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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1941
Page
6
A partial OCR read mentions a meeting in Colvert with references to towns and figures, suggesting a local civic gathering. Names and exact details are unclear, but the text indicates a discussion or presentation amid a broader regional context.
Professor and Mrs. L C Staats spent the weekend in Charleston W V where he addressed the Charleston Chapter of the American Association of University Women and the Middleport Parent Teacher Association. Mrs Ralph McKinstry and relatives visited Cincinnati and Fort Thomas Ky during the weekend. Pvt Dwight Antle returns to Camp Shelby after a furlough sparked by his grandmother’s illness.
Mrs. George M. Merritt hosted a Monday tea at 1 Park Place for 25 friends. The party honored Mrs. James Pryor McVay, a former Athens resident now living in Harrisonburg Pa and visiting since September, who will depart for Pennsylvania later this month.
Dr W W Wiggin spoke at Miss Elsie Druggan's home on Monday about plant hybridization from Ohio University. Miss Laura Bailey presided as Miss Druggan chaired the conservation committee. The group discussed statewide Garden Club meeting plans and Athens district event details, pledging 5.90 to the Community Chest. twenty members attended.
Mrs Charles Wendelken of Portsmouth headlined the Nabby Lee Ames Chapter meeting at 49 North College Street hosted by Mrs H G Stalder. She spoke on the National Society of D A R founded in 1870 and its growth to more than 143000 members.
The Messenger runs an outdoor cooking recipe contest titled Home on Range offering two Athena theater tickets to each of five women for best campfire dish entries due by 5 00 p m Wednesday Oct 22. The prize pairs with showings of Belle Starr at Schine's Athena on Oct 24 and 25.
A reader fragment shows characters studying a coded letter and a colluding plan. Marion forces Mary to interpret the letter as a trap for Lillian, implying fear and deception. The scene ends with a dinner-time club notice at Mrs. C. B. Dillon’s home.
Group One of the Woman's Council of the Christian Church will meet Wednesday at 2 p m at Mrs. Fred Kil tan's home 18 North High Street. Mrs. Charles Cameron leads Betsy Ross Sewing Club and Group 3 of the Woman's Council will meet Wednesday at 2 p m in the church classroom.
Tuesday showers at Richland Ave Methodist for Miss Mary Brundige. Tuesday 8 p.m. Club meets Oct 21 with Mr. and Mrs. Dow at 45 Maplewood. Programs by Mrs. Smith on English Refugee Children. Phi Upsilon Omicron Career Party in Agriculture Building. Also Hobson Study Circle at The Fastwood. Rebekah Lodge meeting for reinstatement. American Legion Auxiliary installation with District president Mrs. Williams. Sunset Garden Club at Athens Rural School. Chrysanthemums and Roses talk. Dues due at lodge meeting. West Side PTA meeting with motion pictures on frozen foods. door prizes. Wednesday schedule includes Hillcrest Needle Club. Homemaker’s Club. Daughters of Union Veterans convention planning. Halloween masquerade noted. Births, funeral attendees, and family visits listed. Coffee freshness tip for storage in refrigerator.
Town notes in Athens preview a Community Sings night at AHS Stadium hosted by the O U Band with sheet music and a floating mike feature. Theater rehearsals for The Male Animal at University Theater progress as students and faculty cast enjoy a play with humorous in-game bread and water scenes. Judge I M Foster remarks on Duchess of Windsor during a Washington visit, and a Nelsonville bird home reports a canary’s six month silence followed by singing. Erika Mann will lecture at O U convocation about anti Nazi literature, with Shirer Berlin Diary cited and Bundles for Britain to sponsor a lecture by Mrs Ed Murrow in Columbus.
On Friday and Saturday in Columbus Mr. and Mrs. E R Beckley Mr. and Mrs C H Jewell and son Vinton visited shops and did business with Edwin J Yantis criminologist of the Bureau of Identification. The WSCS of First Methodist Church prepares rummage sale at City Hall October 22 23. The Life and Loves of Beethoven film shown by Alliance Francaise Ohio University French Club plays Memorial Auditorium October 20 21 at 730 p m.
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