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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1940
Page
6
A candlelit gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Gordon K. Bush on Strathmore Boulevard celebrated New Year with pine boughs red and green decorations and a tree. Twenty four guests attended including out of town visitors Mr. and Mrs. John Nichols of Asheville North Carolina staying with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Roe.
Athens readers note many local students and guests resuming studies after the holidays. Jean Forsyth Grace Foster Joe Gill Virginia Beasley Robert Gamertsfelder Dick Osborne Jane Foster Clifford Cornell and others travel to Wheaton Harvard Law School Sweet Briar Ohio State Benedictine West Point Indianapolis Sarah Lawrence Columbus for winter terms and performances.
The Netherlands queen Wilhelmina, described as a determined grandmother, is hailed for leading peace efforts and defending neutrality amid rising tensions. She coordinated messages with King Leopold of Belgium offering prewar peace talks and used a bicycle to promote conservation as invasion threats grew.
The Acord and Pittman families announce the marriage of Myrtle Pittman to Burke Gorby and Thelma Hunter to Richard Tippie in a Gallipolis ceremony on December 18, 1939. Also noted is Lydia Lash Evans Club meeting with speaker Mrs. Wolfe on Consumers' Problems and Richland Ladies Aid planning an all day event with potluck dinner.
Dr and Mrs Dawes—Dawes of Peach Ridge—return from New York planning with John Erskine for the world premiere of his three act play Henry Disarms to be produced by Ohio University Theatre in April. Erskine will guest in Athens during casting and opening week as celebrities and critics attend.
Adele Garrison continues Madge Grahams tale as she plans to expose Philip Veritzen and Olina and use Olga’s question to further her aims. The scene unfolds with strategic secrets, royal intrigue, and a tense chess match between Madge, Olga, and the conspirators.
By Alicia Hart this column advises that fatigue undermines charm and poise after busy weeks and parties. It urges sufficient rest and careful grooming time to maintain health, beauty, and confidence for future social events.
Mrs. F. W. Bush hosted a New Year's Day anniversary dinner at Hotel Berry in memory of her 40th wedding anniversary. The dinner included her family, Gordon K. Bush, D. David Reeder, Mabel Sprague, and their children, with a theater party afterward.
Calendar notes multiple local gatherings led by the American Legion Auxiliary White Shrine WCTU Higley Study Circle Social Sewing Society Childhood Education Association and others with times January 3 10 and 7 30 pm. Stated hosts and venues included Legion Home Odd Fellows Hall 59 North High Street and Chubb Library Children’s Room.
A guidance piece urges married couples to set annual goals and review the past year to strengthen partnership. It compares marriage to business partners and stresses shared aims, mutual progress, and maintaining friendships alongside work and home life. Birth and family news follow, noting Howard Ralph Linscott born Dec 28 at eight and a half pounds with grandparents listed, and New Year visits among Athens residents.
One woman to another discusses naming a new housekeeping club for homerunning women as Dust Dishes and Dern. The piece notes votes and clarifies the meaning of Dern, then shifts to start the year 1940 with Christmas card handling and local notices. Poston Woman's Club meets January 3 with a guest speaker. local families plan winter Florida trips.
Paul Muni stars as a modern English doctor in We Are Not Alone adapted from James Hilton. Warner Bros directs Edmun Goulding with Jane Bryan Flora Robson and Raymond Severn in a drama of love jealousy and faith set in a cathedral town.
Quick relief from coughs with a simple home syrup and Pinex mixture. Mix 2 cups sugar with 1 cup water, add 2½ ounces Pinex, bottle to make a pint. No cooking, pleasant taste, cures and soothes throat and bronchial membranes, refundable if not pleased.
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