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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1938
Page
8
Esther Barton remembered as Calamity Jane in youth grows into a pessimist who learns to face tomorrow. She raises May, a shy daughter shaped by worry, until the mother imparts synthetic courage and teaches mindful minutes. Most imagined fears never come true.
Miss Ellen Charney of The Plains hosted the Child Study Club with assistant hostess Miss Ruby Tinkham. Members discussed Mental Hygiene for Mothers and Love Children and Tell Them So. New officers elected: Rose Cochran president Angela Marcinko vice president Dorothy Daugherty secretary treasurer. Next meeting in September. Attendees included Angela Marcinko Anna Criminski Jeanette Tipton Lillian Michael Elma Cass Ruby Tinkham Florence Overly Rose Cochran and Ellen Charney.
The Women's Relief Corps will meet Friday at 7 30 p m in Red Men’s Hall. Past Chief’s Club will hold Friday night gathering at Lizzie Canter’s Chauncey residence with Mrs. Clara Wallace assisting hostess.
In La Jolla California Hans Heink grandson of Schumann Heink manages a filling station and cherishes his family name as the tiny Heink lineage grows. He tells of his journey from Chicago to New York to California while his father died in the German army and his mother supported him. The article notes Schumann Heink’s fame and the family’s ties to San Diego’s Balboa Park monument.
Local society items list visits by Albert Mann of Copeland-Chatterson in Stroud England to the McBee Co in Athens. Several residents and relatives, including Miss Rita Burns and Mrs. Edward C. Class, travel or host relatives in Athens and nearby cities.
The Ohio Fuel Gas Company announced Dorothy Duncan as Home Service Representative for the Athens District. A Ohio University home economics graduate, she replaces Maxine Robertson and will base her headquarters in Athens at the district office.
Twin stars Billy and Bobby Mauch headline Penrod's Double Trouble at the Athena Theater on Saturday. The Warner Bros production follows Penrod's boyhood adventures with a novel Tarkington flavor and a capable supporting cast headlined by Gene and Kathleen Lockhart with Dick Purcell and Hugh O'Connell as villains.
Adele Garrison as Dicky contends with a locked attic door as a schemes unravel. The narrator and Dicky plan to keep guests safe while Queen Olga nears a nervous breakdown. Katherine receives aid from the narrator’s mother, freeing her for duty with the youngsters. Continued tomorrow.
Pi Beta Phi sorority hosted a one o'clock luncheon at the Lancaster Country Club for local rushees on Thursday followed by a theater party. Attending active members included Miss Frances Batten of Parkersburg and Miss Barbara Brenner of Lancaster alongside Athens girls, with several invited guests named.
A nostalgic home cooking note offers a waffles recipe and urges a change of dinner. It lists milk flour eggs shortening baking powder salt sugar and method, while a separate tidbit mentions airline stewardesses reaching a million miles flown in 1985.
Chocolate Nut Cakes recipe provides ingredients and instructions for making 18 cup cakes in a moderate oven. Includes brown sugar egg shortening flour baking powder soda salt melted chocolate buttermilk and nuts with optional frosting and sandwich style serving. Also notes Mrs A W Sams wins Australian championship with a 330 pound marlin prize during 150th anniversary celebration in Milton New South Wales.
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