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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1944
Page
10
Friday notes show Carbondale residents buying 3200 dollars in Fourth War Loan bonds as miners join in. A parade of visits includes Mrs. Sta ley, Mrs. Lowey, Mrs. Ulbrich, Mrs. Barber, and families from Glouster Athens New Marshfield and Camp Sutton in a busy social roundup.
New frock pattern 8460 offered in sizes 11 through 19 features short and long sleeves with lace ruffling and a collar. Yardage listed for different views, price 15 cents plus 1 cent postage, order from The Messenger Pattern Service in New York.
Mrs Clara Roush returned home Friday after visiting Mr and Mrs Charlie Mallory in Point Pleasant West Virginia Genevieve Thomas of Columbus shared time with her mother Stella Holter Bobbie Mallory spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Charlie Mallory Rev Walter R McCarley came home Friday from Columbus after tending the Ohio Pastor s Convention Mrs Jake Gaul Mrs Maxine Wingett Mrs Dorothy Wolfe Mrs Agnes Price and Mrs Helen Johnson of Racine Chapter Eastern Stars attended the school of instruction in Marietta Friday Mrs James Jividen of Portland visited his mother in law Emma Jividen Mrs Ernest Wingett and son John were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs George Simpson Dean Sayre left for Miami Florida after five days with his parents Floyd Hoback spent two months with his mother Nealie Hoback and brother in law Roy Smith Racine R D left for Knoxville Tennessee for employment Mrs Vada Caldwell returned home Saturday after two months with niece and husband Roy Ellis The Average Doughboy Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot reports the typical recruit is 5 ft 8 in and weighs 144 pounds.
For Saturday February 12 the stars indicate a favorable time to seek recognition from those in influential positions. Elders and employers may reward achievers, with focus on promotion and solid security through earnest, disciplined effort and prudent dealings with authorities and elders.
President Roosevelt approved and sent to Congress a Budget Bureau recommendation for a $150,000,000 extra appropriation to the Federal Works Agency. The funds would finance public works and services in communities expanded by wartime needs.
A crossword style list presents clues for horizontal and vertical entries. Readable lines include terms like images work of music type measure and jute cloth across the grid with many common crosswords style definitions and answers.
Collectors items include an 18 inch Lincoln Daily doily copy from the Abraham Lincoln rocking chair in Chicago Historical Society museum and a 10 inch Rose Heart doily from Dublin. Patterns 5307 and 5698 cost 15 cents plus 1 cent postage each. send name, address, and pattern numbers to Anne Cabot at The Athens Messenger, New York 19 NY. The Anne Cabot Album for winter 1944 offers 32 pages of sweaters mittens scarves hats and more at 15 cents per copy.
Central War Time schedule lists 6:30 singers Brad Reynolds and others on Broadway. 7:30 Your All-Time Hit Parade with Lulu Bates. 9:30 Billie Burke as guest on NEC WLW. 9:30 Nero Wolfe drama The Case of the Superfluous Husband. Canteen program features Jack Keith and Kelly. Power stations on rails aim to supply electricity to recaptured areas using 5000 kilowatt stations on eight-car trains designed for low quality coal.
Argentina reveals that several ships of the state merchant fleet are en route to Argentina and lists foreign ports where other vessels are docked. The information, suppressed since Argentina broke relations with Germany and Japan, sparks speculation that Germany may pledge to treat Argentine ships as neutrals.
An all synthetic dinner in Switzerland featured hors d oeuvres of cellulose flavored with coal tar by products and a meat course made from wood pulp garnished with synthetic gravy, reportedly more pleasing to the palate than the ingredients list.
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