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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1940

Page

11

Fairies Delight East Side School Operetta Night

East Side School audiences cheered as the primary grades staged a colorful operetta. Fairy roles ranged from Dew Drop to Rainbow Fairies with Miriam Clippinger and Paul Lehman speaking early parts and Don na MacPherson and Lewis Ondis among cast members.

East de School Teddy Miriam Clippinger Paul Lehman Ann Rowles Connie Herbert Squeen Fairyland

Look at your face before buying a hat

Lilly Dade offers fashion guidance on hats suited to different face shapes and ages. She recommends high crowned hats for round faces, berets for long faces, round lines for long faces, and turbans for various features, including a chignon turban for the young.

Lilly Dade

Sixth Grade Operetta Staged by Local School Leaders

Between acts Martha Jo Wise announced songs and dances by sixth grade pupils as Charles Wise showcased a tap dance then a duet with Beverly Davis. The cast included Brownies and children with numbers like Here We Come and When I Was a Lad with sixth grade girls and boys performing. The operetta was staged by Clara Kuenzli the music supervisor and teachers Georgia Allen Lucy McBride and Mildred Giesecke with scenery by Mildred Murphy.

Martha Jo Wise Charles Wise Beverly Davis Spencer White Joe Williams Wendell Drake Jimmie Westfall Dick Clippinger Julian Snyder Jane Grover Dee Henry Janet Ingerham Patty Kassing Betty Thomas Clara Kuenzli Georgia Allen Lucy McBride Mildred Giesecke Mildred Murphy

Religion as pillar of character formation and home life

Olive Roberts Barton argues home life is the strongest influence on forming character and citizenship, with religion taught at home and in Sunday school. She warns against power replacing religion in society and calls for preserving warm family bonds while reinforcing spiritual education in schools. Local notices list church and organizational meetings for Wesleyan Methodist Prayer Band, Eastern Star, and Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae events.

Papa Mama

Shower at Logan Home Honors Bride Miss Phyllis Logan

Former Ohio University student Miss Phyllis Logan and Dorothy Ann Schilling co hosted a shower at the Logan home Utah Place for Mrs. Daniel P. Steiger the former Mary Ellen Mack a Hamilton Ohio University student. Chi Omega members attended and prizes were awarded in bridge with Miss Peggy Eckis winning first. Mrs Steiger will move to Middletown Ohio after spring vacation. Mr Steiger a Theta Chi graduate from Ohio University last June.

Logan Bride Ohio U Phyllis Logan Dorothy Ann Schilling Utah Place Daniel P. Steiger Mary Ellen Mack Ohio University Hamilton Chi Omega Sorority Steiger Peggy Eckis Canton Virginia Rose Ruth Miller Aliquippa Middletown Ohio Theta Chi

Marriage Meddlers Intruder Found in Attic at Graham Farm

Lillian Underwood and Madge Graham discover an intruder in the attic of the Graham Sag Harbor farm house during a campaign to capture underworld leader Jack Leslie. After a quick house-wide check, they deduce the hidden person may be an enemy and inform Charles Spencer, the secret service chief father, who vows to confirm if an inside man aided Leslie.

Lillian Underwood Madge Graham Graham Sag Harbor Farm House Madge Charles Spencer Secret Service Jack Leslie Farm House Lillian Mat Spencer Dicky Leslie

Adele Garrison A Sequel to Married Comrades

In a serialized suspense set piece, the Chief plans to capture an intruder in the attic alive using ladders and outside lookouts. Dicky confirms feasibility while discussing readiness, tear gas, and the possibility of a speaking tube linking the attic to another room. The scene ends with a continuation tease.

Dicky Harry Underwood

Girls Pay To Enlist In Mayfair Regiment

In Mayfair London the Women's Mechanized Transport Corps operates with members who paid to join bought their own uniforms and supplied their own cars. The corps offers services as drivers to French civil authorities and emphasizes money as the sole qualification.

London Mayfair Women's Mechanized Transport Corps

Farewell Party Honors Ronald J. Schaar at Ranger Station

Twenty guests gathered at the Rangers Station Locust Heights Tuesday night to honor Ronald J. Schaar District Forest Ranger as he leaves to join Clark National Forest St. Louis Ma son. C M Gillon behalf of Athens business men presented a leather traveling bag and Schaar expressed thanks for the courtesy and friendships.

Ranger's Station Ronald J. Schaar Rangers Locust Heights Clark National Forest St. Louis Athens C. M. Gill Schaar Cliff Cornell F. D. Forsyth Gill Ed F. Sells Rolland Jones Ray Rose Gerald Ashwill E. W. Kimes W. F. Smiley Ernest Glazier William H. Pierre P. F

Sabo Speaks at PEO Meeting on Athens Recreation

Mr. Lewis Sabo city recreation director was guest speaker at PEO meeting hosted by Mrs. R C Hopkins at 171 East State Street Tuesday night. He outlined Athens city recreational programs and activities in operation.

Lewis Sabo P. FE. O R. C. Hopkins E. State St Sabo Athens

Wesleyan Service Guild Meeting Notice

The Wesleyan Service Guild of the First Methodist Church will meet Friday at 7 30 p.m. at the home of Miss Arvilla and Gladys Van Dyke 84 W State St. Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay India.

Wesleyan Methodist Church W. H. Bender Maple St Wesleyan Service Guild The First Methodist Church Miss Arvilla Gladys van Dyke W. State St Rudyard Kipling Bombay India

Pepsin and Senna Laxative for Stomach Comfort

Advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin. It claims pepsin digests undigested protein in the stomach and senna laxative stimulates bowels to relieve constipation. It targets stomach distress including acid indigestion, belching, and sour taste, recommending the product for adults and children.

Neceane

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