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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1938

Page

10

Mrs Hanning Hosts Pleasant Valley Ladies Aid

Pleasant Valley Mothersaid Society of the Methodist church hosted by Mrs Mary Hanning at 47 Stimson Ave on Saturday November 12. Attendees shared a potluck dinner and helped stitch a white comfort quilt with rose silk trim while welcoming guests and recalling church ties.

Pleasant Valley Ladies Aid Society Pleasant Valley Sadie Brooks Hattie Reeves Alice Reeves Julce Tyler Pearl Wood Emma Inman Louise Hanning Annie Bolin

O. U. Play Group To Present He Here Dec 7

The University Theater presents Alfred Savoir’s He with university students Carl ton Asher and Mary Quigley in the lead roles on December 7. The production marks a new local showing with set design by Vincent Jukes and a switchboard introduction by Charles Rowan.

God University Theater Dr. Dawes Alfred Savoir Savoir Man New York London Paris Hollywood Savior Bluebeard Back of the University Theater United States The Theater Guild Guild Theater Tom Powers Violet Kemble Cooper Princess O. U Carlton Asher Mary Quigley Guild Claude Rains Alex Torak William Gargan Monsieur Ping Claude Miffin

Athens health officials attend Ohio Conference in Columbus

Dr. J. M. Higgins health commissioner of Athens departs to join the Ohio Conference of Ohio Health Commissioners at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel in Columbus. Miss Martha Jones undergoes appendectomy at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Mrs. M. D. Hughes travels to Bellevue for her mother's illness. Professor George Starr Lasher of Ohio University heads to New York for a National Interfraternity Convention and College Fraternity Editors' meeting. Irene L. Devlin designated to represent Ohio University at the University of Dayton inauguration. Social visits and entertaining noted at Avon Place and various Columbus addresses.

J. M. Higgins Athens Ohio Conference of Ohio Health Commissioners Deshler-Wallick Columbus Martha Jones Evan J. Jones, Jr Park Place Sheltering Arms Hospital George Starr Lasher Ohio University New York City College Fraternity Editors’ Association Professor Lasher New York Irene L. Devlin University of Dayton John A. Elbert

Moler’s inland Africa trip details natives and farms

P G Moler describes 700 miles inland from Port Elizabeth to Durban. notes native life, cattle based bride price, ostrich farms in decline, and a white wool buyer's routine. He observes labor pay and colonial settlement patterns across Africa with mentions of Italian, British, French, Polish, and Belgian colonies and a fire of social notes.

P. G. Moler Africa Port Elizabeth Italy Great Britain France Poland Belgium United States

Miss Clara DeLand Speaks on Special Education at East Side

Miss Clara DeLand addressed East Side School mothers and teachers on special education highlighting self paced learning and wholesome living within a group and the community. Reports at the PTA gathering covered health safety and the influence of radio movies and advertising on youth.

Clara DeLand East Side Miss DeLand Mildred Giesecke Clara Kuenzli

Daughters of Union Veterans Hold Meeting and Shower

Daughters of Union Veterans met in regular session to nominate officers. An initiation was postponed due to illness. Nora Atkinson received a surprised handkerchief shower for aiding the memorial marker dedication at West Union Street. The DC-4 airliner was noted for its powerful radio telephone for commercial air travel performance.

Daughters of Union Veterans Mae Harmon Nora Atkinson West Union St. Cerry Air Express

Calendar items highlight community club dinners and meetings

Local groups schedule events for Thursday and Friday November 17 and 18. The Business and Professional Women host a 6 30 dinner at the Presbyterian Church. Kings Daughters Class and Wesleyan Service Guild meet at the Methodist Church. Rebekah Lodge nominates officers. various clubs plan talks, banquets, and social hours across town.

Business and Professional Women’s Club the Presbyterian Church Kings Daughters Wesleyan Service Guild Methodist Church Nannie Allom Faculty Women’s Club R. J. Schaar Forestry Service Ladies Auxiliary of Eagles Eagle Hall

M E Women Plan Friday Program for First Methodist

The Methodist Women observe Women’s Day during National Fellowship Week with the theme Methodist Women Look at the World. The Friday program combines with the church mission effort and features devotional by Mrs. William G. Seaman, a potluck lunch, a radio broadcast by Wesleyan Players, talks by Rev. Russell E. Bayliff, a Hathamar Class pageant, and a Home and Foreign Missionary Society play with music and singing throughout the day.

Methodist Church Woman’s Home Missionary Society First Methodist Church William G. Seaman God Martzolff Good Samaritans Wesleyan Players L. C. Staats Russell E. Bayliff Hathamar Home and Foreign Missionary Societies

Dinner Guests Attend Six O'Clock Buffet in Richland

Mr and Mrs Delph Parker hosted a six o clock buffet dinner on Wednesday night at Richland Avenue with guests including Mr and Mrs W Thomas Edmundson Mr and Mrs H J Parker Mr and Mrs J G Pierce and son Foster Mr and Mrs Floyd Pierce Mr and Mrs W D Wilds and Mrs L G Bean. A fruit farmer in Painesville Ohio repurposed an obsolete wingless airplane by mounting it on a 40 foot tower and using heated air from a bonfire to blow over the orchard through a propeller.

Delph Parker Richland Ave W. Thomas Edmundson H. J. Parker J. G. Pierce Son Foster Floyd Pierce W. D. Wilds L. G. Bean Painesville Ohio

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