Go To School Day Draws 200 Athens Parents
More than 200 parents attended the Athens Junior-Senior High School Go To School Day with their children. Sixty students performed a chorus and solo program directed by Floyd Prince while tea and refreshments were served. Committees organized decorations, refreshments, and member enrollment with school staff assisting on reception duties.
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Athens
Athens High School
Floyd Prince
Mary Connett
Clarence Wyckoff
Homer Brown
Oscar Fulton
R. C. Hopkins
B. T. Grover
Hal H. Rowland
J. R. Sprague
Wilson Smith
Harold Wise
P. O. Nichols
Earl Beckley
R. W. Finsterwald
Don Peden
R. C. Hess
Don R. Clippinger
Hayden McCaskill
Athens High
Loring Connett
Athens Board of Education
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin
A vintage advertising notice touts Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin to ease constipation. It claims quick relief, gentle taste, and wide acceptance, including by children, and warns against harsh laxatives.
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Dr. Caldwell
Mrs Super Hostess Leads Athens Needle Club Luncheon
Mrs Frank Super hosted the Athens Needle Club at her home 44 W Union St. Seventeen members and three guests attended a one o clock luncheon. After a brief business session a social hour followed and plans were made for a Christmas party at Mrs A J Laverty's home on Dec 11.
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Frank Super
Athens Needle Club
W. Union St
C. M. Copeland
George Plicher
James Beam
Durin
A. J. Laverty
Poems of Cora Haning Accepted for Book
Athens County woman Cora Rea Haning has two poems selected for Poets of America 1940. Her works Flame of Hope and A Home Beyond The Shadows join 12 000 entries with only a small percentage chosen. Publications by Avon House in New York will publish her poems and allow her to compete for 100 dollars. Haning has sold song lyrics and performed on WLW Cincinnati radio and at an Athens theater, where six of her lyrics were set to music for the Jamboree program.
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Athens
Cora Rea Haning
Poets of America
Fellowship Family Night Dinner at First Methodist Church
About 200 people attended a Wednesday Fellowship Night dinner in the church basement. The event featured prayers, group songs, a devotional by Rev John W Danford, and a talk by Dean Laurence W Lange on Religion and the College Student. The Girls Chorus and trombone solo enhanced the program.
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Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
Circle Seven
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Ross Wright
W. E. Clark
Theodore W. Shoemaker
Wesley Foundation
J. FE. Thackeray
John W. Danford
Laurence W. Lange
Ohio University
Athens High School
Floyd Prince
Frederick Rosser
Helenford
Couple Returns To Hunt Old Letters In Barker House
A Lovell Studio display of the old Barker House at Mill and College streets drew Athenians interest as an elderly couple identified later as Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Smith of Chicago. They visited in the past to search for beloved letters hidden in the attic but found none. Local clubs share upcoming meetings and topics including drought drainage, lawn care, and persistent insects.
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Barker House
Mill St
Lovell
Mill and
College Sts
James Palmer
Mabel Brown
Guy Brown
Isaac Barker
Athens
Smiths
Mr. Sands
Mrs. Smith
Chicago
Two Glidden Brothers Wed in November Weddings
Announcement notes two marriages in November 1940. Claude Glidden of Kalamazoo married Cora Shaldon in Bryan Ohio on November 2 and returned to Bremen. Paul Glidden married Anna Huston in Bryan on November 5 and then went to Kalamazoo to stay with Claude’s family before settling in Bremen.
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Paul Glidden
Bremen
Claude Glidden
Kalamazoo
Mich
O. C. Glidden
Athens
Cora Shaldon
Bryan
Ohio
FE. Frank St
Anna Huston
Jacob Huston
Progressive Literary Club Hosts Guest Night at A N Johnson Home
Progressive Literary Club met at Mrs. A N Johnson home 42 Grosvenor St for annual Guest Night with Mrs Garfield Porter and Mrs John Lockard as hostesses. Twenty members and twenty four guests attended a program led by Dr W Thomas Bryan Ohio University instructor in education who presented a five day trip from San Francisco to Hawaii The Paradise of the Pacific noting islands and diverse groups. Refreshments followed.
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Progressive Literary Club
A. N. Johnson
Grosvenor St
Garfield Porter
John Lockard
W. Thomas Bryan
Ohio University
San Francisco
Hawaii
Pacific
War echoes and campus events fill Athens day
Bystanders heard marching soldiers and ROTC beauty candidates parade through Athens as Maestro Al Kavelin brings the Cascading Chords to Ohio University for the military ball. A Go-To-School Day at Athens High draws 200 plus attendees, while clubs sell crafts for the blind and veterans view The Ramparts We Watch reflecting on past wars.
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New York
Athens
Ohio U
Verdun
Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
U. S
Europe
Wells Family Loss Reaches Sharpsburg and Amesville
Mrs. Patricia Wells Diamond of Middletown formerly Patricia Wells travels to Athens after the death of her grandmother Mrs. Fannie E. Wells a longtime Sharpsburg and Amesville resident.
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Robert W. Diamond
Middletown
Patricia Wells
Athens
Fannie E. Wells
Sharpsburg
Amesville
Club Calendar Lines Up Thursday Meetings
Local church and community groups publish a Thursday schedule. Meetings include Women's Society of Christian Service First Methodist in the church basement at 7 30 p m and additional social and business gatherings at multiple church and club venues.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
Central Ave
Martzolff
Methodist Church
Das Business and Professional Women's Club
Cline Building
Arvilla van Dyke
B.P.W
New York City
Mildred Colville
Margaret Cronin
Myrta Ashworth
Cora Evans
First Methodist Church
the First Christian Church
Bake Sale at Richland Avenue Methodist Church Saturday
Women members of the Richland Avenue Methodist Church will hold a bake sale at Wheaton's Hardware Saturday morning. Guests from Columbus include 660 Misses Gladys Phillips Kathleen Phillips Glennis Phillips and their aunt Mrs. Sarah Woolley and family.
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Richland Avenue Methodist Church
Wheaton’s Hardware
Gladys and
Kathleen Phillips
Glennis Phillips
Granville Ave
Sarah Woolley
Columbus
Roach to Attend Midwest Wildlife Conference
Mr. Lee S. Roach left this morning to attend the 6th annual Midwest Wildlife Conference at the University of Illinois Urbana. He will present a paper on his fisheries research. Roach is fish management agent for the state division of Conservation and Natural Resources and an assistant in zoology research at Ohio University.
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Lee S. Roach
Midwest Wild Life
University of Illinois
Urbana
Ill
Roach
State Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Department of Zoology
Ohio University
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EF. A. Cottingham
Mra
Hal Rowland
J. W. Danford
Harold Davis
Lee
O. L.st
Cora Haning
Rollins
Jack Frost
Athens Garden Club
C. H. Harris
State St
Anna K. Price
W. B. Lawrence
E. B. Smith
Athens Reading Club
Eastwood
Edith Beecher
Amelia Hockenberry
the Atlantic
Hamiltons
Drake
THE
Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio
Ee Progressive Literary
Ean
Philippines
Distinctive Millinery
South Court
Katherine
Catalina
California
Our
Tomboy
Madcap
Maecenas Literary Club
Athene
School For the Blind
Milldeck
Via
Reg
Gotham
SOX
Oxfords
Sos
Milldeck’s Shoe Store
Court St
Eagles
Eagles Hall
Floyd Six
N. McKinley Ave
Richland Ave
Alvin McLeod
Social Sewing Society
J. L. Duncan
E. State St
W. S. Gamertsfelder
Morris Ave
Lewis Ondis
Margaret Benedict
I. N. McHarg
New Marshfield Road
Kate Ator
Cornells
Gore
Sou
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