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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1941
Page
6
The Ath ens Sr 4-H Club will meet Wednesday July 16 in the Athens Grange Hall. Rev Louis Campbell will lead a book review. Recreation and refreshments follow.
The Landscape Gardening Class by Paul E. Brown met Tuesday night in Room 206 at Athens Senior High School with seventeen women present. Mrs. Hiram Roy Wilson set the next meeting for 6:30 p.m. on July 22 and absentees are urged to note it. Details may be had by calling Miss Laura Bailey.
Mrs Ernest Conkey of Richland Avenue has returned home from White Cross Hospital Columbus after a major operation. Miss Betty Lou Wyckoff of Maplewood Drive left Monday for a two week visit to Kenton Indian Lake and Columbus. Loyal Daughters 4 H Club will sponsor a curb side ice cream social at East Bridge on Friday July 18 starting at 5 p.m.
Nancy Carew warns Madge about Stephen Redfield, a charming actor with a dangerous past and a long hidden history. The discussion uncovers Redfield’s rise from college drama to Broadway, his infatuation with Mary Veritsen, and the jealousy threatening Noel Veritzen, with readers left awaiting tomorrow’s continuation.
Mrs. Edward R. Harris and her sons Edward Jr and Bradford depart Athens after a three week stay visiting her mother Mrs. O F Peoples in Athens. Dr Clement R French dean of Randolph Macon College accompanies them to Lynchburg. Other local travelers include Mr and Mrs Edwin Evans heading to Washington D C via Skyline Drive.
A private dance for rushees active members and alumnae was hosted by C M C Club at the Country Club on Saturday night. Chaperons were Mrs. O V Yaw and Mrs. H A Elkins. Invited rushees included Donna Poling Deanue McPherson Sally Armstrong Kathryn Hess Anna Lee Channell Beverly Brumley Lois Hansen Margaret Chapman Gail Baird Patty Bolin Gretchen Baughn Marilyn Covert Wanda Townsend Barbara Elkins Joan Al geo Jackie Burgess Gretchen Barstow.
In Berea Kentucky a coeducational nonsectarian college offers free tuition with about 150 dollars yearly for room and board. Students work in looms pottery bakery and dairy farming gaining paid experience while earning their education. Established 1855 Berea funds itself through student labor and crafts for sustenance and growth.
Richland Ave Cradle Roll holds its monthly meeting Wednesday at 2 00 PM at Mrs Cullett s home Woodland Ave Pocahontas Lodge plans a Wednesday night gathering at Red Men s Hall for annual picnic Daughters of Union Veterans hold picnic Thursday 6 PM at Mr and Mrs George Fleming Amesville Families bring own table service Athens Grange meets Thursday 8 PM all women bring white butter cake for contest Presbyterian Session Thursday 7 PM Rebekah Lodge meets Thursday 730 PM at IOOF Hall Women s Society of Christian Service hosts Ice Cream Social Friday July 18 5 00 10 00 PM Plains Child Study Club outing at Mrs Florence Overly s home Thursday July 17 Bowles Williams Reunion Sunday July 20 at Athens County Fairgrounds relatives and friends invited
The 31 Club met at Mrs. Fred Van Meter s home at 16 Ohio Ave on Monday night. Prizes went to Mrs. Harry Risley Mrs. William Morgan and Mrs. Ivan Brown. Plans were made for a swimming party and hamburgers on July 23. Refreshments were served. Members present included Miss Dorothy Francé and guests Mrs. Fred Kneff and Mrs. Russell Hall.
The Young Married Couples Class of the Presbyterian Church will hold a picnic Friday at 6 p.m. at the E. A. Cottingham cabin in The Plains. Members bring own table service and meet at the church at 5:30 p.m. for carpooling.
Princess Te Ata Chickasaw storyteller appeared at an Oklahoma University convocation in buckskin recounting Indian legends of the Great Spirit sugar making and a baby rattlesnake. Born near Tishomingo Oklahoma she has hosted lectures and performances for years and counts Howard Roosevelt and Hyde Park among her audiences.
Mr and Mrs Sidney Leifheit announce the birth of a daughter Pauline Rosalie born Friday July 11 at Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Grim Shade and Mr and Mrs Thomas Leifheit Pomeroy. The Progressive Sunday School Class picnic at Rich land Ave Methodist Church is postponed to the first Sunday in August.
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