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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1936

Page

8

AAUW Hears New Broadway Plays Reviewed

New York drama reports dominated an AAUW meeting at the Faculty Women's Club after supper. Ohio University faculty members Prof. George Starr Lasher Miss Velma Phillips and Miss Betty Morris reviewed The First Lady Pride and Prejudice Victoria Regina and Dead End with impressions of current Broadway productions.

New York City AAUW Faculty Women's Club George Starr Lasher Velma Phillips Betty Morris Ohio Univer Broadway Lasher New York Jane Cowl Washington

U C D Club Meets at Mrs Gross Home for Craft Day

Fifteen members responded to roll call at the U C D Club gathering hosted by Mrs. J H Gross at 59 Morris Ave. The group sewed and embroidered while guests C M Copeland W B Bentley and Etta Laverty attended. Refreshments were served by the hostess with help from Mrs P G Hibbard and Bart Davidson. The next meeting is January 23 at Mrs Hibbard's home 92 Lancaster Steep. Prof C W Janasen of Ohio University band attends National Band Conference in Urbana Illinois and will return Sunday night.

J. H. Gross Morris Ave C. M. Copeland W. B. Bentley Etta Laverty P. G. Hibbard Bart Davidson C. W. Janasen Ohio University Band Urbana

Celebrities Arrive in New York on One Day’s Passenger Cargo

The wave of famous travelers includes pianist Josef Hofmann and wife returning from a concert tour, Ruth Slewczynski the 10 year old piano prodigy home from nine months abroad, William B. Shearer of Munitions Inquiry fame with armament data, Lupe Velez heading to Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks arriving before Mary Pickford’s divorce papers, plus Jean Dupuy and Dorothy Spreckels with relatives from both coasts.

Orms New York Josef Hofmann Ruth Slewczynski William B. Shearer Munitions Inquiry Lupe Velez Hollywood Klieg Douglas Fairbanks Mary Pickford Jean Dupuy Paris Dorothy Spreckels

Ohio University Girls Win Debate Over League of Nations Role

Ohio University women’s debate team opened at Columbus against Ohio State University with the affirmative on the League of Nations sanctions question. Debaters Martha Wilson Marysville Marjorie Matheny Haydenville Anna Faye Blackburn Ottway led the OU team coached by L C Staats. A rematch at 2 pm Saturday in Fine Arts Auditorium will feature the negative for OU with Doris Harrison Palmerton Pa Olive Will Erie Pa and Winifred Dinsmoore Marietta.

Ohio University Columbus Ohio State University Onio University United States League of Nations Martha Wilson Marysville Marjorie Matheny Haydenville Anna Faye Blackburn Ottway

Mrs Higgins Hosts Stork Shower for Mrs Jenkins

Mrs F D Higgins of 6f S Congress St hosted the Wesleyan Sewing Club stork shower in honor of Mrs Albert G Jenkins on Thursday afternoon. After a brief business meeting the group sewed, opened gifts, and enjoyed refreshments prepared with help from Mrs Roy H Paynter Mrs W B Drake and Mrs Will Clark. A separate brief item notes a pendulum theft from a village church clock in Greiffenberg Germany.

F. D. Higgins S. Congress St Wesleyan Sewing Club Albert G. Jenkins Higgins Roy H. Paynter W. B. Drake Will Clark

Permanent Wave Aid Said To Help Sanity At State Hospital

At the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane in Kankakee the permanent wave is used as a beauty parlor treatment for women patients. Supt Robert Smith says curling hair helps restore mental balance and patients will schedule appointments like ordinary women, waiting in a room with magazines and a radio. He adds that seeing a prettier face lifts spirits and renews interest in life.

Kankakee Illinois State Hospital For Robert Smith Dr. Smith

Business Group Hears Talk by Miss Ridenour

Miss Mary Ridenour, teacher at the East Side School for deaf children, spoke to the Business and Professional Women's Club. She brought two of her students to demonstrate methods and outcomes with hearing impaired children.

Miss Ridenour Mary Ridenour East Side Business and Professional Women's Club Ridenour Viola Fell Business and Professional Women's Organization Miss Fell Leona Hughes

Tea honors at Central Ave Church Home Mission event

More than 35 attended the tea sponsored by the Women's Home Missionary Society of the Central Avenue M E Church at the parsonage Thursday night. Hostess Mrs Ward Radford was aided by Mrs D L Jones and Mrs Guy Pierce. Centerpiece featured white chrysanthemums and pink snapdragons with pink tapers. Miss Winifred Jones and Mrs A J Romine served as pourers.

Women's Home Missionary Society Central Avenue M. E

Colorful 1936 Meal Plans Blend Fruits Vegetables And Meat

A 1936 guide shows how to plan color balanced meals using rice and salmon casserole with green pepper and tomato sauce. It also offers glazed carrots with parsley and a decorative apple salad with syrup coated apples and mint garnish served with lamb or other meats.

Seventeen-year-old? Lost boy found safe in canyon

Twelve-year-old Alfred Altman of Brooklyn was found in Painted Canyon by sheriff's deputies on Thursday after being missing since Tuesday afternoon. The report notes he appeared none the worse for his ordeal amid the desert search.

Indio Calif Alfred Altman Brooklyn N. Y Painted Canyon

Social events listed for Jan 10 and 11 in town

The calendar lists Friday events at 7 30 pm including Rebecca Morris McKee Chapter US Daughters of 1812 at 18 Maple St and an illustrated talk Rambles of a Naturalist by Walter Porter of Athens High School. Friday also hosts Friendship Class at 35 May Ave. Saturday features the Pallas Club 2 30 pm at Faculty Women's Club, Home Guards meet at First M E Church, librarians hold a conference 10 to 12 at Edwin Watt Chubrs Library, and a Mothersingers rehearsal at School of Music 7 30 pm.

Rebecca Morris McKee United States Daughters of 1812 John Murphy Maple St Walter P. Porter Athens High School Rock Riffle Pallas Club Faculty Women's Club H. Goodwin Velma Phillips M. E Mexico Edwin Watt Chubr School of Music Park Place University Terrace

Women’s League to Host Campus Dance Saturday Night

The Ohio University Women’s League will hold its second all campus dance of the year in the Men’s Union Saturday from 8 30 p m to 12 p m Ted Wildermuth’s band will provide music. Senate of the Women’s League will act as hostesses.

Ohio University Women's League Ted Wildermuth Women’s League

Social club dances and post event coffee at dean’s home

Mary Lou Hudson and 11 others are listed as members with Margaret Flory as social chairman. After the dance the Senate members and escorts visit Dean Irma Voigt at 35 Park Place for coffee and doughnuts, an annual custom. Herman Luckoff and son depart for a three week West Indies tour including Cuba and Santo Domingo. About 150 million pounds honey produced yearly by 250 billion bees in 4 million hives in the United States.

Mary Lou Hudson Phyllis Teller Helen Roderick Leona Penn Margaret Flory Dorothy Trosset Vera Shell Ruth Perry Mellicent Hazzard Carolyn Snow Jane Sponseller Senate Dean Irma FE Voigt Park Place Herman Luckoff Seymour West Indies Cuba Haiti Porto Rico Santo Domingo United States

Forecast for Easter fashion trims skirts and suits

NEW YORK AP reports designer Lisbeth y predicts no inch drop in skirts this spring with an Easter wave of three inch hems. Navy blue suits return to prominence as unpadded shoulders and plain sleeves lead a stylish season. She praises stenographers and models as best dressed and notes wealthy women’ s tastes. Rev. A Y Wilcox ill with pneumonia remains under care as family visits.

New York Lisbeth Y Puvarakin Lisbeth Budapest Fifth Ave Oor

Beauty and health tips blend exasperatingly in fragmented advice

A garbled passage discusses beauty and health, urging exercise, fresh air, and daily routines while stressing that true appeal comes from clean habits and grooming. It suggests individual differences in health and appearance, noting that women cannot solely rely on cosmetics.

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