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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1941

Page

7

Lydia Lash Evans Club Sees Last Meeting of Year

The Socially Speaking group met at Mrs. F. C. Schilling’s home on 249 East State Street Thursday afternoon for a final regular session. Thirteen members attended with two guests, discussing roll call words and English usage with the Better Speech Institute of America. Dr. Edith Wray spoke on language origins and common misuses. dessert followed.

Lydia Lash Evans F. C. Schilling E. State St Better Speech Institute of America William Connett Edith Wray Ohio University English Department Edward Cole J. R. Vance

Wesley Players Present Guess Again at Methodist Church

Wesley Players stage three act comedy Guess Again by Glenn Hughes in the Methodist Church Auditorium. The plot follows a college student who spreads rumors of Lord Wiggleton to boost a seaside resort, creating four impostors. Cast includes William McGee as Waldo Fitts and Jean Zink among others. sets and costumes praised. show repeats at 8 p m with tickets from Logan's or cast members.

Glenn Hughes Wesley Players Methodist Church Lord Wiggleton Lord William McGee Waldo Fitts Jean Zink Nina Plotnikoff Ed Hoovler John Stretch Irene Laughlin Ernestine Beebe William Manter Harmon Tidd Joan Parks Darrell Lloyd Dora Muhlberger Georgia Hubbard John Houston Robert Wesley Logan's

OU Theater Haw to Stage Broadway Hit Ladies in Retirement

The Ohio University Theater will present the Broadway murder drama Ladies in Retirement on May 8 and 9. The first nonprofessional group in the nation to produce the play, the university cast promises high suspense with Mary Arbenz directing as part of Fine Arts week.

Athens Ohio University Theater University University Theater Fine Arts Week Mary Arbenz

Haskins to Dayton for Ohio Chiropractic Assn Meeting

Dr. J. D. Haskins and wife board Saturday for Dayton where he will attend a two day session of the Ohio Chiropractors Association and serve as a director. They will be joined by Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Householder for the weekend and return Sunday night.

J. D. Haskins Dayton Haskins Ohio Chiropractic Association Dr. Haskins H. G. Householder

Round About the Town On a diet to reach Air Corps

The column recalls an O U student who gained weight through milk and meals to meet Army Air Corps height rules but fell short by a quarter inch. He passed after hiding his neck in turtle fashion and spent days at the Air Corps field doing so. It notes many try extreme lengths to join the army. It also mentions a memory test for the forty eight states and a new mini aircraft anti air fire game. Rex Koons is cited for a perfect score. A controversy over a grandmother’s views on baby feeding and a reflection on modern babies and vitamins closes with a salute to Superwoman.

O. U Army Air Corps Air Corps Turtle Rex Koons HBF

AAUW Meeting to Open May 5 in Cincinnati

The American Association of University Women plans discussions on the European Conflict and Hemisphere Economy as part of the national biennial convention in Cincinnati May 5 to 9. Athens branch members will attend alongside other chapters and speakers include Dr Winifred Cullis of London. Dean Irma Voigt prepares for the event.

American Association of University Women Cincinnati Athens AAUW Cincinnati Convention Winifred Cullis International Federation of University Women Cullis University of London Ministry of Information Japan China Dutch East Indies Far East New York San Francisco Irma E. Voigt Dr. Cullis

Sororities Name Candidates for O U Kid at Sigma Delta Chi Dance

Dorothy Roads leads eight candidates for the O U Kid title to be crowned at the Bowery Ball, Sigma Delta Chi event with Pi Beta Phi backing Roads. Other contenders include Miriam Callaghan, Pearl Rudy, Virginia Buzard, Edythe Panner, Lois Sands, Helen Rose, Mildred Dean. the choice will be announced at the 8 p m to 12 a.m. dance featuring Clarence Olden's band and a bowery theme.

Dorothy Roads Marietta Ave Ohio University O U Kid Sigma Delta Chi Pi Beta Phi Sorority Miriam Callaghan Chi Omega Pearl Rudy Alpha Delta Pi Virginia Buzard Zeta Tau Alpha Edythe Panner Tower Lois Sands Phi Mu Helen Rose Alpha Xi Delta Mildred Dean Alpha Gamma Delta

Fine Arts Week Opens at Ohio University Exhibits

Ohio University College of Fine Arts launches its annual Fine Arts Week with four student shows across painting, sculpture, printmaking, jewelry, pottery, photography, and architecture. Notable displays include Provincetown prints, carved linoleum, enamel designs, watercolors, and architectural models. Local students Betty Fulton Harriet Musgrave Mabel Connett Russel Drake participate. directorMiss Catherine Bedford Miss Edna Way Miss Isabelle Work Miss Hazel Willis oversee works. The gallery includes Raphael to Grant Wood reproductions and theater related costume makeup and publicity displays. Each exhibit remains on view throughout the following week.

College of Fine Arts of Ohio University Ellis Hall Provincetown Betty Fulton Harriet Musgrave Mabel Connett Catherine Bedford Edna Way Isabelle Work Hazel Willis Space Arts Thomas Larrick Russel Drake National Commission For Art Appreciation Edwin Watts Chubb Raphael Grant Wood Piccano Matisse Cerami Ewing Hall Phil Swanson Laurence Milligan

Rescue on a New York bound train

Madge Graham is saved by her husband Dicky from a gangster on a lonely parlor car. Dicky confiscates the gangsters wallet and revolver after forcing the man to walk with them toward the door as the train slows. Madge hides the shoes, and the pair plan to set the man walking away from the stopped train.

Dicky Madge Madge Graham Marion Morion New York Marion Mary Veritzen

Sequel to Marriage Meddlers Ends With a Bold Escape

In a cliffhanger scene on a speeding train, Dicky fights off a gangster who threatens Adele Garrison. Dicky retrieves the couple’s money and papers, then kisses Adele and returns them to their seats. Adele accuses him of planning the escape, while he hints at a stern reaction to her warning. Continued tomorrow.

Phi Beta Initiates Thirteen Ohio University Students

Phi Beta Kappa initiated thirteen Ohio University students at a formal Athens Country Club ceremony on Tuesday night. Kenneth Brown of Denison University gave the address Acceptable Words as sixty one Athens faculty and alumni were served at a post ceremony dinner. The initiates included Ben Ringer Olga Yaroshuk Stanley Weinberg Evelyn Postle Mary Ann Coughlin Harriet June William Geren Ross Johnson Edward Kuna Robert Ackley Aleta McKibben Vivian Heddleson Ruth Reid.

Ohio University Phi Beta Kappa Athens Country Club Athens Kenneth Brown Denison University Ben Ringer Olga Yaroshuk Stanley Weinberg Evelyn Postle Mary Ann Coughlin Harriet June William Geren Ross Johnson Edward Kuna Robert Ackley Aleta McKibben Vivian Heddleson Ruth Reid

Scouts Seek Rug and Chairs for Camp Rotan Cabin

The Girl Scouts appeal for a linoleum rug or any rug and folding chairs for the Camp Rotan cabin. Anyone with these items should call the Girl Scout office at 27821 between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. daily.

Girl Scouts Camp Rotan Girl Scout Office

Sweet Potato Biscuit Recipe From Carolyn Guerra

A pound cake and recipe feature presents Carolyn Guerra of Millfield sharing Sweet Potato Biscuits. Ingredients include sweet potatoes eggs sugar shortening salt allspice soda buttermilk and flour. Steps describe boiling and mashing potatoes beating eggs mixing with sugar and shortening, adding potatoes, soda dissolved in buttermilk, forming dough, shaping biscuits, and baking at 350 degrees. Serve hot with butter.

Carolyn Guerra Millfield

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L.L.E. Club Wesley O. U. Theater Great White Way Woodworths Charles Goodrich Fort Wayne Ind John Hawkins Kelly Grogan L. R. Allen Middleport Garden Club R. H. Rawlings Pomeroy Rawlings Allen Grogan Middleport Hartnell John F. Newcomb N. Lancaster St Ae Thargee Fee Bendix Laundrimatic Home Laundry Bendix Burke Ervin S. Court St American Legion Auxiliary First Christian Church Nellie Dorr Giesecke Albany H Albany High School Alumni Association Bank W. F. Copeland Charles Latham Britain Natalie Mary U. S. Navy O. U. Kid Clarence Olden N.A.L.C W. H. Allen Stimson Ave Fine Arts Y Adele Garrison Phi Beta Lester and Stultz & Bauer America Parker Bros Music Store Scription Druggists Logan S Helen Harper and Debs Broughton
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