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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1963
Page
4
Fall and winter fashion trends showcase pearl ornaments woven into hairstyles. Cultured pearls appear in hairstyles from day to night with designers like Charles of the Ritz promoting elegant pompadour coifs. Pearls through the coiffure add a refined sparkle for evening and glam looks.
Italian Paris designer Simonetta visits a New Jersey store to promote her line. She notes elegance comes from finding one’s type and working at it and criticizes American shoppers for needing more assistance with fit and size.
Debora Ann Spencer born Sept. 4 to Mr and Mrs Al Spencer of Columbus joining older daughter Pamela Sue age 6. Grandparents Harold Henry The Plains and Gertrude Spencer Quaker City. Dr and Mrs James Patrick Jr announce a daughter Sept 12 at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital East Orange Grove Bur bank Calif. Athens Moose Lodge hosts a round and square dance Saturday 9 p.m. to midnight for members families and friends at lodge hall Riverside Dr.
Clyde Plant of Athens City Schools spoke at the East Elementary School meeting on Sept 18, highlighting progress such as French courses with WOUB television and the shift toward larger districts to support diversified programs. He warned Athens will need a new high school and urged parental awareness of proposed regional reorganization across Athens The Plains and Chauncey Dover areas.
Hints from Heloise share ways to reuse laundry rinse water for washing steps and cleaning tools. Suggestions include soaking fading overalls, using suds for mops, and cleaning sidewalks with bleach suds. Cautions stress rinsing washed items and reading cleaning fluid labels.
Ohio University president Vernon R. Alden urged Sweet Briar College listeners that universities push women into a male oriented system and diplomas do not fully serve their roles as mothers wives or professionals. He said most women will rear children while a few compete in science business and professions. He stressed women as culture carriers and called for curricula aligned with that role.
The Ohio University Theatre in Athens reveals its 1963 64 season with a October staging of The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt followed by Gogol's The Inspector General in November. January brings Desire Under the Elms, directed by Howard Bay who also designs Tartuffe in May. An April project and a series of four experimental plays including Joyce's A Little Cloud are planned. Season coupons cost five dollars via Box Office Ohio University.
Ohio University announces assistant piano professor George Katz will perform a Town Hall recital in New York on September 30 at 8 30 p m. Katz has appeared at Carnegie Hall and with the Cincinnati Symphony and has won the Viotti Prize and Courr Marguerite Long. He studied at Juilliard with Raieff and Marguerite Long and was a Fulbright Fellow in Paris from 1956 to 1958.
Attendees include Mr and Mrs Arthur Lieu Ellen and Bill Lieuvellen and daughter Sandra Albany and Mrs Lola Cameron Ath ens at the Lakewood funeral. Rathburn served eight years in the U S Navy and was a World War I veteran. Betty M Weaver an assistant professor at Ohio University has been invited to attend Rio Grande College inauguration as Western Illinois University rep. Blanche LaFollett has entered Angel of Mercy Convalescent Home in Albany.
Nabby Lee Ames Chapter DAR hosts at Wheat on Homes in Hockingport at 2 p.m. with Mrs. Byron A Wolfe as hostess. Rummage sales held at First Presbyterian Church basement 8 a.m. to noon sponsored by Federation Circle of CCL. Pallas Club meets 2 30 p.m. at 45 Grosvenor Street with Mrs J A Hess and Mrs A C Anderson as program chair. Athens Emblem Club and Carbondale Methodist Church also hold rummage sales. Sunday events include Stewart Methodist Church Homecoming at 10 a.m. with basket dinner, Athens Day Nursery open house 1 5 p.m. at 97 S May Ave, Belle White Class picnic 5 p.m. at Glouster Park with potluck supper.
The Athens BPW Club joins 24 others in a September 22 leadership symposium in Caldwell with about 200 women attending. Dorothy Flechtner will be the feature speaker. Local participants include Erma Anderson Ray Johnson Gladys Brooks Helena Palmer and Eleanor A Minister. Meetings include Waterloo PTO officers and Hour Club gathering at Gateway Motor Lodge with a September 30 session, Gesell Guild reports new officers and annual programs, Higley Study Circle dinner hostesses and an October 3 program, and a Robinson Johnson family reunion planned for October 6 at Hooper's Ridge Church.
The Ladies Willing Workers Class of West State Street Free Will Baptist Church, Anna Misner, hosts Oct 4 at Nancy Gibbs home. Mrs Kenneth Jones hosted Richland Garden Club farewell breakfast for Mrs George Denton moving to Bloomington Ind. The club gave a planter and each member a gift of seeds or bulbs for a friendship garden. Hostess aided by Mrs Rodney Schultz and Mrs Kenneth Steward. Thirteen members attended.
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