Social Evening Honors Bride Phon Jeffers at Athens Route Two
Mrs James Rodehaver hosted a social at her Athens Route Two home Saturday night honoring bride Phon Jeffers. Guests included Mrs Nancy Allen and several friends. Myrta Ashworth won a prize. A dessert course followed gifts for the honoree and mother. Janet Clark and Mabelle Darst could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rodehaver
Athens Route Two
Phon Jeffers
Myrta Ashworth
Jeffers
Nancy Allen
Sarah Blower
Ann Hoy
Bernice Kayser
Maude Stauffer
Cora Evans
Louisa Steele
Janet Clark
Mabelle Darst
Sigma Phi Gamma Bridge Party Report
Sigma Phi Gamma sorority held a bridge party after a Jan 27 meeting at Hotel Athens. A Christmas gifts thank you note from Mrs Scott was read by President Emogene Davis. Attendees included Ann Troxell Nellie Agin Rhea Wendleken Doris Mathews Phyllis Mathews Mrs Erma Scott Mrs Jerry Houck and Bernadine Farrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Hotel Athens
Scott
Emogene Davis
Cottage
Ann Troxell
Nellie Agin
Rhea Wendelken
Doris Mathews
Phyllis Mathews
Erma Scott
Jerry Houck
Houck
Bernadine Farrell
Helen Dorothy Ogg
Joan Mathews
Geraldine Pyle
Seel Family Returns From Rome Visit and Moves
Capt. Peter B. Seel Jr and family return to Athens Route Four after service with Air Transport Command in Rome Italy. Mrs Seel and son Richard plan to live at 312 East State Street while Capt Seel reports to March Field Riverside California for orders. Weekend guests include Archie Sprouse and Denvertown and Amesville families as they attend Ohio State Restaurant Association events in Columbus Deshler Wallick Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter B. Seel, Jr
Richard Knight
Capt
Archie Sprouse
W. State St
Ernest White
Denvertown
Lee E. Dorr
Amesville
Sam Munn
Cherry
Robert L. Blackmore
Columbus
Ohio State Restaurant Association
Deshler Wallick
Vacationing With Athenians in Sunny Florida
Athens readers share Florida vacations with old friends. Dr. Norris Beasley and family near the Yacht Club in Fort Lauderdale host and visit Athens connections. The article recounts Miami Beach meals, theaters, and local eateries with Athens prowling journalists and familiar names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Silque Hand Lotion Ad Promotes Vanity Aid
A vintage advertisement touts Silque Hand Lotion as a premier beauty helper. It highlights its smooth texture, non greasy feel, and novel dispenser top, claiming it softens hands, preps makeup, and even finishes a shave. The ad offers a large twelve ounce bottle for 49 cents.
Attend GOP Meeting at Stewart Rome-Canaan High School
Athens attendees from Stewart area join a Republican Rally at Rome Canaan High School in Stewart and Carbondale in a Monday night dinner meeting. The list includes Prof and Mrs Hoover, Prof and Mrs Smith, Alberta Grones, Claudius and Ed Chappel, Lasch, Deissle, McKinstry, Walker, Coe, Bibbee, Mills, Wakefield, Finsterwald, McCoy, Biddison, Hudson, Morrison, Strawn, Dowler, Evans, Elsie Finsterwald, Gert trude Wolfe, Nora Atkinson, Nelle Pickering, K W Hayes, C H Copeland, Barrows, Carl Hayes, Campbell, Baxter, McBee, Chapman, Hyatt, Nile Mills, Cook, Cunningham, Fuller, Linton, George Sands, Addie Balderson, McInturf, Lucy Felton, George Norman, Audra Biddison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Rome-Canaan High School
Stewart
T. N. Hoover
W. J. Smith
Alberta Grones
Claudius Chappel
Ed Lasch
L. L. Deissle
Harry McKinstry
E. R. Walker
Ernest W. Coe
E. C. Bibbee
N. E. Mills
Cletus Chappell
W. H. Wakefield
James Wakefield
I. E. Fairchild
Edwin S. Finsterwald
Fred H. McCoy
E. M. Biddison
J. W. Hudson
M. C. Morrison
Don Strawn
K. W. Hayes
C. H. Copeland
John Barrows
Carl W. Hayes
Don Campbell
Baxter
Charles McBee
P. G. Chapman
Howard Hyatt
Nile Mills
Gaylord Cook
Ward Cunningham
C. A. Fuller
H. B. Fortney
Ralph Byron
Evan Linton
John W. Barrows
George Sands
Addie Balderson
D. C. McInturf
Lucy Felton
George Norman
Audra Biddison
Maecenas Club Hosts Jan Meeting With Arts Talk
Maecenas Club met January 28 with Mrs. Lewis McBride as hostess and Mrs. Clarence Laughlin presiding. A March of Dimes collection was taken and cards were sent to families with illness. Mrs. J. W. Hudson, fine arts chair, read Art in Various Countries and offered home décor tips. The next gathering is the annual Valentine party on February 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis McBride
Maecenas Club
Clarence Laughlin
J. W. Hudson
Fine Arts
Round About Town Bits and Jolson Movie Glimpse
A humorous column recalls seasonal weather jokes and a Jolson biopic with vivid notes on Larry Parks as Jolson and red-haired Kivelyn Keyes. It also mentions the magazine ’47 and John R. Whiting’s photography book, plus local club notices and a fur suspenders craft tip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
California
Arizona
Athens
Jolson
Kivelyn Keyes
Larry Parks
Parks
Hartman
Columbus
Winchell
John R. Whiting
Helen Gamertsfelder Whiting
W. S. Gamertsfelder
Ohio University
John
Popular Photography
Saturday Evening Post
the Nation
Colliers
Pic
New York Times Magazine
Harpers
Mechanix Illustrated
Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
New York
Chase Circle
Ruth
English visitor Catherine Harvey adapts to Athens life
Catherine Harvey, lately of Birkenhead England, greets Athens with warmth and curiosity. She works at Ohio University registrar's office and plans to stay a year or longer while enjoying American customs, films, fashion, and matinee idols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Catherine Harvey
Birkenhead
Catherine
U. S
Athens
Agnes Padden
Ohio University
America
James Mason
Bobby-Soxer
Stewart Granger
Caesar
Cleopatria
Frankie Sinatra
Athens Writers Have Reviews in German Quarterly
The January German Quarterly, published by the American Association of Teachers of German, carries reviews by Athens affiliates and former OU connections. Dr. Melvin Walk teaches at Alabama. Donald Berrett and John A. Hess hold Indiana and Ohio ties, with Krauss slated for later pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Teachers of German
Ohio University
Melvin Walk
University of Alabama
Donald Berrett
O. A
Indiana University
John A. Hess
Berrett
Hess
Paul G. Krauss
M. Whitcomb Hess
California
Robert H. Lowie
Frederick Lehner
Athens
Vienna
University of
Club Calendar Shows Local Meetings This Week
Athens Shrine No 6 holds regular meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m in IOOF Hall. Tuesday Club meets at 7 30 p m with dinner at Cottage Tea House hosted by Dean W S Gamertsfelder and H G Lehman. Prof Paul Fontaine speaks on The Language of the Soviets Circle Three WSCS meets 7 30 p m at Central Ave Methodist with Virginia Romine 58 N Lancaster St. Business Woman’s Class at Christian Church 7 30 p m with Mrs Paul Porter 271/2 N College St. WCTU meets Wednesday 2 pm at First Methodist Church. Higley Study Circle 2 30 p m with Mrs A Terrill Maplewood. Book review Relief From Nervous Tension by Dr Harold Sink led by Mrs A C Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSCS
Central Ave. Methodist Church
D. L. Jones
Second St
Athens Shrine
IOOF
Cottage Tea House
Dean W. S. Gamertsfelder
H. G. Lehman
Paul Fontaine
Circle Three
Central Ave
Methodist Church
Virginia Romine
N. Lancaster St
Christian Church
Paul Porter
N. College St
WCTU
First Methodist Church
Higley
A. Terrill
Maplewood
Harold Sink
A. C. Anderson
Thompson Couple Welcome Baby Boy in Columbus
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Thompson of Columbus. Maternal grandmother is Mrs. Nancy Marshall of Bainbridge Georgia. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Thompson of Columbus, formerly of Athens and Glouster. Thompson and his twin brother Walter served 29 months overseas and a year in the States. Both married while in service in Florida. Alexander Women's Group The Women’s Association of Alexander Presbyterian Church will meet Friday at 1 30 p m at the home of Mrs. Martha Stuart Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Charley
Mae Bethel
Athens
Hotel Leamington
Miami
Mae
Richard Foughts
Coral Gables
Key West
The
Keys
Havana
Cuba
Bartha Jo Kinsel
Joey
University of Miami
Do. B. Nye
Norman Dean
Miami Beach
Washington, D. C
H. C. Kennard
Nye
Dean
San Juan
Kenny
A. B. Roe
Dorothy Roe Kennard
Park Temple Methodist Church
Doris Day
Shiby Dale
Hillsboro
Dale
Joe Gill
Florida
Lauderdale
Hialeah
South
Brown's
Chauncey Hubbard
Bath
New York
Homer C. Stuckey
Stuckey
Illinois
Logan T. Brown
Indiana
Wilbur Thompson
Columbus
Nancy Marshall
Bainbridge, Ga
Clifford Thompson
Harris Ave
Glouster
Thompson
Walter
States
Alexander
Women's Association of
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Martha Stuart
Albany
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Sigma Phi Gamma
Faille
Athens Messenger
Sina Cecnamana
Norris Beasley
Ft. Lauderdale
Lucile
Suzanne
Jane
S. B. Court
Yacht Club
Dr. Beasley
F. J. Beasley
Messenger Society
Hazel Finsterwald
By Marian Bush Reeder
Fla
Jack Sabel
Chicago
Ill
Ohio Packing Company
Collins Avenue
Yacht Basin
Hal Wayne
Jack
Earl Hansel
Logan
Edith
Fritz
Miami Ave
Hubbards
C. B. Snider
Hubert Huddles
Lancaster
Hollywood
Snider
McConnelsville- Malta
Sniders
Silque
the Cline Pharmacy
O. A. and
HBF
Chase
Pauline Martin
Route Five
Pauline Turner
Birkenhead, England
By Hazel Finsterwald
Syrabate
Rae Lis An
PHO & Ine
SOF
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia Epinkham
Dr. Caldwell
Athens ,Ohio
Buster Brown
Stinlens
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