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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1958
Page
9
A comprehensive wardrobe outlines daytime jacket and dress in plaid, a matching skirt and high waisted bodice, and a fringed coat. The cocktail dress uses sheer wool with soft shirring and a back drape. An emerald green satin evening dress with black silk and Valencia embroidery completes the ensemble.
Gesell Guild of CCL met at Mrs William Keltons home with twelve members. The group voted in six new members and set Dec 16 Christmas party at Mrs Gerald Rid ers residence. A one dollar gift exchange was requested.
MR and MRS RAYMOND D WELCH of The Plains returned home after a weekend with MR and MRS NORMAN C WELSH in Columbus. The Welsh couple then shared a three week Montana trip visiting nine states including the Badlands Rushmore Bagwell Dam Lake of the Ozarks Yellowstone and more. REV and MRS JOHN G KOONTZ were dinner guests of Alpha Gamma Delta at University Terrace with Sweden exchange student Anita Benson and Hazel Roach speaking of Europe and the Brussels World Fair.
Announcement of Miss Eileen Perry wed to Cecil Rhoades in Columbus Church of the Nazarene on November 15. Perry’s parents are Hattie and George Perry. Rhoades’s parents are Fauna and John Rhoades. The Rev. C A Wooten officiated. the couple reside on Route 2.
Alpha Lambda chapter honored new initiates at a dinner held last Wednesday in the Nelsonville Methodist Church. Initiation committee included Mrs. Dayton Hoffee and others with Mrs. Gay Sharp directing arrangements and special music by Mrs. Christine Brown. New initiates were Mrs. Juanita Clyse Merle Vernon Miss Barbara Thompson and Miss Grace Noder.
Miss Beulah Wingo executive secretary of WMU for the state convention of Southern Baptists in Ohio was guest speaker at the First Baptist Church WMU meeting in Athens. She explained the duties of each chairman and officer. Virginia Howard presided at the business meeting and devotions preceded the agenda. Refreshments were served by Blanche Parmiter and Mrs. An Wilson.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW of New Marshfield contributed to the VFW National Home Christmas fund and to the Red Cross. They also sent two Christmas stockings to the VA Hospital in Chillicothe. An annual inspection will be conducted December 4 by Elizabeth Frowine from Wheelersburg. Eileen Saylor reported on the recent midwinter conference in Canton. Members were urged to bring wrapped Christmas gifts for the VA Hospital to the next meeting.
Bates community sponsors a miscellaneous shower for Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Fulton after their home burned. Needed items include bedding linens small furniture and clothing for two boys aged 11 and 7. Deliver at Bates Church on November 29. For more information call Mrs. Hampton Johnson at 22935.
Alpha Gamma Delta sorority at 14 University Terrace hosted an open house for 200 guests from 2 to 4 pm with Miss Annette Luse as president and Mrs. Audrey Haley as house mother. Zeta Tau Alpha alumnae held their November meeting at Mrs. Ted Tellebrandt's home with new member Mrs. Joan Holmes and rejoined member Mrs. Gwen Roach.
Rome Grange members met November 20 planning a Christmas party and a Disaster Control talk. Union WSCS met at Mrs. Morrison's with 13 members and a guest. next meeting December 11 at the church includes a Christmas party and hidden secret sisters. Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge held a Thanksgiving dinner for about 100 with music directed by Evelyn Rathburn. Junior Youth Fellowship of South Canaan Baptist Church met at Chester Elliott's. they attended services and performed a Thanksgiving song. A Thanksgiving Eve dance was slated for Wednesday at the American Legion hall, with dancing 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. and a Fidelity Rebekah Lodge meeting at 8 p.m. with lunch.
Mr and Mrs Charles D Carr of Coolville Route 3 announce the birth of daughter Teresa Darlene on Nov 15 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents include R E Douglas of Shade and J D Carr of Coolville Route 3 with great grandparents Rosa Carr Guysville Harvey Douglas Albany and Robert Perry Shade. The Carrs have two other children Charles Douglas 5 and Marcia Rose 3.
A son was born on November 23 to the O Brien family of Strathmore Boulevard and the Charlson family of Pompano Beach Florida. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Robert O Brien and Mr and Mrs Carl Charlson.
Second graders at West Elementary School studied machines by creating a science unit inspired by an article on machines in Weekly Reader. They displayed home pictures and toys, built charts, wrote stories, sang, and viewed filmstrips, with a large frieze of Mr and Mrs J Roberts Brien Cleveland illustrating machines at work and play.
Mr and Mrs Joe E Myers Shade announce the birth of a daughter Penni Lee on November 16 The couple also has a two and a half year old daughter Terri Lynn Grandparents are Mr and Mrs R A Morris of Athens and Mr and Mrs R S Myers of Shade
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