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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1942
Page
6
Home management supervisor Miss Enid Swarner and canning expert Miss Georgia Amick plan a May 1 1 30 pm canning demonstration at Athens High School. The event promotes building a winter reserve of 120 quarts per person doubling last year.
Seaman First Class Roger O. Wiseman son of Mr and Mrs Carl Wiseman 135 Mill St returned to the United States Submarine Base New London Conn Saturday after a seven day furlough in Columbus. He was accompanied to Columbus Saturday by Miss Bettie Faulkner Mr and Mrs Carl Wiseman Gerald Wiseman and Verna Kern. He visited with his mother two brothers and sister and Miss Faulkner to see his sister Mrs Fred O Neil. He also visited his brother Mr John Wiseman and family of Lancaster. Navy Mrs Anna EF White 11 S High St has as house guest Mrs Flora Wade of Grove City. Mrs Verna Marquis Mrs Marion McHarg accompanied Mrs Jessie Crawford Nelsonville to Middleport Tuesday night for Thian Sisters Lodge and inspection.
The Ohio Society of Political Education will hold its April 29 May 1 Columbus convention by mail due to wartime shortages. Speeches by Governor Bricker and others will appear in a printed booklet mailed to Republican women across the state. The book is available by writing Mrs Catherine Neff Cox Canton. Meanwhile bakers are advised to prick crusts to prevent puffing and bake until crisp and light brown.
Admission to the All-American Concert at Memorial Auditorium is by defense stamp at the door. Ohio University will present music by American composers and original works by honor students. Participants include Sigma Alpha Iota Phi Mu Alpha Kappa Kappa Psi and School of Music faculty.
Unusual lighting plans accompany the University The ater production The Special Investigator directed by Joseph D Batcheller. Split second timing will guide color intensity and angle with two spotlight towers and a limeback slide projector. Head electrician Martin Cobin leads a team including John Bullock James Fisher Dorothy Lee Tompkins and Dorothy Nothing. Tickets go on sale May 4 for performances May 14 15 and 16 at the University Theater ticket office.
Nelle Stuart Foster daughter of Dr and Mrs R A Foster of 33 Woodward Avenue will present her senior recital Sunday May 3 in Memorial Auditorium She is a voice major professor of voice and director of the Men’s Glee Club and has held leadership in Alpha Xi Delta Pan Hellenic Women’s League Assembly Play Shop and University Theater She has sung with the Ohio University Band and starred in The Bohemian Girl with the School of Music Accompanist for the recital will be Miss Marjorie McClure
Mrs. Glen O. Staneart hosted the Athena Delphian Club meeting at 73 Maplewood Drive. President Mrs. Franklin Potter presided while Mrs. Neil Thomas reviewed Lin Yutang's Leaf in the Storm. Twenty-four members attended with guests Mrs. Hunter MacFarland Mrs. Howard Stout and Mrs. Flora Wade.
Thirteen members attended the Group Six meeting at Mary Tribe's home. A potluck supper preceded the program led by Stokes with devotion. Officers for the coming year were elected: president Mary Tribe, vice president Marilyn Porter, secretary Fern Robinson, and treasurer Ruth Davis.
State senator Dr H T Phillips was guest speaker at the Child Conservation League meeting held at the Hart Home Morrison Brown Hill. He urged facing the wartime crisis and urged patriotic effort to defend democracy.
Modern one dish meal with salmon escallop and side vegetables. Ingredients include salmon, potatoes, onion, butter, flour, milk, salt, pepper and crumbs. Prepare potatoes, make a white sauce, fold in salmon and potatoes, top with crumbs, bake until bubbling and golden.
In a CT mountain home Madge seeks to trace a long distance call trail tied to a gang plot. Captain Robinson arranges to tap a hotel operator for call records and voices, uncovering a suspect and a possible leak in the scheme. The pursuit hinges on office lines and hidden messages as the case continues.
The church auxiliary met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. J. J. Crumley’s home on Canaanville Road to discuss parish business and church affairs.
A gardener on East State Street preps for shortages with a full vegetable assortment from corn and beans to peanuts and tobacco. A sixth grade girl grows tomato plants from school seeds, starting in pots and moving to porch boxes. Rice prices rise as supply lines tighten, signaling potential war impact.
War era beauty tips celebrate shorter nails with reconditioning manicures. Yvonne Sergent of Fifth Avenue salon advises shaping, pushing back cuticles, and a protective polish while promoting calcium rich diets. Also included are a birthday dinner notice for the Carsey household and a wartime style recipe for oat raisin bars.
Ruth Millett critiques wartime women club luncheons noting cars to meetings waste fuel and time. She questions the impact on conserving sugar rubber and food and suggests real action rather than endless committees and pie and drives to country homes for reports.
At the Albany Grange Hall on Saturday April 25 a short business meeting was held and Mrs Willard Simonton was elected news reporter. The Lodi Grange presented first and second degrees to new candidates followed by a brief musical program by Bernie Dierry and his son. Refreshments were served to fifty members and guests.
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