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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1936
Page
7
Business women and travelers need portable beauty items for trains and offices. A new combination cleanser and lotion comes in travel sizes, cleanses and softens hands, leaves skin clean and supple. An essential compact kit offers small jars, a half pint of lotion and two powders for day and night, saving space and time.
An editorial critiques Hitler regime’s plan for front-face marriage licenses and racial screening, arguing such measures ignore human nature and love. It questions the science of blood purity, references a world league of understanding, and notes broader concerns about population trends since 1800.
The item details numerous journeys and visits as relatives and friends return home after holidays. Names include Mrs. Frank B. Dilley and family from Columbia Ave, Cecelia Collins in Clairton, Prof. Roberts and Harmon from Iowa, Slingluffs in Magnetic Springs, and numerous local residents visiting Cleveland Cambridge and Columbus. The season shifts to winter outings and resumes social routines.
In a playful scene Angie Binette and Mary Rose Orlando model the solution by wearing voluminous cloth bags over their swimsuits to disguise changing needs at the shore. The caption notes this fashion workaround as a humorous fix for limited bathhouse access.
Social calendar notes Athens Grange holds its regular meeting at the Grange Hall on the Athens Fairgrounds with officer installation led by Canaan Grange. Eastern Star School of Instruction opens Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Masonic Temple followed by a 6 p.m. dinner at the First Methodist Church and an 7 30 p. m. evening session.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walburn celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary with a New Year's Eve party at the Mayfair on Tuesday night. Entertainment included bridge and dancing led by Mrs. Nellie Kollister and her three sons and Mr. William Lawrence.Prizes were awarded in bridge for men and women, and guests received hats before midnight followed by a buffet after.
Mr and Mrs Charles Brown of 77 May Ave hosted a New Year’s Eve watch party with friends. Guests included Mr and Mrs Joe Weisenbach and son Richard, Mr and Mrs Walter Rohrer, Mr and Mrs Otto Shaver, Mr and Mrs Harold Moore, Mr and Mrs Clarence Williams and son Orland and daughter Margaret, Miss Margaret Kervesti, and Mr and Mrs Fred Householder and son Fred Jr. in Glouster and Albany route 3. Virginia Irene was born December 24 to Mr and Mrs Virgil C Stanley. grandparents are Mrs Mary Stanley and Mr G B Beatty of Albany. In 1881 Cyprus destroyed 1300 tons of locust eggs.
The annual School of Instruction for the Twenty-Fifth District of the Order of Eastern Star opened at 1 o clock in the Athens Masonic Temple. About 260 representatives from Washington, Morgan, Meigs, and Athens counties attended with district president Mrs. Laura Savage presiding. Notables included Harriet Rein and J. A. Schramm, with Marie Hamilton and Sara Westfall assisting as grand officers. Initiatory work begins at 7:30 p.m. after a dinner at the First M E Church.
A party of eleven girls went sleighing on Saturday night with Mr Arthur Walsh. The group included Dorothy Roades Jessie Rowles Margaret Williams Charlotte DeMolet Kathleen McDaniel Harriette Simmons Virgene Fox Kathleen Orr Patty Daugherty Luella Little and Betty Bird.
Miss Dorothy Ann Schilling of 249 E State St entertained friends at a New Year's Eve watch party. Refreshments were served at 11 and tin horns distributed as favors among guests including Ann Loring Kalamazoo Mich Philip Logan Patty Mackinnon Alma Acomb Marjorie Buell Betty Biddison Jo Barstow Jack Fulton Don Grones Ted Sprague Larry Helwig Bob Stratton Gerald Stauffer Buddy Brown Myers Fawkoer and Dick Lockard.
Coach and Mrs. B. T. Grover at 169 E State St entertained ten Ohio University basketball players with a bare set supper on Monday night. The event precedes the squad's holiday trip to northern Ohio as part of their annual dinner guests.
South African weaver bird constructs its nest with the entrance at the base. The behavior suggests adaptive nesting patterns in the species and may indicate how nest design protects eggs and fledglings from predators.
A home cough remedy combines sugar syrup with Pinex in a pint bottle to yield four times the cough remedy for the money. It claims quick lasting relief, soothing irritated membranes loosening phlegm and aiding clear air passages for restful sleep with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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