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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1950
Page
6
Junior CCL Circle honors Prof. Patrick and 15 new initiates with a banquet at a local restaurant. Inductees include three Athens students and many from across Ohio and neighboring states. Alumni present include prominent Athens figures and local professionals.
Calendar notes the seventy fifth annual meeting of the Athens Presbyterial at Marietta with Mrs. Lloyd Evans presiding and Miss Elsie Penfield as afternoon speaker. Also listed are a Pocahontas Lodge drill, Daughters of 1812 event with a Ladies Day luncheon, Homemakers Club postponement to March 29, PTA and Girl Scout training film, and PEO and Women’s Faculty Club sessions with host Miss Father Dunham.
At a meeting of Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge on Wednesday evening eight persons were initiated. New members are Mary Clayton, Ethel Farrow, Carrie Smith, Kenneth W. Sands, Carl Gabriel, William Moody, Lewis Gatchell, and George W. Ford. Bessie Fairchild presided. Veda Carpenter led the degree staff. Visitors from Coolville and Stewart Lodges attended. A social hour and refreshments followed.
Alpha Tau Chapter of Sigma Phi Gamma met at Hotel Athens to plan a semi formal dance for April 15 at the Berry Hotel. The program features a Fred Astaire school of Columbus dance review. Mrs. Carl Miller became president, with Canasta prizes awarded to Miss Edna Easler and Miss Martha Lou Yeager.
Mrs Ollie Swan of Vanderhoof hosted the Jolly Workers Club on Wednesday. Fifteen guests shared a pot-luck dinner and spent the afternoon quilting. Jeanette Butcher led the meeting in the president’s absence. the April gathering will be with Mrs Bertha Allen and feature an Easter scripture verse in roll call.
A tea for YWCA honorary members was hosted Wednesday at Miss Irma Voigt's home, 35 Park Place. Miss Edith Wray chaired the tea, cabinet members served as hostesses. St Patrick's Day decor featured a green shamrock candle and green carnations as a centerpiece, with Miss Voigt, Mrs. Margaret Twyman, and Marilyn Hoon among those in the receiving line.
The Junior High School PTA schedules its final meeting of the year for Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Senior High School Little Theater. A panel discussion on The Problems of Adolescence which Parents and Teachers Can Solve Together features Mrs. George Merchant Mrs. C R Morrison Mrs. L A Ondis Miss Alice Schuler Mr. Paul Kimes and Mr Clayton Smith.
Mrs John Dowler presided at the WSCS meeting of the First Methodist Church Tuesday. Miss Irma Voigt reviewed Japan Begins Again and devotions were given by the Wesleyan Service Guild. Refreshments were served by circles 5 and 6.
A surprise birthday dinner was held Sunday for Mr Roy Dupler at the home of Mr and Mrs Ralph Dupler in Morrison Brown Hill. Attending were Mr and Mrs Knoll Dupler Mr and Mrs Clarence Haynes Mr and Mrs Lawrence Dupler and Alexis and Jim Dupler. The Textile painting group of the Newcomer's Club will meet at Mrs E A DeVille's home Tuesday at 8 p.m.
Sigma Kappa sorority hosted its annual winter formal the Plantation Promenade at the Berry Hotel drawing about 200 couples. Dick Buntz and his orchestra played as blue and white decor and an arbor entrance set the colonial theme. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. John C. Baker and several deans and professors. Martha Elms organized the event.
Mrs Earl Funk hosted the WIA to ITV at her home 135 Morris Ave on a Wednesday evening. Plans were made for a bake sale on April 1 at Carpenter's Hardware. Contest prizes went to Mrs C F Wilcoxen Mrs Charles Jump and Mrs Clinton Chadwick. Chadwick won the mystery prize. Refreshments with a St Patrick's Day theme were served.
Dr. Gladys Branegan, director of Ohio State University's School of Home Economics, and 12 staff members visited Ohio University on Saturday. Students in the Home Management House hosted a mid morning coffee hour and the group toured the new home economics laboratories, including a nine unit kitchens foods lab and a demonstration lab. The visit highlighted recent additions such as the kitchen in the Home Management House and a workshop for student teachers.
Richland Avenue WSCS members heard Mrs. Frank C. Deardorff discuss Japan including Christianity and the story of missionary Mucha Kawa. A display by Deardorff was shown at the Hooper Street host home with depletions by Laziman and Lazzi man. A white elephant auction and St. Patricks Day refreshments followed.
An advertisement promotes a Rennel Concentrate fat loss plan mixed with grapefruit juice. It claims rapid, visible slimming from neck to ankles without dieting, promises a money back guarantee, and urges readers to visit a druggist for four ounces of liquid concentrate and follow a two tablespoon daily dose.
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