Suds in Your Eyes lights up OVST season curtain
The OVST open night offers three eccentric old ladies in Jack Kirkland's Suds in Your Eyes with Marjorie Sheron Alberta Grones and Nancy Levering in main roles. The light evening showcases lively characterizations, a thin plot, and a large cast delivering comic moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Kirkland
OVST
Marjorie Sheron
Miss Tinkham
Alberta Grones
Mrs. Rasmussen
Nancy Levering
Barbara Williams
Eva Cooley
Virginia Darnell
Phyllis Peterson
Martha Dee Morrison
Katie Carpenter
Joy Cooley
Florence Dowdell
Nancy Ellis
Betty Greenwith
Jo Swank
Marion Kantner
Jean Kay Hartley
Marjorie McCormick
Patty Williams
Ann Knappenberger
Sally Seidman
Norma Copeland
Barbara Nelie
Wilma Briggs
Beverley Spurgeon
Yvonne Sherow
George Dion
Mary Ann Pancake
Joe Steiff
Myrdith Sheron
Herman Rugani
Christopher Lane
Speech Building
Engagement of Joyce Arlene Coder and Kenneth E Kempton
Mr and Mrs Raymond Coder of West Carrollton Ohio announce the engagement of their daughter Joyce Arlene to Kenneth E Kempton son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Kempton of Jacksonville The couple both belong to the 1949 graduating classes Joyce is employed by National Cash Register Co Dayton and Kenneth by Chrysler Corporation Airtemp Division Dayton The wedding is planned for next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Coder
West Carrolton
Ohio
Joyce Arlene
Kenneth E. Kempton
Wilbur Kempton
Jacksonville
Coder
West Carrolton High School
National Cash Register Co
Dayton
Kempton
Jacksonville-Trimble High School
Chrysler Corporation
Airtemp Division
Chauncey Garden Club Hosts Annual Flower Show
About 150 guests attended the Chauncey Garden Club flower show at the high school featuring still life arrangements table settings and artistic works. Local and regional clubs from Athens The Plains Nelsonville Akron Shade Chester Dayton and others participated while Mrs Thomas Wolfe and Mrs Roy Pendergrass led the event. A picnic at Logan Park August 3 will close the club year with honors for the W G Davis family relocating to Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Garden Club
Athens
the Plains
Nelsonville
Akron
Shade
Chester
Dayton
Deanville
Ewington
Radcliff
Columbus
Logan
Norwood
Cincinnati
Palatka
Fla
Pontiac
Mich
Laurel Springs
N. J
Thomas Wolfe
Ohio Association of Garden Clubs
Roy Pendergrass
Roger Boling
Erle Bridgewater
W. G Davis
Boling
Plains Garden Club
Reeves Rupe Families Hold Annual Reunion
Eighty nine members of the Reeves Rupe families and six friends attended the annual reunion held July 26 at the Athens County Fairgrounds. The oldest guest was Mrs. Mary Starkey 83 of Carpenter and the youngest was Allen Reeves two year old son of James and Mrs Reeves of Albany. Wilbur Rupe was chosen president for the next year with Guy Morrison as vice president Alice Reeves as secretary treasurer and Mrs Leonard Martin as assistant secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reatenttuen
Athens County Fairgrounds
Mary Starkey
Carpenter
Allen Reeves
James Reeves
Albany
Wilbur Rupe
Guy Morrison
Alice Reeves
Leonard Martin
Nelson Gardner Family Honored at Dinner
Mr and Mrs Fred Mathews hosted a Lake Hope dinner Tuesday night honoring Mr and Mrs Nelson Gardner and their children Eleanor Jean and Nelson Jr Eleanor Jean is a University of Oklahoma sophomore and Nelson Jr a Knadarko High School sophomore The Gardners plan to return to Oklahoma in August
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Andrews
Lake Hope
Andrews
Jo Ann
Bernard Withers
Peggy
Nancy
Carolyn
Linda
Leena Lightfritz
Billy
Sue Ann
Denver Andrews
Denton
Iais
Bruce
David
Roger Herwick
Barbara
Helen
Larry
Robin
James Andrews
James Gilham
Leta Lynn
Mary Keffer
Cherry
Jimmy
Clifford Andrews
Betty
Patty
Richard
Craig
Pegey Ann
Tommie Townsend
Patty Duckler
Carl Andrews
Clyde
Flora Borland
Paul Blackburn
Billy Neal
Jerry Jagers
Lois Sherman
Gilbert Shannon
Kodiak
Alaska
Fred Mathews
Nelson Gardner
Eleanor Jean
Nelson, Jr
Gardner
Mathews
U. S. Department of Interior
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Okla
Knadarko High School
Gardners
Oklahoma
OU Instructor Joins Northwestern TV Institute
Miss Virginia Hahne of Ohio University attends the second TV institute co sponsored by Northwestern University speech school and the National Broadcasting Co. in Chicago studios of WNBQ. The program offers advanced professional training for experienced participants with sessions on directing programming and production led by network staff and industry specialists. Miss Hahne, a State University of Iowa graduate, taught speech and dramatics for nine years before joining Ohio University and holds a Northwestern master’s degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Hahne
Ohio University
Speech School
Northwestern University
National Broadcasting Co
WNBQ
Chicago
Hahne
State University of
Iowa
Ohio U
Northwestern
Social Calendar FrIday Events and Gatherings Around Athens County
Friday agenda includes Meigs Pomona Grange fifth degree work at Harrisonville at 8 p m and New Marshfield OES rummage sale in courthouse basement at 6 p m with more Saturday. Sunday features Plains Garden Club flower show at high school auditorium 2 8 p m and Haga VU church homecoming with 1 p m business meeting led by Rev Guy White also West reunion at Town House Grove near Albany with noon basket dinner. Monday plans include Plains VFW Auxiliary meeting at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Pomona Grange
Meigs County
Harrisonville
New Marshfield
Plains Garden Club
High School
Haga VU. B. Church
Guy White
West
Townhouse Grove
Albany
Mitty Opera Debut Shows Hamms Bold Chamber Work
A first performance of Charles Hamm’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty at Ewing Hall showcases a vivid stage fantasy based on Thurber’s story. The compact score emphasizes text over traditional harmony, with notable staging of daydream sequences and strong acting from Merlyn Ross, Betty Stewart, James Gault, and Charles Minelli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewing Hall
Chamber Opera
Walter Mitty
Ohio
Charles Hamm
Ohio University Summer Opera Workshop
School of Music
Max Wald
Mitty
Amontillado
Menotti
Haim
James Thurber
Thurber
Caspar Milquetoast
Hamm
Hollace Arment
Eugene Jennings
Merlyn Ross
Betty Stewart
James Gault
Charles Frank
Charles Minelli
Athens
Albany Grange Holds Lecture Hour Inspection Event
Annual inspection of the lecture hour was conducted at an Albany Grange meeting with Deputy Harry Henry of Amesville as inspecting officer. Presiding was Master Waldo Poston and attendees included Amesville Lodi Athens Summit and Canaan granges. A varied program featured readings, music, skits, talks on agriculture and Ohio history, plus a safety quiz and stunts. Albany Grange members had hosted York Grange the night before with a similar program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Grange
Harry Henry
Amesville
Waldo Poston
Lodi
Athens
Summit
Canaan
Wade Jeffers
Frank Bobo
Ohio
J. F. Miller
Clarys Stack
Dale Scott
Lee Elliott
Grange
O. D. Pincelli
Ohio Travelers
York Grange
E. M. Baughman
Harold Ator
Edward Stanley
Lowell
Carolyn Ashcraft
Social rounds listopera trips and family visits in Ohio
Mrs. A R Frame and Mrs Gwendolyn P Roach attended Carmen and The Merry Widow at the Cincinnati Summer Opera with Vivian Della Chiesa and Charles Kullman. Several families, including the Cooleys from Avon Place and the Windlands from The Plains, hosted and visited relatives across Ohio and Michigan, with trips to Florida and Key West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Frame
Gwendolyn P. Roach
Vivian Della Chiesa
Charles Kullman
Cincinnati
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Athens Messenger
Gwen Roach
Tommy Widdoes
Chinatown
Nolds, Ben Martin and
Anna Iou Davis
Rexall Drug Store
Cline Pharmacy Co
Main Street
Bennett
Miss Joyce Arlene Coder
Logan Park
W. G. Davis
Manchester
TV Institute
Summit Grange
Harry G. Henry
Cor -Radt Bakey
S. Court St
Man
Robert E. Cooley
Bobby
Susan
Avon Place
Michigan
Sandusky
Rutmer Ackley
Lena
Klinger Lake
Hartsel Windland
Robert Windland
Sandra Kay
Pamela Sue
William Markley
Mra
Dale Windland
Ronnie
Karen Beth
Clara Hillen
Darrell
Plains
Vian Lockhart
Melvin
Palestine
W. Va
Wilbur Windland
Coolville
Merle Macomber
Bertha Macomber
Vinton
Florida
Key West
Edward Rosser
Marcia
Hiram
Rosser
Thomas Rosser
Park Place
Hiram College
Mill S
McKee Drug CO
Dean & Barry
East State
Tel
Athens, Ohio
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