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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1945
Page
6
The Athens Country Club hosts the second in a series of informal weekend parties tonight from 8:30 to 11:30. Club members and wives are invited for dancing and cards with a local orchestra providing music. The previous Friday night gathering was a success and expectations are high for continued events.
Members of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd and their families are invited to the annual parish Meeting and supper Monday evening Feb 26 at 6 o'clock in the parish hall. Special guests include F B Atkinson a diocesan missionary from Cincinnati Hirst rector of St Luke's Marietta and Prof George Sizbey of Marietta Sigma Alpha Iota Recital at Ohio University Music Hall Sunday Feb 25 at 3 p m presents vocal piano and violin selections by the university honor society inviting the public.
Major Raymond A. Lee spoke at the February Legion Auxiliary meeting at the Legion Hall on strianism and national defense. Ohio University guest EVECARE led a program with magic by Don Fritz and readings including The American's Creed. The group approved a $25 donation to the Youth Center, reported a $5742 sales tax refund, and noted vest project materials for U S Marines. There are 77 members with 33 present plus two guests Elizabeth Devore and Kenny Powell.
Ohio University will stage Song of Bernadette in Ewing Hall Auditorium on March 1 2 and 3 with the title role to be shared by Charlotte Baker and Doryce Solomon. Christopher Lane directs as a visiting lecturer in dramatic arts. Minor cast includes Ruth Lawson Vern Shapiro Alice Manty and many others drawn from the arts program. A National Defense exhibit features WACS WAVES Nurses and SPARS in lifesize displays at Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company window. Mrs Lola Morrison plans a Norfolk visit for naval aviation with stops in Gauley Bridge W Va to see her sister.
From a staff of four uncertain females the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve has expanded to 19000 officers and enlisted personnel. Colonel Muth Cheney Streeter says the unit provides a patriotic spirit and now focuses on winning the war. Lieutenant General Vandergrift praises their efficiency, noting they comprise up to half the post troops and fill 7 percent of Headquarters’ enlisted force. The profile describes the average Marine girl as 23, five feet four, 120 pounds, eager for overseas duty, with over 21600 marriages in two years and cautions that the Corps is not a place for mothers.
A letter from Staff Sergeant Robert C. Bird describes a turkey dinner for 52 French children in a Paris area ward, with soldiers translating jokes and sharing food from mess kits. The story highlights generosity and live morale from U.S. troops in Paris during New Year.
PERL MISSERSKINE stuns colds says a half hour cooling after beauty shop drying helps prevent runny noses. Marilyn Erskine urges off peak visits and cooling with 20 minutes under cool air if pressed for time. Mrs O C Moorehead reports J B York as houseguest this week, then left for Washington area.
In Editor and Publisher Digest a feature on Mary Elizabeth Lasher daughter of Prof George Starr Lasher highlights her as an advertising writer editor and columnist with Editor and Publisher since 1943. Her Ohio University training includes Athens Messenger reporting Tobe Coburn scholarship and leadership roles at Ohio University Post and Mortar Board. Her family journalistic background is noted with her grandfather and great grandfather in press and drama.
A dense list of church activities across Athens and nearby towns. It details Sunday services, Sunday School times, sermons and topics, guest speakers, youth and student meetings, midweek prayer services, and special events across numerous churches including Amesville, Hartford, Kilvert, Wesleyan, and Presbyterian venues with dates and presenters.
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