W. L. Wolfe John A. Wyatt F. S. English D. E. Kinker Charles Hall Earl Powell Carl Johnson Thomas Perry Pearl Castle Charles Milligan R. M. Brown Webster Reed Joseph Cormally Wesley Carsey Jack Metcalf Dwight Ferrer L. H. Barnett Norman McCain Lois Reed Wayne Milhoan Glennie Milhoan Wilson Smith

Study Club Meeting Held

Mrs. Leo Smith hosted the Catholic Ladies Study Club in the church hall on Tuesday evening. President is Mrs. Lucille Joseph. Readings included We Are Thankful for This and Americans Are a Crazy Lot. Prizes were awarded, lunch served to guest Mrs. Regina Bernard and members, next meeting hosted by Mrs. A. M. Healy.

Regina Bernard E. M. Ley William Echstenkamper Joe Wolf Sr Lucille Joseph Josephine Hedfelt T. A. Noon A. M. Healy Lena Orndorf Gertrude Darling

Workmen To String Christmas Lights On High Street

Board of Public Affairs will start a crew to string lights and decorations along High St. from Hotel Gordon to Ogg Motor Co. garage within a week or ten days. Lights will stop before the Toledo St. intersection to keep the traffic light visible. Additional bulbs were to be brought from Zanesville today.

Glouster — Board of Public Affairs High St Hotel Gordon Ogg Motor Co Toledo St Zanesville

Trimble Residents Visit in Columbus Over Weekend

Glouster area residents visited Columbus Sunday including Harley Blower and family with Cynthia, Monte, and Bernard Harvey’s group with Terry and Gwen. Daisy Grandy, recently released from Grant Hospital, is recovering at home in Columbus. The Sharms and Antles also traveled between Trimble and Columbus to visit relatives.

Harley Blower Monte Cynthia Bernard Harvey Terry Gwen Trimble Columbus Daisy Grandy Grant Hospital Johnne Harry Sharp Yvonne Verna Eldon Antle

Sidewalk Planned on Madison Street

Glouster reports a recent survey shows about half of Madison Street between Main and the NYC crossing is paved. Village plans to use extra land on one side to build a sidewalk for schoolchildren from the railroad crossing to the Main Street sidewalks.

Glouster Madison St Main Main St

Zanesville Woman Visits Relatives in Marietta

Mrs. Hubert Guess of Zanesville stayed Thursday and Friday with her aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. George H. Campbell. Mrs. Guess and Mrs. Campbell, with Mrs. Lewis Knabe, drove to Marietta to visit relatives before Mrs. Guess returned home Friday evening.

Glouster Hubert Guess Zanesville George H. Campbell Guess Campbell Lewis Knabe Marietta

Illness brings Mildred Harrison to Steubenville hospital

Mrs. Harry Vaughn travels to Steubenville Sunday due to Mildred Harrison illness requiring major surgery. Community notices include a church class Christmas party Friday at 7 p.m., a study club meeting Tuesday at 7:30, and a Bandboosters meeting tonight at 7:30 in the high school.

Hathamar First Methodist Church Lowell Patterson Tom Rosser Hobson Study Circle C. M. Ferguson Church St Athens State Hospital van Meter’s J. J. Woolley Rowland CCL John Lynch N. Congress St Cercle Francais Church of Good Shepherd Amesville Grange Meeting Glouster Harry Vaughn Steubenville Mildred Harrison Orpah Sunday School The Methodist Church

Chit Chat Club Elects Officers at Glouster Hostess Home

Mrs Glenna Gamwell hosted the Chit Chat Club with Mrs Margaret Morris as co host. Officers elected are Mrs Lela McAllister president Mrs Joan Moore vice president and Mrs Louise Anderson secretary treasurer. Next meeting will be at Hotel Garden with a gift exchange.

Pat Faires Jayne Faires Mary Trace Wilda Brown Dora Parker Vera Meade Ruby Norris

Women to Meet Glouster Moose Thursday Evening

Women of the Moose plan a meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m. The group invites members to attend at the lodge for discussion and activities.

Glouster Women of the Moose

Concerts at OU Scheduled for December

Ohio University presents a December concert calendar led by the School of Music. Dec 7 features a student recital in Music Hall Auditorium, Dec 11 the University Symphony Orchestra directed by De Forest W. Ingerham with soloists Janet Ingerham and Lindy Betros, and Dec 13 Betros’s master's recital. Dec 15 hosts a combined campus caroling event with free admission open to the public. Edith Ellis, of Athens Route 1, returned from the East after visiting Harland Hoisington and Ned Hoisington in Princeton and Philadelphia.

Ohio University Glee Club School of Music Music Hall University Symphony Orchestra de Forest W. Ingerham Janet Ingerham Lindy Betros Miss Betros Edith Ellis Athens Harland Hoisington Princeton N. J Ned Hoisington Philadelphia Ellis Hoisington

Etiquette Tip: Introducing Your Guest at a Party

At a large party the hostess is known to you but not to your husband. Introduce him promptly to avoid an awkward impression and set a cordial tone for the gathering.

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