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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1959

Page

11

Two Athens Women Receive Ohio PTA Scholarships

Melinda Mae Huggins of Harmony Road and Nancy Ellis Riggin of 68 Shannon Avenue earned $400 Ohio PTA scholarships for two years. Huggins attends Ohio University and plans a four year career in teaching. Riggin teaches speech therapy in Mansfield City Schools after graduating from Athens High School in 1953 and Ohio University in 1957. Both committed to teaching in Ohio public schools for each scholarship year or repay the funds. The Ohio PTA has awarded more than 1,200 scholarships totaling about $448,000 to date, with the 1959 program expected to push past $500,000.

Athens Ohio Parent-Teacher Congress Melinda Mae Huggins Vernon Huggins Harmony Rd Ohio University Royal McBee Corp Athens High School Mansfield City Robert Riggin Nancy Ellis Herman Ellis Shannon Ave Riggin Rome-Canaan PTA Ohio Pta Lester L. Dickey Hamilton Congress Memorial Scholarship Fund Inital State Life General State Pta Fund Board of Managers

Coming and Going Guests Visit Local Home

Mr and Mrs Cleve Snyder Chauncey and Mrs Nelle McNutt visited this week at Neva Taylor's home on West State Street. Mrs Taylor and Mrs Della Bobo attended church services in Mineral recently. Music club note The Junior Music Club will meet at the Presbyterian Church Sunday at 2 pm.

Cleve Snyder Chauncey Nelle McNutt Neva Taylor W. State St Taylor Della Bobo Mineral Presbyterian Church

Side Vues and Scandals Highlight Brief Newspaper Snippets

The piece jokes about a Thor Rocket delay and suggests stuffing a Washington senator in a rocket. It notes an Ohio congressman hired his wife as secretary for 12527 dollars yearly and humorously imagines selling a homestead for Washington office housekeeping. Also reports a 62 passenger bus robbery by two bandits in New York. It ends with a Christmas teaser and Blosser's Restaurant turkey dinner offer in Logan Ohio for 1.60.

Ohio Washington

OU Celloist To Perform With Juilliard Quartet

Leighton Conkling Ohio University professor of cello will assist the Juilliard Quartet in Athens for an evening concert at 8 p.m. in Ewing Auditorium. They will perform Schubert Quintet in C major along with Mozart String Quartet in D minor Webern Five Movements for String Quartet and Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade. The concert closes the Athens Chamber Music Society series. The Juilliard quartet recently returned from a European tour.

Leighton Conkling Ohio University Juilliard Quartet Athens Athens Chamber Music Society Juilliard School of Music New York

Misses Pattern 4669 for Spring Blouse Outfit

Pattern introduced by Anne Adams offers a side-buttoned sheath with wide collar for a spring look. Printed Pattern 4669 covers Misses sizes 10 through 18, size 16 needs 35 yards of 35 inch fabric, with directions on each part and 50 cents plus 10 cents postage.

Anne Adams Athens Messenger Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N. Y

Ambitious Woman Charm Outweighs Aggression Says J Christopher Herold

J Christopher Herold winner of the 1959 National Book Award for a biography of Madame de Stael argues that a modern woman should cultivate charm over force. He notes Stael's influence on French politics and literature through her lovers and personality, not beauty. Herold, born in Czechoslovakia and based in Los Altos, is editor in chief of Sanford University Press.

J. Christopher Herold Madame de Stael Napoleon Herold Czechoslovakia Switzerland I Los Altos Calif Sanford University Press Germaine Necker Baronne de Stael Louis XVI

Pineapple chair and doily pattern from Athens Messenger

Pattern 687 shows a pineapple chair back and oval doily with dimensions 17% by 12'2 and 6x12'2 for arms. Pattern 877 and matching round doily are also advertised. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents extra for mailing to The Athens Messenger Needlecraft Dept. P O Box 169 Old Chelsea Station.

Athens Messenger Needlecraft Dept P. O Old Chelsea Station New York 11 N. Y Laura Wheeler

Worms First Novel In Story Of Adventure The Young Assassins

A Madrid set study of teenage delinquency centers on David Augustin Uribe and friends drawn into a tragic misadventure sparked by philosophical rebellion. Anachanels influence exposes moral yet doomed youths, their consciences guiding a fate born of social strain.

Juan _ Goytisolo John Rust Knopf Madrid David Augustin Rand Uribe Ana Raul

Current Best Sellers List Overview

The compiled best sellers mix fiction and nonfiction, featuring Dr Zhivago Pas ternak Lolita Nabokov From the Terrace O Hara The Ugly American Lederer Burdick Exodus Uris. Nonfiction includes Only in America Golden Aku Aku Heyerdahl Twixt Twelve and Twenty Boon Wedemeyer Reports The Memoirs of Field Marshall Montgomery of El Alamein.

Publishers’ Weekly Doctor Zhivago Pasternak Lolita Nabokov O'Hara Lederer Burdick Exodus Uris America Golden Heyerdahl Boon Wedemeyer Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Crowes announce birth of son Brian David

Mr and Mrs Lewis Crow announce the birth of a son named Brian David born February 15 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents are Mrs Melvie Crow of Athens and Herbert Beckley of Albany.

Lewis Crow S. Shannon Ave Brian David Sheltering Arms Hospital Melvie Crow Athens Herbert Beckley Albany

Summit Grange Meeting and School Contest Plans

Summit Grange meets at 8 p m with refreshments and a program. Plans are set for baking and sewing contests and a ritualistic contest at Rome Canaan High School at 8 p.m. Members bring cupcakes and test jars with rubber seals by half filling with water then sealing and turning upside down to check for leakage.

Summit Grange

Area Groups Have Meetings In The Friendly Hour Club

The Friendly Hour Club met at Mrs Alba Kyle home with 13 members. Officers elected were Dolores Elliot president Clyde Cornell vice president Robert Whit latch secretary and Earl Radcliffe news reporting. Members signed get well cards and later made cancer dressings at Mrs Paul Neutzling home.

Friendly Hour Club Alba Kyle Dolores Elliot Clyde Cornell Robert Whitlatch Earl Radcliffe Paul Neutzling

Sayre Study Circle Holds Meeting At State Street Home

The Sayre Study Circle met at 75 E State St Tuesday with seventeen members and one guest naming a Swiss product. In president Mrs White’s absence, Mrs Leo Williams led the meeting. next week’s March 17 business meeting will be at 327 E State St with a 12 30 dinner hosted by Mrs Ross Davis and co hosts. The circle is affiliated with the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs.

SAYRE L. E. Carpenter E. State St Switzerland L. E. White Leo Williams Laura Kittle City Federation P. E. Burns Fred Kittle H. S. Dunfee Roy Rowland Ross Davis E. J. Michael Minnie Hughes H. 8. Dunfee E. D. Sayre The Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs

Child Guidance Circle backs school age, polio shots plan

The Child Guidance Circle of CCL met at Mrs. Ralph Smiths home. They voted to back legislation requiring children be 6 by Sep 16 to enter school, repeal motor scooter licenses, and provide polio shots before school. They also supported motion picture examination, aid to dependent children, stricter traffic enforcement around school buses, and state support for retarded schools. Plans for a May progressive dinner for husbands were discussed. Hostesses for May will be Mrs. Charles Hayes, Mrs. Ray Rose, and Mrs. Donald Hoffee. Dessert followed. Hoffee won the hostess gift. April meeting planned with Mrs. Ralph Kail.

CCL Ralph Smith Sunnyside Department of Commerce Charles Hayes Ray Rose Donald Hoffee Hoffee Ralph Kail

Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae Hold Potluck Meeting

Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae met Wednesday for a potluck at Mrs. Clark FE Williams home Elm wood Dr. A business session led by president Mrs. Michael Molchan set plans for International Reunion Day on April 26 at 5 30 p m at the OU Center. Committee chair Mrs James G Boden heads arrangements with members Mrs Janice Bixler Miss Margaret Burt and Miss Karen Woodward. Guests included former members Mrs James Ebright Columbus and Mrs Keith Henry Houston Texas.

Alpha Gamma Delta Clark FE. Williams Elmwood Michael Molchan James G. Boden Janice Bixler Margaret Burt Karen Woodward

Farm Council Meets At Hawk Home In Albany

The Albany Farm Bureau Council met at Charles Hawk home with Dale Scott leading. Four guests attended including Sam Scott and Austin Hawk couples. Next meeting set at Edward Sable home. Mrs. Sable serves as secretary.

Albany Farm Bureau Council Charles Hawk Dale Scott Sam Scott Austin Hawk Edward Sable

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