May Queen crowned on Ohio University's Senior Day
Katherine Carnes of Lima will be crowned May Queen at 6 30 p m on Senior Day at Memorial Auditorium Ohio University The event includes Maypole dancing music and a procession Attendants are Doris Kilkenn Fairport Bettie Bell Cleveland Ruth Miller California Pa and Mary Robertson Clarkburg W Va The court wears reproductions of seventeenth century costumes with Jimmie Gibbs son of the university president bearing the crown The Men s Glee Club performs and Old English folk dances are staged with Pete Hlinka on accordion
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Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Athens
Atlus
Katherine Carnes
Lima
George Hall
Doris Killinen
Fairport
Bettie Bell
Cleveland
Ruth Miller
California
Mary Robertson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Dennison Art Department
Jimmie Gibbs
Herman James
Carnes
Phyllis Jean
Patty Peterson
P. L. Peterson
College of Education
Thomas C. McCracken
Sarah Hatcher
Pete Hlinka
Formal Semester Recital At Music Hall Tonight
Nine Athens students of Helen Hedden Roach of Ohio University perform in a formal Semester Recital at 7 30 p m in Music Hall Auditorium. The lineup includes Lois Dixon Virginia Rardin Mary Allen Gibson Ruth Ann Grover Jean Chapman Marjorie Malone Elizabeth Morris Canaan Road Newman Powell Virginia Segale and Charles Boocks plus many others and accompanying performers.
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Athens
Helen Hedden Roach
Ohio University
Music Hall
Lois Dixon
J. Floyd Dixon
Virginia Rardin
Dan A. Rardin
Mary Allen Gibson
Thomas E. Gibson
Ruth Ann Grover
B. T. Grover
Jean Chapman
Chapman
Meigs County
Marjorie Malone
J. A. Malone
Fiela D. Malone
Elizabeth Morris
Girl Scout Cook-Out At Camp Rotan Lifts Camaraderie
The Girl Scout Council Leader Cook-Out held today at Camp Rotan featured a bean hole luncheon on the cabin porch. Decorations used white and yellow crepe paper with buttercup corsages. Mrs. T. R. Biddle attended while Mrs. Klingenberg and Mrs. Mann oversaw decor and favors. Mrs. Herbert W. Cox led songs. An archery set debuted as the group planned an annual luncheon to foster acquaintance. Mrs. Harold Junod chaired the event.
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Girl Scout Council
Camp Rotan
T. R. Biddle
Joseph Klingenberg
Louis Mann
Herbert W. Cox
Sigma Phi Gamma Hosts Three Hostesses At Hotel Athens
After a semi monthly meeting Sigma Phi Gamma entertained by Miss Clarice McDaniel Miss Margaret Ford and Miss Betty Gilham at the Hotel Athens An entertaining game Dubbridge yielded prizes to Mrs Mil dred Cox and Miss Marjorie Herd man Refreshments were served in the Hotel Berry dining room The sorority has held stork showers for Mrs Pryce Dunlap and Mrs Charles Gross Mrs Gross has moved to Buffalo plans to join a local Buffalo chapter A picnic supper at Nice's Park is planned for June 2 by pledges and active members
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Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Clarice McDaniel
Margaret Ford
Betty Gilham
Athens
Ments
Berry
Pryce Dunlap
Charles Gross
Richland Avenue Garden Club Meets with Flower Contest
The Richland Ave Garden Club met at Athens Township School. Miss Villa Tippie and Mrs. Carrie Burson won the contest identifying 21 flowers and 31 leaves, with weather proof labels as prizes. Members exchanged potted plants and planned a June garden clinic or quiz event. A guest speaker will demonstrate flower arrangement.
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Richland Ave
Athens Township
Villa Tippie
Carrie Burson
Garden Club
Co-Eds Observe Cotton Week At Ohio University
National Cotton Week is celebrated by home economics students at Ohio University. They design and sew casual cotton frocks using chambray gingham and other cottons, draping fabric to fit individual measurements. The department recently added abrasion and yarn twist testers and a fabric tear gauge to aid textile studies.
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Ohio University
Home Economics Department
Advance
Mariam
S. Morse
Playshop presents The 8 50 and three other acts Thursday
O A Playshop stages The 8 50 by William Webb Thursday at 7 30 pm in Ewing Auditorium set at a bus station and exploring life shifts after a transcontinental bus arrival. Martha Harris directs Hospital Scene by Lawrence Dugan, with Dale Engle starring. Robert Greene directs The Flattering Word by George Kelley. Leona Pickard and Dale Engle act in A Marriage Has Been Arranged by Alfred Sutro. Curtain at 7 30 pm. Also Pythian Sisters from Athenian Temple No 173 attended District No 11 convention in Logan led by Mrs Canter past chief delegate.
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Phil
Taylor
Athens
James Stephenson
Pomeroy
William Webb
Ewing Auditorium
Webb
Martha Harris
Lawrence Dugan
Dale Engle
Logan Sophomore
Robert Greene
George Kelley
Suade
Reuben Plaskoff
Alfred Sutro
Leona Pickard
Glouster
Logan
Playshop
Athenian Temple No. 173
District No. 11
Margaret McHarg
Elizabeth Canter
Matie Pritchard
Ruth Smith
Verna Marquis
Hannah Mills
Bess Fleck
Canter
Pitfalls of Love and a Hidden Notebook
A narrator directs her father to retrieve a small black notebook from a dusty attic box marked Mary Miscellaneous. The exchange involves a coded message and urgency to locate the book before morning, revealing family dynamics and a mystery threaded through a farm setting.
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Madge
Mary
Students Recital and Shower Honors in May
Voice students of Assistant Professor P. L. Peterson perform a Friday recital at 4 p m in Music Hall Auditorium and additional recital Monday at 7 p m in the same hall. A miscellaneous shower for Mr and Mrs Carl Erwin (Mary Mills) is set for Friday evening May 23 at Milton Mills home in Baker Settlement with friends invited.
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P. L. Peterson
Music Hall
Peterson
Milton Mills
Baker Settlement
Carl Erwin
Mary Mills
Marriage Meddlers Sequel Unfolds In Motel Suite
In a continuation, Madge Graham and Mary Veritaen discuss a coded message in a black notebook linked to Morton’s letter. Madge worries about timing as Mary heads to fetch the book, while the narrator notes a suspected intruder in the balcony area.
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Hetes Graham
Mary Veritaen
Madge
Morton
Mary
Marion
Graham Farmhouse
Ohio State intern invents portable infant respirator device
Dr. Robert Srigley a senior surgical interne at Ohio State University Hospital since 1940 unveils an infant resuscitation device made from a 98 cent garbage can. The hand operated absorber breathes for newborns and costs twenty five dollars with an oxygen mask gauge and diaphragm.
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Robert 8. Siigley
Ohio State University Hospital
Siigley
Earl Schofield
Ohio State University Medical Workshop
Andrews Rogers
O. S. U. College of Medicine
Srigley
University Hospital, Columbus
H. S. Srigley
Dr. Srigley
Athens
Ohio University
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Pi
Harvard University
Charity Hospital
New Orleans
Waterloo High Commencement Exercises at May 22
Waterloo High School plans commencement on Thursday May 22 at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. The program features processional invocations, performances by Harriet Dicken Elsie Stright and Jo Ann Graham, salutatory and class addresses, diploma presentations by Leonard Prater, and senior songs plus benediction. Class night occurs tonight with student projects and poems. A rummage sale at Central Ave Methodist Church is listed for City Hall Friday and Saturday.
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Waterloo High School
Ev. Hoon
Harriet Dicken
Elsie Stright
Nelle McVey
Board of Education
Leonard Prater
Mary Mills
Doris Buckley
Beatrice Kennison
Betty Brooks
Harriett Dicken
Martha Wilson
Central Ave. Methodist Church
City Hall
Club Calendar Shows Community Meetings and Events
A list of club gatherings and activities across the area notes dates for Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae, Homemakers' Club, No Faithful Few, Business and Professional Women's Club, Ladies' Auxiliary of Eagles, First and Second Grades operetta, Ov Amere Needle Club, U C D Club, The Marionette Show at Athens City Library, Deborah Class, Brownie events, Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary, and a Bazaar and Bake Sale at Yaw's Western Auto.
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Eagles
Eagles’ Hall
East Side School
SS Flowers
East Side Auditorium
First Methodist Church
Yaw
Western Auto Supply
Court St
Precautions After Lincoln Assassination Rules Not to Travel Together
Following Lincoln's assassination the president and vice president avoid appearing together. They do not ride the same train when possible to reduce risk and provide mutual protection. The notice reflects heightened security and precedent in executive travel.
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Abraham Lincoln
United States
Dance Event at National You Administration Area Armory
About one hundred people attended a Saturday dance at the Armory area venue with Jim Orchestra providing music for the event.
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National
You Administration
Armory
Jim Orchestra
West Side PTA Elects Officers
The West Side PTA elected next year’s officers: Floyd Wolfe president Mary Galvin vice president Robert Goodchild secretary Kenneth Galvin treasurer and John Huffman auditor. Superintendent Pendry praised the group and urged patriotism and Memorial Day participation.
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West Side P.T.A
Evan Edwards
Floyd Wolfe
Mary Galvin
Robert Goodchild
Kenneth Galvin
John Huffman
Harper C. Pendry
Edwards
Pendry
Pauline Kimes
West Side
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Harold Junod
Cornwell
Central Avenue
Ruth Snow
State St
McKee Drug Co
McKee’s
Eleanor Schultz
Hot Springs
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Miss Schultz
Virginia Pride
Pi Beta Phi
R.co.t.c
Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio
O. A. Playshop
Adele Garrison
Waterloo High
Gallaher
Alpha Gamma Delta
W. F. Jand
North Hill
Copeland
Homemakers’ Club
Ross Wright
N. May Ave
Red Cross
Carl
Business and Professional Women's Club
Cline Building
Amere Needle Club
R. L. Miller
Hebbardsville
U.C.D. Club
Roy Dupler
Athens City
Deborah
The
Christian Church
Athens State Hospital
Episcopal Church
F. W. Reed
Columbia Ave
Christian cHunch Goh
Guild of the Christian Church
John Jagers
Lydia E. Pinkham
California Pottery
Summers &Son
Cline
Athens’ Music Center
West Side Pta
John Doe
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