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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1941
Page
8
Fifty two students including five from Athens Lancaster Logan and Pomeroy will perform four one act plays in Ewing Auditorium at 7 30 p m tomorrow night. Two are student originals from the dramatic composition course.
Mrs Pparl Helwig hosted the Child Conservation League annual potluck and meeting at 7 N May Ave. officers elected include President Mrs Charles Farrow and first vice president Mrs Earl Fink. dues paid, Red Cross sewing, and committee roles announced.
Mrs Earn est Baughman led with Mrs Henry Frost assisting as hostesses. President Mrs Clyde Littler chaired a brief business session. Guests included Mrs Wade Swartz who won the door prize and Mrs Ralph Leonard who captured the mystery prize. Other prize winners were Mrs Joe King and Mrs William Junod. Refreshments followed. Mrs Joe King to host next meeting.
Mrs C L Jones of 8 University Terrace returns from Cleveland after 10 days visiting her daughter Mrs Clay Mueller and attending events including a premiere and the Cleveland Society for the Blind meeting. Mr and Mrs Loring Connett return from weeks in Florida with relatives and friends. Guests join Mr and Mrs William Mansfield for a weekend. Bundles for Britain opens at Good Shepherd Church basement March 1. Ladies Aid of Richland Avenue Methodist Church meets for an all day potluck session.
Metropoli tan Opera star Helen Jepson arrives from Zanesville for a Memorial Auditorium concert hosted by the Athens Community Concert Association. She tours campus social events with accompanist Robert Wallenborn, attends basketball, shop visits, and a Delta Tau Delta luncheon before an 8 p m performance with seating rules for season ticket holders in place.
Sigma Phi Gamma International Sorority held initiation for five pledges at the Hotel Athens led by president Mrs. Louise Poling with Miss Mary Frances Gillogly Miss Katharine Haller Mrs. Ralph Harris Miss Marjorie Herdman and Miss Betty Easler initiated. A blue and gold breakfast followed at Cottage Tearoom with monogram pins given. Story Hour and PTA events noted.
Marion is believed to be in danger from gangsters as Carolyn Brixton joins Madge and Dicky Graham in a plot to rescue her. Dicky presses Carolyn to act and obey while steering the plan and quietly preparing for a staged abduction back to Weirhampton.
Adele Garrison and Carolyn confront coercive men who demand Carolyn go back to Weithampton with threats. Dicky asserts they will monitor her and keep distance unless her activities force interference. Carolyn protests but agrees to go, hoping to reach her gangland contact at the college.
Schine's Athena Theater offers four tickets for first prize and three for second for best Virginia or Southern recipes received by Feb. 28 5 p.m. The competition aims to showcase southern cooking and recipe ideas in the paper's food columns.
Robert Wallenborn describes touring with Helen Jepson since 1937, after being recommended by Mary Garden. He splits summers teaching at North Carolina University and Indiana University, and the duo perform 10 to 15 concerts monthly across the United States, aided by Jepson’s mother. Wallenborn recalls a baggage car incident in Dallas and shows of affection from audiences in Hutchinson and an aisle stander offering apples.
The Gas Company and local merchants organize the 1941 Gasco Food Institute in Athens High School Auditorium on March 4 5 and 6 with three 2:00 PM programs. Miss Esther Roehm leads a staff of three food specialists joined by Miss Dorothy Duncan and K A Williams handles arrangements. Door prizes include a Tappan gas range an aluminum grill roaster and food baskets.
Several groups schedule Thursday gatherings at various homes and venues. The Child Study Club meets 7 30 p m at Mrs. Sisson 2 Stewart St. The Bishop Class gathers at Mrs. Bardin Utah Place. Deborah Class meets Feb 27 at Mrs. Helwig 6 N May Ave. U C D Club hosts a Thursday 1 pm luncheon at Mrs. Welk 18 Second St. and the Presbyterian Church hosts a 6 pm Men's Dinner.
Mrs Ruth Keirns of Pratts Fork suffers strep throat but shows improvement. Her mother Mrs Evert Males Route Three assists. Betty Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Smith, also has strep throat. Mrs Walter McDonald of The Plains was hospitalized in White Cross Hospital Columbus after a Sunday move by Stouts ambulance.
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