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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1940

Page

6

Pi Beta Phi Pledges Dine At Hotel Berry With Hosts

At six thirty Tuesday evening Mrs. Thomas Rollin Biddle and several social hosts entertained Pi Beta Phi pledges and actives at Hotel Berry. Tables displayed dark red roses and light blue baby’s breath, sorority colors, with crystal bowls and ivory candies. Fifty six attended.

Thomas Rollin Biddle Harry Beckley A. Burns Roe Frank R. Murphey Robert Gates Dawes Fred R. Beasley Pi Beta Phi Hotel Berry

Deadline for Athens Concert Tickets Nov 8

Newcomers to Athens must secure Community Concert tickets by 2:00 p.m. Friday Nov 8 at the Bank of Athens with F D Forsyth. Bank closes for Jaroff Cossack Chorus holiday on Monday Nov 11. all payments and ticket actions due by 3:00 p.m. Nov 8. Also notes the birth of Buddy Thomas Burke on Nov 3.

Athens F. D. Forsyth Athens Community Concert Association Bank of Athens Forsyth Jaroff Cossack Chorus

Club Calendar A Busy Week for Local Groups

Wednesday meetings include Phi Mu Auxiliary with Miss Leona Hughes at 19 Park Place. Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge holds special 7:30 p m session to initiate candidates. Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae with Miss Constance Andrews at Congress Apartments. Trustees meet at Presbyterian Church. Pocahontas Club hosts meeting and Benefit Party at Red Man Hall. Young People’s Missionary Group at Methodist Church. Thursday features Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge regular session with officer nominations and soap drive. Book Review by Miss Leete on Hemingway. Lydia Lash Evans Club guest day at 25 Sunnyside Drive. U C D Club at The Eastwood. League of Women Voters at Hotel Athens with foreign policy talk. Mrs Brown hosts Child Study Club at 101 Elmwood Place. current events roll call. Athens League of Women Voters meets at Hotel Athens. Group Six Women host dinner at 6 00 p m. Circle Nine of the Methodist Society meets at Miss Slutz 18 South Congress Street with review of Dangerous Opportunity. Circle Two at Central Avenue Methodist meets at Mrs Pratt home.

Phi Mu Leona Hughes Park Place Nannie Allom Rebekah Zeta Tau Alpha Constance Andrews Congress Apartments Presbyterian Church Pocahontas Club Red Man Hall Lydia Lash Evans Club Carlos Cameron Sunnyside Drive Gerald Dykstra U.C.D. Club Eastwood Hoisington League of Women Voters Athens Ohio University Fred Brown Elmwood Place Harry Swank Athens League of Women Voters Hotel Athens Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service Mary Slutz South Congress Street Mary G. Noss Earl Ballow

OU Band Parade in Cleveland for November Ninth Game

Ohio University plans a 100 piece band parade down Euclid Avenue in Cleveland on Saturday November 9 starting at 11 a.m. The march will go from Union Terminal to the Hotel Statler where a luncheon and reception will be held for band members students faculty and Athens supporters. Tickets at Logan's for the dance reception after the Ohio Reserve football game admit two people.

Ohio University Cleveland Euclid Ave Union Terminal Hotel Statler Hotel Statler Ohio Reserve Logan's

Oldest voter Mark Thrush recounted Civil War era memories

The article recalls Mark Thrush of Chickamauga Park Georgia, claimed to be 119 years old, noting his age, many children, and stories of his youth as a slave who helped clear battlefields. It also mentions Thrush’s twin brother a missionary in South Africa and cites local family connections and events in Cedar Grove W Va and Richland Avenue Ladies Aid.

Mark Thrush Chickamauga Park Evan Edwards Second St Edwards Georgia Thrush South Africa

Bridge Parties Honor Mrs. H. J. Brown in Athens

Athens hosts hosted Mrs. H. J. Brown of Cadiz a former Athenian and guest of Mrs. L. L. Deissie. She attended a Friday bridge luncheon with three tables, an evening bridge party by Mrs. Maude Fenzel, a Saturday four-table event by Mrs. C. W. Gross, and a Sunday family dinner at Mrs. E. R. Walker before returning to Cadiz.

H. J. Brown Cadiz L. L. Deissie E. State St Brown Harry McKinstry L. H. Smith Mrs. Brown Maude Fenzel C. W. Gross E. R. Walker

Rummage Sale Planned by Central Avenue Church Group

Women of Group Two of the Women’s Society of Christian Service at Central Avenue Methodist Church announce a rummage sale in the City Building. The sale will take place Friday and Saturday, November 9.

Women's Society of Christian Service Central Avenue Methodist Church

Sayre Study Club Hears Talk on London Books

Mrs. F C Potter hosted the Sayre Study Circle at 88 May Ave. Mrs. D B Green presided over the business meeting. Topics included Athens Adult Education Council, Recreation for Youth, and Athens City Federation. A Wiggins reading on News and Views of Literary London highlighted critics Shaw and Wells and ongoing interest in London bookshops.

F. C. Potter Sayre May Ave D. B. Green E. S. Haller Athens Adult Education Council Athens High School Haller A. E. Wagner Athens City Federation London W. W. Wiggins George Bernard Shaw H. G. Wells

Roses Blooming on Election Day in Albany Garden

Nov 5 yields double white Killarney roses in Mrs. Elza Dailey’s Albany garden setting a late season bloom record. Dailey, a rose grower, shares pink Radiance roses and sent an armful to The Messenger Society Desk as a voting day gift. Hilarious Hemmers hosted a Halloween party at Nita Marie Munn’s home with prizes to Mabel Beatty and Doris McCoy. DINNER GUESTS HERE Mr and Mrs Roscoe Bardette Coolville Edith Martin Coolville were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Clarence E Bartlett Richland Ave.

Helen Joyce Lehman Grosvenor St Ann Gentry Marilyn Paulson Margaret Scott Martha Dee Morrison Antoinette Ondis Mary Morton Patrick George Starcher, Jr Jimmy Mitchell Ernest Anderson Ralph Ulbrich Paul Lehman George Starcher McQuiston Cadda Davis Barbara Williams Dickie Martin Killarney Elza Dailey Albany Hilarious Hemmers Nita Marie Munn Mabel Beatty Doris McCoy Munn George Bean Roscoe Bardette Guysville Edith Martin Coolville Clarence E. Bartlett Richland Ave

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