Designers Adapt Wardrobe For Possible Rationing
Fashion houses shift to practical coats and suits as rationing looms. Navy and black box coats and bengaline outfits lead trends with pastel fleeces and gabardines for spring. New butcher linen suits with vivid pockets appeal to smart young women while coats grow shorter under wartime material-saving. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Marquis return from Florida, visiting relatives in Orlando on their Athens trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
St. Merchant
Airforce
D. E. Marquis
Shafer
Fort Myers
Fla
Orlando
Mr. Marquis
Arthur Hickman
Volunteers Offer Club Rooms to Recruit WAVES and SPARS
The Business and Professional Women's Club of Athens opens its rooms in the Cline Building as an auxiliary WAVES and SPARS recruiting station. Hours are 7 to 9 p m on Tuesday and Friday and 1 to 5 p m on Wednesday and Saturday. Volunteer recruiters include Mrs Etta Foster Mrs Luella Clifton Martha King Margaret Cronin Mildred Shepard Mabel Kern Jo Garvin Willa Vandyke Edna Gladden Jessie Doolittle Louisa Steele Margaret Laverty Erma Jagers Cora Evans Myrta Ashworth and Eleanor Minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Club of
Athens
R. J. Windisch
USNR
U. S. Navy
Cline
Eleanor Minister
Etta Foster
Luella Clifton
Martha King
Margaret Cronin
Mildred Shepard
Mabel Kern
Jo Garvin
Willa Vandyke
Edna Gladden
Jessie Doolittle
Louisa Steele
Margaret Laverty
Erma Jagers
Cora Evans
Myrta Ashworth
Froufrou Hats Charm Hollywood Glamour in Spring
Fashion notes describe a spring revival of large brim hats and a craze for ornate bonnets. Deanna Durbin and Louise Albritton model pastel blue and lavender pieces, featuring double rippled brims, ostrich plumes, and black sequin hearts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deanna Durbin
Mrs. Holliday
Louise Albritton
Literary Club Celebrates 19th Anniversary at School
The Progressive Literary Club marked its 19th anniversary with a Tuesday meeting at the Athens Township School Building. Mrs. Howard Henkle led the business session while members sewed for the Red Cross. Social hour featured a duet by Mrs. Henkle and Mrs. Glenn Atkinson, group singing, and a decorated pink and white anniversary cake with 19 candles. Present were charter members Mrs. A. N. Johnson and Mrs. H. M. Bennett and new member Mrs. Elmer Tom.
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Progressive Literary Club
Athens Township
Howard Henkle
Red Cross
A. N. Johnson
H. M. Bennett
Elmer Tom
Albany Degree Team Con fers Degrees for 22 Candidates
The Albany Degree team conferred third and fourth degrees on a class of 22 candidates on April 10. A star was added to the service flag for Lloyd Stanley stationed in Florida. The group plans to send three gift boxes to local boys who have left for army duty, per secretary Melya Radcliffe. Refreshments for 85 members and families were served. Charles Shaver will attend the next meeting on April 24. Easter Market, observed on the Saturday before Easter for forty years, will be held in the Presbyterian Church vestibule at 9 30 a m with Group Four in charge.
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Albany
Lloyd Stanley
Florida
Melya Radcliffe
Charles Shaver
Presbyterian Church
WAVES Induct Genevieve James In At Columbus Training
Miss Genevieve C. James daughter of Dr and Mrs Herman G James 48 Union St sworn into WAVES Friday April 16 at Columbus now on active duty awaiting orders to train at Smith College North Hampton or Mount Holyoke College Hadley Mass Also updates on Pvt Millard E Barnett in Louisiana and Pvt William Barnett transferred and Pvt William Hook stationed in Richmond VA with family returning home due to Sheila’s illness
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Genevieve C. James
Herman G. James
Union St
The
WAVES
Columbus
Miss James
Smith College
North Hampton
Mount Holyoke College
Hadley
Mass
David W. Hook
the Plains
John H. Lousey
Pvt. Hook
Army Air Base
Richmond
Hook
Sheila
Lousey
Food Preservation Meet Planned for April 22 in Athens
The Athens Victory Garden Committee and the Nutrition Committee of Civilian Defense announce an all day program at the Ohio Fuel Gas Company 50 S Court St Athens. Afternoon talks start 1 30 with sessions on storage drying and equipment and canning. Evening program begins 7 pm with talks on canning meat safety in food preservation and planning the program. Ida M Patterson chairs the meeting.
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Athens Victory Garden Committee
Nutrition Committee of
Civilian Defense
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
S. Court
Ross Wright
Enid Sevarner
Farm Security Administration
Jean Dawson
Home Service
Miss Dawson
The
Gas Company
Carl Frey
Ohio University
Grace Steininger
School of Home Economics
Ida M. Patterson
Patriotic Designs Lead In Displays of Jewelry
A Athens jewelry shop showcases festive patriotic pieces and new substitutes like plastics and shells. Notable items include shoe button necklaces, aqua macaroni strands, sea-shell neckwear, red apple pins by Martha Sleeper, baby pink shell clusters by An dri Cero, ceramic lapel pins, leather instrument pins, and matching bracelet and necklace sets. Silver bracelets with insignias and silver-winged earrings also appear among bold flag and eagle motifs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Martha Sleeper
Andri
Cero
Court St
U. S
New Button Designs Feature Wood and Simulated Pearls
Buttons rise in popularity with polished wood and simulated pearl options. White outlined colors, cross stitching rims, and a leaf motif echo Wedgewood patterns. A new B.G.E. Originale presents two rising sides like frothy waves, suited for Irish lace or crochet trims.
Missionary will speak Friday at First Methodist Church
Mrs. Horace E. Dewey, long time China missionary, will address the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the First Methodist Church Friday at 2 PM. She returned to America before Pearl Harbor to avoid Japanese internment. her husband, the Rev. Horace E. Dewey, is in an interment camp in occupied China. She is an Ohio Wesleyan 1914 graduate and a former classmate of Rev. Edwin A. Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace E. Dewey
Woman's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Chambray Cologne Tops Spring Fragrance List
Athens shoppers explore spring scents led by Chambray a light clean fragrance likened to fresh cotton. Strawhat Strawhat Stratevaria and Old Spice Ave Maria and Duchess of Yorks also draw mention with color mood pairings and style notes for seasonal wear.
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Stratevaria
Athens
Duchess of York
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