The Marine Dream at Alpha Gamma Delta Spring Formal
At the Alpha Gamma Delta spring formal titled The Marine Dream held Saturday March 20 at the Athens Country Club the ballroom featured an ocean bottom theme with fish mermaids and sea horses. Willie McKay and his fourteen piece band played while Rosemary Gray chaired the dance with Jo Holcker as social chairman. The guest list included Rev and Mrs Don D Tullis Mr and Mrs H Westcott Roach Mr and Mrs M D Hughes Mr and Mrs Seth Lewis Prof and Mrs R F Beckett Prof and Mrs Frank B Dilley Prof and Mrs W Oliver Martin Mrs Lucille Wilson Mrs Esther Sprague Miss Lou Shupe Mrs Mary Brown Mrs Gertrude Clark Mrs Norma Moran Mrs Mattie Albaugh Mrs Constance Horne and Mrs Alberta Pickle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Gamma Delta
Athens Country Club
Country Club
Willie McKay
Rosemary Gray
Jo Holcker
Don D. Tullis
H. Westcott Roach
M. D. Hughes
Seth Lewis
R. F. Beckett
Frank B. Dilley
W. Oliver Martin
Lucille Wilson
Esther Sprague
Lou Shupe
Mary. Brown
Gertrude Clark
Norma Moran
Mattie Albaugh
Constance Horne
Alberta Pickle
Phi Kappa Tau Turnabout Party Takes New Twist
The Phi Kappa Tau junior group held its annual Turnabout Party on Saturday night March 20 with dates taking control of the house. Girls wore trousers and boys wore skirts while acts included a beef trust chorus line and Mike the Midget. Thirty-one couples slept over, chaperoned by Mrs. Ed Dozlas, Mrs. A. F. Carlson, and Mrs. George Whitaker, with breakfast at the Rainbow at 8 30 Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Kappa Tau
the Rainbow
Junior Group of Child Conservation League Meets
Mrs. R. E. Main hosted the March gathering. New officers named include President W. W. Patton, Vice President R. Hollingsworth, Secretary R. Wickham, Treasurer R. Straw, and Press Reporter J. Klingenberg. Plans set for District Conference in New Lexington on April 17. Hostess prize to Mrs. Woodrow West. dessert served by West, Downard, and Wickham. April meeting at 88 N Shafer St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Main
Watt St
Child Conservation League
W. W. Patton
Robert Hollingsworth
Robert Wickham
Ralph Straw
Joe Klingen
We the Women by Ruth Millett
A columnist outlines arguments for a woman to pursue marriage and a career without trying to persuade a husband. She warns that a husband against it will resist and that juggling two jobs is especially tough, advising against arguing for the right to work if the partner is opposed.
Albany WSCS Meets Wednesday With Mrs. Bean
Albany WSCS will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Etta Bean instead of on Thursday. Bates WSCS will meet at the church all day Thursday March 25 with sewing carpet rags and a noon potluck lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
WSCS
Etta Bean
Bates Wscs
H. E. Benz
Fairview Ave
J. B. Stiff
Barber of Seville Set for Athens Concert Series
Athens Community Concerts Association board announced next season’s events. The English sung Barber of Seville by Charles Wagner will open, following a ballet vote of 1 091 cast with 758 favoring opera and 347 for symphony. The 1948 49 schedule will also feature the Columbus Boys Choir and tenor Mario Lanza, plus more acts to be announced in fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Athens Community Concerts Association
Charles Wagner
Columbus Boys Choir
Mario Lanza
Sound Projector Presented to Athens County Children
In a Sunday program at 3 p.m. at the Athens County Children's Home, the K T Crossen Post American Legion Auxiliary presented a motion picture sound projector to the Home. Auxiliary President Mrs. E M Biddison opened the event, with remarks by district and welfare leaders. The program featured dances, songs, piano pieces, group singing, and motion-picture showings, followed by refreshments for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Francis Wyckoff
Ronnie Wyckoff
Nancy Rosser
Billie Markham
Peter Clark
Frank L. Harvey
Auxliary
Athens Woman's Club Calendar and Church Group Meetings
Local clubs and church groups list meetings for the week. Athens Woman's Music Club convenes at 7 30 p m with Mrs J T Merwin at Roosevelt Drive. various Women's Council and WSCS circles meet at stated addresses and times, some with hostess changes and RSVP reminders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
W. W. Williams
Women's Council
First Christian Church
D. A. Bardin
Faithful Few Club
Charles Zinn
Mulberry St
Presbyterian Church
Women's Association
H. Hudson
E. State St
F. E. Luchs
N. College
Maecenas Literary Club
Hollywood Memory flashbacks and eye troubles among stars
Tyrone Power reveals bloodshot eye from cysts on both eyeballs with sun exposure aggravating it. Gregory Peck exits with a magazine award. Janis Paige on One Sunday Afternoon set. Lois Butler drums Chopin nightly for Mickey. Cathy O'Donnell eyes a meeting with Gar Moore. Richard Carlson reports $35,000 earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrone Power
Gregory Peck
el Capitan Theater
Greg
Hollywood-and-Vine
Janis Paige
Frank Martinelli, Jr
San Francisco
Theta Chi Banquet in Oxford Honors 76th Chapter Installations
Prof George Starr Lasher of Ohio University spoke at Miami University's Theta Chi banquet in Oxford. Installation ceremonies for Gamma Kappa Chapter were held at Phi Delta Theta headquarters as the 100th anniversary of Phi Delta Theta was noted. Theta Chi’s 76th chapter saw Ohio University reps Harry Turton Edward Fonda and E J Caruso present. About 150 attendees including Miami’s president and deans and national officers joined the event ahead of Theta Chi’s 92nd anniversary on April 10, 1856.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Starr Lasher
School of Journalism
Ohio University
Oxford
Theta Chi
Gamma Kappa
Miami University
Phi Delta Theta
Harry Turton
E. J. Caruso
Edward Fonda
Ohio Theta Chi
Land Condemnation Opens April 17 for Power Line Rights
Land condemnation proceedings are set to begin April 17 in Pleasants County. Appalachian Electric Power Co. seeks rights of way over land in Waggener District owned by Harriet E. Fisher Grover C. Fowler Lloyd Autle and others to run transmission lines from the Philip Sporn plant toward West Columbia and Cabin Creek plant east of Charleston. Commissioners to appraise the property will be appointed before Judge Lewis H. Miller of the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Harriet E. Fisher
Grover CC. Fowler
Lloyd Autle
Waggener
Philip Sporn
West Columbia
Ohio
Cabin Creek
Charleston
Lewis H. Miller
Circuit Court
Musgrave Named to Mason County Farm Committee
George C. Musgrave, retired teacher and farmer of Lincoln Avenue, named to Mason County agricultural adjustment committee to replace C. F. Buckle who resigned to run for assessor. Buckle stated candidates should not serve on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
George C. Musgrave
Lincoln Ave
Mason County Agricultural Adjustment Committee
C. F. Buckle
South Side
Buckle
Educators Meet to Plan Guidance Program at Marshall College
Assistant Superintendent Garrett Green and principals C. H. Withers of Senior High Virgil Siders of Junior High and Clyde Foley of Wahama attended a Saturday meeting of educators at Marshall College to discuss and plan a guidance program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Garrett Green
C. H. Withers
Virgil Siders
Clyde Foley
Wahama
Marshall College
Plants Welcome First Child in Point Pleasant
A son was born Friday to Mr and Mrs Ches ter Plants of Lincoln Avenue Point Pleasant. This is the couple’s first child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Chester Plants
Lincoln Ave
Charleston Visit Highlights Wilsons with Dawson Recovery
Mr and Mrs D L Wilson visited their son in Charleston where Lonnie Dawson recovers from a recent illness. In Point Pleasant a teachers conference at Sunnyside Grade School reviewed reading program results led by Assistant Superintendent Garrett Green and Reading Superintendent Mildred Chapman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Point Pleasant
D. L. Wilson
Lonnie Dawson
Mr. Dawson
Sunnyside
Garrett Green
Mildred Chapman
Point Pleasant Child Named Among Measles Cases
Suzanne Rothgeb daughter of Mr and Mrs D W Rothgeb 2001 Jefferson Blvd is among the children with measles in Point Pleasant confirmed cases include several pupils and families in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Suzanne Rothgeb
D. W. Rothgeb
Jefferson Blvd
Akron Weekend Visit By Denver Knapp And Koblentz
Mrs Denver Knapp and Mr and Mrs Ross Koblentz visited in Akron over the weekend as guests of local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Point Pleasant
Denver Knapp
Ross Koblentz
Oriental Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias Meet
Oriental Lodge No. 40 Knights of Pythias will hold a meeting this evening at 7 30 in the Castle Hall on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriental Lodge
Point Pleasant
Oriental Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Main St
Meeting of PEO Postponed to March 31
The PEO meeting at the home of Mrs. M. D. Hughes scheduled for March 24 has been postponed to March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Hughes
Plans for Health Council In Mason Schools Formed
Mason County teachers and principals met at Mason Junior High School with Superintendent Robert Ferguson to form a nine member health council. The group will attend a health conference in Huntington on April 3 and two members will join a Mason County round-table on health conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Robert H. Ferguson
Huntington
Ethel Sayre
Cloverdale
Anna Stevens
Stevens
Iva Wise
Central
Freda Jordan
White Oak
Laura Caldwell
Virgil Siders
Clyde Foley
Wahama
Ferguson
Mason County Teachers Association
Association
Packing Plant Land Optioned for Gallipolis Facility
Emerson and John E. Evans of Gallipolis have optioned 21 acres north of Point Pleasant, between 28th Street and Bellemeade. They plan a $200000 packing plant to meet health department needs, with potential for about a million dollars in annual business and roughly 40 jobs at the new location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Emerson
John E. Evans
Gallipolis
28Th St
Bellemeade
C. G. P. Musgrave
E. J
George G. Somerville
State Health Department
Evans Packing
Charles Barnette Rites Set for Thursday
Funeral services for S-2c Charles P. Barnette will be at Leon Baptist Church Thursday at 2 p.m. with Rev. C. G. Billups in charge. Burial will follow in Leon Cemetery. Barnette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd Barnette of Leon, was born in Huntington on April 7, 1925 and killed in battle February 17, 1944. his body recently returned to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles P. Barnette
Leon Baptist Church
Raynes Funeral Home
C. G. Billups
Leon
Barnette
Cloyd Barnette
Huntington
Teachers Absent at Wahama and North Point Pleasant Schools
Mrs. William A. Woolfitt substitutes for ill Miss Selah Jane Powell at Wahama High School. Miss Powell has been ill. Mrs. Ruth Schools of North Point Pleasant Grade School was absent late last week due to illness and Mrs. Ruth Thomas filled her duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William A. Woolfitt
Selah Jane Powell
Wahama High School
Funeral Attended for Dr. E Le Fever in Glouster
Mrs Gail Faires and family attended last rites for Dr E Le Fever in Glouster this weekend. The ceremony marked the death of the noted physician who served the community for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gail Faires
Glouster
Sally Lou Darst Wins State DAR Contest
Sally Lou Darst of Charleston Road Point Pleasant won first place in the state DAR essay contest on the topic How Schools Influence Citizenship. She will attend the National Congress of the DAR in Washington next month as a guest. Darst is the fourth Point Pleasant girl to win the award in recent years, following Phyllis Ingraham Stout 1931 Nancy Ferguson Bush 1945 and Elise Ann Rardin Roush 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Sally Lou Darst
Robert C. Darst
Charleston Road
DAR
National Congress of the Dar
Washington
Miss Darst
Phyllis Ingraham Stout
Nancy Ferguson Bush
Elise Ann Rardin Roush
Auto leaves road injures couple near Gallipolis Ferry
Mrs. Nevil K. Hager and her husband from Huntington were hurt when their car left Route 2 south of Gallipolis Ferry and overturned onto the B and O right of way. Both were hospitalized at Holzer with cuts and head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Nevil K. Hager
Huntington
J. N. Wilson
Gallipolis Ferry
Bailer Cemented In At Goldie Ankrum Well
In the Mt. Alto-Flat Rock gas field a bailer used for cleaning the Goldie Ankrum well has been cemented in. The Gerlach well produced 39 000 cubic feet daily after being shot while the Jordan well showed 10 000 cubic feet and has been plugged. Two additional locations have been made in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldie Ankrum
Point Pleasant
Mt. Alto-Flat Rock
Gerlach
Jordan
IOOF Lodge Set To Conduct Degree Work Tonight
Point Pleasant Lodge 33 IOOF will meet at Fourth and Main on Thursday night for degree work. District deputy grand masters expected to join Parkersburg gathering next Saturday night, with D. L. Wilson serving as district deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
IOOF
A. Ford Winters
West Virginia
Parkersburg
D. L. Wilson
Capacity Audience Hears Songs by The Treblers
A full house at the Junior High School auditorium welcomed The Treblers for their second annual appearance. Mrs. Carl G. Gardner accompanied. the program featured classical numbers and popular pieces including Smiles One Day Mood Indigo and This Is My Country. Local sponsors and quartet members performed encores and were praised by Mrs. J. G. F. Johnson, Woman's Club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Treblers
Senior Woman's Club
Carl G. Gardner
Albert Sauer, Jr
Carewell Cox
H. C. Rodgers
Robert Plants
Joan van Horn
John William Nibert
Janet Wears
Whiffenpool
William H. van Horn
J. G. F. Johnson
Woman's Club
School officials visit Charleston for bus garage tools
Point Pleasant superintendent Robert H. Fergus on and Charley King maintenance chief traveled to Charleston last Friday to secure an extra supply of tools for the new bus garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert H. Ferguson
Charley King
Charleston
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Athens, Ohio
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