Athens Social Notes Highlight New Year Visits and Meetings
Society column records Dr. J Homer Caskey presiding at an Eighteenth Century Research Group meeting in New York and being reelected chairman for 1939. It lists New Year visits across Ohio and nearby states among families including the Browns, Johns, Hughs, Dicksons, and Parkers, with travel between Athens, Columbus, Akron, Zanesville, and Marion as festivities wrap up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Homer Caskey
Athens
New Haven
New York
Washington
Mrs Benedict Attends White House Music Tea
Mrs. Margaret A. Benedict of Ohio University attended a Music Teachers Association tea at the White House on December 28. She met Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt during the opening day reception in the East Room with over 1,000 guests including Walter Damrosch Edward Johnson and Olin Downes. Rosa Tentoni performed at the Mayflower Hotel banquet. Prof. P. L. Peterson joined the Washington trip for two days of meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret A. Benedict
School of Music
Ohio University
White House
Music Teachers Association
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Community Concert Association
P. L. Peterson
Washington
Watch Party At Home Of Mr And Mrs Woodruff
Mr and Mrs Fred Woodruff hosted a Saturday night watch party at 12 Wolfe St with guests including Mr and Mrs Lloyd Pierce and others. Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority held their first New Year meeting Monday night at The Hotel Berry to plan social activities. Hebbardsville Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church meets Friday Jan 6 at 1 30 pm with Mrs Roger Biddle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Hughes
S. High St
Ray C. Moore
Lawrence
Kans
Moore
State of Kansas
University of Kansas
Hughes
Denison University
Mr. and
Mrs. Woodruff
Fred Woodruff
Wolfe St
Lloyd Pierce
Francis Colley
Clarence Shaw
Claude Evans
Ea Sherlock
Frank Richey
Harold Sherlock
Betty Jo
Ada Ballenger, Logan
Kenneth McPeak
Freda
Donna Lee
Betty Moore
Sigma Phi Gamma _ Sorority
Berry
Co . Hebbardsville
Hebbardsville Presbyterian Church
Roger Biddle
Miss Virginia Brooks Joins Eight Queens Candidates
Miss Virginia Brooks of Nelsonville, a senior and former 1937 Press Cotillion queen, competes among eight candidates for Queen of Queens at Ohio University Senior Ball in Athens on Friday night January 13. She belongs to Chi Omega sorority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Brooks
F. M. Brooks
Nelsonville
Ohio University
Athens
Brooks
Chi Omega Sorority
Local Club and Society Meeting Notices From Athens Area
The calendar lists several upcoming events in Athens including the Athens County Council for Childhood Education regular meeting at 7:00 p m in the Chubb Library Reading Room and a Daughters of Union Veterans gathering at Odd Fellows Hall. Also scheduled are Lydia Lash Evans Club on Jan 5 at 2:30 p m, Book Review Group of A A U W on Jan 11 at 7:30 p m, Ladies Auxiliary Eagles party Jan 5, Athens Grange at 8:00 p m with pie and sandwiches, and Ladies Aid Society meeting Feb 2 at 2:00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Council For Childhood Education
Chubb Library
Ohio University
Daughters of Union Veterans
Odd Fellows Hall
Lydia Lash Evans Club
Fred Weber
Second St
John Dowler
Ane
Louis Hammerle
A.A.U.W
Voters League To Meet Thursday
The Athens League of Women Voters reminds members that dues are due this month as the new financial year begins. The annual dinner will be a potluck at 6:00 p.m. at 25 N College St with each member providing her own table service. An all day meeting and noon potluck dinner follow at Richland Ave M Church where annual officer elections will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Athens League
League
William G. Seaman
N. College St
Ladies Aid Society
Richland Ave. M. P
Burr Oak Briefs
Rev Mingus led services at Spencer Ridge on Sunday. Roscoe Atkins announces the birth of a son Glenn Dennis. Glenn Dennis visited his aunt Grace Weaver Saturday. Sycamore School and Spencer Ridge School resumed January 3. Mrs Jack Williams of Hemlock and her son Nolan spent Saturday with Grace Weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr Oak
Mingus
Spencer Ridge
Roscoe Atkins
Glenn Dennis
Grace Weaver
Sycamore School
Jack Williams
Hemlock
Nolan
Miss Cochran Weds Donald Wolfe In Toledo Reception
Miss Esther Mae Cochran daughter of Mr and Mrs Asa B Cochran of The Plains wed Donald Wolfe son of Mr and Mrs Maynard M Wolfe of Toledo in a Saturday afternoon ceremony at the Cain home in Bowling Green. Rev Frank E King officiated. The couple plans residence in Toledo where Wolfe is on the editorial staff of The Toledo Blade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Mae Cochran
Asa
Harold Matheny
Christine Cochran
Jack Wolfe
Toledo
Wolfe
The
Toledo Times
Marriage Meddlers in a New Jersey Mail Plot
A scheme unfolds in a New York hotel as Madge Graham and Noel Veritzen plot to mislead producer Philip Veritzen. A secret phone call and coded Oxford persona raise tensions while Madge composes a misleading letter to Miss Whitlock. Continued tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Veritzen
Mary Veritzen
Philip
Lansfield
New York City
Mary
Veritzen
Madge Graham
New Jersey
Madge
New York
Noel Veritzen
Miss Whitlock
the Lansfield
Dicky
Thorp
Coed Encounters Italian Count on Holiday Visit
Southeastern Ohio readers recall winter travel to Akron and back as a blustery journey. A homebound coed shares a blind date with a man introduced as a count, who revealed his title through a Dowager. On the same trip another student recalls a deer collision in Pennsylvania and a merry New Year’s outing with tuxedos and buggies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
California
George Fetds
Shirley Ann
Annavee Nanna
Akron
Perry County
Athens County
C. A
Milady
Pennsylvania
Athens
Union Club and Social Notes Jump From Langsville to Gallipolis
Mr Union Personal And Social mentions illness of Mrs Helen Turner in Mt Union. Golden Circle Club met at Frank and Mrs Woods with Charles King leading. Next meeting at Ward Nicholson s Langsville Jan 13 led by Chloe Peck. Local families and guests visited in Epple Wood Harmon Nicholson circles. Revival begins at Macedonia Church Harrison Twp led by Rev Eddie Burnam with Harrison quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Union
Helen Turner
Golden Circle
Frank Woods
Charles King
Ward Nicholson
Langsville
Chloe Peck
Don Wood
Pomeroy
George Wood
Dana Epple
Leonard Epple
M. A. Epple
Willis Wiseman
Epple
Evelyn Nicholson
Athens
W. W. Harmon Lancaster
George Harmon
Sidney Jordan
Gilbert Michael
Bunker Hill
Floyd
Clarence Jordan
Gallipolis
Macedonia Church
Harrison Township
Eddie Burnam
Harrison Quartet
Friday the 13th Birthdays Highlight Mrs. Smith Tale
Mrs Ernest Smith born January 15 1911 shares Friday the 13th birthdays with anniversaries on January 15 1917 January 13 1922 January 13 1928 and January 13 1933 as six or five year cycles. She notes next Friday January 13 1939 then predicts another five year gap to 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Smith
Mayfair
Nelsonville-Athens
Smith
Norval South Hosts New Year Birthday Watch Party
Mr and Mrs Norval South of McArthur hosted a New Year Eve watch party and birthday celebration for Mrs Susanna Mae Blackford South. Lunch was served and music provided by W H South Arch Stanley Melvin and Mrs Norval South. Guests included James Blackford Athens John Wakely Chillicothe Arch Stanley Melvin Ray Nixon Jean Nixon Junior Hut Allensville W H South family Faus ten a Rowena Delma Clifford Mrs Lewis Kruger Viola Kruger Guy Kruger Gifford Fee and daughter and the Souths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin
Ray Nixon
Ray, Jr
Jean Nixon
Junior Hut
Allensville
W. H. South
Faustena Rowena
Delma
Clifford
Lewis Kruger
Viola Kruger
Guy Kruger
Gifford Fee
Norval South
McArthur
Troop 514 Scouts Visit A W Barkers Home
Troop 514 of Central Ave M E Church hosted Friday evening at Mr. and Mrs. A W Barker 91 Central Ave. Eleven scouts and four guests attended a short meeting and moving pictures followed by hamburgers cake and cocoa. First baby of the year Julia Ann McKibben eight pounds six ounces born January 1 1939 at Sheltering Arms Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Vance McKibben. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs Eber McKibben 201 W Washington St and Mrs Mary D Jones Caledonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Central Ave. M. E
A. W. Barker
Central Ave
Hamburg
Bertha Barker
Nelsonville
Ralph W. Barker
H. C. Rutter
Robert Fleckinger
Athens
Julia Ann McKibben
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Vance McKibben
Eber McKibben
Washington St
Mary D. Jones
Caledonia
Consumer Group at Albany Education Discussion
A women's consumer education discussion group will begin Friday January 6 at 2 15 p m in the Albany High School Home Economics Department. Leader will be Mrs Edna Wolfe of the State Department of Education with Miss Grace Webb assisting. All Albany area women seeking better value for money are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany High School
Edna Wolfe
State Department of Education
Grace Webb
Albany
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W. H. McKee
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Margie
John E. Jones
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Edwin A. Jones
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Mark Dickson
Carl
Ollie Dickson
Ibany
Harley Parker
E. Union St
Hattie Norman
Hockingport
Dickson
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George Fetch
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Fred Crouch
Fred Walker
Calvin Currey
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Doris Herron
Charley Ashworth
Curren Drive
Clayton Tubbs
Mayo Tubbs
Coleman Ashworth
John Wiers
Shannon Ave
Mary Knight
Marion College
Marion
Ind
Rena Kirby
Wabash
Co. E. Knight
Hooper St
Carolyn Clutter
R. L. Clutter
Race St
Xenia
Yehudi Menuhin
Memorial Hall
Russell Bolinger
Ohio State University
Mrs
S. C. Bolinger
Sunnyside Drive
Frank Cross
the Beeches
A. E. Whaley
Carl Roberts
Harvey C. Baker
Harold Whaley
Patty Joy
P. L. Shannon
Charles Walsh
Zanesville
Royal Corona
Remington Underwood
Logan’s
Mrs. Benedict
Sigma Phi Gamma
A.B. D.C
Abbott’s
Haliver
McKee Drug Coecurity Bank Bldg
Ladies Aid Society of the
Central Ave. M. EF
Voters League
Miss Cochran
Adele Garrison
Phil Veritzen
Charles Cholmondeley Welles
Jim
Oxford
Cheerio
SB Eves
Ravana Telvirol
Cornwell & Co
Athens Jewelers
Mr. Union
Coats
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Consumer Group At Albany
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Millikan
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