Social whirl fuels football weekend in Athens
A busy social weekend around the Western Reserve Ohio University game drew many visitors to Athens. Outings included Pi Kappa Alpha at Hotel Berry, Press Cotillion, fraternity dances, and Pi Beta Phi coffee hours. Notables were Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Collins of Columbus and many local families hosting guests from Ohio, West Virginia, and beyond.
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Western Reserve-Ohio University
Athens
Pi Kappa Alpha
Berry and Press
Men's
Delta Tau Delta
Pi Beta Phi
Richard J. Collins
Columbus
D. M. Goddard
W. State St
Jack Swanson
Bainbridge High School
Allman
Swanson
J. B. Swanson
W. Union St
Only Woman Highway Contractor Travels A Rocky Road
Mrs. Maude Staples of Charleston West Virginia is the nation’s sole woman road contractor. She ran a crew of 50 on a four mile mountainside project near Alley moving 3000 yards of dirt daily, while directing traffic from the mud and rain. She says contracting isn’t a lady’s job but she must earn a living after her husband’s 1932 death, and urges smart women to stick to housework.
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Charleston
W. Va
Maude Staples
Girl Scouts Plan First Troop Meetings This Week
Girl Scouts hold initial troop meetings last week with East Side Central and Rufus Putnam troops meeting Monday 3 30 to 5 00 pm at the Girl Scout Rooms E State St Senior High School Scouts meet Tuesday at 4 pm with Mrs P H Fontaine and Mrs W A Comer Junior High Scouts meet Wednesday 3 00 to 5 00 pm Mrs J J Crumley to speak on Stamps and Stamp Collecting Open to other troops and interested girls urged to attend bring stamp books stamps for trading and extras for new collectors.
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East Side
Central
Rufus Putnam
Girl Scout
E. State St
P. H. Fontaine
W. A. Comer
J. J. Crumley
Marriage Meddlers Plot in Greenwich Village Rendezvous
In a Greenwich Village hideaway Madge Grahem and Harry Underwood plan disguises for a rendezvous involving Madge's husband Dicky and a mysterious couple. Lillian probes Dicky's absence while arranging safe contacts and the trio prepares for a midnight masquerade, as tensions rise over secrecy.
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Harry Underwood
Madge Grahem
Lillian
Greenwich Village
Madge
Charlies Spencer
Secret Service
Dicky
Arry
Woman civic clubs fill week with meetings and events
A busy social calendar lists numerous group gatherings from Women’s Relief Corps to Presbyterian Church fairs. Activities include potluck suppers, study groups, and club reports at various homes and venues across town this week and into next.
Past Chiefs Club Dinner At Marquis Home
The Past Chiefs Club met at Mrs Verna Marquis home on Friday for the annual dinner. Twelve members attended as the vice president Mrs Lelia Cross opened the meeting at 8 pm. Prizes were awarded and calendars for the year distributed. Rainbow ice and decorated parlors with yellow and lavender flowers marked the evening. November’s gathering will be hosted by Mrs Laura Bardin with Mrs Clara Tribe assisting.
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Chiefs Club
Verna Marquis
Lelia Cross
Dick Fulton
Laura Bardin
Clara Tribe
Benefit Bridge at Hotel Tonight Supports Charity Fund
The Athens chapter of the Business and Professional Women hosts a benefit bridge at Hotel Berry at 8:00 p m tonight to raise money for their charity fund. New Marshfield Chapter No 346 Order of Eastern Star meets Tuesday night Oct 10 with initiatory work and an anniversary program honoring past worthy matrons and patrons marking the chapter's twenty seventh anniversary. Clara McKibben, secretary, prepared a resume of the chapter's history for the occasion.
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Athens
Business and Professional Women
Hotel Berry
New Marshfield
Order of Eastern Star
Clara McKibben
Tabachnick Wins Place In National Symphony
Violinist Arthur Tabachnick has been chosen to play first violin in the National Symphony Orchestra under conductor Barzin. He will continue using Mischa Koff Baptista Ceruti violin after a tryout with Barzin last Tuesday following his Memorial Auditorium concert.
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Arthur Tabachnick
Memorial Auditorium
National Symphony Orchestra
Mary T. Noss
Ohio University
Barzin
Tabachnick
Mischa Mischakoff
Baptista Ceruti
Delta Kappa Convention Plans Reach Cleveland
The Alpha Lambda Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma meets in Athens to ballot for membership. Catherine Wolfe of Nelsonville is elected and will attend the State Convention at Hotel Cleveland October 13 14 to be initiated by state officers. A White Elephant Sale is planned for Saturday with Margaret Laverty and Marie Warehime in charge.
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Alpha Lambda
Delta Kappa Gamma Society
Adda Maccombs
Athens
Athens County
Catherine Wolfe
Nelsonville
Cleveland
Margaret Laverty
Marie Warehime
Miss Laverty
Franklin Ave
Blanche Moorehead
Melvin Danielson
Edna Feit
Lillian Stover
Clara DeLand
Sigma Phi Gamma Shower Honors Bride At January Wedding
The Sigma Phi Gamma International Sorority held its regular monthly meeting in the club rooms with Mrs. Lawrence Herron as president. A miscellaneous shower followed for Mrs. Harry Bennett Mary Graves, who announced her January marriage, receiving many gifts. Miss Jo Barstow led the surprise shower.
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Sigma Phi Gamma International Sorority
Lawrence Herron
Harry Bennett
Mary Graves
Jo Barstow
Relatives are guests at home of H L Ponds
Mr and Mrs H L Pond at 21 Mc Kinley Ave Athens entertained visiting relatives from out of town at dinner. Guests included Miss Virginia Pond Columbus Miss Beatrice Pond Rutland Mrs Frank E Reinhart Pomeroy and Mrs R D Harrison and her son John Wilkesville.
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H. L. Pond
McKinley Ave
Athens
Rutland
Virginia Pond
Columbus
Beatrice Pond
Frank E. Reinhart
Pomeroy
R. D. Harrison
John
Wilkesville
Halloween Party Stunts For Spooky Fun
A guide to Halloween party stunts and games featuring a ghost at the door with envelopes for boys and girls, fortune cards, pumpkin fortunes, and candlelight fortunes. The 32 page booklet PARTY GAMES FOR ALL OCCASIONS costs 10 cents and is advertised by The Athens Messenger, 635 Sixth Ave New York, requesting name and address.
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Athens Messenger
Home Service
Sixth Ave
New York
N. Y
Mrs I N McHarg Hosts Glouster Grands Club Picnic
Mrs I N McHarg entertained the Past Noble Grands Club from Glouster with an indoor picnic at her home. Twelve members and guests shared a dinner around a long dining room table with garden flowers as a centerpiece. The annual event sets plans for a November meeting and a six o'clock turkey dinner for husbands at the ICCF Hall.
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I. N. McHarg
Noble Grands Club
Glouster
McHarg
Annual Press Cotillion at Ohio University Draws 200 Couples
The 7th Annual Press Cotillion in the Men’s Gymnasium featured Jimmy Franck and his orchestra for music from eight to midnight. Sigma Delta Chi hosted the event with Sigma Rho arranging a picture booth and guest editors including Prof. George Starr Lasher and Dean Irma Voigt among others. William Benkett led preparations as about 200 couples attended.
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Ohio University
Jimmy Franck
Sigma Delta Chi
Sigma Rho
Jane Eakin
Dick Thompson
Curley Milligan
Gorsdon K. Bush
William H. Logan
R. F. Beckett
George Starr Lasher
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Irma E. Voigt
Victor Whitehouse
Tired- Run-down Treatment Ad Promises Quick Improvement
An advertisement urges readers to visit a drug store for an 8.8.8 tonic claiming to restore vitality and appetite. It promises visible improvement soon and asserts the product is a time tested ethical drug. The notice emphasizes checking for organic causes and claims widespread benefits.
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