Summer Society hosts shower for Mary McCune bride elect
Mrs H H Townsend and daughter Mrs Harry Begg entertained with a miscellaneous shower in Marietta Avenue home honoring Miss Mary McCune. Prizes were won by several guests including Mrs E L Church and the bride elect. Favors were candy filled umbrellas. Additional items note Rose and Blanche Price in Huntington and Athens visits and John W Stewart’s return from Wheeling to Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McCune
H. H. Townsend
Harry Begg
Begg
Marietta Ave
E. L. Church
Carl Gorham
W. E. Clark
Andrew Adleman
M. F. McCune
W. D. Robinson
Personal notices from Athens area residents travelers and family updates
Attorney and Mrs. Hal H Rowland and children Roger and Sue returned from Canada where they stayed at a hunting and fishing lodge on Lake Pemachani gan. Billy Rowland, son of Judge and Mrs O F Rowland, accompanied them for part of the trip. Mrs F D Forsyth and daughter Jean returned from Wisconsin with visits to La Crosse and Lake Chetek. Mr and Mrs Harold E Wise returned from Camp Kawanhee Maine where he was athletic director. Martha Jo Wise visited a friend in Columbus on the way home. Mrs Elton Adams and husband moved to Raleigh North Carolina where he teaches at the University of North Carolina. Miss Pansy Steinmetz and Miss Hazel Louise McGrath left for Indianapolis to train at the Royal Beauty Academy. Mrs Charles H Russell returned from a three week visit to Los Angeles and the Golden Gate Exposition. Miss Mary Flanagan supervised Ohio University summer work abroad and traveled Europe and the Mediterranean before returning to Athens. Her parents and brother joined her here briefly before returning to Iowa. Mrs Louise H Langenberg left for Cambridge Massachusetts with her daughter Elizabeth Wangenberg returning recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal H. Rowland
Roger
Sue
Canada
Lake Pemachanigan
Billy Rowland
O. F. Rowland
Athens
L. F. Jones
Harold E. Wise
E. State Sr
Camp Kawanhee
Maine
Wise
Martha Jo
Columbus
F. D. Forsyth
Jean
E. State St
Wisconsin
Bessie Carmen
S. High St
Elton Adams
Raleigh
N. C
Adams
University of North Carolina
Pansy
Faye Steinmetz
Smith St
Hazel Louise McGrath
Indianapolis
Ind
Royal Beauty Academy
Charles H. Russell
N. Lancaster St
Los Angeles
Calif
San Francisco
Mary Flanagan
Congress Apartments
Ohio University
Europe
Miss Flanagan
Normandie
England
Scotland
France
Belgium
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Greece
Sicily
Algiers
Gibraltar
Portugal
Azores
Flanagan
New York
New Jersey
George Flanagan
Williamsburg
George Francis Flanagan
Cresco
Iowa
Louise H. Langenberg
J. M. Higgins
Park Place
Cambridge
Mass
Elizabeth W Wangenberg
Athens County 4-H Groups Shine at Ohio State Fair
Athens County showcased 4-H talent with a 36 piece band performing at the fair. Exhibits included Amesville and Coolville Vocational Agriculture displays, Anna Mae Baker in the Costume Revue, Donna Sayre in the Dress Revue, and Edward Sheridan’s hog worm control demonstration. Finsterwalds entered six Hampshire hogs with multiple top prizes and Belgian horses, guided by 4-H advisors Mrs. Glazier and Miss Lantz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Ross Wright
Amesville
Coolville
Anna Mae Baker
Athens
Donna Sayre
Trimble
Edward Sheridan
Paul and
Phillip Linscott
David Finsterwald
Hampshire
Finsterwalds
Francis Glazier
Edra Lantz
Donna
Marriage Meddlers at Greenwich Farm in New York
Madge Graham hurries to contact Noel Veritzen as Charles Spencer plans to use Mary Veritzen and Noel as bait to lure fugitive Jack Leslie. Lillian Underwood is drawn into the scheme as Madge's mission to the hotel unfolds amid tense family leverage and a racing clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Spencer
Secret Service
Madge Graham
Madge
Mary Veritzen
Noel
Long Island
Jack Leslie
Lillian Underwood
Spencer
Greenwich Village
Philip Veritzen
Veritzen
Lillian
Deborah Class Picnic at Helsel Home
The Deborah Class of the First Christian Church held a potluck picnic for 40 or more members and guests on the Helsel lawn at 61 Second St. Guests included Mrs. Bird Stephenson from Cleveland visiting Mrs. Guy Fierce and Miss Cadda Davis hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah
First Christian Church
Neil Helsel
Second St
Bird Stephenson
Cleveland
Guy Fierce
The Modern Home Movement Says Decorator
A decorator argues homes should be machines for living with simple forms and useful furniture. Lydia Powell writes The Attractive Home to guide readers on practical decorating within modest budgets. The piece traces postwar shifts to minimalism and functional beauty in rooms and everyday objects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Powel
Grandma
Athens horse show highlights and local notices
Athens residents attend the Ohio State Fair Horse Show at the Coliseum with Governor Bricker making an appearance. Other items note a World's Fair gas tank coin bank founder and family trips, plus upcoming reunions and a church homecoming in nearby towns with local leaders and dates.
Bustle Silhouette Guide Advises Careful Fitting
Fashion advice cautions that new bustle silhouettes suit only certain figures. It urges choosing dresses that are utterly becoming, watching waistlines and hemlines, and opting for alterations if weight changes. It warns against buying to fix flaws and stresses individual fit over trends.
Drudgery of motherhood rewarded in memories says Olive Barton
Advice to a young mother about enduring early years of marriage and childrearing. The writer urges patience and purpose, noting happiness grows from tending family and serving others, with the promise of a better future beyond the initial strain. Bananas two feet long are grown in East Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Roberts Barton
East Africa
Also Mentioned on This Page
I. Oe
Rose
Blanche Price
Lucille Davis
Huntington
W. Va
Martha Starnes
Misses Price
Joliet, Ill
Starnes
Dorothy Crane
Jerry
Danville
Ill
John W. Stewart
Wheeling
Ohio County Department of Public Assistance
Stewart
Jack
A. A. Atkinson
Morris Ave
Charleston
Logan
Board of Education
Dorothy Gray
Cline
Princess
Caracal
Sayre
Charles D. Bill
Franklin Ave
Betty Biddison
Boston
Mr. Bill
E. P. Bill
Miss Biddison
E. M. Biddison
Jackie Burgett
H. N. Burgett
Union St
Inez Timmons
Hannah Mills
Bess Fleck
Adele Garrison
Margaret
Mary
Phil
Lansfield
Miss Whitlock
Madgel
Leslie
Elder Veritzen
Graham
Helsel Home
Lydia Powell
Eugene E. Woodworth
Phillip J. Woodworth
L. C. Baker
Helen Baker
Carl Clifford
Anne Pickering
Elsie Bridgewater
John R. Sprague
Robert Main
Ted Sprague
Jean Finsterwald
Governor Bricker
Frank Hart
North Olmstead
Marjorie
Jack Hart
Dad
N. Y. Fair
Richard Imes
Wilbur Imes
Billy
Helen Bean
Nita Stauffer
Bernard Matheny
E. J. Shannon
Grace Mallon
Akron
Shannons
Onlyeone
Grover Whalen
S.G
Davis
Thomas
Elizabeth Davis
Hocking County
Ohio
Lancaster Fairgrounds
Oo Madison
Madison Free Will Baptist Church
Vinton County
Zaleski
Dorothy Kishler
Chicago
St. Aloysius Academy
New Lexington
Woodworths
Mrs. Blue
Junior
Blackmore's
Beckley Bldg
Harvest Moon
Broughton
Wheel OF
Sealure
Feasuee
America
Burke-Ervin Electric Co
North Court Street
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