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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1940

Page

11

Band Dance at OU to Choose Sponsor and Light Exhibit

Ohio University teams up with a seasonal theme for the 11th annual Band Dance in the Men's Gymnasium. Dancers will elect a new Band Sponsor from a slate of coeds while a multi colored lighting display and new Littler Band program highlight the event.

Ohio University Jimmy Littler Acrhacton Wester Littler O. U Robert Goeber Dave Horine Goeber Ann Weymaeler Alpha Gamma Delta Dorothy Spahman Al= Xi Delta Kay Carnes Chiega Nancy Evans Alpha Delta Pi Mary Allen Zeta Tau Alpha Trudy Larkin Phi Mu Frances Schanker Tower Mildred Berlean Eleanor Cusick Jane Dres

Style notes point mittens as fashion musts for debutantes

In a New York fashion feature Marian Young highlights mittens as a key wardrobe item for debutantes and campus beauties. She describes side-wall mitten construction with leather strips, draw string effects, buckles, and snaps. Various materials including white lamb, cape skin, pigskin, and doeskin appear in colors to suit formal and sport use.

New York Marian Young

Miss Finsterwald Hosts Hobson Study Circle Meeting

Miss Delle Finsterwald presided as hostess at 32 Franklin Ave as 24 members gathered. Officers named a program committee for the year. papers featured historic quilts and early American china with pieces brought to Ohio in 1817. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Frank Super’s home with Mrs. Frank Cross assisting.

Delle Finsterwald Hobson Study Circle Franklin Ave Wilson Norris Miss Delle Finsterwald James Householder N. S. Welk Frank Cross Florence Peto Dana Fuller

Home Coming at Home Of Robert Dowler

A community event honors Robert Dowler with a Sunday gathering at Ottie Dowler’s New Marshfield home. Family and friends listed include multiple Dowler relatives and others. Mt. Zion Baptist Church Ladies Aid Society to sponsor a Bazaar and ice cream social on Friday October 4 at 7 30 p m. Public invited.

Robert Dowler Ottie Dowler New Marshfield Earl Mundy Evelyn Dick Coots Omer Devol Vernon Helen Ralph Dowler Ernest Dowler Logan Clifford Dowler Clifford, Jr Betty Lou Mary Ann McArthur Lawrence Dowler Eddie Twila Mae Melvin Edgar John Wigal Dorothy Thelma Catherine Janet Dowler Harley Rutgers Goldie Bell Rutgers Janice Mildred Pidcock Richard Collins Ladies Aid Society of Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Shower at Collins Home for Couple

A Friday night shower honoring newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Donald Whaley was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Collins. Guests delivered many gifts and enjoyed ice cream, cake, and coffee.

Collins G. W. Collins Donald Whaley Thomas Davis George Davis Ed Rickey A. Minear Guy Wingett Charles Fred Elliott Carl Johnson George H. Evans Henry King Loree Barnes Hope Bremser Stanley Sycks Virginia Oxley Sam Scott Harlan Tewksybury Lucile Battrell Arthur Llewellyn William Lola L. G. Ross Harold Ross Mary McCann Ira Sams Lester Cordray John Robert Keith Scott Frank Perry Patricia Ann George Scott Max Lloyd Knowlton Lee Elliott Byron Weiss Coy Higginbotham Gale Price Delmar Sams Arthur Enlow Williard Michael Richard Elliott Ruth Sayers Norman Welsh Maurice Welsh Helen Tewksbury Lee Enellow Frances Cline Charles Weiss Alice Cole

Irene Witham to Perform in Stafford Memorial Concert

Miss Irene Witham of Ohio University Music Faculty will perform in Memorial Auditorium tonight at 8 00 p m as part of a piano recital accompanying baritone Frank Stafford under the Woman's Music Club. She studied in Chicago with Rudolf Ganz this summer and will play works by Scarlatti Hutcheson Chopin Liszt.

Irene Witham Ohio University Memorial Auditorium Frank Stafford Woman's Music Club Witham Chicago Rudolf Ganz Scarlatti-Hutcheson Chopir- Liszt Liebestraum Liszt

U. O. Reception Invites Issued For October Event

President and Mrs. Herman G. James issue invitations for a university reception at Lindley Hall on Sunday October sixth from four to five thirty p m. The Hathomar Class of First Methodist Church holds its monthly meeting and pot luck supper Monday October seventh at six p m with Prof Neil D Thomas showing motion pictures.

Herman G. James Lindley Hall First Methodist Church Neil D. Thomas

War letters from England reveal daily life and air raids

Agnes Padden shares two letters from England describing wartime life in Cheshire near Liverpool. Magdalene Harvey notes air raids, shelter life, school delays, and excitement, while John Weaver discusses supplies, food costs, and American air force presence.

England Agnes Padden Washington St John Weaver Magdalene Harvey Harvey Weavers Harveys New Ferry Cheshire Merry Liverpool Canada States Hitler France

R A F. Boys Noted Amid War Time Thoughts

Mrs Nell C Matthews of 37 E Carpenter Sr learns of her grandmother Mrs Albert Tharp’s death in Zanesville. The note reflects local pride in Royal Air Force members and wartime sentiment as residents recall spouses and kin abroad.

Nell C. Matthews E. Carpenter Sr Albert Tharp Zanesville

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