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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1939

Page

9

Women and the cost of keeping up appearances

Ruth Millett argues that women overly governed by looks miss fuller life opportunities. She notes leisure choices often center on protecting nails and hair, compares aging and youthful looks, and suggests that pursuing non beauty-related skills like golf or gardening leads to greater happiness and social appeal.

Ruth Millett

Movie star Joan Bennett sports two sweaters outfit

Joan Bennett, star of The Man in the Iron Mask, models a sports ensemble featuring a white angora under-sweater, a coarser knitted wool top with red white and blue edgings, and a white flannel skirt plus a knitted sports hat.

Joan Bennett

Three Rules for Gourmet Coffee Service

A hostess can build a reputation with perfect coffee by keeping equipment 100 percent clean, exact measurements, and precise brewing time. Decaffeinated coffee may require slightly longer percolator or pot brewing to bring out rich flavor, and a five star result is possible with any apparatus when rules are followed.

Bill Ed the silhouette artist travels world wide tour

The Athens County Fair showcases Bill Ed known as Mr. W. E. D. Welsh who cuts silhouettes in minutes. He has drawn royalty and movie stars, including King George V and Jimmy Durante, on journeys from Buckingham Palace to Atlanta. He travels with four scissors and offers two profiles from two sheets of black paper. Local residents Frank Carmichael family journeyed through seven counties with stops at Mt. Olive and Macedonia churches and Capper Park before returning to Barberton.

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Jane Withers Star As Chicken Wagon Family At Athena

Jane Withers and Leo Carrillo headline a 20th Century Fox road story at Athena Theater in Athens. The family travels the country bartering for chickens and faces adventures and romance on the road with Spring Byington and Marjorie Weaver also featured.

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Round About Town Grief League Test in River Cruise

Nantucket style column recounts a sailing trip up the Ohio River with Patsy, Patsy moored at Scarlett's Marina, a stop at Idle Hour Harbor, daily misadventures including a knee deep splash, a birthday aboard the steamboat Verona, and comic moments from Ensminger and crew.

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