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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1950
Page
6
A survey of budget friendly linen pieces reveals Tina Leser turning inexpensive dish toweling into chic spring and summer dresses. Her designs include a green and white cross barred dressing coat with a green sundress beneath and outfits featuring a tie on bolero and blue and white checked toweling with fringe trims.
Hollywood says it seeks fresh faces as studios tire of veterans. Notable items include a midget starring in It's a Small World, a cat inheriting 10 million dollars in Rhubarb, and Francis starring a male lead. Kirk Douglas returns to Amsterdam for a Kirk Douglas day on Feb 18. Gloria Swanson quips about shrinking pictures. Ronald Colman courted by Jack Warner for a long contract. Dottie Lamour headlines in Houston. Marquee reads Bride for Sale Red Hot and Blue.
Miss Phyllis Mathews to wed Mr. Max Duncan on Sunday Feb 12 was feted at a miscellaneous bridal shower by Mrs. P B Burns at 323 E State St with assist from her daughters. Prizes went to Miss Lenora Graham. A dessert course followed gifts. Numerous guests named include Mrs George Mathews Mrs J L Duncan Mrs James Duncan Mrs Dwight Duncan and many others.
The 1950 Gasco Food Institute returns after wartime pause with a three day program February 14 to 16 at the high school auditorium. Ohio Fuel Gas Co and Athens merchants present "Food Fashions in Review" opening, with Enid Parrett cooking old favorites in a 1950 gas kitchen on stage.
The twenty sixth annual District 25 Eastern Star session was staged at the Athens Masonic Temple with Athens chapter 175 as host. 359 members attended as Roberta Mindling opened the session and Katheryn Wyre of the Grand Chapter of Ohio appeared with greetings. The day featured memorial rites, ritual demonstrations by Athens 175, and notes of thanks from Pomeroy 186 inviting the 1951 session to Pomeroy. District officers and guests included prominent Masonic and Eastern Star leaders from Ohio and beyond.
The Ohio University Band under Charles E. Gilbert heads to three Ohio cities with guest soloists Donna Marek James Hissom and Dana King. They will perform Sequidillo Adagio and Toy Trumpet plus conduct pieces by Hamaca Hueca Star Light and The March of the Peers. Morning and evening concerts include South Zanesville High School New Philadelphia and Cambridge venues.
Ruth Millett argues that the path to top success for women requires a choice between career and family. A survey shows many women in Who's Who in America are unmarried and many married women with children may forego advancement. The piece urges awareness that high career goals typically demand prioritizing work over traditional homemaking.
Mayor Joe E Hartline of Marietta is nominated to the executive committee of the Association of Ohio Municipalities. The annual meeting in Columbus on March 10 will elect a president to succeed Mayor Michael V DiSalle of Toledo. May or Thomas A Burke of Cleveland was nominated president.
Mrs. Carrol Chesser of Ansbury visited with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Patton. Pete Brandon and family spent time with Arthur Todd and his wife. Harold Van Bibber and relatives near Haydenville joined Jess Van Bibber Sr. J M Klenk of Sandusky and M B Iles of Logan, with Melvin Wolfe and Susan Kay of Union Furnace, visited Mrs. Vance Wolfe and Lawrence Wolfe. Stanley Price went to Hocking Valley Hospital for surgery. Bob Price of Basil joined his grandmother Hattie Price for a weekend visit.
A Beets and Sour Cream Salad recipe appears in a Cookin's Fun section with beets sour cream horseradish and greens as ingredients. The card party news follows with Athens AAUW hosting a bridge and canasta event at Hotel Berry Ball Room tomorrow 7 30 p m proceeds to benefit the AAUW National Fellowship Program.
Peggy and Polly Eschenbacher ten month old twins living with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Eschenbacher at 72 N Shafer St enjoy a mild winter day. Their father works as a foreman at The McBee Co and their mother Marjorie Harvey cares for them at home. Peggy has brown eyes while Polly has blue, a family secret used to tell them apart.
A short novel follows Joe and Pershing two boys living across from each other as their summer games with Pershing s mother Rosella and Pershing s father s absence shift from innocence to precocious experience. The narrative contrasts levels of knowledge among three characters, ending in tragedy.
Mrs Blanche Hayes hosted Stewart Women's Society of Christian Service gathering with Mrs Madge Keirns and Gwendlyn Radabaugh assisting. Devotions were led by Mrs Lola Zingler and prayer by Mrs Lois Petty. A silent auction preceded refreshments. Attendees included Margaret Ogg Grace Haley Murl Colburn Myrtle Barrows Nettie Stover Erma Petty Viola Cain Isabelle Jarvis Sylvia Zimmerman.
The Ho tel Berry Ballroom hosts an AAUW benefit card party on Tuesday at 7 30 p m. The Tuesday Club meets with Prof and Mrs L P Eblin at 151 Grosvenor St with dinner at 7 30 p.m Prof E H Gaylord will speak on Bridges Regrets line at 27093 by Sunday noon The Child Guidance Circle meeting for CCL is postponed from Feb 7 to Feb 14 The 31 Club meets with Mrs Ivan Brown at 479 Richland Ave Tuesday at 7 30 p.m.
Advice urges parents to clearly explain what to expect at the first dance rather than leaving their daughters to figure it out. Emphasizes direct guidance on social situations, behavior, and any anticipated issues.
The piece defines one horsepower as the power needed to do 33 000 foot pounds of work per minute. It notes this equals roughly ten times the average man can sustain for a full day of work.
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