Society Club News of Interest to Women in Athens
Dr and Mrs Biddle entertain at a supper dance at the Athens Country Club to honor Mr and Mrs Gordon Kenner Bush among Athens newlyweds. Ohio University orchestra provides music. Guests include Mrs Israel Moore Foster and Lt Cmdr G C Hawkins. Also notes: Progressive Club postpones Thursday class. birth of son Charles Lee Wrost announced. Ladies Aid Society meeting Thursday.
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Mrs. Biddle
G. K. Bush
Athens
Athens Country Club
Thomas Rollin Biddle
Gordon Kenner Bush
Mrs. Bush
Mr. Bush
Doctor Biddle
Israel Moore Foster
Washington, D. C
Richard McKinstry
Ohio University
Edwin A. Jones
Jackson
Richard H. Galigher
Huntington
W. Va
G C. Hawkins
U. S
Mrs
Abner Wrost
Tick Ridge
Charles Lee
W B A Elect Officers at Meet
Mrs. E W Bingman was reelected president of the Women's Benefit Association at Moose Hall meeting Tuesday night. New officers include Mrs. Fred Stauffer vice president and Miss Edna Tribe captain, with twelve candidates initiated and a public installation planned for Nelsonville in January.
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E. W. Bingman
Women's Benefit Association
Moose Hall
Fred Stauffer
Edith Saylor
Jessie Campbell
Edith Junod
Frieda Willock
Lorene Schuster
Mary Hamilton
Edna Tribe
Jessie Cowan
Gladys Schuster
Edna Junod
Geneva Masterson
Matie Pritchard
Lenna Sams
Lenna Tribe
Hope Morris
Lillian Cokenougher
Bonnie Dailey
Lenna Woods
Nellie Clutts
Elizabeth Davis
Malina Gazelle
Elizabeth Meade
Dolly Dailey
Fiossie Wilson
Marie Woodruff
Edith Bertram
Gladys Schuler
Bertha Goodson
Hazel Tribe
Eleanoer Sams
Minerva Downes
Nelsonville
Athens
Miss Ina Hoover
Moose
First Methodist Church Hosts Book Report Meeting
Standard Bearers meet at Elma Wood home with Mildred Totman presiding. Devotions led by Georgia Shame. Vivian Rowland presents A Cloud of Witnesses. Eight new members attend. Immediate notices include birth of eleven pound son to Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Staat in Athens and several local club meetings and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Elma Wood
Mildred Totman
Georgia Shame
Vivian Rowland
D. R. Staat
Columbus
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Staats
John Clark
Sugar Creek
Eleven Initiated Into Ohio University J Club
Eleven juniors were inducted Tuesday night into Ohio University’s J Club, a select Junior men’s organization limited to 11 members who will choose 11 more as seniors. Initiates include Russell Kepler Wellington Allan Moon Nova Robert Corace Curtiss Smith Ashtabula Elmer Babka Cleveland William Martindill Hamden John Holden Cecliff James Berry Columbus Charles Harper Pt Pleasant W Va Charles Densmore Locke N Y Claude Chrisman Mt Vernon.
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Ohio University
Russell Kepler
Wellington
Allan Moon
Nova
Robert Corace
Pittsburgh
Curtiss Smith
Ashtabula
Elmer Babka
Cleveland
William Martindill
Hamden
John Holden
Cecliff
James Berry
Columbus
Charles Harper
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Charles Densmo
Insurance To Be Debated Tonight
A debate at Ohio University debate meeting tonight will adopt compulsory employment insurance legislation. Leonard Henninger will chair. Constructive speeches last ten minutes with five minute rebuttals. The affirmative team includes Robert Whittier and Chris Jorgensen. the negative speakers are Harold Brown and Frank Danello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Leonard Henninger
Franklin Furnace
Robert Whittier
Chris Jorgensen
Harold Brown
Frank Danello
Albany Dedication Delayed for New High School
Albany dedication exercises for the new high school have been postponed indefinitely by J. W. Lindley of the Albany Board of Education. Auditorium equipment arrived late and will require four to five days for installation. A new dedication date will be announced later.
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Albany
J. W. Lindley
Albany Board of Education
House Is Organized in Ohio Legislature Speaker Chosen
Gov Myers Y Cooper and State Commerce Director Edward D Schorr led the caucus to secure control of the House. Arthur Hamilton of Warren County was selected for speaker. Other officers chosen include message clerk John R Mardis Athens County and enrolling clerk Miss Effie V Gregg Malta Morran County re elected.
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Columbus
U.R
Myers Y. Cooper
Edward D. Schorr
House of Representatives
Arthur Hamilton
Warren County
Schorr
John R. Mardis
Athens County
Effie V. Gregg
Malta
Morran County
Surprise filled Christmas party at Majestic Theater
The Messenger Toy Shop hosts a Christmas party for Athens children at the Majestic Theater at 11 on Saturday. Santa will greet attendees and Dorothy Larber the organist provides music and novelties. Alice MarcelIa Collins reads stories, with toys collected at 49 South Court Street to aid needy kids.
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Messenger Toy Shop
Athens
Majestic Theater
Maurice Gross
The
Majestic
Dorothy Larber
Alice Marcella Collins
Ohio University
Santa Claus
Gas Company
South Court Street
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Sociology Textbooks Most Popular at Ohio University
Six year statistics by university librarians show sociology texts lead in circulation with 7,007 books in use in October 1928. Language Department books are least called for, with only 15 issued in October 1927. Overall October circulation rose from 1,878 in 1925 to 16,604 in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Record-Seeker Ruth Nichols Takes Off For Transcontinental Record
Miss Ruth Nichols of Ryen New York began a bid for the West East transcontinental flying record for women. She lifted from Wichita airport at 8 46 a m for New York today.
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AIR Wichita
Eas
U.P
Ruth Nichols
Ryen
N. Y
Wichita
New York
New National Bob for 1931 Chosen by Association
Irene Dunne, film star, wears the hair mode selected by the National Hair Dressers and Cosmetologists Association. The group met recently in Los Angeles to announce the new bob style for 1931.
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Irene Dunne
National Hair Dressers and Cosmetologists’ Association
Los Angeles
Federal building program planned for Ohio in 1931
The Treasury Department projects 24 new federal buildings in Ohio as part of a nationwide 1931 program costing 14.33 million dollars. Planned sites and estimated costs include Conneaut 105000, Jackson 100000, Napoleon 90000, Youngstown 519000, Hamilton 410000, and Zo?esville 200000, with plans under way.
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Washington
O.R
Ohio
Treasury Department
Conneaut
Jackson
Napolen
Youngstown
Hamilton
Zayesville
Pi Kappa Alpha Plans Toy Drive for Athens County Family
Ohio University Pi Kappa Alpha members pledged Christmas happiness by buying toys food and clothing for a needy Athens County family. The fraternity’s James Boden Charles Tarzinski and Spike Thomas lead the committee to deliver gifts and join the family for an evening celebration.
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Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Ohio University
Athens County
Pi Kappa Alpha
James Boden
Charles Tarzinski
Spike’ Thomas
Pipe hidden in fir tree unearthed after 97 years
In Tacoma Washington on December 16 a timber worker for the Hudson Bay Co. laid a pipe in a fir tree hole near Lake Bay and forgot it. The tree grew around the pipe sealing it with pitch until A R Sullivan found it while splitting stove wood. William P Bonney of the State Historical Society notes the workmen cut trees 97 years ago at the site.
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Tacoma
Wash
Hudson Bay Co
Lake Bay
A. R. Sullivan
William P. Bonney
State Historical Society
Athens Girl Win Highest Honor in Phi Beta Kappa Initiation
Phi Beta Kappa initiation at Ohio University Friday night honored four seniors Evelyn Underwood Wapakoneta Marian McClure Athens Leonard Henninger Franklin Furnace and Frank Danéllo Jersey Shore Pa for high scholarly records and campus activity. Accession of three new faculty members was announced Prof George Starcher Dr C M Louttit and Prof Mabel Swanson.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Ohio University
Edwin Watts Chubb
Wo- Fisher
Eleanor Downs
Law- Wing
Evelyn Underwood
Wapakoneta
Marian McClure
Athens
Leonard Henninger
Franklin Furnace
Frank Danéllo
Jersey Shore
George Starcher
University of Illinois
C. M. Louttit
Hobart College
New York
University of Hawaii
Mabel Swanson
Umberto Palo
Elizabeth Denner
Marion
Westrence Eblin
Successor for Houdini? Robbers Bind Shoemaker in Steubenville
Salvatore Casuccio, a Steubenville shoemaker, was bound by two bandits and robbed of 60 dollars Tuesday night. He freed himself, pursued the thieves, and chose not to fire at them to avoid hitting the downtown crowd.
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Steubenville
Salvatore Casuccio
Masons Install New Officers on Tuesday
Paramathia Lodge No. 25 F and A M installed officers for the coming year at a Tuesday night meeting in the Masonic Temple. William W. Connett became worshipful master with Bert C. Rhodes senior warden Cassius Atkinson junior warden Charles F Cameron treasurer James A Palmer secretary Glenn O Staneart senior deacon P J Huffman junior deacon and Arthur O Hunter tyler named to their posts.
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Paramathia Lodge
A. M
Masonic Temple
William W. Connett
Bert C. Rhodes
Cassius Atkinson
Charles F.cameron
James A. Palmer
Glenn O. Staneart
P. J. Huffman
Arthur O. Hunter
Tyler
Schools Prepare for Sunday Vesper at Athens High
Final rehearsals are underway in Athens Junior and Senior High Schools for the Annual Music Vesper Services to be held in the Athens Senior High School auditorium at 4 30 Sunday afternoon. Participants include the Senior High Girls Glee Club the Junior High Boys Glee Club the High School orchestra and music classes under Miss Helen J Cross. No admission is charged and the public is invited.
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Athens
Helen J. Cross
Wednesday Club Members Hear Paper On Contemporary Women
Eleven members of the Wednesday Club met with Mrs. C. P. Pearman. Mrs. F. E. Lasch read a paper on Contemporary Women and a social hour followed. The club will be next entertained by Mrs. Lasch.
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Albany
C. P. Pearman
FE. H. Lasch
Junior High Honor Roll Is Announced
The Athens Junior High School Domestic Science Club hosted a tea from 8 to 4:30 Tuesday in newly completed club rooms refined by the Ninth Grade class led by Miss Ruth Gieson. The room features blue yellow tones, blue green furniture, and a trophy case replica. Mary Margaret Pickering poured. chocolate and wafers were served.
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Athens
Ruth Gieson
Mary Margaret Pickering
Whitlock Case Closed as Brother Returns Home
Police ended the search for William G. Whitlock 50 after an announcement that he had returned to his home in Cleveland. He is the brother of Brand Whitlock former U S ambassador to Belgium.
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Whitlock
Cleveland
William G. Whitlock
Brand Whitlock
U.S
Belgium
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Richland Avenue Methodist Protestant Church
Fine Arts
Florence Justin
Business and Professional
Tox
Gibsons
Pharmacy
Prescription
Cooper
B.M
Optometrist
Owio
Houdini
Masons
Cornwell
Athens Jewelers
W. B. Drake
A. H. S. Dramatic Club
Harry Delf
Miss Love Virgin Diamonds
China
Crystal
Jacobs
Jewelers
Logans
Coty’s Men
Dunhill
Foui Pen & Parker
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Genuin
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