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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1941
Page
6
Announcement states Mamie Kathleen Barnhart will wed Webster DePew of Athens. The ceremony occurred April 26, 1941 in Portsmouth and the couple resides in Dayton where DePew works for Dodge Auto Sales Company.
Emma Lea Martin wed Eldon Martin at Wesleyan Methodist Church in Athens on a Sunday service June 15 1941 officiated by Rev E C Kenney. The couple both graduate from God's Bible School Cincinnati and plan ministry. out of town guests came from Jackson Wellston Nelsonville and Cincinnati.
Social club at 70 N High Street featured a dinner and bridge game with twelve attending including one guest. Prizes for high scores awarded to Mrs Beckley and Mrs Smiley, while guest prize went to Mrs Gray.
The American Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion Home and voted to sew for the Red Cross one day each month on the second Wednesday. The first sewing day will be July 9. The July meeting includes a picnic at the Loren Williams home on Harmony Road July 15. A surprise handkerchief shower was held for Mrs. M C Morrison who is moving to Pensacola Florida, with a presentation by Mrs. Rosser and Morrison's thank you.
Athens members of the Children of the American Revolution will attend the state convention in Columbus on Saturday. The day begins with 8 30 registration and a 12 30 luncheon in the Hall of Mirrors with national guests of honor from the D A R and C A R. An afternoon reading and a luncheon tea dance follow, with local members and officers listed among those attending.
Albany Garden Club members met at the Albany high school building with twelve members and two guests. Mrs. Fred Johnson shared a roses program and four dozen specimens. Mrs. Ayler donated Dutch Iris for civic beautification. July meeting at Mrs. Morse's home with officer elections.
Frederick Krecker son of Prof and Mrs F H Krecker of 171 N Congress St drives sightseeing buses at Glacier National Park from June 15 to September 15. He is among 50 drivers most of whom are western college students with Krecker coming from the far eastern point of hire. He first learned routes from a 350 page regional guide. Also noted: Miss Virginia Wilson of Athens Route Five visits Cincinnati with cousins Harold E Nice and wife.
The leader orders covert preparations as a theft plot unfolds in a dim setting. Instructions cover lighting, silent entry, and staged impersonation while a captive narrator weighs risks and signals. The group promises a foolproof scheme with brutal efficiency and lethal contingencies.
Adele Garrison presents a plot where Madge Graham learns guards have arrived to seize a code letter from Marion Morton. Madge plans a ruse in her Hotel Lansfield suite with Philip Veritzen and Olga to trap the captors. A secret door and staged deception set the scene for a dramatic covert operation.
Local Bundles for Britain headquarters operate from Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Athens as volunteers collect warm clothing and shirts for winter aid. A nationwide Bundles for Britain radio program from London airs June 22 at 5 15 p.m. Eastern on CBS with Mrs Edward R Murrow and Mrs John Rathbone detailing distribution. A separate Athens shower honors newlyweds George Tucker and Catherine Frost at Mrs Mary Frosts Route Four home on June 21.
A reader describes broomstick skirts as a simple, fun summer project for daughters from ten years old up. With minimal guidance they can pick fabrics and sew bands, hems, and belts to create skirts of three to four yards around, including candy stripe and flower prints.
The Athens Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union No 269 announces its annual banquet and dance will be held at the Athens Country Club on Saturday night June 21 instead of Friday. Tickets are sold at the door and Percy Lowery and his Orchestra from Columbus will provide music for dancing from 10 p m to 2 a m.
Friday M and H Circle gathers Friday night at Mrs Margaret McHargs New Marshfield Road with Mrs Verna Marquis assisting. Members are asked to come early for a wiener roast with the hostesses supplying wieners buns and other supplies. You cant go a hundred miles inland in Florida.
Dr. and Mrs. Victor Whitehouse and son Richard plan a summer in Maine after visiting Troy New York. They travel with Mrs. M Amelia Hockenberry and Miss Genevieve Apgar to Wellesley Massachusetts and on to Haven Maine. At Chautauqua Ohio University staff members join summer cottages while Eileen Phillips returns from medical school. Local residents entertain relatives from Fort Lauderdale Cincinnati and Chicago with hotel and home visits. Fred Sapp Arthur Brooks and families return from a driving trip to Washington including Mount Vernon and Skyline Drive. Mrs J F Smith hosts Miss Esther McRuer from Chicago.
Epworth League at First Methodist Church hosts an Ice Cream Social on the church lawn Friday June 20 with serving to begin at 5 PM. W L A members and families gather for a picnic at Roadside Park near Coolville Sunday June 22 at 4 PM each bringing a picnic basket.
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