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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1941

Page

6

Socially Speaking on Contemporary U S Composers

Athens Woman's Music Club met at Miss Mary T Ness's home to discuss living American composers. Programs featured John Alden Carpenter David Guion Edwin Grasse Cecil Burleigh Cadman Cloakey Griffes Fisher Powell with solos and ensembles led by Mrs Carl Denbow and Miss Mary Blayney.

United States Athens Woman's Music Club Mary T. Ness University Terrace Thomas E. Gibson John Alden Carpenter David Guion Edwin Grasse Cecil Burleigh Charles Wakefield Cadman Joseph Cloakey Charles T. Griffes William Arms Fisher John Powell Carl Denbow Mary Blayney Cadman Whist Me Lanty Roy Straughton Don Millikan Guion Miss Ness Lonesome Whistler Francis P. Bundy Thelma Robinson William A. Austin Oliver T. Martin Cloakey Frank la Forge Irene Witham Carpenter Elsie Duggan

Plan Sorority Sing to Open Fine Arts Week at Ohio U

The 14th annual Sorority Sing for Ohio University women is set during Fine Arts Week on May 7. Leona Algeo chairs the committee with Marjorie Malone Jean Crawford Virginia Segale Louise Rose and Georgia Hubbard as members. Segale and Crawford live in Athens with Miss Malone in Coolville.

Ohio University Rotary Club Leona Algeo Marjorie Malone Jean Crawford Virginia Segale Louise Rose Georgia Hubbard Miss Segale Athens Miss Crawford Miss Malone Coolville

Athens women clubs calendar listing meetings and events

A Tuesday and Wednesday club calendar lists Athena Delphian Club Ladies Society of Christian Service and AAUW groups at Elmwood and State Streets, P.E.O and sewing circles, plus a rummage sale and Parent Teacher Association dinner details. Also notes Plains Garden Club meeting at 7 30 p m with Mrs Kenneth Barrows.

Athena Delphian Club Cora Frame Elmwood Place First Methodist Church Women's Society of Christian Service Clarks Chapel Church Athens City Hall Murn Bean Plains Garden Club The Kenneth Barrows

Personal Notes Highlight Athens Visit and Long Week End

Mr and Mrs R S Wood of Cleveland visited their son Thomas Wood and daughter Elizabeth Wood in Athens over the week end. Mrs Wood plans a longer stay before returning. Mr and Mrs Aaron McGrath hosted Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Jacob Graham and Mrs Graham aged 85 and 82, married 66 years. Other guests included Albert Ogg and Mrs Ella Ogg from Broadwell and Leonard Smith with daughters Margaret and Delores of Rockland. P S Wamsley called to Portsmouth by his mother Mrs A S S Wamsley’s death. funeral set for Tuesday afternoon.

R. S. Wood Cleveland Thomas Wood Elizabeth Wood Aaron McGrath Richland Ave Jacob Graham State St Athens Graham Charles Ogg Albert Ogg Ella Ogg Broadwell Leonard Smith Margaret and Delores Rockland P. S. Wamsley FE. Mulberry St Portsmouth Wamsley A. S&s. Wamsley

You Never Hear an Englishwoman Complaining About Wartime Housekeeping

Rosette Hargrove argues British housewives transformed by war, turning daily chores into a front line. Blackouts, rationing, and repurposed labor shift shopping to morning, curb deliveries, and barter replaces formal exchanges. Social life shrinks to leave men on leave and nights to air raids, while cooking becomes a wartime art and resilience.

Rosette Hargrove London Britain England A.R.P A.F.S Powers

One-Act Plays for Thursday Night at Playshop

Three original one act plays by students in the dramatic composition class are set for Thursday at 7 30 p m in Ewing Auditorium. Bitter sweet by Marcella Ann Wilt is a comedy set in a girl housing unit directed by Martha Harris. Let There Be Light by Leslie Bennett features Phil Taylor Athens senior and Dale Engle Logan sophomore with Stanley Frank Nieckarz directing. At Liberty by Nelson Walker is a comedy drama about a dance band leader directed by Leona Pickard. The Intruder by Maurice Madernink is a symbolic play about death directed by Robert Greeno.

Playshop Ewing Auditorium Marcella Ann Wilt Martha Harris Phil Taylor Athens Dale Engle Logan Leslie Bennett Stanley Frank Nieckarz Nelson Walker Leona Pickard Maurice Madernink Robert Greeno

Canaanville Women's Society Meets at Hostess Home

The Women's Society of Christian Service of the Canaanville Methodist Church met at Mrs. Frank Rose's home with sixteen members and four visitors attending. Mrs. T. W. Gaston presided. Mrs. Helen Scott and Miss Pauline Rose sang a duet. guests included Mrs. Kate Norris, Glouster, Jack Mansfield, Pauline Rose, and Mrs. Helen Scott. Refreshments matched St. Patrick's Day.

Women's Society of Christian Service Canaanville Methodist Church Frank Rose T. W. Gaston Helen Scott Pauline Rose Rose Charles McAfee Paul Dorr Theodore Crawford Walter Jacoby Edith Channell Lucy Sutton R. C. Greene Maude Marks Cecia Clark R. A Smith P. B. Seel Rosena Simms Archie Mansfield Fred Burch Kate Norsris Glouster Jack Mansfield

Greece Life Review Sparks Greek History Talk at Club

Dr. W S Gamertsfelder Dean of the Graduate School Ohio University reviewed The Life of Greece by Will Durant for the Greece Bachelors Club meeting at the Presbyterian Church. He traced five Grecian periods and noted Greece shaped Western civilization aside from machinery.

Presbyterian Church W. S. Gamertsfelder Ohio University Review Greece Will Durant Gamertsfelder Wesley Miller John Pickens Marie Morgan Bernice Kayser Mary Oliver Margaret McCutcheon Sarah Helen Keyser Lewis Sabo Don Paden Josephine Snook Margaret Flory Alice Lagerstrom Clara Kuenzli Josephine Garvin Arlot Olson Ralph Wagner Edith Meneggie Mil

Pitfalls of Love in a Brixton Home Conspiracy

Madge Graham presses her husband Dicky to help unravel a coded letter from Marion Morton to Ronald Brixton. She plans to travel to New York to consult Mary Veritsen and learn if the childhood code conceals Marion’s disappearance. They scheme to keep Carolyn unaware while coordinating with Ronald and family for a rescue effort.

Ronald Sam Helena New York Marion Westhampton Carolyn Dicky Dad Lil Lillian Brixton Madge Graham Ronald Brixton Tie Fancee Marion Morton Mary Veritsen Madge Mary

Bob Chesters Band to Play Engineers Ball in Athens

Bob Chester's 16 piece band, rising star of modern dance music, will perform at the Ohio University Engineers' Ball in the Men's Gymnasium Friday night April 4. Vocalists Betty Bradley and Bill Darnell will front the act noted for sweet swing and hoagy-woogie blends.

Bob Chester Ball Athens Ohio University Engineers Chester Betty Bradley Bill Darnell Horation Alger

Today's Woman Can Cope Just as Well as Grandma

Ruth Millett argues that women today possess diverse skills for national defense and home duties, noting driving, aviation, dietetics, typing, and nursing as areas women master. She contends today’s woman can support the country and manage home life if needed, while also supplementing family income. The piece contrasts modern training with past limitations and highlights a Richland Sewing Society event at Richland Ave Methodist Church with a potluck luncheon.

Women's National Republican Club Grandma Papa Mama Col Richland Sewing Society Sewing Circle of Richland Ave. Methodist Church

Broadway Comedy To Come to Columbus

Broadway's top ranking comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner by Kaufman and Hart comes to Hartman Theater Columbus for a one week engagement starting Monday March 31 with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. Woollcott stars in the lead role with a 30 member New York cast backing him for the Ohio engagement.

George Kaufman Moss Hart Sam H. Harris Alexander Woollcott Hartman Theater Columbus Ohio America Mr. Woollcott New York

Pull the Trigger on Lazy Bowels with Ease for Stomach

A medicine promotion describes a laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin as a remedy for constipation and stomach upset. It claims the product wakes lazy nerves in the intestines and soothes the stomach, appealing to families and children with a pleasant taste and easy use.

Dr. Caldwell

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Contemporary Composers Plan Sorority Sing Mabel Lee First Christian Church Stimson Ave Phyllis Mathews Ruth Beverage Jillian Barnhart Mary Christian Verna Douglas Stella Hawk Louise Johnson Frances Ray June Schuler Alice Vercoe Velma Staneart M. T. Vermillion Deborah Mary Walden W. Union St BPW Cline Bldg Women's Society of Christian Service Soch the Union Church Oak French Group A.A.U.W S.T.L Donald Clutter Maplewood Dr Child Conservation League R. C. Alexander N. Lancaster St Ernest Dart Odd Fellows Hall Phoebe Jones Daughters of Union Veterans Legion Home Mra. F. E. Goldsberry E. State St Edna Way Betsy Ross Sewing Club Cecil Sarver State St. Oo Geert Bettie Oety So—st Grocers Uggist States Caine BuiLoine Onio Gallaher's Gallaher S. Court St Butcher and Grace Canaanville Society Mrs Dr. Gamertsfelder Dred Colville Virginia Wilson Margaret Watkins Elaine Pagel Whaley Twins Bonna Jean Billy Joe Whaley J. W. Whaley Hebbardsville Martha Douglas Claudia Bolin Claude F. Chappel Janice Cunningham Phyllis Hunter Martha Chase Judy Barnes Joyce McDaniel Joan Whaley Frankie Hooper John Biddle Kenneth Shingler Gerald Chesser Billy Tewksbury Marle Edward Knowlton Cora Biddle Mary Chase Claudis Chappel Marjorie Miller Marlene Perry Janice Stanley David Carpenter Dickie Crossen Billy Hope Adele Garrison Made Mary Veritzen Detroit Boston Dayton Nine Paul Specht Arnold Johnson Ben Pollack Irving Aaronson Ben Bernie Tommy Dorsey Ruth Millett Lydia E. Pinkham Pinkham Hartman Walter Winchell HS Harris Hart Wwe Es Rae Ane Edith Atwater Doris Nolan Teddy Hart Erik Rhodes Come To Ingrid Bergman Hollywood Warner Baxter Fay Wray Helen Westley Bob Hope Virginia Schuler Juanita Blackie Kelly Tim McCoy Kael Whalen
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