Garden Party and Picnics Week Entertained Guests at Biddle Estate
R and Mrs Thomas Rollin Biddle hosted the second garden party of the week at their Park Place residence. The outdoor buffet supper proceeded amid threatened rain, lightning and thunder while guests enjoyed flowers, terraces, a pool spring, and moonlit flood lights. Notable out of town guests included Mrs Diana Arnold of Youngstown Mrs William C Munds of Cleveland and Mrs Pearl Jennings of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Rollin Biddle
Park Place
Biddle
Diana Arnold
Youngstown
William C. Munds
Cleveland
Pearl Jennings
Boston
First Midsummer Dance at Athens Country Club July 3
The first midsummer social season dance at the Athens Country Club will be Monday evening July 3 at the clubhouse. A seven piece orchestra will play from 9 30 until midnight for members and their families, under the chairmanship of Mr. Alonzo Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Athens Country Club
Alonzo Palmeria
School Friends Picnic At Marcella Horn Home
Miss Marcella Horn invited former school friends to a Friday picnic supper at her home on Sunnyside Drive. Guest of honor was Miss Josephine Hill now of Gallipolis, formerly Athens. Ten Misses were served a six oclock supper indoors due to bad weather while plans for a lawn picnic were postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcella Horn
Sunnyside Drive
Josephine Hill
Athens
Gallipolis
Olive
Miss Hill
Athens State Hospital
Miss Horn
Athens High School
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority Picnic at Hooper Cabin
The Sigma Phi Gamma sorority held its annual picnic meeting at Hooper cabin on Albany Road Friday evening. Delegates Miss Dorothy Wilson and Miss Margaret Croy reported from the Detroit convention, with Wilson outlining social activities and Croy the business. After the meeting members returned to Mrs. M D Worley’s home for bridge. high score went to Mrs. Vercoe Murphy, second to Miss Pauline Orr, with out of town alumni Mrs. Kenneth Coulter and Mrs. John Brammer as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigma Phi Gamma
Hooper Cabin
Albany Road
Dorothy Wilson
Margaret Croy
Detroit
M.D. Worley
South College Street
Vercoe Murphy
Pauline Orr
Kenneth Coulter
Logan
John Brammer
Wauseon
Ohio
M and H Circle of Pythian Sisters Awards Quilts and Plans Picnic
The M and H Circle of the Pythian Sisters met at the home of Mrs. Clara Manafield. Twelve members attended as Mrs. Bessie Shepard and Mrs. Clara Mansfield won two quilts. A farewell pot luck dinner for Margaret Williams precedes her July 9 departure to Cincinnati. Prizes were awarded in a dance game and guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. and
Circle of Pythian Sisters
Pythian Sisters
Clara Manafield
Alma Howett
Margaret McHarg
Bessie Shepard
Clara Mansfield
Margaret Williams
Leslie Williams
Cincinnati
Verna Marquis
Lorene Burdette
Lelia Cross
Georgia Kilpatrick
Ed Sherlock
Jane Marquis
D A R to Unveil Marker for Grandmother Brown Birthplace
The Nabby Lee Ames Chapter of D A R places a marker on Athens High School grounds marking the birthplace home of Marcia Foster Brown known as Grandmother Brown. Dedication Wednesday July 12 at 3 pm with Regant Mrs O D Dailey presiding and Dean FE W Chubb to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nabby Lee Ames
Marcia Foster Brown
Grandmother Brown
Atlantic Monthly
Prige
Athens High School
O. D. Dailey
Historic Spots
Dean FE. W. Chubb
Harriet Connor Brown
Dean Chubb
Middle West
Athens
Brown
West
Athens County
Helen M. Townsend
Nellie van Vorhes
Camp Out For a Night Under the Stars With Gypsy Trail
A Camp Fire Girls guide to a safe one night open air camp. Advice covers preparation, packing a sleeping bag and poncho nest, food ideas like Kabobs and dried fruit, and fire safety. The piece encourages teens and parents to experience outdoor camping this summer under starry skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Blanchard
New York
Community Letters and Travel Plans Across Columbus
Readers list weekend guests and trips from multiple households in Columbus and surrounding towns. Highlights include Catherine Figg hosting Mary Clark and Floyd Chapmen, Florence Penquite visiting Cincinnati, Hawkins and Cullums family visits, and Edison and Murphy families traveling for the Fourth of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Figg
South Court Street
Mary Clark
Floyd Chapmen
Price Hill
Cincinnati
Have You a Little Fisherman in Your Home
A humorous piece lists odd fishing prep and gear and names several locals including Clyde Edmundson and G E Mitchell. It notes plans for a Muskingum fishing trip among a group of sports figures and coroner Lute Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Edmundson
Lute Evans
Clyde Mansfield
Harry Dalton
Guy Graham
Howard Mills
Joe Bid Maple
Rolland Jones
Johnny Algeo
Lute Jones
G. E. Mitchell
Postal Employes Honor Fred Lee Tom With Farewell Picnic
A surprise send off for mail messenger Fred Lee Tom marked by a picnic at Lavelle farm on Margaret's Creek. City clerks rural and substitute postal workers attended along with guests and officials who spoke and presented a commemorative Elks charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lee
Tom
F. A. Lavelle
Albany
Homer
Fred Lee Tom
Lavelle
Margaret's Creek
F. C. Dean
J. L. C. Kelley
J. L. Duncan
Pearl Carr
Newcome to Sing at Athens Kiwanis Club Event
Eddie Newcome a former RKO Orpheum performer in New Orleans and a noted Florida vocalist now living in Athens will entertain the Athens Kiwanis Club Monday night at the Hotel Berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Newcome
RKO Orpheum
New Orleans
Florida
Athens
Athens Kiwanis Club
Berry
Double Grand March at Berry Joint Summer Dance
Athens younger set enjoys a joint C. M. C. and Sans Souci summer dance at Hotel Berry. Miss Phyllis Jordan and Mr. John Parfitt led one wing, Miss Helen Gamertsfelder and Mr. Paul Houf the other, with over 30 couples on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sans Souci
Berry
Athens
Hotel Berry
Phyllis Jordan
John Parfitt
Helen Gamertsfelder
Paul Houf
What Other Women Say on Family Trends
Margaret Weymouth Jackson notes a shift toward larger family groups and clan life. She argues that the large family offers cultural social and economic advantages over smaller households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Weymouth Jackson
Musical Program Brightens Bishop Sunday School Class
The Central Avenue M E Church Bishop Sunday School Class held a musical and literary program with 5 guests and 27 members. Mrs Iva Guess led devotionals, Mrs J Bishop gave the opening prayer, and Mrs Lucy Wolf read the roll. Performances included songs by Louise Pratt and Ruth Chandler, a humorous reading by Mrs D L Jones, a duet by Pratt and Harris, and readings by Cynthia Harvey and Bettie Chandler. Ice cream cake and ice tea followed, with a lawn meeting planned for July 27 hosted by Mrs Mary Brickles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Central Avenue M.E
Iva Guess
J. Bishop
Lucy Wolf
Lenna Tribe
Mrs. Chandler
Louise Pratt
Ruth Chandler
D. L. Jones
Miss Harris
Cynthia Harvey
Bettie Chandler
Mary Brickles
Business Women Ho Annual Picnic Held at Camp Grounds
The annual picnic of the Professional Woman's Club of Pomeroy Road was held Thursday at Nice Camp Gro on the Pomeroy Road with over fifty members, their children and mothers present. The organizing committee included Miss Kimes Miss Thelma Palme and Miss Francy Cochran. Guest Mrs Ethel Carpente from Antonio Texas attended. Guests helped spread a pot of foods on the tables under the trees at the Camp Grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Hild
Nice Camp Gro
Pomeroy Road
Kimes
Thelma Palme
Francy Cochran
Ethel Carpente
Antonio
Texas
Miss Irene Bobo Weds Ward M Fisher In Columbus
The wedding of Miss Irene Bobo to Ward M Fisher took place in Columbus with Rev. Louis A Littler officiating. Only the bridegroom’s brother and sister attended as guests. The couple plans a Cleveland motor trip and will live in Coshocton after Fisher’s work. The bride, a Columbus High and Bliss student, has worked as a secretary at Fenton Dry Cleaning. The W C T U meeting and Fourth of July plans were noted for the church event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Bobo
Irene Bobo
Columbus
Ward M. Fisher
A Fisher
Mansfield
Louuis A. Littler
Indianola Lutheran Church
Perfo
Pau
Fisher Jumbus
Ali
Pau! Fisher
Cleveland
Coshocton
Fisher
Bliss Columbus
Fenton Dry Cleaning Company
Lumbus
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Mrs. T. R. Biddle
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Lamborn
N. Court St
Florence Penquite
Preston
Blanchester
James Hawkins
James Jr
Charlotte
N. C
Hawkins
Meade Hawkins
Mill Street
E. N. Cullums
H. T. Phillips
John Loughry
Upper Arlington
C. G. Neff
Cullums
Charleston
W. Va
Edward Cullums, Jr
Robbin Beckley
C. E. Beckley
Washington, D. C
Arthur McDaniel
Miss Beckley
California
Lee Murphy
Hulda Murphy
Lea Murphy
Maude Kitsmiller
Thelma Lahen
Muskingum River
Louise Brandel
Chillicothe
Alf Dakin
South High Street
Virgil Conkey
Betty
Woodard Avenue
Stockport
Dean
E. W. Chubb
Emmett Andrews
Robert Angle
Bobbie
James Cox
Stewart Street
W. Dale Gandee
Akron
R. I. DeArment
E. B. Slaughter
Smith Street
Edward B. Smith
A. D. King
Wenonah King
Berkeley
Thomas H. Byrne
Thomas, III
Franklin Avenue
West State Street
Michael J. Heaney
the Atheny Country Club
Potsdam
Mildred Sullivan
Francis Sullivan
Ooe
Eloise Schar
Palmer Street
Margaret Kelley
Mound Street
Lakeside
Gamma Kora Council
Kappa Phi
M. B
F. D. Higgins
Ansel Davis
Mr. Palmer
Connelsville
Paul Shannon
Harry Hoisington
Shafter
F. L. Bellows
Wilbur Downey
Jane Gill
C. M. Gill
Fast State Street
Gill
Earl C. Shively
Shively
Newcome
Anna Mae Keever
Paul Keever
E. W. Kimes
E. C. Bibbee
E. J. Jones
Virginia Eberle
Nelsonville
Helen Jones
Elinor Hitchcock
Torch
East Union
Colum
M. E
Hatch
Southern
Daine’s
Beauty Shop
Frederic Vi
Paramount
Beauty Shoppe
W. Union St
Dial
The
Bettie Shop
Frederic Vita
Tonic
Croquignole Duart
Helen Curtis
Southeastern Ohio
Engenie Frederic
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