Christmas parties draw 600 students in junior and senior highs
Senior High hosted 350 students from 7:30 to 10:30 with Sammy Kaye’s orchestra under Rose Dean providing music. A football dance and tag dances filled the gym. Junior High invited 300 pupils from 7 to 8:30 with rooms offering ping pong, dominoes, cards, radio dancing, and a two reel movie.
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Parent Teachers’ Association
Harvey Householder
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Sammy Kaye
Rose Dean
Fred Wheaton
Roger Jones
Oliver Wood
Sherman Gilmore
C. E. Cooper
Toy Shop involves Mickey and Minnie characters in school play
First grade Rufus Putnam presents The Toy Shop with Mickey and Minnie as featured figures. Larry Keenan plays the toy shop owner, a toy band led by Garold Kartlett, and a variety of dolls and toys perform on stage. Interwoven are holiday visitors and local families visiting for Christmas.
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Mickey and
Minnie Mouse
Mickey
George Hooper
Doris Carnoy
Rufus Putnam
Jase
Toy Shop
Larry Keenan
Garold Kartlett
Ruth Williams
Mary Smith
Anita Bowles
Jimmie Bobo
Samuel Dunfee
Verna Gorby
Marjorie Smith
Margaret Chapman
Charlotte Harrie
Evelyn Millfrond
Jean Cutler
Eugene Ayers
Randy
Louise Everett
Annie
Harold Hoodlet
Mageedy Andy
Junior Bartlett
Evelyn Nicolson
Gretchen Barstow
Donalee Baughman
Muriel
Cless Class Brings 50 Gifts to Christmas Party
At a Presbyterian Church Christmas party the Cless Class distributed 50 gifts to poor children. Eight wrapped parcels were to be given if the Hocking Valley train came with members, with distribution by Mrs Irene McDowell. The event at Mrs C E Cooper home featured a decorated tree, games, and a buffet supper.
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Cless
Presbyterian Church
Hocking Valley
Irene McDowell
Deanville
C. E. Cooper
Columbia Avenue
EB. A. Cottingham
M. E
Jerseyville
Bethlehem
Mildred Ruth
Masquers Club Initiation At Athens Senior High Tonight
Masquers Club at Athens Senior High School plans initiation tonight at 7:90 for Margaret Alice Juthrie and Emerson Houf. Honorary members Oliver Wood principal Irene Hand Anne Pickering Mary Connett William Bryant will be initiated. Membership requires apprenticeship in directing, scenic work, lighting, and stage crew. A secret ritual with unusual lighting, a large masque by Marjorie Beasley, and a masquerin gold relief pin are noted. A A Nellis dramatic coach is sponsor.
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Athens
Margaret Alice Juthrie
Emerson Houf
Oliver Wood
Irene Hand
Anne Pickering
Mary Connett
William Bryant
Marjorie Beasley
Ohio University Freshmen Present Bird's Christmas Carol
Freshmen of the YWCA at Ohio University present an adaptation of Bird's Christmas Carol arranged by Miss Alice Ruth Donley at Memorial Auditorium tonight at 8 p.m. The production is directed by Dr. Irma E. Voigt and Miss Delia Dorsey.
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YW. C. A
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Alliance of Fraternity Presidents
Armistice Ends Bolivian Paraguayan War Fire
On December 20 the firefight in the Chan Chaco jungle between Bolivian and Paraguayan forces ceased at midnight as the armistice took effect. The front lines west of Fort Saavedra experienced no further gunfire, and the region entered a heat filled lull while both sides observe the ceasefire.
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Fort Saavedra
Chan Chaco
German Club Hears Native Songs And Story
The Der Deutsche Verein of Ohio University held a Christmas program in the YWCA room with a German Bible reading by Noah Skinner, a mixed quartet led by Helen Hedden, and a Christmas skit coached by Maude C. Matthews.
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West Wing
der Deutsche Verein
Ohio University
Noah Skinner
Helen Hedden
Miss Hedden
Alice Beasley
Ray Warner
Jacob Burke
Vera Beard
Maude C. Matthews
Eleanor Hetchkopf
Helen Linn
Louis Katz
Dog
Mary Noss
Mary T. Noss
World Peace Topic at Supper Meeting by Guild
Mrs. Golda Cameron hosted the Guild of the Christian Church on Tuesday evening at a turkey supper. Miss Velma Staneart chaired the meeting with devotions by Miss Louisa Steele on Peace on Earth. The program, The World at Peace, featured Stepping Stones to World Peace and a peace story The Invincible Leader. Mrs. Cameron presides and Miss Nita Stauffer attended as a guest.
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Golda Cameron
Sunnyside Drive
Dorothy Sprague
Guild of the Christian Church
Velma Staneart
Louisa Steele
Lytte Wood
Lulu Wilkes
Lida Young
Irene Worley
Nita Stauffer
Nelsonville Barber Shops to Open All Day Thursday
All barber shops in Nelsonville will open for the entire day Thursday December 21, instead of their usual Thursday afternoon closing. Announcement made this morning.
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Nelsonville
Rose Tourney Queen Treva Scott Crowned at New Year
Miss Treva Scott nineteen year old Pasadena junior college student has been chosen to reign as Tournament of Roses Queen in Pasadena California on New Year’s Day.
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Treva Scott
Pasadena
Miss Scott
California City
Wesleyan Honors Mrs Dilley Miss Jo Welch
Jo Welch daughter of Dr C E Welch of Nelsonville has been chosen Athens County's representative on the committee of 88 at Ohio Wesleyan University. Mrs F B Dilley of Athens is the county's alumni representative of Ohio Wesleyan University.
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Jo Welch
C. E. Welch
Columbus Street
Nelsonville
Athens County
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Wesleyan
F. B. Dilley
Columbia Avenue
Athens
Athens High School Art Class Creates Christmas Gifts and Murals
Art students across grades at Athens High School make masques, murals, jewelry, and crafts for Christmas. Projects include linoleum cards, copper jewelry, wall murals, and cloths. work showcases class aims to foster art appreciation and home use.
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Athens High School
Noel
Dick Whipple
What Other Women Say about a full life of work and home
A quotation from the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Club asserts that a successful businesswoman must balance work with domestic life at home. The line emphasizes integrating professional achievement with personal responsibilities.
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National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club
Local Meeting Notices Mixed with Clerical Schedules
Fragmentary OCR shows a meeting date around Thursday at the Knights of Pythias hall and a church gathering on Tuesday December 26. Names and exact times are garbled but indicate upcoming civic and religious notices for community groups.
Quill Club Initiates Seven Members Including Two Athens Residents
The Quill Club, Ohio University chapter, initiated seven students on Tuesday afternoon in Prof. Paul Fontaine's studio. Athens residents Mary Margaret Ruston and Robert Sprague Siigley joined initiates Phylis Adele Teller Clyde Kenneth Winetrout Statira Vienna Keyser and Judith J. Shor. A short concert followed featuring pieces Caprice by Scariot the first movement of Beethoven Op 57 Apassionats and Gavotta by Prokofiev. The Ohio University Quill chapter was organized in 1982.
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Athens
Quill
National
Paul Fontaine
Mary Margaret Ruston
Robert Sprague Siigley
Phylis Adele Teller
Cleveland Heights
Clyde Kenneth Winetrout
Galion
Statira Vienna Keyser
Weedsport
N. Y
Judith J. Shor
Worcester
Mass
Scariott
Prokofief
Quill On the
Ohio University
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