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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1938

Page

8

Founders Day PTA Program in Athens High School

Athens high school hosts Founders Day for four city PTA groups with a 41 candle cake marking 41 years of progress. Speakers recount PTA history from 1897 to 1924 and stress goals for youth and democracy plus a 35 member high school orchestra performance. Public finance warning follows on a proposed Ohio sales tax repeal.

PTA Athens High School L. C. Staats L. C. Bird National Congress of Mothers Bird Alice McClellan Birney Washington, D. C National Congress of Mothers and Teachers National Congress of Parents and Teachers Neil Crawford Crawford Carl Roberts Percy Granger Tschaikowsky Fibich Roberts Floyd Prince Ohio Harper C. Pendry Pendry

Miss Drake Hosts Dinner Theater Party at Hotel Berry

Miss Virginia Drake, guest of honor, attended a dinner theater at Hotel Berry on Tuesday. She received a gift from friends and is moving from a WPA secretarial post in Athens to a new role with Prudential in Zanesville. Guests included Martha Brown Dana Pinkerton Mary Davis Marjorie Parrish Mary Louise Lawrence Dorothy Clements Elizabeth Scheffler Verda Nolan and Juanita Roller. A separate note from Ravenna reports Fink’s hen laying Easter eggs with a colored band mid eggshell.

Virginia Drake Berry Miss Drake Works Progress Administration Athens Prudential Insurance Company Zanesville Martha Brown Dana Pinkerton Mary Davis Marjorie Parrish Mary Louise Lawrence Dorothy Clements Elizabeth Scheffler Verda Nolan Juanita Roller

Calendar of Coming Events in Athens

Miss Merle Danford presents a schedule of upcoming activities in Athens including community gatherings, club meetings, and social events. Details specify dates and locations for local participation and engagement.

THE Athens Messenger Athens Merle Danford

Grovers Celebrate Twentieth Wedding Anniversary

Mr and Mrs J Watt Grover of Canaan Road marked their twentieth wedding anniversary with a bridge club party on Saturday Feb 12 The event featured a red and white theme an anniversary cake and high scores for Mrs Wilson Norris and Mr A D McPherson Moving pictures from the club era and travels were shown including Europe Canada and a wedding reel Others present included Mr and Mrs E B Donaldson and Mr and Mrs H R Gandee and guests Mr and Mrs John W Dowler Gifts were exchanged for the honored couple.

J. Watt Grover Canaan Rd Wilson Norris H. R. Gandee A. D. McPherson H. R. Gandee Was Consoled. Moving Pictures of the Same Bridge Club Alvin Lamborn Shannon Ave Lamborn E. B. Donaldson Amesville Cleveland Europe Canada Alice Beasley John W. Dowler Grover

Sans Souci Club Plans Annual Prep Dance on Feb 19

The Sans Souci Club announces its annual Prep Dance for Saturday February 19 at the Submarine Ballroom. Prep president Donna Gaiten leads eight committee preps including Frances Alexander Ruth Reeder Jean Herron and others planning the event.

Sans Soucis Submarine Ballroom Donna Gaiten Prep Frances Alexander Ruth Reeder Jean Herron Helen Minamyer Bernadine Dresher Juanita Halesly Ruth Hammerle

Local Family Visit Highlights and Hospital Rescue

Mr and Mrs Joe Murray and relatives will guest at 65 N Congress St. London doctors performed a life saving operation on 8 year old Louisa Usher after swallowing a celluloid doll.

Joe Murray Jo Corrine Robert Mose Williams Gayle Columbus Fred McCoy N. Congress St London Louisa Usher The Royal Free Hospital

Marriage A Sequel to Married Comrades

Adele Garrison portrays Mary and narrator preparing for a rehearsal tour. Dicky plans a cautious arrival and route to keep watch, while Mary frets over perceived surveillance. The Lansfield hotel is described as charming yet claustrophobic, with Miss Whitlock and the narrator promising quiet oversight during the stay.

Merle Danford Shares European Travel Tales at Travel Tea

Miss Merle Danford described a European tour with Miss Mary Kerr during a travel tea hosted by Mrs. M. W. Sprague at Hotel Berry. Guests heard Pages from a Vacationists Diary detailing England Germany Belgium and France including a Rhine trip and a Nazi salute incident in Paris.

Merle Danford M. W. Sprague Hotel Berry The Berry Danford Mary Kerr England Germany Belgium Holland France S. S. Manhattan Cole Ireland Rhine River Hitler Miss Kerr Paris Melrose Abbey Scotland London Cologne

Stars Forecast A Prosperous Day For February 19

The Stars Say predicts a pleasant prosperous Saturday with business and personal gains possible and support from superiors and influential associates. Also notes a birthday year of progress and social pleasure. Richland Ave Church Missionary Society will host a bank offering program at Richland Avenue M. P. Church Friday at 7 30 p m with Mrs L G Beam as speaker and music from other churches followed by a social hour and refreshments.

Woman's Relief Corps Red Man’s Hall Presbyterian Church W. L. Gard Richland Ave the Missionary Society of the Richland Avenue M. P L. G. Beam

McNeill To Host Breakfast After Ohio U Military Ball

Colonel and Mrs. Thomas F. McNeill will host a 2:00 breakfast Saturday at 11 Park Place after the Military Ball at the Ohio National Guard Armory Friday night. Honorary Colonel and captains, Company sponsors, Pershing Rifles officers, and guests from Fort Thomas will attend. Major and Mrs. Olmstead host a pre party at 16 Morris Ave. The ball opens with Trooping the Colors and features Morrie Brennen, with tickets near sold out.

Thomas F. McNeill Park Place Ohio National Guard Frank Howard Phyllis Parkinson Roger Jones, Jr Martha Stafford Clarence Murray Virginia Wagner Arthur DeLuca Jean Murray Pershing James Haehnsen Peggy Williams M. E. Olmstead Frederick Pearson Clyde Hibler Fort Thomas Pershing Rifles Jack Cable Robert Engle James Foster Major Morris Ave

Lydia Lash Evans Club Elects Officers at Eastwood Meet

Lydia Lash Evans Club met Thursday at Eastwood with Mrs. Carlos H. Cameron acting hostess. Mrs. W. W. Connett presided in the absence of club president Mrs. John Jager. Officers elected for the coming year include Mrs. M. D. Worley president and Mrs. C. D. Samford first vice president.

Lydia Lash Evans Club Eastwood Carlos H. Cameron W. W. Connett John Jager M. D. Worley C. D. Samford O. G. Houck Fred Weber A. R. Guest Progra Ralph Palmer Don Barr

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