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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1946
Page
6
Annual installation of officers of White Shrine No 6 convenes Tuesday April 2 with a 4 pm business meeting and a later open installation at 7 30 pm in IOOF Hall. Masons Eastern Star and Shrine members and families are invited with a reception afterward for the new officers.
Episcopal women plan a Thursday luncheon at the parish room of the Good Shepherd to honor Mrs Elinor Taylor of Cincinnati retiring treasurer of the United Thank Offering. Co chairmen are Mrs L C Baker and Mrs Robert E Coughlin. Major B F Beckler Jr returns from Aleutians on terminal leave after four years with the Army Air Corps and has joined his wife Marian Danford at her mother's home in Columbus.
New plastics and returned metals revive buttons as major spring fashion elements. The piece details using buttons as jewelry and embroidery accents to refresh outfits, from shoulder to wrists and hats. It suggests crafting earrings from shankless tops and gluing button caps to earring backs for bejeweled looks.
Ruth Millet argues home making is a well paid job for women, outlining how housewives gain comfort, car access, social status, and life insurance while noting many undervalue the role. The piece contrasts outside work risks with staying home, urging appreciation of homemaking as a respected occupation. The article closes with a note that Japanese film buffs align with long shows, a separate aside.
ALICIA HART notes fever dries skin and causes cracking unless a lanolin cream is used. Apply generously over face and neck to let skin drink the moisture, and repeat as possible. For dry skin, buttering helps. for oily skin, frequent washing with soap is advised to prevent clogged pores. If oiliness is extreme, a tincture of green soap may be recommended by a doctor.
Hollywood gossip notes Veronica Lake threatens to sit out the rest of her contract over unimportant pictures while Dottie Lamour faces more competition. Betty Hutton shoots scenes in a sarong for The Perils of Pauline, Leon Errol stars in Make Mine Minsk for RKO, and Barbara Powers plays a socialite in Danger Street. Bets on new loves, jokes about wigs and chins, price shifts for Barbara Stanwyck’s lands, and star sightings fill the page alongside Leo McCarey’s Las Vegas ranch plan and Adam and Eve project.
William B. Hill Jr plays the queen over the jack in a Woodward Bridge Club hand in New York. He wins a spade lead with the jack, advances through diamonds and clubs, and ultimately secures a sequence leading toward a slam.
The fourth club ruffed in dummy with East discarding a spade. Hill then won the trumps and played the ace of spades. He argued that following the queen over the jack, he must rise with the diamond king at trick two since West should hold the queen. He also played the jack of clubs from hand, assuming East would lose the queen of clubs. The queen over the jack theory is used by skilled players when bidding or distribution hides the missing honor card.
Vivian Brown reports on the 1946 International Beauty Show where designs for peacetime living dominate. The trend favors very short bobs and new cap crown styles by Stanley, Vogt, and Hall with waves, feathered bangs, and brushed-out curls. Operators remain undecided on the best look as trends clash with nostalgia.
Keith Henry and Gary Ripley, both 15 year old Athens High sophomores, remain in adjoining beds at Sheltering Arms Hospital after yesterday’s appendectomies. Keith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Henry of 259 East State Street and Gary is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ripley of 2 Cable Street.
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