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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1947
Page
6
Women of the First Methodist Church sponsor a rummage sale in the church basement on Wednesday October 15. The sale starts at 8 a.m. Proceeds will support church programs.
Dean and Mrs. George Starcher hosted an outdoor wiener roast for University College staff at their Northwood Drive home Wednesday night. Attendees included Ralph Exline, Mrs. Exline, Evelyn Yaw, Gail Slater, Howard Ward and George Carter, along with student assistants Helen Weller Grace Esterday Irene Lazzle Emogean Green Tillie Witkowski and Helen Gioria.
Republican women from the district plan to attend a GOP dinner meeting at the Neil House Columbus on Thursday Oct 16 with Senator Robert A Taft and Harold M Stassen speaking Taft will address the 2 p m afternoon session of the Federation of Republican Women's Organizations Fall Conference Mrs Wakefield urges transportation offers and car accommodations to reach her at home or by Dial 555
Mrs. May Smith led Mrs. John Ellis Wool Tent No. 100 of the Daughters of Union Veterans at a Thursday meeting in which Halloween plans were set for Oct 30 at Blanche Mills home in Canaanville Road. A rummage sale at City Hall was scheduled for Oct 15 with items to be collected by callers Tuesday afternoon.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of the Good Shepherd sponsors their third Annual Antiques Show at the Hotel Berry from Oct 15 to 17. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day. A large display features glassware chinaware Old Staffordshire Dresden silverware copper brassware furniture prints and other prized items. Exhibitors from Akron Columbus Mt. Vernon North Lewisburg and Athens have reserved space.
Representing the Progressive Club at the Southeast District meeting of the Federation of Women's Clubs at Logan on Tuesday were Mrs. E. R. Horn president, Mrs. Erle Bridegwater, Mrs. Roger Boling, Mrs. E. A. Davis, Miss Blanche Finsterwald, Mrs. H. J. Huffman and Mrs. Harry M. Bennett.
Mrs. Lillie Jones plans to attend the OSU USC game with her daughter and husband, cherishing her California ties and Trojan loyalty. The column also notes Jackson Ohio's changing scene, local musicians, a charity radio-phonograph drive, and a budding Cotillion Club among younger couples.
Ohio University students plan to travel to Cleveland for the OU Western Reserve game despite a canceled chartered train. They will attend events around League Park with social gatherings at Park Lane Villa Hotel Sterling Allerton Hotel and Holllendan Hotel. hosts include Chi Omega Phi Delta Theta Beta Theta Pi and many student couples and guests from University Heights Rocky River Hudson and Cleveland Heights.
Eighty-four Wolfe descendants gathered at Concord church for the 38th annual reunion led by President Kenneth J. Wolfe. A prior dinner in the grove featured a roll call of George Wolfe Jr. children and reports of births, marriages, and deaths since the last meeting.
An at home fat loss scheme claims rapid reduction of fat through Rennel Concentrate and grapefruit juice. Users take two tablespoons twice daily in a pint bottle with a money back guarantee if no results. The pitch emphasizes easy, non starved weight loss and improved vitality.
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