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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1946
Page
6
New York designers reveal daring fall silhouettes with split skirts and high necklines. Anna Miller showcases a dramatic black dress with a wide satin sash and knee slashes, while other pieces mix demure gray satin ensembles with bold cutouts and windowback detailing.
Mr and Mrs D R Zenner return from a month in Ponte Vedra Florida staying at the winter home of Mr and Mrs Philip Zenner of New York City Their son Ensign Philip Zenner is at Jacksonville Naval Aviation Training Center for advanced flying instructions The Ensign a Naval Academy graduate is now stationed on the destroyer Fechteler at Portland Maine for some time Mrs William St Shepherd mother of Mrs Zenner joined them for two weeks visiting Palm Beach and Bradenton
Mr and Mrs Ralph N Smeck entertained at the Country Club Saturday night for Airport personnel instructors and the mechanical department wives and guests. About fifty attendees danced and enjoyed a late buffet. Mrs E J Smeck assisted in receiving guests.
Guests from Chillicothe join Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Marshall for a Sunday visit marking their twenty-fourth wedding anniversary. A picnic lunch was served at noon. Nearby, WSCS at Richland Avenue Methodist Church plansFriday meeting with Mrs. William Barnhill leading. Prof. R. F. Beckett departs for Ann Arbor to undergo observation at the University of Michigan Hospital.
Local social column reports visits and travels of residents, including Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Darius returning from two weeks with Mrs Darius’s mother, Mrs. Gertrude Vorhes. Mrs. D E Holmes of Hot Springs visiting Prof. and Mrs James V Rice. Miss Mary V Flanagan leaving for Marengo Town. Mrs Osa Chadwick returning from Atlanta for daughter Louise Tower’s convalescence. Mr. and Mrs Andrew Pavlish returning from Cleveland. S Glenn Foster hosting visiting brothers Garland and J A Foster with guests Paul Foster and Wilson. Patsy Beckert traveling to Piqua to visit relatives. Also community events: Chicken Supper at Clarks Chapel Church on Aug 15 hosted by WSCS. Bates WSCS meeting Aug 15 with Ashton Farm members bringing potluck.
An advertisement promotes Q-101 as a liquid remedy for rheumatic and neuralgic pain. It claims four actions: relieve congestion, diuretic uric acid removal, maintain alkaline blood, and ease muscle tension. Sizes priced 97c to 2.25, with mailing surcharge and Quick's Cut Fate Drug Store as seller.
Betty MacDonald, author of The Bez and T, recalls Hollywood bustle at the Beverly Hills Hotel. She praises the simple life, but notes the intense work and social whirl around movie people, while hoping for a future role on screen drawn by someone like Claudette Colbert.
The Jerseyville Methodist church hosts an annual homecoming on Sunday August 18 with Sunday School at eleven o'clock. A guest teacher leads the adult class and a phon ic dinner is served at noon after an afternoon program.
Air schedules list Admiral Chester W. Nimitz interview with John MacVane on NBC Friday at 3. Robert Hannegan discusses The Issues of 1946 on NBC at 9.45 p.m. Carroll Reece fires back on the Fourth of July speech. Greek author Mikia Pezas surveys Greece with Ben Grauer on NBC Saturday at 10. ABC airs a rural session The Farmer's Stake for Your Business at 6 p.m. Saturday. Listings cover programs Tonight through Night Life and Adventures of the Falcon.
EW Lexington Ohio the Hill Librarians' Club of southeastern Ohio will meet Sunday August 18 at 12 30 p m at Water Works Park New Lexington Members should bring a basket lunch and table service Swimmers families are invited If rain the meeting moves to the Public Library Mrs Dorothy H Hellen New Lexington Public Library asks attendees to notify her Those in Lima Peru are connected to the University of San Marcos which has existed for 3
Pocahontas Lodge meets Wednesday at 8 pm with a benefit prize exchange after the session. Athens Grange gathers Thursday at 8 30 pm for potluck refreshments. Junior Circle of Conservation League holds its annual Children's Party Thursday 3 to 5 pm at Mrs William Lee’s home. if rain, postponed. WSCS meets Thursday 6 pm at Mrs Loss Wolf’s home for a potluck picnic supper. Young Peoples Class party at Union Methodist School had devotions and games with a list of attendees including Joe Russ and others.
Girls at The Plains Rural Training School pursue summer projects through January to July focusing on foods clothing child care and personal expenses. Ninth grade students select simpler tasks while tenth graders tackle wardrobe and grooming. Project reports are filed with Home Economics Teacher Miss Beryl Cone and honor rolls will follow fall meetings.
The Hayes and Young families held their annual reunion on August 11 at Holiday School ground with a program of songs recitations and a talk by Barton Hayes. Officers for the next year were Gerald Hayes president and Mrs. Frank Cheesebrew secretary. A separate notice promotes an ice cream supper August 18 hosted by the Alexander Presbyterian Church Women’s Association and the Christian Endeavor Society.
Jr and Mrs Herbert Harris hosted a Sunday dinner at 25 First St to honor their daughter Maxine Harris later Mrs Floyd Cummings who leaves to join her husband in Munich Germany. Guests included Mr and Mrs Ward McClintock Lapel Ind Mr and Mrs Harland Harris Amesville Mr and Mrs Ralph Brown McArthur Mr and Mrs C V Cummings Carpenter Mr and Mrs Herbert Harris and Gloria Ann and the honored guest Mrs Floyd Cummings.
A reunion of the Rev. R. D. Powell family was held in August at Burts Park in West Lafayette. Attendees included Rev. R. D. Powell and his relatives from Youngstown Lisbon Portland Maine New Marshefield New York and Lake Sebago Maine.
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