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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1950
Page
10
Five members of Ladies Auxiliary to Gilham-Frank Post No 8804 visited a ward at Chillicothe Veterans Hospital last Wednesday. They gave apples to the patients in four wards.
The Paganini Quartet performs without charge to students faculty and the public. Henri Temianka first violin Gustave Rosseels second violin Robert Courte viola Adolphe Frezin cello play Stradivarius instruments once owned by Paganini. Formed 1945 under Mrs William Andrews Clark sponsorship concerto debut 1946 at UC Berkeley and New Friends of Music New York. The ensemble has since toured extensively in North America and Europe.
W G Rogers reviews Louise Hall Tharp’s study of Elizabeth Mary and Sophia Peabody, detailing their lives among Hawthorne Mann and other luminaries. The piece notes their activism, teaching, writing, and social influence, while posing questions about family dynamics and their father’s uneven support.
The Girl Scout Council elected new officers for the year with Mrs. Paul Cotton as commissioner and Mrs. Gail Watkins as deputy commissioner. Mrs. Paul Kimes and Mrs. James Rice were re elected secretary and treasurer. Director Mrs. Thor Olson announced 425 girls are registered. A brownie troop will be invested at The Plains and baskets, clothing, and tree decorations were donated to local charities. Troop 3 meets Monday at 6 30 p.m.
Athens Grange hosts regular meeting and officer installation at Grange Hall at 8 p.m. Bring dish towels for Children's Home. Presbyterian Women's Association executive board meets at church at 7 45 p.m. Men’s dinner at Presbyterian Church at 5 45 p.m. Coach Carroll Widdoes speaks for Ladies Auxiliary to Gilham Frank Post 8804 meets 7 30 p.m. Pot luck refreshments. Past Chief's Club meets Friday at Mrs H T Wise 67 Franklin Ave with assistant hostess Mrs Harry Atkins.
Mrs Belle Bishop 85 Central Ave spent New Year in Chillicothe with nephew John Scott Phillips and family then returned home. Mr and Mrs W H Pratt 87 Central Ave holidayed in Columbus with daughters Eve Lucille and Louise and Pratt visited his hospitalised brother Pete Pratt in Parkersburg WV. Lucy Barker 91 Central Ave holidayed with friends in Columbus. Weekend visitors to Waterloo State Forest included Margaret McClung James Stanley Michael Fiske Erma Woods Jimmy Manning Amos Stanley Annabell Lent and M L Carr family. Maude Marks 41 Grosvenor St and Cecia Clark Utah Place spent a week in Findlay visiting William Cozier. Staff Sgt and Mrs John Pence and son Johnnie Lee returned to Mascoutah IL after Christmas with Lillian Pence and C L Williams. Friday and Saturday guests at 90 Grosvenor St were Wendell Phelps and Alpha Ebenhack for Athens White Shrine inspection. Phelps is deputy supreme watchman of shepherds and Ebenhack supreme escort to the US Flag. Gilbert Coen and family plus Shirley and Carol Coen returned from a 3000 mile Florida vacation tour of nine states.
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