Ruby Mercer to sing in Community Concert opener
Athens born Ohio University graduate Ruby Mercer headlines the first Community Concert in Athens on Wednesday November 12. She stars as Evelyn in Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne tonight with the New Opera Company in New York.
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Ruby Mercer
New Opera
New York
Athens
Ohio University
Offenbach
New Opera Company
Forty-Fourth Street
Evelyn
Miss Mercer
Metropolitan
Darken
Sayre Study Club at Hotel Athens
Mrs. D. B. Green presided at the Sayre Study Circle meeting in the Hotel Athens. Reports on the City Federation and a coal by products paper by Mrs. H. L. Atkinson were shared, with quotations from John Green leaf Whittier during roll call. Nearby guests included Lieu tenant Harold Chadwick and Mrs. Chadwick visiting from Hattiesburg, and Mrs. Rose Tefft with Mrs. John Johnson’s family.
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Sayre
Hotel Athens
D. B. Green
Sayre Study Circle
Athens
A. E. Wagner
John Greenleaf Whittier
H. L. Atkinson
F. S. Haller
Go-To-School Day At Plains Nov 6
The Plains School will host a Go-to-School Day on Thursday afternoon November 6. Parents and friends will tour classrooms to observe regular work, followed by tea served by fourth to sixth graders. The intermediate grade choir will sing and Mrs. E C Class will speak about Hawaii.
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Plains School
E. C
Hawaii
French Novelist Madame Yourcenar to Visit Athens Ohio
Madame Marguerite Yourcenar, renowned French novelist now in Hartford, will be hosted by Miss Mary T. Noss of Ohio University from November 6 to 8. She will lecture in Fine Arts Hall on French Art in American Galleries in French with lantern slides. She will also address the Ohio Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French in Columbus on November 8.
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Iger
Athens
Miss Noss
Marguerite Yourcenar
Hartford
Conn
Mary T. Noss
Ohio University
Madame Yourcenar
Fine Arts
Pindar
Sorority Holds Pledging Ceremony at Hotel Athens
Sigma Phi Gamma pledging occurred at 8:30 Monday night at the Hotel Athens. After the service, refreshments were served in the club room. New pledges include Eileen Jacoby Ann Marie Wolf Bernice Snyder Lotus Ashworth June Fapnin Pauline Rose Mrs. Walter Pyle Lucille Mitchell and Mildred Yeager.
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Sigma Phi Gamma
Athens
Eileen Jacoby
Ann Marie Wolf
Bernice Snyder
Lotus Ashworth
June Fapnin
Pauline Rose
Walter Pyle
Lucille Mitchell
Mildred Yeager
Ruth Morgan to Wed Columbus Man
Ruth Elizabeth Morgan, daughter of Mr and Mrs William A Morgan, will wed Donald Ross Mathews of Columbus, son of Mrs Francis Mathews and the late Mr Mathews. Ruth Morgan, a Pomeroy High School and Capital University alumna, worked as a secretary in the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. Mathews, a Middleport High School graduate, attended Ohio State University and works at the Grandview branch of the Ohio National Bank. The wedding is planned for late November.
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William A. Morgan
Pomeroy-Athens Road
Ruth Elizabeth
Donald Ross Mathews
Columbus
Francis Mathews
Mathews
Miss Morgan
Pomeroy High School
Capital University
Office Training
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Middleport High School
Ohio State University
Grandview
Ohio National Bank
Mrs. A. K. Newman Celebrates Eighty-Eighth Birthday
A surprise party was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Butts for Mrs. A. K. Newman in her 88th birthday celebration. Family and friends from Kentucky Athens Dayton and local areas attended, bringing 45 birthday cards and gifts.
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O. L. Butts
A. K. Newman
Ralph Spitler
Lowell Kenney
Floyd
Dayton
Newman
Costume Party at Holland Home Honors Local Friends
Mrs. Charles Holland hosted a costume party on Saturday night at 41 Holland Street with games and refreshments. Prizes went to Jerry and Billy Johnson for best costumes and to Billy Johnson and Lelia Jones in a game. Guests included Virgil Jones Basil Holland Travis Chesser Gail Johnson Mary Hanning and others.
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Charles Holland
N. Shafer St
Jerry
Billy Johnson
Lelia Jones
Virgil Jones
Basil Holland
Travis Chesser
Gail Johnson
Beta Theta Pi to Celebrate Its Hundredth Anniversary
Beta Kappa Chapter of Beta Theta Pi at Ohio University holds a Sunday reception on November 9 at the chapter house 23 S. Congress St. from 2 to 5 p.m. for its one hundredth year with invited guests.
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Beta Theta Pi
Beta Kappa Chapter
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Ohio University
S. Congress St
Army and Navy celebrate with Athens Homecoming mood
The Army represented by First Lieutenant Harold Chadwick and the Navy by Ensign Charles Hardman arrived in Athens for Home-Coming events. They will join military maneuvers at Hotel Athens after serving as hotel clerks in civilian life and pursue postwar duties at Norfolk and Pensacola.
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Army
Navy
Athens
Ohio U
Harold Chadwick
Hattiesburg, Miss
Camp Shelby
gThe Navy
Charles Hardman
U. S. Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Hotel Athens
Uncle Sam
Chadwick
Ensign Hardman
Halloween Parties Shine At Neighborhood House Event
Four Ways Health Club members and guests enjoyed their annual Halloween party with costumes contests prizes and activities such as fortunes stunts apple bobbing and dancing. Other items note a Camp Lahojo cabin gathering a rummage sale at City Hall and an Athens Masonic Club meeting with a fried oyster supper.
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Four Ways Health Club
Carbondale
Mesdames
Marvin’ Brooks
Bret France
Ralph Williams
Ralph Lightfritz
Dwight Clark
Allison Cox
Glenn Prater
Pearl Mace
Albert Stanley
James Pollock
Chester Lowry
Ann Howson
Curtis Daugherty
Granville Crow
Daniel McClain
Misses Grace Treadway
Helen France
Jessie Doolittle
Ruth Lowry
Eleanor Gifford
Cynthia Arnold
Little Candidates’ Club
Betty McDaniels
Rosemary Kennard
Patricia Daugherty
Sam Brown
Eileen Lowry
Eileen Beveridge
Donna Stanley
June Lowry Brooks
Camp Lahojo
Masonic Club
Athens Masonic Club
Athens High Forms Spanish Club El Circulo Castellano
Athens High School forms a Spanish club named El Circulo Castellano led by instructor Mr. F. L. Preston. Officers include Martha Caskey as president, Edward Wilsey as vice president, and Janie Beckley as secretary.
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Athens High School
F. L. Preston
el Circulo Castellano
the Spanish Circle
Martha Caskey
Edward Wilsey
Janie Beckley
Eighth Grade Plans Halloween Party at Plains School
The Plains School eighth grade held a Thursday afternoon Halloween party in the school auditorium Community room. Decorations were planned by the class. Refreshments were served. Every member of the class attended along with five teachers.
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the Plains School
Kappa Phi Tea Honors Sponsor and Alumnae Group
The Kappa Phi Sorority hosted a Homecoming tea after the Ohio-Miami game in the First Methodist Church parlors honoring national sponsor Mrs. H. M. LeSourd of Boston Mass. Miss Mary jan Coe led the event as alumnae chapter president. A post tea dinner at the Ferguson home on Church Street followed with Rev. and Mrs. John W. Danford Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Shoemaker Mrs. Harry Benz and the local chapter officers as guests.
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Kappa Phi
First Methodist Church
H. M. LeSourd
Boston
Mass
Mary Jan Coe
Carl Ferguson
Ferguson
Church St
John W. Danford
Theodore Shoemaker
Harry Benz
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Cleveland
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