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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1948
Page
5
Gilham Frank Auxiliary schedules a Thursday 8 p.m. gathering in the New Marshfield Club rooms. Members expected to discuss upcoming events and plan community service activities.
Social side notes announce a Labor Day weekend dance at the Athens Country Club opening with an informal event. On Saturday Sept 4 Amby Armbrust and his band from Zanesville will play from ten until two for members and guests.
Mr and Mrs Roger Connor and daughter Patricia have returned to Utah Place after a four week vacation visiting family in Ogden and stops at four national parks in the West and Southwest including Grand Canyon Bryce and Zion. They traveled via the Southern Route and paused in Tulsa to see Robert Lee, formerly of Athens. Relatives visit Athens from Los Angeles and Columbus.
Miss Freda M. Smith returns from a Florida vacation visiting former Athenians Edna Acomb in Lake Worth and F Gallaher in Homestead. Dean Seigfred and family resume home in Athens after ten days touring New York State. Other locals note trips to Summit Hotel Uniontown and Seneca Falls visits, plus a Horse Show attendance near Columbus.
Marie Jackson daughter of Mrs. Frank White Athens and Oscar Leonard son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Leonard Gallipolis wed in Gallipolis on Saturday August 21 with Rev. J. L. Stephenson officiating. The bride wore an oyster white suit with pink carnations. Leonard, a World War II veteran, teaches at Ohio University Airport. They reside on East State Street near the airport. Rome Grange to attend church services Sunday September 5 at 8 p.m. at South Canaan Baptist Church per Mrs. Bernard Vocke.
New back-to-school devices pair flair with utility. See-through umbrellas protect pedestrians while keeping traffic in view. A leather finish saddle bag carries books and lunch with tough surface for easy cleaning. Flexible plastic guards shield sleeves from chalk and grime. Bicycle locks, wheel protectors, and a compact bicycle tire inflator offer campus security and on the go maintenance.
Miss Helen Constantine, a French Hospital nurse in New York, tours Athens with college friend Miss Sirouhee Arpee. They recall school days, mutual contacts, and shared histories while discussing Vera Mer cer and the summer opera in St. Louis.
A new cream type glamour make up arrives from Hollywood that can be applied and set in under 20 seconds. The stick form product is non oily non greasy and non drying and lasts for hours without touching up. Stars already use it and it may soon reach readers.
Club meetings are listed for Wednesday Wednesday 8 p m Nannie Allom Rebekah lodge at IOOF Hall Thursday Ride A Wee Club 2 p m at Mrs Harry Faulkner 67 Mulberry St Friday Past Chiefs club host 7 30 p m Sales tax stamps urged. Mrs John Milar returned from Westfield Mass July end of July visitors. A son born July 29 at Nobel Hospital Westfield. Athens Grange meets Thursday 8 30 p m conferring first and second degrees 506 Bert Grafton in Lancaster Friday. Dixie Carsey returns from Oldtown visit. Ice cream social Friday Sept 8 at Pleasanton Church 7 p m public invited.
The McGrath family gathered Sunday August 29 at Nice's Park for an all day reunion with a noon pot luck. Attendees included Peggy Terrill Elizabeth Bauters Florence Barger H W Barger and others from New Jersey New York Ohio and Iowa. Music was provided by Val Hartung Tommy McGrath Donavin Wogan and Charles Hartung. Some relatives could not attend.
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