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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1943

Page

12

Reunion on African Port Highlighted By Liberty Ship Duties

Chief Specialist Richard Atkins writes of meeting Lt jg Ted Preston in a North African seaport. Preston, gunnery officer aboard a Liberty Ship, oversees all gun crews and coordinates ship duties under combat conditions. Atkins praises ship life, meals, mail, and the disciplined, clockwork routine aboard.

Richard Atkins J. G. Ted Preston Life Aboard Liberty Ship African Port U. S. Naval Physical Training Program J.g F. L Ted”) Preston Atkins H. O. Atkins W. Union St Preston John H. Preston E. State St Ted Preston Ted Athens United States Navy Armed Guard Merchant Liberty Ted Goodby U. S. Navy

Community club and church events fill week calendar

Faithful Few Club meets Thursday December 2 at 7 30 p m with Mrs Curtis Watson. Hathamar Class of the First Methodist Church hosts a pot luck supper at 6 30 p m with covered dishes and hostess service. One Daughters of Union Veterans meets at Miss Nelle Pickering's home Thursday 7 p m. Marine Navy Women's Club holds a benefit bridge at American Legion Hall Thursday 8 p m. USW A A meets at Ohio University elementary school auditorium Thursday 8 p m program features cooperation and coordination with speakers. High school students discuss youth recreation center. Friday Current Events Club Christmas party at 6 p m at Mrs G H Crow home. NALC Auxiliary Christmas party and six o'clock dinner at Mrs Gilbert Knight's home Saturday night.

Oop Hathamar First Methodist Church Current Events Club G. H. Crow S. Court St R. P. Imes E. J. Person Charles Kinnison Nalc Auiliary NALC Gilbert Knight

Kitchen Fats In Cookies And Cakes

Recipes show how salvaged fats can stretch butter margarine and lard. Instructions cover crumbling cracklings into Corn Bread and Ginger Cookies with corn meal flour milk and eggs, plus cake batters using drippings cocoa and nuts baked at 350 to 425 degrees.

Golden Wedding Anniversary Honors Sands Family in Athens

Mr and Mrs G H Sands of Stewart celebrate their golden wedding with a dinner hosted by their son H H Sands at 311 E State St Athens. Out of town guests include E C Shively Columbus and James Miller Hastings Shively Barberton. Local guests and relatives join in the scene describing forty years in Stewart and two sons Howard and Fred Sands.

G. H. Sands Stewart H. H. Sands E. State St E. C. Shively Columbus James Miller H. H. Shively Hastings McArthur Mary Elizabeth Walker Barberton Athens FE. M. Biddison Charles D. Bill Clarence Gill Jane Gill Warner Joe J. R. Sands F. H. Sands Little Antoinette Ondis George Sands Hastings Shively Ruth Ellen Sands Antoinette Ondis Sands Athens County Howard H. Sands Fred H. Sands

Comely Nancy Giacobbi Welds Propellers for Marines

Nyack New York woman Nancy Giacobbi works at a Curtiss Wright Welders plant in Caldwell New Jersey turning out hollow steel propeller blades. She left modeling to free her Marine brother Vincent for service in the Pacific and dedicates each weld to victory for the United Nations. She also quit a social life with fiancé William Nowery to support the war effort.

Nancy Giacobbi Nyack, N. Y New York Caldwell N. J Sam Pacific Nyack N. Y Vincent Giacobbi William Nowery Casdale Canal New Guinea Marine Corps United Nations

Holiday visits and Army dinner noted in Zaleski area

Zaleski and nearby towns report extended holiday visits among relatives and friends including Kathleen Lo per and Vera Carr. Mr and Mrs Walter Moulton spent Thanksgiving in Columbus while Mr and Mrs Emmett Conway returned from a two week Youngstown vacation. Pvt Edgar Egleberry of Zaleski was guest at a dinner hosted by Mrs T R Lopez with attendees Ella Mae Hayes Bill Booth Bob Martin Kathleen and others. Egleberry received a billfold bearing U S Army insignia before leaving Nov 30 for training. A scalp treatment combines salt and witch hazel rubbed into the scalp until tingling then shampooing.

Zaleski Kathleen Loper Vera Carr New Marshfield Dayton Walter Moulton Columbus Emmett Conway Youngstown Ruth Tripp Edgar Egleberry T. R. Lopez Ella Mae Hayes Bill Booth Bob Martin Kenneth Johnny Kathleen Lopez Pvt. Egleberry U. S. Army Pvt Egleberry

Radio Warning For Parents Suggested By Ruth Millett

Sally a 15 year old girl plans an evening with Doris and visits downtown to meet service men while her parents hope she will stay home. Judge Marchisio urges nightly radio reminders asking where children are to hold parents accountable for delinquency and prompt safer choices.

Ruth Millett Sally Doris Juvenal Marchisio Domestic Relations Court New York City Marchisio

Meat Point Values To Go Down Soon

Meat point values are set to decline due to surplus meat supplies and seasonal slaughter peaks. Butter points stay unchanged as butter remains short, and dealers may reduce meat points when over supply occurs with proportional price cuts.

Ann Stevick Washington

Birthday Dinner Celebrates Mrs. J. P. Snyder

The 72nd birthday dinner for Mrs. J. P. Snyder was held Sunday at the Bailes homestead near Albany on the farm of the late Thomas Bailes. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Snyder Mineral and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Coley Athens, along with Paul Walsh and sons from Barberton.

J. P. Snyder Ray Bailes Thomas Bailes Albany Paul Coley Athens Paul Walsh Paul Harold Barberton Mineral Bailes Snyder

Birth Announced for Daughter Mary Cleveland Ohio

Mr and Mrs W Ervin of Cleveland Ohio announce the birth of a daughter Mary born November 14 Mrs Finnerty of The Plaincast and Mrs Glen Ervin Route One are listed in the notice Miss Bette Coffman and Marjorie Bardin returned from Columbus where they visited Mr and Mrs Oliver Pressier Mr S J Ford has returned home in Youngstown after Thanksgiving weekend with his mother George Ford 12 Walker St

James A. Linscott A. P. Linscott Linscott Morris Ave Orlando Fla Bette Coffman Marjorie Bardin Colum Oliver Pressier S. J. Ford Youngstown George Ford Walker St

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Ship's Mess Ted Aiso Post Office Faithful Few Club Curtis Watson W. State St Nelle Pickering S. Congress St Foster's S. Court Athens, Om IGER Ohto Brother Rauch's Bakery Plains Federal Reserve Board Office of Economic Stabilization Africa United States Mrs. Dee Durasoft Children's Toys N. Court St Katherine Wss South Court Street Athens, Ohio Margaret McHarg Union St Leslie Williams Newport News Dre 2 Tn West Union Street Rilla New Holiday Apparel Logan Milldeck's Shoe Onic
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