Shortages Shape Postwar Shoe Supply Outlook
Footwear planners warn leather scarcity may persist with uppers plentiful only in part. plastics may supply soles and tires could yield soles from old material. Expect possible stricter controls to boost production, while rayon stockings pricing and civilian goods restock move through wartime agencies. Oranges return to stores as Florida and Texas crops ship north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rayon Review
WPB
War Food Administration
Florida
Texas
Bennett To Speak at M A N Club Meeting
Jack Bennett Ohio University student and Tunisian campaign veteran will speak at the Marine Army and Navy Women's Club meeting at Hotel Berry tonight at 8 p m. Bennett, twice wounded, has a medical discharge and is a former freshman class president and Phi Kappa member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bennett
Ohio University
Marine, Army and Navy Women’s Club
Hotel Berry
Bennett
Government Hospital
North Africa
Phi Kappa
WAC Recruit Campaign Expands Across Ohio During Holidays
The Ohio WAC recruiting drive continues through the holiday season with 305 towns expressing support. Air WACs enlistment continues indefinitely and new enlistees may take the oath and join the Enlisted Reserve Corps after the holidays. General Marshall commends governors for aiding the campaign. The WAC serves in 155 jobs nationwide as draft calls rise due to enlistment shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Ohio
Ohio Wac
WACS
George Marshall
John W. Bricker
Women's Army Corps
Army
Women’s Army Corps
Italy
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
War Manpower Commission
Commission
Make-up tips for hostesses at USO club dances
Beauty counsellor Mary Stuyvesant advises simple makeup, good posture, and natural vitality for junior hostesses at the USO club. She warns against heavy mascara, loud rouge, and excessive perfume, urging tall girls to stand tall, stay relaxed, and avoid chatter to win dancing partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gap
Mary Stuyvesant
USO
Sun
Miss Stuyvesant
Mind Your Manners Mind Your Manners
A reader asks five etiquette questions about gossip and social behavior. The piece offers a concise set of quick no answers and a suggested approach for meeting a coworker in a carpool situation, favoring direct introductions.
NALC Ladies Auxiliary Hold Christmas Dinner Party
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the local Letter Carriers Association hosted its annual Christmas party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Knight on December 4. The event featured a chicken dinner, gift exchange, music and contests with piano numbers by Mrs. Sylvia McConkey Mrs. Rosaline Knight and William Carle. Prizes went to Mrs. Sylvia McConkey Baker Young and Ben Dickens, followed by group singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letter Carriers Association
Gilbert Knight
Sylvia McConkey
Rosalene Knight
William Carle
Baker Young
Ben Dickens
Delinquency Topic At Federation Delinquency Discussed
Mrs Charles Evans of the Higley Study Circle spoke on rising delinquency in Athens County urging prevention over punishment. The meeting covered treasurer report Red Cross volunteer efforts and blood donors hours worked per week and a sale totaling 189 for the Ohio Blind Commission. Federation contributed 5 to the Pan American Fellowship Fund and discussed postwar federation plans and pending congressional bills on socialized medicine and women’s equal rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Evans
Higley Study Circle
City Federation of Women's Clubs
Clarks Chapel W S C S Names New Officers
Mrs. Helen Walls is elected president with Lettie Hedges as vice president and Mary Hedges as recording secretary. Benarda Phillips becomes corresponding secretary while Nellie Phillips serves as treasurer. Miss Mary Snow led devotions at the Wednesday meeting hosted by Mrs. Benarda Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benarda Phillips
Clarks Chapel
W.S.C.S
Nelle Bell
Helen Walls
Lettie Hedges
Mary Snow
Mary Hedges
Pitfalls of Love sequel to Marriage Meddlers
In the Hotel Lansfield suite Madge Graham her father Charles Spencer and husband Dicky await Steve Redfield leading man and covert foreign agent. Madge plans to blackmail Redfield into resigning, while Spencer weighs turning Redfield into a spy against Milner, the discharged Lansfield manager and key ring member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve
Milner
Dicky
Lansfield
Margaret
Richard
Redfield
Veritzen Organization
Madge Graham
Madge
Charles Spencer
Steve Redfield
Marion Morton
Spencer
The
Lanafield
Eieneae Ring
Watson
Milner’s Pressure Plot In A Theatre Crisis
A narrator and family discuss a scheme to force Steve to resign by revealing Noel’s message that Mary is fit to return to the cast. Milner would demand Steve’s resignation or face severe punishment. The plan centers on Noel, Mary, and a staged excuse to satisfy Milner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel
Mary
Steve
Milner
Stephen
Veritzen
Club Calendar brings many meetings this week
Circle Two of Central Avenue Methodist Church meets at Mrs. Chandler 138 W Union St Tuesday 7 30 p m with gift exchange. White Shrine gathers at 1 0 C F Hall Tuesday 6 p m for potluck and initiation. Marine Army and Navy Women’s Club meets Berry Hotel Tuesday 8 p m speaker Jack Bennett Ohio University veteran of Tunisian campaign. Athenian Delphian meets at Mrs Renkenberger 16 N May Ave Tuesday 7 30 p m. Wednesday Athens Needle Club hosts at Cottage Tea House 2 p m. Mothers Circle meets Mrs Huffman 41 Second St Wednesday 7 30 p m gift exchange. Pythian Sisters meet I O O F Hall with potluck. Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae at Miss Margaret Burt 23 Elliott St Wednesday 5 30 p m bring sales stamps. PEO dec 8 7 30 p m with Miss Irene Devlin Lawrence Apartments. Zeta Tau Alpha Alumnae Christmas party Dec 8 7 p m Business and Professional Women Club rooms Cline Building. Union Prayer Band WCTU meets Christian Church Wednesday 2 p m. Pocahontas Lodge Red Men’s Hall 7 30 p m potluck for birthdays anniversaries. C M C meets 7 p m at Miss Donoune Smith Grosvenor St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Avenue Methodist Church
C. B. Chandler
W. Union St
Marine
Army and Navy Women's Club
Berry
Jack Bennett
Ohio University
A. L. Johnson
Morris Ave
Athens Needle Club
Cottage Tea House
Mothers Circle
H. J. Huffman
Second St
I. O. O. F. Hall
Oo Alpha Gamma Delta
Margaret Burt
Elliott St
Zeta Tau Alpha
Business and Professional Women's Club
Cline Building
Pocahontas Lodge
Red Men’s Hall
C.M.C
Dona Une Smith
Grosvenor St
Women and war change at home and in hearts
A wartime discussion notes the tension between women wanting to keep home life unchanged and soldiers returning altered by combat. It explores whether wives and sweethearts can understand the deep shifts in men who served, and whether home can shield families from war's impact. The session, part of the Chase Circle Safeguarding Family Health in Wartime program, gathered fifteen attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sery
Sion
Ruth
Arminta Chase
Chase
Carbaugh
Mattie
Mildred Morgan and J M Gaul Wed on Thanksgiving Day
Mildred Morgan daughter of Bud Morgan of Flatwood Meigs County and Jacob Miller Gaul son of Delbert Gaul of Sumner Ohio wed Thanksgiving Day November 25 at the Proctorville Methodist parsonage. Rev Bert O Connor officiated. They reside on the Gaul Farm Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Morgan
Flatwood
Meigs County
Mildred
Jacob Miller Gaul
Delbert Gaul
Sumner
Ohio
Proctorville
Bert O'Connor
O'Connor
Gaul
Chester High School
Brunch Menu Includes Sausage and Waffles For Holidays
A mid morning brunch combines breakfast and lunch with pork sausage and waffles. Gravy from sausage drippings and butter saving tips are noted. Bake waffles in advance and serve hot. keep portions warm. additional sausages and a waffle iron help meet requests. Also announced is the Richland Avenue Methodist Church Progressive Class Christmas party with gift exchanges and pie or cake contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Avenue Methodist Church
Carrie Atkinson
Guy Morrison
Ways and Means Committee
Surprise cough syrup recipe promises big value
The ad touts a home cough syrup made from 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water stirred until dissolved, with options to use corn syrup or liquid honey. It claims the mixture yields about four times the savings for cold relief and requires no cooking. It mentions adding 2% ounces of Pinex but text cuts off.
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Ann Ste
U. S
W. C. Carr
N. Lancaster St
Gus Carr
Ernest Price
Malta
Carleton Jenkins
McConnelsville
Harvey Greathouse
Robert Tignor
Pennsville
Clyde Bundy
Marlene
Columbus
Mary White
Stockport
Alice Waddell
Vaughn Shepard
Denver
Col
C. C. Shaw
Evelyn Pickett Scott
A. L. Scott
Rapid City
South Dakota
Madalyn Markham
Billy
Kansas
H. B. Pickett
Pomeroy
Markham
Mt. Gilead
Pittsburgh
Air Corps
Markhams
West
Church of God
Raymond Atkins
Richland Ave
U.S. War Bonds & Stamps
Duraflex
Stanley
South Court Street
Betty Weinert
West Chester
Elaine McKaller
Austin
Minn
William Bleyer
Chester
Robert McCauley
Conshohocken
NALC
Adele Garrison
Father
Spencer Agrees
White Shrine
C.F
B. A. Renkenberger
N. May Ave
PEO
Irene Devlin
Lawrence Apartments
Ooe Union
Wctu and Missionary Societies
Christian Church
Ruth Millet
Mildred Morgan
J. M. Gaul
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Gaul
Logans
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