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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1939
Page
6
Instructions describe a luncheon dish of stuffed tomatoes filled with sardines and butter, with optional onion, Worcestershire and cayenne, baked with butter. Also includes a recipe for creamed finnan haddie: simmer smoked haddie, drain, heat with butter, add cream or milk, and garnish with parsley.
Two pounds of boiled and pressed sweet potatoes are mixed with six tablespoons each of melted butter and brown sugar. Add juice and grated rind of one orange and half a lemon, beat until light, bake in a moderate oven for thirty minutes.
A historical recipe for potato soup serves twelve and suggests variations. It includes potatoes onions bacon celery parsley and spices with steps to boil simmer and finish by adding crisp bacon just before serving.
Angel Food cake is featured with a chocolate marshmallow icing and caramel custard variations. The piece reproduces recipes and instructions from Steve Allis via a recipe editor, highlighting egg prices and a New York hotel chef's tips for high living cake.
Grass Run Side Hill society items list Sunday visits across several local families. Guests include Mr and Mrs Harry Lacy Racine and Mr and Mrs Newell Hysell Athens plus many connections from Langsville Rutland Dexter and Carpenter. Ohio University courses noted for Seth F Nicholson while locals visit kin and veterans reunite at Chauncey and Salem dinners.
Bashan notes report Mundy moving family from Ed Griffith farm on Sugar Run to William Cramlet property on Long Run. Guests at John Taylor home include Mrs. Goldinian Gillian and Ronald and Janice Lee, Lucy McKenzie, Floyd Powell, Hersman Carson and sons, Junior and Allen.
Chauncey Church of Christ opens with Sunday School at 9 30 a m led by Andriew Simpkins and Daniel Johnson. Lord s Supper at 10 30 a m followed by devotions and morning worship led by Eva Ferrel. Gilbert Courtney preaches in Taylor Ridge at 9 30 a m and in Trimble at 10 30 a m. Drell H Goff speaks at The Plains Nazarene at 10 45 a m and 7 p m. Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 p m with revival at Athens church.
Members of the Ladies Aid Society of the Church of Christ in Millfield met Thursday for an all day quilting session at Olive Brookins home. A pot luck noon dinner was served. Present were Mrs. Nancy Sanders, Mrs. Bessie Pettit, Mrs. Bertha Sanders, Mrs. Elizabeth Robinsett, Mrs. Jessie Fulton, Mrs. Viola Howard, Mrs. Eda Heffken and daughter Carolyn, Mrs. Lucille Sanders and son Bill, and Miss Olive Brookins.
Funeral services for Charles Tippie 66 of Chauncey were held at the Wesleyan Church in Athens after dying from a heart attack at The Plains Nazarene Church. He was a charter member. burial was in West State Street Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Ida Mingus Tippie seven sons four daughters thirty four grandchildren one sister and two brothers.
Chauncey social notes list Chauncey Woodrow Patton a dental student at Ohio State University visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Grover Patton. Millfield residents James Mullins and Marion Mullins visited in Chauncey with their family Sunday.
Mrs Pearl Six entertained her daughter Eleanor with a Valentine party on Monday evening February 13 at their home. Guests included Virginia Coleman Garnette Klingenberg Winifred Norris Mary Norris Clarence Fuller Robert Croy Billy Nutumn Harvey Kincade Thomas Rose Dale Aldridge Canaonville Mary Burns Dick Burns Catharine Barrows Junior Frost Harold Saylor Donald Frisby and the hostess Eleanor Six. Prizes went to Robert Croy Clarence Fuller and Catharine Barrows. Lunch was served by Mrs Six assisted by Rita Moore Ruth Cain.
Mrs Mona Scurlock hosted her Jacksonville bridge club with three tables. Elizabeth Patton won high score, Myrtle Olbers was second, Helen Sanders took the travel prize, and Pearl Russell won guest prize. Refreshments followed St Valentine Day.
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