New Year Open House Hosted by Mr and Mrs Davis
Mr and Mrs Earl G Davis hosted open house receptions at their home 6 Marietta Ave on New Year’s Day from three to five and eight to ten. Holly wreaths red candles and pine boughs adorned the Yuletide display. Sixty five guests attended with Mrs Robert Bullock and Mrs C M Ferguson pouring punch and Miss Marian Vanity assisting in the afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl G. Davis
Davis
Marietta Ave
Robert Bullock
C. M. Ferguson
Marian Vanity
Holiday Teas at Dean Voigt Highlight Ohio University Season
Dean Irma E. Voigt hosts annual New Year teas at her 35 Park Place home. Saturday afternoon guests include faculty and spouses, Sunday afternoon welcomes unmarried faculty. Decorations feature an organ replica with rose window and electric candlelit scenes with a lit Christmas tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma E. Voigt
Ohio University
Park Place
Dean Voigt
Edith Wray
George R. Starcher
Let Children Scribble Art Student Advises
An Ohio University art student in Miss Edna Way's class promotes letting children scribble as a natural form of self expression. The piece urges parents to avoid pushing realism and to allow a child to tell their own story through marks, fostering confidence and independent thinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Edna Way
Lily Bernheisel
Johnny
Personal notices of travels and returns to Columbus area
Mrs. Evan J. Jones and son Evan return from Douglaston Long Island to Columbus for the start of OSU classes. Other names: Maude Marks Grosvenor Sr Ceila Clark Warren Parker Robert Cable R Kenneth Kerr Jr Dan Morrison William Sprague and family visit sites in Findlay Columbus Morgantown and Chicago. Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae meet for sales tax receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan J. Jones
Evan
Douglaston
Long Island
N Y
J. R. Gilmore
Columbus
Ohio State University
Maude Marks, Grosvenor Sr
Ceila Clark
Findlay
Warren
Ace) Parker
W. P. Collins
Ethel Collins
Qovo
Alpha Gamma
Alpha Gamma Delta
Margaret Burt
Elliot St
Hostess Mary Bartlett Heads Athens Shrine Past Officers Club
Mrs. Mary E. Bartlett hosted the Past Officers Club of Athens Shrine No. 6 at their January meeting in Nelsonville. After a dinner for 15 members at 4 o clock a brief business session followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Bartlett
Officers Club
Athens Shrine No. 6
Nelsonville
Social Situations and Unasked Advice
A study note describes resisting unasked advice as many dislike unsolicited input and people differ in approaches. The excerpt also gives a practical tip to mustard with steak seasoning, though this blends with unrelated instruction.
Gullums Collect Old Pressed Glass Patterns From Thousand Eye
Professor Frank B Gullum of Ohio University pursues scattered pieces of Thousand Eye pressed glass by Richards and Hartley of Taren tum Pa He has 54 items including a cream pitcher milk pitcher and goblets Mrs Gullum collects Moon and Star pressed glass by Adams and Co Pittsburgh, a relic of the glass hub era
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Gullum
Ohio University
Hunte
Gullum
Thousand Eye
Richards and
Hartley
Tarentum
Club Calendar Notes and Antiques Highlight Week
The club schedule lists meetings from Monday through Friday across several groups including Wesleyan Service Guild WBA Review and Athens Shrine No. 6 with speakers and dinners. A long passage on Mrs. Gullum’s Ohio River antiques describes Moon and Star glass, coin pattern pieces, Majolica, Moss Rose Haviland china, and keepsakes.
Chauncey Senior Class Holds Final 1948 Party At High School
Chauncey Dover High School seniors held a Christmas party in the band room as the last social event of 1948. Members competed in games and a scavenger hunt with Terry Cunningham as lead winner. Refreshments followed as gifts were exchanged and sponsors helped present items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover High School
Terry Cunningham
Ruth Bell
George Christman
Betty Blackford
Mary Tippie
Barbara Smart
Bettie Witham
Donna Shafer
Shirley Russell
Mae Crabtree
Faye Crabtree
Violet Mae Theisen
Carolyn Jean Hillen
William Napper
Orville Crabtree
Dorcas Society Hosts New Year Celebration
Dorcas members entertained their husbands at the society’s New Year gathering hosted by Mr and Mrs Williams Mrs Cleo Williams Mrs Lacey McNutt and Mrs Waldron. A business session preceded devotionals poems Bible quiz and two Bible contests with prizes. A turkey dinner for 42 members and guests followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Society of Dorcas
Buckley
Hollywood Star Richard Basehart Leaves Newspaper Work
Actor Richard Basehart, born in Zanesville Ohio, quit his newspaper job after a gore filled police beat experience left him ill. He later starred in films including He Walked by Night Cry Wolf Repeat Performance and Reign of Terror portraying ruthless criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Handsaker
Richard Basehart
Zanesville
Ohio
Times- Signal
Barbara Stanwyck
Louis Hayward
Basehart
Robespierre
Arlene Dahl
Roseanna McCoy
Courtney Sisters Return to Schools
Miss Betty Jane Courtney left Chauncey for New Haven to resume studies at Yale Divinity School after vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Gilbert Courtney. Her sister Isabel Courtney returned to Cincinnati to teach music in Norwood schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Cable
Northern Illinois College of Optometry
Chicago
Ill
W. B. Cable
E. State St
Chauncey
Betty Jane Courtney
New Haven
Father Visited Chauncey Friendship Visit in Detroit
Chauncey resident Wilbert Clarey of Detroit spent a holiday visit in Chauncey with his father Charles Clarey. He returned home with sister Letha Clarey and Della Bailey of Chauncey for a Detroit visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Wilbert Clarey
Detroit
Charles Clarey
Letha Clarey
Della Bailey
Recovery In Chauncey After Major Surgery At Sheltering Arms
Mrs. F M Mc Pherson of Chauncey is reported to be recovering satisfactorily after major surgery at Sheltering Arms hospital and she is expected to return home on W Main Street soon. The Chauncey Christian Church Official Board and workers conference will be held at 7 pm today to review 1948 business and discuss 1949 plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
F. M. McPherson
Sheltering Arms Hospital
W. Main St
The
Chauncey Christian Church
Chauncey Auxiliary to Elect Officers Tuesday
Chauncey Auxiliary to the United Mine Workers will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Church of Christ Parish House. Officers will be elected and a potluck supper will be served.
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Athens Oe
Chauncey
Chauncey Auxiliary
United Mine Workers
Church of Christ
Showalters Entertain At Reunion
A Chauncey family reunion was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Showalter on W Jacobs Ave. A turkey dinner was served to Wilford Schoonover Joyce Jo Ann and Jerry Schoonover Millfield Pearl Showalter Richard Mary Showalter Patricia Charles Showalter Jr Fort Bliss Texas Lester Showalter Corning Shelba Melvin Showalter and afternoon guests Richard Dehman Gary Dehman The Plains and Fred Nelson Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Charles Showalter
W. Jacobs Ave
Wilford Schoonover
Joyce
Jo Ann
Jerry Schoonover
Millfield
Pearl Showalter
Richard
Mary Showalter
Patricia
Edwardsville
Ill
Charles Showalter, Jr
Furlough Ends Bring Stover and Collins Back to Fort Knox
Retired soldiers Don Stover and Pat Collins returned to Fort Knox Kentucky after Christmas furloughs spent with relatives in Murray City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Don Stover
Pat Collins
Fort Knox
Murray City
Mrs Ward Rites Held At Chauncey
Funeral services for Laura Stalder Ward 74 longtime Chauncey resident were held at the First Christian Church Chauncey with Pastor Gilbert Courtney officiating. Three hymns were performed by Charles S Bradfield Isabel Courtney and Helen Courtney. Burial followed in Nye Cemetery Chauncey. She was a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Stalder of Chauncey and survived by son Frank Evener Murray City two daughters Grace Mead and Mrs Easler and a sister Mrs Maude Campbell Amanda Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Laura Stalder Ward
Grace Mead
Newark
Ohio
First Christian Church
Gilbert Courtney
Charles S. Bradfield
Isabel Courtney
Helen Courtney
Nye
Ward
Benjamin
Sarah Stalder
Frank Evener
Murray City
Mead
Easler
Maude Campbell
Amanda Ohio
Williams Entertain Holiday Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Williams hosted holiday guests including Mr. and Mrs. Albert Storer with son Pvt. Don Storer in training at Fort Knox Ky. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Williams Columbus Miss Lelia Williams Walter Limaski Dayton Ohio, another Williams family from Gardenia California and daughter Opal Blazer and family from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Frank Williams
Albert Storer
Barberton
Ohio
Pvt
Don Storer
Fort Knot
Pearl Williams
Columbus
Lelia Williams
Walter Limaski
Dayton
Williams
Frank
Gardenia Calif
Opal Blazer
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Dean Irma Voigt
R. Kenneth Kerr, Jr
Edgar Wolfe
Dan Morrison
Fort Sill
Okla
M. C. Morrison
Watson McCoy
Margaret Matters
Morgantown
W. Va
Billy McKee
Wilson H. McKee
University Terrace
Meadville
Grosvenor S. McKee
Patricia Brider
C. E Brider
Maplewood Place
Farm Bureau
Miss Brider
Ohio University School of Journalism
Baton Rouge
Elmer F. Jones
Grosvenor St
Athens
Capitol City
Capitol
State University
U. S
Huey P. Long
Capitol Grounds
Young Model
Anette Wright
Miami Beach
Fla
Blythe
Marines
Terminal Island
Calif
Charles Hodges
Brigadier II
Ann Blyth
Frank B. Gullums
By Marian Bush Reeder
Wesleyan Service Guild
WBA
Ioof Hall
Esther
Christian Church
E. A. Davis
Richland Ave
Sayre Study Circle
Mamie Steele
Evans St
Child Guidance CCL Circle
Pe Meter's
A. C. Anderson
Federation Circle
C.C.L
Richard Phillips
Ohio Ave
Sol Rosenberg
Athens Shrine
Soeeday
Ioof L
WCTU
Presbyterian Church
Veterans Hospital
R. A. Morris
Columbia Ave
Athens Council For Childhood Education
University Elementary School
Marie Quick
R. M. van Dyke
Race St
Daughters of 1812
J. R. Harvey
State St
Circle 2
Central Ave
Methodist Church
D. D. Chappelear
First St
Lydia Lash Evans
L. C. Baker
Chiefs Club
H. T. Wise
Franklin Ave
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Prof. Gullum
Hamden
Gullums
Moss Rose Haviland
Hand Co
Dorcas
Hollywood
Fred McKay
Elmwood Place
WSCS
Central Ave. Methodist Church
Chauncey — Ladies’ Aid Society
Chauncey Methodist Church
St.joseph
Courtney
Showalters
Mrs. Ward
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Reba Shafer
Court St
I, Price
Lowman
Athens, Ohio
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