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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1939

Page

6

Summer Society visitors recount two week motor tour

Summer Society members Mr and Mrs A H James of 95 Maplewood Place returned from a two week motor trip. They toured Northern Michigan Tennessee and North Carolina visiting Norris Dam Gatlinburg Clingmans Dome and the Cherokee Indian Reservation. They traveled over 2200 miles including Asheville Winston Salem Virginia and West Virginia.

A. H. James Maplewood Place Michigan Great Smoky Mountains Kentucky Tennessee Government T. V. A Norris Dam Iit Knoxville Smoky Mountains Gatlinburg Clingman’s Dome Clingman’s Me Newad Gap North Carolina Asheville Winstonlem N. C N. C., Then North Throughirginia and West Virginia

Chapters in the Fall Fashion Story Preview

Paris fashion writer outlines fall style chapters from foundation and suits to skirts and silhouettes, noting corsetry, military influence, new lengths, padded shoulders, and bold colors. дорож

Rosette Hargrove Paris Foundation

Mrs Atkinson's Prize Jelly Recipe Draws Attention

Mrs Nora Atkinson shares a prize grape jelly recipe with steps from washing and crushing grapes to sterilizing glasses and sealing with paraffin. The note adds a Jelly making tip to seal without fuss. The Social Sewing Society postpones a meeting from Aug 30 to Sept 6 at 66 Maplewood Place hosted by Mrs Izura Creamer.

Nora Atkinson Maplewood Place Izura Creamer

Make Ugly Faces For Beauty Exercise And Family Births

A health note urges facial exercises to firm muscles and suggests a nightly cream routine. Instructions describe three exercises to shape the mouth and cheeks, with five second holds and repeats. Then a birth notice reports Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Duncan announcing a daughter Geraldine born August 26 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents listed.

Dwight Duncan E. State St Sheltering Arms Hospital Geraldine J. L. Duncan A. F. Stiffler Jackson

Art Displays at Athens County Fair Highlight Student Murals

Water colors and murals by county grade pupils shown in Agricultural Hall under Miss Ada Kennedy. Jacksonville first and second grades drew a large muslin mural of flowers taught by Evelyn Deal. Seventh and eighth graders from several schools contributed floral and barnyard murals supervised by Kennedy.

Ada Kennedy Jacksonville Evelyn Deal Miss Kennedy Faye McKinley New Marshfield Carbondale Jessie Doolittle Kennedy

Athenian in Air Raid Rehearsal in Italian Town

Mrs. Fred W. Bush in northern Italy recounts mock air raids in Naples and Bergamo. Sirens, blackout rules, and police controls shaped a tense Saturday as Italians endure shortages, power cuts, and cautious travel under Mussolini.

Athenian

Large Braided Rug Shown at Athens Fair by Mrs Carsey

Silk hose rug nine by twelve displayed in Agricultural Hall at the Athens County Fair. Made by Mrs Goldie Carsey of Richland Avenue who has served ten years as assistant housekeeper at Lindley Hall Ohio University and this summer at the dormitory. The stockings used were donated by dormitory girls. Rev Will Beirnes evangelist and author of prophecy books speaks on The Fulfillment of Prophecy and the World War at Free Methodist Church Stimson Ave Tuesday at 2:00 p m. The republic is invited.

Agricultural Hall Goldie Carsey Richland Ave Will Beirnes Free Methodist Church Stimson Ave The Republic

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