Young Soprano Delights at Memorial Auditorium Concert
Ruby Mercer, remembering Athens roots, wowed Memorial Auditorium last night with a versatile program from nursery rhymes to Schubert and Gounod. Her lyric coloratura and precise diction drew encores as hometown friends shared the intimate evening. Piano was Mary Ness. Guests included Mr and Mrs Harold Whaley and Mr and Mrs Truman Locke of Cadiz.
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Ruby Mercer
Memorial Auditorium
Athens
Ohio University
Faust
Marguerite
Eide Norena
Metropolitan Opera
Harold Whaley
Mrs
Truman Locke
Cadiz
Faust Opera Broadcast From Music Hall
Radio listeners nationwide can hear Gounod Faust broadcast Saturday afternoon from Music Hall Auditorium in Athens. Miss Helen Hedden will introduce the opera with a short talk, then the Met Opera performance will be carried by four radio channels. Cast includes Giovanni Martinelli as Faust Ezio Pinza as Mephistopheles Lawrence Tibbett as Valentin and Gladys Swarthout as Siebel. conductor Louis Hansmanns. The work follows Faust and Gretchen's love and Faust selling his soul for art. melodies such as the Flower Song and Jewel Song are highlighted.
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Athens
Gounod
Faust
Helen Hedden
Ohio University
Music Halls
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Gretchen
Goethe
Mises Ruby Mercer
Hew Memorial Auditorium
Former Wesleyan Alumni Hold Annual Dinner Here
Ohio Wesleyan University alumni association members and guests gathered at Hotel Berry for a private dinner before the Ohio Wesleyan basketball game. The group included Dr. Gil bert H. Barnes and Rev. C. M. Coulter who was elected president for the coming year, with Mrs. John Dowler as secretary. The dinner preceded attendees’ trip to the Ohio Stadium gym for the game.
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Athens County Alumni Association
Ohio Wesleyan University
Hotel Berry
Ohio-Ohio Wesleyan
Herman M Shipps
Gilbert H
C. M. Coulter
Raymond Slutz
W. L. Slutz
Mary Slutz
John Dowler
Sluta
O. U. Gymnasium
Creative play discussed by Pre-School Mothers Club
The Pre-School Mothers Club met at 67 Stewart Street to discuss fostering creative play in children. They referenced Parents Magazine article by Sybil Brown urging praise of creativity and homes providing space for creative activity.
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Mothers’ Club
Dwight Bowles
Stewart Street
The
Parents Magazine
Sybil Brown
Valentine Box Contest Prizes Awarded in Evening
The evening featured contests and contributions to a Valentine box. Prizes went to Mrs Clyde Norris, Mrs Jerry Ramsey, and Mrs Stanley Nida. Refreshments were served.
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Clyde Norris
Jery] Ramsey
Stanley Nida
Fifth Grade Valentine Party at M E Church Sunday School
Miss Lora Briggs hosted a Valentine party at her home for the Fifth Grade Girls of the first M E Church Sunday School. Fifteen girls attended with two guests, Mrs. Lee Cox and Miss Kathleen Murphy, and prizes went to Jane Finsterwald Kilpatrick Patsy Sherrard and Margaret Croy.
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Lora Briggs
West Union Street
M. E
Lee Cox
Kathleen Murphy
Jane Finsterwald
Jean Kilpatrick
Patsy Sherrard
Margaret Croy
Bridge Club Supper with Valentine Decorations
Mrs. Frank Simms hosted a bridge club supper at 90 Maplewood Drive after an evening of bridge. A four course menu featured chicken in patty shells, sweet potatoes, salad, rolls, preserves, and a dessert ice cream pie with a red heart, with prizes awarded for high scores to Mrs. Carey, Mrs. Bower, and Miss Crysta Simms.
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Frank Simms
Maplewood Drive
Pi Beta Phi pledges six members in Cleveland and Lexington
The Pi Beta Phi sorority announced the pledging of Melissa Biddle Albany Helen Mountain Ironton Jean Brown Jane Durhamer Cleveland and Juanita Dillon New Lexington. Pledging ceremonies were held at the chapter house 16 E Union Street Wednesday afternoon at five o clock.
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Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Melissa Biddle
Albany
Helen Mountain
Ironton
Jean Brown
Jane Durhamer
Cleveland
Juanita Dillon
New Lexington
16. E. Union Street
Lodge Sereno Lodge Order of Odd Fellows 497
A fragment lists the Lo DGE Sereno Lodge with the Order of Odd Fellows numbered 497. The item appears as a lodge notice or indexing entry in the periodical. The readable lines show the organization and number without accompanying details.
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Lodge
Sereno Lodge
Order of Odd F
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By Annalee Wilder
Mary Ness
Women's Music Club
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Bennett
Music Hall
Axminster
Preston
Southeastern
Ohio
Delicious Foods
Table Service
Jack
Zwelling
N. Court Street
Baker's Cafeteria
Wesleyan
Ohio Wesleyan
Logan
Bridge Club
Robert Carey
Bower
Crysta Simms
Alex Root
James Gilbert
Don Blake
Clarence Wyckoff
Simms
Pi Beta Phi
Lydia E
Rian Vegetable
Nutley Oieo
Florida
Jersey
Chuck Roast
Woodworth
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