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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1944
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR notes show salary figures for Suk Rai Mo and Logan Monda with increments noted. Mentions Mr Jo and increases to 190 and 155 likely dollars. details are unclear and names repeat.
The Sayre Study Circle met at 33 Maplewood Drive with Mrs. E. J. Michael presenting Miss Ruth Ann Grover Miss Mary Frances Carpenter and Miss Sheila Graham under Prof L. C. Staats of Dramatic Art who spoke on The College Woman Looks at War. Members suggested penny-saving ideas and Mrs W E Clark read She's Off Again. In the business meeting presided by Mrs R J Studer plans were set for a May 23 social meeting replacing May 2.
The sum of 208.51 was raised Saturday by members of the Business and Professional Women's Club for the Hospital Fund. Heading the committee was Miss Lois Mulpas with Mrs. Mildred Dean and Miss Virginia Lari mer assisting. The money goes to the general hospital fund for Sheltering Arms Hospital. Tag sales on Court St. were run by Ethel Beekman Lucile Duffee Helen Dinsmore Jo Garvio Rowena Sprout Naomi Vernon Helen Hull Mildred Shepard Dorothy Stump Edith Miller Alice Brewer Geraldine Hope Mabel Kern Eleanor Minister.
Pi chapter of Alpha Xi Delta celebrated Founders Day with a buffet at the sorority house. Alumni guests included Mrs. Norman Dean Miss Edith Stocklin Mrs. H. W. Cox Mrs. Francis Fuller Mrs. Charles R. Blaine Miss Martha Essman and Mrs. George Rutkoskie. Betty Jane Seltzer of New Vienna Ohio was pledged at the event.
Members of the Progressive Literary Club marked twenty years with an anniversary dinner at 6 pm Tuesday at Mrs. Ralph Woods home 87 Franklin Ave. Officers hosted include Mrs. Woods president Mrs. D L Jones Mrs Harry Swank and Mrs Glen Atkinson. Beverly Davis sang two solos with Mary Ann Sarver on piano. The next meeting is set for Wednesday April 26 at Mrs. E R Horns home.
Local clubs and organizations hold Wednesday and Thursday gatherings across town. Mrs John Kelley hosts the W LA club at 42 8S Court St. Mother's Circle meets with Mrs Elizabeth Neutzling. Rebekah Lodge observes birthdays. Marine Army Navy Wives Club hosts a potluck at 26 Woodward Ave. Presbyterian Group Three meets with Mrs Morrison. Women’s Council groups convene at multiple addresses. AAUW dinner features Dr R B Eckles on The Balkans.
New Stamp 18 offers two tone brown and white and all white shoes with wartime restrictions lifting. Base materials include fabric and trimmed uppers. fashion moves to buckles, bows, and rosettes. Patent leather remains strong for versatility with navy outfits and black sheets, as materials dwindle.
A scoop neck showcases a rounded throat and chest. Beauty expert Connie Haines urges extending foundation down the neck and chest but not beyond to avoid mess on clothing.
Technical Sergeant Johnnie Graham of Camp Dix spends furlough with his father in Apple Grove. Birth announced for a daughter at Holzer Hospital. Various local visitors and family gatherings noted, including Shank, Sharpnack, Hayman, Bellas, Reed, and Durst households across nearby towns.
Measures stress nursing and medical care for measles, noting onset 12 to 14 days after exposure, common in children under five, and the need for bed rest, warm well ventilated rooms, light protection, nourishing fluids, oral hygiene, and daily baths. Watch for fever rise, earache, coughing changes, or fever after a week.
To fix curtains that have shrunk, add a wide contrasting ruffled flounce to the sides and bottom edges using a sewing machine ruffler. Discolored curtains can be remastered by a quick tinting job to match the room’s color scheme.
Seventy housemothers at Ohio University will attend a coffee hour hosted by the Women's League in Lindley Hall Lounge from 7 30 to 9 30 this evening. League officers receive guests. deans and leaders deliver welcomes. music and readings accompany the event.
In a Sag Harbor farm setting Adele Garrison’s novel follows Madge Graham guiding Major Hugh Grantland and his Chinese ally Lee Chow to a hidden underground chamber. The family plans to stock the secret suite and prepare for a possible siege as war secrets stay guarded.
Washington sees 6000 civilian women workers in navy bureaus with housing. Housing options include Arlington Farms dorms, private rooms from 18 to 30 dollars, and boarding houses with meals. Applicants must be 17½+ and pass typing stenography or clerking tests. Local offices handle applications and travel paid. After hours offer theatre, skating, dances, and church events.
Dexter residents report visits from friends and relatives over the weekend. Dana Williamson accompanied Lewis Saxton to his home. Harley Carr of Mt. Union visited Saxton. Davis and Davis families from Clintonville Albany and Malcom Davis with daughter joined I D McCann's home. Musser family from Springfield spent weekend with W R Amos. Mrs John Musser returned from Springfield.
Ruth Millett argues parents who insult or resent their children teach rebellion and alienation. She notes mothers lamenting being tied to home, while kids sense parents would rather be elsewhere. The piece links shouting at children to later desire to leave home and disconnection from family life.
An article explains that permanent waves for young girls are safe when done by skilled operators and suggests curls boost self esteem. It outlines simple techniques for teaching a child to care for curls and describes an example curly bob hairstyle. Group Six Presbyterian dinner set at Women’s Faculty Club on April 21 at 6 p.m.
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