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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1936

Page

7

Athens Society Notes Vacation Words and Homecomings

In mid June heat Athens social circle reports a bustle of visits and summer trips to Buckeye Lake, Erie, and resorts in Ohio and the East. Local professors, students, and families plan extended summers, with Midshipman Roderick Eddy sailing from Annapolis June 5 on the Oklahoma for a Europe trip, and others relocating to Columbus, Cleveland, Madison on the Lake, and Virginia locales for vacations and education.

Athens Buckeyeke Erie Ohio Virginia East

Delegates to Sorority Convention Leave Tonight

At the Sigma Phi Gamma meeting Mrs Kenneth Dunn presided. Athens delegates Mrs P W Dunlap and Mrs Wiley Nichols will depart tonight for Milwaukee for the international convention June 18 to 21. Willard Russell was pledged at the Monday meeting.

Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority M. D. Worley W. Union St Kenneth Dunn Fred Weber Athens Sigma Phi Gamma Milwaukee Wis P. W. Dunlap W. Carpenter Sr Wiley Nichols Willard Russell

Albany Flower Show Registration Details

Registration for the Albany Community Flower Show will be held Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 to 10 a.m. in the Albany High School Auditorium. Special displays from Athens business houses feature garden furniture, cut flowers, vases, and decorative tables. Detailed classes are posted in local stores. A missionary society meeting for Richland Avenue M. P. Church is set for Friday night June 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Albany Albany High School Athens Missionary Society of the Richland Ave

Kelch Brothers Drill in Vinton County Oil Field

Kelch Brothers of this city are engaged in drilling operations in the Vinton County oil and gas field.

Vinton Logan Kelch Brothers Vinton County

Douglas Shepherds Hold Downington Reunion in June

The Douglas Shepherd family reunion gathered at Downington Town Lot Grove, Meigs County, with descendants of John Douglas Sr. and Eleanor Shepherd Douglas. About a hundred attended from Columbus Delaware Shelby Albany Circleville Shadyside Athens and other areas. next year’s gathering is planned for the third Sunday in June at Downington. Mr and Mrs Irvin D Quick hosted Sunday guests including Herbert Acomb and children from Norwalk Ohio University attendance noted.

Douglas-Shepherd Downington Lot Grove John Douglas Eleanor Shepherd Douglas John Douglas, Jr Emmeline French Douglas Columbus Delaware Shelby Albany Circleville Shadyside Athens Meigs County J. Douglas Cooper T. A. Ballinger P. A. Jividen Elma Douglas Smith Seattle Wash Reverend Ballinger H. A. Dixon Irvin D. Quick Sunnyside Dr Herbert Acomb John Alice Elizabeth Norwalk Acomb Quick Alice Elizabeth Acomb Ohio University

Miss Atkinson heads to Phi Mu national convention in New Jersey

Miss Atkinson daughter of Mr and Mrs C EF Atkinson leaves Athens for the Phi Mu national convention in Spring Lake New Jersey. She travels with Miss Lammers and Miss Gulan from Port Clinton and will be joined by Miss Piper in Marietta. After the convention they tour Virginia Washington and Nutley New Jersey before vacations. Miss Lammers Gulan and Piper plan New York brief visit. Also Nelsonville NY hosts a community dance at the YMCA Hall Thursday at 8 PM with modern music.

Eveleth Atkinson C. EF. Atkinson N. High St Spring Lake N. J Phi Mu Sorority Eveleth Phi Mu Mary Louise Lammers Dorothy Gulan Port Clinton Marietta Helen Piper Natural Bridge Richmond Washington, D. C Atkinson Nutley F. E. Harshman Sam Athens Lammers Gulana Piper New York

Summer Activities and Local Gossip From East High Area

East High School coach Harley Littler and Dr. Jay B. Nash plan a two month European tour sailing June 30 on the Bremen. Littler will pursue doctoral study. Nash will lecture at universities including Berlin Copenhagen and Munich. They may visit Chase Town England and London after Copenhagen. Also notes on Miss Patty Cuvier visiting and a series of social events in Athens area including bingo and grange meetings. Bird life decline noted as 75 percent in 60 years.

Harley Littler East High School Youngstown Tom Littler E. Union Sr Jay B. Nash New York Bremen Europe Doctor Nash New York University Mr. Littler Nash University of Berlin University of Copenhagen Munich Heidelburg Cherbourg European Littler Chase Town Staffordshire England London Mary Elizabeth Littler Altoona

Social Calendar June 17 18 Athens area clubs events

June 17 18 social calendar lists Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae Daughters of Union Veterans and Athens County Pomona Grange meetings on Wednesday. Thursday brings King’s Daughters Wesleyan Service Guild picnic Athens Grange speakers Bernice McLeod choir and music, plus church societies and school reunion events with picnics and socials across Gore Jerseyville Richland area.

Alpha Gamma Delta Mary E. Walker S. Congress St Daughters of Union Veterans IOOF A. H. James Athens County Pomona Grange Rome Grange Hall King’s Daughters Wesleyan Service Guild M. BE Albany Vera McConkey Athens Grange Grange Hall Athens County Fairgrounds John P. Hope J. A. Malone Bernice McLeod Women's Missionary Society of the First Christian Church

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