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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1955

Page

6

Chilli and Zanesville Golf Tourneys Draw Local Visitors

Athenians travel to Chillicothe for the Southeastern Ohio Golf Tournament at Chillicothe Country Club with many Athens Country Club members and Nelsonville visitors joining the event. Zanesville hosts attendees for the Zanesville Invitational Tournament while Athens residents plan trips to Norfolk and Lockport as part of a traveling weekend.

Chillicothe Chillicothe Country Club Robert Littler Craig Bobby Kenneth Kerr Pelmar Buffington William Biggs Robert Bentley Bob Bauer Fred Swearinger Howard Echenbacher Robert William Hattie Coon Gene Coon Larry Coon Ige Merchant C. M. Bowman Don Barstow Johnnie Jones Russell Finsterwald Edward Belsho Leslie Coon Athens Country Club Nelsonville H. F E. Wilson Robert Butts Belbert Kuhns L. E. Butts Marietta

The Mature Parent by Mrs. Muriel Lawrence

A column urges Hal's mother to affirm his dislike of being humiliated and controlled by a dating partner. It argues that hurt and scorn drive unhealthy attachment, cites Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage, and recommends parents state the truth to children. A final note adds a dairy fact about a cow drinking 10 to 20 gallons of water daily.

Muriel Lawrence Hal Somerset Maugham

OVST Opens Fifth Season With Mister Roberts

The Ohio Valley Summer Theatre launches its fifth season with Mister Roberts presented in two acts by Rex M. and Thomas Heggen. George Drach stars as Roberts with a 20 member cast led by Harold Baedecker as Captain and Don Christiansen as Ensign Pulver. The production runs June 29 to July 2 in the Speech Building at Ohio University with director Christopher Lane and Joanna Byers assisting.

Wedday Ohio Valley Summer Theatre Mr. Roberts Rents Thomas Heggen Ponnd U .S Pacific Jg) Roberts George Drach OVST Harold Baedecker Sidney Black Sky Baedecker Archie Greer Radio Ohio University Doc Ensign Pulver Robert Don Christiansen Patience Kramer Ann Girard Vincent Jukes Walter Allen James Sullivan Sherman H. Owens Bill Wolfe William Renn Robert Cohen Dale Hoplight Bruce Roach Roger Smith Phil Rees Orville Ballard Harvey Krauser Phillip Baedecker Henry Fonda New York Jimmie Cagney Wil Powell Jack Lemmon Christopher Lane Joanna Byers Ovst Board Drama Workshop Chilicothe S. College St Don Christiensen

Mrs Barbara Myers Honored At Athens Farewell Party

Athens held a farewell party for Mrs Barbara Morris Myers who leaves this weekend for Colorado Springs to join her husband Army Sgt Joe Myers stationed at Camp Carson. Hostess Beverly Watkins and Mrs Lee assisted.

Nancy Lee Raymond Lee Athens Barbara Morris Myers Colorado Springs Joe Myers Camp Carson Beverly Watkins Lee

Sewing pattern ad for bolero and sundress no 8220

Pattern No 8220 offers a warm weather sundress with a brief bolero in several sizes and yardage. Send 35 cents and details to Sue Burnett at Athens Messenger in New York for pattern No 8220. Also featured are pattern No 2493 apron instructions and a 1955 Needlework Album available for 25 cents.

Sue Burnett Athens Messenger Ave. Americas New York N. Y Pattern Magazine Anne Cabot

The Perils of Procrastination for Women

A vintage moralizing piece notes that delaying tasks harms women and others. It links postponement to harder letters, costly hospitality, messy apologies, broken habits, unresolved quarrels, lost self-knowledge, weight goals, and dwindling marriage options as age increases.

OU Instructor Spends Summer at New England Design Colony

Ohio University design instructor Mr. Donald Roberts and his wife will visit the MacDowell Colony in Pittsburgh New Hampshire this summer. The colony hosts 65 artists from thirteen states including 20 painters 26 writers and 19 composers across 600 forested acres for creative work. Since 1910 the colony has hosted 426 writers 163 composers and 123 painters or sculptors with twelve Pulitzer Prize winners among colonists including Thornton Wilder and Edward Arlington.

Donald Roberts Athens New England Roberts Pittsburgh N. H Ohio University New Eng Thornton Wilder Edward Arlington

Rockaway Defends Bridge Titles in Houston Regional

Oswald Jacoby notes Harold Rockaway defending two Texas Conference Regional crowns in Houston. He explains a diamond switch in dummy to force South-North communication gaps, West winning the first trump, and Rockaway gaining control to force out the queen, then executing a sequence leading to decisive play.

Houston Harold Rockaway Rockaway

Bridge Notes Show Divergent Play Splendidly

In a bridge column a debate unfolds over reading the jack. At both tables spades were kept as winners and one declarer errs by leading the ten of spades to give away two tricks. West follows with low, East wins the queen, returns a club, and South loses a club and a spade, going one down. Harold Rockaway as declarer instead leads the king, changing the outcome.

West Declarer East South Harold Rockaway

Bridge bidding puzzle with South holds strong two diamonds

In the given auction North East South West: Spade Pass MT Pass, South holds 473496 and KQ1054 393. The prompt asks what you do as South after two clubs. You are inclined to bid two diamonds, aiming to show a strong suit without overly risking strength. The question repeats for the next day with South holding 393 Y962 KQ1054 473.

North

Girl Scouts Intermediate Camp Set For Summer Session

The Girl Scout Intermediate Camp begins June 29 for seven days spanning June 29 30 and July 5 6 7 12 13. Activities run from 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m and director Mrs Thor Olson thanks assisting mothers while seeking more help to ensure a successful program.

Thor Olson

Giant Lily on Display at Mrs Steinmetz Home

Mrs O C Steinmetz at 16 Curier St showcases a six and a half foot Giant Lily with 38 blooms atop the plant. She says she has never seen one so profusely decorated and invites a glimpse of the rare giant.

O. C. Steinmetz Curier St

Athens Township Home Demonstration Club Meeting

Mrs. Richard Nisley from Pomeroy RD leads the Athens Township Home Demonstration Club at 7 30 p m with a lesson on freezing and canning. The Bishop Class of Central Avenue church schedules a 7 30 p m session.

Athens Township Richard Nisley Pomeroy R.D Bishop Central Ave

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