Dr Edith Beecher Speaks on Community Needs at C C L Meeting
The Child Conservation League held its first meeting of the year at 61 North High Street with Mrs. Eva Welch in charge. Dr Edith Beecher, Ohio University faculty member, spoke on community needs and organized service, outlining work by the Community Welfare Association and budget needs for the coming year. Delegates to the state convention were elected, and a social hour followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Child Conservation League
Charles Farrow
N. High St
Eva Welch
Farrow
L. W. Kelley
Francis Frebault
E. G. Campbell
Edith Beechel
Ohio University
Dr. Beechel
Beecher
Community Welfare Association
Athens County
Esther
Betty Jane Cokonougher
Mrs Bing To Address Ohio Welfare Conference in Canton
Mrs Lucia Johnson Bing a former Athens resident speaks Thursday at the forty seventh annual Ohio Welfare Conference in Canton She addresses the Ohio Committee on Lay Participation in Social Work at a luncheon The event runs Sept 14 to Sept 17 with attendees including Judge and Mrs Louis Tyroler Mrs Helen Fretz and Miss Margret Haskins. Baseball is said to have originated in 1839 at Cooperstown New York by Abner Doubleday who introduced the three bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucia Johnson Bing
Athens
Ohio Welfare Conference
Canton
Bing
Ohio Committee
Louis Tyroler
Helen Fretz
Rural Child Welfare Service
Marggret Haskins
Aid For
Cooperstown, N. Y
Abner Doubleday
Mrs Kittle Hosts Philathea Class Dinner
Mrs. R. J. Kittle of 19 May Avenue hosted a six o'clock dinner Tuesday evening for members of the Philathea Class at the Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Kittle
Philathea
The
Christian Church
Social Calendar Updates Across Local Groups
Daughters of Union Veterans meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m with birthday celebration and refreshments. Alpha Delta Pi Auxiliary gathers at Mrs George Banks 96 Franklin Ave Wednesday 8 p m. Athenian Temple No 173 Pi yan Sisters hold benefit party Wednesday 730 p m K P Hall Chauncey public invited. Friendship Class meets at Laura Hendersons Thursday 630 potluck. Lydia Lash Evans Club picnics Thursday 530 bring own service. Child Study Club postponed one week. Priscilla Needle Club luncheon Thursday 1 pm with regrets due by Wednesday. Faithful Few Club meets Tuesday 730 with Alva Haning. Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge meets Thursday 730 with initiation. Faithful Few another Thursday 730 celebrates two birthdays. Wesleyan Service Guild meets Thursday 730 in church basement. Past Chiefs Club met Monday to elect officers and plan annual dinner October 1 at Hillcrest Inn with prizes awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Delta Pi
George Banks
Franklin Ave
Athenian Temple
K. of P. Hall
Chauncey
Lydia Lash Evans Club
Nice
Pomeroy Road
L. C. Baker
Clarence Laughlin
Nannie Allom
Miss Matters Elected President of Infinity Club
The Infinity Club met Friday at Miss Jesse Rowles home. Miss Margaret Matters was elected president with Miss Betty Bird as secretary and Miss Jesse Rowles as treasurer. Present were Ruth Hammerle, Margaret Mat ters, Margaret Williams, Jessie Rowles, Patty Daugherty, Jamesre Constance Dent and Betty Bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Infinity Club
Jesse Rowles
Margaret Matters
Betty Bird
Ruth Hammerle
Margaret Williams
Jessie Rowles
Patty Daugherty
Jane Sree
Constance Dent
Betty Ird
Eskimo Woman Buried With Knife Upon Death
A Native Arctic burial notes an Eskimo woman interred with a knife placed in her grave. The ceremony or regional customs are described in the article segment.
Who's Going And Coming
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Davidson returned Monday evening from Kittaning and Pittsburgh where they stayed with Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Weaver. Virginia Beasley entered Columbus School for Girls Monday. Mrs. Raymond Connett and daughter Janet left for Vincent to visit her parents in celebration of a birthday. Mrs. J. B. Allen and daughter Marjorie left for Lynn Haven Florida to reside until next summer. Prof. Donald Church will join the Ohio University faculty at S Congress Street home. Miss Lelia Rachel Warren of Athens is named new director of music at Gallipolis High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Connett
Janet
Morris Ave
Vincent
Connett
H. W. Hill
J. B. Allen
Marjorie
Lynn Haven
Fla
Allen
Congress St
Lawsons
G. R. Lawson
McLean
Atlanta
Georgia
G. C. Lawson
Levi McWhorter Jenkins
Jane Lew
W. Va
Flora M. Lawson
Lawson Home
Murry McWhorter
Weston
Mr. Lawson
C. C. Swisher
Berlin
Ralph McWhorter
W. J. Jenkins
George C. Lawson
Chauncey Lawson
Charleston
Logan
Huntington
County Grange Meeting Planned for Saturday in Athens
Athens County Pomona Grange will meet at the Canaan Grange Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Rome and Summit Granges will present the afternoon program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Grange
Athens County
Pomona Grange
Canaan
Rome
Summit Granges
Girl finds 51 four leaf clovers in Elyria garden
Helen Polascek walked into her mother's garden and found 51 four leaf clovers. She then searched longer and added nine five leaf clovers and one six leaf specimen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Helen Polascek
Pipe stolen from St. Lawrence church organ
One organ pipe from the Handel era instrument at St. Lawrence Church in Little Stanmore Middlesex is missing. Rev Frank Cooper rector suspects a souvenir hunter stole the pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Church of St. Lawrence
Little Stanmore
Middlesex
Frank Cooper
Beauty Rest And Sleep Hygiene For Winter Glamour
Health foundations for looks emphasize rest, proper diet, exercise, and calm mood. Avoid holiday burnout by spacing social events, walking daily, and reducing rich meals. Sleep tips include a comfy mattress, no drafts, warm milk or juice, and guided relaxation to end with quiet focus. The article notes New York harbor channels stay navigable via dredges.
Mrs Dixon Hosts Bridge Club Gathering
Mrs Marie Dixon hosted her bridge club at 52 West State Street Monday night. High score went to Mrs Frank Foster, followed by Miss Cora Evans and Mrs Charles Marquis. Refreshments were served by the hostess with help from Mrs A D Townsend. The next meeting, two weeks hence, will be at Miss Cora Evans's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Dixon
W. State St
Frank Foster
Cora Evans
Charles Marquis
A. D. Townsend
Fourth Annual Reunion Held By Vinton Folks
The fourth annual Homecoming of Vinton Furnace residents took place at Prattsville Ohio on Sunday September 12 1937. Guests and families from Dundas Zaleski Chillicothe Athens McArthur Nelsonville and other towns joined a day of picnic lunch business meeting election of officers with J W West as president Len Stevenson as vice president and Mary Robb as secretary. Additional notes list many attendees and visitors including Lawson family from Atlanta and Jenkins from Jane Lew with multiple stops in West Virginia communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton Furnace
Prattsville
Ohio
Long
America
Ora Murray
J. W. West
Len Stephenson
Secetary
Mary Robb
Fremont Gates
Opal
Theo
Dundas
Fay Allen
Leonard Stephenson
Harve Sayre
Edward Sohn
Annie Tully
Charley Fiddlar
Pauline Sohn
William Kimletz
Margaret Kimletz
Sue Ann
C. Y. Yates
Buchtel
Bessie Colburn
Ermal Porter
Athens
William Dawson
Nelsonville
Pat Loper
Murray City
Cecil Lunsford
Glouster
Howard Farmer
William Power
John Power
Samuel Biffle
Oriton
Andrew Wiseman
Ben Smith
Chauncey
Eugene
Earnest Morriss
Zaleski
John Mace
William
Laurelville
Ellsworth Waxler
Ruby
McArthur
H. B. McLaughlin
Harry Hofshine
Steve Brine
Hamden
John Trainer
William Biffle
Lizzie Bishop
Hattie Long
E. C. Allen
Martha
Hugh
Betty
Anna Martin
George Peck
Ed Whitlatch
Etta Elliott
Albany
Henry Hall
Lancaster
Dale Freeze
Cyrus Chesser
Home Guards Elect Officers At First Methodist Church
Election of officers held by the Home Guards of the First Methodist Church with Phyllis Mathews as president Marian Droz as vice president and Alice Dawson as secretary The meeting opened with a devotional and song We Sing America A Treasure Hunt Poster was explained and will be used this year Miss McBee received a gift The Junior Queen Esther Circle entrants were named and invited to the next meeting Mrs Duncan reported on Peek Home Polo Ill Some members offered to make a scrap book for a child at the home The group sewed during the social hour a treasure hunt followed for candy and refreshments were served
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Guards
First Methodist Church
Phyllis Mathews
Marian Droz
Alice Dawson
America
Miss McBee
Home
Mind Your Manners and Social Dress Etiquette
A Q and A on proper beach and tennis attire and travel notices. Questions cover wearing bathing suits in cars, men shirt sightings on courts, whether waiting players should comment on play, bare legs in street clothes, and sleeveless dresses for street wear. Best travel guidance suggests informing hostess of arrival timing and calling from a town near arrival.
Don’t Be a Three-Quarter Wife Says Lydia Pinkham Ad
An old advertisement targets housewives urging harmony in marriage and promoting Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease menopausal and life stage discomforts. It claims monthly mood shifts and general female health support as women transition through girlhood to motherhood and toward middle age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Numbers In Newspaper License Plates And A County Fair Tale
Deputy Sheriff Charles Evans highlights unusual license numbers in Athens County with figures like 9XR 10XR and R9 among courthouse staff and residents. A Wayne Wingett family anecdote at the Athens County Fair follows, recounting Jean’s multiple merry-go-round rides with her father looping back for more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Evans
Evans
O. F. Rowland
Don Rowland
Dick Wilson
B. F. Beckler
Pete Beckler
Paul Allen
Court House
Athens County
Wayne Wingett
Mr. Wingett
Jean
Needle Club Hostess Mrs Cross Hosts Tuesday Meet
Mrs. Frank Cross at 88 W Union St hosted the Tuesday Needle Club gathering attended by 13 members and one guest, Mrs Harvey Baker, at the home of Mrs Carl Roberts 39 Grosvenor St. Club president is Mrs Elmer Poston. Mr and Mrs Robert Hess of Morris Ave returned from Lewisburg with their son Robert Jr who is entering Greenbriar Military Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cross
W. Union St
Harvey Baker
Carl Roberts
Cross
Grosvenor St
Elmer Poston
Robert Hess
Morris Ave
Lewisburg
Robert, Jr
Greenbriar Military Academy
Rowan Group Reunion At Buckeye Lake Labor Day
The Rowan family held its annual reunion at Buckeye Lake on September 4 5 and Labor Day. Attendees included C E Rowan family members, Frances and France families, Jinks and Jarvis relatives, and others from Athens Pittsburgh Lancaster Mansfield Columbus and Youngstown. Next year’s reunion is planned for the same time and place. Dorothy Jinks Welch announced birth of grandson Robert Jerome Jr to Mr and Mrs Robert A Porthan of Ely Minn born Sept 5 weighing nine pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowan
Buckeye Lake
Labor Day
C. E. Rowan
Alton
Mary
Sam Au
Mildred
Velma
Jack
Bob
John France
Howard
Guy France
Mansfield
K. H. France
Homer France
Cutler
Blanche Root
Athens
Cora Williams
Pittsburgh
W. W. Jinks
Robert A. Porthan
Dorothy Jinks
Ely
Minn
Robert Jerome, Jr
N. W. Jinks
John E. Porthan
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Dr. Beecher
C.C.L
Mrs. Bing
Ladies Aid of the
Richland Ave. M. P
Missionary Society of the
Paris
Philatheas
Daughters of Union Veterans
First Christian Church
Laura Henderson
van Vorhees St
Child Study Club
Priscilla Needle Club
H. J. Ong
N. Congress St
Faithful Few Club
Alva Haning
Richland Ave
Chiefs Club
Bess Fleck
Elsie Finsterwald
Lizzie Canter
Bessie Cooley
Margaret McHarg
Lelia Cross
Miss Finsterwald
McHarg
Miss Matters
of Infinity Club
Quick's
Rate Drug Store
Philco
Summers & Son Cline
Nyals
Nyal
McKee Drug CO
Robert Davidson
Kittaning
C. V. Weaver
Willa Marie
Virginia Beasley
Fred R. Beasley
Columbus School For Girls
Alicia Hart
New York Harbor
Mrs. Dixon
Vinton Folks
Methodist Church
Needle Club
Steppe
Beauty
Rowan Group
VOGUE
Marietta
Cornwell & Co
Silvus
New York City
Coats
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