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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1942
Page
6
War restrictions bite into home goods as the War Production Board bans further manufacture of metal kitchenware and silverplate. Brace yourself for dwindling aluminum kettles iron, toasters and other staples as brides-to-be seek gifts with limited stock while linens remain plentiful and U S imports supplement domestic options.
Mrs. Louis I Brown hosts Dorothy Eldridge and Nancy Burns at 2 University Terrace. Mrs. Fred H McCoy entertains relatives Ja Cerine Murray and Thea Janice Murray from Zanesville. E J Michael hosts Fred Jennings from Akron. D D Reeder hosts Torlock Resmussen from Grafton W Va. Sheriff George Bateman hosts a dinner for son Richard Bateman before camp. Attendees include Private Richard A Bateman and family members from Columbus Montgomery W Va and more. Mae Parker visits from Barberton. Dick and Willis Sands return in Ravenna. Fin Gallogly and Arthur Crabtree visit Meigs County. Parker and Crabtree families connected. Clarence Parker hosts C Emmett Parker and Mrs Parker from Patterson Field Dayton for weekend.
The club calendar lists American Legion Auxiliary meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Legion Home with plan discussion for the fall conference and hostesses. Christian Church Group Six meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m with sewing and a social. W E A Review meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m in LO C F Hall. Group One of the Women's Council meets Wednesday at 2 p m with knitting supplies and small banks. Friday events include a Bishop Class pot luck supper at Mrs Frank Beebe's and a Central Ave Church corn roast at Locust Heights Park at 6 30 p m.
A man recounts returning from the city to work in Ohio defense plants. He notes no age limits for jobs and expresses eagerness to rejoin work despite being past draft age. He says opportunities in factories are too good to miss and he feels valued and wanted.
The Athens County Fair Grounds will host a Horse and Buggy Show at 4 p.m. Tuesday featuring 30 or more vintage vehicles in a defense stamp prize contest. Buggies from a Warren Brothers Livery stable revival, including a tall tally-ho and a preacher's cab, reflect the era of rationing and patriotic transport. Jacksonville residents in Old Settler’s Reunion dress join the event, honoring historic transit amid tire and fuel constraints.
Ruth Millett argues war fatigue strains marriages when one partner takes on defense work. Overworked spouses face fatigue and changed expectations, risking conflicts over household duties and social life. The piece offers solutions: adjust allowances, or increase the other partner’s hours to share the load.
English women over 40 are entering war plants and other wartime posts as total war ends barriers to hiring. Government and employers now register women up to 45, with need reaching even 50. Aging workers bring efficiency, adaptability, and new outlooks while supporting postwar reconstruction and broader family life.
Fifty Athens residents attended the all state Church of God camp meeting in Springfield from Aug to 16. The list includes Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Sexton Eber Fulton Raymond At kins and daughter Herman Cunningham Carrie Sams Evelyn Burt Wayne France John Bailey and son Russell Ned Jinks and grandson Tommy Robert Patterson Frank Verness and sons John and Jerry Ralph Parkerton and son William John Sprague Carl Whitmore Cora Lenigar L G Lenigar Russell Lenigar Ray Ramsay and son Ronny Katherine Phillips Gladys Phillips Dorothy Ramsay Floria Bean Carlos Bean Enid Bean Dorothy Bean and Carlos Bean Jr Also attendees from Wesleyan Methodist Church Clifford Bean Allan Bean.
Mr and Mrs Worley West of Albany hosted a Sunday turkey dinner honoring their uncle Ed Bailes and aunts Mrs George Springer of Albany and Mrs Parker Snyder of Mineral. Guests included Elmer Knowlton and family Croton Bruce and Edward Gilbert Knowlton Liberty Paul Coley Vernon West family Athens and others. Homemade cake and ice cream followed in the afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Fred B Rowland of Barberton announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday August 18. The Rowlands are former Athens residents. Mrs Rowland Mary Ellen Snedden worked in the County Health Office before marriage. Mr Rowland completed NYA welding training and works for Babcock and Wilcox Barberton. Mr and Mrs Russell F Bashore announce birth of daughter Patricia Ann at Sheltering Arms Hospital on Thursday August 20. Patricia is the first grandchild of Mr and Mrs M N Bashore of Paulding Ohio. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ben K Morris of Athens Route Four. Mrs David K Nutter is great grandmother. We Sand Run home coming and basket dinner set for Sunday August 30 at Wilson Chapel with Sunday School at 10 am and an afternoon program. Anyone may contribute to the program. Guests at New Marshfield include Mr and Mrs Holis Williams, Mr and Mrs John Hughes of Barberton, and Mr and Mrs Wallace Foreman of Cleveland, visiting Elroy Williams and Mary Foreman. Mr Elroy Williams and Mr George Scott visited Russell Childress and Douglas Lock in Floodwood. Additional visitors include Mr and Mrs Clyde Giles and son Billy Don of Springfield and Mrs Cora Giles of Pomeroy visiting Mrs Charles McGlone and son at 95 Hooper Street.
Lillian recovers enough to authorize Carolyn Brixton’s visit while I rush to fetch her. The apartment is tense as Nurse Whitlock checks Lillian’s pulse and I discover Carolyn’s room empty with the bed dampened by a low mood.
Madge and Dicky Graham bring Carolyn Brixton to Lillian Underwood’s New York apartment. The group, including Marion Morton’s mother and secret service leader Chariester, hunts for the espionage ring while tensions flare as Carolyn tries to escape, then breaks down in tears. (Continued Monday)
A playful school era recipe item details lemon zest cookies and cherry macaroons. It lists ingredients including lemon peel shortening sugar eggs vanilla and oats for lemon oatmeal cookies and coconut cherries condensed milk and corn flakes for cherry macaroon bites with baking directions.
The eighth annual Barrows reunion met at Grange Hall Coolville on Sunday August 16 with a basket dinner and a large inscribed cake. Secretary reported one marriage five births and five deaths since the last reunion. Officers elected for next year include Grant Barrows president A F Barrows vice president and Golda Barrows secretary treasurer. Approximately 49 members and friends of the Alexander Presbyterian Church Sunday School enjoyed boating and bathing at Wood's Lake after the meal. Albany P T A meets August 25 at 8 p m in Albany Consolidated School High.
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