90th Birthday and Wartime Cosmetic Shortages
Mrs. Mary Brown celebrated her ninety birthday with a dinner at Carl's Lunch attended by Mr. and Mrs. William Connett, Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Connett, Miss Mary Connett and Mrs. Kate Partisues. The item notes wartime cosmetic shortages due to defense needs and chemical usage, and mentions other local residents in brief society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Brown
N. Congress St
Carl
William Connett
Lorin Connett
Mary Connett
Kate Partisues
McConnelsville
John Finsterwald
Rose Ave
R. W. Finsterwald
Jane
Dow
E. S. Finsterwald
Jean
Evan J. Jones, Jr
Martha
Evan Jones
J. R. Hays
Cincinnati
Finsterwald
J. P. Gilmore
Long Island
N. Y
Marriage as a poor investment prompts money back asks
A Chicago wife suing her doctor husband for divorce seeks repayment of $3,000 spent on his education and entertainment. The piece argues wives may demand refunds if marriages fail, while men rarely recoup alimony, urging a preagreement or noting risk in romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sophomore Recital Presented by Ohio University School of Music
Miss Mary Allen Gibson contralto and Miss Virginia Segale violinist of Athens will perform tonight at 8 in Music Hall Auditorium. Gibson opens with Rogers song The Time for Making Songs Has Come and Mandel Return Return O God of Hosts. Segale and Robert Price play Beethoven Sonata V first movement. Gibson also sings The faro senza Evuridice. Se gale plays a second violin group including Nobody Knows the Trouble I ve Seen Frasquita and From the Can broke. The final Gibson songs include From the Hills of Dream What the Chimney Sang A Little China Figure and Sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Allen Gibson
Virginia Segale
Athens
Ohio University School of Music
Music Hall
Miss Gibson
Rogers
Mandel
Athens County Council For Childhood Education
Mechanicsburg
Ohio University Elementary Teachers Club
Ohio
Athens Grange
Grange Hall
York Grange
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Presbyterian Church
Mary Connett
W. Union St
Reception at Christian Church for New Minister
The Christian Church hosts a reception Friday at 7:30 p.m. to welcome the new minister the Rev. and Mrs. Frank Donaldson. All members and friends are invited for a program of speakers and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church
Frank Donaldson
Eleven Athens Auxiliaries Attend Eighth District Spring Meeting
Eleven members of the Athens unit joined the Eighth District Spring Conference at the U B Church in Lancaster with remarks by district chairwoman Mrs Walter Baird and welcomes from Lancaster Mayor J W Huddle. The Athens group earned a membership citation and the day featured music by the Fairfield Chorus and a luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Eighth District
Department of Ohio
U. B. Church
Lancaster
Walter Baird
J. W. Huddle
Barton Hall
Logan
Fairfield Chorus
J. Ernest Giffin
Bellaire
Lee F. Moore
Zanesville
Two Hostesses for Philathea Meeting
Philathea Class of the Christian Church met at Miss Velma Staneart home 75 N High St with Miss Pauline Fierce assisting. Easter themed devotional led by Miss Mildred Banks and Miss Lucille Duffee presiding. They voted to aid China by making baby comforts and awarded prizes to Mrs. S E G Pedigo Miss Neisel Robinson and Miss Donna Halbirt. Mrs Frank Donaldson guest. Refreshments served. Also a Sunday birthday party at 78 Richland Ave honoring Mrs Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philathea
The
Christian Church
Velma Staneart
N. High St
Pauline Fierce
Mildred Banks
Lucille Duffee
S. E. G. Pedigo
Neisel Robinson
Donna Halbirt
Frank Donaldson
Sand Run Personal And Social Mention
Sand Run notes several local visits over the weekend including James North Ak ron visiting June and Clara North and Mr and Mrs Robert Easterling Akron with family calling on Frank Easterling. Edison North Akron visited with his wife and family. Joyce Wahl Akron spent time with wife and daughter here. Flora Mays returned home after months in Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James North
Akron
Clara North
Robert Easterling
Frank Easterling
John Blake
Greendale
Eugene Blake
Edison North
Joyce Wahl
Flora Mays
Sage Harvest Rule for First Year and Beyond
The guideline states that sage should be picked only once in its first year and, thereafter, up to three harvests per year without weakening the plant. This defines timing limits and productivity expectations for sage cultivation.
Anniversary Luncheon of Sayre Study Club At Eastwood
Twenty six members attended the Sayre Study Club anniversary luncheon at The Eastwood on Tuesday. Hostesses were Mrs. R. J. Studer Mrs. D. C. Snow and Mrs. Carl Potter. After a brief meeting Mrs. Fred F. Kittle spoke on William H. McGuffey 1840 43 Ohio University president and author of the McGuffey readers. Readings and dialogues from the five McGuffey Readers completed the program. Next meeting to be at Mrs. Carl Fourtney’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayre Study Club
Eastwood
R. J. Studer
D. C. Snow
Carl Potter
Fred F. Kittle
William H. McGuffey
Ohio University
McGuffey
Carl Fourtney
Bake Sale and Easter Bazaar at Athens Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service schedules a bake sale and Easter bazaar at Carpenter's Hardware Store in Athens on Saturday morning April 12. East Side Needle Club meeting at May Avenue home postponed to a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Clarks Chapel Methodist Church
Carpenter's Hardware Store
Athens
East Side Needle Club
Roy Pierce
May Ave
Pitfalls of Love and a Midnight Supper Party
Developments in the search for missing Marion Morton prompt Madge to contact her husband and his niece Mary Veritzen Broadway star. Mary hesitates about a late supper in her hotel rooms and insists Noel meet the narrator at the station, hinting at hidden tensions surrounding Carolyn's activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Noel
Madge
Dicky Graham
Marion Morton
Dicky
Mary Veritzen
Mary
Notable Day Forecast With Shifts in Work and Trust
A horoscope notes this day may bring new factors perplexing tax and routine. Expect sudden opportunities for change and innovations, with elders and work concerns, potential treachery and chaotic thinking. Birthdays may usher a year of gainful change, growth, and financial success amid pitfalls and intrigue.
Exercise for Slim Beauty and Health and a Birth Announcement
A slim waist exercise guide describes lying on back lifting hips and arms to train abdominal muscles and offers a 32 page booklet with routines for posture shoulder faults and other topics. Also notes the birth of David Francis Grubbs at St Ann's Hospital in Columbus on March 21 and a Current Events Club meeting at Mrs Emma Battin's home on Poplar Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Home Service
Sixth Ave
New York
N. Y
Harold Grubbs
Athens
David Francis
St. Ann's Maternity Hospital
Columbus
Emma Battin
Poplar St
Club Calendar Highlights Local Women's Groups
Wednesday activities include Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae at Miss Mary Ward's home 267 East State Street and Phi Mu Auxiliary at Mrs. Royal Ray's 51 Fairview Avenue. Also Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae at 59 Elmwood Place and Faithful Few Club led by William Mansfield 62 Stewart Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeta Tau Alpha
Mary Ward
E. State St
Phi Mu Auxiliary
Royal Ray
Fairview Ave
Alpha Gamma Delta
Robert Tompkins
Elmwood Place
William Mansfield
Stewart St
Presbyterian Church
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Hollywood
Europe
America
Mrs. Brown
Robert Wagner
Lege
Wagner
Walter Burson
Mary Burson
Union St
Ruth Millett
Lal
Mary A. Gibson
Hotel Berry
Milo J. Warner
Gallipolis
Legion Home
Charles Goodrich
John Dowler
Agnes Padden
Beatrix Rosser
Jesse Camp
Don Strawn
C. E. Dupler
Co. M. Davis
Blanche Root
Frank L. Harvey
Mrs
Albert Smith
Richland Ave
Smith
Herbert Walker
Glen Walker
James Walker
Mona Walker
Marjorie Walker
Edith Davis
Jimmy
Grace
MacConnelsville
Bernard Walker
Mary Evelyn
Dale Walker
Allen Rex
Harold Pierce
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pr. i
Cornwell
Sage
Beauty Shop
Beulah Jones
Delores Houser
Virginia Schuler
Sayre
Adele Garrison
the Lansfield
Lillian
Lil
Carolyn
By Genevieve Kemble
Venient
McKee
McKee's
Lydia Lash Evans
Whitehouse
Carlos Cameron
Leland Stokes
000
League of Women Voters
Hotel Athens
Farm Bureau Youth Council
Athens County
Florence Justin
Oliver Wiswell
Kenneth Roberts
Athens League of Women Voters
Fred Pichard
W. L. Gard
TON Jon Health
Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store
Athens, U
RYTEX
Flight
Mechem’s Shoe Stores
Nelsonville Athens
Paris
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