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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1946
Page
8
The Athens Bird Club will meet Friday at 8 p.m. at 54 Woodard for a discussion on the Field Marks of Our Wild Ducks. Miss Carolyn Crawford and Miss Mary Catherine Smith host and will present slides of wild flowers.
Friends and relatives are invited to a kitchen shower honoring Mr. and Mrs. Norman Baxter at the home of Mr. Baxter's parents in Hemlock Grove Saturday at 7 30 p m.
A miscellaneous Monday evening shower at the Cottage A fea House celebrated Mrs. Alice McCluskey Jayjohn. Guests enjoyed games and gifts after a dessert course, with Bette Mann and Josephine Garvin taking top scores. The note also mentions Ohio University French Clubs planning to ship clothing to France from 48 University Terrace.
Sgt and Mrs Russell P Dyhr of Rantoul Illinois visit Mrs Bicknell Foraker in Athens for ten days. Al Hample RAF veteran tours from Reading Pennsylvania to Athens after flying privately from his hometown. Local families host August visitors and report ongoing family updates including births and hospital stays.
Women’s Society of Christian Service held its annual Guest Night at First Methodist Church on Friday. Mrs. D B Green presided over the meeting electing Mrs. N S Welk as new president. Edith McBee spoke on her work at Sibley Hospital and the Methodist Board of Missions. Members voted to donate ten dollars to the Christmas fund for Chillicothe Veterans Hospital.
Mr and Mrs E A Wilke announce the birth of a son on Sunday November 3 in Milwaukee. Grandparents are Walter Wilke and Walter P Porter with great grandmother Mrs T A Snyder. Athens County Pomona Grange meets York Grange November 14 with reports, potluck, and program. Coolville and Albany group notices follow including service guild plans and PTA meeting with health films.
The Art Department at Ohio University, with Alliance Francaise, hosts color reproductions of XIXth Century French paintings in the Edwin Watts Chubb Library Gallery until November 15. Afterward a two week display of XXth Century French paintings will follow, with works sent by the French embassy in New York.
Radio highlights list Army versus Notre Dame in New York with ABC at 1 15 p m NBC and CBS at 1 30 p m. NBC telev broadcasts to Washington Philadelphia Schenectady. A second game Northwestern versus Indiana from Evansville on MBS at 2 45 p m. Prime time schedules include NBC CBS ABC and MBS programs across the evening lineup.
Social event at the chapter house 16 S College St Sunday November 3 from 2 to 4 p m honored new housemother Mrs Esther Sprague. Guests included college faculty and many indvidual alumni from Toronto and E Liverpool.
Mrs. Sherwood Eddy known as Louise Gates gave an enlightening talk at the Esther Class meeting held at Maplewood Place. She discussed her Christian missionary work and is in Athens for Ohio University Religion in Life Week as a speaker.
Members of the Athens County Council for Childhood Education will attend a lecture by Rabbi Richard Hertz at OU Memorial Auditorium instead of their meeting. Other notices include Athena Roller Club gathering at 6 30 p m, Circle Two WSCS at Central Ave Methodist Church, AAUW November meeting in Music Hall, and a Silent Auction hosted by Business and Professional Women's Club. A Lydia Lash Evans Club guest meeting and a St Paul s Parish Hall benefit party close the week with public invitation.
At the close of the meeting, refreshments were served by the social committee led by Mrs. William Connnet, with Mrs. Nora Frank, Mrs. E. H. Phelps, Mrs. John Francis, and Mrs. Floyd Shafer assisting.
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