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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1940
Page
6
A brief dispatch notes a call for peace near Milin amid ongoing Tractu Uta events. Officials urge calm as tensions rise and international observers seek dialogue to prevent escalation. Local voices push for stability and cooperative efforts.
Descendants of Mary B. Hoskinson gathered at Shillicothe City Park for a reunion in which many attendees traced lineage to Canaan Township. Notables included William G Windom Irvin Windom and spouses, with friends from Westerville Columbus Parkersburg and Athens among those listed. Also noted were a church social and annual birthday party events in the area.
Katie offers theories about people at the farmhouse as Thad inventories furniture and safeguards a besieged farmhouse library. The narrator directsKatie to move couches and beds, organize rooms, and prepare sanctuary quarters for women and children while planning for nurse needs and safety precautions amid siege conditions.
Social notes report Athenians on extended trips through Michigan New York and nearby states. Darrell Sams and Belfort Nelson return from a two week Northern Michigan fishing excursion then travel via New York and Virginia. Katherine Figg flies to Buffalo Niagara Falls and Columbus for ten days of sight seeing. The column lists many relatives guests and visits across Columbus Zaleski Rising Sun and Columbus areas with families touring parks campuses and reunions.
Miss Tinker of the millinery department and thousands of buyers descend on New York as the garment trade thrives. They frequent Seventh Avenue showrooms and Weel 47th street, dining rooftops and attending theaters, spending on fall fashions and appraising styles with expert eyes. Buyers visit two to 26 times yearly, spending extravagantly on expense accounts, shaping the city’s fashion scene.
A historical sketch details figures shaping New York garment commerce from Stamper's era to executives earning high salaries. It notes 6000 wholesale dress firms with NY offices, 3000 ready to wear wholesalers, 1500 fur wholesalers near Seventh to Thirty Streets, and dense blocks along Eighth Avenue for dresses. It highlights evolving fashion hats and the shift from wash tub women imagery to new styles.
A historical kitchen note presents Mrs J J Crumley of Canaan Road sharing a potato ruse recipe. It details ingredients including mashed potatoes yeast warm water sugar eggs shortening flour with steps to rise twice and bake into light biscuits, then top with butter flour and sugar.
WBA Review will meet Tuesday night at seven thirty at Odd Fellows Hall. Members of the Thirty-One Club will meet at the home of Mrs Meret Chnne near the church Tuesday evening for a pending event.
Chauncey August meeting of Friendship Bible Class at Chauncey Church of Christ will be Wednesday night at the home of Mr and Mrs James Simpkins. Mrs Edith Nye has devotions and Mrs Erma Butts leads.
Round About The Town notes Welsh musical performances at the Gallipolis Sesqui-Centennial amphitheater along the Ohio River, praising Welsh singing and references to Irish tenor traditions. Also covers social visits, weddings, a Cincinnati luncheon, and a humorous anecdote about Russell Bolinger riding a hearse.
Brown-Shaffer family reunion set for Labor Day Monday Sept 2 at Rising Park Lancaster with a basket dinner served at noon in the shelter house. Stalder reunion marks its fourth annual gathering Sunday Aug 25 at Rising Park Lancaster with a basket dinner at noon.
The column lists Blue Ribbon 4H Club meeting at Dorothy Love’s home with sewing and dress work, followed by missionary society events at Rock Springs and other August gatherings. Reunions for Baird Walters Barrows Marquis Mulpas and McDougal Ladies Aid are scheduled at Maple Shade Park, Caldwell Fairgrounds, Oakland and McDougal Church with dinners, entertainment and quilting.
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