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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1947
Page
7
Athens residents are invited to the Presbyterian Church Thursday afternoon November 6 at 2 o clock to hear Dr E Stanley Jones noted evangelist writer and missionary The event aims to accommodate downtown workers and mothers returning from school.
Four Round Town residents voted absentee due to deer season overlapping fall election. Charles Wheaton pilots a Stinson 165 toward Lake Pemichi gan Ontario. Dewey Laughlin joins the trip while Mrs Marquis and her husband follow annual post election plans in Florida.
Elizabeth Carsey and Stacy Vaughn Phillips wed in a double ring ceremony at Pomeroy on Sept 10. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. James Carsey. The bride, a Waterloo High School 1944 graduate, wore a beige suit with gardenia corsage. Phillips, a Glenwood High School 1942 graduate, is a junior in Ohio University College of Education. They reside at the bride’s home during his schooling.
The Central PTA hosted a Halloween party in the old high school gym for grade children and families on Oct 29 at 7:30 p.m. Kathleen Downey and Esther Cooper led a playlet Ladies of the Mop, with piano by Guale Vermillion and James Sheldon accompanying.
For over 40 years Dr. F. M. Edwards of Ohio offered Olive Tablets to relieve constipation and related symptoms. The vegetable tablets claim to gently cleanse the entire bowel, improving energy and complexion with no griping. Available at drugstores for 15 to 30 cents.
Theater opens at eight with The Late George Apley by Marquand and Kaufman. Arch ie Green and Terese Nelson star under director Virginia Hahne. costumes from Athens and Marietta. eight scene changes plus a Thanksgiving 1912 Boston setting.
The Women’s Association of Alexander Presbyterian Church will meet Thursday at 1 30 p m at Mrs Eldon Bolin’s home Hebbardsville The program will be directed by Mrs Arthur Stewart Ohio State Civil Service Employer Association will meet tonight at 7 30 p m in the new Science Building Auditorium
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War gathered at Mrs. N F E Mills Route 50 south of Athens for their yearly Halloween party. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Vida Carpenter Mrs. Flora Mehams Mrs. Flossie Smith and Mrs. H L Atkinson. A fortune telling witch charged a fee donated to the group. A brief business meeting preceded refreshments and a guest attended with Mrs. W B Montgomery.
The Mt Zion Baptist Church autumn turkey dinner is set for Friday November 14 at 5 30 PM Tickets are on sale today from church members or by calling 26414 The event is sponsored by the Ladies Aid Society led by Mrs Frank A Strickland Sr
Circle One at WSCS Central Ave Methodist Church 7 30 p m with Mrs Belle Bishop 85 Central Ave Hobson Study Circle 7 30 p m with Mrs Harry Risley 60 N High St Ool Tuesday Club with Prof and Mrs L J Addicott 7 30 p m Dean George W Starcher to speak on Human Relations Athens White Shrine regular meeting Tuesday 7 30 p m IOOF Hall
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