Athens Garden Club to discuss Roadside Parks program
Members of Garden clubs in the Athens area and others interested in civic beautification are invited to the Athens City Federation meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in the Hotel Berry ballroom. The Athens Garden Club will present a program on Roadside Parks with Mrs Thomas M Wolfe speaking. State films on roadside parks will be shown. Mrs H M Woods is Federation president. The Amere Needle Club met with Mrs Walter Musgrave hosting. eleven members attended and were served refreshments.
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Athens
Athens City Federation
Berry Ballroom
Athens Garden Club
Thomas M. Wolfe
H. M. Woods
City Federation
Walter Musgrave
N. Congress Sr
Amere Needle Club
Zpigcopal
Church of the Good Shepherd
Christopher Lane
W. Sute
Elinor S. Taylor
Cincinnati
The
United Thank Offering
Robert E. Coughlin
New Officers Elected at Meeting of Local Chapter U S Daughters
At the Athens chapter meeting of U S Daughters of 1812 held at Mrs J R Harvey s home new officers were chosen: President Vida Carpenter treasurer Delle Finsterwald secretary Nora W Atkinson chaplain Callie Terrill registrar Elma Harvey historian Blanche Finsterwald press Edna LaFollett. The group discussed the April 13 council in Columbus and reviewed Ohio history notes. Hostess Mary Mills presented a paper on recent publications and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mieéers
Vida Carpenter
Delle Finsterwald
Nora W. Atkinson
Callie Terrill
Resistrar
Elma Harvey
Blanche Finsterwald
Edna LaFollett
Deshler-Wallick
Columbus
Ohio
Mary Mills
Married People's Class Plans Dinner and Movie Projector
The Married People's Class of First Christian Church met at Mrs. Bertha Beveridge's home to plan a Get Acquainted dinner on April 8 and a group opening meeting on April 15. Rev. J B Maffett highlighted Holy Week services from April 15 to 21 and business discussed purchasing a church movie projector.
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First Christian Church
Bertha Beveridge
Lucille Schrieder
J. B. Maffett
Lewis McBride
Ithis
Athens
Bertha Vermillion
Pegey Peters
Gwen Tolson
Union St
Pearl Chase
First Christian Bible School
The
Grange
Joe B. Maffett
Christian Endeavor
Charles
Tribe
Mae Herron
Parsons Merrick Wedding Announced in 1946 Broadwell
Nellie Parsons and Erwin C Merrick announced their marriage by Reverend Guy White at Haga United Brethren Church on March 14 1946. The couple both graduated from Rome High School and reside in a Stewart Route One home. Merrick is a veteran with 41 months Army Air Corps service and works as a farmer.
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Peter Parsons
Broadwell
Nellie
Erwin C. Merrick
M. M. Merrick
Stewart
Route One
Guy White
Haga United Brethren Church
Rome High School
Merrick
Army Air Corps
Panama Canal Zone
15Th
12Th Air Forces
Mrs. Merrick
Floral Hats Need Dust Protection
Mrs. Walton Thornton advises hat care to keep artificial flowers looking fresh. Use a hat stand with space, gently dust with a whisk broom, and tuck tissue under and around stems to prevent droop and curling petals. If petals curl, iron them from a safe distance using steam to reshape them.
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Mrs. Khornton
Alicia Hart
Dorothy Sockel to Wed in McArthur on March 31
Dorothy Sockel of McArthur will marry A S Wells of Camp Peary Virginia in McArthur Church of Christ on Sunday March 31 at noon. Rev J B Daab will conduct the single ring ceremony, with attendants Betty Harley and Kenneth Nuzum in formal dress and a wedding dinner to follow at the Sockel home.
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Dorothy Sockel
McArthur
A S Robert Wells
Camp
Peary
McArthur Church
S. 18Th St
Columbus
Sockel
Betty Harley
Kenneth Nuzum
New Books Arrive at Athens County Library
The second shipment of new books arrives at the Athens Branch of the County Library in Chubb Library basement. Listed titles include The Turquoise Seton Civil Service Careers for Boys Cacliste Brave Mardi Gras Roberts Navy Nurse Cooper Rio Renegade Ernenwein The Lost Week-End Jackson Forever Amber Winsor Powder Valley Showdown Field January Thaw Partridge Country Heart Dick Ever After Thane So Well Remembered Hilton I Love Miss Tilli Bean Chase The River Road Keyes Katrina Greit. Athens residents are invited to visit. hours are 2:20 to 5:30 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on weekdays, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.
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Athens
County Library
Chubb Library
Seton
Cacliste
Roberts
Cooper
Ernenwein
Jackson
Winsor
Field
Partridge
Thane
Hilton
Tilli Bean
Chase
Keyes
Katrina
Greit
Athens County
Club Calendar Frays With Local Meetings
Friday events include Current Events Club at 7 30 p m at the Cottage Tea House with Mrs Z F Dixon as program leader Past Noble Grands Club meets at 7 50 p m at 15 Montrose Ave Progressive Class at Central Ave Methodist Church hosts Mr and Mrs Golden Bahr at 61 Morris Ave with Mrs Lena Nida as co host Junior Choir practice at First Christian Church Saturday at 1 pm
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Cottage Tea House
Z. F. Dixon
William Williams
Noble
Emma Bennett
Montrose Ave
Central Ave. Methodist Church
Golden Bahr
Morris Ave
Lena Nida
First Christian Church
Round About Town finds joy and loss in spring
A column sketches a wrecked Dairy Avenue home of Mr and Mrs Millard Douglas after a March 26 fire left only Mrs Douglas’s coat. Their children Pat and Rick lost Easter outfits. neighbors donate essentials as the family starts over in a chicken coop. Also notes daffodil displays, Arminta Bjornson’s Pacific Island move, Rex Koons in Atlanta, and a wartime memory segment including Gone With The Wind.
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Millard Douglas
Dairy Avenue
Athens State Hospital
Burr Uo the Groay
Mr. Douglas
Pat
Rick
Richards
Douglas
Rex Koons
Atlanta
Grant
Kinghorn
Rex
Mary Sullivan
Marvy
Don McVay
Ethel Beckley
Leéw
San Peachtree Street
Five Points
Mary
Menna James
Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Peachtree Street
Church Services in the Athens Area
A listing of area churches with weekly services and programs. Includes Rev. Harold F. Kellogg preaching at Athens area churches and notes on Sunday schools youth fellowships, midweek meetings, and Mission and Bible study sessions across multiple congregations in Athens and nearby towns.
Bride Marries James Ervin in Ashland Ky
Miss Clea McMillion daughter of Hillsboro Ohio was married January 18 1946 in Ashland Kentucky to James B Ervin. Rev Virgil L Moore performed the double ring ceremony at the Methodist Church. The couple plans to live in Corning Ohio with Ervin employed by New York Central Railway. Attendants were Miss Margaret Lennad and Eugene Barbour. The bride is a Hillsboro High School graduate and a Memorial Nursing School Huntington graduate. She has worked in Huntington and Logan West Virginia. The article also lists church services and revival schedules at multiple area churches.
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Clea McMuillion
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U. S. Daughters
U. S. Daughters of 1812
J. R. Harvey
W. State St
New
Athens Grange
Nellie Earich
Meen
Court al
Acme Dry Cleaning Telephone
Quick's Drug Store
Nellie Parsons
Erwin Merrick
Olive Morrison
Marjorie Copeland
Nellie Ogg Cooley
Leta Gould
Mary Starling
Grace Brill
Lena Starlin
Clara Wilson
Betty Quinn
Margaret Ogg
Gene Wood
Mary Starlin
Fairplay
Torrie
Matec Dotores
Jayeliest
Ruth Morrison
Arminta
B. G. Bjornson
Seattle
Wash
Puyallup Valley
Peleleiu
Palau
Com. Bjornson
United States
Athens Area
Chureen
Harold F. Kellogg
Hawkey
Hathamar
Bob Watkins
Goodwill Industries
Dayton
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
A. C. LaFoyette
Christian Science
Alexander Presbyterian Bible School
Ramond Webb
B. Sias
Ohio University
Women's Association of the Church
C. Lynch
Carpenter First Baptist Church
John Rawlings
New England
East Millfield Mission
Hiram Mingus
Ora Waldeck
Poston
Clarence Worth
Helen W. Tatman
Graham Chapel
Roy Deeter
Pittsburg
Christ
Faurplay Chapel Bible School
Central Ave. Methodist
West Side
West Side School
Elmer G. Roessner
Presbyterian
Fred Luchs
Paul Kendall
Christian Endeavor of Westminster
Fellowship
MT. Zion Baptist Sunday School
William T. Ward
First Church OF God
Robert Stapleton
Albany Methodist Alban
Pearl Chapel
Snowville
Pam Pleasant Valley
Newton
Murray City
F. H. McCall
Dickerson
Danville Pilgrim Bible School
Redtown
Free Methodist Sunday School
Young People’s Meeting
Joan Tippie
West Salem
Albany Baptist Bible School
Harold Cunningham
Church OF Christ
Stimson Avenue
Offi Christ
Edward White
Pilgrim Holiness
New Marshfield
Union
Clarks Chapel
Richland Ave
Bates
South Canaan
McDougall Sunday School
Alva Shifflet
New Music Shop
Athens Flower Shop
Court ST
Big Bamby
Rauch's Bakery
Lydia
Pinkham
Ram
Preataurus
Fismatrex
National Brands Sales Corp
Chicago, Ill
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