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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1945
Page
8
Sunday marks the opening of Girl Scout Week with over a million members in green and brown uniforms attending church. The week centers on Citizenship Around the World and honors founder Juliette Low, with a world conference planned postwar progress.
Local society page reports numerous visits and travel. Couples at the Hartman Theater celebrate an anniversary after attending The Student Prince. Navy lieutenant Willard Russell remains aboard the U S S Rocky Mount in Shanghai while family guests travel from Columbus and Martins Ferry. Relatives attend funerals in Athens, and several visitors stay with residents in Huntingdon and Marietta during late week engagements.
Mrs J R Harvey hosted the West Side Garden Club at her home 69 W State St with Mrs Josephine Melcher and Mrs E R Horn assisting. Chrysanthemums were the roll call topic, and an article on To Bed the Roses Go was presented. Mrs H M Woods spoke on the Living Memorial Forest project near Loudenville, launched by Ohio Federated Women's clubs and others. Mrs Porter Dicken displayed a three and a quarter pound turnip from her garden.
Two former Athens High School players, Joe Varity and Charles Coury, faced off in Berlin's Olympic Stadium on October 13 as guards and backs for separated units of the 82nd Airborne and First Armored Divisions. A letter from Lt. James M. Abraham reports his assignment as officer in charge of the Le Havre signal center with 18 months in Europe and 57 points, hoping for a leave home.
EPSIE KINARD notes teen fashion leans vivid colors and simple silhouettes. The piece highlights the nightgown dress with pale wool jersey and fuchsia stripes, a surplice top dress with green shoulder and lemon yellow belt, and a bright party dress as fall and winter wardrobe inspirations.
Ruth Millett notes the Athena Delphian Club meeting. The group discussed keeping moviegoing as entertainment despite home viewing, announced fundraising for the War Relief Fund and Living Memorial Party, and planned a Halloween masquerade at Central PTA with a book review on The Mortal Wife by Irving Stone.
Athens High School Girl Reserves present a Candlelight Vesper on Sunday October 28 at 7 p.m. at the Christian Church with Dr E A Hansen of Ohio University delivering the sermon World Fellowship. The public is invited and additional local club notices follow with meeting details for various groups in Athens Township and surrounding areas.
The First Christian Church Sunday School invites children in first to third grade to a Halloween party in the church basement Friday afternoon from 3 to 4 30 p m. Children may mask if they wish.
The American Legion K. T. Crossen Post and Auxiliary plan the Armistice Day dance for Saturday night November 10 at Hotel Berry with Rex Koons ten piece band in the menin ballroom and the Irvin Family fiddlers for square dancing in the adjoining room. Tickets are available from Legionnaires or at the door. An 8th District Legion Conference and initiation followed in Murray City on Sunday October 21, with many Athens Legionnaires and Auxiliary members participating and a large veteran class initiated.
Thursday night Hattie La Grones will lead as Mrs Manningham with Mary Jane Bond in the Friday showing. Costume design mirrors 1880s period, created by Lee McCaskill and Ruth Sauer and executed by Janice Poole. Men’s attire rented from Van Horn in Boston. Limited tickets remain. reserve now for seats.
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority Alpha Tau Chapter led by Mrs Betty Trasin held a regular business meeting Monday evening October 22 at the American Legion Home. Mona Herron announced October’s drive a bake sale set for Saturday October 27 at nine in the morning at Carpenter Hardware Co. Dessert followed at the Cottage Tea Room with hostesses Emegene Davis June Bateman and Phyliss Bean assisting.
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