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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1961

Page

14

Williams grandson Kerry improving after auto crash

Dorothy Williams of Columbus reports her four year old grandson Kerry Williams is rapidly improving and will be home soon after severe injuries from an automobile collision. He underwent two major operations and was on the critical list and in intensive care earlier.

Dorothy Williams W. State St Kerry Williams Columbus Dent Williams Athens Williams Ohio University The Columbus Citizen-Journal the Messenger

Athens woman gains fame with four leaf clover hobby

Mrs. Tom C. Henry of Athens Route 5 collects four five six and seven leaf clovers and has over 6,000 in total. She earned Hobbyist of the Month in Swapper's Paradise and received 22 state letters. A British magazine Spearhead featured her in February. James E. Grice of Greenville, S. C. sent the magazine.

Tom C. Henry Athens Henry Bolton Eng James E. Grice Greenville S. C

Fashion Pattern 4820 Misses Styles Spring News

The notice promotes Pattern 4820 for Misses sizes 10 through 18 with yardage and mail orders. It advertises a Spring Summer fashion show and a color catalog, urging readers to send 35 50 cents for pattern and 10 cents for first class mailing, with mail addressed to Anne Adams in New York.

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

Frost SUV Auxiliary appoints state aides and changes meeting night

At a Frost meeting of the Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary Miss May Frost named state aides Mrs W A Kinney and Mrs Mable Ogg. The group voted to move monthly meetings to the third Wednesday. A sale and a cradle shower for Mrs Betty Keen were planned, with eight members attending in GAR Hall.

Sons of Union Veterans Auxiliary Frost May Frost W. A. Kinney Mable Ogg Betty Keen Faye Matlack Blanche Rewell

Calendar Of Events In Athens County

Athens County listings include executive board meeting at city hall council room 7 30 p m Morrison PTA speaker emotional satisfaction in school achievement 7 30 p m Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae rummage sale at Ohio Cleaners pickup Tel LY2 5123 4 to 9 p m Family Night Alexander Presbyterian Church 6 30 p m Athens BPW rummage sale Athens Armory 7 to 9 p m Shade PTA at school cookies for coffee hour 7 30 p m White elephant sale Moose Hall Saturday Nabby Lee Ames chapter DAR Cottage Tea House 2 p m Zeta Tau Alpha BSP St Patrick s party Mrs William Rose 21 Charles St Group 2 CWF dinner First Christian Church 5 30 to 6 30 rummage sale Ohio Cleaners 7 a m to 12 noon Spring square dance Rome Canaan High School 8 p m to 12 Armory 7 a m to noon White elephant sale sponsored by Women of Moose Moose Hall

Athens County Cancer Society City Hall Morrison James Patrick Speaker Alpha Gamma Delta Ohio Cleaners Alexander Presbyterian Church Athens Athens Armory Moose Hall Nabby Lee Ames Marion Coe Zeta Tau Alpha St. Patrick’s William Rose Charles St CWF First Christian Church Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae Rome- Canaan High School

Milam and Hart Families Announce Two Births

Mr and Mrs Delbert H Milam announce Jeffery Phillip born March 6 at Sheltering Arms Hospital with grandparents Delbert A Milam Langville Mamie Stone Seebree Ky Homer Stotts Barberton and great grandparents Clara Stotts Albany Virgie Boggess Dunbar and D F Puckett Sebree. Mr and Mrs William F Hart announce Laura Jayne born March 5 at Sheltering Arms Hospital with two older daughters Layna Gayle and Cathy and grandparents Elmer Beitelschies Emma Rupe and Mrs Blanche Stotts Athens Route 3.

Delbert H. Milam Albany Jeffery Phillip Sheltering Arms Hospital Delbert A. Milam Langville Mamie Stone Sebree Homer Stotts Barberton Clara Stotts Virgie Boggess Dunbar W Va D. F. Puckett William F. Hart Athens Laura Jayne Layna Gayle Cathy Charles Hart Blanche Stotts Elmer Beitelschies Emma Rupe

Athens County Farm Bureau Dinner Marks Membership Goal

Athens County Farm Bureau members gathered March 13 at the Fairview as Eugene R. Jacoby hosted a dinner celebrating the bureau reaching its 1961 membership goal of 201 farm families with 33 new members. Attendees included Harry G. Henry O. W. Davis E. R. Waggoner Charles E. Hawk Rita Robinson Alton Hanning Gaylord E. Cook Frances Henderson and guests Herman Preston Al Finchum Golden R. Canaday Northup and Alice Scieber t. Canaday praised the bureau. Ohio Advisory Council Movement silver anniversary noted. Also recognized were the Coolville Older Youth Council organizers Finchum Bibbee and Shafer. The Ath ens High School class of 1951 reunion is set for Saturday March 18 at 2 p m at 163 Morris Ave Flowers home.

Athens County Farm Bureau Fairview Eugene R. Jacoby Harry G. Henry O. W. Davis E. R. Waggoner Charles E. Hawk Rita Robinson Alton Hanning Gaylord E. Cook Frances Henderson Herman Preston Athens Landmark Cooperative al Finchum Farm Bureau Organization Golden R. Canaday Northup Alice Sciebert Farm Bureau Federation Columbus Canaday Troy Carthage Ohio Coolville Finchum Larry Bibbee Robert Reed Shafer Coolville School Athens High School Don Flowers Flowers Morris Ave

Progressive Literary Club Holds Tuesday Meeting

Twenty members answered roll call at Cottage Tea House. Topics included district and state convention plans, by law amendments, and the coming year program. Mrs. Fred Kittle led a discussion on Modern Science and space age influence on civilization. Annual dinner set for April 11 with Mrs. Raymond Bardin hosting. A general Women’s Association meeting is set for Sunday at 2 30 p m at Alexander Presbyterian Church.

Progressive Literary Club Cottage Tea House Roger Boling Fred Kittle Kittle Raymond Bardin

Athens Country Club Charts Plans for Strong Southeastern Ohio Presence

Athens Country Club boards outlines season plans to become a top Southeastern Ohio venue. Opening day set for April 20 with greens improvements, maintenance blocks, and new practice area. Membership fixed at 210. social calendar expanded with dances and dinners. season schedule features 30 plus events including medal play and women’s tournaments.

Robert Littler Bill Matters Bernard Ward Ward Arch Wilson Woody Boles Boles Goff Dunfees John McClearys Bob Amon Fred Schleicher George Morris Ted Sprague

Booker T. Washington Theme Of Hobson Circle Meeting

Hobson Study Circle at OU Center featured a biography review of Up From Slavery by Mrs. D. M. Lontz. The program covered Booker T. Washington’s life from slave origins to founding Tuskegee and his 1895 platform speech with a white colleague.

Booker T. Washington D. M. Lontz Hobson Study Circle OU Center Booker Washington Hampton Institute Tuskegee Ala

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