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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1947

Page

6

Tea at Church Honors New Assistant Rector Polk Jr

A tea honoring the Rev. Rollin S. Polk Jr the new assistant rector at the Church of the Good Shepherd will be held Sunday afternoon from four to five thirty Navy 9 parishioners and friends invited Mrs Evan R Collins and Mrs H Westcott Roach head the arrangements Polk comes from Christ Episcopal Church Cincinnati and will reside in Nelsonville. Dr and Mrs Keith Brandeberry recently hosted relatives and brace plans to join him in Guam where he will serve at Guam Memorial Hospital.

Rollin S. Polk, Jr Navy Church of the Good Shepherd Christ Episcopal Church Cincinnati Nelsonville Sydney J. Browne Dr. Brandebrry Guam Guam Memorial Hospital Mrs. Brandeberry

Women Slipping Dr Jones Tells Athens Women

Dr E Stanley Jones addressed a capacity audience of Athens County women at the First Presbyterian Church on Thursday afternoon. He urged women to lead in world reconstruction and claimed women own most wealth and purchases, arguing they must mold the future and act as healers in conflicts both large and small.

Dr. Jones E. Stanley Jones Athens County First Presbyterian Church Jones India

Midwinter Art Exhibition opens at Ohio University Gallery

The Midwinter Exhibition in the Ohio University Gallery features over 100 pieces of handmade jewelry using silver brass nickel and gold and runs through November sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art. Other notable shows include Water Colors of the Western Hemisphere and Modern Textile Design.

Ohio University Museum of Modern Art L. C. Mitchell School of Painting and Allied Arts Hemisphere International Business Machines Corporation Ambassade de France Association of American Artists Gerda Peterich Ohio Valley Brady Evans Atget Wright Porter Jacques Seligmann Athens Georgia Hall Bush Rush Elliott Mary Stalder E. J. Taylor Miss Way Miss Work Calkin Mitchell

Boy seeks boxing dream as Dempsey inspires trip

An eight-year-old on vacation from a military academy visits New York with his mother and recalls meeting Jack Dempsey in a restaurant. A waiter introduces him to Jess Willard and quotes boxing rules of diet, sleep, exercise, and education. The story ends with Poston Ladies Club plans a birthday pot luck supper honoring the Mystery Sisters born in October tonight.

Athens New York City Jack Dempsey Mr. Dempseying? “No, I'm Sorry”, the Waiter Said. Mr. Dempsey California Dempsey Jess Willard Willard Poston Club Poston Ladies Club Poston School Mystery Sisters

Pi Beta Phi Officer Visits Athens Alumnae Club

Mrs Allan R Rankin visiting officer from Columbus arrived Wednesday to visit the Athens Alumnae Club and stayed overnight with Mrs H G Stalder and Miss Mary Stalder The club met at 35 Grosvenor Street with 29 members present A business session followed a dessert course led by president Mrs Edward A Sprague Rankin spoke on the National Pi Beta Phi convention to be held next spring at French Lick Springs Ind and reported on the Gatlinburg Settlement School and other Pi Beta Phi philanthropic projects

Allan R. Rankin Columbus Beta Province Pi Beta Phi Athens H. G. Stalder Mary Stalder N. College St Eleanore Fisher Grosvenor St Edward A Sprague Dewey Goddard Joseph Trepp Thomas Andrian Richard Phillips Constance Leete Rankin French Lick Springs Ind Gatlinburg

Dr and Mrs Sprague Host Weekend Guests in City

Dr. and Mrs Edward A Sprague of Fenzel Apartments receive Mr and Mrs Henry W Islieb of Syracuse N Y as weekend guests en route to Chicago. Islieb, a former engineering officer on destroyer U S S Bryant, served with Sprague during the war.

Edward A. Sprague Fenzel Apartments Henry W. Islieb Syracuse N.Y Chicago Islieb U.S.S. Bryant Dr. Sprague

Girls' Friendly Society Party At Poston School

On Monday evening the older Girls' Friendly Society of Poston held a party at the school. Attendees included Barbara Gibbons Shirley Gibbons Marilyn Perry Florence Brookhart Vivian Brookhart Ruth McLean Helen Louise Martin Evelyn Adams Jennie Howard Bonnie Waymer Patty North Dana Robinson and Eleanor E Gifford.

Girls’ Friendly Society of Poston Barbara Gibbons Shirley Gibbons Marylin Perry Florence Brookhart Vivian Brookhart Ruth McLean Helen Louise Martin Evelyn Adams Jennie Howard Bonnie Waymer Patty North Dana Robinson Eleanor E. Gifford

Miss Bettie McCaskill Returns Home for December Wedding

Miss Bettie Lee McCaskill arrived from Chicago this week and is staying with her parents at 10 N May Ave. She is engaged to Capt. W. J. Smith, a United Air Lines pilot, who has been visiting them. The couple plan a mid December marriage.

Irene L. Devlin Mt. Carmel Hospital Sheltering Arms Hospital Bettie Lee McCaskill United Air Lines Chicago H. A. McCaskill May Ave W. J. Smith McCaskill Miss McCaskill Captain Smith

Birth of Linda Jo Main at Sheltering Arms Hospital

Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Main announce the birth of daughter Linda Jo on Tuesday November 4 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. The couple also have two sons Robbie age ten and Tommie age five. Grandparents are Dr. and Mrs J R Sprague Athens and Mr. and Mrs W J Main Delaware. A visit was paid by Mr. and Mrs Lee Cartwell Akron to Mabel A Grimes near Chesterhill.

Robert E. Main Linda Jo Sheltering Arms Hospital Mains Robbie Tommie J. R. Sprague Athens W. J. Main Delaware Chesterhill Lee Cartwell Akron Mabel A. Grimes

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