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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1939

Page

6

Membership List Grows for Community Concert Season

The Community Concert Association reports steady growth in membership for 1939 1940. By noon today about 200 members are expected after 117 registered Thursday. business leaders plan to recruit more local and nearby town participants. Names of early members are listed. Saturday at 5 p m is the closing hour for ticket sales at Hotel Berry. Weather note: Adams Center, N Y recorded 334 inches of snow in one year.

Community Concert Association Business Men's Committee Athens Roger Connor Business Men’s Committee Earl Beckley Robert Lee Alberta Grones J. T. Merwin Ralph Kassing Howard C. Bobo John W. Bolin P. F P. G. Dowler W. B. Lawrence Elizabeth Simpkins Frederick Pearson Rufus Hopkins F. W. Reed C. G. O’bleness W. J. Trautwein Robert G. Purrington J. B. Harrison R. M. Slutz Elsie Druggan Geraldine Hope Roy Hoskins G. L. Knight Paul Fontaine M. J. McNeil Blaine Goldsberry L. Z. Herron C. N. Mackinnon Fred FE. Luchs Audra Blackwood Lucille Good Agnes Terrell Helen Hull F. J. Taylor Price V. Dunlap J. H. McClure Howard Goodwin Lulu M. Poston Bertha Bridgman C. M. Copeland Carl Frey Lawrence P. Eblin G. T. Wilkinson Eugene Mueller Paul G. Krauss H. W. Cox Melvin Danielson E. H. Gaylord W. W. Wiggin D. B. Green Oliver Wood Francis P. Bundy William C. Stehr George Starcher Louis Hammerie Mary Terrell Don Roberts Solomon Rosenberg Neil Crawford Harold S. Davis Paul Barnes J. E. Cline Arthur W. Potter James Cassell Margaret N. Stalder Frank B. Dilley F. L. Preston Harold Wise Barbara Smith Harriet Wilson Norma Ogier Margaret Davis Alta Cooper Elva Cooper Amy Allen Janet Wilson T. R. Biddle A. F. Wray Edith A. Wray Willanna Flannagan Louise Field H. Fenzel Sarah Hatcher R. G. Dawes John Lembach Francina Gross Wade W. Burk Catherine Bedford Adams Center N. Y

March Meetings Calendar for Athens Groups

The Athena League of Women Voters postpones its regular March meeting and plans a speaker event with the League of Nations Association at Ohio University Fine Arts Building. Other clubs host dinners, reviews, and socials on March 2 and 3, including AAUW, Martzolff Fund drive, and Eagles auxiliary events.

Athens League of Women Voters Laura Bailey Church St League of Nations Association Ohio University Fine Arts Moore Dayton League of Nations Association of Ohio

Mrs Homer Brown Named Maecenas Club President

The Maecenas Literary Club elected Mrs Homer Brown as president at a Tuesday meeting held at 69 W State St. with Mrs J R Harvey and Mrs Fred Stauffer hosting. Officers chosen include Mrs Neil Helsel as vice president and Mrs William Tom as recording secretary.

Homer Brown Maecenas Maecenas Literary Club J. R. Harvey W. State St Fred Stauffer C. F. Tribe Neil Helsel William Tom Golden Bahr Ralph Barker Barker

Mrs Mansfield Hosts Bridge Club Meeting

Mrs William Mansfield 62 Stewart St hosted the Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club. Prizes went to Mrs Charles Zinn for high score, Mrs Alva Haning for second high, Mrs Glen McDaniel for low score, and Mrs Clyde Mason for the traveling prize. Mrs Mansfield was helped by Mrs Walter Schenz. The next meeting will be at Mrs Clyde Mason's home.

William Mansfield Stewart St Charles Zinn Alva Haning Glen McDaniel Clyde Mason Mansfield Walter Schenz

Spring Journey and Other Newer Books Review

Katherine Hall foregrounds spring reading with a mix of fantasy romance humor and thought provoking non fiction. Geneva Stephenson's Spring Journey, a historical eighteenth century romance, follows a painter and noblewoman on the open road pursued by gypsies and highwaymen. The Back Door by Julian R. Meade portrays colored life in the South and social prejudice, while We Saw It Happen collects Times correspondents' Civil War era style observations.

Katherine Hall Geneva Stephenson Columbus Harold Latham MacMillan Margaret Mitchell England Julian R. Meade South Main Street

Crepes Suzette Recipe and Mardi Gras Notes

Round about the town shares a crepe Suzette recipe from New Orleans style batter and sauce ideas. It also explains Mardi Gras origins and the French terms fat Tuesday and gras, with notes on Mr Preston's teaching in Paris and local readers sending Christmas subscriptions.

Preston New Orleans France Paris

Woman's Auxiliary Hosts Meeting at Frame Home

Mrs. Cora Frame hosted the Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd at Frame Home on Elmwood Place. The group sewed for Christ Hospital children in Cincinnati and heard Rev. Robert G. Purrington discuss the church history series. Leslie Charteris delivers Follow The Saint three novelettes with Simon Templar pursuing murderers.

Cora Frame Elmwood Place Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Christ Hospital Cincinnati Robert G. Purrington Episcopal Church Leslie Charteris Simon Templar

Engagement of Miss Sammons to Mr. Lackey Announced

Mrs. C. G. Sammons hosted a bridge luncheon in Steubenville announcing the engagement of her daughter Miss Grace Sammons to Mr. Harry Lackey Athens High School physical education director. The event highlighted the approaching marriage and included intimate friends.

Grace Sammons Harry Lackey Athens High School C. G. Sammons Fort Steuben Steubenville Harry and Grace Sammons Wells High School Bethany College Ohio University Alpha Xi Delta Sorority Grant Junior High School Lackey

Personal Notes From Steubenville And Nearby Areas

The column lists social happenings and travel among local residents. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sisler stay at The Riviera near Daytona Beach while Mr. and Mrs. Gordon K. Bush travel to Miami Beach to visit relatives. Miss Rosella Wagner undergoes appendicitis surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital. C. W. Bingman visits family in Steubenville after NEA meetings and returns to Beaumont, Texas. The Alexander Presbyterian Church auxiliary meets at Albany. Mrs. Elkins hosts a visitor for the funeral of Mrs. Alderman’s aunt, in Steubenville. Engagement news unveiled at a luncheon, with Harry and Grace to wed April first. Educational figures Sammons and Lackey profiled with alma maters and teaching roles.

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S.S.S Soman Nt Lake Lue Good Housekeeping Richland Ave Hudson Ave Martzolff First Methodist AAUW Faculty Women’s Club William G. Seaman Anne Morrow Lindbergh Ladies Auxiliary of Eagles Eagles Hall Nannie Allom Rebekah I.0.c.f Athens Grange Athens Grange Hall First Methodist Church E. H. Mueller East Side Needle Club Guy Gardner State St Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church W. G. Seaman Mrs. Mansfield West Union Street Florida Mabel T. Baird Ira A. Taylor Pennsboro W. Va H.B.F Frame Milldecks Shoe Store Miss Sammons J. J. Sisler N. Congress St The Riviera Daytona Beach Gordon K. Bush Strathmore Boulevard Miami Beach Fla W. O. Littick Athens Colony Hollywood Rosella Wagner Sheltering Arms Hospital C. W. Bingman Lemar College Beaumont Texas National Education Association Cleveland Elmer Bingman Raymond Drive Alexander Presbyterian Church Hebbardsville Julia Ewing Albany Harry Elkins William Munslow Alwilda Pough Alderman Elkins Munslow Alderman W. B. Drake Jeweler Rauch's Bakery Silvus Style Shop Coats New York Are Bargain
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