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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1941

Page

6

First Aid Class Teaches 56 Women at Elks Club

Hazel Finster Wald reports on the Red Cross Standard First Aid course attended by 56 women at the Elks Club Rooms. Instructor Harold S. Davis outlined vital procedures including arterial bleeding control and crowd management while promising a second three hour session and a new class starting the week of Jan. 5.

Elks Club Harold Davis Red Cross Harold S. Davis American Medical Association Hazel Finsterwald

Social Corner Brides Elect Honored at Eastwood Dinner

Miss Mildred Colville city school nurse and Miss Dolly Cunningham secretary to Supt H C Pendry were honored at a Tuesday Eastwood dinner. Guests included Bernice Kayser Ellen Shannon Georgia Allen Lucy McBride Hilda Fuchs Betty Hauswald Mildred Giesecke Bernice Mcleod Mabel Durst Cora Evans Ethel Reese Betty Warren Margaret Chadwick Margaret Cronin Pauline Kimes Lucille Duffy Mildred Murphy Clara Kuenzli Edith Stocklin Mrs Edna Zick Mrs P B Sidders and Mr Wayne T Matthews. The group presented identical electric clocks to the two guests.

Mildred Colville Dolly Cunningham H. C. Pendry Eastwood Bernice Kayser Ellen Shannon Georgia Allen Lucy McBride Hilda Fuchs Betty Hauswald Mildred Giesecke Bernice Mcleod Mabel Durst Cora Evans Ethel Reese Betty Warren Margaret Chadwick Margaret Cronin Pauline Kimes Lucille Duffy Mildred Murphy Clara Kuenzli Edith Stocklin Edna Zick P. B. Sidders Wayne T. Matthews

Daughters of Union Veterans Elect Officers at Christmas Party

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War met for their annual Christmas party and officer elections at the Lesson Home. A six o'clock dinner preceded the meeting with a 30-member table, greenery, roses, red candies, and silver bells. New officers elected include Mary Haning president and Blanche Phillips senior vice president, with plans to send candy to Civil War veterans and gifts to widows at Christmas.

Daughters of Union Veterans Daughters OF Union Veterans of Lesson Home Kate Shaver Vira Beal Blanche Roct Blanche Dean Rose Partlow Bess Fleck Mary Haning Blanche, Phillips May Smith Flora Williams Osee Snyder Blanche Root Nellie Ashworth Athens County Horton Souther

For Women Only Musical Comedy Opens at Memorial Auditorium

More than a thousand Ohio University women attended a mass meeting and preview of the League’s musical comedy For Women Only at Memorial Auditorium. The show, developed by the Baby Women’s League, featured past sketches and minstrel-style reenactments with Dean Voigt guiding the staged journey from 1913 to the present, concluding with the audience joining in Alma Mater.

Ohio Pus Memorial Auditorium Baby Women's League Lou Maria Dean Voigt Anita Gottlieb Lois Jane Hainley Ginger McMurray League the Wild Marian Hooper Senate Helen Caine Norma Gibbs Sue Mahrer Women’s League

Big Chief A Medicine for Every Family Member

An old advertisement touts Big Chief as a general system tonic made from roots and herbs. It claims to stimulate the appetite aid digestion and relieve occasional constipation for all members of the family.

Big Chief Tonic neuralgia relief bottles offer

Three bottles priced at 1.59 dollars recommended for neuralgia pains stiff neck from exposure and drafts, muscular cramps stiffness from exertion fatigue or bites. Application to back chest throat and minor sprains.

Vicks Vicks Vaporub

Christmas party calendar features multiple club gatherings

Deborah Class of the Christian Church hosts a Christmas party at 73 N Congress St tonight at 7 30 p m with gift exchange. Gasco Woman's Club meets Friday Dec 12 at 100 N Lancaster St with hostesses. Several other clubs plan Friday or Saturday events with devotions programs and tastings.

Deborah Class of the Christian Church Ea Gasco Woman's Club Rolland Wagner N. Lancaster St Howard Fisher Harry Fisher

Auxiliary Dinner Marks Christmas Party by Typographical Union

The Typographical Union Auxiliary held its annual installation dinner and Christmas party at The Eastwood on Wednesday night. Mrs. W. H. Smith gave gifts, and Mrs. John Kelly pledged new members. Incoming officers include Mrs. Smith as president and several other officers.

Typographical Union Auxiliary Eastwood W.H. Smith John Kelly W. H. Smith John Manning S. W. Robinson Treas

Youth Fellowship Elects Church Officers at Richland Avenue

The Youth Fellowship of Richland Avenue Methodist Church elected Wilma Rickey as president Peggy Shafer as first vice president Anna Maxwell as second vice president La Roma Graves as third vice president George Maxwell as fourth vice president Jean Lowe as secretary treasurer and Peggy Shafer as news reporter They also discussed helping poor families in the community.

Youth Fellowship The Richland Avenue Methodist Church Wilma Rickey Peggy Shafer Anna Maxwell la Roma Graves George Maxwell Jean Lowe

Night Chain and Police Move Over Armored Car

In a tense scene, a father calibrates security as police force moves on an armored car left by gangsters. The narrator, wary of further danger, awaits his father's plan while guards track suspects and secure the residence. The father orders strict door protocol before departing to coordinate with officers and prepare transport.

Marion

Messiah performance alters Sunday Bachelor Club meeting

The Bachelor’s Club of the Presbyterian Church will skip their usual Sunday evening gathering due to The Messiah at Memorial Auditorium. Afterward, Miss Sarah Helen Keyser and Miss Margaret Flory host a Christmas party at 11% N. Court St. Tonight is the final night for University Theatre’s No Mother To Guide Her at Ewing Auditorium with tickets from the box office or by phone. A December W.S.C.S. meeting at First Methodist is set for Friday 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Danford leads devotion and Kappa Phi plans a play I Bring Thee Peace with an executive committee gathering at 7 p.m.

Bachelor’s Club of The Presbyterian Church Memorial Auditorium Sarah Helen Keyser Margaret Flory N. Court St University Theatre Ewing Auditorium W.S.C.S First Methodist Church Danford Kappa Phi Methodist Girls Organization

Wanted Hard of Hearing Men and Women Advertised

A vintage style solicitation claims help for hard of hearing people with a home method test. It promises relief for temporary deafness and tinnitus with safe U S Pharmacopeia ingredients, claiming over a million packages sold since 1895 and a money back guarantee.

U. S Pharmacopeia

Sequel to Marriage Meddlers unfolds in New York

Madge Graham and her father Charles Spencer secret service head hide after a failed bid to capture Lillian by Marion Morton’s gang. Harry Underwood is wounded and the pair rush to the Lansfield Hotel to contact Mary about Marion’s message “something blue” as danger looms.

Madge Graham Charles Spencer Secret Service Harry Underwood Underwood New York Harry Lillian Marion Morton Madge Spencer Lansfield Mary Marion

Sugar curing pork recipe from Mrs Ethel Clark

One woman shares a long trusted method for curing pork after cooking heat. The letter requests sugar curing for one ham or shoulder and provides salt brown sugar black pepper and cayenne as rubs. The process includes wrapping, bagging, hanging to drain and using for years with family and friends approving.

Ethel Clark Route Two Nelsonville

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