BPW Sponsors Civil Dental Project for Athens Youth
Athens BPW Club launches Operation Toothbrush for third year with free dental checkups for first graders at East Side School starting Sept 26. Dentists from local practices volunteer. Dr. Raymond A. Strekal leads examinations with Nurse Jettie Kelley present. program aims to improve child dental health and expand to second and third graders.
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Athens Business and Professional Women’s Club
Operation Toothbrush
East Side School
Athens
the Plains
Mechanicsburg
St. Paul’s
Rufus Putnam
East
West Side
Raymond A. Strekal
Dental Assoc
Strekal
West Side School
Jettie Kelley
BPW Club
PTA
BPW
Ann Mumma
Iris Fierce
Florence Ullmann
Ann Hoy
Helen Hull
Booster Night Planned by Athens Grange This Saturday
Athens Grange will observe booster night this Saturday with a program at eight o clock. The public is invited and refreshments will be served.
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Athens Grange
Friends Celebrate Birthdays At Torch Home
A Saturday gathering at Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Martin in Torch honored Mrs. Martin and Carl Ackley on their birthdays. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. John Westfall, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Barnhill, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Ackley, Carl and Dick Ackley, Jean Atherton, Arthur Marshall, and the hosts. Refreshments featured sandwiches coffee ice cream and a decorated birthday cake baked by Mrs. Maurice Ackley.
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D. E. Martin
Arthur Marshall
Coming and Going: Local Residents Visit Family and Travel
Mrs. Marjorie Lovell and children Roxann and Ryan of Austinburg spent a week with Mr. and Mrs. William Finnearty Sr. in The Plains. The Finneartys' grandson, home on leave from Iceland with the U S Air Force, joined them to Columbus. Betty Coen of Athens visited her parents in The Plains. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Russ returned to Athens Route 2 from San Diego after sightseeing. L. W. Russell of Newark and Wiley T. Sprague of Van Nuys Calif visit Athens, with plans to Blanchester and a niece, Mr. and Mrs. William Ruston, nearby.
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Marjorie Lovell
Roxann and
Ryan
Austinburg
William Finnearty
the Plains
Finnearty
Iceland
U.S. Air Force
Lovell
Columbus
Betty Coen
Athens
William Finnearty, Sr
Bob Russ
San Diego
Calif
Old Territorial Prison
Yuma
Ariz
Painted Desert
Petrified Forest
L. W. Russell
Newark
Wiley T. Sprague
van Nuys
Russell
Birth Announcement for Robin Charlene Cullison
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Cullison of Zanesville announce the birth of a daughter, Robin Charlene, on September 18. Grandparents are G. A. Kovalcik of The Plains and Roy Cullison of Kennelville. maternal grandmothers are Frances Burnside of Trimble and Ellen Kovalcik of Obetz. The couple also has a daughter named Leanne.
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Robin Charlene Cullison
Charles E. Cullison
Sharon Anne Kovalcik
Zanesville
Robin Charlene
G. A. Kovalcik
Annual Fall Festival At Plains High Thursday
The Plains High School along with the Band Boosters and PTA will host a public fall festival Thursday night from 5 to 9 at the school. The event features games an auction music by the Plains High School Band and refreshments.
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The
Plains High School
Band Boosters
PTA
Sense of Humor Necessary Cultivating A Pleasant Disposition
A guide extols a cheerful disposition as the key to happiness and emotional health. It links good humor to resilience, spares relationships from stress, and argues that a mellow outlook aids in managing daily life and child rearing.
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Walt Whitman
Emerson
Dress patterns promise slim lines and chic options
A vintage pattern notice offers No 8491 PATTO RAMA date dress with high waist in sizes 10 to 20 and a 12 bust option with sleeves. It invites 35 cents plus name and address to Sue Burnett in New York for details and shipping. A jumper pattern No 5602 targets young misses with fabric choices and a French poodle embroidery transfer. 25 cents to Anne Cabot at The Athens Messenger for pattern number 5602.
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Colns
Sue Burnett
Athens Messenger
Ave. Americas
New York
N. Y
Anne Cabot
Ave Americas
Weather of February novel by OU professor draws interest
Hollis Summers, McGuffey visiting professor of creative writing at Ohio University, writes The Weather of February about a woman and her lovers. AP critic W. G. Rogers notes the book reveals the heroine’s growth and the rich variations on love despite a florid style. Summers, a Georgetown College and Breadloaf graduate, has taught since 1937 and this is his third novel.
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Hollis Summers
McGuffey
Ohio University
Hollis
David
Park Place
Eminence
W. G. Rogers
Georgetown College
Kentucky
Breadloaf
Engin Middlebury
Iowa State University
Iowa City
University of Kentucky
Former St. Pauls Teacher Becomes Indonesian Missionary
Sister M Brigid, once a St. Pauls School teacher in Athens, writes from Semarang and Jakarta about life in Indonesia. She teaches English and Gregorian chant, studies the language, and gives organ lessons at a Javanese school. She notes rain, then describes attending Cardinal Wyzynski's Rome mass and receiving the Cardinal's blessing during a Polish Sisters Generalate visit.
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Athens
M. Brigid
St. Paul's School
Indonesia
Brigid
Semarang
Djakarta
Rome
Stefan Cardinal Wyznsky
Poland
Friend's Night at Masonic Hall Observes O E S Chapter
The New Marshfield Chapter 346 O E S will observe Friend's Night at the Masonic Hall this Friday at eight o'clock. Fifty-year pins will be awarded. Officers and guest officers should wear formals. Refreshments to follow.
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New Marshfield
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Club Calendar Items Outline Local Meetings in Athens Area
The schedule lists multiple meetings in Athens and nearby towns. Included are Degree of Pocahontas Council No. 131 at Redmen's Hall at 7 30 p m, Shrinettes at 8 p m, Fidelity Rebekah Lodge with inspections, New Marshfield Canasta Club with Mrs Roy Mace, and birthdays for Mrs Mace and Mrs Francis Clark. Also the Athens Co Unit of the American Society annual meeting at the Church of Good Shepherd with officer elections, United Lutheran Church Women at 8 p m, The Plains Garden Club at 7 30 p m, and Int Circle of CCL with Mrs Henri Seibert at 8 50 p m with officer elections.
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Athens
Redmen’s Hall
New Marshfield
Athens Co. Unit of American Soc
Church of Good Shepherd
University Terr
CCL
Henri Seibert
Earich Rd
Charm Insurance for Head Wear on Fall Sportscar Rides
Advice urges side-seat drivers to wear a washable cotton kerchief to protect their coif for autumn sportscar activities. Tips include clipping, border ruffles, rinsing after wear, and pressing with a cool iron to keep the kerchief in good shape.
Browns Favor Hospitality Yet Return Favors Lacking
Social etiquette notes that the Browns accept invitations often but seldom return hospitality, leading to guests being invited less as hosts grow wary of unpaid social debts and one sided exchanges.
Ensure Your Flag Is Grand Next Year
Advice on cleaning flags before storage this fall. Colorfast cotton flags wash by hand or machine in warm suds. Wool or nylon flags require cooler lather and silk flags need gentler handling.
Flag Etiquette for Drying and Display
A brief note from the Athens Messenger outlines proper flag handling. Hang the flag for drying at the same temperature as a patriotic display, with the blue field to the right when flown vertically and to the left when flown horizontally. Do not let the flag touch the ground.
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Civil Dental
Stauffer
San Francisco
Stephanie Koret
University Shop
Ohio
St. Paul's
LOSNA
Ted Stiff
N. Shannon Aye
Fidelity Rebekah Lodge
United Lutheran Church Women
Austin F. Shell
Maplewood Dr
the Plains Garden Club
Francis See
Cornwell
Athens Jewelers
S. Court
Athens, Ohio
Sheaffer
Ogan
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