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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1959
Page
9
Playwright Lawrence Langner argues women wear hobble skirts and stiletto heels due to a centuries old male design to hinder female movement. He cites historical dress as preventing freedom, from ancient China pantaloons to 1920s flappers, and warns men to keep their trousers or risk wearing skirts.
Readers urged to mail 35 cents for crochet and knitting pattern 585 with color guidance and easy directions. Also promoting the Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book with 25 cent copy price and free quilt patterns. Separate item notes a Mexican church edict aiming to curb reckless driving by Archbishop Jose Maria Martinez of Mexico City.
Friendly Hour Neghbor Club hosts 7 30 p m Christmas party with Mrs Clyde Whitlatch Emblem Club holds Christmas party at Elks Club with dollar gift exchange and ornament hats Prizes refreshments Circle 3 Central Ave Meth dist Church with Mrs Robert Munro Athens Shrinettes LOSNA 8 p m with Mrs William Poling Madison Ave Troy Grange 8 p m Christmas program 50 cent gift exchange members bring candy or popcorn Sayre Study Circle 2 p m with Mrs L B McCune 33 Maple wood Dr Mothersingers concert Athens State Hospital 7 p m attendants meet 6 30 p m Amesville Presbyterian Church Family Night potluck 7 p m Junior department Christmas program 8 p m Kate Copeland Geral dine Ball Joann Starlin Jane Reed hostesses for supper Group 5 First Christian Church Mrs Marvin Phillips 8 p m Zeta Alpha chapter Beta Sigma Phi Christmas party 8 p m with Mrs All Mattoon 18 N shaffer St sport attire Remember secret sister Canaan Grange 8 p m potluck supper honoring October November December birthdays Christmas party fifty cent gift exchange Albany VFW post 7 30 p m Santa Claus gifts Happy Hour Club Christmas meeting gift exchange at Mrs Brady White 439 E State St bring wrapped gift projects
Printed Pattern 4504 offers a year round fit with a slim simple line, includes three sleeve versions and a half size jumper in women's sizes 36 through 50. Send 50 cents plus 10 cents per extra for 11th class mail to Anne Adams pattern dept The Athens Messenger New York. Include name address zone size and style number.
Deviled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches Celery and Olives Fruited Spice Cake recipe with spice mix, butter, sugar and raisins. Bake 40 to 45 minutes at 325 degrees in a greased pan. Serve warm with tea as a tea time treat.
The Amesville Presbyterian Church hosts a Christmas program titled Christmas: a Season of Giving. A 7 p.m. pot luck supper precedes an 8 p.m. sanctuary program with special awards. Junior department children present saved funds for Haines House in Alaska and photos will be taken after.
Mrs C E Stout hosted the Albany Community Garden Club Christmas meeting. A luncheon followed, with president Merrill Chase presiding over business and welcoming new member Mrs Ralph Davis. Tea and cookies were served as Christmas greens and arrangements were displayed. The January gathering moves to Mrs Guy Wingett's home.
A catalog of titles and authors including fiction works by Drury Hawaii Michener Ruark H Hershey Uris and Jarvis plus nonfiction books by Hart Packard and others. Highlights span Advise and Consent Poor No More Exodus and This Is My God.
The Richland Garden Club held its Christmas party at Mrs. Harry Cokenougher and Mrs. Edward Mizicko's home. Plans were set to create 18 table decorations for the State Hospital, to be delivered by Mrs. Mabel Swartz to McNeal's Grocery by Dec. 23.
The Millfield Christian Church high school class held its annual Christmas party with Paul Gould leading the devotional. Bertha Simpson and Donna Chadwell performed organ and piano duets, Nancy Kozma read the Christmas story, and Mary Ellen Dennis read another passage.
The Junior Circle of CCL gathered at Mrs Herman Herron's home for a Christmas party with games carols and a gift exchange. Refreshments were served by the hostess. The January meeting will be hosted by Mrs John Abel.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Dalton were honored with a surprise double birthday dinner at their Richland Avenue home. Guests included Roger Ames the Buck family and several clergymen and friends from The Plains New Plymouth Logan and other local towns. A separate note reports Patrolman Francis P Sheehan being injured after a fall at the Lockport police station with a pencil marking Lockport Memorial Hospital on the top step.
Mr. and Mrs. James Parrott of Washington D C will arrive tomorrow to spend the holidays with Mrs. Parrotts parents Mr and Mrs C B Beveridge at 35 E Carpenter St and other relatives.
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