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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1953
Page
7
Fourteen boys attended a picnic supper held by Mr and Mrs Fred Weber in Albany Road yard to celebrate their son F W Weber turning 13. The event was Saturday evening.
A mixed pair tournament discussion explains South's no trump bid and the club lead sequence. The article recalls how East covers the club queen, dummy's tenspot and subsequent play influence, then shifts to Athens Gas Institute shows and a cooking school in Athens High School with 1500 attendees last year. The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. district manager F. W. Phillips promotes the event running Tuesday to Thursday evenings with Wilma Robinson assisting and free admission.
A bridge problem presents a hand where East has enough spades to block the suit, West leads a club, and declarer wins with the club ten then rips through the red suits to claim 11 tricks in no trump. The article poses a choice between a false three clubs bid to mislead the partnership and a follow up question for the next turn. It also notes early radio broadcasting in the 1920s on a 300 meter wavelength.
Alpha Xi Delta Alumnae Club meets 8 p.m. at 140 Grosvenor St with Mrs. Carl Sims hosting. IOOF Hall hosts WBA at 7:30 p.m. Presbyterian Church Women meet 7:30 p.m. Rev Chester D. Marquis speaks on The Church and the University. Athena Delphian Club 7:30 p.m. Fairview Ave. Senior CCL League hosts husbands dinner at 6 p.m. Grange Hall meets 8 p.m. with ird and fourth degree members. Baker Neighborhood Council 8 p.m. WSCS at First Methodist Church 2 p.m. Finance committee 1 p.m. Married Peoples Class at Rev and Mrs Joe B. Maffett home 7:30 p.m. Kappa Delta Pi dessert Lindley Hall Lounge 7:30 p.m.
The Bates Women's Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. Virgie Johnson's home. Officers elected: president Mrs. Johnson, vice president Mrs. Allen, secretary Mrs. Clayton, treasurer Mrs. McClain, corresponding secretary Mrs. Downey, spiritual leader Mrs. Huston. A candy and bake sale at the Athena Theatre was planned for May 16, and a shower for Mrs. Marguerite Brown was held. The next meeting is June 4 with Mrs. Huston. Also notes Mt Katmai eruption ash traveled 900 miles per the National Geographic Society.
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