Ice Skating Thrives on Hard Lake Ice at Athens
The Athens State Hospital grounds host weekend skating on snow-blanketed, ice hard as steel. Local skaters including Clyde Mansfield and his son, Carl Nessley and daughter Carol, and many others report successful sessions despite subzero winds. The scene features bonfires, figure and edge work, and plans for continued skating through the coming weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JHE Athens Messenger
Athens, O
Athens State Hospital
Clyde Mansfield
Mansfields
Ed Moran
Bank of Athens
Carl Nessley
Carol
Mr. Nessley
Marian Clippinger
Virginia Cottingham
Nessleys
Joan
Sally Armstrong
Harriet
Norma Jean ‘Heck
Jane Beckley
Billy Beckley
Ellen Nichols
P. O. Nichols
Carl Heck
Marjorie Wheaton
Sonja Henie
Ruth Hammerle
Billy
Richard McConkey
Jimmie Cumley
Evans Jones, Jr
Richard Lockard
Hammy Oldfield
Virgil Stotts
Lorena Sisson
Dave Strawn
Alice Maccombs
Ralph
Bud” Wagner
Virginia Stansbury
Joan Leben
O. C. Bird
Betty
Marjorie Beasley
Joan Woolley
Elizabeth Krecker
Frederick Krecker
Betty Lee McCaskill
Elkins
Florence
Lotus
Barbara
E. V. Baughman
Lois
Curt Leben
Frances Moser
Elaine Hess
Bob
Greenbrier Military School
Paul Casley
Claude Dry
Georgia Allen
Margaret's Creek
Joe Cox
Norma Jean Dry
Athens
Lee Cox
Ohio
Personal news and holidays visits reported in town notices
Local residents share holiday travels and family gatherings. Leo Caldwell and family visited Balti more relatives before Don A. Brown returns to Johns Hopkins for observation. Other households host relatives and students as they resume studies in New York City Exeter Academy Cleveland and Dayton teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Caldwell
Allen and
Nancy Lee
Baltimore
Caldwell
E. L. Brown
Currier St
Don A. Brown
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bobby
Athens
Mr. Brown
American School of the Ballet
New York City
Dix Graham
Harry Graham
Central Ave
New York
D. R. Zenner
Utah Place
Philip Zenner
Exeter
N. H
Exeter Academy
Gregory
Zenners
Cleveland
University School
Florence Brewer
Dayton
John Brewer
Alice Brewer
Mill St
Higley Study Circle Reviews Edna Ferber Biography
Higley Study Circle met at the Shepherd Home on Morris Avenue to review A Peculiar Treasure Edna Ferber's autobiography. Mrs 5 E G Pedigo led the discussion with Miss Mary Williams presiding and new program appointees announced for the coming year.
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Higley
Shepherd Home
Edna Ferber
Mrs. 5
E. G. Pedigo
Higley Study Circle
William S. Shepherd
Morris Ave
Mary Williams
Hales
William Kirchner
Pie Alexander
A. E. Price
O. D. Morrison
Social News Roundup From Christmas Holidays
Rev. Neil Crawford and family return from Chicago after attending the Triennial Convention. George Whipple travels to Bridgeport then Philadelphia to visit relatives. Numerous local residents hosted gatherings and traveled for holidays including University of Chicago ceremonies and Phi Delta Sorority reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Crawford
Diana
Garry
Kendall
Chicago
Crawford
University of Chicago
Phi Delta Sorority
George Whipple
N. Congress St
Bridgeport
Conn
Gordon Nelson
Philadelphia
Penna
Richard Whipple
Philco Radio Company
Round About the Towns Holiday Misadventures and Human Interest
A heaping of light local anecdotes unfolds from a piano salesman’s festive gift miscue to a breakfast refusal, a New Year car skid in Athens, artist Bill Turner’s visit and portraits, babuschka fashion tips, a missing Mrs. Wood on air, and holiday pipe bursts. Residents on trips face Athens’ icy chill as they return to “Little America.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Bill Turner
Clifford Campbell
Grosvenor Sr
The
Sunday Star
Columbus
Campbells
Campbell
Bill
Star
Collier’s
Esquire
Florida
Little
America
Miami
Calendar items keep community groups updated
Local clubs and church groups list meetings and postponements, including Child Study Club at 62 Stewart St 7 30 p m and the Richland Ave Methodist Ladies Aid delayed by a member's death. Other events shift to January 12 with speakers and potluck suppers. A note on plastic binder safety finishes the calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Child Study Club
William Mansfield
Stewart St
Clyde Littler
Ladies Aid
Richland Ave. Methodist Church
Our Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church
Chiefs’ Club
Ola Atkins
Lelia Cross
Emmett Bowles
Franklin Ave
Quick Cough Relief Home Syrup From Pinex Mix
Old home remedy candles a simple cough syrup from sugar and water with Pinex added to yield a pint of cough medicine. It promises quick relief by soothing throat and bronchial membranes and aiding sleep. The ad notes measurable savings and a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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Vyrian
Doris
Broadway
Jonker
T. Wallace Orr
Manhattan
Arthur Smith
Richland Ave
Smith
Charles Wolfe
Glouster
Kenneth
Jim Wolfe
M. D. Brown
Mr. Smith
William Smith
M. C. Bolin
Marinda Stewart
C. T. Boden
Barberton
New Marshfield
Fla
Robert Wickham
James Whaley
Joe Burdette
Emmett Wingett
Lucile Wingett
Fred Elliott
Frank Pugh
Chester Enlow
Ella Marie Stewart
Wilma Bridge
Everett Stewart
Floyd Bridge
James Douglas
Leo Douglas
Florence Douglas
Frank Carsey
George Douglas
Shade
E. W. Kimes
Charles H. Russell
Si Allen
Walter Brown
Harry Sayre
Jacksonville
Karl Love
Corning
O. A. Terrill
Maplewood Place
Lancaster
Charles Adams
Morgantown
W. Va
Jack Adams
J. P. Calderwood
Herb J. Parker
Parker
E. State St
Ben Biddle
Kans
Vincent Jukes
Grosvenor St
Mr. Jukes
Mrs
Thomas Jukes
Dessie
Margaret Perry
John McNutt
F. M. Hutchinson
S. Court St
W. L. McMorris
Marietta
Henry O'Bleness
McMorris
Mr. O'Bleness
Coats
Silvus
Jean Gist Trepp
Babuschkas
Babuschka
Robert S. Wood
Cincinnati
Alms
Mr. Wood
Athens Grange
League of Women Voters
Faculty Women’s Club
G. O. Dykstra
Jewelry
W. B. Drake Jeweler
Woodworth's
Georgianna
Bradley
Anne
Town & Country
Frida
Rauch’s
ABC
Muslin
Steven
Mohawk
Fort Harmer
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