Amherst Week Calendar of Club Activities
Amherst area groups schedule meetings and events next week including Junior Women’s League Xi Beta Chi Beta Sigma Phi, Oberlin Lakeland conference, Amherst Rotary Club at Congregation Church noon, Amherst Garden Club at 252 Elyria Ave, Village Council 7 30 p.m. Town Hall, Band Parents Club Central School band room, Amherst Forum Club 640 Elyria Ave, Order of Eastern Star Masonic clubrooms, American Legion here, Golden Age Club Town hall 12 30 p.m. Amherst Hospital Board officers election, Hickory Tree Grange ball, Elementary PTA Carnival Powers School 6 30 p.m. Zeta Zeta Chapter Beta Sigma Phi bake sale Lessiter’s Pharmacy 7 9 p.m. Business and Professional Women’s Club card party Eagle home 8 p.m.
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Fern Keplinger
Oberlin
Lakeland
Central School
Amherst
Amherst Jaycees
Amherst Garden Club
Philip Jaeger
Elyria Ave
Amherst Forum Club
Jack Koontz
Order of Eastern Star
American Legion
Legion
Golden Age Club
Town Hall
Amherst Hospital Board of Trustees
Hickory Tree Grange
Girl Scout Leaders Association
Powers School
Zeta Zeta
Beta Sigma Phi
Lessiter’s
Eagle
Sorosis Club in Amherst Hosts Hobby Evening
Mrs Reuben Date hosted 16 Amherst Sorosis Club members at 6128 Leavitt Rd with Norma Sprague as co host. Mrs Walter Schulz led the business meeting detailing Valentine Day meaning. Members shared hobbies and exchanged homemade valentines. next meeting planned Mar 14 at Mrs Earl Cotton's Cleveland Ave home.
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Amherst
Reuben Date
Leavitt Rd
Amherst Sorosis Club
Norma Sprague
Walter Schulz
Earl Cotton
Cleveland Ave
Kite Fliers to Compete at Amherst Field
Amherst Rotary Club sponsors a kite contest at Memorial Field on April 7 open to all ages in three brackets. Entrants must build a conventional or box kite with string lines, judged on originality design workmanship and height distance flown. Committee includes Roy Stevens chair John Strohmeier Arthur Thomas Ralph Albright and Jack Koontz.
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Amnerst
Amherst Rotary Club
Memorial Field
Roy Stevens
Chairan
John Strohmeier
Arthur Thomas
Ralph Albright
Jack Koontz
Spring Style Show Slated For Feb 27 Amherst
Amherst Junior Women's League tea and style show on February 27 at Powers Elementary School auditorium features Ted Jacobs of Lorain as sponsor. League members model fashions including Billowy gowns and Easter parade attire with accessories completing the outfits. Mrs. Harold Antolik chairs arrangements with several assistants and additional chairmen handling publicity and refreshments.
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Amherst
Powers
League
Ted Jacobs
Lorain
Harold Antolik
Orville Manes
Walter Gambish
Joseph Husar
James Markle
Chieford Matthewson
Fritz Eggerich
Raymond Lavish
Superintendent to View New Audiovisual Exhibits at Conference
Amherst superintendent Richard P. Gousha will attend the American Association of School Administrations convention in Cleveland. He will stress new audiovisual teaching methods and high school equipment exhibits, focusing on Amherst High School’s potential audiovisual program. Senator John J. Kenney will deliver remarks at a special session.
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Amherst
Richard P. Gousha
American Association of School
U.S
John J. Ken
Atnedy
Massachusetts
Jane Giy
Gousha Owithian
Ooo
Cleveland
J Sunalutin
Gousha
Amherst High School
Amherst Junior League plans elected officers and meeting
Amherst The Amherst Youth Association announced by mail ballot officers George Taylor president Don Philips vice president Parker Miller secretary treasurer and M J Lehriner Mor Braun directors. A session Feb 25 will set coaches for 12 teams and discuss uniforms improvements at Memorial Field for players aged 9 to W.
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Amherst
Amherst Ath
George Taylor
Lesident
Don Philips
Parker Miller
Treasur
Everiuneer
M. J. Lehriner
Mor
Braun
Goodwill Workers Valentine Exchange at St John’s
Members of the Goodwill Workers of St John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church held a Valentine exchange at the home of Mrs Ernest Kaserman with 15 members present. Mrs George Fippett led the devotional service assisted by Mrs Thad Wilson and Mrs Anne Holzhauer. Mrs Arthur Eberhardt presided at the business meeting. The March meeting will be at Mrs Alfred Flowers home with Ms Hilma Fitzpatrick as hostess at 1 30 p.m. Mrs Kaserman served sandwiches during the event.
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Soutie Amsterst
Goodwill Workers
St. John's
Children’s Room Opens World of Books in Amherst Library
The Amherst Public Library children’s room invites young readers to space travel, fairy tales, biographies, and nature science. Two children are registered borrowers this year with weekly story hours, book selections, and phonograph tales. new books arrive twice a month and worn volumes are recycled to eager youngsters.
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Amherst Public Library
Amherst
Byrd Richmond
Past Presidents Meet At American Legion Auxiliary
Mrs. E. M. Hyatt presided over a Past Presidents meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary at the Nicol home on Tuesday night. Prizes were awarded during Hearts play and a two course lunch was served. Mrs. Paul Mom will host the group on March 12.
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South Amherst
E. M. Hyatt
American Legion Aumbary J
James Ia P. Nicol
Paul Mom
South Amherst PTA Celebrates Founder's Day Past Presidents
South Amherst Ohio the Founder's Day observance of the South Amherst Parent-Teacher Association highlighted by the film A Desk For Billie. Past presidents sat at a long central table with extensive readings, a large cake marking 1928 to 1957 years of service, and roses presented to each honoree.
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South Amherst
Billie
Parent-Teacher Association
Talent Show Set By PTA At Powers Elementary
Amherst PTA hosts a Friday talent show from 6 to 10 30 p m at Powers Elementary featuring student acts and cartoons by Kenneth Alexander and Mrs LeRoy Kubus ke directs the event. Committees coordinate kindergarten to sixth grade booths with a circus theme and prize donations.
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Amherst
Powers Elementary
LeRoy Kubuske
Kenneth Alexander
Howard Cobb
Arrival
Dwight Standen
Cobb
Joseph Varga
Ed Long
Ohn Williams
George Holler
Peter Lopez
Thomas Simpson
Lester Lewis
Clifford Reising
Ed Koble
Dena Kish
Blaine Deremiah
John Pinkney
Thomas Ickes
Robert Aebersold
Ernest Witte
Raymond Battenhouse
Arthur Thomas
Roland Northeim
Harry Wilhelm
Steve Speckhart
Gerald Bramwell
George Rosenkranz
Elmer Smith
Edwin Sines
James Childress
Elmer Reichert
Lester Berner
Henry Ernst
Howard Higgins
George Mollstein
Joseph Vaneris
al Werner
Carl Platt
Clem Rice
W. E. Wheatley Jr
PTA
Amherst Church Mission Circle Meeting Recalls Christmas Boxes
Letters of thanks from Rev. John Collins in Rosenburg Texas and missionary sisters in India were read at a Wednesday gathering at the home of Mrs. C. G. Aschenbach on South Main Street. Eight members and a guest attended. special prize went to Mrs. Joseph Kovaen. Mrs. John Strohmeier led the rosary. Next meeting set for March 11.
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Amherst
St. Francis Xavier Mission Circle
C. G. Aschenbach
South Main St
John Collins
Rosenburg
Texas
India
Florence Mahony
Cleveland
Joseph Kovaen
John Strohmeier
Hi Eds Meet In Amherst Home
Mrs Fred Eppley received the special prize as the Hi Cds gathered at Mrs William Wilhelm s home on Cornell Ave Amherst Tuesday night. Double or nothing was played and all guests won prizes. Mrs Slack will host the group March 12 at her West Buckeye Street home.
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South Amherst
Fred Eppley
William Wilhelm
Cornell Ave
Amherst
Eppley
Elmer Kirschener
Durs, Alsemeier
Wayne Slack
Slack
West Buckeye St
Amherst Church Services and Five Denominations Schedule
Amherst Congregational lists Sunday school at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 45 a m with Rev Gerald Cook preaching. Methodist, Faith Baptist, Brethren, Foursquare Gospel, Mt Zion Evangelical and Reformed, St Joseph Catholic, and St Peter Evangelical schedules cover Bible school worship youth groups choir prayer and meetings with various pastors and helpers through the week.
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Amherst Congregational
Gerald. Cook
Amherst Methodist
M. Ray Smith
JL G Murphey
Amherst
Faith Baptist
Leland Howard
Pioneer Girls
Hirt
Brethren
Richard E. Appel
Claire Coverdale
Junge Missionary
So Ity
Kentucky
Chashan
William Moyer
Karl Scharein
Moyer
California
Lutheran Laymen's League
Ray Aufdenkampe
Faiming
Ladies Aid
Senioe
Walther
J. Francis Xavier Mission Circle
William Gilles Dewey
St. Anne’s Circle
St. Elizabeth Guild
St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed
J. A. Wenner
Junin
Wettesiay
Amherst Teachers Plan Leader Liaison Committee
Superintendent Richard P. Gousha met with Amherst Teachers Association president Mrs. Dorthea Brown and her committee to plan a teacher advisory group. The aim is to create a “go-between” between the superintendent and teachers as Amherst grows and a new high school nears completion in 1958.
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Gousha
Amherst
Richard P. Gousha
Amherst Schools
Dorthea Brown
Amherst Teachers’ Association
Cies
Wellington Soil Conservation Dinner Planned
Wellington Chamber of Commerce to award its soil conservation trophy at the annual dinner Wednesday night at 7 in the school cafeteria. W. E. Stuckey of Ohio State University will speak on agricultural safety. Tickets from William Barber or Harrison Comstock. reservations due Monday evening.
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Wellington
Chamber of Commerce
W. E. Stuckey
Ohio State University
William Barber
Soil Conservation Committee
Harrrison Comstock
Chamber
Amherst Township appoints new trustee Bechtel to fill vacancy
Amherst Newton Bechtel 62 of Oberlin Rd is named to fill the unexpired Amherst Township Board of Trustees term of Neal Ludwig by Justice of the Peace D R Goldthorpe Ludwig resigned to become a deputy under Sheriff Vernon Smith The term ends this year Bechtel plans to move to a new home in a farm allotment in spring He is a Republican precinct committeeman for 20 years Also a former school bus driver for Amherst Exempted Village Schools His son Kenneth lives at 262 Cornell Ave
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Amherst
Newton Bechtel
Oberlin Rd
Gill
Neal Ludwig
Amherst Township
D. R. Goldthorpe
Ludwig
Vernon Smith
Bechtel
Oberlin
North Ridge
Middle Ridge
Kenneth
Cornell Ave
Legion Auxiliary Delegates Chosen for Mid Winter Conference
AMHERST The American Legion Auxiliary named Dorothy Uehlein and Helen Cobb to attend the mid winter conference February 22 and 23. They set junior meeting for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Legion home and planned the Doctor Snell memorial dinner for February 25. Tickets available through Legion and auxiliary members. Menus for the Chamber of Commerce dinner March 14 were submitted and 2,000 poppies ordered for Poppy Day in May. Juanita Moebius won the special prize. hostesses were Della Kreeger and Mrs. Moebius.
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Amherst
American Legion Auxiliary
Dorothy Uehlein
Helen Cobb
Legion Home
Terry Sabijers
Doctor Snell
Legion
Auxiliary
Chamber of Commerce
Mar
Juanita Moebius
Della Kreeger
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Sorosis Club
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National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Valentine
Ike Thompson
Joseph Gargasz
National Congress
County Council
Crestwood School
Mansfield
Richard Dickinson
Earl Pippert
Methodist Church
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Richard Dostall
Julius Dulmage
Ways and Means
Thompson
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Safety Patrol
George Innes
Parent Teacher
Ohio
Jack Wilhelm
T. C. Simpson
Washington D.C
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Walter Sterna
Amherst Church Mission Circle
Amherst Church Services
Mt. Paw
Avengetical
Arthur Dey
Amherst Methodist Church
Nishings
C-T
Florence Ehrman
Iona Maxwell
Joseph Hudak
Kathryn Murray
Elizabeth Bortz
Grange
Artene MecConnell
Pomona
Richard McConnell
Carry Improvement Association
Home Economics
McConnell
Wellington Grange
Beamer J
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
East Herrick Ave
Gladys Blessing
Elizabeth Buckley
Lulu Jameyson
Valentine Mall
Audrey Davis
Mildred Church
Mary Ewell
Edith Mosher
Lillian Tam
Maxine Simonson
Alice Simons
Beatrice Wells
Dorothy Lowther
Friendship Guild
First Congregational Church
Russell Griggs
Joe Styer
Ovid Hannon
Wiliam Skeeles Jr
Frank Dost
G. Stuart Wells
New Jersey
Walter Harris
Welling
Instrict Board of Education
At- Tanne City
American Association of School Administrators
Cub Scouts
Mary Mary Poiner
Florence Glenn
Dorothy Banks
Nancy Gernck
Manan Froelich
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Roy Rolle
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