Lydia Lash Evans Club Holds First 1941 Meeting
Twenty members gathered at Mrs. E. D. Shrout’s home at 4 Cable St. for the Lydia Lash Evans Club’s first 1941 meeting. A report on Christmas charity donations was shared, guest speaker Mrs. Robert G. Purrington reviewed Fame Is the Spur by Howard Spring, and a dessert course followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Lash Evans
E. D. Shrout
Cable St
L. C. Baker
Robert G. Purrington
Howard Spring
Friends and Relatives Visit for Holidays in Athens Area
A string of holiday visits and returns ties Athens, Millfield, Newark, and surrounding towns. The item notes Mrs. Delia Boudinot in Millfield at a farm bureau meeting, births announced by the Doughit family in Albany, and multiple travelers from Athens and Columbus visiting kin across Ohio. The last line reports Prof. Gerald O. Dykstra of Ohio University elected secretary treasurer of the American Business Law Association in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia Boudinot
Athens
Millfield
Farm Bureau
Dow Cannon
Gerald O. Dykstra
Ohio University
American Business Law Association
Chicago
Fashion Futures preview reveals 1941 spring designs
The Fashion Group presents Fashion Futures on January 8 and 9 featuring 500 costumes from beachwear to evening gowns. Over 200 models will showcase outfits from more than 150 manufacturers before fashion editors and buyers, with 300 people across 30 committees coordinating the show. Dorothy Shaver calls it a style showcase driven by line, fabric, color, and refined taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Young
NFA
New York
America
Tobe
Mary Lewis
Edna Woolman Chase
Carmel Snow
Dorothy Shaver
David Westheim
Are You A Social Cripple and Loses of Vitality
A dramatized ad explains tiredness and digestive complaints as symptoms of aging. It promotes TON JO a new treatment that allegedly targets the underlying organ dysfunction and claims rapid relief. Campaign notes Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store in Athens Ohio as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quick's
Cut Rate Drug Store
W. Union St
Athens
Ohio
Hens
Pitfalls of Love unfolds amid a Weirhampton chase
Dicky and Madge Graham pursue Carolyn Brixton to Weirhampton Depot where Carolyn hides behind packing-room boxes. Carolyn feigns distress to dodge questions about Marion Morton and past quarrels while Madge grows wary of her actorlike charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn
Madge
Dicky
Marion
Madge Graham
Carolyn Brixton
Weirhampton
Weithampton
Marion Morton
Family Party at McKinstry Home Honors Birthday and Farewell
Relatives gathered at Mrs. Gus sie McKinstry’s home on Sunday for her belated birthday and a farewell party for Sgt. Clarence McKinstry who returns to Camp Shelby Mississippi. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Jack Quest and children Wanda and Jerry, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Gaskalla, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dalton and son Charles, Mr. and Mrs. John Leviner, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dalton, Mr. and Mrs. Elson Bowies and children Harry and Pauline, Miss Julia Marshall and Frances Marshall, and the guests of honor Mrs. McKinstry and her son Clarence. A separate Christmas party at Coolville hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Haning honored their son Jimmy Keith with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Harley Hanning, Mr. Conrad Steinmetz, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hixon. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gussie McKinstry
Sgt
Clarence McKinstry
Camp Shelby
Jack Quest
Wanda
Jerry
Gus Gaskalla
Harry Dalton
Charles
John Leviner
Paul Dalton
Clarence Haning
Coolville
Jimmy Keith
Harley Hanning
Conrad Steinmetz
Albert Hixon
Radio networks conflict sparks humorous holiday clash
The piece notes the ASCAP ban on 1.5 million tunes at New Year's Eve, as NBC CBS and Mutual air Broadcast Music Inc. songs. It jokes about Bing Crosby Kenny Baker and Glenn Miller amid the battle, and hints writers may get breaks if their works are played. It also recounts a campus encounter in New York and a local theater hitching post free pass anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NBC
CBS
Mutual Broadcasting System
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Victor Herbert
Cole Porter
Irving Berlin
Broadcast Music, Inc
Kenny
Manon
Glenn Miller
Equestrienne
Virginia Beasley
Fred Beasley
Sweet Briar College
Virginia
Sweet Briar
Fellowship Family Night Omitted for January
The Fellowship Family Night at the First Methodist Church has been canceled and will be omitted for January. A Benefit Party is planned tonight at 8 p.m. at 191 W Washington St with public invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Washington St
Island Grove to Florida on a Sulphur Spring Road
A travelogue recounts an Island Grove stay in Georgia with sulphur water, slave-built canals, and a cottage colony run by E. W. Preston and wife. The trip passes coconuts, orange juice signs, and a sequence of roadside animal parks featuring alligators, ostriches, snakes, and birds including a pelican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island Grove
Brunswick
Florida
George III
E. W. Preston
Delaware
Island Grove Cottage Colony
W. H. Logan
M.B.R
Big Chief Indian Herb Tonic Promoted as Family Medicine
An advertisement touts Big Chief Indian Herb Tonic as a general family tonic made from roots and herbs. It claims to stimulate appetite aid digestion ease occasional constipation and support neuralgia pains stiff neck from exposure and drafts and muscle soreness from exertion or fatigue.
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Harley E. Moler
Larch Apartments
Akron
Mrs. Moler
Fred Walker
Grace Love
J. E. Parker
Columbia Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Walter Barker
Charles Rock, Jr
C. H. Harris
FE. State St
Syracuse
Ind
B. G. Dorsey, Jr
Christine
Newark
Cecil Chesser
Bertha Wingett
Paul McVey
Carol Jean
Route One
Solon
G. D. Allen
Paul Barnes
Woodrow Barnes
Judith
Faye Cline
Albany
Arthur van Dyke
van Dyke
Fred Hoodlet
New Marshfield
George Munn
Richland Ave
Sarah Munn
Frank Deardorff
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
William Doughit
Roy McClanahan
Bellefontaine
McClanahan
W. W. Totman
Canaanville Rd
Bernice Linscott
Danny
Diane
Esther Smith
Church St
Mary Kelley
Nora
Walker St
A. E. Potter
Boyd Potter
John McCormick
Dix Burke
J. C. Bolin
James Clinton
Allen Boudinot
Gene
Sharma
Harold Boudinot
Ralph Six
Edna Bolin
Fred Six
Grace Bolin
Chester Pinney
William and
Martha Sue Potter
Athens Messenger
Cornells
PRICE
Adele Garrison
Auntie Madge
Ronald
Lillian
McKinstry Home
New York City
Manhattan
W. H. Fenzel
O. U
C. E. Cooper
Helen Reynolds
Anna Lois Saum
Anna Pickering
Athens High School
Logan
Big Chief
WTA
Cline's Pharmacy
Broughton
McKee
Gillette Blue Blades
Colgate Tooth Pdr
Parke Davis
McKee Drug Co
McKee’s
West Union St
P. J
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