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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
15
The paper announces an earlier 4 00 p m Friday submission deadline for club notices and a 10 30 a m daily deadline for society news. Readers are urged to share details of meetings guests and entertainments with the Society Desk at the listed telephone number.
Members of the Young Married Group of the First Presbyterian Church held their first meeting at the Presbyterian Manse on Wednesday night. 46 people attended as Dean Laurence W. Lange welcomed members and solicited ideas for the year.
The Evans Grocery Company held a banquet at the Athens Country Club Wednesday night for Gallipolis officials and all men in the meat departments. Speakers Stanley Evans Wilma Circle and Emerson Evans outlined the 1942 sales outlook and the companys expansion from an independent store to eleven outlets across Southern Ohio and West Virginia. Thirty three were present.
The Canaanville Methodist Church intermediate class held a Thursday masquerade with hosts Mrs. T W Gaston and Mrs. Fred Burch. Pete Seel Jr. was honored before leaving Friday for Montana to join the Air Corps. Guests included families and neighbors, with sewing tip on silk and rayon jersey care.
Ohio University Playshop presents three one act plays at 7 30 p m in Ewing Auditorium directed stage managed and costumed by students Clara Scipione directs Bread by Fred Eastman with Ray Ralston Marguerite Miller Florence Szuba Gertrude Kullman Betty Jo Johnson John D Metzger Frances Malone stage manager Jilted by Mary Margaret Lund features Toni Rini John Purdy Alice Townsend and Darrell Lloyd Anita Gottlieb directs Gammer Gurton's Needle a 14th century play adapted by Collin Clement in an old English town street setting Cast includes David Rosner Dale Engle Martin Cobin Dorothy Nething Barbara Binns James Dyas Nell Foster Gloria Krause Clifford Finch Robert Shumway Public invited admission free.
Higley Stody Circle met at Mrs. F. C. Schilling’s home on State Street to discuss South America. Twenty five members attended with one new member Mrs. R. D. Williams. Papers on Ecuador and Colombia featured, with mementoes from Colombia displayed.
The Social Literary Club met at Mrs. Thomas R. Biddle's Park Place home Tuesday afternoon with a Canada program titled Canada Fights led by Mrs. Thomas N. Hoover. A brief business session was led by president Mrs. H. E. Benz, and displays included articles made by the blind shown by Mrs. Oliver Martin with assistants.
An exhibition of crafts by Mexican children aged eight to fourteen is on display in the Edwin Watts Chubb Library gallery through November 15. The works include wooden book ends, Mexican prints, a potato sack yarn beanie, plaques, ash trays, bowls, a knitting bag, an apron, and colorful pottery.
Hay rides organized by J. A. Walsh and supported by Phi Mu Wesley Foundation and other groups spanned two weeks. Individually sponsored outings included Barbara Elkins Betty Pratt Martha Jo Wise Herbert Harris and Nancy Fortner. Some events ended with wiener roasts at Locust Heights Park near Athens and birthday party games featured Be Double bubble gum cats and a 11 candle pink and white cake for Marilyn Poling.
Four individuals named Mary Chapman Miss Mary Propp Miss Ruth Fullmer and Mr Edward Cham appear in a local society column listing participants and organizers for a community event.
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