Pi Beta Phi Luncheon Honors Bride Elect Jane Finsterwald
Pi Beta Phi Advisory Board hosted a luncheon at Thackery House honoring Miss Jane Finsterwald whose September 20 Dayton wedding to Mr William C Long was announced. Attendees included Mrs P O Nichols and Mrs Gordon Gray among others. centerpiece roses and garden bouquets decorated the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pi Beta Phi Advisory Board
Thackery House
Jane Finsterwald
William C. Long
Dayton
Finsterwald
P. O. Nichols
Gordon Gray
R. H. White
Dewey M. Goddard
Joseph P. Trepp
H. G. Stalder
Rufus C. Hopkins
R. W. Finsterwald
Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae Hostess Dinner at Mrs Williams Home
Mrs. Clark Williams of 63 Elmwood Place hosted a buffet dinner meeting for Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae Tuesday night. The chapter at Ohio University was praised for achievements and efficiency at the national convention in Banff, British Columbia, with Barbara Williams assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Williams
Elmwood Place
Alpha Gamma Delta
Williams
Ohio University
Banff
British Columbia
Barbara Williams
Athenians Visit Historic Spots in East on Washington Trip
Mrs. Gertrude Driscoll Elsie and Bill Driscoll Ardeth Westfall Karen Link and Roger Gilkey return from a week in Washington D C guests at Hotel Plaza They toured Washington Cathedral Franciscan Monastery Arlington Cemetery Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Jefferson Lincoln and Washington Memorials Mount Vernon and Robert E Lee home plus the George Washington Masonic National Memorial They viewed Capitol Pan American Union Corcoran Art Gallery Library of Congress FBI Smithsonian Skyline Drive Skyline Caverns and Annapolis Naval Academy in Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Gertrude Driscoll
Elsie
Bill Driscoll
Ardeth Westfall
Karen Link
Roger Gilkey
Washington, D.C
Hotel Plaza
Washington Cathedral
Arlington National Cemetery
Jefferson, Lincoln
Washington
Mount Vernon
Robert E. Lee
Spanish War Vets Picnic Set at Athens County Fairgrounds
Annual gathering of Camp No. 78 and Auxiliary 64 United Spanish War Veterans will be held at the Athens County Fairgrounds on Sunday September 7. Basket picnic at noon followed by a speeches program. Comrades and sisters welcome to meet visitors from other camps in the Southeastern Ohio district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Spanish War Veterans
Athens County Fairgrounds
Ohio
Tom Pendergast and Kansas City Power in a Lost Era
William M. Reddig reviews Tom’s Town Kansas City and the Pendergast Legend, tracing Jim Pendergast and brothers rise to influence, proscriptions, and crime from the 1890s through 1938. The work highlights democracy’s dark backstage, the Star newspaper battles, and a city shaped by crime and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Reddig
Fourth Estate
Trenton
Republican-Times
Kansas City Star
Charlotte
N.C
Pendergasts
Kansas City
Jim Pendergast
Missouri
John
Mike
Tom
Uncle Sam
William Rockhill Nelson
The
Star
Lloyd Stark
U. S
Truman
Pendergast
Union Station
McElroy
Mary
Redding
Gainer Family Reunion Held At Bashan Home
The Gainer family reunion took place on August 31 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orry Gainer in Bashan. Attendees included numerous relatives from Ohio and West Virginia towns such as Pomeroy Apple Grove Parkersburg Racine Grantsville Long Bottom and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Gainer
Orry Gainer
Bashan
Ernest Clark
Marlene
Eugene Clark
Apple Grove
Thomas Clark
Wellington
Ohio
Ermal Schreckingost
Parkersburg
Roy Gainer
Veon
Bernard Gainer
Akron
Ernest Ours
Jesse
Arthur
Paul
Evelyn
Elizabeth
Billy
Rebecca Smedley
Pauline Kay
Hebron
Jesse Gainer
Pomeroyg
Dayton Warner
Dale Warner
Syracuse
Evelyn Cook
Hayman Barnitz
Keith
Gary
A. H. Bailey
Carrie Gainer
Guysville
Lorena Kelly
Michael Bell
David
Ambridge
Charles Bush
Harry
Racine
Dora Stump
Grantsville
W. Va
Flora Cross
James and
Sarah Roberts
Long Bottom
Eugene Buckley
Joyce
Clay Wilson
Flora
Garden Club Meeting Held At Alma Atkins Home
The Garden Club held its August meeting at the home of Mrs Alma Atkins with 30 members and guests present. Refreshments were served by the hostesses. Several local families and friends are noted visiting and attending events in Harrisonville including birthdays and funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Garden Club
Alma
Stella Atkins
Dwight Seiple
Barbara Mae
Mae Ball
Billy and
Jerry
John Paynter
Mt. Blanchard
W. A. Dye
Harry Dean
Clair Waggoner
Hiel French
Frank Halliday
Virgil Atkins
Sharon
Sam Halliday
Salem Center
Hallie
Dye Ball
Billy
Betty Frances
Toledo
Francis Young
Charles Gilmore
Columbus
D. F. Dye
Merle Bolin
Don
Paul Cotterill
Ivan
Owen
Eugene Atkins
D. L. Reisinger
Gallipolis
Elias Vale
Athens
Felix Alkire
Martin
Near Pleasenton
John Stout
Rutland
Robert Blackwood
Esta Mae
Fred Thomas
Amanda
William Musser
John Musser
Hubert Musser
Fred Brown
Will Musser
Arthur Musser
Alma Atkins
Kimberly Kimberly Roosevelt Club Picnic and Local News round-up
The York Township Roosevelt Club plans its annual picnic for September 14 with a basket dinner and personal table service. Local travel and safety notes include school bus and conveyance inspections on September 2 by the State Highway Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly
York Township
Roosevelt Club
State Highway Patrol
Hocking River
James Hatfield
Columbus
Robert Hatfield
Dana Tolliver
Virgil Woods
Michigan
Paul Woods
William Davis
James Ossman
Lorain
John Butler
Cleveland
Robert Kennedy
Gannett Methodist Church
Helen Bond
Frank Pickett
Athens
Nelsonville
Hubert Carr
Arley Carr
Crystal Sharpe
Herman Lyons
George Ossman
Bob Doherty
Eddie Call
the Plains
Foster E. Day
Paintsville
Leonard Breeze
State Highway Department
Elmer Speelman
Labor Day
Floyd Brown
Athenians Return From Vacations and Travel Notes
Dr. Robert Srigley of Ardmore arrives in town for a brief visit with his mother before heading to New York City for the American College of Surgeons meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Fuller return from Chicago where they attended the Photographers Association of America convention. their daughter Blythe spent time with grandparents in the city. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Sherrard report two weeks in Chetek Wisconsin, renting a cottage from former Athenians now in Detroit. they praise Chetek for fishing swimming and summer recreation at Pokomoc Lodge with meals noted at the central lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Srigley
Ardmore
Oklo
H. S. Srigley
E. State St
Srigley
New York City
American College of Surgeons
Francis B. Fuller
Betty Hoyt McCoy
Chicago
Photographers’ Association of America
Stevens Hotel
Little Blythe Fuller
Fred H. McCoy
N. Congress St
J. S. Sherrard
State St
Wisconsin
Chetek
Rice Lake
Sherrards
F. D. Forsyth
Detroit
Pokomoc Lodge
Murray City Social Notes
Murray City social items list residents visiting relatives and hosting family members from Gary Fort Wayne Clarify local visitors include Blanche Brooker Delmar Campbell and Eugene Lauriskey with extended family in Columbus Dearborn and Nelsonville all showing common town connections and travel between Logan Newark and Glouster through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Williams
Shawnee
Howard Bush
Warren Darby
Orient
Emma Tippie
Sam Costello
Willoughby
Charles Sheinkuiler
Don Hutchins
Nelsonville
Shemkuiser
Lester Snell
Pat
Logan
R. E. Kruger
Paul
Cleveland
Howard Craft
Milton Campbell
Granville Thompson
Roy Lanning
Bob Martin
Bob Shuttleworth
Junior Anders
Jean Craft
Bonnie Shuttleworth
Walter Lauriskey
Arlene
Mary Ann
Detroit
Steve Leslie
Howard Farmer
Glouster
Lawrence Smith
Buchtel
Reedsville social visitors and returns noted
Reedsville residents hosted and visited relatives with many travelers passing through. Joseph Hawley and son Clinton of Lansing visited friends, Donald Kibble and Mrs Anna Randolph toured to Marietta, and M H Pickering returned to New Brighton after a stay with Gladys Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Joseph Hawley
Clinton
Lansing
Mich
Donald F. Kibble
East Liverpool
Anna M. Randolph
Marietta
Scott Heatherington
M. H. Pickering
New Brighton
Gladys Williams
Fred Hoyt
Robert Mixer
Mixer
Robert
Ft. Knox
Lee Wallace
Sgt. Mixer
Pennsylvania
R. W. Burden
Rockland
Arthur Hetzer
Hetzer
A. L
Mansfield
P. H. Swain
Akron
Marietta Paints Distributed by Regional Firms
Marietta paints are distributed by Bardin Bros Co Athens Pomeroy Cement Block Co Pomeroy and Plymale I Wagner Co Gallipolis supplying retailers in southern Ohio with local distribution support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta Paints
Bardin-Bros. CO
Athens
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy
Plymaleiwagner CO
Gallipolis
Democratic shift in child rearing replaces old family life
Dr Mary Fisher Langmuir of Vas sar College argues the traditional family structure has faded in America. She says a new democratic approach to child raising is emerging, focusing on mutual respect, shared work, space for individuality, and loving guidance rather than regimentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fisher Langmuir
Vassar College
Div Fisher
America
Social Etiquette for Phone Calls and Summer Society News
A printable guide advises handling calls for a teen with a simple reply Susie isn’t here now. She will be home around 5, I think. It also notes summer society notes and how to submit notices to the Society Desk at 0244 for vacation guests and related news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie
Funeral services for Frank Lawrence held in South Cas maan
Attending were relatives from Ohio Indiana and West Virginia plus J W Lawrence of Lima. Friends called at 4112 Mill Street but could not attend. J W Lawrence, Lima, son of Mr Lawrence, also traveled for the services. Bessie R Strong went to Washington DC to be with her aunt Minnie R Lloyd who is seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lawrence
South Casmaan
William Masterton
Athens
Robert Masterton
Arthur Kincade
Howard
Paul Neff
Ralph Kincade
Columbus
Geneva Guenther
Indianapolis
Ind
Harold Boggs
Carlisle
Springfield
Frank Thomas
Cincinnati
Orley Clark
Edith Davis
Logan
Florence Lawrence
Mac Jel Lawrence
Clarksburg
W. Va
Mill St
J. W. Lawrence
Lima
Lawrence
Washington
Bessie R. Strong
Washington, D.C
Minnie R. Lloyd
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Society News
Phillip
Martha Cody
Zanesville
Beverley
Mass
William F
Buffalo Bill’ Cody
Buffalo Bill
YWCA
Cody
Moxahala Park
Ree Union
Ernest Cody
Canada
Miss
Philippines
Atlantic City
Evangeline de Castro
Manila
Margaret D. Marshall
Toronto
Miss Philippines
Islands
Jean Civello
New York
Alpha Gamma Delta Meeting
W. N. Herron
Franklin Ave
Doris Currey
Youngstown
Glen Marsh
Currey
Marsh
Dwight Herron
Darrell Herron
Newark, N. J
Delph Parker
Waynesburg
Richard J. Parker
Sarah Hoy
Pine Bank
Arnold Wolfe
N. Lancaster St
Emogene E. Noble
Richland Ave
C. C. Beverage
van Vorhes St
F. C. Stone
Dick and
Dotty Silvas
Indian Lake
Beatley
Children's Toys
N. Court St
Department Store
the Literary Guide Post
Murray City Social Notes
Willard Shaffer
Miss Aves Ann Thompson
Marietta Velvet
Lydia E. Pinkele
Lydia E. Pinkham
Handmakher
Rilla's Dress Shop
Union St
Athens, Ohio
Boston
Sandler
Mademoisele
Ashion
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