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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1957
Page
8
A Ruth Millett column argues that diplomacy ranks high among traits of a successful wife, capable of selling a husband on ideas, though the passage ends abruptly. The piece reflects mid-century gender expectations and social advice columns.
The Associated Press reports roast beef and steak will be featured in many supermarkets this weekend. Rib roasts, sirloin, and porterhouse steaks lead the ads while pork prices rise due to low pork supplies. Vegetables highlight root crops, carrots, beets, parsnips, cabbage, and turnips with western carrots and cabbage among the best buys. A separate note discusses a diplomat wife’s social influence and a hospital admission for Mrs. Wayne Gilkey of Guysville.
With rising food costs Connie Coale budgets tightly as her husband studies at Cornell. The piece details Mushroom-Spaghetti Casserole recipe for eight, plus a suggested menu and tips for economical entertaining among medical students and their spouses.
Pattern No 2832 includes iron transfer for 10 motifs of various sizes and a color chart. Send 25 cents with name and address to ANNE CABOT at The Athens Messenger in New York for the pattern. Also available the Needlework ALBUM with numerous crochet embroidery and knit designs plus gift patterns.
Saturday features Nabby Lee Ames Chapter DAR at OU Center 2 p.m. with Miss Maude Lee Dorsey hosting, Red Men's Dance 8 p.m. to midnight benefiting March of Dimes, and Richland Ave Methodist Friendship Class 7:30 p.m. with Mrs. George Norman. Monday lists Circle 3 WSCS Central Ave Methodist 7:30 p.m., New Marshfield Study Club 7:30 p.m., Presbyterian Women executive board 1:15 p.m., and Athens Garden Club open meeting at OU Agriculture Bldg 7:30 p.m.
The piece explains it is acceptable to ask to bring a house guest to a large cocktail party but improper to do so for a dinner invitation. It advises declining with a brief excuse such as no availability due to hosting a guest over the weekend.
The Ohio University Symphonic Band presents its annual winter concert in Memorial Auditorium Sunday at 8 p. m. Guest artist and conductor Don McCathren from Kenosha Wisconsin will perform on five woodwind instruments and lead a pre concert clinic at 3 30 p m on Techniques of Playing and Teaching the Clarinet Family. Admission is free.
Larceny Lou tries a simple confidence ploy in a bridge hand to sway declarer. He leads jack from dummy, East follows, South discards a losing club, and Lou wins with queen. South, familiar with the ruse, should have detected the fake lead.
In the deal, South is vulnerable. North opens with a 2a bid and shows strength. South responds with 4NT, leading to a pass from West.
Ready for a busy season with the new PATT-O-RAMA pattern No. 867. Includes sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 and option two fabrics or monotone. Send 35c, name, address, size to Sue Burnett in The Athens Messenger with 25c for Spring Summer 57 Fashion book.
In a detailed bridge sequence, dummy’s ace wins a trick, East signals with the six, and hearts are urged. South takes two trumps, tests a club finesse, and then leads the king and ace of clubs to probe for the queen before the hand ends.
Mr and Mrs S E Dick Moore of Guysville Route 2 announce the birth of a daughter Cathy Elaine on January 3 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Grandparents are William Finnearty of The Plains and Mrs S E Moore of Athens Route 5. The Moores have four other daughters. Montana’s state flower, Lewisia, is better known as bitterroot.
Mr and Mrs Francis Coen announce the birth of a daughter Carol Diane on January 8 at Sheltering Arms Hospital. The mother is Eleanor Allen. Grandparents are Ralph and Eleanor Allen of Coolville and Kenneth and ______ Coen of Frost. Great grandparents include L H Allen of Coolville and Arnold Lonas of Athens Route 2.
Athens Ohio January 18 reader reports a humorous local item about a reader misled by an advertisement that promoted Blosser's Restaurant in Logan with a claim of an extraordinary T-bone steak dinner. The piece endorses discovering such food as news.
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