Bridal Shower Honor for Mrs Beckler in Athens
Informal magazine shower held Tuesday at Mrs Rauch's Avon Place home honored Mrs B F Beckler. Guests wore slacks and shorts and received magazine subscriptions. An Eleanor Roosevelt picnic supper preceded lawn games and bridge on a warm evening with attendees including Mrs Wickham, Mrs Cline, Mrs Helwig, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckler
Athens
Robert Main
Frank Rauch, Jr
Alice Mae Robinson
Ruth Huggins
B. F. Beckler
Eleanor Roosevelt
Robert Wickham
Zanesfield
John Cline
Fred Lee Helwig
Laurerne F. Lausche
Fred Sanders
Jack Wadley
Mary McCune
Emma _ Stotts
George Jackson
Round about the town notes and family updates
Leona Hughes return from New York prompts anecdotes about a nonrelated sibling bond with Jerry Hughes both OU alumni in Manhattan. Eleanor Sams writes from California about buying a sweet shop named the New Ohio and visiting Athens friends. Several family notices: Mrs. R D Powell moved by ambulance to New Marshfield after 50th anniversary. Francis Family reunion set for Chillicothe. birth of Phil Zane Hess son to Phil and wife Hess in Athens. grandparents listed from The Plains West Virginia Maine and New York connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Hughes
Ohio University
New York
New York University
Jerry Hughes
Jerry
Leona
O. U
Robert Strattons
Eleanor Sams
California
Los Angeles
Eleanor
Athens
Ohio
Eileen
Katy King
Joe Bardin
Bill Curry
Tommy Fitzer
Shirley Temple
Jean Hersholt
Hugh Herbert
Allen Jones
Buck Jones
Gene Raymond
Richard Arlen
Edgar Kennedy
Larry Simms
Baby
Strattons
C. C. Sams
Mill St
M.B.R
R. D. Powell
London
New Marshfield
Powell
South America
Helen Stright
Newman
Mary Powell Beatty
Emily Mayer
Standish
Maine
Katherine Weikart
Youngstown
Rowland
Charles
New York City
Adelaide Williams
William
Dan
Oregon
Phil Hess
Allendale Addition
Will Hess
the Plains
A. M. Clenldenin
West Virginia
Farrivale
Phil Zane
Personal notices from Athens items list regarding visits and relocations
Miss Bery Cone and Miss Pauline Cone left for Columbus to attend a two day state convention of Vocation Home Economics Teachers. Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Kelley and daughters Barbara Ann and Patricia returned to Columbus after visiting Dr. and Mrs. John R. Sprague in Athens. Dr. Robert Studer visits Chillicothe for his mother’s illness. Charles Smith, Ohio University graduate, takes a chemist post at Ohio Sugar Refining Company Ottawa, effective Aug. 1 after clerking at Park Hotel Put-in-Bay. Mrs. Ethel Carpenter returns to Athens after two weeks in San Antonio with Mrs. B. K. Seward. Weekend guests at the Steele home include Dora O’Brien Nadine Pink Kimble T. G. Robinson, Kenneth Bean and family, Dorothy Steele, and Charles Steele. Nat Thompson and Lenore Thompson with Eula Layne visit from Glasgow. The 31 Club will meet July 31 at Mrs. Merrill Chase’s home in Chase, south of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bery Cone
Pauline Cone
Franklin Ave
Columbus
P. F. Kelley
Barbara Ann
Patricia
John R. Sprague
Morris Ave
Charles Smith
Ohio University
C. M. Smith
E. State St
Ohio Sugar Refining Company
Ottawa
Ohio
Smith
Park Hotel
Put-in-Bay
Ethel Carpenter
Athens
San Antonio
Texas
B. K. Seward
Carpenter
Frank Gillian
East State Street
J. E. Steele
Dora O'Brien
Nadine
Cambridge
Pink Kimble
T. G. Robinson
Richland Ave
Kenneth Bean
Richard Lee
George Edward
the Plains
Dorothy Steele
Charles Steele
Jerseyville Road
Nat Thompson
Versailles
Lenore Thompson
Eula Layne
Glasgow
Waldo E. Woodyard
Pleasanton
Good-Looking Girls Car Hop Jobs Draw Southern Attention
Thousands of Southern women staff drive-in restaurants as car hops. They take orders from cars, some wear brief shorts or satin shirts, and competition in cities like Houston crowns the most popular. The job offers higher pay than secretaries, per workers. The piece notes youth and appearance matter, union protests over attire, and the first come first serve system. A band concert follows later in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Tidle
Miami
Thelma Knight
Nora Borel
Country Folk Who Order City Children About
DEAR MRS. SUMMER: A mother asks how to handle visiting her husband’s family who set safety rules for city children in the country. The writer urges listening, learning the local rules, and accepting gentle guidance, noting country upbringing may differ and can teach resilience. Olive Roberts Barton signs off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cepo
Mary
Olive Roberts Barton
Mind Your Manners Quiz Answers Guide
A compact guide on polite responses to social prompts. It analyzes five questions about sharing troubles, wandering focus, hurt feelings, eagerness to finish stories, and finishing others sentences. The recommended actions emphasize restraint and letting others speak.
Daisy Letter Chronicles Popcorn Row at Albert Spalding Concert
A reader named Daisy writes to columnist Hilton recalling a popcorn dispute at an Albert Spalding concert. The letter defends proper manners, mentions Emily Post, and apologizes for distracting others with crackling popcorn during the Ohio University Memorial Auditorium event on March 3, 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy
Hilton
Percival
Imovies
Juarez
Albert Spalding
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Emily Post
Emily
Mr. Spalding
Hunsicker Couple Welcome Ten Pound Baby Girl
Mr and Mrs O R Hunsicker announce the birth of a ten pound daughter on Wednesday July 26 at the home of Mrs McBride in Walker Street. The baby’s birth makes Mr and Mrs Hunsicker of Middleport grandparents. The mother was formerly Miss Catherine McBride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Hunsicker
Curran Drive
Hunsicker
Charles McBride
Walker St
Middleport
Catherine McBride
Ludwick Reunion Celebrates Ludwick at 90 in Stewart
The Ludwick reunion honored Mr. L. C. Ludwick of Stewart Ohio on his 90th birthday at his country home. Ninety-one guests attended a picnic under a shade tree with extended family from Guysville Stewart Canfield Bethany Ridge Athens and Columbus among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwick
L. C. Ludwick
Stewart
Ohio
Leroy Nickoson
Ross and
Imogene
Guysville
Stanley
CCC
Camp Nelson
Charles Windsor
Aubrey Nickoson
Nancy Kay
Glendyn Nickoson
Charles
Coleen
Beverly Gene
Bruce Nickoson
Avrey Chalfant
Lewis and Paul
North Jackson
Florene Anne
Bernard Linton
Charles Eugene
Thomas Grim
Frank Bean
Olive Seiberts
Nelsonville
L. T. Runnion
Harold
Charles Lee
Anne
Billy
Joe
Athens
George Rowland
Oryn Watkins
Amesville
Herman Ahart
Eileen
Mary Ann
Little Hocking
Rexford Nickoson
Garnet
Nellie
Audra
South Canaan
Lawrence Seiberts
Dale
Columbus
Floyd Burke
Akron
Arthur Swaim
Bruce
Doris
Mary
Carol
Lee
Wadsworth
Social Sewing at Mrs Hines Home in Athens
The Social Sewing Society met at 97 May Ave with hostess Mrs Clyde Hines. Guests included Mrs Finley Wolfe from Logan, Mrs Wilford Chaney and daughter Constance Ellen, and Miss Ethel Blackwood. New member Mrs C E Dupler attended first time and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Hines
May Ave
Finley Wolfe
Logan
Athens
Wilford Chaney
Constance Ellen
Ethel Blackwood
C. E. Dupler
Wolfe
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Francis
City Park
Chillicothe
W. A. Francis
Robert Studer
Herman Studer
Chillicothe Hospital
31 Club
Merrill Chase
Chase
Cornells
Frigidaire Refrigerator
Good
Piano
Parker Bros
N. Court St
Music Store
South
Ruth Millett
Clother
Waiters Union
Athens High School
Clarence Roach
Sarah Lee
Meeker Terwilliger
Mrs. Summer
Washington Service Bureau
F. M. Kerby
Dept. B-169
Messenger Service Bureau
Thirteenth Street
Washington, D. C
The
Messenger
By Jack Hilton
Blackmore's
Beckley Bidg
Ea Glasses
Mrs. Stover
Jean
West Union St
Sal Saeki
Lovey Fudge
Emily mm
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