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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
7
The article describes the corset look gaining popularity in festive gowns and offers a quick morning exercise to slim the waist. It presents three moves from fitness expert Alicia Hart via Ann Sheridan, including rising from bed with heels fixed, arms folded, and arms extended to lift the upper body into a sitting position.
A practical party plan with a meat loaf ham and assorted breads for New Year’s Eve. Provides a raisin fruit cake recipe with steps, ingredients, and baking instructions, noting to prepare in advance and allow guests to serve themselves.
Mr and Mrs G R Shafer at 434 Richland Ave entertain fourteen guests for Christmas dinner honoring son in law Corporal Darrie Gorby on furlough after nineteen months overseas. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs John Ator Albany Mr and Mrs Lawrence Haines and daughter Patty Monongah W Va and Mrs Alzina Rose Sans Dusky mother of the honoree Also present was Mrs Margaret Gary N Shafer St whose husband Corporal Harry Gorby Air Corps serving in the Mediterranean area.
Social and personal notes list Cpl John P DeMolet spending Christmas leave with his mother and sister at 42 W Washington St and stationed at Sioux Ordnance Depot Sidney Neb. Lt Robert Main returns to Shreveport La after Cincinnati visit while his wife and children stay in Athens. Various relatives and guests visit Dr J R Sprague Mrs Jessie M Crow Mrs Stella Bettus and others in Athens for the holidays.
Informal holiday gatherings unfold in Utah Place and surrounding areas as Mr. and Mrs. D R Zenner host guests from New York City to Atlantic City including Major General Lester Miller and Major Charles Woodworth. Additional events feature Luncheon at Hotel Berry with 18 attendees and the extended visiting list from Ohio and Pittsburgh.
The article recalls wartime letters and messages between Athens residents and service members abroad. Frank Rauch Jr and Kenneth Steward exchange greetings aboard ships and in Athens, while Richard McConkey writes from Verdun about French fort ruins. Christmas packages arrive, including gifts to wives and sweethearts, and soldiers share small comforts amid Patton’s Third Army battles.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Earnest Howard of Guysville included Thelma Howard Ambus and her mother Mrs Charley Howard and daughters Ann and Mary, with guests from Athens and Janet Ambrose Howard. After noon gifts the group attended the midnight mass at St Johns Church Dutch Ridge. A dress shortening tip advises choosing a dress of the right length and marking the hem with pins.
A reader recalls tips to prevent foggy glasses when entering warmth from cold. Quoting Dr. B. M. Covert via Mrs. Carl Stickney, she suggests breathing to clear lenses, a temporary fix. The note mentions scarce tissues and substitutes like bathroom paper rolling to the workplace.
Guests receive a quirky tip about marking names on their classes with nail polish. The note claims it dries quickly and leaves a personal glass for the evening, removable with nail polish.
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