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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1949
Page
12
EPSIE KINARD reports Irish linen shifts from strict tailoring to dressy silhouettes this spring. Designers like Vera Stewart feature bare-shoulder dresses with wide necklines, ruffles, and velvet trims. Bermuda blue and deep coral color the linen gowns, with hoods, gilt buttons, belts, and dirndl-like gathers.
Miss Florence Zanner presided as hostess for Hobson Study Circle at the Cottage Tea House. Twenty three members answered roll call with What I Like to Read. Mrs O G Houck led the business session and Mrs Wilson Norris outlined next year’s program.
The February Athens Co Club gathering at Earl Meister’s home 68 West Main Street Westerville featured a seven o'clock potluck dinner and bridge. Members included Mr. and Mrs. Joe King Arch Knowlton Forrest Chism Ronald Riley Mabel Rose Georgia Kilpatrick and the couple. Illness kept Keith Glendenning and Jack Kilpatrick from attending.
Mrs Gerald Stauffer hosted the Junior Bridge Club at her home 46 East State Street Wednesday night. High scores in contract were posted by Mrs William B Biggs and Mrs R Kenneth Kerr Jr with Mrs R Kenneth Kerr Sr of Lancaster as a guest. Mrs Carl Clifford helped serve dessert.
Athens couple Frank and Blanche Dean of 88 E State St embark for Los Angeles to appear on Truth or Consequences at 8:30 PM Saturday. Their trip, expenses paid, follows a Hollywood invitation sparked by granddaughter Rosalind Morran, a former actress with radio ties. The Deans, both lively community figures, will be featured alongside Ralph Edwards and the show’s ceremonies.
Mr and Mrs Harold H Radford who moved to Athens Route One near Fisher Station hosted a potluck Sunday January 30 for Judy s eleventh birthday and the 46th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs William L West Albany parents of Mrs Radford The Wests attended and were presented with a floor lamp Others at the party included Roy Radford O D Hooper Leo Hooper and family Clovis Chesser and son Gerald Lawrence West Jill West Darrel West Barry West Gene West Linda Radcliffe and other relatives and guests
Miss Blanche Phillips announces new arrivals at the Athens Branch of the Athens County Library. Titles include Highpockets, On the River of the Arctic, Castle in the Swamp, The Tender Melody, Stars in My Crown, The Home Book of Laughter, and other works by Brown, Davis, Felleman, and Becker. Sails for Europe: Retired Army Sgt Dan Morrison sails Feb 4 from Camp Kilmer to Bremerhaven to join the American Occupation Army. overseas address provided.
Recent visitors to Mrs. Rose Tefft of 155 Morris Ave include Mrs. George Barber Mr and Mrs Geo Dodds Mr and Mrs Ralph Williams Carbondale Mrs Gertie Evans Miss Mildred Barber Columbus Mrs Gerald Sidders New Marshfield and daughter Mrs Francis Clark Johnstown. Mrs Tefft recovering from October fall. Mr Robert G Mathews travels to Fort Lauderdale Fla to join Mrs Mathews and Candace then return to Athens soon. Miss Hazel McWilliams back from a ten day trip to New York and Washington DC enrolled in beauty course. Beta Theta Pi Auxiliary sponsoring rummage sale at City Hall Saturday Feb 5 at 8 am.
Mr and Mrs Leo Paquette formerly of Athens announce the birth of a son Thomas Albert with mother Betty Jane Harris of this city. Grandparents include Thomas Paquette Nashua NH and Mrs Robert Boling Chauncey. Great grandmother is Mrs L L Pickering Chauncey. Mr and Mrs Guy E Moore Athens announce a son Guy Hedge born Feb 1 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Shamel The Plains and Mrs Goldie D Moore Athens.
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