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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1956
Page
8
Children and their ponies from Athens County will enter the Children s Horse Show at the Athens Fair Grounds Saturday afternoon Entries will be taken between 0 and show time at the grandstand Sat
Calendar entries announce a baking program with cake pan lining and a homecoming event. Items include a Sunday school and business meet, a Basher dinner at noon, and afternoon activities. Various PTA and club meetings follow in Athens including WSCS circles, newcomer bridge, Sigma Phi Gamma, Emblem Club, and Bern PTA with officer attendance urged.
The Ohio garden clubs heard Dr. John Creech discuss plant hunting and saluted three awards including Christine Traquair to Mark Russell of Columbus and a posthumous honor to Mrs. Carmen Warnler of Lancaster. The Belpre Garden Club won second prize with the Green Thumb Club of Delphus also honored.
Community calendar item notes Albany Grange meeting at 8 p.m. with election of officers. Refreshments include cookies or sandwiches. Local attendees urged to arrive on time and participate in the officer slate.
Sunday annual Easler Linscott reunion at Hooper Ridge Church of Christ with basket dinner at noon and an afternoon program. Bates Church homecoming with basket dinner at noon and Albany Grange election of officers and cookies or sandwiches. Pratts Fork Church homecoming with basket dinner at noon. Barrows reunion at roadside park between Guysville and Coolville with basket dinner. Public invited.
In a bridge hand, West opens diamonds and East signals with nine for 2 continuation. West plays queen, East drops four, and dummy discards queen of hearts to let opponents win three diamonds while avoiding a heart trick. South completes the contract. East erred by not playing the lower diamond first to force a heart switch.
The Ohio Association of Garden Clubs opens its 26th annual convention with speeches and slides. Dr Donald Ries of Illinois State Normal University presents Flashing Through Nature while Mrs Robert Reibel introduces regional director for Athens, emphasizing wildflower conservation amid development and fire. Delegates attend workshops after lectures on milkweed worm and butterfly life stages.
Athens Ohio September 7 1 a police officer reports returning home after a long shift to darkness and a note claiming framed He recalls hearing a guest saying the officer was going out to dine with the men and the phrase I am going out with the girls adds to the tension The account centers on alleged domestic deception amid a local scene with casual dinner details and a sensational claim of framing
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