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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1944

Page

16

Sprague Golden Wedding Dinner Observed In Athens

Dr and Mrs Warren V Sprague celebrated their golden wedding with a Christmas Day noon dinner hosted by their son in Athens. Guests included family members and Drs Sprague and Lind. Also noted are travel plans of Carl Wilson and updates on local residents and students at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Warren V. Sprague Charles E. Stack Congress St Warren Sprague 5. R. Sprague Lind Lindley V. Sprague Jey V. Sprague William JSON Madison Wisc Aidshipman John Stack Cincinnati Mary Park Columbus Sprague Howard Moritz Claryce Smith Gibson Martha Lou Dowler Morris Ave Ohio Wesleyan University Miss Dowler John Dowler A. E. Whaley Pearcy St. N. Congress St Mary Robert Perry Shade Dale Hart Ruth Perry Mary Jane Violet Ralph Perry Athens Frank Perry Albany Iver Shumway S. G. Nichols The Plains

Area church schedules list varied services and topics

A compiled list of Sunday schools worship times and sermon topics across Athens area churches. Highlights include Albany Methodist and Amesville churches with Covenant Day rituals and Crusade for Christ, First Methodist with New Year's sermon The Gospel of Beginning Again, and multiple congregations across Chesterhill Graham Chapel and Pilgrim Holiness noting service times, youth activities, and special Bible lessons for 1945.

Albany Methodist Sunday School Amesville Methodist Covenant Crusade For Christ” of the Church Pam. i Harold F. Kellogg Jack Truipp Edwyn A. Clare Carl Neasley WSCS Feircle Chesterhill Methodist Covenant First Church Lancaster Christian Science Peter First Christian Bible School Joe B. Maffett Intermediate Christian Endeavor Opal Brown Senior Christian Endeavor Athens Pilgrim Holiness O. M. Awe Hobson Tabernacle Watch Guy C. Johnson Churches of Christ and One Christian Union of Ohio Pilgrim Holiness Luhrig Danville Pilgrim Holiness Am Prayer Stephen Nenoff L. Bolin

Christmas furlough notes and social events in Athens area

Families in Athens and nearby communities record Christmas visits and dinners. George H. Perry travels from Camp Swift Texas back for holidays, with Mrs. Perry visiting daughter Patricia in Athens. Several local households host relatives from Toledo Columbus Albany and Lakewood, sharing turkey dinners and festive gatherings. Athens Country Club announces New Year Eve dance with Paul Stoudt Orchestra, committee members named.

Country Club Athens Country Club Paul Stoudt

Meringue Tip and Cookie Recipe Hints

Mrs. Frank L. Phillips of Athens Route Four shares a tip from Messenger Cooking School lecturer Mrs. Harris to add one eighth teaspoon of cream of tartar to meringue to keep it fluffy and light. Also mentions Toll House Cookies with a banana addition from Mrs. Ernest Grosvenor of Amesville, hoping to share a recipe soon.

Frank L. Phillips Athens Toll House Ernest, Grosvenor Amesville M.E.R

New Marshfield Girl Scouts Have Party

Donna Lee Beveridge hosted Troop Nine of the New Marshfield Girl Scouts at her home on Monday night December 18. The event featured carol singing, a poem by Barbara Kennard, and a gift exchange with refreshments for 16 scouts and adults. Attendees included Marilyn Hoon, Marilyn Jones, Virginia Kenard, Patty Kennard, Barbara Kennard, Lenore Dinsmoor, Audrey Stedman, Grace Dicken, Mona Lee Smith, Freda Collins, Donna Beveridge, Donna Fultz, Mrs. Orpha Dinsmoor, Mrs. Leo Kennard, Mrs. Don Kennard, and the hostess. Gifts were sent by Norma and Lucile Lovsey who could not attend.

Donna Lee Beveridge New Marshfield Barbara Kennard Marilyn Hoon Marilyn Jones Virginia Kenard Patty Kennard Lenore Dinsmoor Audrey J Stedman Grace Dicken Mona Lee}Smith I Freda Collins Donna a \Beveridge Donna Fultz Orpha Dinsmoor Leo Kennard Don Kennard Norma Wucile Lovsey

96 year old Louise Cullums enjoys Christmas at home

Mrs. Louise Cullums 96 spent a joyful Christmas at her home at 9 Franklin Ave Athens receiving gifts greeting cards letters and remembrances from her children relatives friends and neighbors in Athens and other states A grandson and wife Ashton Cullums of Santa Monica sent a crate of tree ripened oranges Callers on Christmas Day included Will Graves Dora Green Ed N Cullums and Orland E Cullums with Roy Graves family keepsakes and well wishes

Louise Ashton Cullums Franklin Ave Athens Ashton Culuums Santa Monica Cal Cullums Roy Graves Will Graves Dora Green Ed N. Cullums Orland E. Cullums

Chili Con Carne For Winter Meal

A North American recipe for chili con carne describes a winter meal. It lists ground chuck kidney beans tomatoes onions celery green pepper salt chili powder and margarine. Sauté vegetables in margarine, brown meat, add tomatoes beans and seasonings, simmer 40 to 50 minutes, adjust water and heat to taste.

Salvaged plane scrap yields name from Ohio in Italy

Round About Town reports Sgt. William Hall of Nelsonville now in Italy salvages wrecked aircraft parts. A fragment bears Eugene Brannon’s Athens Ohio address. The note invites Brannon’s family to claim the metal. Also notes Dolly Bloomer satire and Broadway’s Bloomer Girl, Elsa Maxwell sightings, Met Opera chatter, and Ruth Circle meeting plans for Jan 4 at Lola Morrison’s home.

William Hall Nelsonville Army Air Corps Italy Hall E. L. Funk Eugene Brannon N. McKinley Ave Athens Ohio Brannon Circle OF Ruth Chase Lola Morrison Mill St Pleasant Hill

Mom Takes Soldier Son To Lunch In Prideful Town Scene

A proud mother is taken out to lunch by her son in uniform at the town’s nicest restaurant. The scene shows a service member returning from overseas and enjoying a rare moment to parade his mother’s pride, with local church and community notes following in the same piece.

Wesleyan Methodist Wesleyan People’s Society Lough E. C. Kenney Overseas

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Reier Oy Anthony Blotta Carl Wilson Russell Hall Camp Maxey Texas Southwest Pacific Field Artillery Wilson States Camp Atterbury Ind Sand Hill Asheville N. C Herbert Kadison South High Street Fredric Webb Richard Rutkoskie Jack Moore Athens Area Church Services Amesville Presbyterian Sunday School Graham Chapel Sunday School Evan Edwards Church OF Christ C. M. Clouston Temple Methodist Sunday School Bishopville Christian Sunday School Church OF Christ and Christian Union Middleport Churches of Christ and Christian Union Albany Baptist Tone Wo Alexander Presbyterian L. C. Staats Ohio University Fairplay Chapel Bible School Pilgrim Holiness East Canaan—Sunday School Logan Post Office George H. Perry Camp Swift Tex S. Winters State St A. L. Johnson A. W. Linscott Verna Brown Charles Poling Gary Homer Johnson E. J. Litinger Harvey Wood Stewart Route One W. A. ‘Copeland Cecil Copeland Mary Horn Ed Gros Venum S. Court St Mrs. Louise Cullums Dolly Bloomer Uncle Sam's Navy St. Alban’s Naval Bagpitel Long Island E. A. Sprague Jewish Women's War Relef Society Wilbur Imes Daniel Boone Charleston W. Va Elsa Maxwell Elsa Jin Charleston Manhattan Society Met’ Opera Alice H.R H Athlone George VI Gladys Swarthout Lily Fons Montgomery Ward M.A.N. Club Committee Marine, Army, Navy Women’s Club Cliff Atkins Eugene Cole Robert Genter Virgie Quivey Kenneth Reeder Robert Apple Richard Banks Virginia Beasley Paul Sands L. M. Williams Episcopal Church Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Iday Big Bamby Rauch’s Bakery Vicks Timny Gallaher Vaal Hollander Harold's Court St Mabel Harris
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