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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1938

Page

5

Concerts U Symphony Orchestra Inspires Mixed Review

Ohio University School of Music audiences heard a Memorial Hall program led by Ingerham with Prof. Paul Fontaine noting a leisurelike entrance and uneven tempo. Soloists Helen Louise Schmidt and Mary Ellis featured, including Ravel and Franck pieces. a 1965 birth announced for Anne Lucas in Cleveland.

U's Symphony Orchestra Memorial Hall Ingerham Paul Fontaine Ohio University School of Music Memorial Auditorium University Cesar Franck Olin ‘Downes Maurice Ravel Rigaudon Couperin Toscanini London America Mozart Cesare Franck Helen Louise Schmidt Mary Ellis Henry VIII Gesualdo Venoso Frederick the Great Clayton P. H

Fanfare Quintette To Appear Here March 10

The Fanfare Quintette will give a concert on Thursday March 10 at 8 15 p m in Memorial Auditorium to support the Ohio University Band Chimes Fund The ensemble includes two trumpets two trombones and piano with Ben H Ritzenthaler directing and soloing on bassoon clarinet and saxophone

Ohio University Band Fanfare Quintette Memorial Auditorium Ben H. Ritzenthaler Ritzenthaler American Conservatory of Music Chicago Mantia Metropolitan Orchestra Sensella New York Philharmonic Orchestra Linderman NBC New York

Local Personal News Highlights Weekend Visits

Mrs. O F Peoples of 19 S Congress St hosted son in law Milo F Clapp and family from Columbus with Billy and Sarah while visiting Westport Conn and attending New York stage shows. Miss Maudie Warner hosted by Blanche Frice and Rose Price on East State St. in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Waldo Laughlin and son Joe of Chillicothe dined with Howard Davis family Albany for Mrs Laughlin’s birthday.

O. F. Peoples S. Congress St Milo F. Clapp Billy Sarah Columbus Peoples Westport Conn Inlaw Edward R. Harris East Maudie Warner Blanche Frice Rose Price East State St Waldo Laughlin Joe Chillicothe Howard Davis Albany

Mr and Mrs J Louis Winner Host Birthday Dinner

Mr and Mrs J Louis Winner and daughters Florence Catherine and Even Lou were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs T O Kincade and Eleanor Erwin and Harvey. The event honored Mr Winner and Mr Kincade whose birthdays fall on the same day. A chicken dinner, white cake with pink candles, ice cream, and cake were served and friends gathered to wish them well.

J. Louis Winner Florence Catherine Lou T. O. Kincade Eleanor Erwin Harvey Winner Mr. Kincade

Mrs Smith Hosts Past Chiefs Club Friday Night

Mrs Ruth Smith and Mrs Lillian Sweeney welcomed 13 members to the Past Chiefs Club at Mrs Ruth Smith home. President Mrs Bess Fleck presided. mystery package went to Mrs Matie Pritchard. Prizes awarded to Mrs Fleck Cunningham Collins and Pritchard. St Patrick's Day refreshments and shamrock favors. Guests included Mrs Lenna Wood Mrs Elizabeth Dickerson and Mrs Pritchard.

Ruth Smith Lillian Sweeney Bess Fleck Matie Pritchard Bess Cunningham Elizabeth Collins Lenna Wood Elizabeth Dickerson Pritchard

Swinging Trucking Hold Sway At OU's Prep Follies

The 1938 YWCA Prep Follies at Memorial Auditorium featured singing dancing and satire on college life. Margaret Boyd’s 70 year campus tour included sketches by Alpha Xi Delta Zeta Tau Alpha Phi Mu and others with Rex Koons singing and a Pan Hellenic finale. Betty Funk directed with Bill Manning stage managing and Ed Hoovier lighting. Highway Wives Club meeting followed with seven members sewing and electing Mrs Linscott treasurer.

Ywca Prep Virginia Andes Betty Hartford Jane Aiken Alpha Xi Delta Music Hall Margaret Boyd Loch Lomond Zeta Tau Alpha Phi Mu Alpha Delta Pi Avanelle Sheward Alpha Gamma Delta Marge Helman Jerry Baker Eleanore Funk Jerry Theta Upsilon Pi Beta Phi Helen Hogben Patty Mackinnon Betty Handley Ruth Danner Chi- Omega Ideal College Josephine Jane Janet Savage Rex Koons Jean Andrews Esther Stiner Dave Cornelius Betty Funk YWCA Bill Manning Edwin Hoovier Arlene Gray Highway Wives Club Highway Wrives Club Harold Peacock E. Mulberry St Harold Linscott Mc Ripley Ags

Athens clubs plan week of meetings and events

Calendar lists Monday and Tuesday gatherings across Athens including the Athens County Health and Tuberculosis Association meeting at 7 30 p m and numerous church and club events with potlucks dinners and programs led by local hostesses. Friday and weekend items note Daughters of 1812 and Pallas Club activities along with church group sessions.

Athens County Health and Tuberculosis Association Chamber of Commerce

Normandie Burgett Heads Columbus Studio for Accordion Teaching

Miss Normandie Burgett daughter of Mr and Mrs H N Burgett 37 N Lancaster St has been given full charge of the Heaton Music Company Broad Street studio for teaching and selling accordions She sang and played piano and accordion on WHKC Columbus in January and was a 1935 Athens High School graduate with glee club dramatics awards She studied under Helen Hedden Roach and Katerine Hartenbach Previously worked at the McBee Company.

Normandie Burgett H. N. Burgett N. Lancaster St Heaton Music Company E. Broad St Columbus Burgett WHKC The Music Foundation Broad St Miss Burgett Athens High School Helen Hedden Roach School of Music Ohio University Katerine Hartenbach McBee Company

Lydia Lash Evans Club Meets at Mrs Weber Home

The Lydia Lash Evans Club gathered Thursday at Mrs. Fred Weber’s 2 Columbia Ave. Miss Rowena Sprout spoke on her work with the County Division of Aid for the Aged. Refreshments for St Patrick theme followed. Next meeting March 17 at Mrs. L C Baker 42 E State St.

Lydia Lash Evans Fred Weber Columbia Ave Rowena Sprout Aid For W. W. Connett E. State St C. H. Cameron Eastside Sewing Club L. E. Carpenter May Ave Gerben Rytma Cameron Crossen Grosvenor St

Cottage Tea House Hosts Club Dinner Anniversary

The Current Events Club marked its 19th anniversary with a 6 pm dinner at the Cottage Tea House. Green candles created a St Patrick theme. Delegates were elected to the state convention in Columbus April 12 14: Mrs Hal Rowland and Mrs H T Houf as first and second delegates with Mrs KE J Person and Mrs W H Radford as alternates. Mrs FE L Church led the program and urged members to share humorous stories.

Current Events Club Cottage Tea House Columbus Hal Rowland H. T. Houf KE. J. Person W. H. Radford FE. L. Church O. F. Rowland

League Hosts Tea for Ohio University Graduate Women

The Women's League of Ohio University held an annual tea for campus graduate women at Dean Irma E. Voigt's home, 35 Park Place, from 3 30 to 5 p m on Sunday March 6. Dean Voigt and Ruth Perry welcomed guests, with assistance from Mrs Gamertsfelder Flor ence Justin and the League Senate hostesses. A musical program followed featuring pianist Miss Eleanor Stiles and vocalists Kathryn Hopfinger and Virginia Cristman.

Women’s League of Ohio University Irma E. Voigt Park Place Dean Voigt Ruth Perry Women's League W. S. Gamertsfelder Graduate College Florence Justin Graduate Council Women’s League Senate Eleanor Stiles Kathryn Hopfinger Virginia Cristman

Photographs To Be On Exhibit at Athens A A U W

The Athens branch of A C U W holds its monthly meeting March 10 at 7 30 p m in the Women's Faculty Club. The program shifts to a single photography presentation with Raymond A Paul discussing Photography as a Creative Art and displaying student work. Miss Hardee Woodson visited Gloucester Sunday with Mr and Mrs Thomas Morris.

Hathamar First Methodist Church Ural Westfall Fred Wheaton D. D. Tritipp Karl Packard Nannie Allom Etta Laverty Missionary Society of the Christian Church H. A. Elkins Maplewood Drive Richland Ave Dallas Wooster Fannie Hogue Ray Huff Glenn Atkinson The Christian Church Betty McBride Walker St the Plains Neva Thompson Thelma McAllister Ilva Hawk Pearl Knox Dundas J. F. Race Athens Raymond A. Paul Hardee Woodson Glouster Thomas Morris

Tea Honoring Community Concert Leaders Sets Plans

Mrs H W Roach hosted a Saturday tea at the Faculty Women's Club for the executive board captains and top ticket sellers of the Community Concert Association. Herman G James spoke on sustaining the cultural program. F D Forsyth outlined 1938 campaign finances. headquarters are at Hotel Berry with a March 14 campaign line. Early purchasers gain free admission to Toscha Seipel Memorial Auditorium.

E. E. Woodworth Franklin Ave Athena Delphian Club Clarence Roach Rudyard Kipling Woman's Benefit Association IOOF H. Wescott Roach Community Concert Association Faculty Women’s Club Margaret A. Benedict Wre Herman G. James T. R. Biddle F. D. Forsyth C. C. Robinson Roach Hotel Berry Theodore Paige Ea Toscha Seipel Memorial Auditorium

Waterloo High School Presents Belle of Barcelona Friday

Waterloo High School stages its annual operetta The Belle of Barcelona by Charles Ross Chaney on Friday March 11 at 8 p m in the New Marshfield high school auditorium. Cast includes George Pidcock Betty Liggett Jane Hill and many others with Mrs Gladys Hoon sewing costumes Ada Kennedy guiding set design Adrian Collins aiding drama and Orepha Dinsmoor directing. Margaret Baker serves as pianist.

Waterloo High School Belle of Barcelona New Marshfield Charles Ross Chaney George Pidcock Betty Liggett Jane Hill Josephine Estep James Romine Billy Addis Walter Giffin Dwight Shingler Wesley Rice Mary Landis Mary Gilham Helen France James Holland Richard Burkett Glen Romine U. S Mary Ellen Sneddon Mary Mills Wilma Starrett Clara Withers Alberta Wright Eunice Shingler Pauline Gibson Nelle McVay Dorothy Hunter Maurine Jewett Alice Dowler Helen Carsey Rebe Pidcock Doris Buckley Juanita Carr Eileen Lester Marilyn Wert Marlyn Andrus Mary Young Harold Efau Castor Giffin Harold Clendennin Earl Herron Darrel Burson Herman Grubb Carl Rorick Billy Mulpas Dean Pinney Herman Stewart James Barber Gladys Hoon Ada Kennedy Adrian Collins Ore Pha Dinsmoor Margaret Baker

McBee Employees Dance Features Lights and Guests

Three hundred couples attended a Saturday night dance at Hotel Berry hosted by the McBee Employees Association. Rex Koons Orchestra provided music with Jerry Baker singing solos. County officials and many local residents attended as guests and committee members oversaw tickets and arrangements.

McBee Employes Association Hotel Berry Rex Koons Jerry Baker L. D. Cox Thelma Ashworth Nita Ewing Association Don Merrick Fred Burch Tom Hamilton D. R. Selby George Ashworth W. F. Burke Clarence Wyckoff A. J. Jackson Ziggaroos Nelson Welk J. W. Bodley Carry Watkins Roger Jones Cliff Cornell H. Ramsey Wilson Smith Art Comer Washington D. C Chet Miller Doug Hall Bodkin Kenneth Begg Phyllis Laughlin Harry Begg Helen Townsend Clark Applegate Leo Merchant Kenneth Collins Lloyd Wolfe Russell Slaughter Bernard Matheny Miss Winning Ralph Watkins Kate Tedrick Thomas Hamilton Guy Wanless Russell Hall Charles Bennett Walden Kurch Dick Nanna Helen Reeves George Rutkoskie Lydia Davis Marshall Homes Kathryn Collins George Merchant John Lee Marquis Edward Efaw Maxine Channell Harold Burch Ruth Ogg

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