Homecoming Week End Dulls Athens After Gala Nights
Athens saw crowds, dances, and open houses during Homecoming weekend. Ohio University alumni and Forest Service guests filled hotels and clubs, while residents hosted visitors from Cincinnati Columbus and Cleveland. Notables included Miss Margaret Marchmont Milwaukee and Mrs. Fred Gross of Crooksville.
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Athens
Athens Country Club
Carlton Brooks
Ohio University
Ohio-Marshall
U. S. Forest Service
Margaret Marchmont
Milwaukee
Wis
Forest Service Information and Education Department
Marchmont
Denver
Washington, D. C
Ohio
Florence Hollister
William Heckman
Painesville
Forest Service
Robert Main
George Main
Verona Main
Cincinnati
John Main
Velma Dennis
Columbus
Entertain Higgins Guests At Home
Dr and Mrs J M Higgins 3 Park Place hosted house guests for the weekend including Dr Higgins brothers and sisters Mr and Mrs J B Francis Smithfield and their son Marshall Francis attorney at Steubenville Mrs Elizabeth McKenney Smithfield and Mr and Mrs Harford Francis Steubenville Sunday dinner for 12 featured the week end guests and Mr and Mrs F D Higgins and Mrs J W Higgins Fall flowers from Mrs Higgins garden served as the table centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Higgins
Park Place
Dr. Higgins
J. B. Francis
Smithfield
Marshall Francis
Steubenville
Elizabeth McKenney
Harford Francis
F. D. Higgins
J. W. Higgins
Halloween Party At T. C. Scott Home
Cats and hobgoblins decorated the Scott home for a neighborhood Halloween party. Children and adults enjoyed themed rooms, costumes, games, and a witch’s banquet while neighbors shared doughnuts cider and coffee.
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T. C. Scott
Forest
Highland Avenues
Anita
Jan
Sidney Clark
Martha
John
Dorothea Caskey
Jauvanta
Josephine
Jean Young
Margaret
Harrison Scott
Ed Willsie Jr
Lenora Reeder
Betty Snyder
Complex espionage at a high class hotel unfolds
The dialogue weighs hotel staff involvement in a plan to discredit Mary and spy on Avis Arlen. The Lansfield owner Philip Veritzen is suspected of orchestrating protections for his daughter in law while keeping his true motive hidden. Avis Arlen's leverage is pivotal as suspects debate who truly directs the scheme.
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Miss Whitlock
Lansfield
Philip Veritzen
Mr. Veritzen
Mary
Avis Arlen
Avis
Mysterious spy plots loom in postwar hotel tale
In a serialized drama, Veritzen and Avis Arlen become focal points as officials debate authority and espionage. The narrator fears Avis may be acting under Veritzen to spy on Mary, while planning caution and sleep before new moves. The piece ends with a note of tomorrow’s continuation.
Former Omaha girl seeks fame as singer after sex shift
Alyce Jane McHenry once known as the upside down girl in Omaha underwent a stomach operation at age 10 and is now pursuing singing in New York under Joan Edwards. The piece notes Mr. Robert McLain and family attending the funeral of his niece Mrs. Frank Kay in New Haven West Virginia.
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Alyce Jane McHenry
Omaha
Neb
Alyce
New York
Joan Edwards
Paul Whiteman
Robert McLain
Howard
Harley Williams
Graham Chapel
Frank Kay
New Haven
W. Va
Calendar Monday And Tuesday Community Meetings Schedule
Reception for new members at the Presbyterian Church 7 15 p.m. and a masquerade by the Eagles Auxiliary at Eagles Hall basement 7 30 p.m. on Monday. Tuesday brings multiple group meetings including Chi Omega Alumnae 2 p.m. Mrs. Gerald Kyle home 16 Franklin Ave with hostessing help, Tuesday Club 6 30 p.m. at 24 Morris Ave, Dean Gamertsfelder speech on political ideologies, Central P T A Study Group 7 30 p.m. with Mrs. Ira Harmon, Social Literary Club 2 30 p.m. reviewing Japan Over Asia, Plains Child Study Club 7 30 p.m. at Mrs. Elwood Daugherty's Beaumont home, White Shrine benefit 7 30 p.m., Sayre Study Circle 2 p.m. at Mrs. E. McClure 182 N Congress St with Mrs. Vickers leading, Annual fall meeting of Woman's Home Missionary Society Chillicothe District 9 45 a.m. to end of day at First Methodist Church Lancaster with speakers Mrs. H C Vaughan and Mrs. S M Halloway, Hobson Study Circle 7 30 p.m. at Mrs. Carl Frey 54 Shannon Ave with roll call quoting famous people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
Chillicothe District
First Methodist Church
Lancaster
H. C. Vaughan
Columbus
S. M. Halloway
Hobson Study Circle
Carl Frey
Shannon Ave
Rail Time Card Highlights Mixed East West Schedules
Timetable snippet lists Baltimore and Ohio trains No. 4 44 and 2 National Limited East and West bound. Chesapeake and Ohio No. 90 37. New York Central South and North lines show daily and except Sunday runs. Athens Airport Airplane service details include through airline connections and airport departure times.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Diplomat
National Limited
Chesapeake & Onio
NEW York Central South
NEW York Central North
Athens Municipal Airport
Airtaxi
T & W A and AA
Athens West
East
North
Halloween party notes from M and H Circle meeting
The M and H Circle met Friday evening with Mrs. Bessie Cooley and 17 members present led by president Margaret McHarg. They plan rag rag sewing on Monday November 7 and a covered dish supper, with Pythian Sisters meeting in the I O O F Hall that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. & H. Circle
Bessie Cooley
W. State St
Margaret McHarg
Mary Knox
Pythian Sisters
Kate Brooks
Matie Pritchard
Thelma Linscott
Mary Helen Sweeney
Sarah Lee
S. S. Winters
Ohio newswomen fly to Cleveland for awards and air tour
Three women reporters Katherine Fisher Mary Campbell Pattison and Marian Bush Reeder traveled from Athens to Cleveland aboard the Athens Airways plane Good News for an Ohio convention. They won cash prizes for news feature society writing and were featured on WTAM radio as part of coverage. Flight details and host talks with Plain Dealer editors accompany the accounts, ending with a local wedding shower notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cleveland
Athens Airways
Katherine Fisher
Mary Campbell Pattison
Chillicothe Scioto Gazette
Marian Bush Reeder
the Messenger
Bob Swift
State
Athens Opera House
California
la Reeder
THE
Dorothy Todd Foster
Columbus Dispatch
Jane Weaver
WTAM
Nancy Randolph
Inez Callaway Robb
New York
Duchess of Windsor
Queen Mary
Phil Porter
the Plain Dealer
Louis Seltzer
Press
Nat Howard
News
Josephine Robertson
Josephine Wuebben
Logan
Josephine
Carl Robertson
Plain Dealer
Morocco
Ohio University
Pi Beta Phi
West Wing
Alice Longworth
Alice
Glouster
Corning
Bob
Blue Waco
South
Waco
Columbus
Sandusky
Athens
OES appoints Mrs Dixon Deputy Grand Matron for 25th District
Mrs Dave C Dixon of 508 Front St Marietta has been named deputy grand matron for the 25th district of the Order of the Eastern Star for the coming year Athens County is included in the district The appointment was announced by Mrs Mary Wollerman worthy grand matron at the grand chapter closing sessions in Columbus Ohio Mrs Dixon is a past matron of Lowell Chapter and well known locally
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Dave C. Dixon
Front St
Marietta
Order of the Eastern Star
Athens County
Mary Wollerman
Columbus
Dixon
Lowell
City Federation meeting moved to November 7
Athens City Federation announces a rescheduled meeting for next Monday afternoon November 7, upending the prior date of November 3. The change affects attendees and agenda timing across local clubs and committees.
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Athens
Licensed to Marry Logan
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Bert Daniel Murray 23 miner Glouster Route 4 son of Mr and Mrs William Murray and Ruth Edythe Morrie 17 at home Glouster Route 4 daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Morrison for marriage in the near future.
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Logan
Bert Daniel Murray
Glouster
William Murray
Ruth Edythe Morrieson
Charles Morrison
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets touted as first choice
An advertisement extols Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe vegetable laxative with mild cleansing. It claims to stimulate bile flow aiding digestion of fatty foods, improves muscular action, and offers pleasant taste plus economical prices of 15 30 and 60 cents.
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Druge Gista
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Athens Messenger
J. R. Sprague
Philadelphia
L. D. Robinson
Guysville
E. I. Stanley
Albany
Susan Lash
E. Rey Lash
Schuster-Martin School of the Drama
Miss Lash
Don Collender
Schuster Martin
C. W. Gross
Fred Gross
Billy Neff
Crooksville
Jack Lee Gross
Kathleen Shannon
Helen Smith
O. A
Lima
Lowell Patterson
S. McKinley Ave
Melvin Zeigler
Zeigler
Wayne Wingett
Pratts Fork
Dan A. Bar
Din
Virginia
Daniel, Jr
Warren Rightmire
Parsons
H. L. Atkinson
N. Lancaster St
Rightmire
Merritt Wilson
Elkins
Atkinson
Our House
Gallipolis
Wilson
West Virginia
Richard C. Estle
Lucille Jones
Marvin
Clyde Jones
South Gate
Cal
Lillie Jones
Central Ave
Estle
Mr. Jones
Mr. Estle
C. B. Estle
New Albany
oOww
AAUW
Laura Bailey
Church St
Genevieve Apgar
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Elsie Druggan
Daughters of Union Veterans
IOOF
Athens Senior High School
Ray Burchfield
Henry Burchfield
H. W. Bender
Maple St
Chief’s Club
Lizzie Harvey
Chauncey
Bess Cunningham
Great Britain
Pinkham
Pinkham’s
Adele Garrison
Meddlers
K. F. 8. Inc
Almaden
Paul Bassett
Los Gatos
Margaret Matasci
St. Anthony’s Church
Presbyterian Church
Auxiliary of
Eagles
Eagles Hall
Chi Omega
Gerald Kyle
Franklin Ave
Geraldine Whittington
Betty Bolin
C. D. Hopkins
Morris Ave
Dean W. S. Gamertsfelder
Central P. T. A
Ira Harmon
S. Lancaster St
Allan Kresge
East State St
Japan
Asia
William Henry Chamberlin
Victor Whitehouse
000 Plains
Elwood Daugherty
Beaumont
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
South Court St
Sayre Study Circle
E. McClure
Congress St
V. C. Vickers
Lawton
Okla
Pickett
Gettysburg
Fort Sill
Here
1St Field Artillery Regiment
Athens Ice & Storage Co
QHD National Bank
Lonnie E. Frazier
Pearl St
Middleport
Hargersburg
Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company
AbSight
Ee Lonnie FE. Frazier
Insurance Department
Athens, Ohio
P. P
R. F
By Marian Bush Reeder
Big Town’s Society
Helen Robertson
Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Society
Walter Carsey
Edison Carsey
Willow Creek
OES
Federation
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