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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1948

Page

6

Athens Junior High Plans Annual Spring Concert

The Athens Junior High School will present its annual spring concert on Thursday May 6 in the High School Auditorium. Both Girls and Boys Glee Clubs perform with Gilbert and Sullivan selections from H.M.S. Pinafore. Soloists include Joe Scott Barbara Williams Nancy Ellis Mary K Billett Mary Shouse Mary Sue La Follette Darlene Duet Jim Mitchell Philip Finsterwald Wendall Fryer Katie Carpenter. A piano trio by Jonathan Thackery Phyllis Peterson and Margaret La Follette is also featured.

Athens Junior High School Gilbert Sullivan Glee Clubs Joe Scott Barbara Williams Nancy Ellis Mary K. Billett Mary Shouse Mary Sue la Follette Darlene Duet Jim Mitchell Philip Finsterwald Wendall Fryer Katie Carpenter Jonathan Thackery Phyllis Peterson Margaret la Follette

Pi Beta Phi Observes 81st Founder's Day at Athens Club

Pi Beta Phi marks its 81st Founder's Day with a May 1 banquet at Athens Country Club. Ohio Alpha chapter hosted alumnae. Virginia Fisher welcomed guests and Ann Routsong reviewed the society's founding. Honors went to Linda Pedigo Martha Sifers Melba Jo Yates and more.

Pi Beta Phi Athens Country Club Ohio Alpha Chapter Ohio University Flashing Arrow Barbara Weber Janet Ingerham Pi Phi Patricia Connor Eudora Reitz Virginia Fisher Ann Routsong Sally Link Carol Kibler Katharine Hawkins Anne Baker Jane Grover Mary Beresford Margaret Sinclair Marret Sheard Dorothy Speaker Ean Sawyer Sally McNeil Sally Hawkins Onors Linda Pedigo Martha Sifers Melba Jo Yates Margaret Sheard Edward A. Sprague B. Oaken Phi Beta Kappa Mortar Board Ann Boutsong Ws Finsterwald Advisory Board Marilyn Covert Claude B. Parker Donald Mills Carl Clifford Margaret Porter Nelson Constance Leete Joseph P. Trepp D. M. Goddard Thomas Lavery Charles Daniel Frank Gullum H. R. Wilson Thomas Andrian William B. Wolfe Carl Fisher Wallace Phillips P. O. Nichols R. W. Finsterwald Mary Stalder Mary E., Kessinger H. G. Stalder Eleanor Fisher Gordon Gray

Kathleen Downey Seeks Horace Heidt Finals In Zanesville

Kathleen Downey 15, daughter of Dan and Mrs Downey of 100 W State St, Athens, was selected among ten to compete in the Horace Heidt audition finals in Zanesville. Finals are set for tonight at 8 p.m. at the local broadcasting station where Heidt will choose the winner. Downey, a Athens High School sophomore, studies voice with Mrs Milikan and others.

Kathleen Downey Dan Downey State St Horace Heidt Zanesville Kathleen Zanesville Broadcasting Miss Downey Athens High School Don Milikan

Norwegian Bride and Groom Wed at Good Shepherd Church

Sigrid Eri of Laerdal and Nils Stokke of Dale Bruvik Norway wed at 3 30 p m in the Church of the Good Shepherd in Athens Ohio The groom a 24 year old industrial engineering student at Ohio University studied in Norway and plans to work in textiles The bride left a secretarial post in Norway and will live in Athens until his degree is earned, seeking housing information via Dr Victor Whitehouse

Norway Sigrid Eri Laerdal Nils Stokke Dale Bruvik Ohio University Sydney J. Browne Church of the Good Shepherd Victor A. Whitehouse Stokke International Institute of Education United States Canada Howard Hall Athens Dr. Whitehouse

Ohio University Glee Clubs Concert Delights Memorial Auditorium

The Combined Glee Clubs of Ohio University delivered a spring concert with orchestral piano support from Miss Armida Koivisto and Robert Triplett. selections included Brahms Six Love Songs and Loeffler Psalm CXXXVII with encores and a final Alma Mater performed by all.

Memorial Auditorium Ohio University Hall Protheroe Bartholomew Boris Godounov Moussorgsky P. L. Peterson Armida Koivisto Robert Triplett Brahms Glee Club Merritt Loeffler Mozart Lecuona Tom Scott John Kirkpatrick Palestrina

Engineers' Ball at OU Gym Dazzles with Theme and Talent

Social notes describe the annual OU Engineers' Ball held May 1 at the Men's Gymnasium. About 600 guests danced to Bart Deming and his Orchestra from nine to twelve under orange and blue balloons, with a large wooden gear centerpiece and blue paper slide rules as programs. The event featured a professional floor show, a live broadcast over WOUN, and remarks by university officials and faculty couples.

OU Engineers Bart Deming Columbus Engineers’ Club Addi Republic Studios Hollywood Olson and Johnson Company Deming WOUN John C. Baker Dean FE. J. Taylor Maurel Hawkins Irma E. Voigt E. H. Gay

Phi Epsilon Pi Spring Formal Weekend at Country Club

Phi Epsilon Pi hosted a weekend of events capped by a Saturday formal at the Country Club where Willie McKay led a 14 piece orchestra from 9 to midnight. Seventy five couples attended the dance with many out of town guests and a Friday hayride and wiener roast drawing about 100 participants. A Sunday buffet closed the weekend, with blue bunting and a backlight setting enhancing the venue.

Phi Epsilon Pi Country Club Phi Epsilon Willie McKay Carl Nessley Jack Rhodes Dean Philip Peterson Fred Pickard George Starr Lasher Isabelle Work Richard Crumley John Craven Sol Rosenberg Ben

Hunter for Congress Club Ad Honors wartime service

A campaign notice thanks supporters for the bid by Dr. Hunter of Athens who resigned from the Ohio University Board of Trustees to enter World War II, endorsed by the Hunter for Congress Club in Athens Ohio.

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