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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1949

Page

6

Bridge Club Hosts and Guests Enjoy Party and Awards

Mr and Mrs Walter R Davis hosted a Junior Bridge Club party at the Logans Utah Place with sixteen couples enjoying swimming croquet and a buffet. Mrs William Orr hosted a duplicate contract club at 96s N Congress St with awards to Mrs Gerald Stauffer Mrs Walter R Davis and Mrs Roger Dean. Mrs Ralph Exline entertained a two table bridge club at 21 W Carpenter St with awards to Mrs Fred Swearingen and Mrs Richard Phillips and guest Nell Foster.

Walter R. Davis W. H. Logan Utah Place Bridge Club William Orr William B. Orr N. Congress St Donald K. Barstow Gerald Stauffer Roger Dean Davis Stauffer Dean So Rosenberg Francis B. Fuller Edward A Sprague Orr Ralph Exline Ralph V. Exline W. Carpenter St Fred Swearingen Richard Phillips Nell Foster

Summer School Clinic Chorus Concert at Memorial Auditorium

The Clinic Workshop presents the Clinic Chorus in concert Saturday night July 2 at 7 15 p m on the Memorial Auditorium west portico Elms. No admission charge invites the public. Director William G Tempel of Lima Ohio leads a high school vocal group with soloists Frank Dilley Peter Wolfe and Richard Kerns and several ensembles. Ohio University School of Music presents a program including works by Haney Chadwick Shaw and others with Mary Ann Sarver and Lamont Galbraith among accompanying performers.

Music Clinic Workshop Clinic Memorial Auditorium George Howerton Northwestern University William G. Tempel Lima Ohio Frank Dilley Peter Wolfe Athens Richard Kerns Portsmouth Mary Ann Sarver Ohio University Ohio University School of Music

Devol family silver on display at Campus Martius Museum

Valuable silver and furniture from the Devol family, founders of Ohio, are placed in a period room at Campus Martius Museum in Marietta. The items were donated by Mrs. John Leonard Eckel of Buffalo in memory of her mother Eleanor Devol, a Beverly-born descendant of Jonathan Devol.

Ohio Campus Martius Museum Marietta Devol John Leonard Eckel Buffalo N.Y Clement Ross Long Eleanor Devol Beverly

Social News Highlights From Athens Area July Weekend

Mr and Mrs A B Briggs and daughter Bette Jean of Kent arrived to spend the July 4 weekend with Mrs Briggs parents in Athens. Mrs Edward R Harris and sons Bradford and Ted left Athens for Lynchburg Virginia after visiting Mrs Harris mother. Harold Bolin of Athens vacationed in Akron Cleveland and Cedar Point. Several Ohio residents joined visiting friends in Tennessee and Alabama before returning home. Seven Athens Country Club women golfers attended the Chillicothe tournament, and Lindley Hall at Ohio University hosts Alpha Xi Delta convention in French Lick Springs Indiana from July 1 to 5.

A. B. Briggs Bette Jean Kent E. W. Coe Park Place Briggs Athens Edward R. Harris Bradford Ted Lynchburg Harris O. F. Peoples S. Congress St Harold Bolin Akron Cleveland Cedar Point Tennessee Earl Bolen Cecil van Dyke Myrtle van Dyke Amesville Wallace Carroll Widdoes Carl Ferguson Robert E. Main Edmond Efaw Russell Hall Jim Sweeney Jean McFadden Lindley Hall Ohio University French Lick Springs Ind

Salome Opens Second Week of Cincinnati Summer Opera

Opera notes list Salome starring Astrid Varnay Margaret Harshaw Frederick Jager George Chapliski with Thomas Meyer conducting. Faust Aida Samson and Delilah cited with casts. ballet Life in Vienna on same program. Tickets via Thelma A. Robinson Athens Ohio.

Astrid Varnay Margaret Harshaw Frederick Jager George Chapliski Metropolitan Opera Thomas Francesco Valentino Valentine Paul Breisach The Metropolitan Winifred Heidt Ramon Vinay the Zoo Queen City Samson Delilah Fausto Cleva Verdi Aida Stella Roman Kurt Baum Rhadames Amneris Angelo Pilotto Virgil Lazzari Thomas Meyer Irene Jessner Cincinnati Elsa Ortrud Frederick Jagel Corps de Ballet Lucien Prideaux Thelma A. Robinson Gandees’ Music Shop Athens Ohio

Athenians Return From 2300 Mile East Trip

Prof and Mrs Neil Thomas returned Wednesday from a fort nights automobile journey to the East. They visited Troy Watkins Glen Corning and toured Cornell Colgate Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame and the Adirondacks Lake Placid and the St Lawrence River region. The long route included Canada Niagara Falls Lake Ontario Schoenbrunn Village and Lake Chautauqua ending in Ohio.

Neil Thomas Troy N. Y Thomas American Society of Engineering Education Rensselaar Polytechnic Institute Watkins, Glen and Corning Cornell Colgate Cooperstown Massachusetts Bennington Bennington Battle Monument Brattleboro Connecticut River New Hampshire Rutland Lake Champlain Fort Ticonderoga Adirondack State Park Lake Placid Thousand Islands St. Lawrence River Canada Thousand Island U.S Niagara Lake Ontario Lake Chatauqua Schoenbrunn Village Ohio

Albany Grange Confers Third and Fourth Degree Work

Albany Grange's degree team will confer third and fourth degree work at Rome Grange on July 21. The June meeting, led by Grange Master Roy Walsh, drew forty five members and guests and included a charter draping in memory of William Whaley. Also noted were new member talks and births announced by Earl S Haller Jr of Tulsa. Fern Copeland, night attendant at Athens State Hospital, is convalescing at home after major surgery.

Albany Grange Rome Grange Roy Walsh William Whaley Fern Copeland Athens State Hospital Stewart Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens

Flower Growing Hobby Draws Friends to Mrs Sands Home

Mrs G H Sands Stewart hosts open house for an 11 year old bulb that produced up to 747 blossoms. The display draws 65 visitors from Athens Amesville and nearby towns as she tends stalks six feet tall with ten to thirteen blooms each and speaks of talking to flowers as a daily ritual.

G. H. Sands Stewart Sands Fred H. Sands Franklin Ave Howard H. Sands Sunnyside Drive Athens Amesville Mrs. Sands

Mrs Earl Bolin Hosts Picnic for Utah Guest

Mrs Earl Bolin of Athens Route One entertained her sister Mrs Frank Roche of Hiawatha Utah as a recent guest. A lawn picnic honored Mrs Roche with several local friends and relatives joining for the meal and evening gathering.

Earl Bolin Athens Frank Roche Hiawatha Utah Amesville Harold Bolin Keith David Bolin Hoyt Driggs Donna Jean Darrell Dwaine Sunnyside Wilford Frash

The Miracle Vitamins With Iron Solu Seals Ad

Frayed nerves and stomach trouble are claimed to improve with Solu Seals daily. Benefits include better blood and sleep. 100 tablets priced at 250. sold at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store. Mail orders promptly filled. On the way to the post office.

Quick’s Cut Rate Drug Store

Four-H Club Plans Lake Hope Picnic

At the Albany Cook and Stew 4-H Club third meeting nine members and one guest attended led by advisor Mrs. Ellen Cline. President Judy Barnes presided as plans were made for a Lake Hope picnic with a tomato flower salad demonstration by Barnes and Shirley Burritt. Members served salad sandwiches and summer drinks then enjoyed a recreation period under Phyllis Hudnall.

Albany Ellen Cline Judy Barnes Lake Hope Shirley Burritt Phyllis Hudnall

Social grace and wardrobe notes for a light social page

A friend debuts a short hair cut and the piece suggests praising the change while noting preference for the longer style. It presents acceptable phrasing and offers a fashion tip on a crisp white pique weskit worn with a skirt for office wear.

Summer Tips for Using Mascara

Experts advise waterproof mascara to resist heat and smudges. Apply to upper lashes with an upward curve, use a clean brush to remove debris, and allow the first coat to dry before a second coat. For a softer look avoid the lower lashes to prevent a narrowed, forbidding expression.

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