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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1936

Page

7

Portraits and Dinners Highlight Ohio University Talk

A Tuesday Club program features Professor F Scott of Ohio University presenting portraits and early life stories with lantern slides. Guests include Mrs Candus Martzolff and John R Johnston at a private dinner with classmates from Central Church. A separate notice describes a birthday dinner for Risley with many family members and friends.

Neard Pro F. Scott Ohio University Scott Candus Martzolff John R. Johnston Ynite Amy Allen Chatter June Southwies Dora Moore Jean Irene Witham Polsey Mis Onstance Andrews Dean Fs. E Chubb

District Women Pioneers Library Service Expansion to 29 Communities

Athens County gains 20 library centers under Works Progress Administration led by Miss Mary Daisy Smith. Elaine Graham guides a log cabin style Coonskin Library in Salem with five children as readers. Centers in Millfield Coolville Stewart Jacksonville and Gloucester drive active circulation with local volunteers and gifts of 7500 volumes from the State Library Association plus 500 from the Church of the Good Shepherd. Demand for books and magazines remains high as centers operate from the Edwin Watta Chubb Library at Ohio University.

Coonskin Salem Elaine Graham County Library Service Graham Library Service Millfield Center Mary Labosky Jeannette Smith Daisy Mary Smith Miss Smith Peter Frisby Stewart Fred Brown Glouster Hattie Rambo Jacksonville Works Progress Administration Athens County Whch Mary Daisy Smith Edwin Watta Chubb Ohio Univerity Athens State Library Association Couety Library Service Church of the Good Shepherd

Glasses fashion tips for flattering frames and styles

Advice on choosing glasses by face shape and color tone. Rimless and delicate gold rims suit petite features while tortoise shell frames flatter larger faces. Dark colors suit brunettes, lighter shades suit others, and modern frames follow eyebrow arches.

Forest D. Chism Hosts Tuesday Evening Club At Home

Forest D. Chism entertained Tuesday evening club at her home 64 Stewart y. Members included Mrs. Van Dyke Mrs. Ray Barn and Mrs. E. P. Meister Prizes were won by Mrs. Georgia Kilp first and Mrs. W. H. Radford Light refreshments were by the hostess and Mrs. BH Reeder Also Java Thorn Willoughby spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Reeder and Mrs. Tom Johnson

Forest D. Chism Stewart Y van Dyke Ray Barn E. P. Meister Georgia Kilp W. H. Radford BH. Reeder Java Thorn Willoughby H. L. Reeder Tom Johnson

Pet Dogs Gelatine and Local Doings Chronicle

A column by Marian Ash Snyder riffs on cold weather and city quirks. Notes frozen pipes, school dropoffs at Rufus Putnam, and a King George funeral memory. Highlights society editor Pattie Boyd’s 50 years, gelatine fundraisers, and dogs like Snowdrop and Colonel while profiling Dr. Marie Davenport’s long life and activity.

War Memorials Described at Hobson Circle

Hobson Study Club met Tuesday evening at East wood to hear two papers by members. Mrs. H. G. Householder spoke on Our National War Memorials in Europe and Mrs. Anna Swartz, read by Mrs. Roy Paynter, on Edith Caveile the British nurse executed by a German firing squad. Refreshments followed.

Hobson Study Club Eastwood Europe H. G. Householder France Anna Swartz Roy Paynter Fred McCoy

Marriage of Miss Woodruff and Mr McClelland Announced

Mr and Mrs H K Woodruff announce the marriage of their daughter Fileen Adair to Mr William McMoelland in Gloucester on January 30. The couple will reside in Gloucester with her parents providing the home.

Nowhere Jimmie Westfall Claude Westfall Athens King George Norway H. K. Woodruff Fileen Adair William McMoelland Glouster Mrs. McClelland

Social Calendar for Pocahontas Lodge Events

Pocahontas Lodge meets in Red Men Hall Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Daughters of Union Veterans meet at Odd Fellows Hall Wednesday at 7 p m. Bingo party postponed. Sewing societies meet Wednesday and Thursday at various local addresses. Officers to be elected and dues rolled. Several clubs hold meetings Thursday with varied locations. No Athens Grange meeting due to bad weather. Community bingo open to public.

Pocahontas Lodge Red Men's Hall Daughters of Union Veterans Odd Fellows Hall Social Sewing Society Rachael Mossman Stewart St Friendship Needle Club N. S. Welk Second St Central Grade Lydia Lash Evans Mis. L. C. Mead Franklin Ave Roosevelt Sewing Club Raymond Bardin Shannon Ave Athens Grange American Association of University Women Woman's Irene Hand Ellen Glasgow Ladies’ Aid Society Central Ave D. L. Jones Eagles Lodge Eagles Church of God Doris Mansfield Richland Ave. M. P Nannie Allom I. Oo. O F. Tempe

Hathomar Class Hosts Spaghetti Dinner at Church

The Hathomar Class of the First Methodist Episcopal Church held a spaghetti dinner Monday night in the church parlors. Hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fought Mr. and Mrs. Sam Warren and Mrs. W. B. Drake. Entertainment featured games and music. Mr. W. B. Drake presided over a brief post supper business meeting.

Bernard Homer Richard Fought Sam Warren W. B. Drake First Methodist Episcopal Church

Family Council Discusses Conscience in Consumer Role

Dr Velma Phillips head of Ohio University Home Economics speaks on The Consumer With a Conscience to the Family Council at Frank Cone home Franklin Ave The group notes four consumer parts family merchant advertising education 21 members attend with five guests Next meeting at Mrs W H Smith 83 Groavenor St

Child Conservation League Frank Cone Franklin Ave Velma Phillips Ohio University Charlies Farrow Phillips Father Cokenougher

Sayre Club hears Miss Work on Mexican art

Sayre Study Club met at Mrs. TD. B. Green's home to hear Mies Tendele Work of the Art Department at Ohin University discuss travels in Mexico. She described life, people, and art, showed scenes and Mexican objects, with a postponement of the business meeting to the next gathering at Mrs. H. J. Ong's home.

Sayre TD. B. Green Mies Tendele Ohin University Mexico Duce H. J. Ong Congress St

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