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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1937
Page
6
Harrisonville grade school announces honor roll readers for four weeks with names from grades 1 through 6. High school lists honor roll for year across junior and senior classes with several six week streaks. Commencement, 4-H club formed, and local visits plus baccalaureate speech highlighted.
Cey Mrs Bert Glaze and Miss Elizabeth Moore are part of a list of social visits. Schools closed here Friday for the summer vacation. Mr and Mrs D L Reisinger Gallipolis, Mr and Mrs F C Halliday, and Mr and Mrs V S Atkins were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs E V Atkins. Mr and Mrs H L Knopp visited Mrs Ella Knopp on Sunday.
South Canaan relatives and friends attended the funeral of Mrs. Frank Bodi who was born in Hungary in 1868. She leaves her husband and two sons. Also listed are visits and weekend hostings among local families and a note that eighty percent of tornadoes occur between noon and 6 p.m.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Church will meet at president Mrs. B. W. Simpkins home Wednesday for a weekly quilting party with a potluck dinner. Miss Olive Brookins hosts the Martha Bible Class Friday evening assisted by Mrs. Elizabeth Robinett. special music featured. Memorial Day services are set at Concord Church on Sunday May 30 with Mrs. O. B. Boudinot and Mrs. B. F. Wemmer on the program committee.
A dense listing of radio and stage acts including NBC Science News X Sisters Tom Thomas Rhythmatics Easy Aces Jesters Van Loon Passing Parade Bediey Brown CBS Musical America Concert Hall Sports Resume Hall Orch Jack Putton Ma and Pa Woollcott Boake Carter Arnheim Orch Dorsey Orch Dailey Orch Werks Orch Isham Jones Five Star Revue Kitty Kelly Aunt Jenny Kathryn Cravens Montans Slim Myrt and Marge Three Rancheros Foreign Trade and Inez Lopes with many named performers and orchestras.
Rio Grande coverage shows a busy festival with May Queen Bernice Keyes crowned by Coal Grove visitors, campus faculty from Wellston and Jackson, and local dignitaries attending dances and dinners. Memorial and baccalaureate talks added to the weekend’s schedule, plus alumni activities and community programs across town.
Miss Etta Mae Beebe and Mr. Orvin Potts married on Saturday April 3 at the home of Mr and Mrs James Herdman in Chauncey with Rev Robert Ossman officiating. The couple plans to reside in Lancaster where Potts works. Guests included the couple, Rev Ossman, the Herdmans and their son Richard.
Four British stars from the London run join Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell in MGM’s Night Must Fall at the Athena. Filmed on location in Sherwood Forest California with nearly five hundred extras, the project brings Hunt Stromberg’s bold drama to the screen, under John Van Druten’s adaptation. May Whitty heads the English principals.
Chauncey residents share weekend visits and travels. Mr and Mrs Burg Johnston of Chauncey spent Sunday in Columbus with daughter Margaret. The Ferrels of Pontiac Mich attended a family funeral for C W Ferrel in Chauncey. Mrs Gladys Pickering visited Columbus friends. Lieut J W Hickman returned to Carlisle Ky after time with family in Chauncey. Neil Tippett Glennis Karns Stanley Bolin and Dailey Sapp of Williamson Contracting near Montgomery W Va spent weekend in Chauncey. Andrew Simpkins and son Donald visiting Detroit. James Williamson Sr Columbus visited by son George Williamson and family. Clyde Wend Covington Ky spent weekend in Millfield visiting father George Wend. Clyde Wend, formerly Chauncey student, now W C KY engineer. Mrs James Herdman Chauncey seriously ill at Sycamore Street home. Carl Mills Vera Whit latch and Elaine Waters-Portsmouth were weekend guests at Floyd Linscott’s The Plains.
Those from Chauncey attending the game at Cincinnati Sunday were Floyd Karns Frank Canter John Smart Eddie Blackford Roger Boling Albert Smith and George Bartlett and William Powell Floodwood.
Friendship Bible Class of the Church of Christ meets Wednesday night at the church parish house for devotions and a business session led by Mrs. Jessie Fiske before the group goes for a wiener roast.
Mrs. Donald Henry and Ethel Henry visited Mrs. Henrys parents Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wharton in Johnstown Ohio. On Sunday they were guests of a brother in law and sister Mr. and Mrs. Truman Hedges Ruth Wharton at Centerbury Ohio.
Chauncey Louis Northrop underwent a major surgical operation at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus last Wednesday. His wife Mrs. Northrop and sons Louis Jr. and Paul were at the hospital, while a daughter Mrs. Eugene Spurbeck started a visit on Sunday to spend the week with him.
The Naomi Bible Class of The Plains M E Church will meet at the home of Mrs. Anna Slater on Wednesday night. Mrs. Lawrence Bowen will assist, with class president Mrs. Jeanette Tipton leading and teacher Mrs. C J McCullough presenting the Bible lesson.
The Plains High School Alumni Association sponsors a benefit party and dance at the high school on Wednesday night May 19. Veryl Whetstone serves as president of the Alumni.
Syracuse Cap Andy and Flip will perform at the Syracuse School Auditorium on Wednesday night May 19 in a benefit hosted by the Star Class of the Presbyterian Church. The PTA year closed with a meeting in the school auditorium.
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