Benefit Bridge at Hotel Berry Supports Athens Youth Center
Social and Personal items note a benefit bridge Monday Feb 26 at Hotel Berry to furnish the Athens Youth Center lounge. Auction bridge and pinochle tables will be played starting 7 30 pm with prizes and refreshments. Tickets are at the University Shop or from committee members including Mrs Ferguson and Mrs Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry
Athens Youth Centr
Carl M. Ferguson
J. B. Roberts
William F. Smijey
Dwight H. Rutherford
C. B. Nye
P. F. Good
J. H. Kennedy
Bridge Party Honors Miss Jean Read at Danford Home
Mrs. Richard Banks entertained with three tables of bridge Tuesday night at 110 N Congress St in honor of Miss Jean Read of Fostoria, a house guest at Mrs. Danford's home. Mrs. William Jurkovic won first prize and Miss Sylvia Schuler won second. A refreshment course was served.
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Jean Read
Richard Banks
W. G. Danford
N. Congress St
Fostoria
Danford
William Jurkovic
Sylvia Schuler
Garden Club Meeting Hosted by Mrs Fulton in Athens
Mrs Oscar Fulton hosted the Athens Garden Club at her home 173 East State Street with Mrs Elwin O Neill presiding. Members heard talks on growing plants from cuttings and from seed, covering perennials, annuals, house plants and winter decor.
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Oscar Fulton
Athens Garden Club
E. State St
Elwin O'Neill
W.W. Connett
Paris Hostesses and Food Rations After Liberation
Americans returning to Paris find the city largely unchanged on the surface but reveal deeper strain. French women, proud and resourceful, kept hosts from revealing hardship, often using iron rations and saved reserves to serve meals. Since liberation in recent months most households have exhausted their reserves and rely on meager current rations, with only a privileged minority able to secure farm produce.
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Paris
France
Navy V-12 Seaman Miller Finishes Yale Course
Seaman Henry E. Miller Jr. completed the Navy V-12 electrical engineering course at Yale University in New Haven. He is spending leave with his parents at 225 East State Street. His mother accompanied him from New York City, returning Wednesday night. he will report to Pre-Midshipmen’s School at Princeton University on March 5.
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Yale
Henry E. Miller, Jr
Yale University
New Haven
Rutkoskie Family Relocates to West Coast Station
Chief Petty Officer George Rutkoskie and wife left Athens with their young son George Jr for San Francisco where he will serve with Sea-Bees. They sold their Roosevelt Drive home and plan an extended West Coast visit living in San Francisco or with Mrs. Pearl Rutkoskie in Los Angeles.
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Athens
West Coast
George Rutkoskie
George, Jr
San Francisco
Rutkoskie
Sea-Bees
Rutkoskies
Roosevelt Drive
Gon
Pearl Rutkoskie
Los Angeles
Nabby Lee Ames DAR Hears War Projects Talk at Meeting
Nabby Lee Ames chapter of the D A R met at the Cottage Tea Room on February 17. Hostesses served refreshments as Mrs. H G Stalder spoke on Martha Washington. The group adopted DAR war projects including mobile X ray units for seven hospital ships and a wired program distribution service for hospitals. The chapter contributed ten dollars to a new Youth Center in Athens.
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Nabby Lee Ames
D.A.R
Carl M. Ferguia
Voreny
Ferguson
National Board of Management
DAR
Medical Corps
Navy
U. S&s
D.alr
Athens
H. G. Stalder
Martha Washington
White House
George Washington
Community Concert Association Athens Meeting Set
An Athens notice lists a Thursday 3 p.m. session in the Hotel Berry ballroom for the Annual Meeting of the Community Concert Association of Athens. All ticket holders and interested parties are urged to attend. Also listed are Current Events Club at 7:30 p.m. with hostess Mrs. Louis Ondis and reader Mrs. Thor Olson, and Sew-So Sewing Circle at 7:30 p.m. with Mrs. Harry Coknuhfer. Miss Jean Read of Fostoria visits the Danford home and is a former Ohio University student.
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Sayre Club
Hotel Berry
Grant Gilkey
J. R. Studer
Sayre Study Circle
Gilkey
Glen Hanes
Red Cross
Hursday
Central Ave. Methodist Church
Community Concert Association of Athens
Berry
Cottage Teal House
Louis Ondis
Thor Olson
One Woman to Another on Darning Socks Across Generations
A reminiscence essay recalls school days when silk stockings were worn and mothers dangled stockings rather than mend them. The writer details amateur sock repair methods, including threading and patching, comparing white versus colored socks and noting wartime wool scarcity.
City Federation to Hold White Elephant Sale for Youth Center
The City Federation announces a White Elephant sale at City Building on March 10 to benefit the Youth Center. Proceeds will aid youth programs with article contributions invited from parents by Feb 28. volunteers and committees from schools, Girl and Boy Scouts, and community members are listed, with contact suggestions for article pickup.
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Id Youth Center
City Federation 35
H. M. Woods
City Federation
Leland Stokes
Francis Frebault
L. C. Ridenour
C. B. Nye
George Smith
A. F. Juetter
Franz L. Woodworth
GE. White
JC. B. Nye
J. R. Sprague
C. BE. Atkinson
O. U. Coed Prom Planned For Feb 24 In Men’s Gym
Ohio University hosts the annual Coed Prom on February 24 in the Men’s Gym sponsored by Women’s League. Bob Rice and his orchestra will provide music for the turnabout dance with prizes for best corsages and funniest ideas. Jan Verne Bouse is general chair, assisted by Doris Morgan and others. Prom tickets may be purchased at the door. Mrs. Byron Wolfe and Mrs. James P. Cumley recently returned from Fort Lauderdale. Corporal James Cumley, son of Mrs. Cumley, is stationed at Boca Raton Air Field. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ulbrich announce the birth of a daughter Carolyn Sue weighing nine pounds. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pratt and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ulbrich.
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Ohio University
Bob Rice
Marietta
Women’s League
Becksley
Kyle
Clifford
Jan Verne Bouse
Doris Morgan
Jane Porter
Ann Stasulis
Hallie Dee Smith
Frantes McNeil
Mary Jane Shepard
Wilda Rawles
Mary Ellen Lynch
Byron Wolfe
James P. Cumley
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
James Cumley
Cumley
Boca Raton Air Field
Corporal Cumley
Army Air Corps
Dale Ulbrich
Carolyn Sue
Sam Pratt
Mineral
C. W. Ulbrich
Athens
Sunset Club Talks Plant Growing and Annuals
Sunset Garden Club members heard Mrs. P. A. Langston discuss Amaryllis bulbs said to be about 20 years old and how vigorous outdoor growth with a basement rest period yields blossoms. Mrs. Elwin O’Neill reviewed annuals with tips on selecting easy varieties, sunny spots, and good cultivation. Arbor Day plantings were discussed.
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P. A. Langston
Sunset Garden Club
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Leo Hooper
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H. T. Gier
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C. E. Dupler
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Edith’ Strickland
Paul Cotton
O. U
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Court St
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Mar
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