All-Wools Lead Fall Suit Fashions in New York Stores
New York designers push all-wool and wool-blend suits for fall and winter with vivid colors from brunette blue to paprika. Short jackets and the classic long-jacket dominate, with rayon mixes and knitted fronts featured. Labels on wool content urged by Uncle Sam, as stores in Athens show plaid, gray flannel, and heavy tweeds for daily warmth.
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New York
Delft
Clare McCardell
Maria Krum
Madame Krum
Uncle Sam
Athens
Corn Drying by Oven Method Promoted in Ohio Note
Miss Bessie M. Gorslene of Athens outlines a 24 hour oven drying process for corn, using shaved kernels baked in shallow pans with repeated heating and stirring, yielding bone dry nut brown dried corn. The piece includes a creamed dried corn recipe and a Sozial Service Guild meeting report.
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Bessie M. Gorslene
Athens
Farm Security Administration
Gorslene
Mixed Pickle and Beet Relish Recipes Wanted
The Athens Messenger appeals for reader recipes for mixed pickles and beet relish. It quotes several detailed methods from readers including Mrs Effie Bridge and Mrs Lloyd Frost, sharing cup measurements and steps to preserve cucumber harvests and produce bread and butter pickles.
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio
Messenger
Effie Bridge
New Marshfield
Lloyd Frost
Route Four
Harry Pickens
Reedsville
Women Prepare To Run Homes When Men Go To War
Ruth Millett urges women to ready themselves for solo household leadership as husbands go to service. she campaigns health checks, fitness, diet, sleep, and independent decision making, plus meeting bankers and lawyers to handle family business in advance.
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Papa
Mama
Sam
Womans Relief Corps Honors 88 Year Old President
The Woman's Relief Corps met at president Mrs. Blanch Root's home for a six o'clock dinner honoring Mrs. Mary Ann Root the 88 year old oldest member. Guests included Mrs. Lucy Johnson and Miss Goldie Strawn while out of town member Mrs. Vinnie Woody attended. A guessing contest and rose gladioli table decor highlighted the event. Eagles Auxiliary benefit party set for Saturday August 15 at Eagles Hall basement with two $25 defense bonds and door prizes.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Blanch Root
Mary Ann Root
Root
Lucy Johnson
Columbus
Louise Finsterwald
Goldie Strawn
Vinnie Woody
Jerseyville Road
Eagles Auxiliary
Ladies Auxiliary of
Eagles
Eagles Hall
Busy Hands Deserve Good Daily Home Manicures
Busy hands need regular maintenance and new at home polish trends. Buffing powders and emery tools aid nail health while cuticle care and nightly oiling keep edges steady. Albany Athens residents vacationing in Florida attend Lake Hope picnic Aug 16 at 12 noon at Shelter Two. Shade Methodist Church homecoming set for Aug 15 with a basket dinner at noon.
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Albany
Athens County
Florida
Lake Hope
Shade Methodist Church
Old Man Watches at New York Restaurant Disturbs Mary
In a New York restaurant, an enigmatic elder observer unsettles Mary and Aunt Madge as Mary and Olivia discuss a prize and a masked watcher. The group retreats to their rooms after a tense dinner while Olina shows fatigue and suspicion lingers about the strange visitor.
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Olina
Mary
Madge
Lina
Steve Redfield
Olivia
Nadir
Stephen Redfield
Philip Veritzen
Lansfield
Veritsen
Steve Kepfield
Transvania
New York
Madge Graham
Darling
Personal and social news from Athens August 12 1942
Dr M D Worley spends August in Kansas City post graduate work at Conley Clinical Hospital. Mrs Charles Poling returns to Columbus after visiting Athens with Miss Pauline Cone. Families from Athens Route 2 travel to Cincinnati and Springfield for camp meetings and to Ely Minnesota. Norman Jean Kempton of Wright Field visits Athens with her mother Mrs Frank Kempton. John H Van Dyke on furlough from Camp Livingston visits Columbus and R M Van Dyke hosts. Helen Van Dyke visits Athens to see her nephew John H Van Dyke on furlough.
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M. D. Worley
Conley Clinical Hospital
Kansas City
Charles Poling
Columbus
Athens
Pauline Cone
Franklin Ave
N. W. Jenks
Robert Potephan
Jerry
Virginia Ruth
Cincinnati
Rutherford Wickerham
Norma Jean Kempton
Wright Field
Dayton
Frank Kempton
State St
Miss Kempton
Rodney Phillips
Kempton
Jacksonville
John H. van Dyke
Camp Livingston
Fred van Dyke
Helen van Dyke
Youngstown
R. M. van Dyke
Race St
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By Marguerite Young
Ooo Scout Radio
Gtr
Forest Ranger
UU. S, Department of Agriculture
Ooo
Albany Garden Club
Arthur Stuart
Phil Sweeney
Peter Morse
Loccer
I. M. Frost
Clara Saylor
Josephine Ross
Wilbur Baughman
Billy Shafer
Roger Sapp
Mrs. W
Gibson
Curt Forstmann
Service Guild
Helen Macleod
Service Guild of
Coolville
Russell Cody
Hudson Avenue
Mrs. Macleod
Mildred Chapman
Helen Chapman
Alyce Barnett
Nellie Creegar
Lucy Mae Burnfield
Marie Root
Virginia Reuter
Marian Walden
Lelia Wolfe
Nellie Brafford
Mrs. Shepard
Helen Root
Billa Walden
Ada Shanks
Virginia Knecht
Annie Walden
Pauletta White
R. C. West
Pomeroy
Ruth Millett
Ai da
William Wyler
Sidney Franklin
Ara Ae
Vand
Glenn Ford
Flight
Evelyn Keyes
Wabash, Ind
Grant Walter
Walter
Lois
Stephen
Alicia Hart
Adele Garrison
Oliva
Redfield
Spencer
Gallaher
14 & Court &T
Harry Martin
Bertha Oglebee
Columbia
Hart Smith
Edward Hoffman
Harriet
Greenup
Howard Figley
la BE
Pinkham
Rowe
McKee Drug Co
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