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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1949

Page

8

Athens Women’s Music Club opens season with study on music as language

Mrs. Clarence Heft presides at the first meeting of the Athens Women’s Music Club season held at Mrs. Edwin Gaylord’s home. Marjorie Gaylord played Distant Bells while Miss Grace Morley read a paper on Instrumental Forms. Mrs. Maurel Hawkins gave piano illustrations of fugue and sonata forms and performed Brahms pieces.

Clarence Heft Athens Women's Music Club Edwin Gaylord Fairview Ave Marjorie Gaylord H. L. Goodwin Mary Ness Grace Morley Maurel Hawkins Brahms

Calendar of Events for Wednesday and Thursday in Pocahontas and nearby

Community groups list Wednesday gatherings across Pocahontas Athens Pomeroy and surrounding areas. Attendees should bring a covered dish or participate in pot luck and seed bulb exchanges. Events include logo club meetings PTA sessions WSCS and club teas with dates and host addresses.

Lost 57 Lbs New Pep Says Akron Lady

Mrs. T. R. Hutson of Akron Ohio credits Rennel with a 57 pound loss and renewed energy without hunger. The letter promotes purchasing four ounces of Rennel, mixing with unsweetened grapefruit juice, and taking two tablespoons twice daily with a money back guarantee.

Akron Lady

Noted Soloists Scheduled For Community Concerts

Clifford Curzon the English pianist and Elena Nikolaidi the Greek contralto headline the 1949 50 Community Concert series at Memorial Auditorium. Curzon arrived in New York in 1939 and gained critical acclaim after performing with the New York Philharmonic under Dimitri Mitropoulos in 1947. Nikolaidi, popular in Europe and the United States, has appeared on ABC and VOA programs and with the New York Philharmonic, including a Clytemnestra role in Elektra. Membership drive is under way at Hotel Berry with a 10 am to 5 pm office open and phone contact 1 982.

Clifford Curzon Elena Nikolaidi Memorial Auditorium Curzon New York New York Philharmonic Symphony Carnegie Hall Dimitri Mitropoulos Voice of America Greece Omaha Boston Chicago Lewisohn Stadium Clytemnestra Elektra Athens Community Concert Association Berry

Garden Clubs Plan Regional Meeting for Region 11

Regional meeting of Region 11 garden clubs will be held in Nelsonville on Friday September 30 from 10 am to 3 pm at the Elks building. Hostess Nelsonville Garden Club. Speakers include Ohio association president Mrs. Thomas M. Wolfe Athens and Prof. Victor H. Ries Ohio State University. Participants urged to send representatives.

Ohio Association of Garden Clubs Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs Morgan, Vinton Washington Counties Nelsonville Elks Fayette and Hocking Sts

Swimming Pool Drive Planned by Athens Country Club

Athens Country Club’s Swimming Pool Committee outlined a six day pledge drive to raise the bulk of the 28 000 to 30 000 cost for a pool bath houses and filtration system. Pledges already total over 4000 with an average of about 100 per member. Volunteers will contact 250 club members by Oct 3.

Athens Country Club William B. Wolfe Carl Clifford Earl Davis R. Kenneth Kerr, Jr Richard M. Phillips James M. Scriven Kenneth R. Begg Carl L. Tom Gerald M.kyle Robert Rood Gerald Stauffer Roger Dean

Church Hosts Married People's Class Family Night Roast

The First Christian Church group met at Mr and Mrs George Fee home Long View Heights for annual family night wiener roast with Mrs Bertha Beverage in charge of songs and devotions. Attendees included Dr and Mrs W D Burt Mrs William Pierce Elmer and Pearl Chase Major and Mrs John Lynch Mrs Odessa Howell and Gail and Willard Simonton. Also noted are visits by relatives and welfare conference attendance in Cincinnati and birthday dinner for Neema Sue Love.

First Christian Church George Fee Long View Heights Bertha V. Beverage W. D. Burt William Pierce Elmer Jones Pearl Chase John Lynch Odessa Howell Gail Watkins Willard Simonton Athens County Cincinnati Ohio Welfare Conference Neema Sue Love Harry F. Love New Marshfield Love Harry G. Love Pt. Pleasant W. Va

Ten Sororities at OU Name New Pledges as Rushing Ends

Ohio University sororities announce the pledges and hospitality from multiple chapters. The list names ADPi Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Gamma Delta Alpha Xi Delta Chi Omega Phi Mu and others with individual pledges and hospitality hosts across Athens Cleveland Heights and Columbus.

Ohio University Alpha Delta PI Lois Kail Athens Joan Bennett Countryside Summit N. Y Susan Kunkel Tampa Fla Joanne Lister Geneva Nancy Read Ann C. Greenhall Lakewood Virginia Ann Zell Lancaster Margaret Spooner Cleveland Eileen Yaeger Shaker Heights Nancy Ann Fell Carroll Alpha Gamma Delta Jacqueline Stiles Helen Dunn Helen Murphy Virginia Sheutter Charleston W. Va Andrey Jennison Euclid Shirley Johnson Joanne Dove Youngstown Norma Woelfling Ashland Carole Thomas Ruthe Loomis Patricia Danford Piana Grace Fleischer Rocky River Barbara Olds Alpha Gam Beverly Gordon Anne Tate Columbus Ann Goldsmith Houston Tex Ard Alpha XI Delta Jan Clark Shirley Miller Marie Caputo Jeanne Downer Monongahela Rosemary Griffith Akron Sally Hartford Martins Ferry Helen Virginia Kinnan Virginia Ritter Bellefontaine Shannon Meeker Hicksville Nancy Rife Dayton Diane Jo Zehrbach Mansfield Alpha Xi Catherine Amato Jean Herbert Vilma Boros Marjorie Wilder Joan Cannon Somerset Catherine Ferro Joanne Solon Patricia Ice Steubenville Joan Terry Conneaut CHI Omega Connie Herbert Flora Armbruster Nancy Rutherford Carol Nessiey Sally von Gunter Nancy Cadet Rudy Dickinson Helen Mary Urban Lucky Ida May Lees Niles Carolyn C. McKain Parkersburg Louise Hoak Rebecca Ann Howe Eleanor Jane Scatterday Armstrong Mills Mary Lou Pash Dolores Fischer Canton Jean McConnell Ohio PHIMU Barbara Borden Jane Burns M. Patricia Cook Cortland Mary Lou Drum Millburn N. J Marlene Fraser Tipp City Helen Hanneman Dorothy Kusky Parma Marilyn Reinhart Bonnie J. Rose Patricia Smith Wheelersburg Marilyn J. Somers Mogadore Marilyn Strawn New Lexington Phi Mu Vivian Schomburg Sciotoville Helen M. Seaver Cleveland Heights Mary Margaret Wolfley Connie Linham Portsmouth Mary Lou Humphrey Cuyahoga Falls Alice Ann Ayers Harrisville

Farewell for pastor in Hooper Ridge heads to Collinsville Ill

Mr. C E Shepard, part time pastor of the Church of Christ Hooper Ridge, resigns after serving since April. He and his family move next week to Collinsville Illinois where he will lead another Church of Christ. A farewell reception followed in the church basement with a gift from the congregation. Also announced is the birth of Lawrence Alan to Mr. and Mrs. S S Waltz of New Brunswick New Jersey on Aug 29.

S. S. Waltz Theresa Mae Beal New Brunswick N. J Lawrence Alan Owen Beal New Marshfield

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Pocahontas Margaret Kestler Logan The Plains Garden Club Edith Barrows Harold Winefordner A. H. Blckle Columbia Ave Albany Pta Albany High School Inez Trout DUV Pomeroy IOOF Methodist Church McDougal Wscs Ogre O'Neal Central Pta Little Athens High School W. P. Barker Bates Wscs Richland Ave WSCS Sarah Deardorff CBS Mae Huffman Lydia Lash Evans St.Joseph Sunnyfield Ann Page Meat Dept Rennel T. R. Hutson Garden Clubs Merlman Jaynes Swimming PHI Phi Sigma Barbara Cohn Francine Benjamin Adrienne Diamond Zelda Ruth Mart Arlene Krassner Rita Schustrin New Jersey Elsa Kaplan Roberta Bergman Gloria Wasserman Lorene Miller Renee Siegal Deborah Leiper Emily Greenfield Jean Vance Margaret Scott Bonnie Herron Jean Baird Karen Link Susan Geiler Millie Ann Meyer Marjorie Cornish Mary Ann Dineen Beverly Ann Brainard East Sigma Kappa Shirley Seigfred Frances Lee McCoppon Jane Schultz Patricia Wiseman Donna Lou Brehm Sue Harper Idaolaire Herbst Katherine Kirke Sandra Hiner Annabelle Bomell Marilyn Guenther Ruth Hanna Julia Ann Herman Margaret M. Nesbitt Rosemary Fisher Caroline Anderson Rae Sorenson Juanita Powell Joan Kircher Joanne Forsyth Jeanne Boone Theta Rho Genie Willdman Marcia Kanivsky Vera Speyer Hope Friedman Barbara Spier Marjorie Katnitz Myrna Berg Lois M. Firestone Janis Cohen Joan Rosenberg Phyllis Katz Margy Schmidtman Barbara Leiner Karol Brathart Kay Robinson Janet Frankel Phyllis Gones Frankis Richter Zeta Tau Alpha Jody Blair Dorothy Clutter Barbara Hope Martha Baughman Albany Jane Ann Shriner Jean Elizabeth Rea London Mary Margaret Wright Oberlin Marilyn Buchhol Pat Cline Sandusky Joanne Boyd Virginia Crawford Martha Anne Jones Janet Schultz Barbara Collins Wilmet Ann Covert Painesville Janet Dray Jane A. Farrand Washington, D. C June Henige Home Owned and Operated Brenner Heywood-Wakefield Dixie Mohawk General Electric Appliances Brickwede Dining Fawcett Chesterhill, Ohio Ine Uhlman S. Court ST Zenners E. State St
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