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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1944

Page

6

Music Club Presents Gounod Programs and Mignon Notes

The Woman's Music Club opened a Monday program with contralto Mrs. Oliver Martin and Miss Mary T. Ness performing Connais tu le pays from Mignon. Others featured include Helen Maaser, soprano. Miss Melvin Danielson. and a vocal ensemble directed by Mrs. Harold Rose with accompanist Mrs. Roy Hawk.

Oliver Martin Mary T. Ness Woman's Music Club Gounod H. G. Stalder N. College St W. R. Phillips Carl Nessley Helen Maaser Fred Carpenter Thomas Gibson Edwin Gaylord Melvin Danielson Carl Nessiey Kathleen Campbell Mary Blayney Harold Rose Roy Hawk

Co-ed Prom at Ohio University Opens to Townspeople

Ohio University hosts a co-ed Prom in the Men’s Gym from 9 to 1 on Saturday February 5 with Percy Lowrey and his orchestra. The event features floor show and a $10 door prize split as $5 merchandise for the male and for his escort. Townspeople may buy tickets at Logan’s or at the door. Florence Dunn chairs the event with a full committee.

Ohio University Percy Lowrey O. U Yurys Florence Dunn Jane Finsterwald Kay Bates

First Discontinued Civilian Items Restored to Production

Springs in Furniture and bathtubs with steel springs return to production as early civilian items. Prices staying near prewar levels may signal trends for electric irons stoves and other items. Bathtub makers may take losses on initial small lots but expect to continue. Furniture firms seek higher prices to cover small batch costs.

Washington

Mairzy Doats Goes From Nonsense to National Hit

The goofy song Mairzy Doats rose from a child's chant by 4-year-old Niela Bonni Drake to a national sensation. Milton Drake Jerry Livingston and Al Hoffman refined the gibberish lyrics, facing initial rejections before Broadway and radio embraced the tune now in thousands of jukeboxes and on radio, with future Decca releases expected.

NEA Service New York Mairzy Doats Niela Bonni Drake Milton Jerry Livingston al Hoffman Tin Pan Alley Lindy’s Hoffman, Drake Livingston wAi Trace Silly Symphonists Dixie Hotel Plantation Trace Broadway Miller Music Corporation Lily Pons Irene Dunne Herbert Marshall Petrillo Musicians’ Union Decca Merry Macs Neila Bonni Drake Milton Drake

Pitfalls of Love Sequel to Marriage Meddlers

Madge Graham observes a tense restaurant standoff involving Marion Morion and disguised players as Crump, Ronald, Mary Veritzen and Noel work to recover Marion. The plan hinges on secrecy and a muttered inquiry to Crump about Mary’s location as the plot moves toward tomorrow.

Adele Garrison Madge Graham East Side Charles Spencer Secret Service Ace International Nesters Marion Morion Marion Lillian Underwood Nesters Morion Broadway Mary Veritzen Noel Halloran

Pull Yourself Up To Make Chin Line Firm

A self improvement note describes posture as key to neck beauty. It urges readers to lift the head and tighten muscles through two simple exercises. First stretch by tilting the head back with mouth open then clench teeth. Then rotate head slowly right and left, repeating gently.

Service Man Miss Him Letters Pattern for Wives

Actor Frederic March, back from a 33 000 mile tour entertaining soldiers, urged wives to write letters that repeatedly tell their husbands I love you. He observed many letters grow colder with time as men adjust to living alone, offering a pattern from the first month away as a bridge across long separations.

New York World-Telegram Frederic March

Local Club Meetings Scheduled For Early February

Women's Auxiliary of the Church of the Good Shepherd plans a Feb 1 meeting at Mrs. Rutherford's home. Nannie Allom Rebekah Lodge meets Feb 1 in the I O O F Hall. Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae gathers Feb 1 at Mrs. Tompkins. Mothers Circle hosts a hard times party Feb 2 at Mrs. LaBaw’s home with costume fines. Athens County Council for Childhood Education meets Feb 2 at Chubb Library to discuss Discipline of Work. Lydia Lash Evans Club meets Feb 3 at Mrs. Stokes with dues and officer elections. Bos Athens Grange convenes Feb 3 in the Grange Hall.

Women’s Auxiliary of the Church of the Good Shepherd Dwight Rutherford E. State St Mary LaBaw Clara White Athens County Council For Childhood Education Chubb Library Charlotte la Tourette

Use All Muscles In Lifting For Safer Work

Guidance from the War Department on lifting and pushing with full body strength. It stresses bending at the knees, lifting with the legs, and center-loading objects to distribute effort. Readers are urged to brace the feet, lean from the ankles, and use all muscles to reduce back strain and share the load.

Uncle Sam WAVE WAC Marine Reserve Spar War Department

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