Bride-Elect Jane Pope to Wed Mr Fishlock in June
Miss Jane Pope and Pittsburgh man Mr Jack Fishlock announced plans for a June wedding. A luncheon and miscellaneous shower in her honor was hosted at the Cottage Tea House by Mrs Patrick Dennis White. Variegated spring flowers decorated the table set for fourteen guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Pope
Jack Fishlock
Pittsburgh
Cottage Tea House
Patrick Dennis White
Florence
Pittsburgh, Pa
John 8. Collins
N, High St
Breakfast Shower for Florence Sparks Bride-Elect
Three hostesses at Colonial Apartments hosted a breakfast and shower at Hotel Berry on Sunday morning for Miss Florence Mabel Sparks Washington D H whose June wedding to Mr. Fred L. Preston Jr. will be held locally. Guests included Miss Mabel Olson Miss Elizabeth Wood Miss Bette Stevens Miss Helen Willim Miss Elizabeth Eddington Mrs Hazel Purcell Mrs Susan Vance and Mrs Ralph E Orr from Granville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Watkins
Marjorie Knecht
Freda M. Smith
Colonial Apartments
Hotel Berry
Florence Mabel Sparks
Washington, D. H
Fred L. Preston, Jr
Mabel Olson
Elizabeth Wood
Bette Stevens
Helen Willim
Elizabeth Eddington
Hazel Purcell
Susan Vance
Ralph E. Orr
Granville
Cotton Ball themed Alpha Delta Pi Spring Formal at Country Club
The Alpha Delta Pi Spring Formal at the Country Club featured a Cotton Ball theme in honor of the sorority national convention to be held in Virginia in June. Decorations included cotton bales and a cotton ball ceiling. favors were tooled leather cigarette cases. Notables included Jimmy Littler's Orchestra and chaperons such as Dean Irman Voigt and Mrs. H Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Delta Pi
Country Club
Virginia
Children of American Revolution Elect Officers at Meeting
The Children of the American Revolution held its first meeting on Saturday May 24 at the Lash home in Columbus. Susan Lash Callender presided at the officer elections naming Carolyn Hopkins president Paul Conner vice president Joan Armstrong corresponding secretary Sally Armstrong recording secretary Alice Vercoe treasurer Dea McKinstry chaplain Kenneth Tompkins and John Dunlap flag bearers Martha Hickman custodian of the flag. The group includes many D A R descendants and will attend a state meeting in Columbus June 21 with Mrs Lowell Burnelle and Dr Burnelle hosting a dance at the Deshler during the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lash
W. State St
Patricia Clark
Washington
Susan Lash Callender
Carolyn Hopkins
Paul Conner
Joan Armstrong
Sally Armstrong
Alice Vercoe
Dea McKinstry
Kenneth Tompkins
John Dunlap
Martha Hickman
Harry Lackey
Nabby
Former Athens Girl Wins Office Honors
Mrs. Lloyd C. Black formerly Mary McCune daughter of Mr and Mrs Len B McCune of Athens is visiting her parents at 33 Maplewood Drive. She recently was elected president of the Pi Beta Phi alumnae chapter in Charleston at a meeting attended by Mrs John A Wade at the Lillys penthouse. A graduate of Ohio University School of Art she belongs to Allied Artists of West Virginia and was named corresponding secretary at the final meeting of the year at Mason College of Music and Fine Arts in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd C. Black
Mary McCune
Len B. McCune
Maplewood Drive
Black
Charleston
W. Va
Pi Beta Phi
John A. Wade
A. A. Lilly
Ruffner Hotel
Ohio University School of Art
Allied Artists of
West Virginia
Mason College of Music and Fine Arts
O.U
Kay Carnes
Lima
Mary Robertson
Clarksburg
Ruth Miller
California
Doris Killinen
Fairport Harbor
Bettie Bell
Cleveland
Jimmy Gibbs
James
L. P. Eblin
Ohio University
Faithful Few Club Holds Annual Dinner and Meeting
Members met at Carl's Lunch at six o'clock Wednesday for the annual dinner and last meeting of the year. Bridge scores placed Mrs. Eloise Ours first, Mrs. Charles Zinn second, Mrs. Ora Haning third, and Mrs. Curtis Caldwell as consolation and mystery prize winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faithful Few Club
Carl
Bridge
Eloise Ours
Charles Zinn
Ora Haning
Curtis Caldwell
Curtis
Conservation Committee At Merrill Chase Home
The Alexander Township Home Conservation Committee met at the Merrill Chase home on a Wednesday. Orland Hooper reported on wheat quotas as part of a discussion on economic democracy on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Township Home Conservation Committee
Merrill Chase
Orland Hooper
Howard Woodyard
Cilnm
Robert Coates
Ed Brooks
Floyd Williams
Minta Chase
At & P.m
Lancaster High Rates High in Music Contest
Lancaster High School ensembles achieved top ratings at a national high school music competition in Flint Michigan. The brass sextet Paul Oberhofer Bob Snider Jud Hamstine Clyde Defenbaugh Ted Ashton Paul Riser and the clarinet ensemble Richard Erick Bill Haines Cassel Wentz Flossie Smith won top honors as announced by Principal Paul Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Flint, Mich
Paul Porter
Paul Oberhofer
Bob Snider
Jud Hamstine
Clyde Defenbaugh
Ted Ashton
Paul Riser
Richard Erick
Bill Haines
Cassel Wentz
Flossie Smith
Athens School News of 1859 Found in Old House
Fragile 1859 Athens Union Schools paper found during remodeling in the Logan era house at 9 S Lancaster St. The four page issue lists the 1849 organized schools, 1859 board members Leonidas Jewett Eliakim Moore and others, teachers including Lizzie Stewart and Samantha Webster, tuition figures, perfect attendance names, visitor list, and notes on the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Logan
Harry Burns
S. Lancaster St
Burns
Athens Union Schools
Board of Education
Leonidas Jewett
Eliakim H. Moore
William P. Johnson
George W. Baker
Julius C. Stedman
Lot L. Smith
Lizzie Stewart
Samantha Webster
Christiana Beaton
Virginia de Steigner
Lizzie Sanderson
Lizzie Carpenter
Sarah Hatch
Julia Webster
Delia Dobson
Ellen Whipple
Ellen McCune
Caroline
One Woman to Another Woman Receives Glove Commission
Mrs. Richard Calhoun of The Plains earned an Akron department store order for her rick rack gloves. She made summer rick rack gloves for exhibit and sale through Cooper ative Crafts Distributive in Athens and via Floyd Cooper. The commission followed the cooperative's Akron contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Calhoun
The
Plains
Akron
Calhoun
Cooperative Crafts Distributive
Athens
Floyd Cooper
Alpha Delta Pi Roast for Athens High Seniors
Athens High School seniors were entertained by Alpha Delta Pi sorority at a wiener roast at Sells Park on Sunday afternoon. Attendees included Eugenia Kresge Martha Hoisington Mary M. Graham Betty French Helen Radford Mary Virginia Bingman Martha Hooper Sara Baird Elizabeth Krecker Betty Maxwell Pat Sherrard Ann Maccombs Eula Ashton Jane Finsterwald Joan Woolley Joan Watts Betsy Bailey Marguerite Smith and Charlotte DeMolet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens High School
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Sells Park
Eugenia Kresge
Martha Hoisington
Mary M. Graham
Betty French
Helen Radford
Mary Virginia Bingman
Martha Hooper
Sara Baird
Elizabeth Krecker
Betty Maxwell
Pat Sherrard
Ann Maccombs
Eula Ashton
Jane Finsterwald
Joan Woolley
Joan Watts
Betsy Bailey
Marguerite Smith
Charlotte DeMolet
Old Man's Cave charms draw OU students on picnic day
Southern Ohio’s Cedar Falls Old Man’s Cave and Rock House draw Ohio University students from across the state for Decoration Day picnics. The feature sites share scenic ledges, bridges, and canyonlike rock formations, inspiring postcard views and future visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Ohio University
Cedar Falls
Old Man's Cave
California
Rock House
Grand Canyon
Hocking County
Mrs. Cullums Celebrates 93rd Birthday at Home
Louise Cullums of Franklin Avenue was feted Saturday May 24 at her Wellston home with a family supper. A pink 93 cake, candled and iced, and baskets of candy accompanied ice cream. Attendees included E N Cullums and families, Roy Graves clan, and grandsons Edward N Jr and Ashton Cullums. Memorial Day cemetery cleanup planned at Hooper Ridge Cemetery Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Cullums
Franklin Ave
E. N. Cullums
Wellston
E. Cullums
Roy Graves
Doris Cullums
Cullums
Earle S. Cullums
D A R Leader Urges Sacrifice and Self-Reliance
NEW YORK Mrs William H Pouch newly elected President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution calls for a return to simple living to strengthen national defense. She warns of hard times ahead and urges women to learn sewing cooking gardening nutrition first aid and other self sufficient skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William H. Pouch
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Pouch
D.A.R
Committee of National Defense
Washington, D. C
Club and organization notices from Athens area calendar
Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae meet at Mrs Hellebrandt's home 153 Morris Ave Monday 7 30 p m Emmett Rowles assistant hostess notify hostess if unable to attend New England Women annual picnic Junod Cabin West of Albany hostess Mrs O D Daily Athens Women's Music Club guest night Athens Country Club Monday 8 p m Tuesday Club picnic at Five Oaks with Dean Voigt Dr Edith Wray hostesses guest speaker Mr Walter Porter wild flowers Tuesday 5 30 p m O Y Guild of Christian Church regular and annual guest meeting pot luck supper Tuesday 5 45 p m home of Mrs John Jagers W B A meets Tuesday 7 30 p m Odd Fellows Hall Athens Garden Club hosts Garden Clubs of Athens County garden tour starts at Mrs Gordon K Bush Tuesday 2 00 p m Grand view Heights Utah Place music and dance at Mrs W H Logan 3 00 to 5 00 p m tea at Mrs D R Zenner to conclude the tour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeta Tau Alpha
E. T. Hellebrandt
Morris Ave
Emmett Rowles
New England
Junod Cabin
Albany
O. D. Daily
Athens Women’s Music Club
Athens Country Club
Dean Voigt
Edith Wray
Five Oaks
Walter Porter
OAY Guild of Christian Church
John Jagers
Odd Fellows Hall
Athens Garden Club
Athens County
Gordon K. Bush
Grandview Heights
Utah
W. H. Logan
D. R. Zenner
Pitfalls of Love TM A Sequel to Marriage Meddlers
Mary Veritzen stays in Madge Graham’s balcony suite at Hotel Lansfield to recover Philip Veritzen’s wife Olga of Transvania. Madge fears surveillance as she plots with Philip to monitor a mysterious room while a private sleuth may shadow a suspicious occupant in the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Veritzen
Madge Graham
Inlaw
Philip Veritzen
Madge
Lansfield
Hilip
Qu Olga
Transvania
Philip
Rer Wee
Leon Ar Morton
Philip Veritaen
Olga
Mary
Plays Announced For 41 42 Theatral at Ohio University
Ohio University expects about 7 500 theater goers this year per Dr Robert Gates Dawes director of the school of dramatic art Playshop drew more than 3 650 in nine performances and University Theater attendance reached a new high of 3 800 The list for 1941 42 includes The Male Animal and Arsenic and Old Lace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Robert Gates Dawes
School of Dramatic Art
Playshop
University
Violinist and Soprano Recital by Ohio University
Violinist Mrs Mary Anne Coughlin assisted by Miss Evelyn McGuire soprano will perform a recital at Ohio University School of Music Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Music Hall Auditorium. Repertoire includes Bruch Bach Dvorak Saint-Saens and Wieńiawski works plus arias and songs. Accompanists are Nancy Jo Counts and Freda Carson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anne Coughlin
Evelyn McGuire
Ohio University School of Music
Music Hall
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Gardner
Wieniawski
Dvorak Kreisler
Miss McGuire
Saint- Saens
Curran
Woodman
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Ohio U
H. J. Smith
Stimson Ave
Alveta June
Alfred Lowell Cole
Cole
E. W. Cole
Second St
Marietta
Florence Sparks
Ohio University R. O. T. C. Review
Col. F. F. McNeill
Ohio University Rotc
Thomas F. McNeill
Richland Ave
Eleanor Schultz
Riilry
Susan Lash Callander
Bernice Snyder
Mary McLeod
Shirley Dween
Ruth Reed
Nie Vollmer
Jean McNeill
C. Stewart Whitcomb
Robert Rosser
James Supik
Milton Norris
Charles Stamm
Pershing Rifle Organization
Scabbard and Blade
Children of American Revolution
Lawrence P. Eblin
E. State St
James Blakely
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Eblin
Benjamin E. Cheney
Gladys Jones
Margaret Jones
Congress Apartments
Major Cheney
Chanute Field
Rantoulll
Athens School
Union School
By Marian Bush Reeder
L. Jewett, Esq
J. M. Goodspeed
O. W. Pickering
Solomon
Howard
Mary Carpenter
Angie Brown
Mary Crippen
J. L. Currier
G. W. Baker
Sarah Golden
Hattie Carpenter
Emma Carpenter
A. B. Walker
W. P. Kes
de Vol
John Graham
Loren Glazier
Charles Hibbard
Glazier
J. R. Harvey
State St
D. J. Evans
Evans
Just
Alpha Delta Pi Roast
H. S
Vern Smolik
George Hall
O. U
Hughey Backensee
Hall
Coney Island
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Mrs. Cullums
Hooper Ridge Cemetery
Earth
Marriage Meddlers
Adele Garrison
Veritzen
Lillian
Nancy Jo Counts
Freda Carson
Irene Witham
C. H. Creed
Athens State Hospital
Marion Rose
Route Five
Lydia E. Pinkham
ABC Washers
Ironers
ABC
Ford & Young Electric Appliances
Court St
Cologne
Ice
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