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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1945
Page
8
The Ohio Fuel Gas Company previews the Local Home Canning Fair to be held in September with 55 cash prizes and 120 ribbons across forty classes. Entry days run Sept 10 to Sept 17, with judging by appearance only and no entrance fees for customers.
Multiple Athens churches announce Sunday schedules including morning worship and Bible schools. Noted speakers include Rev. Donald H. Allen on Isaiah and Prof. George Sixbey leading evening prayers at Good Shepherd. Also mentions guest preacher Rev. E. C. Kenney and church activities through August.
Evangelist revival ongoing at Union Ridge Church of the Nazarene eight miles west of Albany on Route 50. Services run daily through August 12 with Rev. Russell Bowman preaching at 8:30 PM. public invitation extended.
Mrs. P B Lawrence travels to Philadelphia to visit Mr and Mrs Richard Whipple and later to Ithaca with the Nelsons for a vacation and return to Athens. Mrs Ruth Halsey leaves for Washington DC to visit her nephew Lt Bernard Osborn and Mrs Osborn. Lt Osborn is at Boeing Field. Mr and Mrs William Williams host their nephew Rob Duncan from Dayton. Carollyn Clutter heads to Xenia for Chautauqua then Utica and Pittsburgh to visit friends. Mrs R L Clutter hosts niece Mrs C W Baker and children Poe and John from Wilmington NC for three weeks. Grandson Pvt Hunter W Brown, son of Mr and Mrs Hunter V Brown, arrives in Newport News VA after 20 months overseas. Marguerite Fankhauser visits Ruth Ellen Story at a country home near Burlingham.
Ruth Millett jokes about a soldier nicknamed The Stomach and his huge appetite. She proposes three steps to curb him: discuss family ration points, feed a careful meal with no seconds, and show rising cost of living tables. She argues many wives already guide husbands this way. If needed, she suggests the butcher line as a last resort to curb appetite.
The Athens Messenger publishes a mustard pickle recipe from Mrs. Thomas Hopes of Glouster. It instructs packing cucumbers into a quart jar with sugar salt and Coleman’s dry mustard, then covering with cold vinegar and sealing. Pickles mature after six weeks and keep for years.
Announcement of the July 3 1945 Covington Kentucky marriage of Blanche Hoff Iman Norwood formerly Ath ens to George Webb retired Norwood. The couple was entertained at Hotel Arms Cincinnati by Lawrence Hoffman and Chester Frashier. They plan to spend the winter in Miami Florida.
The McBee Company accounting staff held a Tuesday evening picnic at Nice's Park on July 31. Attendees included Helen Ashland Virginia Coleman Helen Cavanaugh Pauline Donaldson Helen Hull Alice McClaskey Mary Frances Smith Dorothy Stump Dorothy White and her daughter Barbara White Ruth Ellen Story and guest Marguerite Fankhauser of Columbus. Mildred Shepard recovering from an appendectomy and Gloria Laufhutte could not attend.
The Keirns family announces their annual reunion at the Church of Christ on Hooper Ridge Sunday August 12. A basket dinner will be served at noon followed by a short program in the afternoon. Relatives and friends are invited.
Athens Grange meets at the Grange Hall Thursday at 3 30 p m. Past Noble Grands Club and Past Chiefs Club plan Friday 7 30 p m gatherings at 97 University Terrace with Mrs. Margaret Frost assisting. Birthday party honors Barbara Kay Halbirt at Columbus home with relatives and service members noted. Watt K Young of the U S Army and family visited Stewart area. hometown residents and military service details included.
ALICIA HART reports on former model Judy Thornton sharing beauty tips to fade summer tan and dry skin. Home remedies include buttermilk masks, rich creams, salt and olive oil exfoliation, and elbow care, with repeated nightly applications to even skin tone.
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