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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1958

Page

6

Albany Riding Club Plans Horse Show

The Albany Riding Club will sponsor a horse show on July 6 at 1 30 p m at the Albany Ball Park featuring 15 classes for Western, three and five gaited horses, ponies and walking horses. Riders from Athens and Albany competed last weekend at the Wellston Lions Club show with several placing in multiple classes.

Albany Riding Club Albany Ball Park Athens Albany Wellston Lions Club Clyde Mason R. C. Vernor Follansbee W.va

Albany Community Garden Club Holds June Lake Hope Meeting

Mrs. Emmett Wingett hosted the Albany group at Lake Hope Lodge for its June session. President Mrs. Frank Pugh led the business meeting with 15 members and guests present. Mrs. Max Crabtree demonstrated wedding floral arrangements for home and church ceremonies. The next gathering is July 11 at Mrs. Harold Ator’s home with officer elections.

Lake Hope Emmett Wingett Lake Hope Lodge Albany Community Garden Club Frank Pugh Frank Clark L. F. Miller Captain Ziggaroos John Crossen Max Crabtree Harold Ator

C. W. Gross Birthday Dinner Noted At Home

A family dinner at 9 S Congress St honors C. W. Gross on his upcoming birthday. Attendees include relatives from Crooksville Pomeroy Hamilton Athens and local family members. Also mentions home care tips for mops aluminum pots and bead threading tricks.

C. W. Gross S. Congress St Gross Fred E. Gross Jack Lee Gross Carl Gross Crooksville Ernest Gross Pomeroy Inlaw Jack Miller Bobby Hamilton Charles Gross Dan Athens

Initiation At Plains VFW Auxiliary Adds Two Members

The Plains VFW Auxiliary Post 7174 welcomed two new members Helen Langel and Dorothy M. Quinlan at a June 18 meeting. Officers and attendees included Mary Tinkham and Helen Kittle among others. A white elephant sale is planned for July 16 at 8 pm, with a Halloween party planning for hats and pocketbooks. A wiener roast is planned on July 2.

Plains Vfw Mary Tinkham Helen Kittle Jean McKibben Pauline Harvey Lela Budsworth Virgene Nelson Alberta Linscott Mary Lee Michael Helen Langel Dorothy M. Quinlan

Women golfers set to play low net event in Athens Ladies Day

The Athens Country Club announces a change for Wednesdays Ladies Day golf. The low net competition will replace the previously planned closest to the pin on the number five hole, effective immediately.

Athens Country Club

Bold Style Note Adds Color to Room

A simple decorating tip recommends a single bold style note to color a room on a budget. Choose a washable accent to add character while keeping maintenance affordable.

Coming and Going in Local Notices

Mr and Mrs Paul Burson and daughters Linda and Brenda of Warren Road returned from a two weeks Florida trip visiting St Augustine Daytona Beach and Miami Beach. Mr and Mrs Bud Schaeffer and daughters Letha and Sandy returned to Dayton after visiting grandmother Mrs Nancy Jane Gibbs 15 W Mulberry St. Linda Lou Adams of St Charles Va granddaughter of Mrs Gibbs will remain summer. Mrs W C Rose Rainbow member attended Grand Assembly in Columbus.

Paul Burson Linda Brenda Warren Road Florida St. Augustine Daytona Beach Miami Beach Bud Schaeffer Letha Sandy Dayton Nancy Jane Gibbs W. Mulberry St Gibbs Linda Lou Adams St. Charles W. C. Rose The Order of the Rainbow Columbus

Community Meetings and Activities Listing

Tuesday schedules include W B A at 7 30 p m at 24 Franklin Ave bring tax stamps Women s Association Ames Presby Church 7 30 p m in Fellowship Room Hostesses G Q Linscott Miss Mary Balderson Troy Grange 8 p m Grange Hall third and fourth degrees Members bring cookies or sandwiches Canaan Grange 8 p m inspection Potluck for April May June birthdays bring tax stamps Zeta Alpha Chapter Beta Sigma Phi special meeting 8 p m home of Mrs Frank Foster 33 Moore Ave WSWS of Athens EUB Church 7 30 p m home of Mrs Richard Life 6 Shannon Ave devotions by Mrs Samuel Jasper Child Guidance Circle CCL swimming party Crystal Pool 4 6 p m regrets by Monday to Mrs Ray Rose LYTC Wesleyan Methodist Church 7 30 p m all members asked to attend Child Guidance Circle of CCL family swimming party at Crystal Pool 4 6 p m picnic supper at fairgrounds each family bring own beverage

W.B.A Nancy Bolen Franklin Ave Women’s Ass’n Amesville Presby G. QO. Linscott Mary Balderson Zeta Alpha Beta Sigma Phi Frank Foster Moore Ave WSWS Athens EUB Richard E. Life Shannon Ave Samuel Jasper CCL Crystal Pool Ray Rose LYTC Wesleyan Methodist Church Fairgrounds

Pattern Selections for Misses and Dolls Appeal to Crafters

Caure Wher presents Printed Pattern 4559 for Misses sizes 10 through 20 with top shorts and skirt yardage and mailed pattern directions. Also Pattern 896 offers doll directions in a Sleepy Child theme with pajama pair. both require 35 cents per pattern plus 5 cents additional for first class mailing. An Annie Adams note invites ordering via The Athens Messenger Pattern Dept in New York.

Anne Adams Athens Messenger West 17Th St New York N. Y Needlecraft Dept P.O Old Chelsea Station N.Y Laura Wheeler

Study This Don't List For Pretty Hands

Jeanne D Arc y discusses Do and Dont guidelines for hand care. The piece warns against biting nails waving while speaking drumming fingers cracking knuckles and filing nails when wet or too far at the corners. It advises using polish remover letting polish dry and sitting quietly five minutes for a manicure to set.

Initiation at Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge Hails New Members

At the lodge meeting Wednesday evening Mae Wooten and Wanda Cone were initiated while Ethel Cone was reinstated. Noble Grand Ruth Crumrine hosted the event and welcomed the new members with a poem. The meeting also honored bride Gertrude Andrews with a gift. A rummage sale is planned at the armory for June 27 and 28. Refreshments were served by Veda Carpenter and Bess Jones.

Nannie

Former Athens Boy Pictured In Life Magazine Ad

Mark Markham, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Markham of Fort Lauderdale Florida, appears in a full page Life magazine color ad from Eastman Kodak. The photo shows a family loading a station wagon for a vacation trip with blonde Markham in blue jeans and a T shirt. Markham, formerly educated in Athens, now attends Rodgers Junior High School in Fort Lauderdale.

Mark Markham Robert Markham Lauderdale Fla Athens Eastman Kodak Co Life Mark Markham Ft. Lauderdale Rodgers Junior High H. B. Pickett Near Pomeroy Saturday Evening Post

Albany WCTU Meeting at Stanley Home

The Albany WCTU gathered at Mrs. Howard Stanley's home with Mrs. Denver Mc Vey presiding. Mrs. J. L. Ingram led the program and devotions as a report on the state meeting was presented by county president Mrs. Bessie Strong.

Albany Wctu Howard Stanley Denver McVey J. L. Ingram Bessie Strong

Hathor Court appoints committees for coming year

Hathor Court No. 3 of the Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America held a recent meeting in the Shrine room of the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Ethel Langfitt announced committees for the year and Mrs. Kathryn Daniels was installed as trustee for three years. A rummage sale is planned for Sept. 13 with a second sale Oct. 2, and a picnic is tentatively planned for August.

Ethel Langfitt Hathor Court No. 3 Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America Masonic Temple Kathryn Daniels Laura Mason Edith Sheets Marietta Marshall Langfitt Phoenix Ariz Blanche Brown Princess Hathor Court

New Arrivals

Beverly Sue Six, a daughter born June 9 at Sheltering Arms Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Six of Athens Rt. 2. Grandparents are Leonard Six, Athens Rt. 2. They have siblings Janet 15 Ralph 9 and Roger 8. Carolina Ingra Brookhart born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brookhart Forest Ohio. Grandparents James Brookhart Athens Rt. 3. Bryan Lee Lynch born June 18 at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis to Mr. and Mrs. Clair Lynch Guysville. Paternal grandparents Charles Frank Pomeroy.

Beverly Sue Ralph Athens Rt. 2 Sheltering Arms Hospital Leonard Janet Roger Carolina I. Brookhart Kenneth Brookhart Forest, O Carolina Ingra Kristina Lucky James Brookhart Rt. 3 Bryan Lee Lynch Clair Lynch Guysville Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Bryan Lee Charles Frank Pomeroy

Emblem Club Names 1958 Committees at Athens Meeting

Athens Emblem Club named its 1958 committees at a recent meeting led by President Aileen Kyle. Sections include Membership Welfare Ways and Means Entertainment Telephone Sick with multiple chairmen and co chairs named. The club will reconvene September 8. Also advice on damping portable sewing machine vibration with sponge rubber.

Aileen Kyle Athens Emblem Club Monad Lee Mal Smith Anna Josten Edith Quest Margaret Bridgewater Georgia Moore Mae Smith Frances Strawn Gaynell McKinstry Greta Miller Marcelle Pontious Irene Kovlan Betty Gould Betty Gall Flo Cox Janet Henderson Alice Barstow Marcella Steward

Double Dummy Bridge Problem by B. Jay Becker

The article analyzes a double dummy bridge hand from Becker with four hands exposed. It explains the paradoxical play where declarer makes ten tricks by forcing the hearts A and K early, drawing trumps, and using discards to claim the rest.

B. Jay Becker Declarer John Runnymede King Kibitzer West Res Syndicate, Inc

Presbyterian Women Set National Meeting at Purdue University

Mrs. L. C. Mitchell and Mrs. Fred Picard will represent Athens Presbyterian Church at the fifth Quadrennial National Meeting of Presbyterian Women June 25 to July 1 at Purdue University. More than 5000 delegates from local and overseas churches will attend. Overseas guests will come from Egypt, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, Brazil, Alaska, Chile, Mexico, Indonesia, and Cameroon West Africa. The charter for Christian Action will be adopted July 1, based on a study by 4000 church women groups.

L. C. Mitchell Fred Picard Athens Presbyterian Church Presbyterian Women's Organizations Purdue University United Presbyterian Church of North America Presbyterian Church United Presbyterian Church United Presbyterian Women Egypt Czechoslovakia Cuba Brazil Alaska Chile Mexico Indonesia Cameroun West Africa Eugene Carson Blake Christian Action

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