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Newspaper
Lancaster Gazette
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1936
Page
2
Local church notices list service times across multiple congregations. Rev W F Decter and Rev J Frisch lead morning worships with choirs and special midweek Lenten services. Holy Communion observed next Sunday. various youth groups and Sunday school sessions posted with times. additional events include prayer meetings and student training courses.
Senior and junior choirs with guest soloists from Columbus present a 4 p m vesper program at First M E Church featuring a sacred cantata The Holy City a series of solos duets and choruses with named soloists and instrumental parts.
Hue Sixth Avenue M E Church lists Sunday schedule with Sunday school at 9:15 a.m. Juniors meet 6:00 p.m. Epworth League at 6:00 p.m. Bible class at 6:00 p.m. Evening worship at 7:00 p.m. Revival services begin next week nightly at 7:90 with Rev E N Root leading singing and Miss Reaste Kane assisting.
Toledo desperado Clayton Clawson on trial for robbery used a bottle claimed to contain nitro glycerine to threaten the courtroom. Judge Walther ordered open court inquiry into the stunt while detectives restrained Clawson after a gunfire exchange. he was wounded and hospitalized in critical condition as the case proceeded.
Four junior girls display varied pursuits from music and design to nursing and poetry. Virmina Oberdorfer sings and decorates, Virginia eyes interior decorating, Agnes Selders plans nursing at Union Memorial Hospital, Eileen Nichols aims to fashion design, and Nellie Bay writes poetry and shows artistic talent. Joan Parks notes their strengths as a class of 1935 notice includes student activities and a civics book sale.
Friday programs are planned by several clubs. The Latin Club with adviser Miss Grace Griffith presents The Trials of Man on February 28 featuring Minerva as prosecutrix. March 6 the Thrift Club stages Dick's Sister under Miss Edina Holt with cast including Dick Reed and John Mee Fee. March 13 a medieval farce by the French classes supervised by Miss Johnson. March 20 Home Economics Club arranges the assembly.
A high school votes for favorite songs with Alone winning first place and The Music Goes Round and Round close behind. Girls favor Alone while boys prefer The Music Goes Round and Round. Given Over Miami ties with both groups and Dinner For One Please James edges Prairie Moon for fourth.
Agnes Selders, a junior, has completed nurses training with next year’s graduation considered a routine matter. Louie Mithoff admired Nelson Eady in the student production of Rose Marie. A Lancaster High typing contest is planned for April with other schools competing. A ceiling collapse occurred in Miss Etter’s room.
Senior voices mix nostalgia and relief as graduation nears. Martha Pippin and Bob Bruney share reflections on school days and the ache of endings.
Much older and wiser seniors reflect on changing ideas as they near graduation. Frances England, Aileen Hattendorf, and others work on painted walnut pieces, rugs, needlepoint, curtains, and refinishing furniture while quoted students share senior year feelings and humor.
A community civics class forms a club under R C Smart to study current problems. The group meets twice monthly and hosts one social gathering each month. Officers include President Joan Darbyshire Vice President Dorothy Goodman Treasurer Dorothy Morgan Secretary Virginia Graf Judy Radebaugh.
Kenneth Keller music supervisor of Lancaster public schools starred in Capital University’s production of The Student Prince. Dr Engle the tutor role challenged Keller whose singing left audiences moved and praising his performance.
The piece recalls George Washington born in Westmoreland Virginia as Father of the Country and outlines his achievements. It reports on Washington's birthday being a national holiday and mentions 1932 bicentennial celebrations, plus Blue Triangle Club plans a Leap Year party and Hi-Y Ball committee details with names and roles.
The Spanish club met on Wednesday February 19 with Dan Gilkey as chairman. Discussion covered two famous Spanish canoes, descriptions of Antonio Merce called La Argentina by George Tobin and Vincente Escudero by Dan Gilkey. Doris Blackbore narrated and played piano for dances including the Argentine tango the jota of Aragon the zamacueca from Chile and the jarabe tupatio. The native costume dance by June and Stuart Clawson with Dick Reed accompanist featured the jarabe tupatio. Mary Lowise Ritter chairs next meeting.
A sequence of transfers includes A B Rowles to Anna Rowles in Breimen, 46 acres overall. Rebecca Cummans to Clarence Cummans in Rushereck township. Joseph Funk to Clarence Cum mans in Rushereck township. G M Born to R L Fishbaugh 18 acres in Liberty township. Clarence Hilliard to Ray Moore in Lancaster. R B Cunningham to Clyde Busssett for 2 acres in Hocking township. Marvin Knepper deceased to Lina Knepper in Walnut township. Fassel Knepper to Lina Knepper for 30 acres in Walnut township.
Pleasantville notes list bridge hosts Mrs. Donald Brooke and upcoming entertainments by Mrs. Carl Henderson in five weeks. Eastern Stars planned a games party. Local families including the Davises, Phillips, Herdmans, and Baumans hosted or visited in Columbus and Boston, with Paul McCleery hosting for visiting George Mather.
The State Bureau of Motor Vehicles revoked driving rights of six Ohio motorists including Stanton Glen of Cedar Heights Lancaster, under drivers financial responsibility rules, with the action announced from Columbus on February 22.
Jane Weston joins the cruise starting in three weeks after a sale bridges her unpaid salary from a suspended magazine. On board, she meets Dirk Strom and stars Nora Lane the actress as passengers mingle in a Venetian room tea dance while rumors swirl about Nora Lane's love life and Dirk's future.
Dirk Strom clashes with Cameraman Mannie Jackson after a tense scene involving Nora Lane and actress Jane Weston aboard a ship bound for the Bahamas. Jane flirts with baritone Tina Rossi while Dirk confronts blackmailer accused Mannie, causing a late dinner buzz over Miss Lane’s absence and the gala show.
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