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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1954

Page

7

Stocking Appeal Reaches Quota For V A Hospital Fund

BTL Asia and Mrs. Hunter E Hope oversee a Red Cross stocking project meeting its 400 unit goal. Each stocking contains raisins cheese tidbits candy kisses life savers and more. List of sponsors and donors runs across Athens Albany Coolville Millfield and The Plains with several clubs churches and individuals contributing. Stockings to be delivered to the hospital this week.

Alpha Gamma Delta Alumna Alpha Xi Delta Alumnae Amere Club Athena Delphian Club Athens Art and Thimble Club Athens Colony of New England Women Athens Student Council Athens Needle Club Business Women's Group Christian Women's Fellowship of First Christian Church Chi Omega Current Events Daughters of American Colonists Daughters of Union Veterans Deborah Emblem Club No Faithful Few Bridge Club Farm Bureau Women's Activities Committee Higley Study Circle Hobson Circle Kiwanis Lion’s Club Fraternal Order of Eagles Logan’s Book Store Lydia Lash Evans Maecenas Literary Club McBee Co the Mother's Circle Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge National Letter Carrier's Athens Fred Beckier Roger Connor Mona Graham Constance Leete Irvin Quick Emerson Sherow Albany Community Garden Club Carrie Hall Club Order of Eastern Star of Albany Roth

Messiah To Be Sung At Convo By Athens Students

Twenty students from Athens join 220 member University Chorus for Handel's Messiah at Ohio University Christmas convocation in Memorial Auditorium. University Symphony Orchestra and soloists also perform with names including Patricia Josten and John Mitchell among the chorus and orchestra participants.

Athens Ohio University Memorial Auditorium University Chorus University Symphony Orchestra Patricia Martina Josten Billie Jo Nuzum Katheryne Carpenter Louise Dando the Plains Jo Ann Sylvester George Sands John Mitchell Bill Fee Maxine Rose Carol Noonan Virginia Huffman Elizabeth Baker Barbara Williams John Klecan Helen Lehman Charles Atkinson Ronald Saunders Charles Frank

What Will They Think of You After December 25th

Ruth Millett discusses social judgments as Christmas approaches and how women assess public opinions about their choices and appearances during the holiday season. The piece reflects on societal expectations and personal conduct amid festive pressures.

Susie

Coming and Going in Town Notes and Family Updates

Mrs Gaige B Paulsen travels to Minneapolis for funeral services for her father Martin Wold age 93. Detroit visitors Mr and Mrs E N Briley stay with D D Tripp and A L Snedden. Phil Briley home for holidays. Sgt Richard K Shaffer in Tokyo Army Hospital to undergo eye surgery with expected month-long stay.

Gaige B. Paulsen Fairview Ave Minneapolis Minn Martin Wold E. N. Briley Adda Snedden Detroit Mich D. D. Tripp F. State St A. L. Snedden Athens Phil Briley J. P. Donovan Richard K. Shaffer Army Tokyo Sergeant Shaffer Japan

Needle Work Easy To Sew A Fitted Yoked Dress

Sewing pattern notice describes Pattern No 8052 in sizes 14 through 24 with 39 inch yardage for size 16 and requests 30 cents, name, address, size, and pattern number sent to Sue Burnett. Also mentions Basic FASHION for 53 Fall Winter as a wardrobe guide and gift pattern inside the book.

Sue Burnett Athens Messenger Ave. Americas New York N. Y

Holiday Garb for Girls Dresses for Christmas Week

New York. Festive cottons for young girls priced within family budgets. Big sister wears a red broadcloth dress with black and white checked ruffles and velvet belt. little sister in beige chambray with red-embroidered pleats and organdy trim.

New York NEA Big Sister

Wise Wives Skips Office Parties

Cynthia Lowry argues wives should avoid office Christmas parties or attend discreetly. She warns husbands may be “Good Mixers” or target of gossip, advises staying home, and suggests wives accept invitations only if necessary, leaving keys and cold cuts for a quiet evening instead.

Cynthia Lowry Office Anyoniay

Writers for Children topic at Pallas Club meeting

Mrs A C LaFollette hosted the Pallas Club gathering at Grosvenor Street. Mrs M E Twiss and Mrs Emmett Rowles presented a program on Writers for Children, naming Cornelia Meigs Florence Fitch Fanny Buchannon Margaret Henry and Eleanor Estes as outstanding authors.

A. C. LaFollette Pallas Club Grosvenor St M. E. Twiss Emmett Rowles

DAR Has Christmas Meeting In Yuletide Style

Nabby Lee Ames Chapter of the DAR held its December gathering at the Cottage Tea House. The Regent Mrs. C E Heft opened with a poem from the DAR Magazine, followed by devotions. A white elephant sale raised over twenty five dollars for Tamassee. Mrs. Heft presented a Christmas movie and music, with a social hour and a Christmassy tea table hosted by eight members.

Nabby Lee Ames DAR Cottage Tea House C. E. Heft The D. C. Snow H. L. Atkinson E. J. Taylor, Jr Tamassee J. P. Trepp John Edwards Gordon B. Gray G. A. Coe Mary Williams Marian Coe Delle Finsterwald Blanche Finsterwald

Albany social event calendar lists multiple Christmas parties

Calendar of social events notes several Christmas gatherings in Albany area venues with times. OES installation at 7 30 pm invites sandwiches for those not solicited. Legions Home hosts American entry with cookies for State Hospital. Needle Club 14 Hocking St 7 30 pm gift exchange. Christmas party details include gift exchanges and requests to Regrets by dates.

Albany Oes Legion Home State Hospital E. L. Poston Hocking St Coolville Methodist Church Fire House Eos Children's Home Delilah Rebekah Lodge New Marshfield

Miss Patricia Wolfe Stars as Grima in Cincinnati Operetta

MISS PATRICIA WOLFE of Athens plays Grima in the Cincinnati Music Drama Guild production Song of Norway at Cox Theatre Cincinnati December 16 18. She attended Ohio University and serves as secretary at the literature headquarters for the Methodist Church in Cincinnati and studies at the Cincinnati College of Music. Her parents Mr and Mrs Floyd M Wolfe plan to attend opening night and then take Patricia home to Athens for the holidays.

Patricia Wolfe Floyd M. Wolfe Athens Grima Cincinnati Music Drama Guild Cox Theatre Cincinnati Miss Wolfe Ohio University Woman's Division The Methodist Church Cincinnati College of Music

Lessons in Bridge From Oswald Jacoby in New York Championship

In the Metropolitan Championship story, Constantine Piatsis and Ivan Wichfeld achieved a fine North-South score. Oswald Jacoby recounts how Piatsis, at South, discussed passing two spades, while Wichfeld arranged a transatlantic call to plan the game.

Oswald Jacoby New York Constantine Piatsis Ivan Wichfeld Platsis London Wichfeld North West Piatsis East Declarer Platsi

Canaanville WSCS Christmas Party Highlights

The Canaanville WSCS held its annual Christmas meeting at the church Tuesday evening led by devotional leader Hildreth Burch. Hostesses included Jessie Jacoby Marvella Crawford and Jessie Essex with gifts exchanged and a guest, Mrs. Vivian Leel, among many members present.

Canaanville WSCS Jessie Jacoby Marvella Crawford Jessie Essex Hildreth Burch Nellie McAfee Margaret Smith Bettie Storer Vivian Leel Cecia Clark Forrest Coffman Fdna Rose Carrie Hill Florence Gaston Lena Kempton Maude Marks Mary Foose Josephine Risch Maxine Kempton Lucy Sutton Josephine Seel Edna Gilson

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