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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1943
Page
6
Bartery Hoskins and family depart Athens for a month at Virginia Beach with Cecia Clark accompanying them. Others travel for California visits, Ann Arbor training, and various camp programs including Plymouth Shore Camp for Girls, Camp Morris, and Camp Wyandot. Names include the Kennards, the Hoskins, the Cottingham family, the Nichols, and several Camp Fire Girls participants.
Lieut Amy Morrison WAC recruiting officer announced the mental alertness test for entry into the corps will be held in the Athens Office room 21 Post Office Bldg before Columbus physicals and oath. Eligible applicants in Athens may take the test Monday at 2 pm and Tuesday at 10 am. Those lacking two years of high school may take the exam and a qualifying score can substitute for schooling. Contact Morrison or Sgt Sanders at 662 to schedule. sample test is available at the Recruiting Office. The Daily Vacation Bible School at the Christian Church reports 90 to 100 children attending with singing crafts and games.
Cadet Robert Sprague, son of Dr and Mrs J R Sprague of Morris Ave, served as Madeline Carrolls personal escort in New York Saturday night. He sat with Carroll at the New Voyager broadcast then accompanied her backstage and through Grand Central Station to her train on Track 22.
Athens County notes list Masonic Club meeting August 3 at 7 30 pm in the Masonic Temple with business and social time. Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge meets Wednesday at IOOF hall with initiation and inspection. WSCS of Jerseyville Methodist Church serves ice cream and cake Thursday at 8 pm. Scout girls help with WAC recruiting and displays. Wesleyan Service Guild dinner at Five Oaks features Dean Erma Voigt on women’s postwar status. Lace framed mirrors with plaster technique offered.
Athens Jive Fiends Get Hep As the Solid Six, a high school formed band led by Jim Farley, plays three weekly sessions at Hotel Berry. The group draws from local teens with members like John Nye Elza Wyatt and Marilyn Coverts joining in. Guests include Andy Nelson, and the act draws teen crowds with a promising slate of engagements.
In the Hotel Van Sittart on the seventeenth floor Madge Graham隐藏 room service ruse to monitor Ruth Hayes and Milner as former Princess Oliva brings Georges of Trees funds to Ruth. Madge’s double game escalates with Dicky plotting a safe exit while Ruth’s spy moves loom.
Mrs Jones raises chickens while neighbors complain of odor but offer to buy meat at low prices during a looming egg shortage. As eggs become scarce this winter neighbors curb their protests and show interest in her poultry business, wondering about hens laying and care.
A basic creamed eggs toast recipe uses margarine flour seasonings milk cheese eggs and garnishes with radishes and parsley. In Dayton a notice reports Pauleta L McLaughlin of Dayton formerly Guysville recovering from an appendectomy and planning to travel to California after recovery.
War Food Administration will announce a six million child school lunch program for the coming year costing about 50 million dollars to the government. Local sponsors may apply for forms and buy supplies locally to cut storage needs. The program reimburses up to 60 percent of costs and guarantees free meals for children unable to pay. Leftovers must be returned to improve lunches.
Guest columnist CAPT. W. H. Woolworth responds to requests for Uncle Dudley bridge tales. West leads diamonds, North plays low, East wins with king, a diamond returns to pick off the ace, and a club lead unfolds as the jack from East hints at danger.
West shrewdly leads through a diamond sequence that exposes Uncle Dudley’s danger. A heart ruff by North follows, clubs are played, and East’s trump decision shapes the hand. South ends with three spades as the defense collapses under the pressure.
The paratroops over Sicily the shock troops at New Georgia and sailors in the Pacific are equipped with tiny syrettes for self administered morphine. The device uses a morphine dose in a tin tube made from reclaimed tin or two tin cans. Households contributed to the effort by providing the material for these syringes.
Actress Joan Bennett shares basic beauty rules stressing cleanliness as essential for health and appearance. She cautions against self prescribed diets and recommends soap and water with a simple face cream, natural makeup applied deftly, and lipstick outlining to keep lip shape all day.
A vintage etiquette Q A lists five social scenarios with responses and a separate tip explains reviving leather upholstery by wiping with warm water mixed with a dash of vinegar.
A fragmented note discusses quick leg touchups for weather or outing mishaps. It highlights carrying a tiny bottle of makeup for discreet concealment, noting Miss Aarons and Ruth Hughes as reference points for look and confidence during street, table tennis events, or theater outings.
Soak liver in water 5 minutes then drain and wipe dry. Sprinkle with flour salt and pepper. Brown both sides in bacon fat, add sliced tomato onion and green peppers. Cover and cook slowly, then bake or broil 7 minutes until top browns. Baste twice. Broiler rack 6 inches from flame.
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