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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1940
Page
6
Recipes show leftover roast veal casserole and cheap vegetable dishes. Directions include simmering meat with gravy and spices, layering vegetables with potatoes or rice and cheese, and a cabbage tomato salad with olive oil and cider vinegar. Serves 4 to 6.
Home economics guide on roasting pork with rind on for best results. Includes temperatures 325 to 350 F and 480 F sear option, times per pound, and guidance for shoulder, loin, ribs, and chops. Outlines menu items and variations for sauces and accompaniments.
A collection of meatless chowder recipes includes Norwegian Fish Pudding Lentils and Cod Chowder with step by step prep and ingredients. Frost hosts a surprise birthday party for Mr. C. E. Wells with friends, gifts, music, and refreshments.
Several classic potato preparations are outlined with varied ingredients and steps. Lyonnaise Potatoes mix sliced potatoes with onion, fat, and parsley. Delmonico Potatoes use a cheese creamy sauce and breadcrumbs. a fried and seasoned potato preparation adds pimiento and onion. Hash or “Achess” Potatoes blend riced potatoes with egg and butter, then bake.
A lentil friendly dish features scalloped onions in a creamy cheese sauce. Melt butter, whisk in flour, add milk slowly, then stir in paprika salt celery salt mustard and American cheese. Bake onions in a buttered dish at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes until creamy and bubbly.
A reader notes new dinner size sausages with skins treated in pineapple juice for tenderness. A. D. Lusk of 14 Palmer Street sent samples as part of a get acquainted program from a national manufacturer. The sausages are large enough for one dinner.
Wiping down walls and ceilings regularly keeps them in good condition and prevents soil. No special wall brush needed. make slip covers from white cotton flannel for broom or floor brushes.
Middleport residents share birthday surprises and parties with Mrs. William Robson honored by family and friends including her daughter Martha and mother Mrs. Ben Ervin. The event featured a Washington Birthday themed cake, games, prizes, and photographs, with guests like Mrs. Charles Wise Jr and Easter Martin Ewing.
Meigs County civic leaders will attend a Tuesday hearing in Portsmouth on dam construction. They press for two new super dams on the Ohio River at Letart and Greenup Kentucky, presenting reasons favoring Letart on the Meigs County border.
Chauncey Ohio nurse trainee Virgene Palmer, daughter of Mrs. Minnie Palmer, was among ten students awarded uniforms at Mt. Vernon Hospital Nursing School. The ceremony included a candlelighting service and Florence Nightingale Pledge, with music from the class.
The Rutland February PTA meeting included a Founders Day play Reminiscence by Grace Colwell De Patterson Susan Theobald Lulu Miller Paul Patterson and Janet Theobald. A lighting service by the fifth grade and a Colonial era minuet by fourth and fifth graders accompanied by piano solos from Helen and Eleanor Taylor. A round table on The High School Curriculum was led by County Superintendent Cc. O. Chapman with O. O. Patterson Lucille Smith Weber Theobald Emery Steiner and Mr. Porter. Marvin Haley was taken to Holzer Hospital for an appendicitis operation while Wilbur Theobald is ill with influenza. Miss Mary Louise Barton of Columbus visited over the weekend with her parents.
A large audience watched the Chauncey-Dover High School automotive shop boys present the three act comedy Flat Tires in the school auditorium. Woodrow Ferrer handled lighting and scenery with Ruth Fiske as coach. Ten characters were played with the women roles by the boys, featuring Joseph Stalder Glenn Mingus Dale Kirkendall Richard Lester Lewis Kottyan Herman Lemons Edward Guy Victor Tucker Robert Juniper and John Paulisen.
Edith Mc Daniel hosted the Needle Club gathering in her basement living room with 14 members and guests present. Officers were reappointed for another year: President Ida Hill Vice President Eda Heffken Secretary Treasurer Mabel Mingus.
Police Chief Walter Wolfe and Night Patrolman Fred Swatzel left early for London to secure a new radiator for the Third Ward firetruck after damage from extreme cold weather.
Rev. Gilbert Courtney preaches at Greens Run 9 30 a m Chauncey 10 30 a m and Trimble 7 p m Rev Glaze Thompson at Taylor Ridge 9 30 a m Trimble 10 30 a m and Millfield 7 p m Sunday services listed. Loyalty campaign by Churches of Christ reports over 50 calls last week.
Chauncey resident Mrs Nellie Morgan is out again after several weeks of illness. She spent over two weeks in a Marietta hospital and her condition is now much improved. Also update on Mrs Amos Matheny of Millfield who remains seriously ill with her sister-in-law Mrs Joshua Matheny helping. Clinton Courtney confined to home Beaumont by illness.
Mr and Mrs Cecil McCafferty of Chauncey announce the birth of a 6 pounds 4 ounce daughter at their home on Ellis Ave Thursday February 22. The baby is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence E McCafferty also of Chauncey.
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