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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1956

Page

6

We Women Face New Duties Replacing Old Chores

Ruth Millett notes modern women juggle many tasks once done by men or with labor. From lawn care to driving, decorating, and committee work, wives increasingly bear extra duties. Also reports on two wedding announcements: Miss Louise Tower and Leslie H Irwin wed at St Luke's in Columbus on Aug 19 with Rev Woosley officiating.

Louise Tower Leslie H. Irwin St. Luke's Methodist Church Columbus Lester B. Woosley Terry Hartsough W. R.J. Hughes Mr. Irwin Royal McBee Co S. Court St

Who's Coming And Going

Mr. and Mrs. W. VR Barker and daughter Jane depart Tuesday for Richmond Virginia to visit relatives then travel to Norfolk to meet their son Dick returning from an eight week cruise Miss Nancy Nolan daughter of Mr. and Mrs Frank Nolan leaves today for Bucyrus to visit Miss Joan Kiess for a week Mr and Mrs James P Dillie visit Mr and Mrs William H serving roast duck Young Amesville returns from a trip through four nice for rents in Mr Sterling Kentucky before returning to Amesville

Nancy Nolan Wir Frank Nolan Bucyrus Joan Kiess James P. Dillie William H Young Amesville

Do-It-Yourself House Beside Woodside Drive by Jones Family

A couple builds and designs a hillside home near Cable Acres. Marian Reeder profiles Mr. and Mrs. Roger Jones Jr. who craft a three-level, year-round residence with personalized features. The home includes a circular staircase, custom kitchen, mud room, expansive living room with natural stone hearth, adjustable bedroom wing, two bathrooms with built-in vanities, year-round storage, and air conditioning. Mrs. Jones designed spaces like a sewing and radio room, while Mr. Jones handles carpentry. the project showcases their self-reliant, hands-on approach to homebuilding and landscaping plans for a front flower bed and terraces.

Marian Reeder Roger Jones, Jr Woodside Drive Cable Acres East State St Jones Candy Shirley Mr. Jones Athens Prome

Tailored shortie hat and bolero pattern advertisement

Needlework pattern No 5482 offers a gray and yellow tweed bolero suitable for skirts or dresses with crochet and knit directions and material list. Send 25 cents to Anne Cabot at Athens Messenger for pattern 5482 and patterns from the 1956 Needlework Album.

Anne Cabot Athens Messenger Ave Americas New York N. Y

Address to Your Menus With Summer's Vegetables

Summer vegetable dishes are outlined with recipes for Baked Summer Squash Pudding and Cabbage Bake. The squash pudding combines eggs milk bread cubes squash and onion baked until set. the cabbage dish layers cabbage with sour cream and crumbs and bakes until tender. Also includes a suggested menu for tomorrow with cold turkey and sides.

Gaynor Maddox

How To Grow Old Wisely

A playful meditation on aging that contrasts growing old with growing up. It highlights superstitions, vanity, and social remarks about gray hair and mirrors, noting that aging can yield wisdom even amid awkwardness. The piece reflects midlife humor and social pressures about appearance.

Manners and Serving Chicken with Artichokes

A note on etiquette warns that reading another person’s mail is bad manners even if the letter is open and received by mistake. It emphasizes consent and respect for private correspondence. A recipe suggestion says creamed chicken pairs well with artichoke hearts, canned or fresh, as an epicurean accompaniment.

Canaan Grange and Troy Grange Calendar Night

Canaan Grange meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. third and fourth degrees will be given. Members take pie and sandwiches. Troy Grange hosts inspection at 8 p.m. with members bringing sandwiches. Albany VEW Auxiliary social at 8 p.m. Each member to provide one item of entertainment.

Canaan Grange Canaan Troy Grange Albany Vew

Lessons in Bridge by Oswald Jacoby

A bridge column discusses a hand where South, facing a Greek gift, misplays to lose a home contract. East wins early clubs, a heart finesse backfires on a singleton king, and South could have saved the contract by a different trump line if he could reach his hand. East’s singleton king is pivotal.

Oswald Jacoby South East West Queen of Hearts

Bridge error leads to costly misplay by South

In a bridge hand analysis, Jacoby on king would drop and East deliberately gave South a chance to reach his hand and take a losing finesse. South should have seen that entering his own hand was unnecessary. If East did so deliberately, he wanted South to take the finesse, and South lacked the wit to see that what benefited East could not benefit him.

South East

Bridge bidding puzzle with a slam decision

In a four hearts jump to slam scenario you hold a ace king king queen and respond to the auction North East South West who opened one club then a heart and spade by you, the question asks what to bid now after the sequence and what to do if North holds a strong hand with aces. The prompt presents a teaching puzzle about choosing a contract when a singleton or void is involved and whether to pursue slam.

North South

Mature Parent Guide to Child Security and Authority

Mrs Muriel Lawrence argues for a mature parenting approach centered on SELP trust and control of anxiety. She urges realism in daily tasks, acceptance of imperfect decisions, and spontaneous expressiveness to reduce nagging. Emphasizes optimism, tolerance of criticism, and humor to avoid overbearing control.

Muriel Lawrence Billy Cathy Helen

Plan Budget For Wardrobe For School Chic

Teens preparing a school wardrobe should air last fall and winter clothes, try on items, and consider remodeling or swapping. Outgrown dresses can become skirts with new waistbands and zippers, while usable items may swap with friends or be donated to thrift shops. After pruning, plan a realistic budget for new clothes and seek best value.

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Messenger ALL Ruth Millett Mama Kasler Kasler’s Dairy Products East State Athens, Ohio Athens County Athens County Savings & Loan CO Masonic Temple Bldg Union & Court Sts P.G. Chapman Sue Burnett Declarer By Jacoby West Aas Wee Ent As North East South Lee Ree Autuor Missouri the Security Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Court Street Ohio Quick's Alicia Wantake Stimson Ave Athens, O Fawcett Chesterhill, Ohio
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