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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1949
Page
8
A telegram from Emile Montemurro of Fox Movietone confirms national release of sound film of the Oct 30 Powder Bowl at OU. The Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Xi Delta game ended 6-6 with about $500 raised for the National Cancer Fund.
Eight o 8 s Junior Circle of the Child Conservation League met at Mrs. Robert Dennis’s home 111 Grosvenor Street Thursday evening with president Mrs. Robert E Main presiding. Members shared things they are most thankful for on roll call and a federation meeting report was given by Mrs. Ted Stieff. Plans were made for a December party with husbands. Mrs. Robert Wickham presented a paper on Loosening Mothers’ Apron Strings.
Ernest McChesney will sing Canio in a double bill with Cavalleria Rusticana on November 29 at Memorial Auditorium. Laura Castellano stars as Nedda, with Philip La Torre as Tonio and Byron Steele as Beppo. The programs are produced by the Charles L. Wagner Opera Co. and sponsored by Athens Community Concert Association.
Mrs. Karl Kasten hosted a Nabby Lee Ames chapter DAR gathering with assistants and regent Mrs. Lowell Burnelle presiding. Members backed Red Cross Christmas at Chillicothe Veterans Hospital, discussed DAR awards for Ohio University ROTC, and a $100 state prize for the good citizenship exam. A memorial for Anna F. White was read, and the program covered Approved School Projects benefiting Tamassee and Kate Duncan Smith.
Grace Leslie Stewart and daughter Mrs Walter Cornwell attended Mrs O L Cook's funeral in Pittsburgh after her Glendale California death. Kenneth A Marshall arrived from Waco Texas for a ten day furlough to visit family in Athens before heading to San Francisco and overseas. Tom Henry hosted a weekend visit from Hiram Simpson and Elbert Simpson of Newark. Mrs Sam Baughman of Dayton visited Athens Albany area. Frances P Bolton of Cleveland was named an international honorary member of Beta Sigma Phi while Ann Diamond of Kansas City presented the award.
Mrs. L. I. Goldberg hosted members of Child Study Circle and Child Conservation League at 11 Boyd St. Miss Gertrude Linnenbruegge spoke on Fun with Books and showed new children’s books. The group voted to donate to the Athens County Dependent Children Christmas Fund.
Hollywood gossip notes Clark Gable plans a stage comeback after 20 years in development of a play by two famed writers who asked to remain unnamed. Celeste Holm to co star with Bing Crosby in his next film Famous. Bette Davis adds a Laguna Beach wing to her home and Deanna Durbin starts a diet to lose 25 pounds.
A detailed critique of Dan Levin's Mask of Glory and a related Civil War piece. The Marine hero’s dreams clash with harsh war realities as the book surveys soldiers fears, battles, and a dying Confederacy emblem through Old Pine and others. The reviewer notes uneven promise but strong wartime drama.
Recipe notes a mushroom and vegetable salad with chopped mushrooms peas carrots and green pepper in French dressing. Chill then toss with endive stems and serve on endive curls for four servings.
Miss Nell Stuart Foster daughter of Professor and Mrs R A Foster gave a Sunday concert at the University of Kentucky as the first guest artist in the 1949 50 musicale series. The Lexington Herald praised her lyric soprano and stage presence, noting folk tunes and ballads from Niles and Brockway collections plus operatic and art song selections.
In a Canasta focused exchange with John Crawford, the expert explains watching the score to avoid letting a partner go out and to push past 5000 points. He clarifies minimum meld rules and how the discard pile and deuce interact with initial meld requirements.
Dozens of clubs meet Tuesday evenings at homes and churches across The Plains and surrounding areas. Highlights include PEO with Miss Sarah Hatcher, Ladies auxiliary chapters, First Christian Church matron group, and various clubs with elections and potlucks. A Wednesday church service features Dr Carl Gustafson.
A birthday dinner was given Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs William Burns in Chillicothe to honor Mr Carl Wiseman who is 74 percent. Attending included Mr and Mrs John Wiseman and daughter Patricia from Chillicothe as well as Mr and Mrs Carl Wiseman Jr and family, Mr Gerald Wiseman of Zanesville, and multiple Wiseman relatives from Athens and Rockey in attendance.
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