Local residents visit relatives and travelers return home
A parade of family trips and visitors fills the region. Mrs. Dow S. Grones moves from Fort Bragg to North Carolina, while Mrs. Lenna McClanahan and Mrs. Adrienne Frost return from California with relatives in Berkeley and San Diego. The Gilchrists complete a Rocky Mountain vacation and David Gilchrist prepares for Ohio University. Other families report weekend travels to Augusta, Daytona Beach, and San Diego with relatives in Fort Gordon, Fort Meade, and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow S. Grones
Elmwood Pl
Linda Mason
Elizabeth
Kathy Grones
Dow S. Grones, Jr
Fort Bragg
N.C
Fort McPherson
Atlanta, Ga
Grones
North Carolina Post
Lenna McClanahan
Adrienne Frost
Stimson Ave
California
Frank R. Chadwick
Columbia St
Dorothy Duncan
Berkeley
Ida Burke
Athens
San Diego
The Plains HS Graduates to Organize
Alumni of The Plains High School plan a meeting at 3 p m Sunday July 17 to form an Alumni Association. Each graduating class should send at least one representative. Contact Mrs Richard Michael Mrs Dwight Grace Mrs Robert Guess Mrs Hubert Lanning or Mrs Dale Potts in Nelsonville Athens for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Plains High School
Richard Michael
Return From Extended Trip Highlights West Tour
Mr and Mrs James Stotts and children Steven and Nikki of Eleanor West Virginia with Mr and Mrs G B McDaniel of Albany returned from a 4300 mile trip visiting 13 states. They toured Rushmore Badlands the era palace Yellowstone Custer Battlefield Madison River Canyon. On return they visited Mrs Arthur Jones in Hiawatha Kansas. OCLC will hold an anniversary potluck supper at 6 in the church basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Godenschwager
Charles
Philip
Christie
William H. Six
Athens
George Godenschaker
Nelsonville
Fort Meade
H. C. Cummings
Robert
Joyce
Janice
Niagara Falls
James Stotts
Steven
Nikki
Eleanor
W. Va
G. B. McDaniel
Albany
Mr. Rushmore
Badlands
South Dakota
Yellowstone National Park
Custer Battlefield Monument
Madison River Canyon
Montana
Mr. McDaniel
Arthur Jones
Hiawatha
Kan
CLC
4-H Public Speaking Programs Grow in County and State
The article outlines how 4-H members develop oratory through project work and demonstrations, with county leaders coaching youths for radio and TV, and writing their own speeches. It highlights awards from Pure Oil and Wrigley for top boy and girl, plus national scholarships and trips to Chicago, under Cooperative Extension Service guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure Oil Company
Chicago
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co
Chicago Congress
Cooperative Extension Service
Lola Matlack Named Ohio FHA Delegate for Washington Convention
Lola Matlack of Frost will represent Ohio as one of 20 delegates at the Future Homemakers of America national convention in Washington DC. The event runs Monday through Friday with 800 delegates, theme Homethe Hub of Good Citizenship. Speakers include Arthur Fleming and Katherine Stone. convention sponsored by HEW home economics and AHEA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Matlack
Howard Dowell Matlack
Frost
Ohio
Future Homemakers of America
Washington, D.C
Arthur S. Fleming
Health, Education and Welfare
Katherine Stone
Virginia House of Delegates
Home Economics Branch
the Health, Education, Welfare Office
The
American Home Economics Assn
Annual Canaanville reunion recalls teaching era and grads
At Canaanville Township High School a July 2 reunion drew 82 alumni and teachers. Mrs. Tom Henry chaired. speakers included Alex Smith and Charles Miller. Early-teaching memories covered McGuffey readers and Boxwell exams. Ethel Mingus read her first salary of 33.50 and poems were shared. Moving pictures of 1958 and 1959 reunions closed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaanville Township High School
Canaanville Methodist Church
Henry
Alex Smith
Charles Miller
Howard Sands
Robert Harrison
Blanche Phillips
Canaanville
McGuffey
A. E. McConkey
Ethel Mingus
Helen Seel
Fred Burch
T. W. Gaston
Goldie (Everett) Casper
Charles McAfee Jr
Moving Pictures
H. H. Sands
Charles Shirley
Russell Dorr
G. C. Sutton
R. E. Quick
Nelle (Hill) Halbirt
Willard Walton
Florence (Walton) Gaston
Dora Charnell
C. G. Mansfield
Nelle (Hunter) Everett
Bessie (Hubler) Dillinger
Wendell Wright
Helen (Dillinger) Walls
Sharon Skidmore
Hattie Reeves
Alice Reeves
Marvella (Jacoby) Crawford
Oliver Walls
Jean (Crawford) McAfee
H. O. Shirley
John South
Leta McLaughlin
Cecla Clark
Kent Bumpass
John
Robert
Chris
T. C. Kincade
Roberta (Hull
Fashion pattern pattern 4622 for Misses' sizes with embroidery
Pattern offering a half size two piece sheath jacket with embroidery transfer included. States required fabric yardage for size 16 and instructions on pattern parts. Request fifty cents per pattern plus ten cents mailing, send to Anne Adams in New York with name address zone size and style number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Athens Messenger
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Jellico and Jellicle Cats in a Cat Lovers Tale
The narrator contrasts cats and dogs with affectionate detail, praising a cat’s grace and self sufficiency while noting dogs’ clumsy eagerness. A Siamese namesake incident in Manhattan and memories of a tomcat named Jerry illustrate feline independence and charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jellico
T. 5
Eliot
Jerry
Manhattan
Kane
Nippy
Tucky
Kansas
Calendar of Events Teases Local Society Gatherings
Troy Grange meets with cookies at 8 p.m. The Plains HDC hosts a family picnic at 6 p.m. The Gourmet Club gathers at 7 p.m. at 10 Belleana Place. Wesleyan Missionary Society hosts devotions with Mrs. Cross and Mrs. Moore. Albany VFW Aux initiates at 8 p.m. Athens Duplicate Bridge Club convenes at 7:30 p.m. New Marshfield OES meets at Masonic Temple with refreshments at 8 p.m. and tax stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Grange
the Plains Hdc
Lash-Dougherty Farm
Gourmet Club
Ruth Halsey
Belleana Pl
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society
Everett Cross
Bessie Moore
University
Ronald Kimes
Albany
VFW
Athens
Mrs Finsterwald Hosts Luncheon At Ohio University Center
Mrs R W Finsterwald hosted a luncheon at the Ohio University Center honoring her daughter Mrs William Long of Rochester Mich and daughter in law Mrs Dow Finsterwald a summer Athens resident. The guest list included many local and out of town attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Finsterwald
Ohio University Center
William Long
Rochester
Mich
Dow Finsterwald
Athens
Phil Swanson
van Nuys
Calif
Robert O’brien
Miami
Fla
Robert Scheel
Bay Village
Edward Sprague
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Arthur Gilchrist
David
Wayne
Eric
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Pike’s Peak
Cripple Creek
Flying W Ranch
David Gilchrist
Ohio University
Jesse Carley
Marilyn
Mont Howson
Carol Lea
New Marshfield
Augusta
Mike Howson
Fort Gordon
Thomas G. Andrian
Tommy
Summit, N. J
Andrian
B. T. Grover
American Field Service
Bernard Black
James Y. P. Tong
Robert Otto
William C. Stehr
William Trout
Greyhound
Gary McCune
Donnie
Milan
McCune
Federal Bureau of Prisons
William R. Cunningham
Daytona Beach
Orange City
Harold Davis
Frank Walters
Jacksonville
Ind
Martha Ann Beal
Owen Beal
Bradenton, Fla
Theresa Wolfe
George Ford
William Ford
Sandusky
George Samuel Ford
A. C. Anderson
Columbus
Ernest Anderson
Erie
Phi Mu
N. College St
Delta Delta
St. Louis
Lewis Hughes
Sarasota
Lorin C. Staats
Shirley Baxter Cleveland
Lorin Bush
Akron
Karen Keller
Distaff Side
Ruth Lewis
Orth
the Plains HS
FHA
Miss Matlack
Rome-Canaan High School
Stimson
A&p
Athens, O
Tom Henry
T. M. Crawford
Randolph Penny
Olive Stanley
Kettering
John Stanley Jr
Prudence Wilson
Newark
Forrestine Starlin
Floyd Cooperrider
Hazel Wilson
Marne
R. L
Davenport
Mrs. Finsterwald
William Biggs
Kenneth Kerr
William Orr
William Roberts
Fritz Wheaton
Sol Rosenberg
Richard Phillips
Basil Rutter
John Cline
Roger Pedigo
Frank Rauch Jr
Frank L. Nolan
Francis Fuller
William Wolfe
Gerald Stauffer
Tom Evans
Carl Clifford
Ralph Smeck
Heiner
Heiner’s
Fawcett
Stone
Chesterhill, Ohio
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