Ohio University Commencement Weekend Includes Supper And Concert
Seniors and alumni prepare for commencement activities starting Saturday with a campus supper under the McGuffey Elms hosted by the Alumni Association. The Ohio University Concert Band will give a public performance on Memorial Auditorium porch directed by Daniel L. Martino. Many out of town guests from Cleveland Columbus Westerville Ironton Zanesville Troy Youngstown Piketon Barberton Logan Dayton and more are making reservations through the Alumni Office.
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McGuffey Elms
Alumni Association
Ohio University
Daniel L. Martino
Memorial Audi P.m
Sioveu al Ou Petate
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
Robert Merkle
George M. Brown
Lauren C. Bitler
Robert F. Bishop
Westerville
Robert E. Rucker
Athens
Wiliam E. Malvin
Ironton
Russell PF. Herrold
Fred W. Phillips
Zanesville
Mary Ellen Howe
Troy
Walter Heller
Youngstown
J. Richard McConnaughey
Hillsboro
Ward Radford
Piketon
Mary Elizabeth Walker
Barberton
Blanche Linton
Florence Cook
Nelsonville
James Bebour
Logan
Ralph W. Parks
Dayton
Don C. McVay
LeRoy
Ralph Ovington
Sa Jem
Mitchell Murray
Greenfield
Anna E. Simmerman
East Wing
Clark Williams
G I Bride in Bavaria Nita Polasek Nears Reunion
A letter from Nita Polasek the GI Bride in Bavaria describes her upcoming train ride from Bremenhaven to Munich then Neubiberg with her husband Jack. She recounts packing challenges loneliness homesickness and anticipation of reuniting with him in Germany.
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G. I
Bavaria
Nita Polasek
America
Germany
the Messenger
Sis
Bremehaven
Munich
Jack
Tam
Neubiberg
Richard Brooks
Winona
Minn
Carl Carleson
Baltimore
S. Orr
Brooks
Hattie Lu Grones Initiated Into Footlighters at OU
Hattie Lu Grones of Elmwood Place and Ohio University graduate class is initiated into the Footlighters honorary society at the university. Delta Tau Delta hosts its annual Spring Formal at the Athens Country Club with out-of-town alumni and guests expected. Past Chiefs' Club meets Friday at 7 30 p m with Mrs. William Canter Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Lu Grones
Ohio University
Dow Grones
Elmwood Place
University
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Athens Country Club
Chiefs’ Club
William Canter
Chauncey
Laurel Grange Plans Annual Memorial Ceremony
Laurel Grange will hold its annual memorial service Saturday evening June 8 in connection with a kitchen curtain and prune bread contest run by the Home Economic committee. After the meeting a white elephant sale will be conducted.
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Carpenter
Laurel Grange
Open Church Wedding Set for June 9 at Presbyterian Church
The open ceremony Sunday at 2 PM will solemnize the marriage of Miss Jean Barricklow and Rev. Benton Hanan of Washington DC. Miss Barricklow serves as director of the Wrestminster Foundation of the local Presbyterian Church.
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Presbyterian Church
Jean Barricklow
Benton Hanan
Washington, D.C
Miss Barricktow
Wrestminster Foundation
White Shrine Hosts Installation and Informal Reception
Athens Shrine No Six held an installation and reception in IOOF Hall with roses decor. Guests from Marietta and Chillicothe attended. Mrs. Mary E Bartlett and Mrs May Huffman, Supreme Treasurer and District Deputy, were honored. Mrs Ida Hill elected guide and welcomed by Mrs Bartlett. A report on the May Supreme Shrine session in Grand Rapids Mich was read by Mrs Adda Glazier. Gifts were presented and a reception followed.
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Athens Shrine No. Six
IOOF
Marietta
Chillicothe
Mary E. Bartlett
May Huffman
Ida Hill
Bartlett
Supreme Shrine
Grand Rapids
Mich
Adda Glazier
Mrs. Huffman To Conduct Shrine Instruction
District Deputy Mrs P J Huffman will lead a school of instruction at Nazarene Shrine in Chillicothe tonight at 7 30 p m Officers and members of Athens Shrine are invited to attend.
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Mrs. Huffman
P. J. Huffman
Nazarene Shrine
Chillicothe
Athens Shrine
Mrs. Radenbach Observes 90th Birthday in the Plains
Alta B Radenbach of The Plains marked her 90th birthday on Monday June 3. Lifelong Washington County resident now with daughter R D Welch. Blind for three years, she survived four wars and a grandson Maurice Welch died in the recent conflict. Her husband died in 1920.
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Alta B Radenbach
the Plains
Washington County
R. D. Welch
Radenbach
Maurice Welch
Lasher Barnette wedding brings many guests to Athens
Washington couple Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. H. Siddons arrive for the Lasher Barnette wedding weekend. Attending are professors Lasher and family, plus relatives from Ohio and Indiana. Various siblings and friends gather at Beckley Apartments and College Street houses for the ceremony and festivities.
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Frederick P. H. Siddons
Washington, D. C
Athens
Mary Elizabeth Lasher
Kenneth A. Barnette
George Starr Lasher
Dorothy Lasher
Beckley
Sir Siddons
American Security and Trust Company
Washington
Betty Feezer
New York City
Barbara Binns
Huntington
W. Va
Mary Elizabeth
Lasher
Pi Beta Phi
College St. Am Ae
Graduation Party at Gandee Home for D I Gandee Jr
Mr and Mrs D I Gandee hosted about thirty guests at their Route One Athens home for an after commencement party honoring their son D I Gandee Jr a member of the Athens High School graduating class The guest list included Roy Hilbert and his daughters Katherine Lou and Barnelle Hilbert of Detroit nephew Stephen Ball of Detroit and Laura Kyger and Eileene Myers of Ravenswood W Va
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Snyder Home
Herbert Mingus
Columbus
Carolyn
Russell Tippett
Chauncey
Marion Snyder
the Plains
Eugene Snyder
Martha Snyder
Gresns Run
D. I. Gandee
Route One
Athens
D. I. Gandee, Jr
Athens High School
Roy Hilbert
Katherine Lou
Parkersburg
W. Va
Barnelle Hilbert
Detroit
Gandee
Stephen Ball
Laura Kyger
Eileene Myers
Ravenswood
Open Church Ceremony for McDaniel and Bidwell
The open church wedding of Miss Eileene McDaniel and Mr. Burton Bidwell will be solemnized Saturday at 8 p.m. at the First Christian Church. Miss McDaniel is from Amesville and Mr. Bidwell from Ames, with family ties to the area. Also noted is Children’s Day practice at the Christian Church and a Commencement weekend visit by Don C. McVay of LeRoy, a member of Ohio University’s Board of Trustees.
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Dorothy Eldridge
Columbus
Louis I. Brown
Isabell Brown
University Terrace
Ohio University
Isabella Brown
Eileene McDaniel
Burton Bidwell
Miss McDaniel
Lewis Morris
Amesville
Mr. Bidwell
Verne Bidwell
Second St
Christian Church
John L. Beckley
Elmwood
Don C. McVay
LeRoy
McVay
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Gallipolis
Fulwider
Ber
Buc
Alice MecKe
St Albans
W.V
Elmhurst Tea Room
Richland Ave
Remington Rand
Gem and Gillette
Ivar Imperiale Russe
Halliweij
McKee Drug Co
Nita
Aoa
Nite
Slong
Venus
Mars
Big Bamby
Rauch's Bakery
White
Frank Pugh
Albany
Vivian
Tracy Whaley
June
Norma Louise Wetzel
Pomeroy
Lennie Jewell
Downington
Edward Pugh
Larry
Lorna
Maynard Coates
Sherry Ann
Darla Dea
Grace Whaley
Pugh
Ostrander
E. J. Cranmer
Hubert Ellington
Coral Gables
Fla
Robert G. Brown
Evan Jones, Jr
Park Place
Ellington
Upper New York State
Mrs. Radenbach
William Cheadle
iLinda Sue
Jerry
Wanda Stansbury
Janet
Mary
Richard
Gene Jeffers
Reed Jeffers
Chancey Staneart
W. E. Jeffers
C. G. Houck Insurance
Court ST
Blosser
Gladys Moore
Athens Senior High School
W. A. Moore
Tupelo
Miss
Arthur Bleesing
Betty Jones
East Tawas
New York
H. L. Welch
Jane Welch
Gassaway
W.va
Norman Engh
Welch
W. E. Banks
Franklin, T Ave
Lelia Sherman
Jacob Sherman
A. H. Barnette
Jack Barnette
Marion
Ind
Dean Barnette
Chicago
Lasher-Barnette
Beckiey Apartments
Verne LeRoy
Lansing
iMich
jMrs
Emma Palmer
Herrother
Horace D. Palmer
N. College , St. O
Bob Davis
U. S. Navy
Virgil E. Davis
Congress St
Norfolk
Dad
Kyle & Clifford's
I McDaniel-Bidwell
Kaylong
THE
Cavaliers
Eleanor Hosiery
N. P. Stephens
Factory Street
Berea
Dobbs Straw Hats
Kyle
Clifford
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