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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1949
Page
6
Mrs. M. F. Glazier will lead a program titled Music of Different Countries at a club gathering. The event, scheduled for Wednesday at 2:30 p.m., will be hosted by Mrs. George A. Coe of 27 N College St with Mr. Higley and others in attendance.
The Athens Woman’s Music Club gathered at 40 North College Street Monday evening with Miss Elsie Druggan presiding. Members presented music and papers including Current Music Notes from Italy. Performances featured piano numbers by William Ruston and Bernard Witsberger and vocal pieces by Don Millikan and Oliver Martin with piano accompaniment.
Athens High School held a "School Days" dance with Ronnie Ayer's Orchestra. Over seventy five couples danced under a classroom motif with teacher apple favors. The event featured dances named Math March History Hop Chemistry Crawl and Spanish Swirl led by Sam Carpenter and Jean Baird.
A28 listings show Athens Shrine No 6 IOOF Hall 7 30 p m Sandwhiches Ho bson Circle Cottage Tea House hostess Miss Florence Zanner Alpha Gamma Delta Alumni Club 5 30 p m 9 May Ave bring sales tax stamps Tuesday Club Feb 1 Thackery House Dr Harvey Lehman Federation CCL Circle 166 Morris Ave 8 p m acceptances regrets Mrs Sol Rosenberg 0359 bring pictures Child Gildan CCL Circle Albany Rd 8 p m Home Duties of Children Ladies Day bridge luncheon Country Club Wednesday 1 p m reservations 25061 or Mrs Hunter Hope 0335 ooao9
American tenor Jon Crain appears at Memorial Auditorium on Friday February 25 at 8 15 p m in Charles L Wagner production of Rossini s The Barber of Seville as part of the Athens Community Concerts series Crain known for Madame Butterfly Romeo and Juliet and extensive concert work began in St Louis and served in the Army Special Services before rebuilding a career in New York and touring widely with Wagner anticipating his Count Almaviva role in The Barber of Seville
Mechanicsburg Band Boosters Club stages the Magical Larfacade show featuring Jack Courtney and Prof. Blair on Thursday Feb 3 in the school auditorium to raise funds for 40 band uniforms under Mrs W P MacDonald. Admission is charged with half price for children. proceeds aid the band and provide a family friendly evening.
The Past Matrons Auxiliary of the Order of Eastern Star met Monday for annual meeting and the initiation of retiring OES Worthy Matron Stella Studer. A 6 pm dinner preceded the program with Alma Hudson delivering a poem titled An Ode to Stella. Silent auction led into the initiatory ceremony conducted before the hall ceremony. Ella Miller presided at the meeting with a large slate of participants listed.
Athens Ohio church group met at First Methodist Church on January 27. They announced World Day of Prayer for March 4 and discussed hosting foreign students from Ohio University. The meeting covered Bible sending to Japan, Red Cross Blood Bank emphasis, and a letter of appreciation for Eleanor Gifford. Birth notices from Amesville and Hastings Addition were shared, and Ben Borceman will speak at Amesville Presbyterian Church with Irene McDowell.
Athens Grange will meet Thursday at 8 p m in the Grange Hall at the Fairgrounds. Refreshments and a social hour will follow the meeting.
A social dilemma asks hosts to seat guests with care. The guideline favors arranging seating so husbands and wives are not seated together at the dinner table.
At Camp Lee Virginia reporters observe the first peacetime class of regular Army WACs. Eight weeks yield weight gains of 10 to 15 pounds each under Col Mary A Hallaren. Cooks follow men’s menus, uniforms and bed racks shown, and civilian clothes allowed off duty.
Athens Religious Education Committee and Sunday School leaders met to plan Community Vacation Bible School opening June 21. A $50 operating budget will be shared by churches based on enrollment. enrollment groups include Kindergarten, Primary, Junior, Intermediate, and grades nine and ten.
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