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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1936
Page
7
Residents and visitors from Cleveland and Columbus gather for Memorial Day weekend events and family visits in Athens. Notable attendees include Arthur Sayre and Richard Woodruff, Julian Bing, and many Bing family members, with travel to Washington DC, Virginia Beach, and Keystone Furnace mentioned among various social calls and hosting duties.
Mrs Stanley Nida hosted the Faithful Few Sewing Club at her home on Thursday night at 44 Mound Avenue. Members sewed and played Fan-Tan with prizes for high and low scores and a mystery number winner. President Mrs Raymond Bardin led the meeting. secretary treasurer Mrs Nida reported. A lunch followed with red white and blue decorations and spring bouquets. Next meeting set with Mrs G W Sche at 44 Hudson Ave on June 11.
Class Six of the Church of God will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at 27 Franklin Ave home of Mrs Guy Carpenter. Each member is asked to bring a covered dish and table covers for potluck supper.
County schools close Friday and The Plains closes this week. Rufus Putnam Training School ends Friday June 5. Athens High School city schools close Thursday June 11. Ohio University ends with finals this week. Alumni Day at Ohio University Saturday June 6, Baccalaureate Sunday June 7, Commencement Monday June 8.
Mrs Mary C Pearcy of Guysville announces the marriage of her daughter Doris Pearcy to Chester Efaw on May 19. The couple wed at St Marys in West Virginia. Efaw is the son of Mr and Mrs Francis Efaw of 206 West Union Street Athens.
Ninety three children from Carbondale School's first six grades will perform two operettas at the K of P Hall Monday at 8 p.m. The Lemonade Stand features the first and second grades, while What's the Matter With Sally? covers the third through fifth grades. A boys chorus will sing Home On the Range Red River Valley and When the Bloom Is On the Sage. Teachers Miss Jean Carlin Miss Gene Dunlap and Mrs Juanita Johnson organized the program.
Mrs Frank Gross of 133 N Congress St hosted Memorial Day dinner guests including C W Gross Athens Fred Gross Crooksville Carl Gross Zanesville Ernest Gross Athens L O Gutman Columbus and Fred Spaulding Buffalo N Y A daughter Barbara Fay was born to Mr and Mrs Harold Linscott at Sheltering Arms Hospital on May 30
Nearly 500 women delegates plus 52 national committee members will attend the Cleveland gathering to push for active participation in platform making and party administration. Notables include Princess Kawananakoa and Miss Margaret White as alternates, with Mrs. M. D. Cameron and Mrs. Bertha D. Baur leading efforts for women to sit at the table with men. Widows of past presidents invited. social events pared back to focus on policy and organization.
The Graham family of Bartlett gathers for Fred Graham’s graduation from Bartlett High School marking the tenth family member to graduate from the same school. Guests include Bernice Graham, Ralph Brittin, Dixon Graham, Harold Graham, Jackson Graham, Roger Graham, Neil Graham, and Mrs. J. Blaker, with ten grandchildren also in attendance. Also noted, Daughters of Union Veterans plan a May Tuesday meeting at Odd Fellows Hall with May and June birthday recognitions.
Marie Elswick and John H. Srigley married on April 4 in Chillicothe with Rev. W. E. Stewart officiating at the Methodist parsonage in Catlettsburg W Va. Both graduates of Ohio University. Srigley to finish junior year in dental college at Ohio State. Elswick taught in Ross County schools. They will reside in Columbus for now.
The Athens Country Club ballroom featured gay wall decorations and blue lighting for the annual CMC spring formal. Ted Toll and his orchestra played as more than 60 couples danced, concluding the group’s social season. Miss Alma Acomb led the grand march with her escort, and alumni and town girls such as Carolyn Fuller and Margaret Haskins attended along with several chaperons.
Miss Julia Ann Gutman of Columbus will graduate from St Mary's of the Springs on June 4 with high honors and a four year College of St Marys scholarship. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Ginnan and grandniece of Mrs. Frank Gross and Mr. Maurice Gross Athens. Also reported is the birth of Nancy Loraine to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Blackwood of Tuppers Plains on a Saturday in May. The baby’s grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart of Carpenter and Charles Blackwood of Albany R. 1 No. 2.
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