Holiday Visitors and Family Gatherings Reported
A list of Christmas visits includes Mr. and Mrs. Claire Berry and son Dick of Cincinnati with Mrs. Berry’s parents in Strathmore Boulevard. Joe L. Thomas of Albany hosts a turkey dinner for Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. staff and families at a new warehouse. Guests at various addresses include Rachael Hopkins of Youngstown visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins. Miss Elizabeth Phillips visiting her parents. and other relatives from Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Athens, Minford, and Milford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire E. Berry
Cincinnati
Joe L. Thomas
The
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Albany
Paul Wilson
Ruth Ann
E. Mulberry St
Mr. Wilson
J. B. Wilson
Minford
Wilson
O. E. Fri
Athens
Walter McCarley
Marjorie
Jimmie
Dorothy Ellen
Delores Ruth
Vinton
Leroy Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Lois Fri
Lola Worthman
Bishop Class Has Christmas Party
The Bishop Sunday School Class of Central Ave Methodist Church held its annual Christmas party at Mrs. D. L. Jones’s home on Thursday evening. Thirty-two members and four guests attended. Laura Pierce led the business meeting and offered the prayer. Rev. W. T. Ervin spoke as the class gave him a purse. Devotions were by Belle Bishop, secret pals were revealed, and Christmas gifts were exchanged. Refreshments followed. The next meeting is set for January 30 with Mrs. Gertrude Matheny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Central Ave. Methodist Church
D. L. Jones
Laura Pierce
W. T. Ervin
Belle Bishop
Gertrude Matheny
Whit tenberger announce birth of son Brock Poston
Grand Rapids couple Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Whittenberger announce the birth of son Brock Poston on December 21 at Butterworth Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Richard McKinstry of Athens and Mrs Robert A Whittenberger of Indianapolis. Great grandfather is Mr Harry McKinstry of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert N. Whittenberger
Grand Rapids
Mich
Brock Poston
Butterworth Hospital
Richard McKinstry
Athens
Robert A. Whittenberger
Indianapolis
Ind
Harry McKinstry
Jolly Workers Christmas Dinner Recap
The Jolly Workers Club held a Christmas dinner with 22 members present led by President Mrs Roscoe Burdette. New officers for the year were elected and Santa Claus attended along with revealed secret sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Workers Club
Roscoe Burdette
Santa Claus
Ed Williams
Bert Boggs
Aubra Bailey
A. B. Vandall
Pauline Pierce
Ruth Knapp
Irene Miller
Clara Bailey
Festive New Year Menu and Homemade Cake Tips
Plan a last minute New Year party with a canned ham cheese assortment and a downy-light devil's food cake. The recipe provides seven minute frosting, green gumdrop wreaths, and red cinnamon 1951 drops for a festive top. Also includes a Grand Central Oyster Bar style oyster stew with cream and butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Central Terminal
New York
Daily Menus Include Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Items
Breakfast features applesauce cornflakes crisp bacon heated rolls butter or margarine marmalade coffee milk. Luncheon offers oyster stew crackers pumpkin pie cheese tea milk. Dinner includes tomato juice pork chops cream gravy fried apple rings mashed potatoes buttered celery tomatoes parsley devil's food cake coffee milk.
Hollywood Rumors and Censor Glances From The Set
Hollywood gossip highlights Rhonda Fleming’s risqué hootch dance on Little Egypt with a censor uneasy yet the crew thrilled. Shelley Winters sues over script rewrites while Susan Peters heads to a TV series and Ronald Reagan’s leg surgery heals. Alan Ladd awards, Alan Reed’s nine duties, and Show Boat changes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
NEA
Rhonda Fleming
Johnston Office
Egypt
Rhonda
Dove of Peace
John Garfield
Shelley Winters
Shelley
John
Susan Peters
Susan
Dan Diley
Menninger
Celebrating 56th Wedding Anniversary for Edward and Martha Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith of Carbon Hill celebrate their 56th anniversary on January 2. They are guests of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Palmer, at 138 Union St., Lancaster, while spending winter months. They married January 2, 1895 in Carbon Hill. They have a son Carl who died in 1943, three grandsons Don Smith, Terry Smith, Rodney Smith, and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Smith
Carbon Hill
H. M. Palmer
Union St
Lancaster
New Straitsville
Smith
Marttha Frazier
Benjamin Briley
Engagement Announced for Miss Meryll Moritz to John Hess
Mr and Mrs Sidney Moritz of Denver announce the engagement of their granddaughter Miss Meryll Moritz to John A Hess son of Prof and Mrs John A Hess of Athens Miss Moritz a Kent School for Girls and Wellesley College graduate Mr Hess a US Naval Academy and Harvard Business School graduate now with J A Dowden and Son Co Denver No wedding plans yet established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Moritz
Denver
Colo
Meryll Moritz
John A. Hess
Athens
Miss Moritz
Kent School For Girls
Wellesley College
Hess
Athens High School
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Harvard School of Business Administration
J. A. Dowden and Son Co
Col
Soloists Named for Handel Messiah by Ohio University Chorus
Soloists Helen Roach Evangeline Merritt and Phillip Peterson from the voice faculty along with Herman Hann and Robert Luecke as vocal students will sing in Handel Messiah by the Ohio University Chorus. The performance, conducted by Karl Arendt with the Ohio University Symphony Orchestra, is set for Sunday evening January 14 in Memorial Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Roach
Evangeline Merritt
Phillip Peterson
Voice
Herman Hann
Robert Luecke
School of Music
Ohio University Chorus
Memorial Auditorium
Ohio University Symphony Orchestra
DeForest Ingerham
Karl Ahrendt
Birth of Daughter Mary Jane Cody in Parkersburg
Mr and Mrs Russell Cody announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Jane, on December 8 at St Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg. Grandparents are C A Cody Waterford and Anderson Bentz Coolville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Cody
Mary Jane
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
C. A. Cody
Waterford
Anderson Bentz
Coolville
Neighbors Club Dinner Exchange Gifts
The Thursday Neighbors Club with Mrs. Charles Dickson shared a Christmas dinner and gift exchange. Members included Mrs. Worley West, Mrs. Gene West, Linda Kay, Jean Kay, Mrs. Vernon West, Bonnie West, Mrs. Tom Burritt, Mrs. Ray Zimmerman, Mrs. Luster Cooley, and Mrs. Edwin Zimmerman. The next meeting is January 18 with Mrs. Elza McAfee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thursday Neighbors Club
Charles Dickson
Christian Women’s Fellowship entertains at Spaulding home
Mrs Muriel Spaulding hosted the Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church at 97 N Congress St Thursday night. Mrs Cassie Sidders led the program on The Prince of Peace and presided at the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Spaulding
Christian Women's Fellowship of the First Christian Church
N. Congress St
Cassie Sidders
Spaulding
Clyde Ballenger
Books Received By Library Athens Branch List
The Athens Branch library has received a new batch of titles including One Winter in Boston by Robert Smith Kilroy Hall by Monica Ewer Joy Street by Frances Keys Story of Andrea Fields by Shirley Seifert Star Money by Winsor and more The list spans fiction history and social commentary with authors such as Ben Ames Williams Serge Delves-Broughton and John Foster Dulles among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
County Library
Blanch Phillips
Boston
Robert Smith
Kilroy Hall
Monica Ewer
Frances P. Keys
Andrea Fields
Shirley Seifert
Winsor
Armory
Serge
Owen Glen
Ben Ames Williams
Challis
Leski
Delves-Broughton
Moscow
Walter B. Smith
Rome
Agnes Rothery
Roosevelt
Munich
Pearl Harbor
Basil Rauch
Pellow
Sweden
Hudson Strong
Costain
Cornelius Spencer
James Burnham
Herbert Hoover
Hinshaw
John Foster Dulles
Elizabeth Ogilvie
Crossman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Earl Packard
Grand Rapids, Mich
Mrs
Frances Packard
Nancy
W. Washington
Henry E. Miller Jr
Jerralie
Middletown
H. E. Miller
E. State St
Elizabeth Phillips
Nurses’ Training School of
Ralph O. McDermott
Joann of
Milford
Herman Bishop
Dan Bishop
Mansfield
Central Ave
Lie
Cline Pharmacy
Jolly Workers
Jeffrey
Court St
Ohio
By Gaynor Maddon
Hollywood Report
Eda Edson
June Haver
Jimmy Zito
Okeh
Ronald Reagan
MGM
Alan Ladd
Paramount
Gordon MacRae
Hero
Lake Mead
Allan Jones
Jane Wymen
Bing Crosby
Here
the Groom
Martin Ragaway
Bogart
Richard Conte
Conte
William Desmond Taylor
George Sidney
Alan Reed
Mercedes McCambridge
Aimee Semple McPherson
Aimee
Roberta
Akeh
Herman Mankiewicz
Rolf
Los Angeles Angeles
Mercedes
Farley
Paradise
Athens Pharmacy
Neighbors Club
W. F. Giesecke
H. T. Phillips
E. A. Davis
D. M. Clutter
Thomas E. Gibson
Clara Andrews
Guy H. Gardner
Gwen Tolson
Flora Williams
J. R. Klingenberg
Sapulding
Dorothy Gray
Henree
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