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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1936
Page
12
Kay Murphy reflects on Mother's Day as a personal celebration and family ritual. She notes the timeless influence of mothers, the ritual of carnations, and the idea that while the day has roots in history it remains a living tribute. The piece blends humor and reverence as it urges shared family moments.
Irving Aaronson and His Commanders, a 14 piece group fresh from Europe, will perform at Ohio University’s 1936 Senior Ball on May 22. The show will feature Lola Bard and Phil Saxe, with Aaronson’s floor act and a coast-to-coast radio presence. The event, announced by Senior Ball chairman Alvin Merendino, notes Aaronson’s hit Love in Bloom from a Bing Crosby film.
A series of social notices lists Prof and Mrs D B Green and children Nona Jean and Ursula heading to Youngstown for a visit with Mrs Green's sister and to Cleveland for the IRE meeting, with family plans for the weekend. Also noted are visits by Prof and Mrs T N Hoover in Columbus, Miss Mary Elizabeth Sprague visiting Gullums in Athens, and several other weekend guests and travel between Athens, Columbus, Lancaster, and Washington, D C, including local hosts and residences.
Today the Junior Music Club hosts a guest day at the Faculty Women’s Club at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Helen Hedden Roach. Seniors leaving the club will be honored. Miss Marianna McKay Miss Dorothy Gentry and Mr. Frederic Krecker perform piano and vocal numbers. Members will sing folk songs and present two Swedish and German dances under Miss Joy Cutler.
Pi Beta Phi transformed Athens Country Club into a arrow lit ballroom for a large annual dance led by Mary Ellen Bibbee and Fred Newman with eighty five couples. The event featured Greek crest displays, blue diamond programs, and chaperoned by local hosts. nearby Union Men’s hall hosted a Ted Toll musical night with about ninety couples under Eleanor Cook and Mary Herron planning. Additional dances at Boyd Hall and Howard Hall drew guests and committees with floral country garden decor and yellow moon trellis entrances.
Athens High School held its Junior-Senior Peppermint Prom in the school gym, decorated with red and white peppermint canes and a backdrop for Ted Toll's orchestra. Decorations were led by Phyllis Logan with a committee of Mariel Conn et al, Eileen Sanders, Ruth Higgins, Delores Davis, and Alma Acomb. Jane Foster designed the canes and Isabelle Francis distributed candy tied tassels. Grand march featured junior president Don Grones and Martha McVay in blue lace chintz, followed by class officers and chaperons including Principal O. L. Wood and Mary Connett.
Dr A T Volwiler a History professor at Ohio University spoke in Athens High School Thursday afternoon about his biography of James A Harrison. He described research methods and photo gathering, reading passages from the work expected to be completed by 1945. Mary Elizabeth Lasher introduced the guest speaker to the classes studying biographies under Miss Treng Hand and Miss Lorene Brown with Miss Gertrude Fink supervising. Volwiler has worked on the biography since 1926 and holds Harrison correspondence from the Library of Congo via Mrs Hayrigon.
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