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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1946
Page
6
Betty Carevie offers a simple background bonnet making guide using three yards of taffeta ribbon and a tuck comb. She describes measuring head size across the crown, creating four small pleats to form a bandeau, then looping the ribbon into a bow and securing with hatpins for a side-hinged, stylish headpiece.
The University Theater closes its season with Blithe Spirit drawing the strongest applause of the year. The cast delivers flawless performances led by Dale Engle and Corinne Van Dame with Cyrille Weingarden as Madame Arcati. Seances charm the living room scene as the show earns praise and runs tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Ewing Auditorium.
Mr and Mrs Robert Bird presented a program of French songs at two musicales hosted by Le Cercle Francais at Miss Mary Ness home, Ohio University faculty member. Bird, a student returning from Army service in Europe, performed with piano by Nuss, both studied under Oscar Seasile. The pair plan to return to Schroon Lake Colony of Music this summer.
Twenty-one new members were initiated at the May meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary at the Legion Home. The event honored by Mrs. C. J. Ailstock, with Poppy Days May 24 and 25 and discussions on local rehabilitation and child welfare funded by poppy sales. Visitors from Guysville attended, an engraved gavel was presented, and donations were made to the Cancer Clinic and Emergency Food Program. The group plans scrapbooks for Athens County Children’s Home and Sheltering Arms Hospital. Also noted is Navy veteran Bruce H. Hudson’s discharge and return to Athens to pursue college study at Oberlin College after a stint as hospital corpsman.
Round About Town remarks on bread slicing and thrift with a memory of Connecticut soya bread. It includes National Foot Health Week tips from Dr S M Clifton detailing care rules to prevent foot ailments and a warning from Perce Westmore. Presbyterian Junior Choir invites members to meet Saturday at 1 pm.
Athens First Christian Church marks sixty years with a morning worship service and a basket dinner in the dining room on May 26. After a short program there will be an anniversary service at 2 p.m. with Rev. J. B. Maffett and Rev. Gaines M. Cook as speakers and special music from the Junior Choir and former choirs. Bible School begins at 9:15, and guests from county churches are invited.
The West Side PTA held its final meeting of the year at the school with a potluck supper followed by a business session presided by retiring president Mrs. George Merchant. Third and Fourth grade students performed a May program directed by Mrs. Pauline Heft.new officers installed for the coming year include Mrs. Lewis McBride as president, Mrs. Freeman Scott as vice president, Miss Ann Hay as secretary, and Mr. Howard Fisher as treasurer.
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