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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1938

Page

7

Thanksgiving Snow Lists Holiday Aglow At Athens Country Club

Thanksgiving snow blanketed the countryside transforming events at the Athens Country Club. A Thanksgiving Eve dance featured Percy Lowery and his orchestra, blue red and yellow lighting, and after party bites. Thursday brought a bridal scene with Miss Virginia Hoover and Mr Benjamin Franklin amid a snowy ballroom and a noon reception after a late morning wedding at the Presbyterian Church.

Athens Country Club Percy Lowery Country Club Virginia Hoover Benjamin Franklin Presbyterian Church Hoover Margaret Alice Guthrie Frank Nolan Sunday Society News

East Side Thanksgiving Program Features Grade Performances

East Side School conducted a Thanksgiving assembly at two oclock with fourth through sixth grades. Students performed plays and recitations led by Sue Rowland, with multiple piano solos, harmonica numbers, and choral singing. The program included a sixth grade play The First Thanksgiving Day and readings such as How To Have a Happy Thanksgiving. Other musicians and readers contributed, followed by group readings and East Side Band selections.

East Side Sue Rowland Danny Smith Marilyn Day Dora Mae Starkey Patricia Bolin James Haning Bertha Jo Kinsel Ursula Green Martha Jo Wise Kathryn Hess Dorothy Bean Spencer White John Dowler Janet Ingerham Jolly Workman Marjorie Dee Henry Alice Vercoe Bobby Cable Winifred Dixon Jack Davidson Betty Lou Junod Ned Cameron Jimmy Stemple Nella Bell Fouty

Thanksgiving reminiscences and local drama notes from Athens

Round about the town recalls a Thanksgiving tale at a local drug store with Eva Smith and a bemused shopper. Susan Lash, a Schuster-Martin School student, visits from Cincinnati and shares gossip about Tyrone Power and the school’s ties. Other items cover a December play, radio work, and holiday gatherings including the Haskins and Clark families noting twenty two years of shared dinners with “Doc” Clark.

Sage Eva Smith Susan Lash Schuster-Martin School of the Drama Cincinnati E. Rey Lash Susan Tyrone Power Tyrone Helen Schuster Martin Roberta Martin Florence Lash Athens Cincy Schuster- Martin WLW Ohio School of the Air J. D. Haskins Grosvenor St H. C. Clark Tom and Carl Vivian Lake Columbus A. A. Nease Westerville R. J. Studer Charles Martin Haskinses Clarks Clark Doc Southern Ohio Electric Company

Thanksgiving Guests Share Meals Across Homes

Thanksgiving Day families and friends gathered across multiple households with visits spanning Athens, Zaleski, The Plains, Dover, Philadelphia and beyond. Notable attendees included Mrs Mary Ness, Mr and Mrs Ernest Conkey, Mr and Mrs I N McHarg, Mr and Mrs S S Carpenter, and Merrit Preston who stayed in Boston with relatives at the naval base.

Ernest Conkey Richland Ave Edgar Phillips the Plains Virgil Conkey Betty Athens I. N. McHarg New Marshfield Rd Leslie Williams Harry Williams Cincinnati Francis Colley Theresia Hill Montgomery W. Va Blanche Gardner Merrit Preston Renssalear Aeronautical School Troy N. Y John H. Preston State St Boston E. C. White Naval Base

Sanders Family Recital at Millfield Home

Mr and Mrs Clarence FE Sanders hosted a gathering at their Millfield residence. Attending were Mr and Mrs Lewis Sanders and daughters Virginia and Jacquelyn, Dr and Mrs C N Sanders with sons Bob and Bill, Mr and Mrs Charles Sanders and daughter Sandra Lu, Ray Sanders, and Mr and Mrs C Sanders.

Chauncey Clarence FE. Sanders Millfield Lewis Sanders Virginia Jacquelyn C. N. Sanders Bob Bill Charles Sanders Sandra Lu Ray Sanders C. &. Sanders

Sequel in New York Harboring Spy Plot and Family Plot

In New York with Madge to train for a role, Mary and her brothers tail by detectives believed to be spies of the great producer Philip Veritzen. A tense lunch ends with a setup to mislead the investigators while planning a secrecy ride back to Lansfield. Hank and Bill express concern and affection as Aunt Madge guides the escape.

New York City Madge Philip Veritzen Mary Hank Bill Lansfield

Hutchinson Given Housewarming Buffet in Marietta

Mrs. F. M. Hutchinson was honored with a housewarming buffet supper at her apartment on S. Court Street Tuesday evening. Attendees included Mrs. L. V. Brown Mrs. Charles Pickering Miss Kitty Bowser Mrs. Hale Murphy Mrs. Harry McKinstry Miss Grace Stickney Mrs. W. H. McKee and Mrs. Minnie Boise.

F. M. Hutchinson S. Court St L. V. Brown Charles Pickering Kitty Bowser Hale Murphy Harry McKinstry Grace Stickney W. H. McKee Minnie Boise Marietta

Submarine Patrol at Athena Theater Saturday

The Athena Theater screens Submarine Patrol this Saturday. The drama follows Navy submarine chasers in the Splinter Fleet during the Great War with a star-studded cast including Richard Greene Nancy Kelly Preston Foster George Bancroft Slim Summerville John Carradine and others.

John Ford Darryl F. Zanuck 20Th Century-Fox Athena Ford Richard Greene Nancy Kelly Preston Foster George Bancroft Slim Summerville John Carradine Joan Valerie Henry Armetta Warren Hymer Douglas Fowley J. Farrell MacDonald Maxie Rosenbloom Gene Markey Rian James Darrell Ware Jack Yellen Ray Milholland

Kerensky to Speak at Marietta College Auditorium

Alexander Kerensky, famed Russian leader and orator, will address an audience at the Marietta College high school auditorium on December 5 at 8:00 p.m. The talk titled On Behalf of Democracy, follows his celebrated remarks in New York and his dramatic life as a democracy martyr.

Alexander Kerensky Russia Marietta College Dr. Kerensky Town Hall New York Marietta

West Side PTA Study Club Meets At Mrs Kern Home

West Side PTA Study Club met Monday at 66 Central Ave. Mrs. Jack Kern hosted and gave a report on the recent PTA convention in Columbus with the theme Who Is Rearing Our Children. Miss Alice Rowan led the study session with refreshments served after.

West Side Pta Jack Kern Central Ave Kern PTA Columbus Alice Rowan West Side School

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