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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1945
Page
18
The Ohio Fuel Gas Company announces a Home Canning Fair with $55 in cash and 120 ribbons across 40 food classes. Entries run Sept 10 to Sept 17, with display the week of Sept 21, and judging based on appearance only. no jars opened.
West Methodists hold 9 15 Sunday services with 10 30 worship and a children’s all day summer program. Rev Donald H Allen preaches on Prophets Old and New Isaiah Here Am I during August. Miss Ruth Ann Grover sings The Gloria. Church of Christ offers Bible study at 9 45 and service at 10 30 with 11 10 communion.
Evangelist revival events fill Union Ridge Church and nearby congregations with evening sermons led by Prof. George Sixbey and Rev. Russell Bowman. Aug 12 deadline noted for ongoing schedule. many church groups from Albany Marietta and Joppa participate.
Mrs. FP B Lawrence 115 College St travels to Philadelphia to visit Mr and Mrs Richard Whipple and Nelson Hleb of Ithaca for a seaside vacation before returning to Athens. Ruth Halsey 115 College St departs for Washington DC to visit Lt Bernard Osborn, Mrs Osborn and Jane Ann Hoth. Lt Osborn stationed with Army Air Force at Boeing Field. Mr and Mrs William Williams 40 Grosvenor St host their nephew Rob Duncan from Dayton. Carolyn Clutter 5 Race St leaves for Xenia Chautauqua NC then Utica NY and Pittsburgh PA to visit friends. Mrs R L Clutter hosts niece Mrs C W Baker and children Rene and John of Wilmington for three weeks. Jack Brown of Athens learns grandson Pvt Hunter W Brown has arrived in Newport News VA after 20 months overseas. Marguerite Fankhauser 139 West Eleventh Ave Columbus stays with Ruth Ellen Story near Burlingham this week.
A humorous piece about a soldier nicknamed The Stomach and his wife who plans to curb his enormous appetite. She proposes three steps using ration points, a family meal without seconds, and a price table to illustrate higher living costs, noting many wives have already tamed husbands similarly. The article ends with a tougher option: join the meat queue at a butcher for stark reality.
The Athens Messenger reports a reader sought a mustard pickle recipe and published Mrs. Thomas Hopes of Glouster guidance. Her method uses four tablespoons of sugar per quart, two tablespoons each salt and dry Coleman’s mustard, packed cucumbers four inches long, and cold vinegar sealed for four weeks before table use.
Announcement of the marriage of Mrs Blanche Hoffman Norwood and Mr George Webb Covington Ky July 1945 in Covington Ky. They were entertained at Hotel Arms Cincinnati by Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hoffman and Mrs Chester Frashier and plan to spend the winter in Miami Florida.
The McBee Company Accounting Department hosted a picnic Tuesday evening July 31 at Nice's Park. Attendees included Helen Ashland Virginia Coleman Helen Cavanaugh Pauline Donaldson Helen Hull Alice McClaskey Mary Frances Smith Dorothy Stump Dorothy Kwhite Barbara White Ruth Ellen Story and Marguerite Fankhauser of Columbus. Mildred Shepard convalescing at Sheltering Arms Hospital from an emergency appendectomy and J Gloria Laufhutte could not attend.
Members of the Marine Army and Navy Women's Club will serve on the Service men's Canteen Committee Friday. August 3 Mrs Richard Banks chairwoman Mrs Arthur Brooks Mrs Michael Olsson and Mrs Ben Beckler. The Kelms family 17th Annual Reunion will be held at the Church of Christ Hooper Ridge Sunday August 12 a basket dinner at noon followed by a short program in the afternoon relatives and friends invited.
Athens Grange will meet at the Grange Hall Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Past Noble Grands Club convenes Friday at 7:30 p.m. at 97 University Terrace with Mrs. William Fleck and Mrs. Margaret Frost assisting. Past Chiefs Club also meets Friday at 7:30 p.m. with Mrs. Fleck.
Mrs. George Halbirt entertained Barbara Kay Halbirt and guests at a birthday party in Columbus on Monday night July 30. Ice cream and cake were served as relatives and friends joined in celebrating Barbara Kay’s fourth birthday with many family members listed and church notices noted.
Alicia Hart reports on beauty tricks from former model Mrs Walter Thornston and Judy Thornston. The piece details a buttermilk facial formula to fade tan and freckles, plus home remedies for skin dryness blackheads and rough elbows.
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