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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1937

Page

7

University Choir Presents Impressive Palm Sunday Program

Following YWCA Palm Sunday services at Alumni Memorial Auditorium the University Choir offered a program featuring Rufus Putnam Training School children in the cross filling ceremony read by Dr. Edith Wray and Dean Irma Voigt. Soloist Mary Elizabeth Thomas sang Christ Triumphant as the choir delivered Tschaikowsky and Cadman selections with notable balance and musicianship.

YWCA Calkin Tschaikowsky Christ Triumphant Yon Mary Elizabeth Thomas Cadman Gains Lehman

Ann Beasley Sings On College Tour

Ohio Wesleyan University reports Miss Anne Beasley will not return to Athens for Easter as the Singers' Club begins its thirteenth annual spring tour. The group will perform across Ohio Michigan and Indiana with a radio broadcast from Chicago on Friday April 2 over WGN. Beasley a junior and Kappa Kappa Gamma member is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Beasley of Grandview Heights.

Ohio Wesleyan University Anne Beasley Carl Beasley Grandview Heights Athens Ohio Wesleyan Singers’ Club Ohio Michigan Indiana Chicago WGN Miss Beasley Ohio Wesleyan Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority

Social Calendar Highlights Local Meetings This Week

City Council PTA session at Senior High Monday 3 30 p m. League of Women Voters with Miss Laura Bailey Tuesday 7 30 p m at 7 Church St. Various group meetings listed including Church of the Good Shepherd Auxiliary and Child Conservation League. Remainder notes include West Side Study Group Tuesday and a Roper of community groups with dates and host addresses.

PTA The League of Women Voters Laura Bailey Church St Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of the Good Shepherd West Side Orvil Townsend First St Margaret McCutcheon

Who's Going And Coming

Numerous local residents share weekend trips and visits. Mr and Mrs Charles Woodworth returned from Florida traveling the Tamiami Trail to Miami and Palm Beach. Several couples hosted guests in Athens while others traveled to Columbus and Belmont. Dr H G W will address Good Friday services at Ohio University.

Charles Woodworth Florida Woodworths St. Petersburg Tamiama Trail Tampa Miami Palm Beach W. B. Halbirt Sylvania Nashville Tenn Frederick Vanderbilt University Athens C. H. Harris State Halbirt DR. Wilson Ohio University Irma E. Voigt Hiram G. W

Ohio U Fraternities Hold Dances for Retiring President

Theta Chi hosted the President's Ball honoring Charles Shaw, retiring president, with Rex Koons orchestra and portraits. Sigma Pi staged an Inferno themed initiation dance with three realms from Hell to Heaven led by Jim Anderson. Delta Tau Delta presented Percy Lowery's High Hatters at a House Dance with several town and out of town guests.

Theta Chi Charles Shaw Shaw Dorothy Lowry John May Rex Koons E. A. Hansen Emmet Rowles Phil Wilkinson Marjorie Slingluff Betty Guilum Jim Bhively Helen Hayes Charles Sturtsbach Mary Ellen Bibbee Fred Newman. Hayes Sig Pi House Sigma Pi Bill Farrell Hell Homer Caesar Plato Socrates Cleopatra Dido Victor Stanson Purgatory Heaven Jimmy Anderson Robert West Ruth Carr Athens Charles Herman Ruth Ann Robinson Albert Watkins Betty Funk Charles Smith Dorothy Ray Kathleen Shannon Harry Burgy Sarah Mansfield George Ritter Mary Graves Percy Lowery High Hatters Delta Tau Delta Frank B. Gullum Roach Robert Byrd Jeanne de Rolph Louis Chaboudy Helen Haskins Martin Beach

Birthday Dinner Honors Dailey and Dalton

Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKee hosted a double birthday dinner in Nelsonville honoring Mrs. Sarah E. Dailey of Athens who turned 93 on March 22 and Mrs. Bernice Dalton who celebrated her birthday on March 19. Attendees included James and Patricia McKee, Frank Strong, Ney Carpenter, Mac Rabin, Edward Ford, John Dalton Jr., and other local residents.

Nelsonville Charles McKee

Business Group Hosts Benefit Bridge for Athens Health Committee

About 120 attendees joined the Business and Professional Women’s Club at Berry Hotel for National Business Women’s Week. The event raised roughly $40 for the Athens Child Health and Protection Committee with twelve donated prizes and multiple prize categories.

WomenSa Benefit Berry Hotel Athens Child Health and Protection Committee C. D. Samford Lucy Murphy Emma Haney

Local Social Republicans Attend Notable Mixer

The list includes Miss Margaret Haskins, Mr. Leslie Fultz, Miss Betsy Mueller, Mr. Frank Fridley, Miss Margar et Alice Guthrie, Mr. Lloyd Black, Miss Mary McCune, Mr. Jack Pritchard, and Miss Ruth Dixon as attendees at a recent social event.

Margaret Haskins Leslie Fultz Betsy Mueller Frank Fridley Margaret Alice Guthrie Lloyd Black Mary McCune Jack Pritchard Ruth Dixon

DAR Members Hear Defense Talk by Col McNeill

Daughters of the American Revolution meet at Mrs J T Merwin home for St Patrick's Day programs. Col Thomas F McNeill of Ohio University ROTC outlines national defense links to ROTC and CCC camps, stressing training value and leadership in a standing army.

DAR Col Thomas McNeill Mary Herron J. T. Merwin North Hill Daughters of the American Revolution St. Patrick’s Day Robert Quigley Earl Kelly Mother Macree R. W. Finsterwald Columbus Aldene Duncan Athens High School Ruth McKinney Marietta Washington T. N. Hoover Andpoints Athens J. R. Harvey Supreme Court Vinton Earl Sisson National Defense Ohio State Julia Heaume George Pilcher Sisson Thomas F. McNeill Ohio University Rotc Ludwig Hindenburg Col. McNeill United States Europe America Historical Bureau War Department George Washington ROTC Mississippi Valley Reserve Officers' Training Corps C. C. Robinson C. H. Grosvenor Clara Hitchcock J. R. Patrick Elizabeth Knode Helen Howard Jane Atwood Wilbur

Alpha Gamma Delta Holds Tea Honoring National Inspector

Alpha Gamma Delta hosted a formal tea at the chapter house on Saturday to honor national inspector Miss Julia Riser. Town alumnae patronesses and sorority representatives attended, with Jane Linden pouring and Eleanor Funk assisted by Martha Lee Grove organizing the event.

Julia Riser Alpha Gamma Delta Miss Riser Jane Linden Eleanor Funk Martha Lee Grove

Plains School Plans Go to School Day at The Plains

Plains School invites parents and friends to Go to School Day on Wednesday March 24. Students from the lower three grades hosted by Ebba Weahlistrom Vera Sproul and Annie Gochnauer will serve tea. Mrs H Bing will speak on Citizenship. All interested are welcome Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs C B Dillon hosted Sunday guests including Dillon's sister Mrs J S Shafer and his nephew Loren Shafer Huntington WV.

Ohio University Training School the Plains Ebba Weahlistrom Vera Sproul Annie Gochnauer H. Bing C. B. Dillion Sundey Mr. Dillon Shafer Loren Shafer Huntington W. Va

Mind Your Manners In Business Letter Etiquette

A study of proper business correspondence addresses five points. Standard letter size is 8 1/2 by 11 inches and bottom margins should be one to two inches. For addressed firms use Dear Gentlemen and end dates with a comma or colon. use Dear Sir with a colon. The day should be written as March 15, 1987 or on the 15th of March if the month comes first. A colon follows the salutation and closing lines should be direct and formal. option (c) is preferred for an early reply.

F. R. Dorsey Mr. Dorsey

M and H Circle Plans Rag Sewing and Supper

The M and H Circle met at Mrs. Kate Brooks home with 17 members present. They planned a rag sewing event at 1.0.C.F. hall and a potluck supper before the lodge meeting, plus a Monday potluck at Mrs. Nelle Reading’s.

Athenian Temple No Pythian Sisters IOOF M and H Circle M and H Margaret McHarg Canter Nelle Reading M. and H. Circle Sarah Jones Bessie Cooley Nelle

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