Round About the Town Highlights July Fourth at Local Fairgrounds
Read about the American Legion celebration at the Fairgrounds with hot dogs, sodas, and sights. A OU coed recalls a barker from Alabama and a glimpse into crowd-pleasing tricks while events include a youth guiding a drive-in car and a minstrel-like performance. Herbert Rice marks his 49th wedding anniversary and memories of a 49-year-ago Athens County Fair. Rex Koons broadcasts from Lake Breeze Pier with Sunrise Serenade and singing by Terry Joyce. Civil War veteran Uncle Henry Dixon recalls Gettysburg at age 95. Fireworks from Hillwood entertain families, and Bernard McCashen, staying at LU, promotes a novel indoor game of darts.
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American Legion
Fairgrounds
O. U
Alabama
Legion
Joe Walburn
Legion Auxiliary
Herb J. Rice
Athens County Fairgrounds
Rices
Rex Koons
WLW
Lake Breeze Pier
Buckeye Lake
Koons
Quick's
Terry Joyce
Terry
C. U
Ohio University
Athens
Thomas A. Jenkins
Henry Dixon
Meigs County
Geetysburg Battlefield
John Bolin
Hillwood
East Hill
Beverly
John
Make Your Job Application a Letter of Recommendation
An employment expert advises job seekers to craft strong letters, use legible handwriting or a typewriter, and select professional stationery. For interviews, dress to fit the company, researching its culture, with appropriate outfits ranging from tailored dresses to conservative ensembles depending on the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mac runs gym for businessmen in Cincinnati
Rainy days keep tennis and badminton indoors as Mac, a former Oklahoma University athlete, spends winters operating a businessmen's gymnasium in Cincinnati and even crafting the dart games himself.
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Mac
O. U
Cincinnati
Personal notices from Athens area large Fourth of July social
The column lists visits and travels of local residents. Mr and Mrs E C Shively hosted guests in Columbus while Patty Mackinnon prepared for a Hamilton visit. Dr I D Miller from Denver left with W A Reading to visit son David Roscoe Reading, and many families spent weekends in Pittsburgh and Columbus. Gerald Tate will report to Norfolk Navy training. Oscarwise insights on social ties and one car owned per six people noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Mackinnon
C. N. Mackinnon
Utah
Hamilton
William Stitsinger
Ohio University
I. D. Miller
Denver
Colo
E. F. Sells
W. A. Reading
David Roscoe Reading
David Reading
Gerald Tate
Athens High School
United States Navy
Norfolk
Gerald
Navy
N. B. Ashwill
G. E. Ashwill
Avon Place
Findlay
Ashwill
Athens
Meigs County
New York City
Louis I. Brown
University Terrace
Isabelle
New York
Eddie McWilliams
Brown
Ohio
Julia Sanderson
Frank Krummit
al Evans
Jackson, Ohio
Jack Benny
Sammy Kaye
Essex House
Slate Brothers
Sammy
Mr. Brown
Joe Louis
Tony Galen
Yankee Stadium
Isabelle Brown
Anna Rita Crossen
New Rochelle
N. Y
Crossen
John Crossen
Jackson
Paris
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Jack Haley
Katherine Cornell
Katherine Hepburn
Browns
John Welch
Burt
Edith Welch
Missionaries Plan Union Meeting and Picnic
A First Methodist Church union meeting and picnic is planned for Friday July 7 with the Home Missionary group meeting at 2 00 pm for business and School of Missions planning and the Foreign Missionary group at 3 00 pm for a brief business session and mite box demo. Families are invited to bring a covered dish and sufficient sandwiches and own table service. OS 216 Clarks Chapel Ladies Aid Society serves homemade ice cream and cake on the church lawn from 5 30 pm.
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Woman's Home Missionary
First Methodist Church
School of Missions
Lancaster
Clarks Chapel Ladies Aid Society
Neighborhood House
Girls’ Friendly Society
Calvary Church
Cincinnati
Carbondale Girls’ Friendly Society
New
Nelsonville
Phyllis Branscomb
Boy Scouts
Bradford Bible School Begins at Bradford Church of Christ
Daily Vacation Bible School starts Monday July 10 with 50 advance enrollments. Director is June Bond of Cambridge and faculty includes Eleanor Hysell Etta Carter Norma Cambron Jessie Russell Tressie Caldwell Leona Eskew Myrtle Sisson Edith Forrest Eulah Evans Glen Evans and Rev J P Miller.
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Bradford
Bradford Church of Christ
June Bond
Cambridge
Eleanor Hysell
Etta Carter
Norma Cambron
Jessie Russell
Tressie Caldwell
Leona Eskew
Myrtle Sisson
Edith Forrest
Eulah Evans
Glen Evans
J. P. Miller
Miller
Bradbury Parsonage
Charles Buck
Mary Migh
William Jacobs
Margaret Reitmire
Bradbury
Christ
Martha Waugh
Omar
Philip
Marcella
Max Russell
Ada Gibbs
Grace King
Virginia Dell Pierce
Betty Archer
Vacation Bible School program at Carbondale Neighborhood House
The Carbondale Neighborhood House hosted a week long Vacation Bible School sponsored by the Protestant Episcopal Church. Rev F C F Randolph of St John’s Lan caster spoke, with Eleanor Gifford guiding the program and 21 pupils receiving perfect attendance certificates.
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Carbondale
Neighborhood House
Vacation Bible School
Ralph Williams
Protestant Episcopal Church
F. C. F. Randolph
St. John's Church
Lancaster
Eleanor E. Gifford
Donna Stanley
Betty Kennard
Goldie Jewett
Conrad Chesser
Bonnie Bray
Juanita Shingler
Mona Nell Lightfritz
Carolyn Clark
Ula Chesser
Charlotte Daugherty
Byron Barber
Sylvia McKinley
Jim Stanley
Donald Barber
Tamara Landis
Joy
Lois Brown
Jesus
June Lowry
Margaret Arnett
Eleanor Gifford
Beatrice Stanley
F.C. F. Randolph
Forrest McKinley
Roger Beveridge
Kathleen Stanley
Mary Stallings
Ethel Pickett
Mona McDonald
John Franklin Chadwell
Eileen Beveridge
Janice Dunlop
Chester McKinley
Marylin Branscomb
Verna Pickett
Betty McClain
Betty Barber
Eileen Lowry
Gerald Arnett
Inez Stump
Oliver Swaim
Raymond Brooks
Margery Lowry
F. J. Taylor
Athens County Schools
Marriage Meddlers A Sequel to Married Comrades
Adele Garrison continues Madge Graham's tale in Greenwich Village as secret plans unfold for a restaurant rendezvous involving Madge's husband Dicky. Lillian Underwood and Mary Veritzen join Madge in disguises to observe, while Spencer and his guards ensure safety. The scene blends family dynamics with intrigue as preparations proceed.
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Madge Graham
Greenwich Village
Charles Spencer
Ace Secret Service
Lillian Underwood
Spencer
Madge
Dicky
Lillian
Mary Veritzen
Lansfield
Mary
Miss Whitlock
Phil Veritzen
Lunar Aspects Signal Intrigue and Caution in Daily Life
The stars indicate peculiar yet fair progress with subtle profits today. Personal predicaments center on charm and mystery, requiring discretion and vigilance. Birthday figures may face undercurrents of intrigue affecting intimate and domestic relations. A child born now could be sensitive, emotional, shrewd, and personable with a mystical vibe.
Calendar of club meetings in Athens area
Daughters of Union Veterans meet Wednesday 7 30 p m in I O O F Hall. Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge 553 meets Thursday 7 30 p m in I O O Hall for practice. May and June birthdays celebrated. Athens Grange Hall hosts the Athens Grar7 Thursday 8 00 p m. 0006 31 Club meets Thursday night at Mrs Norman Hull 47 Mill St. Past Chiefs Club steak fry Friday at Nice's Park with 2 00 p m departure. bring own table service. Regrets to president Mrs Verna Marquis dial 411 by Thursday afternoon.
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Daughters of Union Veterans
I. O. O. F. Hall
Nannie Allom
Norman Hull
Mill St
Chiefs Club
Nice’s Park
Verna Marquis
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Bernard McCashen
Pope - Gosser
Cornwell & Co
Athens Jewelers
P. S
Marian Young
E. C. Shively
Columbus
C. M. Gill
State St
Cash Zimmerman
Alice, Mary Sr
N.Y.C
Martha Ann
Nancy Ellen Hummell
Kenton
H. T. Mulligan
Congress Apts
Roy Pierce
Charles
Clay Milar
Minnie Pierce
Marion L. Welch
Abner Frost
Paul and
Harley Cline
Albany
Pittsburgh
Errol Miller
Francis Hanning
Oan Frederick
Buz) Lloyd
Ohioan
Cedar Point
Betty, Helen
Mariel Cavanaugh
Shirley Ann Cavanaugh
D. J. Cavanaugh
Detroit
Mich
Andrew Cavanaugh
Jerry Cavanaugh
Shirley Ann
United States
Missionaries Plan Union Meeting
William Wiberg
Betty Guseman
Route Two
Beverly Dee
BATES
Bates Church
Dwight Bowles
Bertine Woolley
Stewart Sr
J. E. Bowles
Route Five
Effie Woolley
Stewart St
Uganda
Africa
Adele Garrison
Gus
Nellie
Latter
Katrina
Olga
Harry
Katie
Jim
Katharine
Graham
By Genevieve Kemble
William
Alice Grant Rosman
Ruth Feiner
Man
John Dos Passos
Velour
John Jennings
Hilda Morris
John Steinbeck
Angela Thirkell
Hugh Pentecost
Logan
Red Cross
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