District Meeting of Woman's Home Missionary Society Draws Large Attendance
The Ohio Methodist Conference district meeting in Athens drew ministers special guests and new ministers wives. Dr J W Danford led worship on unification of Methodist churches toward a single Woman's Division of Christian Service. Reports and talks covered Junior work Youth On Parade and schools for underprivileged girls amid tribute to late member P G Dowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Ohio Methodist Conference
Athens
J. W. Danford
First Methodist Church
Methodist Churches
Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
Woman's Division of Christian Service
C. C. Watts
Circleville
Ralph Woods
Violet Thomas
A. L. Vandeveer
Guy Bolin
M. G. Decker
R. C. Alexander
H. C. Vaughn
Vision Hill
P. G. Dowler
Girl Scouts Hold Masked Halloween Party
Three troops Rufus Putnam East Side and Central welcomed new members Ellen Nichols Jo Ann Cass Margaret Ann Sprague Sara Lee Roach Nancy Rosser Donna Jean Buck Nancy Ann Smith Judith King Ann Nicholson Betty Norris at a masked Halloween party in the Girl Scout Rooms Monday. East Side Needle Club meets Friday at 2 00 p m with Mrs L E Carpenter 53 May Ave. Alexander Aid Society also meets Friday at 1 30 p m at Grace Warren home Fisher Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
Girl Scout
Rufus Putnam
East Side
Central Girl Scouts
Ellen Nichols
Jo Ann Cass
Margaret Ann Sprague
Sara Lee Roach
Nancy Rosser
Donna Jean Buck
Nancy Ann Smith
Judith King
Ann Nicholson
Betty Norris
Central Troop
Gasco Club Holds Halloween Party at Mrs Bucher Home
The Gasco Sewing Club hosted a Halloween party at 30 Brown Ave with prizes to Mrs Frances Bailey and Mrs Helen Henry for best and most humorous costumes. Assistant hostesses were Mrs Grace Deem, Mrs Ferne Six, and Mrs Golda Carr. Refreshments included pumpkin pie cinnamon apples sandwiches and cider. The next meeting will be at Mrs Jesse Camp's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gasco Sewing Club
Richard Bucher
Brown Ave
Frances Bailey
Helen Henry
Grace Deem
Ferne Six
Golda Carr
Gasco Club
Jesse Camp
Halloween Party At Young Home
Miss Isabel and Miss Freda Young hosted a Halloween party at their May Avenue home Tuesday night. Two small jack o lanterns lit the porch as dancing cats decorated the living room and lanterns glowed. Florence Evans Violet Evans and Karl Packard won prizes in games. Guests numbered sixteen as cider doughnuts and candy were served by Mrs Wilbur Young assisted by Mrs Frank Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel
Freda Young
May Ave
Florence
Violet Evans
Karl Packard
Wilbur Young
Frank Phillips
Shower at Holland Home Honors Dana Carsey and Helen Holland
A Michigan shower was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Holland Friday night in honor of newlyweds Dana Carsey and Helen Holland. Guests included the couple’s families and friends who enjoyed music by Dana Carsey and Fred Rowland along with cider and doughnuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Holland
Dana Carsey
Helen Holland
Fred Rowland
William McBride
Ann
George McBride
Bessie Gabriel
William Cornell
Vera White
Walter Stephenson
Robert Mulpas
Elmer Pierce
Patty
Dave Carsey
Elizabeth
Charles Holland
Virgil Jones
Dinner at A. L. Riley Home Honors Guests Here
An informal dinner at Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Riley’s residence on Richland Avenue honored Mrs. Eva Lonas and her son Harry plus Mrs. John Marshall and Mrs. Walter Kankos’s sister and nephew who spent a week in Ohio visiting relatives. Attendees included Mrs. Eva Lonas of Springfield and others from Athens and Amesville, with several nieces and nephews present.
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A. L. Riley
Richland Ave
Riley
John Marshall
Walter Kankos
Kia
Eva’ Lonas
Harry Lonas
Ohio
Springfield
Eva Lonas
Harry
George Crawford
Canaonville
Geneva Mansfield
Athens
Guysville
Cyrous Bean
Everning
Alexander
Smith
Robert and
Russell
Mary
Wanda
Amesville
Gilbert Crawford
Rachel Margaret
Herman Cunningham
Anna Mansfield
Willie
Alice Robinson
Clarks Chapel
Della T Lawrence
Los Angeles
Calif
Bachelors Club Hosts Rag Taggeri Party at Hughes Cabin
About sixty members attended the October social by the Bachelors Club at Hughes cabin south of Athens. Miss Anna Margaret Bair led games and singing as refreshments followed. Committee members included Drexel MacTavish and Elmer Jacobs among others. numerous guests were listed. A chicken supper at Alexander Presbyterian Church Hebbardsville was postponed because of tarred roads. Mr. Marlow begins Coshocton sanitary officer duties November 1. Miss Eula Mae Carr and Miss Jane Wootten visited from Columbus during homecoming weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bachelors’ Club
Hughes Cabin
Athens
Anna Margaret Bair
Drexel MacTavish
Elmer Jacobs
Alice Lagerstrom
Margaret Hampel
Dorothy Reece
Grafton Cheney
Eleanor Minister
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Hebbardsville
Halloween Party Brightens Longstretc Social Scene
Friday evening Mrs. Venne Dane hosted a masked Halloween party for her sons Estel and Terry with games, contests, refreshments, and candy for a large group of guests. Several families visited over the weekend while others attended family gatherings and travel plans, with notices of a death in Barton Ohio and relatives visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longstreth
Venne Dane
Estel
Terry
Ronnie
Shirley Dupler
Jerry Eckels
Clara Mae
Joan
Gloria Jean Christian
Jack
Joe Gears
Bobby Dane
Jimmie Sanborn
Myrna Hawk
Anna McManaway
Carbton Hill
Phyllis Ann
Estell Dane
Mrs. Dane
Ada Gears
Fauna Matheny
Irene Dane
Billy
Bill Dearing
Buchtel
Albert Phillips
Rex
Gerald Bittner
Tim Dane
Vera Corsner
John Herald
Ellington to Play at Ohio Military Ball in 1939
Duke Ellington and his orchestra will headline Ohio's Sweetest Dance the 1939 Military Ball on Friday November 17 at the Men's Gymnasium. The event features Ivie Anderson and a committee led by Richard Eddy handling arrangements with sponsors tickets and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Ellington
Cotton Club
New York
Harlem
Ohio
Duke
Europe
Ellington
California
Ivie Anderson
Richard Eddy
John A. Lockard
Paul Baldy
Frederick Kittle
Robert Gorn
Joseph Boggs
Stuart Whitcomb
Fred Frazer
William Bass
Major and Mrs Baldwin New Residents Of Athens Oriental Collectors
Major and Mrs. Baldwin recently moved to Athens to join Ohio University as associate professor of military science and tactics. They collect oriental art pieces including teakwood tables a Chinese lamp and Bokhara rugs. Their daughter Rita is thirteen and Betty is fifteen with Bobby age three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major
Mrs. Baldwin
Athens
Perry L. Baldwin
Major Baldwin
Porto Rico
Baldwins
Ohio University
Baldwin
Elmwood Place
Bobby
Betty
Rita
Athens High School
College of Music
Cincinnati
Plattsburg
N. Y
Sigma Alpha Iota Musicale At Mary Ann McKay Home
Sigma Alpha Iota held its monthly musicale at Mary Ann McKay’s home at 37 Elmwood Place Sunday afternoon. Miss Helen Maaser spoke on her summer in Europe with highlights from Beiruth during the Wagnerian Festival. guests included Virginia Cristman, Florine Marratt, Alice Maccombs, Ruth Rothrock, Helen Louise Schmidt, Newman Powell, and Mrs. Allen R. Kresge who poured tea. Records of Wagnerian music were played during the tea hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigma Alpha Iota
Mary Ann McKay
Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority
Elmwood Place
Helen Maaser
Halloween Party at Central Avenue church sparks costume prizes
Skeletons clowns and a dog in a dog house attended the Progressive Class Halloween event. Guests navigated a rope maze and hall of mystery with shocks from pans water gloves and bed springs. Prizes went to Wanda Wolfe for most unique costume Robert Hutchins for funniest and Kenneth Galvin for prettiest. A Round-Up Festival roast pig dinner is planned for Nov 21 with invites for members and prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Avenue Church
Wanda Wolfe
Robert Hutchins
Kenneth Galvin
Floyd Wolfe
Stanley Jeffrey
Robert Harvey
Marriage Meddlers at Hotel Lansfield in New York
Madge Graham reunites with Dicky at the Hotel Lansfield in New York to rescue him from a gangster scheme and to wait out danger. Their playful detour toward supper and banter mask looming threats as Lillian and Harry Underwood push for timely action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Graham
Dicky
Lansfield
New York City
Lillian
Harry Underwood
Madge
Community notices and club meetings listed for the week
Calendar items include Daughters of Union Veterans meeting at I O O F Hall with a 7 p m refreshment and Halloween birthday celebration, Central PTA Study Group with topics by Helen Moriarty, and a 900 Pocahontas Lodge Benefit Party at 8 p m. Also Presbyterian Class dinner at Elmwood Place with Ethel Riley speaking, League of Women Voters open meeting November 2 at the Athens County Courthouse, Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae gathering at Congress Apartments, Lydia Lash Evans Guest Day with speaker Mrs E Paul Cotton, Faithful Few Sewing Club postponed two weeks, Pythian Sisters funeral service visit from I O O F Hall, 31 Club meeting at Mrs George Merchant, and Athens Grange election of officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Union Veterans
I. O. O. F. Hall
Lydia Lash Evans
E. Paul ‘Cotton
E. Washington St
Fred Lachs
Few ‘Sewing Club
Beatrice Carter
Pythian
N. Court St
Williams Reunion Held in Guysville on Sunday
A Williams family reunion took place in Guysville on Sunday with numerous attendees from nearby towns including Athens Route Five and Chesterhill. The event lists many relatives such as Vanmeters Rainers Williams and Woogan among others. Also noted is an art exhibit by Ironton Public Schools pupils supervised by Grace Daniels in Ellis Hall room 301 from November 1 to 7.
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Ironton
Grace Daniels
Ellis Hall
Dexter Social Notes Report Many Local Guests
Dexter notes show numerous visits from families in Apple Grove Huntington Lancaster Athens and Nelsonville. Guests include Mr and Mrs Bert McCarty Mr and Mrs Fred McClure and son Mr and Mrs Emmet Davis Mr and Mrs C C Folden Mr and Mrs Denver Folden Mrs Nellie Nelson Mrs Sarah Folden and others. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Victor Gotchal on Sunday October 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Bert McCarty
Apple Grove
W. Va
Fred McClure
Huntington
Emmet Davis
C. C. Folden
Denver Folden
Akron
Kenneth Weaver
Trimble
Harry Saxton
F. C. Folden
Showalter
Lancaster
Harrietta
Evelyn Amos
Athens
W. R. Amos
Jerald Minor
Victor Gotchal
Nellie Nelson
Sarah Folden
Middleport
Homer Marchington
Ella Nelson
Ward Saxton
Nelsonville
Lewis Saxton
Mae Nicholson
Sylvia Amos
Russell Musser
Springfield
Halloween Party at Playhouse Draws 23 Young Guests
The Children's Playhouse at 87 Sunnyside Drive hosted a Tuesday after noon Halloween party for 23 children. Games included name time and Pin the Tail on Mickey Mouse while treats and festive decor filled the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Playhouse
Sunnyside Drive
Mickey Mouse
Roberta Hopstetter
Kay Barnhouse
Lester Samford
Joe Gorham
Bobby Harrison
Phyllis Peterson
Patty Peterson
Ronnie McNeill
Janice Harrison
Roger Prince
Carolyn Crane
Earlena Shafer
Anita Rae Hill
Aruana Faye Hill
Dickie Nichols
Billy Frey
Margaret Elliott
Susie Shepherd
Shirley
Gwendolyn Larrick
al Knouff
Playhouse
Claude Evans
Isabelle Young
Halloween Party at Home of Roy Hanson Sharpsburg
The Mt. Carmel Sunday School held a Halloween party at the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Hanson in Sharpsburg on Saturday Oct 28. Attendees included Mrs Martha Thompson and children Mabel George Gladys Elsie Mae, Mr and Mrs Fred Lawrence and children Hazel Bob Fred Junior Doris Anna Mary Eva and James, Roy and their children Marie and Charles Hanson, George Sheldon and family, Charles Sheldon and family, Carl Hanson and family, Goldie McCune Ellen McCune Hazel McCune Sam McCune Harold Hanson Billy Robinson Lara Hanson Walde mar Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carmel
Roy Hanson
Sharpsburg
Martha Thompson
Mabel
George
Gladys
Elsie Mae
Fred Lawrence
Hazel
Bob
Fred
Doris
Anna
Mary Eva
James
Marie
Charles Hanson
George Sheldon
Charles Sheldon
Carl Hanson
Goldie McCune
Ellen McCune
Hazel McCune
Sam MceCune
Harold Hanson
Billy Robinson
Lara Hanson
Waldemar Hanson
S.S.S. Tonic Ad Claims Quick Health Benefits
An old advertisement touts the S.S.S. tonic as a cure for tiredness and run-down feeling. It promises rapid improvement in energy, appetite, and well-being, urging readers to start an S.S.S. course today and noting that ethical druggists will not substitute the product.
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S.S.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. B. Drake
Violet
E. F. Mathews
A. B. Wierebome
Central Ave
East Side Needle Club
L. E. Carpenter
Alexander Aid Society
Grace Warren
Fisher Road
Vicjewel Gruen
Princeton
Ince
Cornwell
Holland
Bride
Logan
Lucille Fairbanks
R. L. Marlow
Church St
Coshocton
Marlow
Eula Mae Carr
Jane Wootten
Delaware
Columbus
Chester Carr
Lancaster St
Longstretc
Chauncey
Forest Rose Rebekah
Wendall Edgar
Adele Garrison
Dicky-bird
Lucullian
Phil Veritzen
Nero
Central P.T.A
A. R. Hawk
Columbia Ave
Helen Moriarty
Pocahontas Lodge
The
Presbyterian Church
Robert P. Tompkins
Ethel Riley
League of Women Voters
Athens County
Athens City
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
Constance Andrews
Irene Witham
Congress Apartments
George Merchant
N. Shafer St
Athens Grange
Athens Grange Hall
Williams
Lester Vanmeter
Dana
Daryl
Alfred
Leonard Williams
Howard Nicholson
Evelyn
Charlene
Don
Dean Sheets
Chesterhill
Fred Williams
Howard
J. L. Williams
James Vanmeter
John Vanmeter
Burgus Woogan
Gerald Rainer
Wilbur Rainer
Hiley Rainer, Jr
Alvin Rainer
Cleo Rainer
Lee Rainer
Lena’ Slater
Junior Steinmetz
Steppes
Beauty Shop
Charles
Ritz
McKee
KOTEX
McKee Drug Co
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