Christmas party plans fill church and club calendars
A flurry of Christmas gatherings occupies area groups from First Christian Church to Greek letters and auxiliary clubs. Members exchange gifts for the aged and for Bundles for Britain, with schedules tight and venues including classrooms, chapter houses, and clubrooms. Harry A. Hope, released from Fort Bliss, returns home after Coastal Artillery service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Paul Neutzling
Scott Neutzling
Christian Home
Democrat Women's Club
J. W. Bauer
S. Shannon Ave
Britain
Chi Omega
S. College St
Harry A. Hope
Plains Road
Fort Bliss
Texas
Coastal Artillery
Camp Callan
Calif
Christmas Dinner Group Six of Presbyterian Church Meet
Christmas dinner of the Christmas Dinner Group Six at the Ohio University Faculty Women's Club was hosted by Miss Marian Morse Miss Alice Lager Straum and Miss Virginia Harger with Miss Freda Smith in charge. Twenty three members and one guest attended and gifts were donated to the Red Cross. A separate item notes a surprise sixtieth birthday party for Mr James A Bell at his home with Clarks Chapel community guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Ohio University Faculty Women's Club
Marian Morse
Alice Lager- Straum
Virginia Harger
Freda Smith
Red Cross
James A. Bell
Clarks’ Chapel
CE. Ruth
Shade
Frank Jeffers
Paul Jeffers
Athens R
Henry Cramer
J. A. Bell
Rose Greenawalt
Bell
Christmas Carols at D A R Meeting in Athens
The Nabby Lee Ames chapter of the D A R held its December meeting at the Eastwood with carols by the Ohio University trio and Mary Allen Watson as accompanist. Mrs. Robert Tompkins, regent, excerpted the Bill of Rights while Mrs. O D Dailey reviewed an article on the D A R objects. Hostess was Mrs. F W Reed with assistances listed.
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D.A.R
F. W. Reed
Eastwood
C. C. Robinson
Nabby Lee Ames
Ohio University
Dorothy McBride
Jean Crawford
Jenny Thomas
Mary Allen Watson
Robert Tompkins
United States
O. D. Dailey
Florence Fisher Parry
Ohio
D.A.R. News
Chi Omega Winter Formal Lights Up Athens Holiday Night
Chi Omega held a winter formal at Hotel Berry in Athens with Rex Koons orchestra playing from 8 to 12. The Glee Club led by Helen Louise Toby performed Four Year Heaven and Chi O Sweetheart, with solos by Jean Chapman Mary Florence Haight. A friend in circle and grand march followed as officers presented gold lettered favors.
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Athens
Chi Omega
Hotel
Berry
Rex Koons
Chi Omega Glee Club
Helen Louise Toby
Heaven
Jean Chapman
Mary Florence Haight
Toby
William Evans
Cleveland
Emma Smith
Dean Irma Voigt
Round About the Town Bits From Athens and Memphis
Round About the Town reports on a Memphis beauty salon using knitting for Red Cross. Ensign Roderick Eddy’s Honolulu cablegram to Athens, Elks Lodge new servicemen, and a group note from Sergeant Grones. Also mentions Pi Beta Phi fundraiser at College Street and Dr. Smith’s earthquake theory about Japan in war context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Catherine G. Reynolds
Red Cross
Athens
Ensign Roderick Eddy
U. S. Navy
U.S.S. West Virginia
Pacific
Charles I. Eddy
Ensign Eddy
Eddy
Hawaii
Philippines
Honolulu
Roderick Eddy
Beta Theta Pi Hosts Christmas Party for 43 Athens Boys
Beta Theta Pi fraternity hosted a Christmas party at their house for 43 Athens elementary and middle school boys. Activities included games, candy, milk and ice cream, and a Santa gift presentation featuring toys and hobby items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Theta Pi
Athens
Beta House
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Alice Moore Celebrates 81st Birthday at Bates Home
Relatives gathered Sunday at Mrs. Alice Moore's Bates area residence to honor her eighty first birthday. Gifts were received from many guests including her sisters and their spouses and numerous nieces nephews and grandchildren from Flora Flora Flora Middleport Reedsville and other nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Moore
Bates
Coolville
Ray James
Athens
Jane Perry
Reedsville
I. E. Price
Portersville
Dora O'Brien
Flora
Orien Colmer
Middleport
Bessie Hoisington
Madison
S. D
Roy Moore
Clyde Moore
Edna Burson
Shade
W. W. Pugh
Freda Douglas
Alfred Cornell
Prof Neil Thomas Attends Engineering Education Meeting
Prof Neil D Thomas returned Sunday from the Case School of Applied Science where he attended the executive meeting of the Drawing Division of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Attendees included representatives from the University of Illinois Missouri School of Mines and Illinois Tech. The committee planned the program for the Society's annual meeting at Columbia University New York in June. Thomas also serves on the national Graphic Standards study committee. A conference and dinner of Ohio drawing teachers accompanied the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil D. Thomas
Case School of Applied Science
Society For the Promotion of Engineering Education
University of Illinois
Missouri School of Mines
Illinois Tech
Columbia University
New York City
Thomas
Drawing Teachers of
Ohio
Margaret Davis Weds C Lawrence Underwood in Indiana
More than 2,000 attended Handel Messiah at Ohio University with the University Choir and orchestra. Margaret Davis, daughter of Mr and Mrs George B Davis of Dexter, married C Lawrence Underwood of New Castle in Richmond Indiana. The bride wore a dusty rose street length dress and will live in Newcastle. Also noted is the Messiah performance directed by Clarence C Robinson with soloists Ethel Brestle Owen Helen Hedden Roach Louis Diercks and Dr King Kellogg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Davis
Dexter
Memorial Auditorium
George B. Davis
Margaret
C. Lawrence Underwood
New Castile
Ind
Richmond
Underwood
Indianapolis
Public Service Company of Indiana
Newcastle
Ohio University Symphony Orchestra
Clarence C. Robinson
School of Music
Ethel Brestle Owen
Cincinnati
Helen Hedden Roach
Ohio University Music
Louis Diercks
Ohio State University
King Kellogg
Denison University
Housing Units of Ohio University Host Christmas Tea
Housing Units of Ohio University honored 24 house mothers with a Christmas tea at Dean Irma Voigt's home. About 100 guests attended as Social Chairman Ellen Ries led a group including Sara Jones advisor and Dean Voigt. Tea was poured by four housemothers and the interior sparkled with holly and bouquets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Irma Voigt
Park Place
Ellen Ries
Sara Jones
Dean Voigt
Virginia Finefrock
Grace Leslie
Doris Perry
Ruth Baker
Myre Leeka
Laura Bailey
William Fleck
C. A. Watts
Star Garden Club Christmas Party at Dexter Church
The Star Garden Club held its annual Christmas party for members and families at Dexter Church with 57 guests. A decorated tree and electric candles set the theme as gifts were exchanged and refreshments served by committee members Sylvia Ames Iva Weaver and Nellie Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star Garden Club
Dexter Church
Sylvia Ames
Iva Weaver
Nellie Nelson
Frank Nelson
Clara Philips
Wilkesville
Elia Nelson
G. B. Davies
Miles E. Nelson
Mariam Hoffman
Betty H. McCoy Honored at Cottage Tea House Shower
Betty H. McCoy, future bride of Francis Brooks Fuller, was honored at a breakfast and linen shower at the Cottage Tea House on Sunday. Mrs. William B. Orr hosted, featuring a ten-thirty breakfast, red rose decor, Christmas tree place cards, and gift readings. Townspeople and guests from out of town attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty H. McCoy
Cottage Tea House
Betty Hoyt McCoy
Francis Brooks Fuller
William B. Orr
Cottage
Galigher Meek Christmas Dance Dazzles Huntington Society
Huntington society pages praise the Christmas dance hosted by Mr and Mrs Richard H Galigher and Mr and Mrs John Burgess Meek in Hotel Pritchard ballroom. Cedar trees red bows and holiday decor set an elegant scene for an evening featuring pre dance parties. Out of town guests from Charleston Ashland Wheeling and Logan joined local hosts and Athens visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Society
Richard H. Galigher
John Burgess Meek
Huntington
W. Va
Hotel Pritchard
Galighers
Athens
Fred R. Beasley
Howard Hively
Marjorie Beasley
Robert Mathews
D. David Reeder
Charleston
Ashland
Wheeling
Logan, W. Va
Christmas Pageant To Be Given at Columbia Chapel
Friendship Garden Club of Point Rock met at Mrs. Shirley Peters home. Three new members joined: Mrs. Winnie Rawlings Mrs. Nettie Gregory and Mr. Leo na Young. The "Wherever the Star Shines" pageant will be at Columbia Chapel Church on Tuesday night December 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Literary Club
Masonic
Hobson Study Circle
H. G. Householder
N. Lancaster
East Side
Sunset Garden Club
William Smith
Richland Ave
Ruth Farley
Ethel Radikin
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Sayre
D. B. Green
Arden Place
Ooo
O. F. Rowland
Strathmore Blvd
Paul Fontaine
Ernest Baughman
Stewart St
Paul Silvas
Fred White
Eagles Lodge
Eagles Hall
the Plains P.T.A
William Hanson
Amesville
Tom Hanson
Stewart
Warren Hanson
Sharpsburg
Keith
Paul
Hazel
Roy Hanson
Charles Lee
Ed Thompson
George
Gladys
Elsie Mae
Mary Lou
Roger
Erwin Mosier
Jean
Carl Hanson
Frankie
George Sheldon
Fannie Starling
Charlie Calendine
Wava
Zanesville
Clifford Calendine
Burl
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Myron
Philo
Diena Brown
Chesterhill
Etta Calendine
Stockport
George Holdcroft
Evelyn
Tom
Harry
Dorothy
John Holdcroft
Lura Hanson
Thomas Hanson
Nancy
Jimmie
Dennis
Lura
Harold
Hazel McCune
Ernest Driggs
Eva, Garnet
Barbara Lawrence
Andrew Newton
Janet
Bartlett
John Paul Jones
Pearl Harbor
James A. Jones
E. State St
Carelton Corner
Frank Xx. Rauch
S. Court St
Corner
Elmer Finsterwald
Donald Bennett
Katherine Finsterwald
Columbus
Mns
Lawrence Graves
134Th Field Artillery
Camp Shelby
Miss
Ge Bertha Graves
S. College
Athens Messenger
D.A.A
Army
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British War Relief
United Service Organizations
G. S. Pilcher
J. R. Patrick
W. L. Gard
J. R. Harvey
Opal Cotner
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Chi O Glee Club
Order of Elks
Uncle Sam
Initvate
Joe Gill
Richard Acomb
Boris Woolley
Wilson K. Baker
J. A. Fuller
Lodge
Elks
Don Grones, Jr
Alberta Grones
Louisiana
Roosevelt Hotel
New Orleans
Joe Bardin
Joey
Don Peden
Stanley Theater
Pittsburgh
Andrews Sisters
Johnny
Seat) Davis
Pi Beta Phi
Mountaineer Settlement School
Catlinburg
Tenn
Japan
W. J. Smith
China
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Far East
Nature
Sli.b.f
Dick Tracy
Superman
Jan Nelson
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Alpha Xi
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Bob Morgan
Santa Claus
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Leslie McDonald
Raymond McDonald
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Raymond Goodfellow
Robert Young
Dickie Biggins
Kenneth Green
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Charles Lee Carr
Ralph Schall
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Teddy Byers
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Jackie Lee Nelson
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Galigher-Meek Dance
Columbia Chapel
Colonial Plan
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Berry Hotel Bldg
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