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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1947
Page
8
The Carrie Hall Club of Albany Grange sponsors a HalloWeen party at Albany Grange Hall on Saturday October 25 starting at 8 p.m. The annual fall event features music contests prizes a fish pond and an old fashioned pie supper with public invitation extended.
Miss Louise Rose soprano guest soloist for the Ohio University Symphony Orchestra concert Sunday October 26 at 8 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium conducted by Prof. DeForest W Ingerham. Rose a OU alumna with a storied career including Chautauqua Juilliard and performances with Cincinnati and Chautauqua orchestras. She studied under Mme Queena Marie and will perform Debussy Air de Lia Hageman Miranda and Rachmaninoff The Children.
Mrs. Pearl Bonic and relatives attended the Cutler Hall Rededication and escorted Miss Miriam Bonic to Athens, where she placed fifth in the Ohio State History Examination from Union County. Other guests include Alice Olliffe and Prof. Robert Estrich in Athens, with wedding plans set for December in New York City.
Dr Edwards relieves constipation with Olive Tablets sold by drugstores. The tablets act on both upper and lower bowels to produce more natural movements with no griping and complete satisfaction. Priced 15¢ and 30¢.
Mac Morgan the young ex GI baritone will give a recital at Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday October 28 at 8 p.m. The Texas born artist trained at Eastman School of Music and later appeared on NBC radio with Cities Service Highways in Melody. His programs include contemporary American composers and he has declined Boston Symphony Orchestra dates to fit radio commitments. Community Concert Association tickets were mailed to subscribers and may be picked up or inquiries made to secretary Mrs H A McCaskill.
Daniel L. Martino, director of bands at Ohio University, will speak at the Dayton school system annual Career Conference on Tuesday October 21. He will lead a discussion titled Music as a Career and distribute mimeographed materials outlining about thirty music fields with required qualifications training and salary ranges.
Miss Margaret Duncan, a Mechanicsburg fifth grade teacher, urges donations of children's records rather than general ones and launches a Rusty in Orchestraville program. Troop Six Girl Scouts collect discs for the Children's Home while the Legion Auxiliary plans a matching purchase. Also notes show Biz events in Athens and Columbus with several locals vacationing in Los Angeles and Dillon.
Athens unit of American Legion Auxiliary names committee chairmen at the October meeting. New president Mrs. E M Biddison presided and delegates were chosen for the Fall Conference at Crooksville on Oct 30. Reservations for luncheon with Mrs Harvey.
Wednesday evening hosts include Zeta Tau Alumni at Cottage Tea Room with Mrs. Emmett Bowles and Mrs. H. C. Bobo. PEO with Mrs. Daniel L. Martino at 101 S. May Ave. Thursday features Adda LaFollette entertaining McDougal WSCS at home and Delt Dames at Delta Tau Delta House. Community groups gather around 7:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. sessions at various addresses with named organizers. Halloween party Friday October 24 at Red Men's Hall hosted by Painters Local AFL. shower for Mr. and Mrs. Bob Huseman Friday evening at Frank Huseman’s home Athens Route Two.
Mrs. Bert McKibben of 374 Richland Ave attended the wedding of her grandson Thomas G. Cline to Iris Lee Whipple in Glenwood Methodist Church Columbus. Reception for 150 followed. The couple plans a honeymoon to Niagara Falls and Canada before settling in Columbus. Mr. Cline is an Ohio State University student.
The Athens Garden Club met Monday afternoon at president Mrs Gordon Grays home. The living room displayed roses and fall grasses with Radiance roses from Mrs Grays garden. A fall arrangement by Mrs C D Hopkins and Mrs G W Hopkins featured plume and swamp grasses.
Sunday guests at Miss Dorothy Gist and Mrs. Claude Parker villa on 18 Mound St. include May Conner Flo Conner Stammel Julia Jennings Kate Crawford Leonard May Harkins and Harkins of Dayton. Also present were Mrs. Richardson and others visiting Athens with ties to Pi Beta Phi and Ohio University.
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