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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1964
Page
6
WEST ELEMENTARY PTA held its first meeting of the school year in the gymnasium with Supt Clyde Plant as featured speaker. A prayer was given by Mr John White followed by a poem read from the PTA Magazine What Is a School by Mr Ivan Ro.
Cheryl Snider of Athens named summer queen at S and J Roller Rink events on the Athens County Fairgrounds. Elsie Tippie of Stewar t was runner up. Both received passes to the final hop, with events coordinated by the Fraternal Order of Police and held at the National Guard facility.
Mr and Mrs Carl E Ackley of Athens spent a weekend with Mr and Mrs Richard Ackley in Carbondale Illinois. Mr and Mrs Harry George and son Kenneth of Columbus visited their parents Mr and Mrs D D Chappelear on First Street.
Mr and Mrs Olan L Koehler announce the birth of daughter Kimberly Ann on September 5. Grandparents are E L Koehler of Amesville and Denzil Robinson of Athens.
Goldovsky Opera Company presents La Boheme in English at Memorial Auditorium Friday Oct 2. It starts the 1964 65 Artist Series in Athens marking a return visit by the touring company of 50. Series includes Cleveland Symphony Orchestra November 22 I Solisti di Zagreb February 19 Jose Molina Spanish Ballet. Tickets from Athens bookstores or Memorial Auditorium office.
EAST ELEMENTARY PTA will meet Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the school. Supt Clyde Plant and teachers attend the first meeting of the year to meet parents and introduce classrooms. Fifth graders under Harold Kessler will present music and K T Crossen American Legion Post will present the flag. Plant will speak. a membership skit will be featured.
Linda Lou Herdman and James Franklin Burns announce their engagement. Herdman, a Point Pleasant High School graduate and West Virginia State College Benedum Scholar, is active in Leon Baptist Church. Burns, also a Point Pleasant graduate, works at Western Electric in Columbus. Wedding plans are incomplete.
Gallia County Juvenile Judge John W. Howell suspended Earl R. Cochran's license for 30 days for speeding under hazardous road and weather conditions. State Highway Patrol arrested him. In other cases, judge fined Timothy L. Bickers $10 plus costs for no turn signals, Jimmy L. Rhodes $5 plus costs for defective exhaust, and Frederick E. Neal $5 plus costs for speeding.
Richland Garden Club hosts a workshop with Mrs. Albert Pool of Hill and Dale Garden Club Marietta as guest instructor. Pool demonstrates arrangements, judges members’ work, and club plans projects for Athens State Hospital fair and October nurses’ banquet.
Advice column excerpt offers practical tips for students and parents. Half apples at lunch reduce braces discomfort while clever clothing alterations reuse fabric scraps for coordinated outfits. Readers share thrifty hacks from pencil sharpener lubrication to repurposing blouse sleeves as decorative trims.
East Elementary PTA hosts Get acquainted Night at the school with teachers and Superintendent Clyde Plant and a membership skit. Circle 3 4 5 of various organizations meet in afternoons at private homes and churches, with potlucks and guest speakers. Athena Delphian and WSCS groups schedule evening events. Grange election of officers. Ames Bernard PTO introduces teachers and 4H projects. Athens Duplicate Bridge Club meets with BYOP at 100 S. May Ave.
A beauty consultant notes many women reveal age in appearance through facial changes, especially after years in one job or marriage. The piece urges preparing for a career in beauty and cites Southerton's Beauty Academy at 30 North Court Street, Athens, Lynwood 3-1457.
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